2024 IGA Yearbook

79 on the front nine. “I felt left out,” Bull said. “Those guys were making birdies, and holing out.” Bull ran off five consecutive birdies, starting at No. 10, and caught Steffen for the lead at 7 under. Steffen also birdied No. 11 but had his only bogey of the final round on the next hole. “I just felt like I needed one (putt) to go in to get a little momentum,” Bull said. His momentum hit a road block when he didn’t birdie the par-5 15th hole. “That was disappointing, because that’s probably the easiest hole on that side,” Bull said. “My chip checked up on me.” Steffen was in a greenside bunker in two at 15, then nearly holed his third for eagle. “It landed right in front of the cup, hopped up and caught the right edge of the cup,” Steffen said. He tapped in for birdie for the outright lead and never gave it up. Proehl dropped back with bogeys at the 13th and 16th holes. Steffen got to the 18th tee with a one-shot lead over Bull, and then dodged disaster. His tee shot sailed right, and looked headed for the penalty area, but it caught a tree and dropped down in the right rough. He hit his second shot to 25 feet, and Bull kept the pressure on by hitting his approach to 15 feet. But it became anticlimactic when Steffen holed his birdie putt. “It probably had five feet of break,” Steffen said. “It was one of those where I was expecting Denny to make his. I wasn’t trying to ram it by, but I wanted to give it a chance. It caught the left door and it fell in. I was very fortunate off the tee to stay out of the penalty area, and I took advantage of it.” When Steffen’s putt fell in, Bull stopped and clapped for the winner. Then he two-putted for a closing par. Andrew Johanssen finished in solo third at 211 (-5), Grant Smith closed out in fourth at 212 (-4), and tied for fith at 213 (-3) was Hogan Hansen and Chad Proehl. Joe Palmer captured the Sani’s Senior Amateur title carding 215 (-1). Runner-up belonged to Jon Brown shooting 217 (+1). The super Senior Amateur title went to Dave Gaer by six shots carding 215 (-1). Runner-up belonged to Robert 1 Zach Steffen (p) Des Moines -9 74 68 65 207 2 Dennis Bull Norwalk -7 72 70 67 209 3 Andrew Johannsen Johnston -5 71 70 70 211 4 Grant Smith WDM -4 70 69 73 212 T5 Hogan Hansen Waverly -3 73 71 69 213 T5 Chad Proehl (p) Urbandale -3 71 71 71 213 7 Trent Lindenman New Sharon -1 70 76 69 215 T8 Jake Weissenburger Clive E 78 71 67 216 T8 Willis Gaer Des Moines E 75 70 71 216 T8 Roman Roth Wayland E 72 71 73 216 11 Sam Vertanen Ames +1 75 70 72 217 T12 Darin Fisher (p) Albia +2 79 71 68 218 T12 Steven Ihm (p) Iowa City +2 75 71 72 218 T12 Nate Spear Burlington +2 72 73 73 218 T12 Jack Dumas Le Claire +2 73 71 74 218 Name City (Par 72) R1 R2 R3 Total Open Division Senior Division Super Senior Division 1 Joe Palmer Norwalk -1 70 70 75 215 2 Jon Brown Adel +1 74 73 70 217 3 Jeff Collett Ottumwa +2 77 71 70 218 4 Curtis Holck Ankeny +3 75 68 76 219 5 Ron Peterson Urbandale +4 68 78 74 220 6 Jim Ihm Peosta +5 73 77 71 221 Name City (Par 72) R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Dave Gaer Des Moines -1 70 73 72 215 2 Robert Pomerantz Des Moines +5 75 74 72 221 3 Rob Christensen Marshalltown +7 77 75 71 223 T4 Jim Madsen Carroll +15 79 75 77 231 T4 Curt Burns Des Moines +15 74 84 73 231 Name City (Par 72) R1 R2 R3 Total Willis Gaer From left – Super Senior Champion Dave Gaer, 75th Herman Sani Champion Zach Steffen, Low Amateur Dennis Bull and Senior Champion Joe Palmer. Grant Smith