NEWSLETTER – December 30, 2011
GJAC Player of the Year Awards
Members in good standing of the GJAC are eligible to vote for the player awards.
Please email garrymckay1@shaw.ca and with your votes for:
- Canadian Male Professional of the Year
- Canadian Female Professional of the Year
- Canadian Male Amateur of the Year
- Canadian Female Amateur of the Year
Please vote for only one player in each category. Your votes must be received by 5:00 pm on Monday, January 2 so please take the time to do it ASAP. The winners will be announced later in January.
For your convenience we have enclosed some leading candidates although you may choose a player not on these lists.
Male Professional
Adam Hadwin - Canadian Tour
• U.S. Open - T31
• RBC Canadian Open - T4
• Frys.com Open - T7
• Greenbrier Classic - T32
• Won 2011 Pacific Colmbia Tour Championship (co-sanctioned Canadian Tour event with Tour de las Americas)
• Won 2011 Vancouver City Open
• Highest ranked Canadian on World Golf Rankings - 214
David Hearn - PGA Tour
• Finished 2011 - 104th on PGA Tour Money List
• Shell Houston Open - T6
• Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open - T5
• Frys.com Open - T7
• Also finished Albertsons Boise Open (Nationwide Tour event) - T6
Rod Spittle - Champions Tour
• Allianz Championship - T2
• ACE Group Classic - T6
• Principal Charity Classic - T3
• Montreal Championship - T7
• Senior Open Championship - T12
• In 25 Champions Tour events played made cut 24 times
Female Professional
Alena Sharp
• Won CPGA Championship
• Won Cactus Tour 3rd event
• LPGA Sybase Match Play Championship - T9
• Won Cactus Tour 18th event
Isabelle Beisiegel
• Earned Canadian Tour Card for 2011 - first female in history to earn full status on a male professional tour
• Top 5 Finish on LPGA Futures Tour Money List - earned LPGA Tour card for 2012
Stephanie Sherlock
• Avent LPGA Classic - T16
• Finished LPGA Tour season 101st on Money List with $37,952
Male Amateur
Mackenzie Hughes, Dundas, Ont.
• Winner of the Canadian Amateur Championship.
• Winner Mid-American Conference Championship (Kent State)
• Winner Glencoe Invitational.
Mitch Sutton, London, Ont.
• T-13 NCAA ACC Championship
• T-1 NCAA Florida Regional
• Champion 2011 Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate
Albin Choi, Surrey, B.C.
• 2011 NCAA All-Freshman Team
• 2011 All-ACC Team
• 2011 Champion Monroe Invitational
Female Amateur
Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Richmond Hill, Ont.
• 2011 Champion Canadian Women's Amateur Championship.
• Fourth at the B.C. event on the CN Canadian Women's Tour.
• Tied for ninth at LPGA Q-school to earn full-time status in 2012.
Jennifer Kirby, Paris, Ont.
• T-3 Canadian Women's Amateur Championship.
• T-4 2011 CN Canadian Women's Tour event in Quebec.
• T-1 2011 Mason Rudolph Fall Preview (NCAA).
Augusta James, Bath. Ont.
• Second, 2011 CN Future Links Ontario Championship
• Fifth, 2011 Royale Cup Canadian Junior Girls Championship.
• Winner, Ontario Women's Amateur Championship.
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