Billy Peel (left) captured his second MSGA Player of the Year award, while Sarah Spicer (right) won the inaugural MSGA Women’s Player of the Year award.

William “Billy” F. Peel, IV.
2023 MSGA Player of the Year

Billy Peel of Columbia Country Club captured the 2023 MSGA Player of the Year with 650 total points. The honor marks Peel’s second Player of the Year award, which he won in 2019. His season was highlighted by his first-ever Maryland Mid-Amateur title and advancing to the Semi-Finals of the 102nd Maryland Amateur. His Mid-Amateur victory was also at the site of his 2020 Maryland Amateur victory, Green Spring Valley HC. Additionally, Peel and his partner, Colin St. Maxens, advanced to the Round of 32 in the 8th US Amateur Four-Ball Championship at the Kiawah Island Club in Kiawah, South Carolina.

Sarah Spicer
2023 MSGA Women’s Player of the Year

Sarah Spicer of Argyle Country Club captured the inaugural MSGA Women’s Player of the Year award with 360 points. Her season was highlighted by two victories: the 102nd Maryland Women’s Amateur, where she won 2&1, and the Mixed Two-Ball Championship. In the Mixed Two-Ball, she and partner Cole Baldwin teamed up to fire a 1-under-par 71 and win by one stroke. Spicer and her twin sister, Jessica, advanced to the Round of 32 in the 8th US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at the Home Course in DuPont, Washington.

 

Vance Welch (left) captured his third MSGA Senior Player of the Year title, while Carol Davies (right) won the first MSGA Senior Women’s Player of the Year.

 

Vance Welch
2023 MSGA Senior Player of the Year

Vance Welch of Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club finished atop of the Senior Player of the Year standings for the second year in a row with 500 points. This marks Welch’s third Senior Player of the Year award. His season included a Runner-Up finish at the 82nd Maryland Father-Son Championships, a third-place finish at the Maryland Senior Amateur, and a victory at the Middle Atlantic Senior Amateur. Welch was also a member of the victorious 2023 Maryland Senior State Team – Hobbit’s Glen GC.

Carol Davies
2023 MSGA Senior Women’s Player of the Year

Carol Davies of Argyle Country Club captured the inaugural MSGA Senior Women’s Player of the Year award with 400 points. Her summer was highlighted by a runner-up finish in the Maryland Women’s Mid-Amateur and a victory in the WDCGA Championship. Davies’ summer also included a trip to the 36th US Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Stonewall (North Course) in Elverson, Pennsylvania.