ALL-TIME WINS IN IGA POINT EVENTS

Below is a comprehensive list of players who have won an IGA sanctioned point event. It is important to lay out a few parameters as to how this list was compiled.

The IGA Player of the Year award started in 1960. Based on research, it was clear that five events stood out as the most important prior to 1960 – the Iowa Amateur, Iowa Masters, Northwest Amateur, Iowa Open and Herman Sani Tournament – therefore, for the purposes of this ranking, those events are counted from their inception. Since 1960, a win was only counted as a point event win if it took place in a year in which the event was recognized as a point event. See the list at the right for the years when events were considered point events.

For events that included both professionals and amateurs, only the overall champion was awarded with a win for the purposes of these rankings. “Low Amateur” designation was not a win (but see special note on Waterloo Open).

Special Note on the Waterloo Open: The Pro Division and the Amateur Division of the Waterloo Open have truly been two separate tournaments throughout the years, with the pros playing exclusively on Irv Warren Golf Course and the amateurs playing a mix of South Hills GC, Gardner GC, and Irv Warren GC. Therefore, only the winners of the Amateur Division were considered to have won a Point Event.

At the end of each season, this list will be updated to reflect the current year winners. This should be completed prior to Thanksgiving each year.

Briarwood Amateur – 2006 to present
Carroll Amateur – 1998 to present
Cedar Rapids Open/Hunters Ridge Amateur – 1999 – 2012
Central States Amateur – 1960 – 1965
Clinton Riverboat Days Amateur – 1985 – 2012
Fort Dodge Amateur – 1969 – present
Herman Sani Tournament – 1950 to present
IGA Four-Ball – 2004 – present
IGA Match Play – 1984 to present (no event held 1996 – 2000)
Iowa Amateur – 1900 to present (no event held in 1943-45)
Iowa Masters – 1938 to present (no event held in 1975, 1993)
Iowa Mid-Amateur – 1986 – present
Iowa Public Links Amateur – 2002 – 2005
Iowa Open – 1927 to present (no event held in 1943-45 & 1953)
Joe August Match Play – 2018 – 2019
Lake Creek Amateur – 1975 – 2013, 2020 – present
North Iowa Amateur – 2018
Northwest Amateur – 1921 to present (no event held in 1943-44)
Ottumwa Amateur – 1985 – 2016 (no event held in 2015)
Southeast Iowa Amateur – 2015 – present
The Classic (at Elmwood CC) – 2018 – present
Tournament of Champions – 1960 – 1983, 1985 – 1989
Tri-State Masters – 2014 – 2019
Waterloo Open – 1960 – 69, 1985 – present

