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| 73 Senior Open Championship Low Am 41st Iowa Sr. Am Championship 1st 24th IGA Four-Ball Championship 1st U.S. Senior Amateur Round of 64 70th Herman Sani Tournament Champion Iowa Masters 4th Canadian Men's Senior Am 1st Golfweek Sr. Tourn. of Champs 1st U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier Medalist Finishes SENIOR MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1 Gene Elliott West Des Moines 2765 2 Jon Brown Adel 1951 3 Terry Cook Norwalk 1284 4 Jay Gregory Lineville 1165 5 Joe Bates Albia 1163 6 Ron Peterson Urbandale 1112.5 7 Bret Taylor Booneville 1070 8 Brian Verduyn Polk City 837.5 9 Bob Brooks West Des Moines 795 10 Sam Billmeyer Ankeny 765 11 Dave Gaer Des Moines 585 12 Tony Newkirk Pleasant Hill 582.5 13 Mike McCoy Norwalk 575 14 Dave Henry West Des Moines 567.5 15 Joe Palmer West Des Moines 557.5 Name City Total Senior Men's Standings F ours were wild for Gene Elliott in 2019. The Iowa Golf Hall of Fame member won his fourth Iowa Senior Amateur and his fourth IGA Senior Match Play Championship, which propelled him to his – you guessed it – fourth Senior Men’s Player of the Year award. Overall, Elliott won seven times in 2019. In Iowa, in addition to the Iowa Senior Am and Senior Match Play, he claimed wins at the IGA Four-Ball Championship and Herman Sani Tournament. He partnered with Mike McCoy to earn medalist honors at qualifying for the 2019 USGA Amateur Four-Ball (held in Nebraska) and he won the Golfweek Senior Tournament of Champions in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Outside of the U.S., Elliott continued to shine. He captured his second straight Canadian Men’s Senior Championship and finished runner-up at the British Seniors Amateur held North Berwick, UK. Perhaps the biggest thrill of his summer was his performance at the British Senior Open, held at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, where he made the cut and earned the coveted gold medal as the low amateur.