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San Jose Country Club teaching pro Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth has made it two in a row.
Connelly Eiswerth is the Women’s PGA Professional of the Year for the second year in a row, based on a points system in PGA events from the section to the national level.
She earned 860 points, beating out Sandra Changkija of Daytona Beach (763.33).
Connelly Eiswerth won the Women’s Stroke Play Championship at the PGA Winter Championships; tied for 26th in the PGA Professional Championship, made her sixth consecutive start in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and led the U.S. to a 12-shot victory in the Women’s PGA Cut, with a final-round 66.
She finished fifth in the North Florida PGA Player of the Year standings and second in the section Women’s Player of the Year honors.
“It’s amazing, another awesome year,” said Connelly Eiswerth in a statement. “It was really good obviously playing and also with programming at [San Jose], a lot of things going really well, which is rewarding. I’m feeling more settled into teaching the game and being on this side of the business coming out of playing and coaching for a couple years. I’ve got really good support at the club, so it’s been a lot of fun and really satisfying.”
Ben Polland of Jackson, Wyoming is the PGA Male Player of the Year and Jason Caron of Oyster Bay, N.Y. is the Senior PGA Professional Player of the Year.
David Anthony cited by FSGA
David Anthony of Jacksonville has earned his second Florida State Golf Association Super-Senior Player of the Year award.
Anthony’s victory at the FSGA Super-Senior Championship was his 16th FSGA title and his fourth Super-Senior title in the last five years. He also was runner-up at the state Senior Match Play and had a top-five finish at the 2024 state Foursomes Championship with Steve Sponder.
Will Davenport of Boynton Beach, who teamed up with Mike Smith of Ponte Vedra Beach to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Four-Ball, is the amateur and mid-amateur Player of the Year. Davenport was a top-three finisher in four of his six FSGA starts this season and won the state Mid-Amateur Fourball (South).
R.J. Nakashian of Palm Beach Gardens is the Senior Player of the Year, Clipper Salmon of Tampa is the Junior Boys Player of the Year and Sophia Dyer of St. Petersburg is the Junior Girls Player of the Year.
First Coast Amateur returns to Duval
The ninth First Coast Amateur will begin at the Deerwood Country Club on Saturday, marking a return to Duval County and being played at Deerwood for the first time.
Kent Hsaio of Purdue is the defending champion. He won at Amelia National last year.
The City of Jacksonville’s Office of Sports & Entertainment is the presenting sponsor for the second year.
The 54-hole, no-cut tournament has a field of 96 players. Last year’s field represented 12 countries, 23 states and 46 colleges and universities. It includes nine players either on the University of North Florida roster or committed to play next year and three from Flagler College.
Among the players are two past Jacksonville Amateur champions, Adam Waller and Jason Duff, past Times-Union high school players of the year Brett Schell, Andrew Riley and Duff, and UNF assistant coach Tyler Gulliksen, who won four Florida State Golf Association titles last year and was second in the Florida Amateur.
PGA Junior League registration open
Registration is now open for the 2025 season in the PGA Junior League, a team format for players 17 years and younger.
The PGA Junior League had more than 77,000 participants last year and in its 12-year history, has reached more than 500,000 junior golfers.
Junior League programs are offered in 13 and under and 17 and under, with a 9 and under division launching as a pilot program this year. Play is from May through November, with sectional, regional and national competitions.
Junior League programs on the First Coast are being offered at Blue Sky, Eagle Harbor, Hidden Hills, the PGA Tour Academy at the World Golf Village, Palencia, Palm Valley, the Plantation at Ponte Vedra, Queen’s Harbour, St. Johns Golf and Country Club, South Hampton and the TPC Sawgrass. To register or get more program information, visit pgajrleague.com.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, David Anthony bookend Player of Year honors
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