BC Golf Announces PNGA POY Nominees

The PNGA Player of the Year candidates are nominated by the various state and provincial golf associations that comprise the PNGA (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington), and are selected by a vote of the PNGA Championship Committee.

Awards are given annually in eight different categories: Men’s, Women’s, Senior Men’s, Senior Women’s, Men’s Mid-Amateur, Women’s Mid-Amateur, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’.

In advance of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) announcement acknowledging the recipients of the 2022 Player of the Year awards, British Columbia Golf is proud to share the names and playing accomplishments of those who are being nominated from our province for the awards. 

Junior Girls: Lauren Kim

  • World Junior Girls – T9      
  • World Amateur Team Championship - Espirito Santo Trophy - 33rd             
  • Canada Summer Games - 2nd        
  • Girl's Junior PGA Championship - 18th       
  • Canadian Women's Amateur Championship - 3rd      
  • U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica – 90th 
  • Under Armour® - Albane Valenzuela Girls Invitational - 12th          
  • NextGen Pacific Championship, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards – 2nd             
  • Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational presented by Rolex - 7th             
  • Junior Orange Bowl International - 5th      

Junior Boys: Cooper Humphreys

  • NextGen Selection Camp - 4th      
  • Canada Summer Games - 1st        
  • Canadian Junior Boys Championship - 5th 
  • Canadian Men's Amateur Championship - 47th          
  • Pacific Coast Amateur - 55th                   
  • British Columbia Amateur – 13th                         
  • Toyota Junior World Cup  - 5th     
  • Memorial Amateur Championship - 25th   
  • NextGen Pacific Championship, fueled by JOURNIE Rewards - 2nd  
  • Toyota Junior Golf World Cup Zone Qualifier - 3rd 
  • CJGA Western Canadian Championship at Mayfair Lakes - 1st        

Women’s Amateur: Leah John

  • Pat Lesser-Harbottle Invit. - 10th           
  • Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic - 8th        
  • Coeur d'Alene Collegiate - 11th               
  • Canadian Women's Amateur Championship - 16th                 
  • British Columbia Amateur - 1st                 
  • The Glencoe Invitational - 4th                             
  • NCAA Stanford Regional - 58th                            
  • Mountain West Conference Championship - 18th                       
  • Wyoming Cowgirl Classic - 5th                  
  • Fresno State Classic - 25th                      
  • Dr Donnis Thompson Invitational - 11th                          
  • The Gunrock Invitational - 21st     
  • The Show  - 1st    

Men’s Amateur: AJ Ewart

  • NSU Shark Invitational - 15th        
  • The Griffin Invitational - 1st                   
  • World Amateur Team Championship - Eisenhower Trophy - 40th                         
  • U.S. Amateur Championship - 101st                    
  • Canadian Men's Amateur Championship - 13th         
  • Pacific Coast Amateur  - 29th                 
  • Northeast Amateur Invitational - 33rd       
  • Sunnehanna Amateur - 94th                   
  • RBC Canadian Open - 99th                    
  • NCAA DII Championship – Stroke - 11th               
  • NCAA South - SouthEast Regional - 1st                
  • SSC Men's Championship - 2nd      
  • The Battle at the Shores - 1st       
  • Bobcat Invitational - 1st             
  • 2022 Southeastern Collegiate – 14th       
  • Panther Invitational - 1st            
  • Matlock Collegiate Classic - 1st

Women’s Mid-Amateur and Women’s Senior: Shelly Stouffer

  • U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship - 75th           
  • Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur & Senior Championship - 1st      
  • U.S. Senior Women's Open Championship - 29th             
  • U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship - 1st           
  • The Glencoe Invitational – 23rd   
  • Pacific Northwest Senior Women's Amateur Championship – 1st   
  • British Columbia Senior Women's – 1st     
  • British Columbia Mid-Amateur – 2nd 

Men’s Mid-Amateur: Patrick Weeks

  • The Glencoe Invitational - 18th     
  • British Columbia Mid-Amateur – 1st 

Men’s Senior: Sandy Harper

  • Canadian Men's Senior Championship, presented by BDO – 54tth    
  • British Columbia Senior Men's  - 1st          

Notable: Two Years After Suffering Life-Changing Stroke, Sandy Harper Wins B.C. Senior & Super-Senior Men’s Amateur Championships - British Columbia Golf