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GOLFERS of theYEAR
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VSGA SUPER SENIOR WOMEN ’ S GOLFER OF THE YEAR
Linda DiVall
HOME CLUB : Mount Vernon CC
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PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT : The personal highlight would have to be coming from five strokes back with five holes to go in the VSGA Super Senior Stroke Play Championship at my home course of Mount Vernon CC . The win came on the 19th hole , and for once , I remained calm down the final stretch — wish I knew the secret to making that happen ! |
VSGA SUPER SENIOR GOLFER OF THE YEAR
Jack Allara
HOME CLUB : Hidden Valley CC
Jack Allara
PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT : To say I was surprised to get the award is putting it mildly . I missed nine weeks from the second week of June to the middle of August . Repeating as the VSGA Super Senior match-play champion was very , very special . When you miss that much time due to two different injuries , you wonder if you are ever going to get to play . I barely made match play but played really well in my matches .
GOLF GOALS FOR 2023 : To heal my foot in the off-season , to stay healthy for the entire year , to play well , and to continue to enjoy playing with my friends I compete against . It really is special to me .
FUN FACT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT YOU : While competing in college at Arizona State University , I would get extremely nervous before our matches . So I began needlepointing after my warmup and before the first tee to calm my jitters — maybe I should take that up again .
GOLF GOALS FOR 2023 : Playing on the 2023 Mount Vernon CC team to win the VSGA State Team Championship .
BEST CLUB IN YOUR BAG : My best club ( s ) are my hybrids . If I had to pick one , it would be my 6 hybrid .
BEST COURSES YOU HAVE PLAYED : This year I realized my bucket list by playing Pasatiempo where I birdied the last hole . I have now played three of Dr . Alister MacKenzie ’ s best : Augusta National , Cypress Point and Pasatiempo .
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
• VSGA Super Senior Women ’ s Stroke Play champion ( won on first playoff hole )
• VSGA Super Senior Women ’ s Amateur finalist
• WDCGA Super Senior Champion
• Top 20 in 2022 North South Super Senior Championship at Pinehurst
• Finalist in 2022 Ironwood Country Club ( CA ) Women ’ s Championship
BEST CLUB IN YOUR BAG : I decided to ask two guys I play with and both said putter . It was either my short game or putter . I will go with putter .
BEST COURSES YOU HAVE PLAYED : In 2003 I got to the quarterfinals of the U . S . Mid-Amateur at Wilmington ( Delaware ) Country Club where they just had a Fed Ex playoff event . It was one of the nicest and most difficult courses I ’ ve played . I got a chance to play historic Muirfield ( Scotland ), which is a great course , in the 2005 British Mid-Amateur . I really like playing my home course at Hidden Valley .
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
• VSGA Super Senior Amateur champion ( 65 +)
• T7 VSGA Super Senior Four-Ball ( partner Tony Green )
• T14 VSGA Super Senior Stroke Play
• The Signature at The Federal Club runner-up
• Hidden Valley Four-Ball Invitational champion ( with Green )
• Second in VSGA Super Senior Player Rankings Linda Divall
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