2024 IGA Yearbook

130 Iowa Golf Hall of Fame Clark Burroughs Waterloo’s Clark Burroughs has a playing resume that ranks at the top with all from Iowa. Growing up and developing his game in golf-rich Waterloo, Burroughs was successful in various local competitions in an era where there wasn’t first-rate junior competitions available like there are today. Clark’s success included a victory at the 1980 Iowa Junior Amateur. Those ‘early’ victories were just the start for Burroughs, a fixture at the Byrnes Park (now Irv Warren) golf course who was a star at Waterloo West High School under Iowa Golf Hall of Fame member Don Narveson. “He literally lived here while he was a kid,” Narveson once said. “He’s a winner.” Burroughs attended Ohio State University on a golf scholarship and put together an incredible college career. He was a First-team All-Big Ten selection all four years, from 1982 through 1985. He was also Big Ten Player of the Year in 1985, and won seven individual titles. Clark was named team captain for the Buckeyes in 1984 and 1985 and was inducted into the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. Burroughs was named an All-American all four years at Ohio State. He capped of his college career by winning the NCAA Division I Individual title in 1985 and was named 1st team All-American. Burroughs had considerable success in big time amateur golf outside of college as well. He was medalist in the 1983 U.S. Amateur and made it to the semifinals, earning him a trip to the 1984 Masters Tournament and a spot on the 1985 Walker Cup Team. “He’s our kid,” Narveson after watching Burroughs Class of 2024 Joining the Ranks >> PICTURED (L to R) - Hall of Fame 2024 Class Bill Dickens, Clark Burroughs, Michael Cappola, Greg Ladehoff, and Bob Smith