2018 Yearbook

81 Senior Men’s Player of the Year Joe Palmer IGA Senior Match Play Championship Iowa Senior Amateur Championship U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifier Herman Sani Tournament IGA Four-Ball Championship Waterloo Open U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying Iowa Senior Open U.S. Senior Open Sectional Qualifying The North Iowa Amateur Iowa Amateur Championship Carlton Woods Senior Invitational Trans-Mississippi Senior Championship Finishes Joe Palmer Jon Brown Ron Peterson Mike McCoy Gene Elliott Terry Cook Bret Taylor Dave Gaer Robert Dickerman Joe Bates Pat Ryan Jay Gregory Bob Brooks Tom Norton Brian Verduyn 2,342.5 2010 1,547.5 1,437.5 1435 1,325.5 1180 770 755 727.5 655 650 637.5 627.5 605 Senior Men’s Standings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1st 1st Medalist 1st 1st 4th Qual Low Am 2nd Alt 2nd T22nd 4th 5th Joe Palmer, of West Des Moines, won the 2018 Senior Player of the Year. But it wasn’t easy. After a summer of back and forth in the stand- ings that included several players, Palmer earned his way to the top of the list with wins at the IGA Senior Match Play Championship, 40th Iowa Senior Amateur Championship, 69th Herman Sani Tournament (Senior Division) and the 23rd IGA Four-Ball Championship (with partner Terry Cook). Palmer was medalist at U.S. Senior Amateur Sec- tional Qualifying and made it to the Round of 32 at that championship. Palmer was a U.S. Mid-Am- ateur Qualifier, was low amateur (Senior Division) at the Iowa Open and finished runner-up at the North Iowa Amateur (Senior Division). Adel’s Jon Brown finished just behind Palmer in the Player of the Year race. Brown was able to earn bonus points for his win at the 30th IGA Match Play to go along with his Senior Division victories at the Northwest Amateur and The Classic (Elm- wood CC). Brown also finished runner-up at the 40th Iowa Senior Amateur Championship and tied for third place overall at the 116th Iowa Amateur and Iowa Masters (Open Division). While he did not win a player of the year award, pulling off the “double runner-up” in both the open and senior divisions shows just how good of a year Brown had. Urbandale’s Ron Peterson (3rd), Norwalk’s Mike McCoy (4th) and West Des Moines’ Gene Elliott (5th) rounded out the top five finishers in the Senior Division Player of the Year standings. It is worth noting that McCoy and Elliott both quali- fied for the Senior Open Championship, played over the Old Course at St. Andrews.