DeChambeau, Talley named Global Golf Post Amateurs-of-the-Year
12/11/2015 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
Former SMU golfer Bryson DeChambeau and Alabama senior Emma Talley were among many honored by the publication
In Global Golf Post's December 7 issue, Bryson
DeChambeau and Emma Talley
were named male
and female Amateur-of-the-Year. Both players
triumphed this year at The
Concession Golf Club,
winning the NCAA Individual Championship while
representing their schools.
DeChambeau was a junior for Southern Methodist University while Talley, also a junior, played for the University of Alabama. DeChambeau left SMU before his senior year, while Talley is currently playing her final year for the Crimson Tide.
“Emma Talley and Bryson DeChambeau’s on-course accomplishments are towering,” wrote Steve Eubanks in The Post’s Dec. 7 edition. “Talley is one of only five players in history to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the NCAA individual championship, while DeChambeau joined Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore in winning both the national amateur and the NCAA in the same year. But the examples Talley and DeChambeau have set away from competition, their humility and genuineness, are even more extraordinary.”
Below are lists of each category's First-Team, Second- Team, and Honorable Mention squads, for the Amateur, Mid-Amateur, and Senior Amateur for each gender.
MEN'S AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Bryson DeChambeau - Clovis, Calif.
Marcus Kinhult - Sweden
Beau Hossler - Mission Viejo, Calif.
Paul Dunne - Ireland
Romain Langasque - France
Hunter Stewart - Nicholasville, Ky.
Jon Rahm - Spain
Ashley Chesters - England
Jordan Niebrugge - Mequon, Wisc.
Maverick McNealy - Portola Valley, Calif.
MEN'S AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Dawson Armstrong - Brentwood, Tenn.
Denny McCarthy - Burtonsville, Md.
Stefano Mazzoli - Italy
Derek Bard - New Hartford, N.Y.
Matt NeSmith - North Augusta, S.C.
Lee McCoy - Clarkesville, Ga.
Cormac Sharvin - Ireland
Aaron Wise - Lake Elsinore, Calif.
Ryan Ruffels - Australia
Robby Shelton - Wilmer, Ala.
MEN'S AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Shotaro Ban, Ivan Cantero, Rowin Caron, Austin Connelly, Sean Crocker, Thomas Detry, Matias Dominguez, Ewen Ferguson, Nick Hardy, Gary Hurley, Austin James, Cheng Jin, Kyle Jones, Jack Maguire, Gavin Moynihan, Max Rottluff, Scottie Scheffler, Matthias Schwab, Ollie Schniederjans, Alejandro Tosti
WOMEN'S AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Emma Talley - Princeton, Ky.
Bronte Law - England
Nuria Itturios - Spain
Sierra Brooks - Sorrento, Fla.
Hannah O'Sullivan - Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Bethany Wu - Diamond Bar, Calif.
Linnea Strom - Sweden
Maria Parra - Spain
So-Young Lee - South Korea
Leona Maguire - Ireland
WOMEN'S AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Aditi Ashok - India
Celine Boutier - France
Megan Khang - Rockland, Mass.
Caroline Inglis - Churchill, Ore.
Olivia Cowan - Germany
Gaby Lopez - Mexico
Olivia Mehaffey - Ireland
Natalia Escuriola - Spain
Mariel Galdiano - Pearl City, Hawaii
Luna Sobron - Spain
WOMEN'S AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Hina Arakaki, Mathilda Cappeliez, Matilda Castren, Tiffany Chan, Bianca Fabrizio, Nelly Korda, Mika Liu, Meghan Maclaren, Caroline Nistrup, Ana Pelaez, Eun Jeong Seong, Bailey Tardy
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Brad Wilder - Fort Wright, Ky.
Scott Harvey - Greensboro, N.C.
Barry Hume - Scotland
Pat Murray - Ireland
Graeme Robertson - Scotland
Mike McCoy - West Des Moines, Iowa
Garrett Rank - Canada
Sammy Schmitz - Farmington, Minn.
