Winning the Professional Golfers Association of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 apprentice of the year award in 2013, based on voting from his peers, felt good for Gordy Scutt.
Now the Olympic View assistant pro knows his performance on the course can do the job as well. Last week he was honoured as the PGA of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 2014 Player of the Year for capturing the Order of Merit as top money winner in B.C. events among member pros this season.
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His come-from-behind, extra-hole win at the PGA of B.C. championship in late August at Point Grey in Vancouver gave him a major boost on the Order, as he pocketed $6,000.
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Even after what he considered a slow start to the season, when he wasnB次元官网网址檛 playing as well as he has done, he was able to turn things around and challenge for a win every time out, he added. B次元官网网址淢y goal is always to be in contention.B次元官网网址�
He won multiple times on the Vancouver Island pro tour and finished second in the final event of the season last month.
A sixth-place finish at a prestigious Canada Cup event in Victoriaville, Que. at the beginning of August set the stage for Point Grey, he said. Fellow B.C. pro Oliver Tubb from Seymour Creek Golf Club in North Vancouver won that event by seven strokes ahead of SummerlandB次元官网网址檚 Greg Machtaler, while Bryn Parry of Seymour Creek was third. All three finished behind Scutt in the Order of Merit standings.
ScuttB次元官网网址檚 season total of $8,373 in winnings from PGA of B.C. events and outside tournaments was a slim $113 better than Olympic View head pro Kevin Maxwell, who finished second.
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Maxwell, who led the B.C. PGA Championship after the first round, but admitted to giving away valuable strokes on the second day to finish third, gave kudos to his assistant pro.
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The good-spirited competition between players through the season helps keep things fresh for club pros on tour and at their home clubs, Maxwell added.
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Scutt, a Spectrum alumnus who spent some time playing pro tours in the U.S. after competing for the University of Washington Huskies, is in his third year at Olympic View. HeB次元官网网址檚 working on his class A teaching pro ticket and hopes to attain the designation next year.
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