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PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2019 AGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
MASTERS DIVISION AARON WIEMILLER
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Aaron Wiemiller “There’s a really strong field of players here and that has contributed to my improvement. It has pushed me to get better and more mentally focused. “I never thought I would win an award like this. It’s always been a dream of mine, so playing well this past year was pretty rewarding. The mental aspect of my game has gotten much better, being able to move on from mistakes when I make them, and that has made a big difference.”
2019 AGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
SENIOR DIVISION JEFF BENTON
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layer of the Year awards are getting to be routine for Jeff Benton, who secured his third in a row in 2019 by putting together a solid season, capped off by winning his division of the Players Cup Championship. Benton, 56, also won POY honors in the Senior Division
There’s a really strong field of players here and that has contributed to my improvement. AGA PHOTO
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aron Wiemiller says that once he started winning the game between his ears, his game on the golf course got much better, and that showed in 2019 when he earned the Player of the Year Award in the Masters Division. Wiemiller, a retired police officer from Minnetonka, Minn., didn’t play high school or college golf, but he has made his mark in both the Minnesota Golf Association and the AGA. “When I was 13, a good friend suggested going to hit golf balls one day and I was hooked immediately,” he said. “I grew up on a ninehole, semi-private course, and I remember spending my days as a kid on that course from sunup to sundown.” He moved to Arizona in 2013 and, after rehabbing a work-related knee injury, began playing in AGA events. Wiemiller got his 2019 season rolling by tying for fifth in his division of the Senior Stroke Play and followed that up by winning the Falcon Amateur. “Compared to Minnesota, the AGA events are much more competitive,” he said.
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