V S The Golfers
Of The Year
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VSGA SUPER SENIOR
GOLFER OF THE YEAR
Peter Jacobi
HOME CLUB: Army Navy Country Club
2017 Highlights
» At age 74, won the 32nd VSGA Super Senior Stroke
Play Championship against players as young as 65.
Closed with a second-round 70 to win by two strokes.
» Teamed with fellow Army Navy member Bill Engel to
finish second at the 5th VSGA Super Senior Four-
Ball Championship.
» Finished sixth in the VSGA Super Senior Player
Rankings.
» Added to his championship resume, having
previously won the title in 2011.
» Joined Engel and Bill Chase as players to win two
Super Senior Stroke Play titles.
2017
VSGA CHAMPIONS
“I’ve looked at my
future in golf, and
it’s all behind me.
... Now, it’s like I’m
hanging on.”
—Jacobi, jokingly, after his win
at the Super Senior Stroke Play
Championship
The 2017 VSGA championship season began in April and
ended two days before Halloween on a rainy day at The
Federal Club. In between, many champions were crowned.
A list of the 2017 winners:
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Va.-West Va. Matches: Virginia
Club Championship: The Foundry GC
Four-Ball Stroke Play: BJ Maben and Kyle Mutter
Senior Four-Ball: Keith Decker and Pat Tallent
Super Senior Stroke Play: Peter Jacobi
Senior Stroke Play: Dave Pulk
Amateur: Mark Lawrence Jr.
Delta Dental State Open of Virginia: Ryan Zylstra
Senior Amateur: Rich Buckner
Super Senior Four-Ball: Charles Green III and Bob Rotella
Senior Open: Buck Brittain
Mid-Amateur: Justin Young
Super Senior Amateur: Mike McDonald (65–69); Bill Engel
(70–74); Ned Baber (75–plus)
Mid-Senior Amateur: Leon Roday
72nd Captain’s Putter Matches: Virginias
Four-Ball Match Play: Jimmy Delp and Justin Young (regular);
Dave Pulk and Skip Zobel (senior) Women’s Stroke Play: Amanda Hollandsworth
Senior Women’s Stroke Play: Natalie Easterly
Women’s Four-Ball: Alexandra Austin/Lauren Greenlief
(regular); Natalie Easterly/Amy Ellertson (senior)
Women’s Amateur: Lauren Greenlief
Women’s Virginias-Carolinas Matches: Virginias
Senior Women’s Amateur: Mary Cabriele
Women’s State Team Matches: Mount Vernon CC
MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
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JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAPGA/VSGA Junior Four-Ball: Dru Richter IV/Ward Wilkinson
Junior Match Play: Michael Brennan
Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Matches: Virginia
Junior Girls’: Victoria Tip-Aucha
Junior Stroke Play: Teddy Zinsner
Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge: Carolinas
Youth Championship (12–13 age group): Bryan Lee (boys) and
Julie Shin (girls)
Virginias-Carolinas Junior Boys’ Matches: Carolinas
Junior Golf Circuit Championship: Charlie Kennedy (boys) and
Vynie Chen (girls)
Mid-Atlantic Junior Boys’ Invitational: Virginia
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