2021 IGA Yearbook

IGA WOMEN’S FOUR-BALL SIOUX CITY COUNTRY CLUB, SIOUX CITY JULY 8-9, 2021 T he 11th IGA Women's Four-Ball Championship concluded at Sioux City Country Club with defending champions, Paige Hoffman and Kylie Carey repeating the same success that they had in 2020. Hoffman and Carey fired rounds of 70 and 73 to claim first place over Fiona Watson and Tish Boothe by three shots. Watson and Boothe were consistently at the top of the leaderboard for the entirety of the tournament. Two late bogeys in their final round put an end to their run at the Open Division. First timers Allison and Morgan Nuss came in third place after rounds of 77 and 75. For the first time in IGA Four-Ball history, the defending champions in each division won again. Rose Kubesheski and Margene Grady fended off Kathy Fortune's and Laura Leszczynski's late final round charge. Kubesheski and Grady have now won this event four times together and this is Kubesheski's fifth total time winning it. Fortune and Leszczynski shot up the leaderboard in the final round after the team recorded a total of four birdies. The duo carded scores of 78 and 74 and missed a playoff by one shot. Kubesheski finished off a four-footer for par on the 18th hole to close out the tournament. Ila Gilbert and Janis Owens took third place with back-to-back rounds of 77. Defending Champs, Carey/Hoffman And Kubesheski/Grady Repeat (L to R) Rose Kubesheski and Margene Grady, Senior Champs (L to R) Kylie Carey and Paige Hoffman, Open Champs