Click here for the Sun Country Amateur Golf Association’s 2010 tournament schedule.
Click here for USGA qualifiers. The locations have been set but the Sun Country Amaetur Golf Association, which conducts them for the USGA, has not settled on dates.
The Sun Country Amateur Golf Association named Tim Madigan and Lee Sanchez its 2009 players of the year.
Sanchez of Santa Fe completed his first season as a senior player. He won the New Mexico-West Texas Senior Amateur Championship at Sonoma Ranch Golf Club and was on the winning team at the SCAGA Senior Four Ball Championship at Taos Country Club.
Madigan of Rio Rancho won Player of the Year in the Championship Division. He performed well in every Sun Country event in 2009 and qualified for both the U.S. Public Links and the U.S. Amateur.
Madigan was in a close race with Nick Geyer of Albuquerque, but Madigan’s win in August at the Sun Country Player’s Championship at Isleta Eagle Golf Course put him over the top.
To see the official announcement, click here for the Sun Country AGA site.
Lobo seniors Steve Saunders and Parker Pemberton will turn pro at the Socorro Open later this week. Miguel Griego, another Lobo alumnus, was expected to defend his Soccoro title when the event kicks off Friday.
Two other Lobo seniors, Brandon Putnam and Guillermo Chavez, were expected to retain their amateur status.
Putnam was granted entry into the Pacific Coast Amateur team by virtue of his Sun Country Amateur Golf Association Match Play victory last week. Putnam was also expected to play in the SCAGA New Mexico-West Texas Amateur Championship July 17-19 at Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club.
