2018 Yearbook

76 Iowa Open Dan Woltman, of Beaver Dam, Wis., won the 85th Iowa Open after carding a 6-under par 66 in the final round. Woltman beat out amateur, Tripp Kinney by two-strokes. “You can get a lot of birdies on this golf course,” said Woltman. “There was no wind today and the greens were soft and rolling so well. I knew someone was going to have a low round in front of me. I just tried to stay patient and continued to hit fairways and greens. Luck- ily it was enough to win.” Woltman started the final round in second place, one stroke off the lead, after carding a 2-under par 70 in round one and an 8-under-par 64 in round two. Wolt- man carded a bogey-free final round with six birdies, including three-in-a-row on Nos. 2-4. He also tallied back-to-back birdies on Nos. 17-18 to secure the victory. “I know more about failure than anyone else,” said Woltman. “When you play this game for a living, you lose 90 percent of the time. You don’t win very often. It feels good to get a win. It feels like all the hard work I’ve been putting in is getting validated.” Woltman finished the tournament with 16 birdies, 38 pars, and no bogeys. He played the par-3s at even par for the tournament and was 9-under par on par-4s and 7-under-par on par-5s throughout the three days. “I felt good the last couple of weeks, “said Woltman. “I had a good final round last week in Cedar Rapids that propelled me into this week. I’ve played my last 72-holes bogey-free. Something is clicking right now, and my confidence is starting to pick up.” Iowa State University golfer, Tripp Kinney finished sec- ond at the 85th Iowa Open and won low Amateur. Kin- ney carded 5-under par in the final round. Kinney was tied for the lead going into the 18th hole, but bogeyed the final hole to shoot 67. He finished with 16 birdies, 36 pars and 2 bogeys. He played the par-3s at even par, the par-4s at 5-under-par and the Par-5s at 9-under-par for the tournament. Iowa PGA Member John Bermel was the Iowa Open Senior Division Champion. Bermel carded a 3-under par 69 in the final for a tournament total 9-under-par 207 to complete the wire-to-wire victory. He finished the Blue Top Ridge, Riverside | August 1-3 tournament with 13 birdies, 37 pars and four bogeys. Bermel played the par-3s at 1-under-par, the par-4s at 6-under-par and the par-5s at 2-under-par for the tour- nament. “I made some putts today,” said Bermel. “I don’t know that I had my best game, but I certainly made a lot of putts. When your putter is working it makes the game a lot easier.” Joe Palmer, of West Des Moines, finished second in the Senior Division and was the low Senior Amateur. Palmer recorded a 2-over par 74 in the final round for a tour- nament total 1-under par 215. Palmer finished with six birdies, 43 pars and five bogeys for the tournament. He played the par-3s and par-4s at even par for the tourna- ment and was 1-under par on the par-5s for the tourna- ment. “This a great golf course,” said Palmer. “I had three days where I struck the ball well. I really didn’t make many putts, but I had great partners for the week and I’m excited to be low Senior Amateur.” Open Division (Par-72) 1- Dan Woltman 70-64-66--200 -16 2- Tripp Kinney (a) 67-68-67--202 -14 3- Josh Weems 69-70-67--206 -10 3- Matt Jennings 67-70-69--206 -10 3- Ryan Zech 66-71-69--206 -10 6- Broc Everett 72-69-66--207 -9 6- Brian Bullington 70-70-67--207 -9 8- Kyle Wilshire 70-72-66--208 -8 8- Brad Marek 68-70-70--208 -8 8- Jay Monahan 71-67-70--208 -8 8- Tyler Torano 70-65-73--208 -8 Senior Division (Par-72) 1 - John Bermel 66-72-69--207 -9 2 - Joe Palmer (a) 71-70-74--215 -1 3 - Bryan Luedtke 70-73-73--216 E 4 - Chuck Moran 76-68-74--218 +2 5 - Bryan Haas 71-77-71--219 +3 6 - Marshall Gavre 72-75-73--220 +4 (a) denotes amateur