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PLAYERS OF THE YEAR


AWGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR


NIOR DIVISIO LIZ WAYNICK


history along the way, in becoming the AWGA Senior Player of the Year in 2018. It was the second such


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award for Waynick, who pulled off a rare double in


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iz Waynick distinguished herself in national events, and made a little


2018


2012 by winning both the Player of the Year and Senior Player of the Year titles. In state events,


her highlights in 2018 were winning the Arizona Women’s Senior championship and finishing second to Kim Eaton in the Arizona Women’s Match Play. On the national level,


she was second in local qualifying and first in sectionals for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open and third in Women’s Mid- Amateur qualifying. She also made history


by being the first golfer ever to register for the U.S. Women’s Senior Open, which was a new event in 2018.


“I got there early and just


happened to be the first one to show up for registration,” she said. “So that was pretty special, but just playing in the Senior Women’s Open was really the highlight of the year for me. It was just a great experience.” Waynick was preparing


to undergo surgery to repair an elbow tendon as 2019 started and said it might take awhile to get back into the swing of things. “I’ll probably be out of


action for about six months, but as soon as possible, I’ll be back in it,” she said. “I really love golf. It’s still a lot of fun, and as long as it’s fun, I’ll keep playing and competing.”


PREVIEW 2019 | AZ GOLF Insider | 31 Playing in the


Senior Women’s Open was really the highlight of


the year for me. It was just a


great experience.


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