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MGA Players of the Year
Olivia Lansing among the most dominant players of 2010
By W.P. Ryan
Photos by Mark Brettingen
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ooking back at all the great golf played in Minnesota
in 2010, and considering the MGA Players of
the Year (who all achieved the honor by consistently
playing at the top of their game), it is hard not to recognize
one player for her unique accomplishments: Olivia Lansing.
The 22-year-old phenom from Dellwood collected the most
points of any 2010 MGA Player of the Year (775). She also
dominated her category by winning all four of the biggest
prizes in women's golf (nicknamed the " Am Slam " ). Lansing
joins fi ve others in becoming 2010 MGA Players of the Year;
they all join the long list of MGA POYs, which includes some
of the greatest names in Minnesota amateur golf.
Since 1975, the MGA has awarded player points for top fi nishes
in MGA and allied association championships, as well
as select regional, national and international events. Notable
Minnesota golf champions who have achieved MGA Player
of the Year honors in their respective categories include John
Harris, the 1993 U.S. Amateur champion; Hilary (Homeyer)
Lunke, the 2003 U.S. Women's Open champion; and siblings
Tim Herron and Alissa (Herron) Super, a two-time winner
on the PGA Tour and the 1999 USGA Women's Mid-Amateur
champion, respectively.
The players listed in the following categories have earned
the distinction of 2010 MGA Player of the Year.
Olivia Lansing
Women's Player of
the Year
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OLIVIA LANSING, 22, of
Dellwood and a member of Dellwood
Hills GC and White Bear Yacht Club, earned 775 points. No
one dominated the amateur golf scene in 2010 quite like Lansing
did. She captured all four of the biggest prizes in women's golf: the
State Publinks Match Play and Stroke Play championships, and
the Minnesota Women's Match Play and State Amateur (stroke
play) championships. She partnered with Ben Freeman to win the
MGA Mixed Team Championship and fi nished in fourth place at the
Women's State Open. Lansing also qualifi ed for the U.S. Women's
Amateur. Beyond U.S. borders, Lansing was a quarterfi nalist at
the Women's British Amateur and tied for 18th at the Canadian
Women's Amateur. This is her fi rst player-of-the-year title.
Donald Constable
Men's Player of the Year *.& fe_dji
DONALD CONSTABLE, 21, of Wayzata, is a member of Spring Hill GC. He compiled 480
points in 2010. Constable started his golf season with a tie for third at the Minnesota
Golf Champions. He continued to play well, with runner-up fi nishes at the MGA Players'
(match-play championship) and the MGA Amateur (stroke-play championship). Constable
won the prestigious North and South Amateur, at Pinehurst No. 2, fi nished fi rst at the
storied Resorters' tournament and qualifi ed for the U.S. Amateur. This is Constable's fi rst
player-of-the-year title.
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