IGA announces 2010 Championship schedule
Top image: The 4th and 6th holes at Bent Tree Golf Club - Bottom image: the 10th green at Coldwater Golf Links
November 11, 2009
The Iowa Golf Association (IGA) is pleased to announce another great group of host sites for the 2010 championship season, highlighted by Bent Tree Golf Club and Coldwater Golf Links as the host sites for the 108th Iowa Amateur and 22nd IGA Match Play, respectively.
Bent Tree GC in Council Bluffs will host the Iowa Amateur Friday thru Sunday, July 23-25. First played in 1900 and only five years younger than the U.S. Amateur, the Iowa Amateur is the oldest golf event in Iowa and one of the oldest in the nation. It is the ‘flagship’ championship of the Iowa Golf Association.
“We are pleased to again bring the Iowa Amateur Championship to Western Iowa”, said IGA Executive Director Bill Dickens. “We expect Bent Tree to provide a strong test for Iowa’s best amateurs who will compete in the state’s longest running and most prestigious championship”.
Since opening in 2000 Bent Tree Golf Club has quickly gained the reputation as one of the top courses in Western Iowa. Although this will mark the first time the club has hosted the Iowa Amateur, it is not unfamiliar to the IGA and Iowa golfers. Bent Tree hosted the 2003 Iowa Senior Open and the 2008 IGA Four-Ball Championship.
“Bent Tree received strong reviews from those who played in the IGA Four-Ball last year. Host professional Joe Madsen and his staff continue to improve the course and we hope to see a strong representation of players from the western regions of Iowa”, said Dickens.
The 22nd playing of the IGA Match Play Championship will be contested at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames. The championship consists of a stroke play qualifying round on Monday, June 28th to determine the low 64 players that will begin match play on June 29th. The semifinals and finals will be played on July 1st.
Coldwater has hosted many IGA Championships and USGA qualifiers since its inception in 2003, most recently the 2009 Iowa Mid-Amateur Championship won by Gene Elliott of West Des Moines. The course was dramatically affected by the heavy flooding in the spring of 2008 but the ownership and maintenance crew has brought the course back from that damage to put it in terrific shape.
The 2010 edition of the top event for senior golfers, the Iowa Senior Amateur Championship, will be hosted by Des Moines Golf & Country Club on August 23-25. Des Moines G&CC has been a tremendous host and member club of the IGA throughout the years. The site of the 1999 U.S. Senior Open Championship also hosted the 2003 Iowa Amateur and the 2007 Iowa Mid-Amateur, as well as several USGA qualifiers.
The Iowa Mid-Amateur Championship is moving back to the spring. The championship was held in the fall in 2009 but will be contested on May 3-4 at Wakonda Club in Des Moines in 2010. Wakonda Club underwent extensive turf renovation and tree removal in late 2008 to revive the classic 1922 design of William Boyce Langford. The golf course came through the renovation in tremendous shape as evidenced by the reaction of the 104 players who competed in the 2009 IGA Club Team Championship. Wakonda has hosted multiple Iowa Amateurs, most recently in 2005, and various USGA Qualifiers conducted by the IGA.
Other confirmed sites include Ames Golf and CC for the IGA Four-Ball, Westwood GC in Newton for the Iowa Junior Amateur and Jester Park in Granger for the IGA Father-Son and the IGA/IWGA Parent-Child. Host sites for USGA Qualifiers conducted by the IGA include Spirit Hollow in Burlington for the U.S. Open Local, Otter Creek in Ankeny for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links and U.S. Junior Amateur, Hunters Ridge in Marion for the U.S. Senior Open, Briarwood Club of Ankeny for the U.S. Amateur and Legacy Golf Club in Norwalk for the U.S. Mid-Amateur. See the list below for the entire schedule.
| Iowa Cup Matches | Th-Fri, May 6-7 | The Harvester GC, Rhodes |
| Iowa Mid-Amateur Championship | Mon-Tues, May 3-4 | Wakonda Club, Des Moines |
| IGA Four-Ball Championship | Fri-Sat, May 21-22 | Ames Golf & CC |
| Iowa Junior Amateur Championship | Mon-Tues, June 14-15 | Westwood GC, Newton |
| IGA Match Play Championship | Mon-Thurs, June 28-July 1 | Coldwater GL, Ames |
| Iowa Amateur Championship | Fri-Sun, July 23-25 | Bent Tree GC, Council Bluffs |
| IGA Father-Son Championship | Sat-Sun, Aug 14-15 | Jester Park GC, Granger |
| IGA/IWGA Parent-Child Championship | Sat-Sun, Aug 14-15 | Jester Park GC, Granger |
| Iowa Senior Amateur Championship | Mon-Wed, Aug 23-25 | Des Moines G&CC, West Des Moines |
| IGA Club Team Championship | Mon, October 4 | Crow Valley GC, Davenport |
| USGA State Team | Tues-Thurs, Sept 14-16 | Mayacama GC, Santa Rosa, CA |
| U.S. Open Local Qualifier | Monday, May 17 | Spirit Hollow GC, Burlington |
| U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Qualifier | Friday, June 4 | Otter Creek GC, Ankeny |
| U.S. Amateur Public Links Qualifier | Monday, June 14 | The Preserve at Rathbun Lake, Moravia |
| U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier | Wednesday, June 16 | Otter Creek GC, Ankeny |
| U.S. Senior Open Qualifier | Monday, June 21 | Hunters Ridge GC, Marion |
| U.S. Amateur Qualifier | Monday, August 9 | Briarwood Club of Ankeny |
| U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifier | Monday, August 30 | Legacy GC, Norwalk |
| U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifier | Tuesday, Sept 7 | Davenport CC, Pleasant Valley |
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