Mike McCoy - 35 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2011

Iowa Amateur (6)
1992
1995
1996
1998
2010
2015

IGA Match Play
1994

Herman Sani Tournament (4)
1991
1992
1996
2002

Iowa Mid-Amateur (6)
1993
1995
1997
2003
2005
2006

IGA Four-Ball (5)
2006
2012
2015
2016
2017

Riverboat Days Amateur
1992

Briarwood Amateur (2)
2010
2012

Fort Dodge Amateur (3)
1993
1994
2000

Iowa Masters
2012

Iowa Open
1994

Lake Creek Amateur (4)
1992
1994
1995
2005

Tournament of Champions
1983

Gene Elliott - 29 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2012

Iowa Amateur (3)
2001
2011
2013

IGA Match Play
2015

Herman Sani Tournament
2009

IGA Mid-Amateur (6)
1998
2000
2009
2013
2020
2021

Lake Creek Amateur
2012

IGA Four-Ball (6)
2005
2012
2015
2016
2017
2021

Briarwood Amateur (2)
2011
2016

Carroll Amateur (2)
2008
2009

Iowa Masters (4)
2009
2015
2017
2018

Iowa Open (2)
1985
1996

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
2011

Jon Brown - 26 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2013

Iowa Amateur (2)
2006
2019

IGA Match Play (3)
2003
2006
2018

Herman Sani Tournament
1993

Iowa Mid-Amateur (2)
2008
2016

IGA Four-Ball (2)
2008
2021

Briarwood Amateur (3)
2006
2008
2019

Carroll Amateur (3)
2005
2008
2017

Iowa Masters (4)
1990
2004
2005
2010

Lake Creek Amateur (2)
1993
2008

Northwest Amateur
1992
2021

Ottumwa Amateur
2003

The Classic
2019

J.D. Anderson - 18 wins

Iowa Mid-Amateur (2)
2017
2018

IGA Four-Ball (2)
2009
2014

Briarwood Amateur (2)
2017
2018

Carroll Amateur (2)
2002
2011

Fort Dodge Amateur (2)
2005
2015

Lake Creek Amateur (2)
2006
2009

Northwest Amateur
2022

Ottumwa Amateur (2)
2013
2014

Southeast Iowa Amateur
2016
2021
2023

Nate McCoy - 18 wins

Iowa Amateur (2)
2022
2024

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
2011
2015

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2022

IGA Four-Ball (2)
2010
2011

IGA Match Play
2022

Iowa Masters (4)
2011
2019
2021
2022

North Iowa Amateur
2018

The Classic
2022

Carroll Amateur (2)
2019
2021

Fort Dodge Amateur
2024

Briarwood Amateur
2024

Jon Olson - 14 wins

Iowa Amateur
2012

Herman Sani Tournament
2006

Briarwood Amateur (3)
2014
2015
2022

IGA Match Play (2)
2011
2019

Iowa Mid-Amateur (3)
2011
2014
2015

Iowa Open
2007

Iowa Public Links
2003

Northwest Amateur
2020

The Classic
2024

Joe Brown - 13 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1990

Herman Sani Tournament (4)
1953
1954
1956
1963

Iowa Masters (4)
1942
1949
1955
1956

Iowa Open (5)
1938
1948
1954
1965
1966

Tom Chapman, Jr - 13 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2008

Iowa Amateur (2)
1967
1972

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1967
1973

Fort Dodge Amateur (4)
1970
1971
1973
1974

Northwest Amateur (4)
1971
1972
1973
1975

Tournament of Champions
1972

Sean McCarty - 12 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2019

IGA Match Play
1995

Herman Sani Tournament (5)
2007
2008
2009
2010
2016

Riverboat Days Amateur
1993

Iowa Open (4)
1997
2005
2008
2013

Northwest Amateur
1995

John Jacobs - 10 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1989

Iowa Amateur (6)
1939
1940
1941
1946
1948
1950

Northwest Amateur (4)
1948
1949
1950
1951

Art Bartlett - 9 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1990

Iowa Amateur (7)
1914
1915
1917
1918
1924
1928
1929

Iowa Open (2)
1927
1928

Nate Dunn - 9 wins

Iowa Amateur (3)
2004
2014
2016

IGA Match-Play
2014

IGA Four-Ball (2)
2007
2019

Lake Creek Amateur
1997

Riverboat Days Amateur (2)
2008
2010

Bob Leahy - 9 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1991

Iowa Amateur (3)
1954
1956
1957

Iowa Masters (2)
1953
1957

Northwest Amateur (2)
1958
1977

Tournament of Champions (2)
1961
1971

John Liechty - 9 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2009

Iowa Amateur (2)
1964
1971

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1964
1968

Iowa Masters (2)
1972
1973

Northwest Amateur
1960

Central States Amateur (2)
1960
1961

J.D. Turner - 9 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1995

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1974
1984

Iowa Open (5)
1969
1970
1971
1979
1983

Northwest Amateur
1969

Tournament of Champions
1965

Brad Schuchat - 9 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2017

Iowa Amateur (2)
1969
1980

Iowa Open
1980

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1970
1975

Iowa Masters (2)
1970
1971

Tournament of Champions (2)
1969
1970

Connor Peck - 8 wins

IGA Match Play Championship
2020

IGA Four-Ball Championship
2020

Briarwood Amateur
2020

Carroll Amateur
2014
2022
2023

Fort Dodge Amateur
2021

The Classic
2020

Jim Curell - 7 wins (HOF)

