Accolades:
- Women's Amateur Player of the Year - 2015
- Women's Amateur Stroke Play Champion - 2015
- Women's International Four-Ball Champion - 2014, 2013
- Women's Mid-Amateur Champion - 2015
- US Women's Mid-Amateur - Round of 16 (2015), Semifinalist (2014), Quarterfinalist (2013)
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2015 Women's Amateur Player of the Year
Tara Joy-Connelly, of Palm Beach Gardens, captured the 2015 Women’s Amateur Player of the Year with 22,885 points! Joy-Connelly had an impressive and productive 2015 season, collecting hardware in two of Florida's top Women's Championships; the Women's Amateur Stroke Play and the Women's Mid-Amateur. After finishing second both in 2013 and 2014 at the Florida Stroke Play, taking home the title was priceless. Tara advanced to the semifinals in the State Women’s Amateur, improving on her quarterfinalist finish in 2014. On the national level, Tara advanced to the semi-finals at the 2011 and 2014 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship and battled to the Round of 16 in 2015. Assisting team Florida in a second place finish at the 2015 USGA State Team Championship marked Tara’s 24th USGA appearance and 9th State Team appearance. Other accomplishments for Tara include a semifinalist finish at the Ione D. Jones/Doherty Women's Amateur Championship and a quarter-finalist finish at the Women’s Southern Amateur Championship.
