Seattle, WA – In an effort to recognize exceptional individual performances this year in regional amateur golf, the Pacific Northwest Golf Association recently announced the winners of their 2004 Player of the Year awards. The Player of the Year candidates are nominated by the various state and provincial golf associations that comprise the PNGA (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington), and are selected by a vote of the PNGA Championship Committee and members of the Northwest Golf Media Association. Awards are given in six different categories: Men’s, Women’s, Senior Men’s, Senior Women’s, Junior Boys’, and Junior Girls’. The awards will be officially presented at the PNGA’s annual meeting next spring. Winners in each category, their accomplishments, as well as other nominees follow. Further details can be found at www.thepnga.org.
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MEN
Ryan Moore (WSGA), Moses Pointe Golf Resort
Ø 2004 USGA Amateur Champion
Ø 2004 Western Amateur Champion
Ø 2004 NCAA Division I Finals Champion
Ø 2004 USGA Amateur Public Links Champion
Ø 2004 Sahalee Players Championship Champion
Ø 2004 USGA Amateur Qualifying Medalist
Others nominated: Frank VanDornick (AGA), Camrose, Alberta
WOMEN
Renee Skidmore (WSGA), Everett Golf and Country Club
Ø 2004 PNGA Amateur Champion
Ø 2004 WSGA Amateur Runner-Up
Others nominated: Jil Swenson (AGA), Sherwood Park, Alberta
SENIOR MEN
Chris Maletis (OGA), Langdon Farms Golf Club
Ø Trans Mississippi Senior Amateur Champion
Ø OGA Senior Stroke Play Champion
Ø OGA Senior Amateur Runner-Up
Ø PNGA Senior Amateur, 3rd
Ø Match Play at the Canadian Match Play Amateur
Ø Dale Morey Championship, 7th
Ø Crump Cup Semi-Finals
Ø Coleman Invitational, 12th
Ø Giddings Cup Team Competition, 2nd
Others nominated: Kent Brown (WSGA), Dominion Meadows Golf Club
SENIOR WOMEN
Alison Murdoch (BCGA), Victoria Golf Club
Ø Winner 2004 Canadian National Seniors’ Championship
Ø Winner 2004 Ireland Senior Ladies Open Championship
Ø Second BC Senior Ladies Championship
Others nominated: Jean Smith (IGA), Shadow Valley Golf Club; Pat Harrop-Schumacher (WSGA), Dungeness G&CC
JUNIOR BOYS
Rafael Lee (BCGA), Marine Drive Golf Club
Ø Winner 2004 Canadian Junior
Ø Winner 2004 Juvenile
Ø Winner 2004 BC Junior
Ø Winner 2004 BC Juvenile
Ø Winner 2004 Financial Group Future Links Western Championship
Ø 1st 2004 Canadian Junior Order of Merit
Others nominated: Dale Vallely (AGA), Medicine Hat, Alberta; Darren Wallace (BCGA) The Redwood GC; Kyle Stanley (WJGA), Canterwood G&CC
JUNIOR GIRLS
Inah Park (BCGA), Mayfair Lakes Golf Club
Ø Winner Canadian Junior Girls Championship
Ø Winning BC Team Member-Canadian Junior Inter-Provincial Team Championship
Ø Winner Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour-Cattermole Timber Junior
Ø BC Junior, T3rd
Ø BC Amateur, T3rd
Others nominated: Susan Nam (AGA), Edmonton, Alberta; Amy Eneroth (WJGA), Deer Park GC