The Golf Digest Awards 2007
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2007 In Review
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No. 1 Girls Junior Amateur
- Vicky Hurst
- 17 / Melbourne, Fla.
Decisive wins at the McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship, Ping Invitational and Birks & Mayors Championship earned Hurst the No. 1 ranking. To cap her championship season, she was medalist at the Duramed Futures Tour Q school.
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No. 1 Senior Men's Amateur
- Stan Lee
- 55 / Heber Springs, Ark.
After five unsuccessful years on the PGA Tour (1976-'80), Lee regained his amateur status and won eight Arkansas state amateur titles. In 2007, he won the USGA Senior Amateur. "Since 1980, I've felt like there's been a monkey on my back, that I failed at something," Lee said. "It's like it's OK now. I failed at the tour, but I got something better. Winning a USGA amateur event is the ultimate. I can pass away in peace now."
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No. 1 Senior Women's Amateur
- Anna Schultz
- 52 / Rockwall, Tex.
Playing in the championship match of the USGA Senior Women's Amateur for the second consecutive year, Schultz defeated Robyn Puckett on the 20th hole to win her first USGA title. Schultz also won the Women's Southern Senior Championship in 2007.
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Mickey Wright Award (most LPGA Tour wins)
- Lorena Ochoa
- 26 / Guadalajara, Mexico
She wins our Mickey Wright Award for her eight victories in 2007, and a case could be made that Ochoa was every bit as dominant on her tour as Tiger Woods was on his. Ochoa officially overtook Annika Sorenstam as the No. 1 player in women's golf in April. Seven wins, including a major, followed.
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