2021 IGA Yearbook

2021 CHAMPIONSHIPS T he 2021 schedule included a wonderful lineup of IGA Member Clubs that served as host sites for the crowning of our champions. The Iowa Amateur was conducted at Wakonda Club in Des Moines, July 12-14. This marked the sixth time the Iowa Amateur was held at the club, with the first time being in 1926. The last time the classic venue hosted the Iowa Amateur was in 2005 when Brian Verudyn captured the title with a two-over-par total of 218. The Iowa Women’s Amateur was played at Dubuque Golf & Country Club, July 26-28. It had been over five decades since the club first hosted the Iowa Women’s Amateur in 1970 when Corkey Nydle of Ottumwa earned the title. The club has hosted the Iowa Amateur in 2001, 1988, 1968, 1962, and the Iowa Mid-Amateur in 1994. The men’s and women’s IGA Match Play Championship returned to Talons Golf in Ankeny, June 29-July 2. Talons Golf is a privately-owned course routed between beautiful rock-walled streams and covered bridges. 2020 was the first time Talons Golf hosted this event and 2020 Men’s Player of the Year Connor Peck and IGA veteran Leanne Smith took home the hardware. The Iowa Senior Women’s Amateur was contested at Indianola Country Club on August 2-3. The club is a favorite among our top female players and has hosted a Forever 39 Match Play Championship as well as the Iowa Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Amateurs. The Preserve on Rathbun Lake in Moravia hosted the Iowa Senior Amateur, August 19-21. The Preserve has been the site of numerous IGA Championships in the past and hosts the Southeast Iowa Amateur, an Additional Sanctioned Point Event, each year. In addition to those championships already listed, the IGA conducted and administered USGA Qualifiers throughout the state. Many of which resulted in Iowans making it through to the national championship. Enjoy reading about these events and several more in the next pages of this yearbook. Congratulations to all our 2021 champions and qualifiers!