2022 PLAYER AWARDS

Tori Totlis

Women’s Player of the Year

Tori Totlis set a goal at the beginning of 2022: Winning the AGA Women’s Player of the Year. She knew achieving it would force her to sign up for tournaments out of her comfort zone and put her skills to the test against Arizona’s best amateurs. By consistently placing in the top five at tournaments and earning the most points throughout the season, she accomplished that goal.

“I can work on my game as consistently as possible but if I’m not putting it to the test under tournament conditions, then what’s the point?” Totlis said. “Was every tournament a win or top-five finish? Hardly, but each event gave me the opportunity to learn, better myself and improve my golf game.”

True – not every tournament ended up with a top-five finish. But Totlis did rack up seven of them in 2022, and five of those were runner-up finishes. Individually, she placed second at the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the stroke play qualifying at the Women’s Match Play Championship. At the latter, she made it all the way to the championship match against star junior Ashley Shaw.

It was in Partners tournaments where Totlis shined the brightest. In gusty conditions at Flagstaff Ranch Country Club, she and Molly Steffes fired -8 to win the Scotch Play Tournament. Totlis and Steffes also finished in second place at the Women’s Four-Ball Championship, and posted a T2 at the Women’s Season Opener. Totlis was also one of two women who represented Team AGA at the Arizona vs. Utah Shootout.

“I am very grateful to be a member of a golf association that supports the women’s golf community and puts on incredible events for golfers of all levels,” said Totlis.