2017 Yearbook (2)

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39th Iowa Senior Amateur Championship Burlington Golf Club, Burlington
Christensen Wins Super Senior Division Elliott Wins Third
Senior Title
1 Rob Christensen +4 74 73 73 220
2 Jim Butler +5 71 76 74 221
3 John Peters +10 74 73 79 226
4 Dave Sergeant +14 77 74 79 230
5 Jim Campbell +16 75 81 76 232
6 Jim Becker +24 81 81 78 240
7 Mike Mumma +25 77 81 83 241
T8 Jack Peacock +26 80 79 83 242
T8 Ray Gustafson +26 79 82 81 242
10 Randy Studer +27 80 81 82 243
11 Bill Dickens +28 79 88 77 244
12 Tim Taylor +29 80 84 81 245
13 Del Harken +32 86 83 79 248
14 John Brooke +34 85 87 78 250
15 Thomas Fetter +36 88 82 82 252
16 Larry Taylor +38 83 87 84 254
17 David Studer +39 90 84 81 255
18 Mick Albaugh +42 87 88 83 258
19 Tom Hannam +47 88 83 92 263
Super Senior Division Senior Division
1 Gene Elliott -6 69 75 66 210
T2 Scott Briggs +2 74 69 75 218
T2 Tom Norton +2 72 74 72 218
4 Joe Palmer +7 77 69 77 223
T5 Dan Dalziel +9 74 77 74 225
T5 Terry Cook +9 74 72 79 225
T7 Gary Ellis +10 72 77 77 226
T7 John O'Neill +10 70 75 81 226
9 Eric Losen +11 74 76 77 227
T10 Steve Kahler +12 77 72 79 228
T10 Curtis Holck +12 81 73 74 228
T12 Dave Waugh +15 74 77 80 231
T12 Todd Hingtgen +15 75 80 76 231
T12 Bret Taylor +15 78 75 78 231
T12 Chuck Malloy +15 79 78 74 231
T12 Ron Peterson +15 82 72 77 231
T17 Pat Ryan +16 75 76 81 232
T17 Tom Christensen +16 77 78 77 232
T17 Tracy McArtor +16 79 75 78 232
Par 72 Par 72
West Des Moines’ Gene Elliott got off to a hot start and never looked in
the rear view mirror until late in the final round of the 39th Iowa Senior
Amateur. Elliott blistered Burlington Golf Club for a 66 (-6) to win by
eight shots over Burlington’s Scott Briggs and Muscatine’s Tom Norton.
Elliott opened the championship with rounds of 69-75.
“I played very well today,” Elliott
said. “I have played nine days in a row
(counting rounds at the U.S. Senior
Amateur in Minnesota). That’s a lot of
golf for me.”
Truth be told, Elliott, after being defeated
in the Round of 32 at the U.S. Senior
Amateur, forgot he was actually still
entered in the Iowa Senior Amateur.
“I almost wasn’t here for several different
reasons,” Elliott admitted. “I totally forgot
it (Iowa Senior Amateur) after I got
beat. I was so shell-shocked from
losing my match. My wife and a
good friend, John Harris, told me
to just come down here and get it
out your system. Fortunately things
worked out.”
The win marks a second consecutive victory after winning
it at Ames Golf & Country Club the previous year and third
overall.
It came down to the final few holes, literally, for the 2017 Iowa Senior
Amateur Super Senior Division title and ultimately the first-ever IGA
Super Senior Player of the Year.
Entering the final round at Burlington Golf Club, a trio of golfers
shared the lead at 147 (+3). Tied at the top were Jim Butler
(Ft. Madison), John Peters (Muscatine) and Rob Christensen
(Marshalltown). Ft. Dodge’s Dave Sergeant sat four back of the lead.
Sergeant and Christensen represented 1st and 2nd in the IGA Super
Senior Men’s Player of the Year standings entering the final round.
When the dust had settled Christensen fought off a hard-charging
Butler to win by a single stroke, 220-221. Christensen’s final round included a pair of birdies to offset
his three bogies. Butler, who went out in 40, came storming back with a 34 on the back and admitted
he simply ran out of holes.
Links : August 30-September 1, 2017