Todd White - Spartanburg, S.C.
Richard Heath - Australia
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Richard Aisbitt - England
Kevin Carrigan - Canada
Matthew Clark - Scotland
Matt Parziale - Brockton, Mass.
John Sawin - San Francisco, Calif.
Brad Shaw - Los Angeles, Calif.
Todd Mitchell - Bloomington, Ill.
Charles Waddell - Chicago, Ill.
Brad Nurski - St. Joseph, Mo.
Ben Westgate - Wales
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Joe Alfieri, Patricio Alzamora, Pat Christovich, Gene Elliott, Carlton Forrester, Michael Hunt, Tony McClements, Michael Muehr, Gerlou Roux, Nathan Smith, Martin Young, Bill Williamson
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Maria Dunne - Ireland
Meghan Stasi - Oakland Park, Fla.
Samantha Giles - England
Julia Potter - Granger, Ind.
Amanda Jacobs - Portland, Ore.
Lauren Greenlief - Oakton, Va.
Casey Ward - Canada
Tara Joy-Connelly - Pembroke, Mass.
Margaret Shirley - Roswell, Ga.
Carole Danten-Azfi - France
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Debbie Adams - Asheville, N.C.
Becky Harries - Wales
Louise Coffey - Ireland
Sarah Davison - Choudrant, La.
Mallory Hetzel - Summerville, S.C.
Helene Malvy - France
Kay Daniel - Covington, La.
Samantha Perrotta - Bordentown, N.J.
Shelly Stouffer - Canada
Myrte Elkenaar - Netherlands
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Whitney Britton, Paige Bromen, Stacy Dennis, Lani Elston, Gigi Higgins, Mercedes Huarte, Shannon Johnson, Chelsea Masters, Katherine O'Connor, Ashley Tonore, Dawn Woodard
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Richard Partridge - England
Chip Lutz - Reading, Pa.
Maurice Kelly - Ireland
Jack Hall - Savannah, Ga.
Clive Jones - England
Pat Tallent - Vienna, Va.
Doug Hanzel - Savannah, Ga.
Tim Jackson - Germantown, Tenn.
Ian Attoe - England
Brady Exber - Las Vegas, Nev.
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Rick Cloninger - Fort Mill, S.C.
Bob Kearney - Houston, Texas
David Nelson - Reno, Nev.
Paul Simson - Raleigh, N.C.
Glenn Smeraglio - Newtown, Pa.
Pat Thompson - Asheville, N.C.
Bryan Norton - Mission Hills, Kan.
Greg Rhodes - Australia
Doug Williams - Los Angeles, Calif.
George Zahringer - New York, N.Y.
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Michael Barltrop, Tom Brandes, Tom Cleary, Stephen East, Steve Hudson, Mike Jackson, Randal Lewis, Steven Liebler, Ian McPherson, Michael Mercier, Matt Sughrue, Rick Woulfe
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Karen Garcia - Cool, Calif.
Lynne Cowan - Davis, Calif.
Sophie Pfeiffer - France
Carolyn Creekmore - Dallas, Texas
Terrill Samuel - Canada
Sue Wooster - Australia
Judith Kryinis - Canada
Maria De Orueta - Spain
Minna Kaarnalahti - Finland
Lisa Schlesinger - Laytonsville, Md.
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Julie Brown - England
Patty Moore - Charlotte, N.C.
Therese Quinn - Jacksonville, Fla.
Mary Ann Hayward - Canada
Lynn Thompson - Cincinnati, Ohio
Helene Chartrand - Canada
Leigh Klasse - St. Anthony, Minn.
Corey Weworski - Carlsbad, Calif.
Martha Leach - Hebron, Ky.
