2016 Yearbook

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SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR Gene Elliott, West Des Moines
Elliott wins second IGA Senior Player of
the Year Title
With the help of two wins and bonus points at two USGA
events in 2016, Gene Elliott (1,435 points) outdistanced Ron
Peterson (1122.5 points) for the 2016 IGA Senior Player of the
Year crown. This is the second IGA Senior Player of the Year
award for Elliott (2012).
Elliott won the IGA Senior Match Play and the Iowa Senior
Amateur Championship and added in points for qualifying for
the U.S. Senior Open and for making match play at the U.S.
Mid-Amateur.
Elliott qualified for the U.S. Senior Open by earning co-
medalist honors with a 68 at Vista Valley Country Club in Vista,
CA. He joined fellow Iowan and close friend Mike McCoy at
Scioto Country Club in Columbus, OH. McCoy was exempt into
the event from being low amateur at the Senior Open in 2015.
Peterson, who gave a great effort in chasing the Senior POTY
title this year, amassed three wins and two runner-up finishes
in 2016. He won the Senior Division of the Iowa Mid-Amateur,
Carroll Amateur and Northwest Amateur and was runner-up
in the Senior Division at the Iowa Masters and Iowa Open.
Finishing just behind Elliott and Peterson were Terry Cook
(3rd), Joe Bates (4th) and Curtis Holck (5th).
1 Gene Elliott, W. Des Moines. ................1435
2 Ron Peterson, Urbandale. ....................1122.5
3 Terry Cook, W. Des Moines...................980
4 Joe Bates, Albia.....................................825
5 Curtis Holck, Ankeny.............................817.5
6 Bret Taylor, Booneville..........................675
7 Tom Schill, Gowrie................................542.5
8 Todd Hingtgen, Marion.........................517.5
9 Rob Christensen, Rhodes......................515
10 Scott Briggs, Burlington.........................500
STANDINGS
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2016 IGA Senior Match Play 1st
2016 IGA Match Play Round of 32
U.S. Senior Open Qualifier
38th Iowa Senior Amateur 1st
U.S. Mid-Amateur Match Play Qualf.
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