The Golf Journalists Association of Canada (GJAC) has announced their golf story of the year, as well as various Player of the Year awards for the 2025 season.

“It is an exciting time in our calendar where we share the results of our Association vote for our year end players and Canadian golf story of the year awards,” said Mike Johnny, President of the Golf Journalists Association of Canada. “While the competitive golf landscape in Canada continues to thrive, it is nice to see new names emerge, reflective of the competition within Canada to compete on the world stage.  At home, participation in the game remains high and grassroots initiatives to expand engagement in golf are flourishing.  A Canadian winning our national open is always exciting. Canada is always proud to showcase the best players coming to compete on the world stage.”

Here are the Story of the Year and Players of the Year for the 2025 season.
 
Brooke Henderson’s Win at CPKC Canadian Women’s Open Named GJAC Story of the Year

Brooke Henderson’s victory at the CPKC Canadian Women’s Open at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club in August to claim her second CPKC trophy was an overwhelming choice for GJAC Golf Story of the Year.  The final round was close, and Brooke proved victorious with a thrilling one stroke victory over Minjee Lee.
 
Corey Conners Named Male Professional of the Year
 
Corey Conners enjoyed one of his best years on the PGA Tour. He finished T4 in the FedEx Cup. Despite no Tour victories, Corey finished 5^th place or better in three events this season and showed strong, consistent play throughout the season. In the three majors he completed, he was within the top 20 in all of them.
Conners ends the year ranked 30^th in the Official World Golf Rankings.
 
Brooke Henderson named Female Professional Player of the Year

Brooke continues to lead Canadian women on the LPGA tour. A top 10 performance at the CPE Group Tour Championship and, of course, her victory at the CPKCWO reflected another strong season for her on Tour.
Henderson ended the year ranked 24^th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.
 
Hunter Thomson and Isaiah Ibit named Male Amateurs of the Year

We have co-winners for Men’s Amateur players of the year.
Isaiah Ibit attends Kent State and enjoyed an excellent freshman collegiate season, earning MAC Freshman of the Year; made the cut at a PGA TOUR Americas event and finished runner-up in the Can-Am.
Isaiah is ranked 359^th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
 
Hunter Thomson attended University of Michigan and won his NCAA Regional, finished 24th on PGA TOUR U, then turned professional while retaining his AMR card for 2026. Although only an amateur for part of the year, his achievements were recognized by many voters.
Hunter turned pro ranked 68^th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
 
Aphrodite Deng named Female Amateur of the Year

Aphrodite Deng enjoyed a T-20 and low amateur finish at the CPKC Women’s Open and a US Girls Championship, along with other notable junior victories throughout the year.  She won the Rolex Junior Player of the Year for her accomplishments.

Aphrodite is ranked 14^th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.