PNGA Men’s and Women’s Mid-Amateur championships being held at Royal Oaks
Vancouver, Wash. – The 41st Pacific Northwest Men’s Mid-Amateur and 24th Pacific Northwest Women’s Mid-Amateur championships are being held this week, August 18-20, at Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, Wash.
Both championships will consist of 54 holes of gross stroke play, with a hole-by-hole playoff to determine a respective champion if necessary.
This marks the first time Royal Oaks will have hosted a PNGA Mid-Amateur, and the first time since the 2003 Men’s Amateur it has hosted any PNGA championship.
Championship Links:
Men’s:
Women’s:
Players to watch in Men’s Mid-Amateur:
- Nate Hair, Spokane Valley, Wash. – Won the 2025 PNGA Senior Men’s Amateur; named the WA Golf Senior Men’s Player of the Year.
- Erik Hanson, Kirkland, Wash. – Won the 2002 PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur; four-time winner of the PNGA Men’s Master-40; a 2026 inductee into the PNGA Hall of Fame.
- Zach Foushee, Lake Oswego, Ore. – Won the 2026 Oregon Stroke-Play Championship by nine shots; named the 2023 PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year.
Players to watch in Women’s Mid-Amateur:
- Taya Battistella, Bellingham, Wash. – Won 2024 Washington Women’s Mid-Amateur, and the 2026 Washington Women’s Four-Ball; named PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year in 2025.
- Tina Papatolis of Issaquah, Wash. – Won 2019, 2025 and 2026 Washington Women’s Mid-Amateur, as well as the 2023 PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur.
- Gretchen Johnson, Portland, Ore. – Named the PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024; won the 2019 PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur.
The PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur was first held in 1985, and the first Women’s Mid-Amateur came 17 years later in 2002. Wyatt Brook of Kamloops, B.C. and Jessica Mangrobang of Portland, Ore. will start this week’s championships as defending men’s and women’s champions, respectively.
Other past men’s champions include Andrew Lawson, Philip Bagdade and Landon Banks dating back to 2022. Kendall Cox, Tina Papatolis, and Amanda Jacobs are among the recent Women’s Mid-Amateur champions.
Royal Oaks has become well-known across the Northwest through the Royal Oaks Invitational, which has been held yearly in junior, senior and amateur divisions since 1957. It’s also been the site of other high-level events such as the Oregon Amateur Championship, Northwest Open Invitational, and PNWPGA Senior Section Championship. The Hudson Cup and USGA Qualifiers have also been held at Royal Oaks.
Prior to 2003, Royal Oaks had also hosted the PNGA Men’s Amateur in 1994, when then-18-year-old Tiger Woods claimed victory. It was Woods’ first significant title as an adult.
These championships are two of 11 major, regional, amateur championships for men, women, juniors and senior conducted annually by the PNGA throughout the Northwest.
