Golfweek Senior Players of the Year
Meet Golfweek's Players of the Year for 2011:
SENIOR DIVISION
Chip Lutz, Reading, Pa. – 6,550 points
- Second consecutive POY. Won both years he was eligible.
- Won eight of the nine points events in which he played.
- Only loss was in the semi-finals of USGA Senior Amateur.
- Won the British and Canadian Senior Amateurs.
Ron Carter, Monticello, Ind. – 5,454 points
- Won the Porter Cup and the Dixie Senior.
- Qualified for U.S. Senior Open.
- Finished in the top 10 in nine of 14 point events played
Bill Zylstra, Plymouth, Mich. – 5, points
- Won the Riverwood, the Moot Thomas, the Georgia Senior, and the US Senior Challenge.
- Finished in the top ten in 10 of the 11 poinst tournaments in which he played.
- Made match play in USGA Senior Amateur.
Ted Smith, Wilkinson, Ind. – 4,015 points
- Had seven senior top-10 finishes.
- Played all but one event as a senior, though he was eligible to play in the super ...
Most Recent Senior Amateur Golf Stories
Pfeil earns comeback win at Golfweek Senior
Dick Pfeil shot a dominating final-round, bogey-free 66 to overcome a first-round 81 and win the senior division of the Golfweek Senior National Championship at Waterlefe Golf & River Club in Sarasota, Fla.
Pfeil, Smith win Gateway titles on postcard day
For the first time in three years, the Gateway Senior Invitational, a January Swing event, was blessed with warm, sunny weather and little wind.
Carter wins Old Corkscrew Senior
Ron Carter won the Old Corkscrew Senior Championship’s senior division with a par on the third hole of a playoff with fellow Indiana player Sam Till Jr. Both finished at 229 after 54 holes. Michigan’s Bill Zylstra was third at 231.
Carter wins Dixie Amateur Seniors title
Ron Carter of Monticello, Ind., fired a final-round, 2-under 70 to win the 15th annual the Dixie Amateur Seniors Division tournament, clearing Bob Stephens of Indianapolis, Ind., by one stroke at the Heron Bay Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla.
Frohnmayer wins Senior Women's Amateur
First-time USGA Senior Women’s Amateur participant Terri Frohnmayer might have had a positive omen early in the week at The Honors Course.
Louis Lee wins Senior Am in dramatic fashion
After a dramatic final match full of highs and lows, Louis Lee made a clutch sidehill 4-footer to win the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.
Achenbach: Lee brothers square off at Senior Am
It was a 1,000-mile trip from Heber Springs, Ark., to the U.S. Senior Amateur, but brothers Stan and Louis Lee wound up playing each other Wednesday in the quarterfinals. James Achenbach
Nine golfers play for eight spots at Senior Am
Eight spots. Nine golfers. The prize? A trip to the match-play portion of the USGA Senior Amateur in Virginia.
Remembering 9/11: Eichele describes 'that day'
Yes, he is. Ken Eichele, the New York firefighter indelibly linked to golf and the Sept. 11 attacks, accepts his place in American lore.
Bemowski leads USGA Senior Amateur
Mark Bemowski shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead after the first round of stroke-play qualifying in the USGA Senior Amateur Championship at Kinloch Golf Club.
Schlesinger leads USGA Senior Women's Am
Lisa Schlesinger topped the USGA Senior Women's Amateur leaderboard at 5 under with two holes left when play was suspended because of darkness Saturday in the first round of stroke-play qualifying.
Senior Women's Am has been dominated by Texas
If recent history is any indication, a Dallas-Fort Worth player likely will contend in the Senior Women’s Amateur. Credit the Ladies Amateur Golf Association, a ‘prep school for competitive golf.’
Lutz wins British Senior Amateur by one
Chip Lutz won the British Seniors Open Amateur at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on Friday, holding off Arthur Pierse and Frank Ford III.
Addington closes with 67 at John Kline Super Senior
Don Addington, 80, closed the John Kline Super Senior with a 4-under 67 to win his age division by 11 shots. James Achenbach says that kind of play isn't surprising out of Addington.
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