Lee, Papatolis repeat as champions

Grace Lee (Bellevue, Wash.) shot rounds of 69-71-69 to win the 33rd Washington Women’s Amateur, while Tina Papatolis (Issaquah, Wash.) shot rounds of 72-75-80 to win the 17th Washington Women’s Mid-Amateur. Both players successfully completed their title defenses from the respective 2025 championships.

The championships were conducted concurrently at Walla Walla (Wash.) Country Club on June 16-18 over 54 holes of stroke play, and featured the top women players of any age and mid-amateur women players aged 25 and over, across Washington and Northern Idaho.

With her win, Lee earned an exemption into the 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur, to be held from August 4-9 at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee.

In the Women’s Mid-Amateur, Papatolis entered the final round needing only to maintain her six-shot lead that she had built over 36 holes. The course proved a challenging test on the final day, as Papatolis made her second double bogey of the championship at her third hole.