Updated: 8/27/25 (6:20 PM)

(Yakima, WA) The 40th PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur championship heads to the Palm Springs of Washington and Apple Tree Resort for the first time in the championship’s history. The 54-hole tournament was won by Andrew Lawson of Dallas, Texas, last year at Jug Mountain Ranch, when he needed a two-hole playoff to get the win in Idaho. Mike Haack is the last defending champion to win the tournament, winning back-to-back in 2016 and 2017. This article will be updated daily after each round.

Final Round

Heffley Creek, British Columbia, Canada’s Wyatt Brook used three rounds in the 60s to get to a staggering 18-under par and win his first PNGA Championship. Brook shot rounds of 63, 67, and 68 to go wire-to-wire and win by two shots. His three-day total of 198 put him as the only player to stay below 200 total strokes. It took Brook a whopping 40 holes to record his first bogey, which came on the fourth hole in the final round. Brook sandwiched that bogey between birdies on the third and fifth holes, and added birdies on seven and nine to go out with a three-under 32. On the back nine, Brook birdied the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th holes but bogeyed the 16th and double bogeyed the 17th. All of his birdies and the two bogey-free rounds allowed him some insurance coming in on Thursday. Brook won the 2024 BC Mid-Amateur.

Defending champion, Andrew Lawson of Dallas, Texas, gave it one heck of an effort this week, taking solo second. After the first round, Lawson wasn’t even in the top 10, but back-to-back rounds of 65 put him in contention. Lawson birdied the fourth and seventh holes on the front, and went on a birdie tear on the back nine. Lawson only carded two pars on the second nine, with six birdies, but bogeyed the 15th hole as he shot seven-under for the second consecutive day. In third place was Taylor Lansford of Post Falls, Idaho, who finished with all three of his rounds in the 60s and was 15-under par.

Issaquah’s Trevor Rismon took fourth at 13-under, and also had all three rounds in the 60s. Three players tied for fifth, Portland, Oregon’s Harrison Moir, Eugene, Oregon’s Raj Nahal, and Hayden Lake, Idaho’s Reid Hatley at 11-under. In eighth place was Everett’s Jacob Rohde at 10-under, while Wenatchee’s Spencer Ellis and Yakima’s Jeff Woddows tied for ninth at seven-under.

The field was outstanding this week, with 16 players finishing under par. 31 different players had at least one round under par, and there were 56 total rounds under par for the week.

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Second Round

After 36 holes of play, Heffley Creek, British Columbia’s Wyatt Brook, maintains a three-shot lead going into the final round. Brook fired a bogey-free five-under round of 67 to get to 14-under for the championship. Brook birdied the first hole, eagled the third hole, and birdied the ninth hole to go out in 31, and came in with a birdie on the 17th. Brook hasn’t recorded a bogey through two rounds and is looking to win his first PNGA championship.

Post Falls, Idaho’s Taylor Lansford is in second place at 11-under after also firing a round of 67. Lansford was even through six, bogeyed the tough seventh, but quickly recovered with a birdie on eight. Lansford birdied 10 and 12, while ending in style with birdies on 16, 17, and 18. Issaquah’s Trebor Rismon is in third place and will also be in the final group tomorrow. Rismon is 10-under for the championship with a pair of 67s. Today, Rismon started off sensationally, with birdies on the first three holes, and birdies on eight and nine to go out in five-under. He recorded pars on all nine holes on the back for a bogey-free round.

The defending champion, Andrew Lawson of Dallas, Texas, had the day’s low round, a seven-under 65, to jump up to fourth place and nine-under for the championship. Lawson went six-under on the back nine for a scintillating stretch of golf that puts him just five shots back of the lead. Hayden Lake, Idaho’s Reid Hatley, also shot a 65 today, as he sits in a tie for fifth with Raj Nahal of Eugene, Oregon, and Dylan Knight of Bandon, Oregon. Rounding out the top 10 is a tie for eighth between Yakima’s Jeff Widdows, Portland, Oregon’s Harrison Moir, and Everett’s Jacob Rohde at six under.

The leaders tee off at 11:30 tomorrow morning, and if there is a tie, a hole-by-hole playoff will be played until a winner is crowned.

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First Round

Heffley Creek, British Columbia, Canada’s Wyatt Brook has a three-shot lead after a sensational round of nine-under 63. Brook started the round with three straight birdies, then birdied the sixth, eighth, and ninth holes to go out with a six-under 29 on the front nine. After six pars on the back, Brook birdied the last three holes to complete an outstanding round.

Post Falls, Idaho’s Taylor Lansford is in second place after a six-under round of 66. Lansford birdied three, bogeyed four, and birdied seven to go out in one-under. He birdied the 10th, 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th holes on the back nine to fire a five-under 32 to complete his great round. Bandon, Oregon’s Dylan Knight and Issaquah’s Trevor Rismon are tied for third at five-under with matching 67s.

Wenatchee’s Spencer Ellis, Spokane’s Blake Reifsnyder, Yakima’s Jeff Widdows, and Eugene, Oregon’s Raj Nahal are all tied for fifth at four-under with 68s. Everett’s Jacob Rohde, Walla Walla’s Wyatt Mosher, and Woodinville’s Jack Meehan shot three-under 69s to tie for ninth. Defending champion Andrew Lawson from Dallas, Texas, is in a tie for 12th after a two-under round of 70. The top 19 players all shot under par, with another eight players shooting even in an extremely competitive first round of action.

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Preview

66 players will tee it up this week, all of the players are 25 years old as of August 26, 2025, have a handicap index that doesn’t exceed 8.4, and are a member of a PNGA 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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