Jupiter resident to be recognized at annual awards night on November 11
ATLANTIS, Fla. – Paul Scaletta, PGA Assistant Golf Professional at The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, has been named the 2014 South Florida PGA Player of the Year. Scaletta’s outstanding performance on the course this season landed him at the top of the Player of the Year roster earning 956.6 total points. This will be his second Player of the Year Award, as he also won in 2012.
Scaletta finished in the top-ten in the South Florida Open (T4), Fort Lauderdale Open (5) and the Florida Open (T7), but his victory at the SFPGA Professional Championship/Section Championship was the highlight of his 2014 season. In addition, he qualified locally for the US Open, which earned him points in the Player of the Year race. Scaletta’s T10 finish in the 2013 SFPGA Professional Championship/Section Championship earned him a place in the 2014 PGA Professional National Championship, where he finished T31 at the Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, SC.
In addition to the three major Scaletta had a successful summer as he paired with PGA Assistant Professional at Bonita Bay Club, Ric Nalyd to win the Junior-Senior Championship at the Links at Boynton Beach. During the Pro Pro Championship at the Classics at Lely and TPC Terviso Bay Scaletta and partner David Ladd, PGA finished T9, and in his final stroke play event of the summer he finished T10 during the Assistant’s Championship at Verandah Golf Club.
With a victory in this year’s SFPGA Professional Championship/Section Championship, Scaletta will earn the opportunity to compete in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship to be held at The Philadelphia Cricket Club next June along with a spot in the 2015 Puerto Rico Open. As a result of winning Player of the Year, Scaletta also has earned a spot in the 2015 Honda Classic.
About the South Florida PGA
The South Florida PGA, one of 41 PGA Section offices throughout the United States, is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the game of golf while continuing to enhance the standards of the profession. The South Florida Section is one link in the grass-roots network used to facilitate communication amongst the nation’s 25 million amateur golfers and the PGA’s 28,000 members. The South Florida Section PGA is comprised of over 1,700 men and women PGA Professionals dedicated to growing participation in the game of golf.
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Tori Stock
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