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IOWA MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Elmwood Country Club, Marshalltown
Brown wins 2016 Iowa Mid-Amateur in
playoff, Peterson claims Senior Division
It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t always pretty, but in the end Jon
Brown was left standing at the end of the 31st Iowa Mid-
Amateur Championship held at Elmwood Country Club in
Marshalltown.
With his victory, Brown became the first to win the
newly named Michael McCoy Mid-Amateur Trophy. The
announcement of the naming of the trophy was made
following the playoff. McCoy, not knowing about the naming
until the announcement was made, commented that golf in
Iowa has been very good to him and was honored by the news.
Brown, of Clive, survived a 3-way playoff with Justin Schulte
(Urbandale) and hometown hero Sam Zoske (Marshalltown). All
three players finished with a two-day total of 143 (+3).
“I knew it was going to be one of those days, where the weather
is not so good and you just try and hang in there,” Brown said.
“I couldn’t really tell what everyone else was doing. We were all
having trouble. We had a logjam there (towards the end). It was
anyone’s game.”
Brown admitted his pu�ng for most of the second round was
awful.
Mid-Amateur Division champion, Jon Brown.
Brown recorded a total of 143 (70-73) for the
tournament.
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