Jacksonville’s David Anthony adds another FSGA player of the year award

David Anthony of Jacksonville is on a winning streak.

Anthony has clinched his third Florida State Golf Association Super-Senior Player of the Year award in the past four years, with three top-five finishes in statewide events.

Anthony secured victory at the Super-Senior Match Play at the Buckhorn Springs Golf and Country Club and claimed fourth place in both the Super-Senior Amateur and the Two-Man Scramble Championship, alongside Steve Sponder.

“To be recognized by the state golf association in the state in which I reside is truly an honor,” Anthony stated. “Many thanks to the FSGA staff and the many volunteers.”

In other FSGA Player of the Year awards:

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  Marc Dull
  of Lakeland is the Amateur and Mid-Amateur player of the year. The Lakeland native set a record in the Florida Amateur with a 17-under 271 at the Turtle Creek Club and holds the largest margin of victory (seven shots) since 2013. He’s the first Mid-Amateur to win the event in 20 years.

• Miles McConnell of Tampa secures the senior player of the year award for the third year in a row. He dominated the FSGA Senior Amateur by six shots at Lago Mar and partnered with Pete Williams to clinch the Senior Four-Ball at The Founders Club.

• Megan Schofill of Monticello, an Auburn junior, takes home the women’s player of the year title. After leading the Tigers in stroke average (71.67) during the college season, she emerged victorious at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles.

• Kim Keyer-Scott of Bonita Springs, despite battling breast cancer, managed to win the women’s senior player of the year award for the second time in three years. She claimed the Southern Senior Amateur, finished fifth at the Florida Senior Amateur, sixth at the Florida Senior Open, and reached the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur semifinals.

The players of the year will be honored at the FSGA’s Annual Dinner in Orlando at Shingle Creek later this month.

Palencia goes back-to-back

The Palencia Club team of professional Matt Carroll and amateurs Jim Loftin, Tom Davis and Desi Desiderio emerged victorious with a net best-ball score of 14-under 130 at the Slammer & Squire, clinching the Jacksonville Area Golf Association/Northern Chapter PGA Club Team Championship by two shots over the Jacksonville Golf and Country Club and the host club from the Slammer & Squire. The previous year’s win was at the King & Bear, the other World Golf Hall of Fame course.

Roman O’Rourke, Skip Lunsford, Dennis Fallen and Chad Knickerbocker constituted the Jacksonville G&CC team, while Jake Etherton, Dan Butterworth, Kurt Andersen and Josh Campbell made up the Slammer & Squire team.

Josh Wolfe and O’Rourke tied for low pro with 4-under 68. Jennifer Borocz of the North Florida PGA Section was third with a 71, the only other under-par gross round among the professionals.

Watch out for Nick

University of North Florida senior Nick Gabrelcik retains his position on the final Haskins Award watch list of the fall season, which recognizes the top college golfer of the year.

Gabrelcik contributed to the Ospreys’ top-five finishes in all five fall events. He secured a place among the top 10 four times, set a school-record 62 in the Visit Knoxville Collegiate at Tennessee National, and boasts a 68.53 scoring average.

Gabrelcik is also placed third on the final PGA Tour University rankings for college seniors. The individual who finishes first following the NCAA Championship in May will earn full PGA Tour status for the rest of the season.

Closing fast to make U.S. Four-Ball

Mike Smith of Ponte Vedra Beach birdied his last three holes and John Jonas of Jacksonville birdied two of his last four to lead their respective two-man teams into the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship in a qualifier at Golden Ocala.

Smith and Will Davenport of Palm City, and Jonas and Richard Oref of Nashville, both finished at 7-under 65 to claim the two qualifying spots. The U.S. Four-Ball will be held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club from May 25-29, 2024.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: David Anthony of Jacksonville captures his third FSGA player of year award