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AROUND TOWN

SNGA Names 2020 Players of Year

Dario Gonzales John Turk Kelly Knievel
Silver Net Silver Senior

David Golder Kenny Ebalo Trevor Coss
Senior Net Championship Net

W hat a year. What a season. What compe- two more wins (the Cascata Amateur and the SNGA Tour-

tition. What players. What course. What,
Bear’s Best) in racking up 890.79 points for the year. He won
what, what …
the Player of the Year title by 334.79 points.
Finally, we have all swung into 2021
but still had to hold on for the Senior Gross Player of the
with renewed hope and positivity, but Knievel reeled off five wins in 15 events he participated in,
there were some glimmers of enjoyment in 2020, especially Year honor. Knievel wound up the year with 592.1 points,
for six Southern Nevada Golf Association members who edging out Todd Roberts by 141 points.
earned the annual players of the year award in their respec-
tive divisions. In the closest race for the Player of the Year, Golder, with
one victory, won the Senior Net honor by 15.5 points over
The winners were Kenny Ebalo, Championship; Kelly Kelly Knievel. Golder started off last year with a win in the
Knievel, Senior; John Turk, Silver; Trevor Coss, Net; David 2020 Tournament of Champions event and kept adding
Golder, Senior Net; and Dario Gonzales, Silver Net. Each points with 10 finishes in the top-10.
put in the time and effort to be worthy of the SNGA’s most
prestigious award. Turk made the most of a limited playing schedule, winning
six of the nine events he played. He won the Silver Gross
“Last year was kind of weird,” said Ebalo, who also serves title by 425 points over Frank Acker who had three victo-
as the SNGA president. “A lot of the events I would travel to ries. Turk never finished lower than third in his events.
got cancelled, so I had more time to play locally. It was nice
to get into a rhythm and play a solid tournament schedule.” Gonzales played his way into the Player of the Year crown
Ebalo was also the 2014 player of the year. without the benefit of a victory. He won the crown by 76.83
points over Tony Troilo. Gonzales, who wound up with
Coss’s victory in the Nevada State Amateur highlighted his 678.33 points, had five top-10 finishes including a second in
year as he picked up 375 points for the win. He also added the 2020 Clark County Senior Amateur.

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