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HERMAN SANI TOURNAMENT
Presented by Coppola Enterprises
Hyperion FC, Johnston
History was made yet again at the 67th Herman Sani
Tournament, as it returned to its nesting grounds
at Hyperion Field Club. With rounds of nine-under,
63 and four-under, 68 (131) Sean McCarty won his
fifth “Sani” title to become the winningest golfer in
tournament history.
After soggy conditions washed out Friday’s opening
round, all 175 golfers took to the course for the
opening round on Saturday morning. The staff at
Hyperion did an outstanding job of making the course
championship-caliber for the remaining 36-holes,
including prepping their new green surfaces, which
were unveiled at the beginning of the 2016 season.
With a field flooded with some of the state’s top pros,
the amateurs would not go by the wayside. In
total, four amateurs racked up top-10 finishes at
Hyperion Field Club, with Jon Brown earning low-
am honors.
The 2015 “Sani” medalist was in championship
form again this year. Nate McCoy finished runner
up with rounds of 68-65 for a two day total of
11-under, 133. McCoy’s final round was bogey-
free and included seven birdies.
Player
(P) Denotes Pro
R1
R2 Total
Open Division
Par 71
1 Sean McCarty (P) - Solon
63 68 131
2 Nate McCoy (P) - Ankeny
68 65 133
3 Jon Brown - Clive
65 69 134
4 Zach Steffen (P) - Des Moines
70 65 135
T5 Grant Smith - Johnston
70 66 136
T5 Clarke Smith- Johnston
68 68 136
7 Tyler Christians (P) - Urbandale
67 70 137
T8 Alexander Wendell - Johnston
72 66 138
T8 Nate Barbee (P) - Clive
67 71 138
T10 David Combs - West Des Moines
68 71 139
T10 Tyler Smith (P) - Oskaloosa
68 71 139
T10 Andrew Petersen (P) - Bondurant
68 71 139
T13 Jack Kennedy - Bettendorf
71 69 140
T13 Matthew Jennings - Prairie City
70 70 140
T13 Judd Gibb - Fort Dodge
70 70 140
T13 Mitch Tucker (P) - Oskaloosa
69 71 140
T13 Darin Fisher - Albia
69 71 140
T18 Zach Hammerberg (P)- West Des Moines 71 70 141
T18 Braden Gaal (P) - Waukee
71 70 141
T18 J.D. Anderson - Johnston
70 71 141
T18 Kirby Pe�tt - Carroll
70 71 141
T18 Ethan Mechling - Des Moines
69 72 141
McCarty wins Herman Sani for record fifth time
Brown was one of few golfers within striking
distance of McCarty after his bogey-free 63 to
begin the tournament. Brown rattled off a bogey-
free first-round of his own, closing with a 30 on the
back-nine for seven-under, 65. He would come up
three-strokes shy of forcing a playoff, firing a 69 in
the final 18-holes for a 133.
On the senior-amateur side, it was Todd Hingtgen
who took home first-place honors. The Marion
resident shot back-to-back 70s for a two-round
total of four-under, 140. Scott Briggs of Burlington
and Des Moines’ Robert Pomerantz finished as co-
runner ups. Each finished with a two-day mark of
two-under, 142 to finish two strokes back.
Sean McCarty, Solon
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