Deane, Gregory, Norris All Earn Prestigious Northern Texas PGA Awards
DALLAS, TX -
The Northern Texas PGA is pleased to announce that Stuart Deane
, PGA golf coach at The University of Texas at Arlington, has captured the 2016 Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Year Award. This marks Deane's fourth time winning Player of the Year honors.
Deane accumulated a 450-point total to capture the 2016 Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Yeartitle by a 124.36 point margin over Brian Norman, PGA teaching professional at Gleneagles Country Club.
Deane's year included victories at both the TelePacific Communications Western Championship as well as the Joyce Crane / Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company Section Championship. He finished tied for 3rd at the Prize Possessions Eastern Championship and tied for 2nd at the Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship.
The Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Year Points Challenge is a season long competition that rewards the top-40 finishers in the four major individual stroke play events. The four events are the Prize Possessions Eastern Championship, TelePacific Communications Western Championship, NTPGA Professional Championship and the Joyce Crane / Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company Section Championship. The top 32 finishers on the 2016 Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Player of the Year Points standings receive invitations into the Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Match Play Championship slated for October 10-12 at Crown Colony Country Club in Lufkin.
Greg Gregory
, PGA assistant Professional at Hidden Creek Golf Course, captured the 2016 Ben Hogan / NTPGA Stroke Play Average Awardwith a stroke average of 70.14 for seven rounds. The Ben Hogan / NTPGA Stroke Play Scoring Average Award is presented to the Section member compiling the lowest overall adjusted scoring average in the Open Division for the Eastern Championship, Western Championship, NTPGA Professional Championship and Section Championship. He shot four sub-par rounds in the four individual majors carding 33 birdies. This is Gregory’s first time winning this award.
The Ben Hogan / NTPGA Stroke Play Average Award requires a minimum of six rounds in the four major individual stroke play events. Again, the four events are the Prize Possessions Eastern Championship, TelePacific Communications Western Championship, NTPGA Professional Championship and the Joyce Crane / Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company Section Championship.
Also with the 2016 seasons wrapping up, Paul Norris
, PGA golf coach at Texas Wesleyan University, has captured the 2016 OMEGA Senior Points Challenge Award. He accumulated a 350-point total to capture his first Senior Points Challenge Award.
The highlight of Norris' season was his victory at the Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship. He will be the top seed leading seven other seniors into the season-ending Yamaha Golf-Car Company / Lajitas Golf Resort Match Play Championship.
