The Northern chapter of the North Florida section of the PGA of America held its annual chapter awards event on Thursday, Jan. 16.
The 2024 award winners included three members representing the Sawgrass Country Club staff and one from the PGA Tour Performance Center.
Sawgrass Country Club was honored with Sydney Mattiace winning the professional of the year award, Aaron Russell earned the Rolex senior player of the year, and Stefan Brunt was named the PGA professional development award winner.
Andrew Lanahan with the PGA Tour Performance Center was awarded the teacher/coach of the year.
Other golf clubs honored from the St. Johns County area included Wes Tucker and Bea Mauricio from St. Johns Golf Club.
Tucker received the Bill Strausbaugh Award for his role in education and Mauricio received recognition as assistant professional of the year, while Ryan Koury of Sawgrass Marriott was named public merchandiser of the year and Reagan Davis of World Golf Village was the resort merchandiser of the year.
The event was the last official duty of Derek Sprague as TPC Sawgrass general manager who presented the awards before heading to Frisco, Texas to begin his new role as chief executive officer of the PGA of America.