2018 Yearbook

79 Men’s Player of the Year J.D. Anderson Herman Sani Tournament Iowa Mid-Amateur Championship IGA Match Play Championship Briarwood Amateur U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying Northwest Iowa Amateur Iowa Amateur Championship Carroll Amateur IGA Four-Ball Championship U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier Finishes J.D. Anderson Jon Brown Dennis Bull Willis Gaer Tripp Kinney Matthew Walker Dusty Drenth Wes Buntenbach Frank Lindwall Gene Elliott Scot Cook Brian Allison Ethan Mechling Trevor Ullestad Charles Jahn Men’s Standings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1,650 1,127.5 1,117.5 902.5 860 785 700 682.5 595 585 557.92 503.75 469.167 420 385 T2nd 1st Semi Finalist 1st Medalist T4th 11th 2nd T9th 1st Alt New year, same story. After knocking on the door several times, including several top-ten finishes in the IGA Player of the Year race, John- ston’s J.D. Anderson broke through last year for his first player of the year award. With another consistent and strong year Anderson added a second title to his résumé in 2018. Anderson was low amateur at the 69th Her- man Sani Tournament, won the 33rd Iowa Mid- Amateur Championship and Briarwood Amateur and was medalist at the U.S. Mid-Amateur Quali- fier. Anderson also was a semi-finalist at the 30th IGA Match Play Championship and runner-up at the Carroll Amateur. Two-time IGA Player of the Year, Jon Brown, of Adel, finished in second place in this year’s race. Brown, who played a mix of open and senior division this year, captured the 30th IGA Match Play Championship and was runner-up at the Northwest Amateur and North Iowa Ama- teur. Brown added a pair of T3rd finishes in 2018 at the 116th Iowa Amateur and Iowa Masters. Rounding out the top five included Norwalk’s Dennis Bull (3rd), Des Moines’ Willis Gaer (4th) and Des Moines’ Tripp Kinney (5th). Anderson nearly won the Herman Sani Tournament in a playoff