“I had two goals this year, to qualify for the National Championship and to win this award. “I’m excited about winning the Women’s Player of the Year, it feels like the perfect way to end such a memorable year,” said Collins, who was elected to PGA of America membership in 2018. Two years later, she won Golf Channel’s “Big Break Mexico,” which closely coincided with stints on the LPGA and Symetra Tours. She added an individual Division II national title in 2011. 2, also in September.Īshley Grier of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, (475.000) was runner up to Collins, while Allie Knight of Knoxville, Tennessee, (343.750) and Jennifer Borocz of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, (335.000), finished third and fourth, respectively.Ĭollins, 32, played collegiate golf at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, where she had a hand in NSU winning four team National Championships.
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Collins tacked on another South Florida PGA Section victory in the Section’s Tournament Series Event No. In doing so, Collins became the first woman to win the South Florida PGA Section’s signature event.
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She claimed a pair of South Florida PGA Section victories, highlighted in September by a four-shot victory over a predominantly male field in the Section’s PGA Professional Championship at BallenIsles Country Club-East Course. I had and made a number of birdie putts and that’s how I elevated my game.”Ĭollins-a PGA Teaching Professional at Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale-tallied 522.500 points to earn her first career national award from the PGA of America. I did not always feel like I was putting so well, but as I looked back on the year, that was my greatest area of improvement.
But my greatest strides came with the putter. My iron play was really good this year, especially my wedges from 100 yards and in. “To be honest, I was more focused on winning the Player of the Year award for the Middle Atlantic Section. “To win this award is awesome,” said Gross, who was a member of Methodist University’s Division III National Championship squad in 2018 before becoming a PGA Professional in 2020.
Tyler Collet of Vero Beach, Florida, (680.417) was third and Mick Smith of Summit, Wisconsin, (675.000) finished fourth. Gross, now 24 years-old, collected 870.000 total points to garner the initial national award of his career, while Brett Walker of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, was runner up with 826.667. His remarkable effort allowed him to advance to his first PGA Championship three weeks later at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. His debut in the PGA Professional Championship was headlined by a 64 on Tuesday afternoon that included 11 birdies to match the lowest third round in the 54-year history of the event. Lucie, Florida, Gross finished fourth among the talented 312-player field. Gross, a PGA Assistant Professional at Springfield (Va.) Golf and Country Club, had a memorable year, winning three single-day events in Middle Atlantic PGA Section play in addition to victories in the Section’s PGA Professional and Assistant PGA Professional Championships, but it was his performance in April’s PGA Professional Championship that will be best remembered.ĭespite being the youngest player-23-at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Larkin Gross of Center Cross, Virginia Taylor Collins of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Bob Sowards of Dublin, Ohio, captured their respective 2021 PGA of America PGA Professional, Women’s PGA Professional and Senior PGA Professional Player of the Year awards presented annually by Rolex in conjunction with the PGA of America.
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