2020 IGA Yearbook

A fter finishing in the top five of the POTY standings three of the past four years, Indianola’s Leanne Smith had a breakthrough season in 2020. She piled up two victories and a pair of top ten finishes on her way to earning her first IGA Women’s Player of the Year title. Smithopened the yearwitha victory at the 9th IGAWomen’s Match Play Championship, defeating Sydney Eaton 4 & 3 to capture the title. Later in the summer she teamed up with Erin Schaffer to capture the crown at the IGA Mid- Am Series Event #3, which featured a four-ball (Two-Gal Best Ball) format. Additionally, she posted a runner-up finish in the 59th IGA Women’s Club Team Championship and a top ten finish in the 96th Iowa Women’s Amateur Championship. 2018 Iowa Women’s Player of the Year Sydney Eaton, of Mason City, finished runner-up in the 2020 standings after rattling off three top five finishes. Joy Chou, of Ames, came in third place following her victory at the 96th Iowa Women’s Amateur Championship. Ankeny’s Karli Kerrigan (4th), and Dubuque’s Rosalie Kubesheski (5th) rounded out the top five in the Player of the Year standings. WOMEN’S PLAYEROF THE YEAR Leanne Smith - Finishes 9th IGA Women's Match Play Champion 400 96th Iowa Women's Amateur 7th 240 59th IGA Women's Club Team Runner-up 140 Mid-Am Series Event #3 Champion 62.5 Standings 1 Leanne Smith Indianola 842.5 2 Sydney Eaton Mason City 667.5 3 Joy Chou Ames 600 4 Karli Kerrigan Ankeny 502.5 5 Rosalie Kubesheski Dubuque 497.5 6 Julie Buerman Cedar Rapids 456.5 7 Kelly Nelson Waterloo 427.5 8 YiTing Chou Ames 420 9 Jordan Amelon Iowa City 410.33 10 Kathy Fortune Rockwell City 407.5 11 Brooke Newell Anita 385 12 Kelly Grimes Indianola 361.25 13 Michelle Klein Jesup 357.5 14 Sarah Nacos Washington 331.5 15 Paige Hoffman WDM 324 T16 Nicki Clayton Greenfield 300 T16 AmeliaMehmet-Grohn Ames 300 18 Janece Schwartzkopf Stuart 287.5 19 Laura Leszczynski Saint Mary's 277.5 T20 Dana Lerner Iowa City 270 Name City Total