Jon Brown, of Clive, and Jon Olson, of Ankeny, begin the stroke play portion of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship today at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Courses No. 2 and 8 will be used during stroke play. The low 32 teams from stroke play will qualify for match play.

Brown, an Iowa Golf Hall of Fame member, won the 2006 Iowa Amateur and was named Iowa Golf Association Player of the Year in 2004 and 2006. Brown captured the Iowa Mid-Amateur title last year (2016).

Olson, the head men’s golf coach at Central College in Pella, has won several IGA titles, including three IGA Mid-Amateurs (2011, 2014 and 2015), the IGA Amateur (2012), the IGA Open (2007), and the IGA Public Links (2001).

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