7/22/25
(Blaine, WA) The field is set for the final round of the 16th Washington Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship tomorrow. The course played even harder in the second round than in the first, as the top 60 players and ties have made the cut and will play Semiahmoo Golf & Country Club one more time tomorrow.
Bellingham’s Jonathan Larson saw his lead go from one stroke after 18 holes to six strokes after 36. Larson shot a 6-under 66 yesterday and today needed just two birdies to break par, firing a 1-under round of 71. Larson bogeyed the 2nd hole, recorded pars on the next 10 holes before a birdie on the 13th and 18th holes, putting him in red figures for the second straight day. Through 36 holes, Larson has nine birdies and just two bogeys as he is now at 7-under for the championship.
Hayden Lake, Idaho’s Reid Hatley and Olympia’s Jon McCaslin are tied for second at 1-under for the championship. Hatley shot an even par 72 in the first round, and shot a 1-under round of 71 today. Hatley birdied the 1st and 4th holes, but had bogeys on six and eight to go out in 36. He came in with a birdie on 13 and eight pars to record 1-under on the back. McCaslin started his round with nine straight pars, bogeyed the 10th, and eagled the 13th and 17th holes for a 3-under 33 on the back to shoot the low round of the day with a 69. McCaslin is one of only three players to shoot a sub-70 round through the first two days of play.
Blaine’s Jamie Meade, Wenatchee’s Spencer Ellis, and Seattle’s Johnny Carey are all tied for fourth at even par. Neil MacLeod from Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Bothell’s Jordan Miller, and Seattle’s Ben Minyard are all tied for seventh at 1-over through 36 holes. Bellingham’s Ethan Potts, Snohomish’s Daniel McGee, Tacoma’s Greg Gildea, and Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada’s Josh Baker round out the top 10, tied for 10th at 3-over.
The cut was at 19-over, and four players made the cut on the number. Four more players missed the cut by just one shot, and three players made the cut by a shot.
In the second round, the course played even harder, with a scoring average of 81.26. The hardest and easiest holes on the course changed from yesterday, with the 4th hole being the hardest hole and the 1st hole being the easiest. The 407-yard par 4 4th played almost a stroke over par, with the average score of 4.89. There were only two birdies all day at the 4th, with there being 41 bogeys and 25 double bogeys or worse. The 4th is the hardest hole of the championship so far, with only five birdies through two rounds, the lowest of any hole. The opening hole is a 491-yard par 5 that saw an average score of 5.07 today. There was one eagle, 30 birdies, and only 29 bogeys or worse. Through two rounds, the 1st hole is playing as the easiest hole, with three eagles and 63 birdies, which is the most of any hole by 20 birdies.
Tomorrow, the final round will take place and the 16th Washington Men’s Amateur Champion will be crowned. If there’s a tie for the championship, there will be a hole-by-hole playoff. The leaders will tee off at 10:20 in the final group.
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