P L AY E R S - O F - T H E - Y E A R
2016 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
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Amateur Player of the Year: Meghan Stasi Meghan Stasi, of Oakland Park, captures her sixth Player of the Year title by a landslide, tying the record for most awards won by a female. The winter was a busy season for Meghan, competing in all four Orange Blossom Tour events, finishing tied for 10th in the Harder Hall, tied for 22nd in the South Atlantic Amateur, and making it to the Round of 16 in the Jones/Doherty. In the final Blossom Tour event, the prestigious International Four-Ball Championship, the team of Stasi and 2015 Player of the Year, Tara Joy-Connelly, battled for the crown in an exciting two hole play-off, eventually finishing second to the defending Champions. As spring began, Stasi found herself and partner Isabelle Lendel finishing solo third at the Women's Four-Ball Championship with consistent rounds of 73-72. April was the month that Meghan began to make big strides, capturing the title of Women's Mid-Amateur Champion. No stranger to this new Championship, heading into it's fifth year on the schedule, Meghan has been crowned Champion every year that she competed in it, 2013, 2014 and now 2016. Not only did Meghan post the only under-par rounds in the field, she finished with an impressive tournament total of four-under par, capturing the title by seven strokes. On the USGA front, Stasi competed in three national Championships, including the USGA's MidAmateur, Amateur and Four-Ball Championship. Meghan went on to make it to the Round of 16 in the Four-Ball and was a Quarter-finalist in the Mid-Amateur.
Senior Player of the Year: Gigi Higgins Gigi Higgins, of Cape Coral, is known as a fun and upbeat spirit on and off the golf course. Higgins will accept her first Senior Player of the Year award, clinching the honor with 10,200 points. The year started off well for Gigi as she posted a Semifinalist finish at the Jones/Doherty Championship and tied for fourth in both the prestigious International Four-Ball Championship and state Women's Four-ball Championship with good friend Lin Culver. On the senior circuit, Gigi just missed first place by one stroke at the Women's Senior Amateur, finishing tied for second place. In the well-known Women's Senior North & South Championship at Pinehurst, she posted three consecutive rounds in the 70's to finish 6th in the highly competitive field. Continuing into the summer, Higgins competed in the Women's MidAmateur, where she finished in the top 10, along with the Women's Amateur Stroke Play. Rounding out the month of August, Gigi represented Florida at the Women's Southeastern Challenge Matches. To finish the season, Higgins traveled to back-to-back USGA Championships, making match play in both the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championships.