2023 IGA Yearbook

98 D efending champion Ankeny’s Connor Peck finished victorious at the Carroll Amateur held at Carroll Country Club—but it wasn’t easy. Windy conditions kept the leaderboard in constant motion throughout the 36 holes on the final day, and it took the final hole to decide the order of the top-four finishers. Peck, John Spellerberg, of Bellington, NE, and Ankeny’s Hunter Johnson, all in the final pairing, began their final hole of the tournament tied at 5-under. While Peck birdied to round out his winning (-6) 207 total, Spellerberg bogeyed and Johnson double-bogeyed to card totals of (-4) 209 and (-3) 210, respectively. Meanwhile, Cedar Fall’s Owen Sawyer, also in the final pairing, slid his way into a runner-up title with a birdie, finishing with (-5) 208. Spellerberg finished in third, Ankeny’s Nate McCoy finished in fourth after an impressive tournament-low 6-under final round, bouncing back with eight birdies from his +5 second eighteen, and Johnson finished in fifth. In the Senior Division, Council Bluffs’ Sean Davis took home the title with a (E) 142, followed by Urbandale’s Ron Peterson (+1), Cedar Fall’s Mike Sawyer (+2), and Ankeny’s Bill Matzdorff (+2). A division-low first round (-2) 69 helped Davis secure his win. Gowrie’s Tom Schill championed the Super Senior Division, starting the weekend off with a blistering (-6) 65. Des Moines’ Dave Gaer (+3) and West Des Moines’ Bob Brooks (+5) finished in second and in third, respectively, both unable to close the gulf between themselves and Schill from the first round. CARROLL AMATEUR Carroll Country Club, Carroll June 10-11, 2023 1 Tom Schill Gowrie -1 65 76 141 2 Dave Gaer Des Moines +3 72 73 145 3 Bob Brooks WDM +5 75 72 147 4 Mike McDonald Ankeny +6 72 76 148 T5 Curt Burns Des Moines +11 77 76 153 T5 Charlie Taylor Des Moines +11 76 77 153 Name City (Par 71) R1 R2 Total 1 Connor Peck Ankeny -6 70 69 68 207 2 Owen Sawyer Cedar Falls -5 69 71 68 208 3 John Spellerberg Bellington -4 70 72 67 209 4 Nate McCoy Ankeny -3 69 76 65 210 5 Hunter Johnson Ankeny -2 71 68 72 211 T6 Hogan Hansen Waverly E 69 74 70 213 T6 Ross Martens Portsmouth E 70 72 71 213 T8 Ben Hicks Victoria +1 72 71 71 214 T8 Joshua Manske Algona +1 67 75 72 214 10 Scott Hart WDM +2 69 74 72 215 T11 Jake Weissenburger Clive +3 72 72 72 216 T11 Chad Tracy Waukee +3 69 73 74 216 13 Jon Brown Adel +4 74 71 72 217 14 Eric Spurgetis Moline +10 71 74 78 223 Name City (Par 71) R1 R2 R3 Total Senior Division 1 Sean Davis Council Bluffs E 69 73 142 2 Ron Peterson Urbandale +1 72 71 143 T3 Mike Sawyer Cedar Falls +2 74 70 144 T3 Bill Matzdorff Ankeny +2 70 74 144 5 Bret Taylor Booneville +3 76 69 145 6 Jeff Panek Johnston +5 75 72 147 Name City (Par 71) R1 R2 Total Championship Division Super Senior Division