LOS ANGELES - The Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour named Montele Wells as the inaugural winner of the Adrian Stills Award, named after FSGA advisory board member and APGA Tour co-founder. This honor awards Wells a $25,000 bonus to support his golf career, as well as $10,000 to donate to the charity of his choice. The award is given annually to the APGA Tour player who best embodies the qualities of character, sportsmanship, courage and giving back to the game and community.
When the APGA Tour partnered with Cisco to develop an annual award to honor the APGA Tour player who best embodies the qualities of character and sportsmanship, there was no doubt about who this award would be named after.
A Pensacola native, Stills began playing golf at a young and was a four-time NAIA All-American at South Carolina State. He went on to play professionally, and for 25 years, he was the last African-American golfer to survive the PGA Tour Q-School and earn a spot on the PGA Tour. Though he never won on Tour, he had 31 wins on pro mini-tours and qualified for two U.S. Open Championships.
Stills was inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in 2012. He spent 18 years working at the General Manager and Head Professional at Osceola Golf Course, and recently became the City of Pensacola's Parks and Recreation Director.
Off the course, he is dedicated to supporting his local community and the communities in which he played, with a special heart for helping minority youth develop through the game of golf.
