2022 Yearbook

125 compete growing up in Iowa. That experience was invaluable.” Berkmeyer has competed in a total of 11 USGA Championships over her playing career, including five Women’s Amateurs, two Mid-Amateurs and four Senior Women’s Amateurs. She finished runner-up in the 2002U.S. SeniorWomen’sAmateur and made it to the Round of 16 in 1999 and 2000. She was the runner-up of the 2002 Canadian Ladies National Senior Championship and she has won the Missouri Senior Women’s Amateur title 13 times. As a full-time middle school teacher for 25 years, Berkmeyer has been inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. “Her respect, kindness, courage and talent are second to none,” Jim Holtgrieve, two-time Walker Cup Captain said. “Barbara is an absolute perfect role model for the future of women’s golf.” Mark Egly Mark Egly has been teaching and, more importantly, introducing golfers to the game for over 40 years. It would be very difficult to put a number on the golfers that Egly has helped and influenced in his teaching. Egly has been named Iowa PGA Teacher of the year seven times. He has received countless awards from Golf Range Magazine and Golf Digest for his teaching accomplishments. Egly is also an accomplished player in his own right, having won the 1988 Iowa PGA Match Play Championship, 1990 Iowa Open Championship, and numerous other Iowa PGA events when he was coming up as a player. After suffering an injury in a car accident, Mark has since changed to help golf games of others throughout his teaching career. “I have known Mark for over 30 years, and rarely have I seen anyone with his passion for teaching the game,” Iowa Golf Hall of Fame member Ken Schall said. “I travelled with Mark often in our younger years playing in mini tour events and state opens. >> PICTURED (LEFT) - Barb Berkmeyer competed in 11 USGA Championships over her playing career. >> PICTURED (RIGHT) - (left to right) Mark Egly with longtime student, friend, and fellow Hall of Famer, Sean McCarty.