2017 Yearbook (2)

USGA Women's State Team Championship

Team Iowa Finishes 19th at

USGA Women’s State Team

The Club at Las Campanas, Santa Fe, N.M.

Team Iowa had its second

best finish ever in the final

USGA Women’s State

Team Championship

(left to right) Britta Snyder, Jenny Heinz

and Leanne Smith hold the Iowa flag

at the USGA Women’s State Team

Championship.

In the final USGA State Team Championship ever, Team Iowa went

out on a nice note.

The trio of Jenny Heinz, Leanne Smith and Britta Snyder gave Iowa

it’s second best finish ever in the biennial event, posting a team score

of 457 (+25) at The Club at Las Campanas in Santa Fe, N.M. It was

good enough to make the cut and finish in solo 19th place. The best

finish ever for Iowa was 17th in 2005 at Berkley Hall GC in South

Carolina.

The USGA determined to retire both the Men’s and Women’s State

Team Championships following the 2017 Women’s Championship.

The events began in 1995, coinciding with the USGA’s 100th

Anniversary celebration. The intent was to hold them just that year,

but they were so popular with the players that they continued on an

every-other-year basis.

The scoring format counts the best two-out-of-three 18 scores each

day.

Snyder, 15, of Ames, led the squad in New Mexico. She posted one

of the two counting scores for Iowa each of the three

days, shooting 79-72-71—222 to finish in a tie for

19th individually. Heinz, 35, of Cedar Falls fired 76-

80-84—240 while Smith, 36, of Indianola, came back

after a rough first round 86 with 79-80 to post 245.

Snyder and Smith were both playing in their first

USGA Women’s State Team while Heinz has been

a fixture on recent teams. 2017 was her sixth

appearance, making every Iowa team since 2007.

The final championship was ultimately captured by Tennessee, who

finished one stroke ahead of Delaware and two ahead of Florida.

Iowa finished 26 strokes back.

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September 26-28, 2017