Updated: 8/28/25 (6:30 PM)
(Yakima, WA) The 23rd PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur championship will also head to Apple Tree Resort to crown another champion. This is the first time Apple Tree Resort will host the championship. Last year, Kendall Cox of Fife won in a playoff at The Home Course in DuPont. Amanda Jacobs, just three years ago, is the most recent defending champion to win the title by winning in 2021 and 2022. This article will be updated daily with round recaps after every round.
Final Round
Portland, Oregon’s Jessica Mangrobang saved her best round for last to clinch the 23rd PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur championship. Mangrobang fired the low round of the championship, a five-under round of 67 to secure the title. She got off to a slow start, one over through six holes, but birdied the tricky seventh hole to go out at even par. On the back nine, she birdied 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 to pull away from the field for a sensational five-under 32. Mangroban went to Gonzaga University, and this is her first PNGA championship.
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada’s Aram Choi took second place at three-under for the championship. Choi shot her second straight round of 72 to be the only other player to break par for the championship. Choi held the first-round lead on Tuesday after a three-under round of 69. Renton’s Kendall Cox was third with three rounds of even par. Issaquah’s Tina Papatolis was fourth at four-over par, and Portland, Oregon’s Madison Perry rounded out the top five at eight over par.
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Second Round
Through 36 holes, Portland, Oregon’s Jessica Mangrobang took the lead after her second consecutive round of 70. Mangrobang birdied the second hole and bogeyed the fourth hole to go out in even par. On the back, she birdied the 12th and 18th holes for a pair of 35s and a two-under round, to get to four-under for the championship. She holds just a one-stroke lead over the first-round leader, Aram Choi from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Choi shot an even par round of 72 to stay at three-under for the tournament.
Renton’s Kendall Cox shot another round of even par, 72, to stay in third place and will be in the first group off with the leaders tomorrow morning. Madison Perry from Portland, Oregon, and Tina Papatolis from Issaquah are in a tie for fourth at four-over. The leaders tee off at 7:30 AM tomorrow for the final round, and if there is a tie, a hole-by-hole playoff will follow to determine this year’s champion.
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First Round
After one round of action, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada’s Aram Choi leads by one shot after a first-round three-under 69. Choi got off to an up-and-down start with two birdies and two bogeys in her first four holes, but bounced back with back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth holes to make the turn at two-under. Choi made pars on every hole on the back nine until the 18th hole, where she birdied the par-five to take the lead.
Portland, Oregon’s Jessica Mangrobang was the only other player to go under par, with a two-under round of 70. Mangrobang bogeyed the first two holes but rallied with a birdie on the third hole. After seven straight pars, she birdied 11 and 14, but bogeyed 15 to get back to even par. Mangrobang birdied the famous 17th hole and the 18th hole to place herself one shot behind Choi. Renton’s Kendall Cox is in solo third after an even par round of 72. Tied for fourth are Portland, Oregon’s Madison Perry, and Milwaukie, Oregon’s Audrey Dalton at one-over.
The second round will tee of at 11:50 AM tomorrow and the leaders will tee off at 12:30 PM.
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Preview
The 54-hole championship consists of 24 players, who are at least 25 years old as of August 26, 2025, have a handicap index that does not exceed 12.4, and are in good standing with a PNGA Member Association (AGA, BC Golf, IGA, MSGA, OGA, WA Golf).
Apple Tree Resort is known worldwide for its 17th hole. The par-three green is an island green in the shape of an apple, a nod to the apple tree farms that surround the course and area. The ninth and 18th green is a shared green, making it a unique challenge should you find the green but end up on the wrong side. Both holes are flat off the tee and carry water. The second shot is uphill, where judging the distance, wind, slope, and some added pressure of people watching from the balcony of the clubhouse, which is practically on top of the green, makes those two approach shots some of the most important ones of the round.
The front nine is a par 35 with only one par five, the third hole, and the back nine is a par 37 with three par threes. The player who scores well on the back nine par fives and avoids the water and out of bounds lurking on every hole will likely find themselves in contention to win the title.
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