Nate and Colin Sexton win Whistlers Bend Doubles Shootout by three strokes

Nate and Colin Sexton turned family familiarity into the sharpest doubles partnership in the field, winning the Mixed Pro Open at the Whistlers Bend Doubles Shootout by three strokes. Their 205 total, 41 under par, held off Scott Withers and Devin Cordell at 208 while Aaron DeVries and Jesse Bickley took third at 211.

The margin told the story of the weekend. The top three teams finished within six strokes of one another, but the Sextons found the cleaner scoring rhythm across three rounds, posting 64, 77 and 64. Withers and Cordell stayed in contact with 64, 78 and 66, never letting the leaders pull away completely. That kind of spread makes doubles feel different from singles: one hot stretch can change the order, but a team still has to make the right choice hole after hole, and the best pairings are usually the ones that agree quickly on when to attack and when to take the safer line.

Whistler’s Bend fit that test. The course was redesigned in 2015 into a 27-hole layout, and the PDGA course directory describes a front stretch that opens with wooded, technical holes before giving way to longer holes, elevation changes and OB tied to pavement and river hazards. UDisc lists the main layout at 8,899 feet. The opening round was played on a 27-hole par 82 setup, a reminder that the course asks for both control and scoring ambition, especially in a format where two players have to stay synchronized through the entire card.

The event itself drew a full regional field. The PDGA listed the 2026 Whistlers Bend Doubles Shootout as a U-Tier doubles event, complete with 262 total players, and PDGA Live showed a 30-player MPO leaders view for the final round. The tournament ran June 19-21 in Roseburg, Oregon, was hosted by the Southern Oregon Winter Series, and was presented by Nunez Ranch and supported by Innova. Scott Withers served as tournament director, with Jon Youngbar listed as staff contact.

The Sextons’ win also carried a clean bit of history. In 2024, Withers and Cordell won the same Whistlers Bend MPO division at 41 under, while Colin Sexton and Nate Sexton finished second at 33 under. Two years later, the family pairing flipped the result and left the rest of the field chasing them, a sharp example of how doubles chemistry can matter as much as raw scoring at a demanding Oregon venue.