Iowa Mid-Amateur
1987

Lake Creek Amateur (3)
1979
1981
1999

Northwest Amateur (2)
1982
1988

Tournament of Champions
1980

Andrew Huseman - 7 wins

IGA Four-Ball Championship
2020

Briarwood Amateur (2)
2013
2021
2023

Fort Dodge Amateur (2)
2019
2020
2022

Lon Nielsen - 7 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2010

Iowa Amateur
1975

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1976
1982

Fort Dodge Amateur
1976

Tournament of Champions
1975

Lake Creek Amateur
1975

Northwest Amateur
1974

Ron Peterson - 7 wins

Herman Sani Tournament
1999

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2001

IGA Four-Ball
2009

Carroll Amateur
2006

Lake Creek Amateur (2)
2002
2003

Northwest Amateur
2000

Steve Spray - 7 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2009

Iowa Amateur
1963

Herman Sani Tournament
1972

Iowa Open
1964

Tournament of Champions
1963

Northwest Amateur
1962

Central States Amateur (2)
1962
1963

Greg Tebbutt - 7 wins

Iowa Amateur
1982

IGA Match Play
1984

Northwest Amateur
1984

Ottumwa Amateur
1985

Fort Dodge Amateur
1983

Iowa Open
1984

Lake Creek Amateur
1984

Pat Willcox - 7 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2019

Iowa Masters (4)
1940
1945
1947
1951

Iowa Open (3)
1940
1941
1942

Cory Braunschweig - 6 wins

Northwest Amateur
2006

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2010

Fort Dodge Amateur (2)
1995
1996

Iowa Open
2006

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
1998

Jerry Smith - 6 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2017

Iowa Amateur
1986

IGA Match Play
1986

Herman Sani Tournament (3)
1989
1990
1994

Fort Dodge Amateur
1986

Steve Wetrich - 6 wins

Iowa Mid-Amateur
1996

Ottumwa Amateur (5)
1989
1991
1994
2005
2008

Dennis Bull - 5 wins

Iowa Amateur
2020

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2019

IGA Four-Ball
2018
2024

Northwest Amateur
2024

Kevin DeNike - 5 wins

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1986
1987

Iowa Open (3)
1987
1989
1993

Jim English - 5 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2007

Herman Sani Tournament
1950

Iowa Masters
1950

Iowa Open
1951

Northwest Amateur (2)
1952
1955

Mike Ketcham - 5 wins

IGA Match Play
2008

Northwest Amateur (2)
1985
1986

Ottumwa Amateur
1986

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
1985

Jason Knutzon - 5 wins

Herman Sani Tournament
2005

Iowa Masters
1998

Fort Dodge Amateur
1998

Lake Creek Amateur
1998

Northwest Amateur
1996

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1988
1995

Iowa Open (2)
1988
1995

Justin Schulte - 5 wins

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2007

IGA Four-Ball (2)
2007
2019

Hunters Ridge Amateur
2008

Lake Creek Amateur
2010

Mike Bender - 4 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2010

Herman Sani Tournament
1979

Iowa Open
1986

Northwest Amateur (2)
1978
1979

Rod Bliss III - 4 wins

Iowa Amateur
1965

Herman Sani Tournament
1969

Northwest Amateur
1964

Central States
1965

Mike Dunphy - 4 wins

Iowa Amateur
1989

Fort Dodge Amateur
1989

Lake Creek Amateur
1989

Ottumwa Amateur
1988

Dave Gaer - 4 wins

Herman Sani Tournament
1977

Tournament of Champions
1979

Fort Dodge Amateur
1979

Joe August Match Play
2018

Bob Gitchell - 4 wins

Iowa Mid-Amateur
1986

Fort Dodge Amateur
1987

Tournament of Champions
1988

Iowa Masters
1985

Lee Herron - 4 wins

Iowa Amateur
1927

Northwest Amateur (3)
1922
1923
1924

Bill Hoefle - 4 wins

Iowa Amateur
1993

IGA Match Play
1991

Iowa Masters
1992