Susan West - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Tama Caldabaugh, Julie Carmichael, Sue Cohn, Jane Fitzgerald, Marilyn Henderson, Pamela Kuong, Maggie Leef, Gertie McMullen, Brenda Pictor, Martine Pow, Caryn Wilson, Anna Schultz
DeChambeau was a junior for Southern Methodist University while Talley, also a junior, played for the University of Alabama. DeChambeau left SMU before his senior year, while Talley is currently playing her final year for the Crimson Tide.
“Emma Talley and Bryson DeChambeau’s on-course accomplishments are towering,” wrote Steve Eubanks in The Post’s Dec. 7 edition. “Talley is one of only five players in history to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the NCAA individual championship, while DeChambeau joined Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore in winning both the national amateur and the NCAA in the same year. But the examples Talley and DeChambeau have set away from competition, their humility and genuineness, are even more extraordinary.”
Below are lists of each category's First-Team, Second- Team, and Honorable Mention squads, for the Amateur, Mid-Amateur, and Senior Amateur for each gender.
MEN'S AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Bryson DeChambeau - Clovis, Calif.
Marcus Kinhult - Sweden
Beau Hossler - Mission Viejo, Calif.
Paul Dunne - Ireland
Romain Langasque - France
Hunter Stewart - Nicholasville, Ky.
Jon Rahm - Spain
Ashley Chesters - England
Jordan Niebrugge - Mequon, Wisc.
Maverick McNealy - Portola Valley, Calif.
MEN'S AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Dawson Armstrong - Brentwood, Tenn.
Denny McCarthy - Burtonsville, Md.
Stefano Mazzoli - Italy
Derek Bard - New Hartford, N.Y.
Matt NeSmith - North Augusta, S.C.
Lee McCoy - Clarkesville, Ga.
Cormac Sharvin - Ireland
Aaron Wise - Lake Elsinore, Calif.
Ryan Ruffels - Australia
Robby Shelton - Wilmer, Ala.
MEN'S AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Shotaro Ban, Ivan Cantero, Rowin Caron, Austin Connelly, Sean Crocker, Thomas Detry, Matias Dominguez, Ewen Ferguson, Nick Hardy, Gary Hurley, Austin James, Cheng Jin, Kyle Jones, Jack Maguire, Gavin Moynihan, Max Rottluff, Scottie Scheffler, Matthias Schwab, Ollie Schniederjans, Alejandro Tosti
WOMEN'S AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Emma Talley - Princeton, Ky.
Bronte Law - England
Nuria Itturios - Spain
Sierra Brooks - Sorrento, Fla.
Hannah O'Sullivan - Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Bethany Wu - Diamond Bar, Calif.
Linnea Strom - Sweden
Maria Parra - Spain
So-Young Lee - South Korea
Leona Maguire - Ireland
WOMEN'S AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Aditi Ashok - India
Celine Boutier - France
Megan Khang - Rockland, Mass.
Caroline Inglis - Churchill, Ore.
Olivia Cowan - Germany
Gaby Lopez - Mexico
Olivia Mehaffey - Ireland
Natalia Escuriola - Spain
Mariel Galdiano - Pearl City, Hawaii
Luna Sobron - Spain
WOMEN'S AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Hina Arakaki, Mathilda Cappeliez, Matilda Castren, Tiffany Chan, Bianca Fabrizio, Nelly Korda, Mika Liu, Meghan Maclaren, Caroline Nistrup, Ana Pelaez, Eun Jeong Seong, Bailey Tardy
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Brad Wilder - Fort Wright, Ky.
Scott Harvey - Greensboro, N.C.
Barry Hume - Scotland
Pat Murray - Ireland
Graeme Robertson - Scotland
Mike McCoy - West Des Moines, Iowa
Garrett Rank - Canada
Sammy Schmitz - Farmington, Minn.
Todd White - Spartanburg, S.C.
Richard Heath - Australia
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Richard Aisbitt - England
Kevin Carrigan - Canada
Matthew Clark - Scotland
Matt Parziale - Brockton, Mass.
