For the first time, in 2024, the Women’s Southern Nevada Golf Association awarded players for their performance in all the local, regional, state and USGA events. It was a wonderful year for many lady golfers in Southern Nevada. Each event is given points based on the difficulty of the event and the quality of the competition. The event and the points associated with it can be found online at wsnga.org. Plus, a volunteer of the year was honored.
WSNGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Ronda Henderson, Player of the Year
Ronda won the Nevada State Senior Amateur, Nevada State Quad and Tournament of Champions, in addition to qualifying for the USGA Senior Amateur. Ronda is a member at Reflection Bay and has an association membership at Boulder City. She was WSNGA Team Play captain at Boulder City and motivated her team to a first-place overall finish.
Brenda Knott, Senior Player of the year
Brenda Knott earned 230 points to win Senior Player of the Year. She had an outstanding year and won the Nevada State Quad, placed 2nd in the Nevada State Partners and 3rd in the Southern Nevada Amateur. Brenda is also a Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame member and helped to establish WSNGA and the Nevada State Silver Cup.
Jill Morrison, Net Player of the Year
Jill earned 200 points to become Net Player of the Year. Jill is a relative newcomer to our women’s tournaments in southern nevada as she recently retired from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. She is a member at Canyon Gate Country Club. Jill won the net division of the Southern Nevada Amateur and qualified for Silver Cup for the first time. As a rookie in Silver Cup, she was undefeated. In the history of Silver Cup, only 12 of 182 players have gone undefeated as rookies.
Helen Welsh, Senior Net Player of the Year
Helen is a relative newcomer to the WSNGA scene over the past couple of years and has lots of positive energy. Helen plays out of Red Rock Country Club. She was injured in the beginning of the year, but certainly played great at the end placing 2nd net at the Southern Nevada Amateur. Sandy Barletta gave Helen a run finishing 1st net in the Senior Stableford and finished just three points behind Walsh for this award..
Monica Kaili, WSNGA Volunteer of Year
For more than six years, Monica has been instrumental in WSNGA administration as the organization’s Secretary. Monica’s amazing attention to detail in managing our communications to our delegates, detailing our meetings, and organizing our contacts has been extremely valuable. In addition, Monica took on an expanded role with our Team Play program in 2023. Monica’s dedication, time, and candid perspective is highly appreciated and this award is to recognize her many contributions.
