
IN addition to Hannah Green’s second Greg Norman Medal, as announced in the December issue of Inside Golf, another nine high achievers were singled out and acknowledged at the PGA Awards Gala Dinner, held during the week of the recent Australian PGA Championship.
More than 350 guests, including Cam Smith, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee and others competing at Royal Queensland later that week, attended the awards ceremony at Brisbane City Hall, with Green’s Greg Norman Medal the highlight of the 10 awards presented throughout the evening.
Accepting the Greg Norman Medal on Green’s behalf was her coach, Ritchie Smith, himself named PGA National Coach of the Year – High Performance.
It was a fourth national win for Smith, with the West Australian coaching a number of leading players, including Green, Min Woo and Minjee Lee, as well as Elvis Smylie, winner of the Australian PGA and a recent addition to the Smith stable of players.
Brisbane Golf Club’s Asha Flynn won the PGA National Coach of the Year – Game Development for the second year in succession, while Catalina Club’s Rodney Booth was named 2024 PGA National Club Professional of the Year.
General Manager at Eastlake Golf Club, Robert Blain was awarded PGA National Management Professional of the Year, three-time winner and Order of Merit champion Kazuma Kobori was named PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year, LPGA Tour-bound Cassie Porter received her first Margie Masters WPGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year award and Andre Stolz was named PGA Legends Tour Player of the Year for the fourth straight year.

2024 PGA Awards
Greg Norman Medal: Hannah Green
PGA National Coach of the Year – High Performance: Ritchie Smith (Royal Fremantle GC)
PGA National Coach of the Year – Game Development: Asha Flynn (Brisbane GC)
PGA National Club Professional of the Year: Rodney Booth (Catalina Club G&CC)
PGA National Management Professional of the Year: Robert Blain (Eastlake GC)
MyGolf Deliverer of the Year: Jake Newbery (KDV Sport)
International Member of the Year: Ashley Marsay (San Francisco Golf Club)
PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year: Kazuma Kobori
Margie Masters WPGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year: Cassie Porter
Legends Tour Player of the Year: Andre Stolz