SA Golf Industry Awards Night – Winners List

POSTED ON October 25, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

The achievements of the South Australian Golf Industry have been celebrated with 200 golfing representatives from around the state at the South Australian Golf Industry Awards Night held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the evening of Saturday 22 October.

The Master of Ceremonies for the night was Ben Hook with Wayne Phillips conducting interviews with the awards winners.

Special guests of the night were SA Golf Hall of Fame Members, David Cherry, Pauline Sanderson, Bob Tuohy and Sue Tuohy representing her mother Rhonda Watson. Golf Australia Board Member Robert Crosby and Jan Sutherland CEO of Sport SA were also Awards Night guests.

In total 15 trophies were presented as part of the SA Industry Awards Night, which covered industry specific awards from Golf SA, PGA of Australia, Golf Management Australia and the Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association as well as awards for volunteer contributions to the game from both Metropolitan and Country areas.

Amongst the highlights of the Awards evening was the presentation of the Award for Service to the South Australian Golf Industry. This award was presented to Dr Ian McInnes OAM from Loxton, for his outstanding and on-going contribution to golf in South Australia at all levels for over half a century. Dr McInnes received a standing ovation when accepting his award.

The full list of award recipients is:

* Golf SA Junior Boy’s Vardon – Lachlan Barker (Glenelg) – winners blurb
* Golf SA Women’s Vardon – Ella Adams (The Grange) – winners blurb
* Golf SA Men’s Vardon – Lachlan Barker (Glenelg) – winners blurb
* SAGCSA Graduate Award (Sponsored by Toro) – Keenan Hutchings (The Grange) – winners blurb
* SAGCSA Award for Excellence in Turf Management (Sponsored by Globe) – Kim Tonkin (Penfield) – winners blurb
* SAGCSA Distinguished Service Award (Sponsored by SAGCSA ) – Michael Bohnsack (Victor Harbor) – winners blurb
* GMA Workplace Health & Safety Award (Sponsored by Monit) – South Lakes Golf Club – winners blurb
* GMA Award for Excellence in Golf Club Management (Sponsored by MiClub) – Mark Tan (Mount Osmond) – winners blurb
* Service to the SA Golf Industry (Sponsored by BGC Industrial Cleaning Supplies) – Dr Ian McInnes – winners blurb
* Country Volunteer of the Year (Sponsored by Schweppes) – Roen Cameron (Hamley Bridge) – winners blurb
* Metropolitan Volunteer of the Year (Sponsored by Programmed Property Services) – John Turnbull (The Grange) – winners blurb
* PGA Pro Am of the Year (Legends) – SA Senior PGA Championship – Blue Lakes Public Golf Links – winners blurb
* PGA Pro Am of the Year – Murray Bridge Classic – Murray Bridge Golf Club – winners blurb
* PGA Teaching Professional of the Year – Anne-Marie Knight (Adelaide Shores) – winners blurb
* PGA Professional of the Year – Ian Pritchard (Mount Osmond) – winners blurb