Du Toit And Kim Among Eight BC Golfers Nominated As PNGA Player Of The Year Finalists

B.C.'s Jared Du Toit (Shown Holding The BC Men's Amateur Trophy Has Been Nominated As The PNGA Men's Player Of The Year - Image Credit Alfie Lau

Courtesy Tom Cade and PNGA

At the end of each golfing season, the Pacific Northwest Golf Association selects the region’s Players of the Year in eight different categories: Men’s, Women’s, Mid-Amateur Men’s, Mid-Amateur Women’s, Senior Men’s, Senior Women’s, Junior Boys’, and Junior Girls’.

The players are voted on by the PNGA Championship Committee, and this committee extends to the NWGMA one vote in each category as part of the process.

Below are the nominees in each of the eight categories.

PNGA Men’s Player of the Year Nominees

Jared Du Toit, BC Golf

  • BC Men’s Amateur – Champion
  • Pacific Coast Amateur – T6
  • Sahalee Players Championship – T31
  • Monroe Invitational – T9
  • NCAA Regional – T25

Sulman Raza, OGA

  • Pacific Coast Amateur Championship – T12
  • Oregon Stroke Play Championship – Champion
  • PNGA Amateur Championship – Rd of 16
  • Oregon Amateur Championship – Quarterfinalist
  • U.S. Open Local Qualifier – Medalist

Charles Kern, WSGA

  • PNGA Men’s Amateur – Semifinalist & Stroke Play Medalist
  • WSGA Men’s Amateur – Champion
  • Sahalee Players Championship – T7
  • Pacific Coast Amateur – T27

No Nomination, IGA

 

PNGA Women’s Player of the Year Nominees

Michelle Kim, BC Golf

  • Canadian Junior Girls Championship – Champion
  • BC Golf Junior Girls’ Championship – Champion
  • BC Golf Women’s Amateur – Champion
  • U.S. Women's Amateur – Qualified
  • CN Future Links Prairie – 2nd
  • Canadian Women’s Amateur – 38th
  • Porter Cup – T14
  • Western Amateur – T22
  • Australian Women's Amateur – T43

Gigi Stoll, OGA

  • Oregon Women’s Amateur – Champion
  • Oregon Women’s Stroke Play – Champion
  • OGA Tournament of Champions – Runner-up
  • Portland Classic Amateur Open – Champion
  • LPGA Cambia Portland Classic – Participant

Alivia Brown, WSGA

  • WSGA Women’s Amateur – Champion
  • PNGA Women’s Amateur – Runner-Up

No Nomination, IGA

 

PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year Nominees

Kevin Carrigan, BC Golf

  • BC Golf Men’s Amateur – T17
  • Canadian Men’s Amateur – T6
  • Lima Peru invitational – 4th
  • PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur – T6

Justin Kadin, OGA

  • Oregon Mid-Amateur – Champion
  • PNGA Men’s Amateur – Quarterfinalist
  • Oregon Men’s Stroke Play – T4
  • Oregon Amateur – Rd of 16

Reid Hatley, WSGA

  • WSGA Men’s Amateur – T5
  • PNGA Men’s Amateur – Rd of 16
  • PNGA Men’s Mid-Amateur – T3
  • WSGA Men’s Mid-Amateur – 3rd
  • U.S. Mid-Amateur – Rd of 32
  • U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifier – Medalist
  • WSGA Champion of Champions – 3rd

No Nomination, IGA 


PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year Nominees

Christina Proteau, BC Golf

  • U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur – Semifinalist
  • BC Golf Women’s Mid-Amateur – Champion
  • WSGA Women’s Amateur – T17

Kate Harper, OGA

  • Oregon Women’s Mid-Amateur – Champion
  • OGA Women’s Tournament of Champions – 4th
  • Oregon Women’s Amateur – Quarterfinalist
  • Oregon Women’s Public Links – 4th
  • USGA Women’s State Team Championship – T6

Amanda Jacobs, WSGA

  • WSGA Women’s Mid-Amateur – Champion
  • PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur – Runner-up
  • U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur – Rd of 32
  • U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifier – Medalist
  • Seattle Women’s Golf Association City Championship – Runner-up
  • WSGA Women’s Amateur – 16th - BC Golf Women’s Mid-Amateur – 4th
  • USGA Women’s State Team – T24

No Nomination, IGA

 

PNGA Senior Men’s Player of the Year Nominees

Lance Lundy, BC Golf

  • BC Golf Men’s Mid-Master – Champion
  • BC Golf Men’s Senior – 7th
  • Canadian Men’s Senior – T5
  • PNGA Senior Men’s Amateur – T5

