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Grove earns third straight section Player of the Year nod

North Idaho College golf coach Russell Grove was named the 2019 OMEGA Pacific Northwest PGA Player of the Year on Wednesday.

Grove also won the award in 2017 and 2018.

In 2019, Grove won the Inland Empire Chapter Championship; tied for second at the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship; tied for sixth at the Washington Open; tied for eighth at the Northwest Open; tied for 19th at the Oregon Open; tied for 20th at the Rosauers Open and tied for 71st at the national PGA Professional Championship, earning a spot in the PGA Professional Championship in the spring.

Hatley named

Mid-Amateur

Player of the Year again

Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake was named the men’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year by Washington Golf.

It is the fifth year in a row that Hatley has earned the honor. He won the Oregon Open, tied for sixth in the Northwest Open, and tied for 15th in the Rosauers Invitational, all competing against the region’s PGA club professionals. Hatley won the Washington Amateur and was fifth in the Mexican Amateur.

Recipients will be honored at the 98th Washington Golf Annual Meeting on Nov. 2 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.