IN addition to Hannah Inexperienced’s second Greg Norman Medal, as introduced within the December situation of Inside Golf, one other 9 excessive achievers had been singled out and acknowledged on the PGA Awards Gala Dinner, held throughout the week of the current Australian PGA Championship.
Greater than 350 company, together with Cam Smith, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee and others competing at Royal Queensland later that week, attended the awards ceremony at Brisbane Metropolis Corridor, with Inexperienced’s Greg Norman Medal the spotlight of the ten awards offered all through the night.
Accepting the Greg Norman Medal on Inexperienced’s behalf was her coach, Ritchie Smith, himself named PGA Nationwide Coach of the 12 months – Excessive Efficiency.
It was a fourth nationwide win for Smith, with the West Australian teaching quite a lot of main gamers, together with Inexperienced, Min Woo and Minjee Lee, in addition to Elvis Smylie, winner of the Australian PGA and a current addition to the Smith steady of gamers.
Brisbane Golf Membership’s Asha Flynn gained the PGA Nationwide Coach of the 12 months – Recreation Growth for the second 12 months in succession, whereas Catalina Membership’s Rodney Sales space was named 2024 PGA Nationwide Membership Skilled of the 12 months.
Basic Supervisor at Eastlake Golf Membership, Robert Blain was awarded PGA Nationwide Administration Skilled of the 12 months, three-time winner and Order of Advantage champion Kazuma Kobori was named PGA Tour of Australasia Participant of the 12 months, LPGA Tour-bound Cassie Porter acquired her first Margie Masters WPGA Tour of Australasia Participant of the 12 months award and Andre Stolz was named PGA Legends Tour Participant of the 12 months for the fourth straight 12 months.
2024 PGA Awards
Greg Norman Medal: Hannah Inexperienced
PGA Nationwide Coach of the 12 months – Excessive Efficiency: Ritchie Smith (Royal Fremantle GC)
PGA Nationwide Coach of the 12 months – Recreation Growth: Asha Flynn (Brisbane GC)
PGA Nationwide Membership Skilled of the 12 months: Rodney Sales space (Catalina Membership G&CC)
PGA Nationwide Administration Skilled of the 12 months: Robert Blain (Eastlake GC)
MyGolf Deliverer of the 12 months: Jake Newbery (KDV Sport)
Worldwide Member of the 12 months: Ashley Marsay (San Francisco Golf Membership)
PGA Tour of Australasia Participant of the 12 months: Kazuma Kobori
Margie Masters WPGA Tour of Australasia Participant of the 12 months: Cassie Porter
Legends Tour Participant of the 12 months: Andre Stolz
