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A complete list of player points can be found at www.mngolf.org/playerpoints.
SENIOR WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
LEIGH KLASSE
SENIOR
W
Leigh Klasse, 55, of St. Anthony,
is a member of Meadowbrook
and Keller golf clubs.
Klasse
670 points
earned her fi fth consecutive
Senior Women's Player of the
Year title thanks to successfully
defending at the Minnesota Senior
Women's State Amateur
and the MWPGA State Senior
Public Links championships as
well as a win at the Minnesota
Women's State Match Play and
the MWPGA Four-Ball championships,
with partner Olivia Herrick. She also earned two secondplace
fi nishes at the MGA Mixed Amateur Team Championship,
with partner JT Johnson, and the MWGA Senior Four-Ball Tournament,
with partner Mary Hoisser. Klasse was a runner-up at
the MWPGA Match Play Championship, took third at the Minnesota
Women's State Amateur Four-Ball Championship with
partner Betsy Aldrich, and fi nished fi fth and tied for sixth, respectively,
in the MWPGA State Public Links and MGA Women's
Mid-Amateur championships. She qualifi ed for match play at the
USGA Senior Women's Amateur and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
championships.
This is Klasse's ninth overall MGA Player of the Year honor.
SENIOR MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JIM LEHMAN
SENIOR
M
460 points
Jim Lehman, 56, of Plymouth,
is a member of Windsong
Farm. Lehman successfully defended
his MGA Senior Amateur
Championship and made
it to the semi-fi nal rounds at
the MGA Players' and Senior
Players' Match Play championships.
He fi nished as low senior
at the MGA Amateur Four-Ball
Championship with partner
Jerry Rose, and tied for third,
with partner David Steingart, at
the MGA Senior Amateur Four-Ball. For the second year in a row,
Lehman qualifi ed for the USGA Senior Amateur, advancing to
match play.
This is Lehman's second consecutive MGA Senior Men's Player
of the Year honor.
MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
TRENT PETERSON
JUNIOR BOYS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR
FREDDY THOMAS
JUNIOR
B
230 points
Freddy Thomas, 19, of Lakeville,
is a member of Brackett's Crossing
Country Club. Thomas won
the Minnesota State Junior Boys'
Championship and advanced
to the round of 16 at the MGA
Players' Match Play. He took
third at the Minnesota PGA Junior,
tied for 12th at the MGA
Amateur Championship and
fi nished seventh at the MSHSL
Class AAA Tournament.
This is Thomas's fi rst MGA Junior Boys' Player of the Year honor.
M
570 points
Trent Peterson, 27, of Eagan,
is a member of Valleywood Golf
Course. He earned the bulk
of his player points by winning
the Minnesota State Open
and by fi nishing runner-up at
the MGA Players' Match Play
Championship. Peterson earned
a T-3 fi nish at the MGA Mixed
Amateur Team, with partner
Sara Detlefsen, and ninth place
at the MPGA State Public Links
Championship. He tied for 21st
at the MGA Amateur Championship and qualifi ed for match play
at the U.S. Amateur Public Links championship.
This is Peterson's third MGA Player of the Year honor.
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