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
1990

Zach Johnson - 4 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2016

Herman Sani Tournament
2000

Iowa Open (2)
2001
2002

Cedar Rapids Open
2001

IGA Four-Ball
2004

Kirby Pettitt - 4 wins

Carroll Amateur (2)
2010
2013

Lake Creek Amateur
2011

Northwest Amateur
2011

Jack Rule Jr. - 4 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1993

Iowa Amateur (2)
1958
1959

Iowa Masters
1960

Northwest Amateur
1961

Curt Schnell - 4 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2015

Iowa Open (3)
1978
1982
1991

Fort Dodge Amateur
1975

Tyler Stith - 4 wins

IGA Four-Ball
2023

Iowa Masters
2000

Ottumwa Amateur (2)
2001
2002

Tournament of Champions
1985

Jeff Collett - 3 wins

Ottumwa Amateur (3)
1992
1999
2004

Warren Dickinson - 3 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1993

Iowa Amateur (2)
1902
1903

Northwest Amateur
1921

Dustin Drenth - 3 wins

IGA Match-Play
2016

IGA Four-Ball
2018

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
2018

Chris Emanuel - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
1997

Fort Dodge Amateur
1997

Ottumwa Amateur
1997

H.H. Ferguson - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur (3)
1904
1905
1907

Sarg Fontanini - 3 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1995

Herman Sani Tournament (2)
1958
1961

Northwest Amateur
1956

Steve Gaer - 3 wins

Fort Dodge Amateur
1981

Northwest Amateur
1981

Tournament of Champions
1982

Fred Gordon - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
1947

Herman Sani Tournament
1957

Northwest Amateur
1953

Brad Klapprott - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
1990

Riverboat Days Amateur
1989

Fort Dodge Amateur
1990

Tournament of Champions
1974

Ben Herrera - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
2009

Fort Dodge Amateur
2009

Iowa Masters
2008

Curtis Holck - 3 wins

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2002

Northwest Amateur (2)
2004
2005

Charlie Hoyle - 3 win

IGA Four-Ball
2023

Iowa Amateur
2023

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2024

Iowa Masters
2002

Bill Manske - 3 wins

Fort Dodge Amateur
1980

Lake Creek Amateur (2)
1978
1987

Bud McCardell - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
1970

Iowa Masters
1962

Tournament of Champions
1973

Ivan Miller - 3 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 2018

Iowa Masters
1980

Fort Dodge Amateur
1982

Northwest Amateur
1980

Bill O'Connor - 3 wins

Tournament of Champions (2)
1967
1968

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
1969

Mike Oimoen - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
2008

IGA Match Play
2007

Ottumwa Amateur
2010

Ben Peters - 3 wins

Iowa Mid-Amateur
2012

Riverboat Days Amateur (2)
1995
2001

Ben Pettitt - 3 wins

Herman Sani Tournament
2001

Iowa Masters
1997

Lake Creek Amateur
1996

Waterloo Open (Amateur)
1963

Mike Sawyer - 3 wins

Carroll Amateur (2)
1998
2001

Hunters Ridge Amateur
2010

Cody Schweinefus - 3 wins

IGA Match Play
2010

Fort Dodge Amateur
2008

Briarwood Amateur
2007

Northwest Amateur
1994

Brian Verduyn - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
2005

IGA Four-Ball
2006

Hunters Ridge Amateur
2011

Jack Webb - 3 wins (HOF)

Iowa Golf Hall of Fame – Class of 1997

Iowa Amateur (2)
1949
1960

Northwest Amateur
1959

Gregg Winkel - 3 wins

Iowa Amateur
1991

Fort Dodge Amateur
1988

Iowa Masters
1988

Northwest Amateur
1967

Tournament of Champions
1981

Tournament of Champions
1966

Fort Dodge Amateur
1975

Northwest Amateur
1965