John Sawin - San Francisco, Calif.
Brad Shaw - Los Angeles, Calif.
Todd Mitchell - Bloomington, Ill.
Charles Waddell - Chicago, Ill.
Brad Nurski - St. Joseph, Mo.
Ben Westgate - Wales
MEN'S MID-AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Joe Alfieri, Patricio Alzamora, Pat Christovich, Gene Elliott, Carlton Forrester, Michael Hunt, Tony McClements, Michael Muehr, Gerlou Roux, Nathan Smith, Martin Young, Bill Williamson
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Maria Dunne - Ireland
Meghan Stasi - Oakland Park, Fla.
Samantha Giles - England
Julia Potter - Granger, Ind.
Amanda Jacobs - Portland, Ore.
Lauren Greenlief - Oakton, Va.
Casey Ward - Canada
Tara Joy-Connelly - Pembroke, Mass.
Margaret Shirley - Roswell, Ga.
Carole Danten-Azfi - France
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Debbie Adams - Asheville, N.C.
Becky Harries - Wales
Louise Coffey - Ireland
Sarah Davison - Choudrant, La.
Mallory Hetzel - Summerville, S.C.
Helene Malvy - France
Kay Daniel - Covington, La.
Samantha Perrotta - Bordentown, N.J.
Shelly Stouffer - Canada
Myrte Elkenaar - Netherlands
WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Whitney Britton, Paige Bromen, Stacy Dennis, Lani Elston, Gigi Higgins, Mercedes Huarte, Shannon Johnson, Chelsea Masters, Katherine O'Connor, Ashley Tonore, Dawn Woodard
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Richard Partridge - England
Chip Lutz - Reading, Pa.
Maurice Kelly - Ireland
Jack Hall - Savannah, Ga.
Clive Jones - England
Pat Tallent - Vienna, Va.
Doug Hanzel - Savannah, Ga.
Tim Jackson - Germantown, Tenn.
Ian Attoe - England
Brady Exber - Las Vegas, Nev.
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Rick Cloninger - Fort Mill, S.C.
Bob Kearney - Houston, Texas
David Nelson - Reno, Nev.
Paul Simson - Raleigh, N.C.
Glenn Smeraglio - Newtown, Pa.
Pat Thompson - Asheville, N.C.
Bryan Norton - Mission Hills, Kan.
Greg Rhodes - Australia
Doug Williams - Los Angeles, Calif.
George Zahringer - New York, N.Y.
MEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Michael Barltrop, Tom Brandes, Tom Cleary, Stephen East, Steve Hudson, Mike Jackson, Randal Lewis, Steven Liebler, Ian McPherson, Michael Mercier, Matt Sughrue, Rick Woulfe
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR FIRST-TEAM
Karen Garcia - Cool, Calif.
Lynne Cowan - Davis, Calif.
Sophie Pfeiffer - France
Carolyn Creekmore - Dallas, Texas
Terrill Samuel - Canada
Sue Wooster - Australia
Judith Kryinis - Canada
Maria De Orueta - Spain
Minna Kaarnalahti - Finland
Lisa Schlesinger - Laytonsville, Md.
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR SECOND-TEAM
Julie Brown - England
Patty Moore - Charlotte, N.C.
Therese Quinn - Jacksonville, Fla.
Mary Ann Hayward - Canada
Lynn Thompson - Cincinnati, Ohio
Helene Chartrand - Canada
Leigh Klasse - St. Anthony, Minn.
Corey Weworski - Carlsbad, Calif.
Martha Leach - Hebron, Ky.
Susan West - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
WOMEN'S SENIOR AMATEUR HONORABLE MENTION
Tama Caldabaugh, Julie Carmichael, Sue Cohn, Jane Fitzgerald, Marilyn Henderson, Pamela Kuong, Maggie Leef, Gertie McMullen, Brenda Pictor, Martine Pow, Caryn Wilson, Anna Schultz
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