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title: Former WSGA Player of the Year Berg finishes second at PGA Asst Championship
description: PGA Assistant Professional Derek Berg of Sahalee Country Club finished a solo second in the 41st Assistant PGA Professional Championship.
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# [Former WSGA Player of the Year Berg finishes second at PGA Asst Championship](https://wagolf.org/news/former-wsga-player-year-berg-finishes-second-pga-asst-championship)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | Nov 13, 2017 8:00:00 AM

PGA Assistant Professional Derek Berg of Sahalee Country Club finished a solo second in the 41st Assistant PGA Professional Championship.

The Championship was hosted by PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. for the 21st consecutive year.

 (Photo: Traci Edwards/PGA of America)

Berg was named the WSGA Men’s Player of the Year of the year in 2009 and finished runner-up at the Washington State Men’s Amateur that same year.

[Click here](https://public.pgascore.net/leaderboards/lobby.cfm?eventid=5192) for complete scoring from the Championship.

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