PNGA Mid-Amateur winners

Zach Foushee (Lake Oswego, Ore.) came from six shots back in the final round to win the 41st PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur, with rounds of 69-73-68. It is Foushee’s first PNGA title. In the 24th PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur, Hannah Swanson (Portland) shot rounds of 76-69-76 (+5) to win her first PNGA title as well.

Both championships were contested over 54 holes of stroke play, and were held concurrently this week at Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, Wash.

This marks the first time Royal Oaks has hosted a PNGA Mid-Amateur, and the first time since the 2003 Men’s Amateur it has hosted any PNGA championship.

In the Men’s Mid-Amateur, Foushee began the final round six shots back of leader Paul Mitzel (Quincy, Wash.). Playing in the second-to-last group, Foushee bogeyed the third hole but then reeled off four birdies on the front nine, and with Mitzel shooting 3-over the front side, Foushee had caught him, and a birdie on the short par-4 10th put him in the lead for good.

Foushee is no stranger to the winner’s circle, having won the Oregon Amateur three times. In September, he competed in the U.S. Men’s Mid-Amateur, his first time qualifying for that national championship. He had turned professional after college, and regained his amateur status in 2020. Earlier this year he was selected for Team OGA to compete in the PNGA Lamey Cup. 

In the Women’s Mid-Amateur, Swanson’s 3-under 69 in the second that round had put her at the top of the leaderboard heading into the final round. Teeing off in the last group of the day, she played steadily in the 90-degree heat, holding the lead and challenging other players to catch her, but they could not. The greens at Royal Oaks were rolling 13.6 on the Stimpmeter, and her 4-over 76 was enough to clinch the title. 

Finishing second, three shots back of Swanson, was Jessica Mangrobang (Portland), who was attempting to defend her title, having won this championship last year.