Pat O’Donnell is the Oregon Golf Association Player of the Year
Pat O’Donnell also own the award in 2009
(OGA Photo)
WOODBURN, OR (December 9, 2016) – After a stellar
year locally, regionally and nationally, Pat O’Donnell
(Happy Valley, Ore.) has been named the 2016 OGA
Golfer of the Year, announced Friday by the Oregon Golf
Association.
This marks the second time that O’Donnell, 63, has
won this award; he also earned the honor back in 2009.
In 2016, O’Donnell dominated the senior ranks
throughout the OGA Championship season. He was the
only player to win two OGA Championships this year,
and was named the Pacific Northwest Golf Association
(PNGA) Senior Men’s Player of the Year in November.
O’Donnell’s two wins were the two pinnacle Senior
championships held annually – the Oregon Senior
Amateur and the Oregon Senior Men’s Stroke Play. His
win in the Oregon Senior Amateur, held in September at
Salishan Golf Links, marked his third-consecutive win in
the event, and fifth overall – most in the
Championship’s history.
Earlier in 2016, O’Donnell cruised to a win at the
Oregon Senior Men’s Stroke Play Championship, held at
Centennial Golf Club. His three-day total of 202 – 14-
under par – was 11 shots better than the rest of the
field. His win was his second-straight title, and seventh
overall Senior Men’s Stroke Play win – also most in the
event’s history.
O’Donnell earned strong finishes at two other OGA
Championships in 2016. At the final event of the year,
O’Donnell finished runner-up at the OGA Men’s Team
Championship while representing Arrowhead Golf Club.
At the first Championship of 2016, O’Donnell earned a
third-place finish in the Senior Division at the OGA
Tournament of Champions, held at Langdon Farms Golf
Club.
At this year’s Oregon Senior Open Invitational,
O’Donnell finished an impressive fourth in a field
including professional and amateur players. Nationally,
O’Donnell advanced to match play (round of 64) at the
2016 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship. O’Donnell was
runner-up in the national championship back in 2013.
The OGA Golfer of the Year is voted on by the OGA
Tournament Committee, a group of OGA staff members,
volunteers and liaisons who work with the Association to
help improve and promote OGA events and playing
opportunities.