It was another great season for Central Links Golf and its member clubs and players. Players of the Year have been determined for the 2021 season. It was a close battle for some award winners, but all worked extremely hard to earn their respective Player of the Year title.
Women’s Players of the Year
Women’s Amateur Player of the Year: Katy Winters
Third place finish in the Prairie Invitational, Sixth place finish in the Kansas Women’s Amateur, Third place finish in the Kansas Women’s Mid-Am, Runner Up finish in Fall Triple Threat
Women’s Senior Amateur Player of the Year: Pam Simpson
Kansas Women’s Senior Champion, fourth place finish at Kansas Women’s Mid-Amateur
Women’s Super Senior Amateur Player of the Year: Denise Desilet
Tee Fore Two and Fall Triple Threat Champion, Kansas Women’s Senior Runner Up
Women’s Legends Amateur Player of the Year: Jettie Bezek
Kansas Women’s Super Senior and Fall Triple Threat Champion, top 15 finish at Prairie Invitational (Opal Hill Division)
Men’s Players of the Year
Kansas Amateur Player of the Year: Cooper Schultz
2021 Kansas Amateur Champion, 2021 US Open Sectional Qualifier, 2021 US Amateur Qualifier (made match play)
Kansas Mid-Amateur Player of the Year: Brian Fehr
2021 Kansas Mid-Amateur Champion, 2021 Kansas Amateur match play qualifier, Quarterfinalist in 2021 KC Match Play, top 10 finish in 2021 Railer, Team qualifier for 2021 Kanza Players Cup & Director’s Cup competitions
Kansas Senior & Super Senior Amateur Player of the Year: Greg Goode
2021 Kansas Four-Ball Masters Division Champion, 2nd place at 2021 Senior Series Championship, top 10 finishes in the Kansas Mid-Amateur, Railer, High Plains, KC Amateur, Konza Amateur, and Kansas Senior Four-Ball
Kansas Legends Player of the Year: Don Kuehn
Top 10 finishes in 2021 Railer, Legends of Kansas Championship, Kansas Senior Team Championship, KC Amateur, and Kansas Senior Four-Ball
Kansas City Amateur Player of the Year: Sam Parrott
Kansas City Amateur Champion, 4th place in Missouri Amateur Stroke Play
Kansas City Senior Player of the Year: Dave Cunningham
Kansas Senior Amateur Champion, Kansas City Four-Ball Championship Runner Up, 6 Stateline Amateur Tour Wins
Junior Player of the Year
Girls Player of the Year: Kate Tilma
Top 5 finish at Kansas Junior Girls Amateur Championship, KS Optimist Qualifier Medalist, Qualified for the US Women’s Four-Ball and US Girls Junior, Runner Up at 2021 KSHSAA 5A Girls State Championship
Boys Player of the Year: Luke Scheufler
Konza Prairie Amateur Champion, Kansas Junior Tour Champion (Boys 16+), Kansas City Boys Match Play Runner Up, Runner Up in the Kansas Boys Junior Amateur, Qualified for the US Boys Junior and a Kansas/Nebraska Cup team member
