Mr Kevin Gates Vice President of Club Car Asia Pacific announced today that talented young golfers Dimitrios Papadatos and Whitney Hillier are the 2013 Club Car / Greg Norman and Jan Stephenson Club Car Rookie’s of the Year.

As the Rookies of the Year each will receive a cash prize of $1,500 and a trophy and these will be presented to them at the Australian Golf Writers Association annual dinner on Saturday night November 30th at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney during the Emirates Australian Golf Open.

Mr Gates said today, “Club Car is pleased to be able to support up and coming golfers and to sponsor this award in company with Greg Norman, Jan Stephenson, PGA Tour and the ALPG and to present the awards to Dimi and Whitney who are both worthy winners. Hopefully these awards will help them go forward in their golfing careers.”

Whitney Hillier said that she is delighted to be selected for the award and to have Jan Stephenson’s name on it makes it all the more memorable. “I will treasure this award and I sincerely thank Club Car and the ALPG for selecting me to be its 2013 recipient.”

Dimi Papadatos said, “This is an amazing announcement and I am truly honoured to be the recipient of this award.” I sincerely thank Club Car, Greg Norman and the Australian Golf Writers Association for selecting me for it”.