LADIES PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Barbara Blanchar

WingHaven Country Club’s Barbara Blanchar is the 2019 Ladies Player of the Year in the Gateway PGA Section. Barbara is the PGA Director of Instruction at WingHaven Country Club. She has been the Gateway PGA Female Player of the Year for the past 19 years, the 2010 Gateway PGA Junior Golf Leader, the 2013 Gateway PGA Teacher of the Year, and the 2015 Gateway PGA Horton Smith Award recipient. She was inducted into the 2007 Rock Bridge High School Sports Hall of Fame and the 2014 Columbia Golf Foundation Hall of Fame. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri. She played for the Mizzou Golf Team and was All Big Eight 3 times. She is a 5-time Missouri State Champion. She is the 1990 USGA Women’s Public Links Runner-Up. She became a PGA Member in 1995 while at Isleworth Country Club.