Washington Golf held the 15th Washington Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship this week at the Desert Canyon Golf Resort in Orondo. This was a 54-hole championship, with the top 60 making the cut after 36 holes.

This year’s champion was Jacob Rohde from Everett, who tied the low round of this year’s championship with a final round, 5-under 67 to win by two strokes. Rohde finished with an even par, 216. Rohde started the championship with a 2-under 70, then in the second round shot 7-over 79, before today’s clutch performance. His 67 today was the best round of the day by six strokes. This is the first state championship title for Rohde who has qualified for the U.S. Mid-Am Championship four times.

Rohde edged out the 2021 Washington Mid-Am Champion, Jacob Koppenberg from Bellingham by two shots. Koppenberg was the 2023 WA Golf Men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year and had a steady tournament with bookend 73s and a second-round 72. Kurt Simmons from Lewiston, ID, Joel Micka from Bellevue, and Mark Strickland from Mukilteo all tied for third at 5-over. Strickland led after the first round when he fired a 67. Nick Ellis from California finished sixth at 6-over, Paul Mitzel from Quincy and Kris Martonik from Kennewick tied for seventh at 7-over, Colten Kleis from Kenmore, and Jeff Widdows from Yakima tied for ninth at 8-over. Last year’s Washington Mid-Am Champion Spencer Ellis from Wenatchee finished 13th at 10-over.

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