The Iowa Golf Association would like to announce that Paige Hoffman (above), of West Des Moines, has joined the staff as Director of Development. Hoffman, among other duties throughout the golf season, will lead the IGA in recruiting and building lasting relationships with the volunteer base and membership, as well at create and administer valuable seminars and workshops at Golf House Iowa for IGA members, in particular, juniors. Hoffman will also serve as Staff Liaison for Scholar Committees and administrator those programs.

Hoffman, who you might remember, was a P.J. Boatwright intern in 2023 and 2024. Established in 1991, the Boatwright Internship is designed to provide experience to individuals who are interested in pursuing golf administration as a career while assisting state and amateur golf associations with the promotion of amateur golf. P.J. Boatwright was a long-time executive director of the USGA and came to be acknowledged as the world’s foremost expert on the rules of golf.

“I am overjoyed to be the Director of Development for the IGA,” Hoffman said. “Two of my biggest passions in life are golf and serving others and working at the IGA combines those passions perfectly. Over the years, the IGA has brought me some of my best memories and closest friends and I am looking forward to helping others find meaningful connections through the game.”

Hoffman will start as a part-time IGA employee while she finishes her spring golf season at Northwest Missouri State University, an NCAA Division II school in Maryville, MO. She will transition to full-time in mid-May.