Canongate Junior Honored with GSGA Player of the Year Award

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Canongate Golf Clubs Member and Junior Tour Participant, Mariah Stackhouse, has been honored with the GSGA Women's Player of the Year Award, as well as being honored as the Girls' Player of the Year. For the first time in history, Mariah has become the only golfer to win two GSGA Player of the Year categories in the same year.

In 2008, Stackhouse successfully defended two titles she won the previous season, the Georgia Women’s Match Play Championship and the Georgia Girls’ Championship. At the Women’s Match Play, she faced Erin Packer in the final for the second-straight year, and won 3 and 2. She captured the Girls’ title with a five-stroke victory at Marietta Country Club, posting the only sub-par round of the tournament on the final day.

The dramatic highlight of Stackhouse’s season came at the Georgia Women’s Golf Association (GWGA) Amateur Championship, where she found herself tied with Coble after 54 holes of regulation after trailing by two shots with two holes to play. Stackhouse was vying to become the youngest champion in the 79-year history of the event, while Coble was looking to secure a record-tying sixth title. After parring both 17 and 18 to force extra holes, Stackhouse then won the three-hole aggregate playoff with three straight pars.

Stackhouse also earned points in the Girls’ Player of the Year race for advancing to the third round of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at The Hartford (Conn.) Golf Club.



2008 Players of the Year Final Points Standings Top Five
(Complete final standings available at www.gsga.org)

Women's Player of the Year
Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale 1,000
Laura Coble, Augusta 900
Tess Fordham, Metter 475
Kendall Wright, Suwanee 450
Lauren Darnell, Gainesville 450



Girls' Player of the Year
Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale 1,250
Kendall Wright, Suwanee 650
Anna Leigh Keith, Moultrie 350
Alina Lee, Athens 300
Amira Alexander, Alpharetta 250
Kathryn Fowler, Americus 250