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title: Hatley headlines strong Northwest showing at U.S. Mid-Amateur
description: The field of 264 golfers is set for the upcoming U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, taking place September 22-27, 2018 at Charlotte Country Club and Carolina Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C.
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# [Hatley headlines strong Northwest showing at U.S. Mid-Amateur](https://wagolf.org/news/hatley-headlines-strong-northwest-showing-at-u-s-mid-amateur)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | Sep 19, 2018 7:00:00 AM

The field of 264 golfers is set for the upcoming U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, taking place September 22-27, 2018 at Charlotte Country Club and Carolina Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C.

 A view of the 491-yard, par-4 fourth hole at Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club. (USGA/Chris Keane)

The WSGA is well represented with four golfers from Washington joined by reigning WSGA Men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year Reid Hatley (Hayden Lake, Idaho) in the field at this year’s national championship.

**[Click here](http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2018/u-s--mid-amateur.html)** for complete coverage of the 38th U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship.

### Meet the competitors:

 Jacob Koppenberg

**Jacob Koppenberg (Bellingham, Wash.)**

Koppenberg, who works in business development, is a former collegiate standout on the Western Washington University Men’s Golf Team and currently volunteers as an assistant coach with the team. Last month, Koppenberg finished runner-up to Reid Hatley at the WSGA Men’s Mid-Amateur. Earlier this summer he earned medalist honors in qualifying for his fourth U.S. Amateur Championship and made it to the quarterfinals of the PNGA Men’s Amateur.

**Jacob Rohde (Everett, Wash.)**

For Rohde, this is the fourth consecutive year he has qualified for the U.S. Mid-Amateur. Rohde, 40, attended the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix, then worked as a PGA club professional from 1998-2007 before going to school, graduating in 2011 from Washington State University with a degree in landscape architecture and horticultural science. Regaining his amateur status, he has since won the 2016 Riverbend Amateur and 2018 Snohomish County Amateur.

**Mark Strickland (Everett, Wash.)**

This is the first time Strickland has qualified for the U.S. Mid-Amateur. Strickland played golf at Western Washington University, graduating in 2014. He was medalist at the 2014 U.S. Amateur qualifier and was medalist at a 2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball qualifier.

 Reid Hatley

**Reid Hatley (Hayden Lake, Idaho)**

This marks the third U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship appearance for Hatley having previously played in 2015 and 2016. Earlier this month, he won the Pacific Northwest Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship after winning the Washington State Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship the week prior. Hatley has been named the WSGA Men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year the past three years (2015-17).

**Michael Johansen (Vancouver, Wash.)**

Johansen earned co-medalist honors to clinch one of four spots in the championship from of a qualifier at Oswego Lake Country Club in Lake Oswego, Ore. Johansen won the 2012 Oregon Men’s Stroke Play Championship and competed collegiately for the University of Portland.

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