WOMEN’S PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR - BAILEY SHOEMAKER

Bailey Shoemaker, also named the 2022 Girls’ Junior Player of the Year, received this honor after a remarkable season filled with an FSGA Championship victory and runner-up finishes in USGA events.

Shoemaker captured her second FSGA championship win and the first of her 2022 season at the 93rd Women’s Amateur Championship. After a grueling 130 holes of golf, Shoemaker defeated Maisie Filler, 3 and 2, to raise the trophy at Streamsong Resort. She became the first junior golfer ever to win the Women’s Amateur Championship in the championship’s 93-year history.

WOMEN’S SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR - KIM KEYER-SCOTT

Gigi Higgins earned Women’s Senior Player of the Year honors for the second time. She had a successful 2022 season with strong finishes in FSGA championships as well as multiple USGA showings.

Higgins captured a second-place finish at the Women’s Senior Four-Ball Championship with partner, Lin Culver in March. The pair carded rounds of 72-73 to fall short of the win by only three strokes. Higgins also secured a seventh-place finish at the Women’s Senior Amateur Championship in April, as well as a top-20 finish at the Women’s International Four-Ball with partner, Lin Culver.

In addition, Higgins qualified for and advanced to match play at the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Anchorage Golf Course in Alaska. She also teed it up in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and the U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship.