2020 IGA Yearbook

1 Gene Elliott WDM +5 74 73 71 218 2 Tom Norton Muscatine +6 77 71 71 219 3 Joe Palmer Norwalk +7 75 70 75 220 T4 Dave Gaer Des Moines +8 77 72 72 221 T4 Terry Cook Norwalk +8 74 75 72 221 T4 Jeff Collett Ottumwa +8 73 75 73 221 7 Brian Verduyn Polk City +15 71 80 77 228 T8 Bret Taylor Booneville +17 73 82 75 230 T8 Curtis Holck Ankeny +17 76 78 76 239 T8 Frank Chiodo Des Moines +17 73 78 79 230 11 Dennis Duke Davenport +18 79 75 77 231 12 Jay Slings Ankeny +19 76 79 77 232 13 Pat Erb Marion +20 76 82 75 233 T14 Rob Dickerman Marion +21 81 76 77 234 T14 Dean Cavanaugh Clinton +21 78 76 80 234 Senior Division Super Senior Division 1 Rob Christensen Marshalltown +4 74 73 70 217 2 Pat Ryan Marshalltown +12 73 73 79 225 3 John Brown Urbandale +13 71 70 75 226 4 Bill Tank Bettendorf +15 77 77 74 228 T5 Joel Yunek Mason City +16 79 78 72 229 T5 Dave Sergeant Fort Dodge +16 75 77 77 229 7 Dave Studer Keokuk +17 77 77 76 230 T8 Bob Moeller Bettendorf +20 80 77 76 233 T8 Jim Becker Mt. Pleasant +20 81 76 76 233 T10 Richard Gorbell Cedar Falls +21 83 76 75 234 T10 Mark Albert Sioux City +21 81 77 76 235 12 James Blackburn Des Moines +24 78 80 79 237 13 Stephen Larson Polk City +26 82 80 77 239 T14 Dan Dalziel Cedar Rapids +28 85 79 77 241 T14 Mike Stopolus Bettendorf +28 79 81 81 241 T14 Wes Hogeland Pierson +28 77 81 83 241 Christensen took the field by storm, carding rounds of 74- 73-70 to win by eight shots with a three-day total of 217 (+4). The IGA veteran took advantage of the par-3’s and par-5’s all week, recording numerous birdies to help extend his lead. Christensen capped his tournament performance off in style, nearly acing the par-3, nineth and rolling in the birdie putt. “That was a nice way to finish,” Christensen said. “I birdied a lot of par threes this week.” Christensen remarked that he was able to acquire a lot of local knowledge during his practice rounds, which carried over into tournament success at the Quad Cities' course. “I owe a lot to Bill Tank, a member here (at Crow Valley),” Christensen said. “He took us around during our practice round and told us where to hit it and not to hit it. He said whatever you do, do not be above the hole. That was the key for me, I kept it below the hole all week.” Finishing runner-up was another Marshalltown competitor, Pat Ryan. Ryan opened with back-to-back rounds of 73 before closing with a final round of 79 (+7) for a three-day total of 225 (+12). Finishing in third place was John Brown, of Urbandale, who finished with a 54-hole tally of 226 (+13). Name City (Par 72) R1 R2 R3 Total Name City (Par 72) R1 R2 R3 Total Joe Palmer of Norwalk Rob Christensen of Marshalltown left no doubt in the final round, outpacing the field by eight strokes and finishing the championship at 217 (+4). Tom Norton of Muscatine made a final round push with his even-par round of 71 and put a little pressure on defending champion Gene Elliott. Norton finished in 2nd at 219 (+6), just one shot back.