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HERMAN SANI TOURNAMENT Presented by Coppola Enterprises Hyperion FC, Johnston August 12-14, 2016
Kiwis at the Top
68th Herman Sani Tournament Echo Valley Country Club, Norwalk
1 Nick Voke -9 69 69 66 204
2 Denzel Ieremia -6 66 69 72 207
3 Matthew Jennings (p) -3 66 68 76 210
4 Mitch Tucker (p) -2 69 75 67 211
T5 Connor Peck (p) -1 70 70 72 212
T5 Dennis Bull -1 71 68 73 212
T5 Zach Steffen -1 70 65 77 212
T5 Chad Proehl -1 72 71 69 212
T5 Tyler Christians -1 73 72 67 212
10 Darin Fisher (p) E 71 73 69 213
T11 J.D. Anderson +2 71 73 71 215
T11 Jay Monahan (p) +2 74 71 70 215
T11 Nate McCoy (p) +2 72 75 68 215
T11 Trevor Ullestad +2 74 70 71 215
(p) denotes professional
Open Division
Palmer Wins by One
1 Joe Palmer -3 72 68 70 210
T2 Curtis Holck -2 71 70 70 211
T2 Rob Dickerman -2 75 67 69 211
4 Terry Cook +1 73 69 72 214
5 Bret Taylor +2 77 70 68 215
6 Jay Gregory +4 72 72 73 217
7 Gary Ellis +6 75 75 69 219
8 Andy Burton +7 77 71 72 220
T9 Scott Briggs +8 76 69 76 221
T9 Steve Moran +8 73 73 75 221
11 Joe Bates +11 75 76 73 224
12 David Studer +12 73 76 76 225
13 Dave Gaer +15 76 77 75 228
14 Dave Sergeant +16 82 73 74 229
Senior Division Par 71 Par 71
Iowa State graduate, Nick Voke slammed the door on the field during the final round of the
Herman Sani Tournament. The New Zealander, who has since turned pro, put together a blistering
5-under-par (66) score in the final round at Echo Valley Country Club to win by three over his
former teammate, and fellow Kiwi, Denzel Ieremia.
Voke entered the final round in third, four shots behind professional Matt Jennings of Prairie City
and three behind Ieremia. The trophy looked out of reach after a bogey at the 2nd, but that would
soon change.
He birdied holes four and seven, then rolled in an eagle on the par-5 9th to turn in 33. A bogey
at 11 slowed his momentum a bit, but he finished like a true champion, making birdies on 15,
17 and 18 to secure the win. Voke posted a pair of 69s to open the championship. Those
rounds, combined with his final round 66, left him at 9-under for the 54-hole stroke play
event.
Ieremia, who is now a senior at Iowa State, had a bit of a roller-
coaster ride to his final round. He opened with a double bogey at
one, made birdie at four, double bogey at five and then birdie at six.
That left him at two-over for the day, where he would remain until
a birdie at the last gave him a final round 72. All in all, he shot
rounds of 66-69-72 to finish on 6-under par and three back.
Jennings could never get positive momentum going
during his final round. He played steady golf on the
opening 9 holes, posting an even-par 36, but ultimately
was done-in by a triple-bogey (8) on the 15th. When
all was said and done, he would only post one birdie
(9) during his final round, finishing with 66-68-76
(3-under) to finish six back of Voke. The silver lining
for Jennings was, because Voke and Ieremia were both
amateurs, he still took home the first place check as
the low professional.
Mitch Tucker, a pro from Oskaloosa, put together the
second-best final round (behind Voke’s 66) posting a 4-under
67 to finish in solo fourth. He posted a 2-under par total of
211.
Joe Palmer of West Des Moines claimed the Senior Division of the Herman Sani Tournament at
Echo Valley Country Club, and did so in dramatic fashion.
Palmer made a birdie on the final hole of the final round to hold off
Curtis Holck of Ankeny and Rob Dickerman of Marion by one shot.
Dickerman also birdied the 18th hole in the final round.
Palmer, who won the senior title the first time the event was played at
Echo Valley CC in 2013, came into the final round leading Holck by
one. Dickerman and Terry Cook of West Des Moines trailed by three.
Palmer seemingly took complete control at the outset of the last day
with a front nine 3-under 33. But a few stumbles during the back nine combined with some birdies
by Holck and Dickerman made things tight down the stretch. Ultimately, Palmer and Holck
came to the final hole tied, with Dickerman a shot back. The champion’s birdie proved to be the
difference.
Palmer finished at 3-under-par 210 (72-68-70) with Holck (71-70-70) and Dickerman (75-67-69)
finishing at 2-under-par 211. Cook was alone in fourth at 1-over par 214 (73-69-72), while Bret
Taylor of Booneville rounded out the top five with a 2-over-par 215 (77-70-68).
Links :
Joe Palmer
Nick Voke
Jennings Earns Low Professional
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