NJSGA Players Of Year: Greyserman, Totland, Vannelli

Max Greyserman of Crestmont (Men’s), Taylor Totland of Hollywood (Women’s) and Ron Vannelli of Forsgate (Senior Men’s) have each won New Jersey State Golf Association’s Player of the Year Awards for 2015.

The champions will be recognized at an NJSGA reception in January.

Greyserman, a Duke University junior who won the State Amateur and was runner-up in the State Open, totaled 820 points in the Men’s Player of the Year standing. Mike Stamberger of Spring Lake, the Men’s Player of the Year in 2014 and 2011, is runner-up with 685 points, led by his T3 at the State Open and T4 at the State Amateur.

In third place is Trevor Randolph of Arcola, champion of the Bergen Amateur, with 668.33 points, followed by Brian Komline of Black Oak, winner of the Hochster Memorial, with 652.5 points, and Ryan Snouffer of Panther Valley (630 points), the Met Amateur runner-up who was fifth in the State Open.

Komline was POY in 2008 and 2007.

In the Women’s Player of the Year chase, Totland, a Furman University junior and the two-time Women’s Amateur champion, has 625 points. Her strong play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur added to her total. She is followed by Alice Chen of Neshanic Valley (500 points), the Women’s Public Links champion, who won last year’s first Women’s POY award.

Following Chen is Alicia Kapheim of Hopewell Valley, who played well in the U.S. and State Mid-Ams, with 475 points, Mid-Amateur champion Tara Fleming of N.J. National was fourth with 385 points and Noelle Maertz of Hyatt Hills fifth with 250 points.

In the Men’s Senior Player of the Year division, Ron Vannelli of Forsgate, off strong showings in the Senior Open and Senior Amateur, accumulated 250 points. The 2014 Senior Men’s POY, Jay Blumenfeld of Mountain Ridge, is runner-up with 190.83 points. Senior Amateur champion Bill Charpek of Navesink is third with 170 points, followed by Adam Kugler of Alpine and Tom Hyland of Little Mill, tied for fourth place with 125 points.