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Elliott wins 2016 Briarwood Amateur
Gene Elliott used a final-round 4-under
68 to move past three players and claim
the 2016 Briarwood Amateur title.
Elliott, who opened with 69, carded five
birdies and a lone bogey to move past
first round leaders, J.D. Anderson and
David Combs (opened with 67). He also
moved past Willis Gaer, who opened
with 68. Elliott finished three shots
ahead of Anderson, who posted 73 in
the final round to finish 2nd. Combs
finished alone in 3rd after a 74 on Sunday.
The Briarwood Amateur is one of the final events for the IGA
Player of the Year standings, so there were many story lines
leading into the final round. The IGA named it’s USGA Men’s State
Team participants following the event. Jon Olson, who carded
back-to-back even par 72’s, earned
the third spot with his finish. He
joined Elliott and Mike McCoy on the
team in Birmingham, Ala.
On the senior side, Dave Gaer won a
playoff over Greg Kramer to win the
title. Both players finished at 4-under
140, only one shot clear of Terry Cook
and Andy Burton. Gaer fired rounds
of 71-69 while Kramer reversed that
with 69-71. Cook shot the best round
of the tournament on the final day with a 5-under 67.
BRIARWOOD AMATEUR
Briarwood Club of Ankeny
August 27-28, 2016
Player
City
R1 R2
Total
Open Division
Senior Division
1 Gene Elliott
West Des Moines
69 68 137
2 J.D. Anderson Johnston
67 73 140
3 David Combs
West Des Moines
67 74 141
4 Luke Miller
West Des Moines
69 73 142
T5 Jon Olson
Ankeny
72 72 144
T5 Brian Allison
Norwalk
69 75 144
T5 Willis Gaer
Des Moines
68 76 144
T8 Brandon Russell
Ankeny
71 72 145
T8 Ty Stewart
Ames
69 76 145
T8 Jon Brown
Clive
75 70 145
Player
City
R1 R2
Total
T1 Dave Gaer
Des Moines
71 69 140
T1 Greg Kramer
Urbandale
69 71 140
T3 Terry Cook
West Des Moines
74 67 141
T3 Andy Burton
Urbandale
71 70 141
T5 Jay Slings
Ankeny
75 68 143
IOWA OPEN
Lake Panorama National GC, Panora
August 19-21, 2016
Player
City
R1 R2 R3
Total
Amateur Open Division
Senior Amateur Division
Player
City
R1 R2 R3
Total
Stamey wins Iowa Open, Brown is Low Am
Nathan Stamey carded a 5-under par 67 in his final round to win Iowa
Open golf title at Lake Panorama near Panora.
Stamey, a professional from Blu�on, SC finished with a 54-hole score of
13-under-par 203. That was good for a two-shot margin over runner-up,
Scott Gutschewski of Elhorn, Neb. Stamey earned a first-prize check of
$25,000.
Matthew Jennings of Prairie City carded a three day total of 205,
11-under-par to finish alone in third place.
Stuart Hendley of Midland, Tex. won the Senior Division with a total of
one over par.
On the Amateur side, Jon Brown (72-72-73) of Clive held off Mike
McCoy (70-73-75) of West Des Moines by two strokes to take home
the title. McCoy held a one shot lead heading into the final day of play,
but a three-under-par, 33, on the opening nine propelled Brown into
the lead by one stroke. Both Brown
and McCoy struggled on the back nine
carding 4-over-par rounds of 40; Brown’s
opening nine proved to be enough to
hold off McCoy.
On the Senior side, Bill Manske (70-
73-79) of Algona held off Ron Peterson
(79-73-78) of Urbandale by one stroke to
take home the Senior Amateur title.
1 Jon Brown
Clive
72 72 73 217
T2 Mike McCoy
Des Moines
70 73 75 218
T2 J.D. Anderson
Johnston
72 75 71 218
T2 Tripp Kinney
West Des Moines 69 71 78 218
5 Conner Koberg
Cedar Rapids
74 70 75 215
6 Gene Elliott
West Des Moines 71 74 77 222
7 Matthew Lavery Peoria, IL
70 73 80 223
T8 Sam Vincent
Hamilton
78 71 75 224
T8 Tanner Randall
Ankeny
79 69 76 224
1 Bill Manske
Algona
70 73 79 222
2 Ron Peterson
Urbandale
79 73 78 230
3 Pat Ryan
Marshalltown
75 79 87 241
All others missed cut
Par 72
Par 72
Gene Elliott
Dave Gaer
Jon Brown
Par 72
Par 72
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