Pat O’Donnell, OGA

  • Oregon Senior Stroke Play – Champion
  • Oregon Senior Amateur – Champion

Tom Brandes, WSGA

  • U.S. Senior Amateur – Runner-up
  • WSGA Men’s Mid-Amateur – Champion
  • PNGA Men’s Master-40 – Semifinalist & Stroke Play Medalist
  • Washington Senior Open – T4
  • PNGA Senior Men’s Amateur – 3rd
  • WSGA Senior Champion of Champions – T3
  • U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifier – Medalist

No Nomination, IGA

 

PNGA Senior Women’s Player of the Year Nominees

Jackie Little, BC Golf

  • Canadian Women’s Senior – 4th
  • BC Golf Senior Women’s – Champion
  • Alberta Senior Women’s – 3rd
  • PNGA Senior Women’s Amateur – T7

Leilani Norman, OGA

  • PNGA Senior Women’s Amateur – Champion
  • OGA Women’s Senior Amateur – Champion
  • OGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play – T3
  • U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifier – Medalist
  • U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur – Rd of 64

Karen Madison, WSGA

  • WSGA Senior Women’s Champion of Champions – Champion
  • WSGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship – 5th
  • PNGA Super Senior Women’s Amateur – Champion

No Nomination, IGA

 

PNGA Junior Boys’ Player of the Year Nominees

AJ Ewart, BC Golf

  • BC Junior Boys’ – T4
  • AJGA Sunriver – Champion
  • Canadian Junior Boys’ – 5th
  • Canadian Juvenile – Runner-up
  • CN Future Links Prairie – T2
  • CN Future Links Pacific – 5th
  • BC High School Championship – 6th

Josh Gliege, IGA

  • Idaho High School 5A State Championship – Champion
  • AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior – 3rd
  • The Dropping – Champion
  • Western Junior Amateur – T3
  • U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier - Medalist
  • PGA Jr. Series, Seaside CA – Champion
  • Junior America's Cup – 6th
  • PNGA Junior Boys’ Amateur Championship – Champion & Stroke Play Medalist
  • IGA Tournament of Champions – 3rd

Spencer Tibbits, OGA

  • PNW PGA Jr. Championship – Champion
  • IMG Junior World Championship – T7
  • Junior America’s Cup – T7
  • Hogan Cup – 2nd
  • U.S. Open Local Qualifier – Qualified T4
  • Nature Valley First Tee Open (Partner Paul Goydos) – T17
  • Oregon Junior Stroke Play – Champion
  • Oregon Junior Amateur – Runner-up
  • Peter Jacobsen Junior Challenge – Champion

Sam Warkentin, WSGA

  • WJGA State Championship – Champion
  • Junior Americas Cup – 3rd - WJGA Western Open – Champion
  • IMG Academy Junior World Championship – 44th (Made Cut) - WJGA District 3 Championship – Champion
  • WIAA 3A State Championship – Champion
  • AJGA Ryan Moore Invitational – Runner-up
  • WJGA Eastern Open – 3rd
  • PNGA Junior Boys – Semifinalist 


PNGA Junior Girls’ Player of the Year Nominees

Hannah Lee, BC Golf

  • BC Golf Juvenile Girls’ – Runner-up
  • Canadian Junior Girls’ – Runner-up
  • Canadian Juvenile Girls’ – Champion
  • BC Golf Junior Girls’ – 3rd
  • CN Future Links Ontario – 5th - CN Future Links Pacific – T13
  • AJGA at Yolo Fliers – T13
  • Western Canada Summer Games – Gold
  • World Junior Girls’ – 39th

Ellie Slama, OGA

  • Oregon Girls’ Junior Amateur – Champion & Stroke Play Medalist
  • Oregon Girls’ Junior Stroke Play – Champion
  • OGA Girls’ Centennial Jr. Championship – Champion
  • OGA Girls’ Peter Jacobsen Junior Challenge – Champion
  • U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur Qualifier – Co-Medalist
  • U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur – Rd of 32

Kenedee Peters, WSGA

  • WJGA State Championship – Champion
  • Girls’ Junior Americas Cup – 8th
  • U.S. Girl’s Junior Amateur – Qualifier -
  • IMG Academy Junior World – Qualifier
  • Won Two WJGA Sub-District Events
  • WIAA 2A State Championship – Champion
  • WJGA Eastern Open – 3rd
  • WJGA Western Open – 4th

No Nomination, IGA