DuBois wins award

California Amateur champion and Newport Beach resident Don DuBois

edged Southern California Golf Association Amateur champion Scott

McGihon of Bermuda Dunes by 55 points to capture the inaugural SCGA

Player of the Year competition.

The award will be presented at the SCGA annual meeting on Nov. 1

in Universal City.

DuBois, who finished high in seven events, had 875 total points,

while McGihon, in four events, had 820. Recently-crowned SCGA

Mid-Amateur champion John McClure of West Los Angeles finished third

with 730.

The 46-year-old DuBois, a title insurance executive, defeated

17-year-old Joseph Bramlett of Saratoga to win the 94th California

Amateur championship at Pebble Beach last June. DuBois, who was

medalist in the 2002 state amateur, became the 25th player to win

both medalist honors and also the championship.

Earlier this week, DuBois reached match play in the U.S.

Mid-Amateur championship at The Honors Course in Tennessee. The

Player of the Year competition began with the SCGA Four-Ball

championship last November and finished this week.