DMG to host 123rd Iowa Amateur,
Wakonda Club selected for Iowa Women’s Amateur
The 2025 Championship schedule is here!
The schedule includes an abundance of great IGA Member Clubs that will serve as host sites for not only IGA Championships but also USGA Qualifiers next year. Without the gracious support from our hosts, as well as our players, none of this would be possible.
The 123rd Iowa Amateur will be played at Des Moines Golf & Country Club, July 28-30. This marks the twelfth time DMG has hosted the state’s biggest men’s amateur event, having previously hosted in ‘03, won by Scott Hart. Qualifying events will be held once again for the championship. In previous years a total of three qualifying sites were identified across the state, but an additional two more will be added in 2025. Players not already exempt will have a chance to qualify to be a part of the field that will compete. Dates and locations for those qualifiers are still being determined and will be posted online as soon as possible.
After the marvelous showing of the 100th Iowa Women’s Amateur, contested at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo, the 101st edition will be played at Wakonda Club in Des Moines. Partway through the 2023 season Wakonda underwent a massive course restoration which included taking out trees, redesigning greens, and adding in bunkers. After the 2024 Principal Charity Classic, Wakonda Club opened back up for member play along with hosting the 2024 IGA Men’s Club Team Championship. The 2025 edition of the Iowa Women’s Amateur will be played a little later than usual, on Mon-Wed., August 4-6. The Fladoos Trophy has had a home in Iowa City won by Hawkeye golfers Katlynn Hanna (‘23) and Paula Miranda (‘24). Will another Hawkeye player walk away with the win in 2025? Stay tuned in August to find out.
In 2024, Iowa narrowly missed the exemption criteria for the USGA Boys’ Junior Amateur, but that is no more. New to the 2025 season, the Iowa Junior Amateur joins the list of IGA events as USGA exemption events with the champion moving on to the equivalent USGA championship. The champions of Iowa Women’s Amateur, Iowa Amateur, Iowa Girls’ Junior Amateur, and now the Boys’ Junior Amateur will receive an automatic bid into these USGA sanctioned events (U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Amateur, and U.S. Boys’/Girls’ Junior Amateur).
The IGA Men’s and Senior Men’s Four-Ball will once again be split up – similar to last year. Due to the popularity of the event, the IGA hosted a championship for the Open Division and then a separate championship for the Senior and Super-Senior Division. The IGA Four-Ball will be held at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City May 1-2, while the Senior and Super-Senior event will be contested at Burlington Golf Club, September 19-20.
The IGA is excited to announce the inaugural Iowa Adaptive Open sponsored by Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino next year, to be held July 12-13, at Terrace Hills Golf Course in Altoona. This will be open to golfers of various classifications of disabilities, such as individuals with arm and leg impairments, amputations, blind golfers, and those with neurological and intellectual impairments. The Iowa Adaptive Open will not be limited to only Iowa residents and IGA members. It will be open to anyone from around the country to participate. Many other details still need to be determined, but the IGA is looking forward to being a part of this wonderful event.
Talons Golf, located in Ankeny, has accepted to be the host of the IGA Men’s and Women’s IGA Match Play for the sixth straight year. The event will take place June 24-27. In 2024, Blake Cronin at the age of 16 became the youngest individual to win in the championship history. Talons Golf which is privately-owned sits between uniquely placed holes and rock-walled streams has been home to nail-biter matches over the years.
The Iowa Mid-Amateur Championship will still continue the 54 hole tournament style allowing top finishers to receive World Amateur Golf Ranking points. This championship will be played at Whispering Creek Golf Club in Sioux City, May 15-17.
The Herman Sani will make a return to Hyperion Field Club, in Johnston, August 8-10. Since the first playing of the Sani in 1950, this tournament not only showcases great golf, but also highlights great students that receive the Sani and Ann Griffel Scholarships during a ceremony held that week.
Growing in popularity the IGA Father-Son and Parent-Child will see a different layout in 2025. The championship will still be contested at Jester Park Golf Course, but will be held on Fri-Sat., June 13-14. Friday’s play will consist of a shotgun and Saturday’s play will have a morning shotgun and then an afternoon shotgun starts.
The Director’s Cup Matches will be back in Iowa better than ever! This championship will be contested next to Golf House Iowa at Echo Valley Country Club, Sept. 21-23.
Along with those championships listed above, the IGA will conduct events at the following venues – Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course (IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series #1 May 10), Coldwater Golf Links (IGA Senior Amateur June 1-3), Grinnell College Golf Course (Women’s Forever 39 Match Play June 2-3), Prairie Links Golf Course (IGA Women’s Four-Ball June 16-17), Glynns Creek Golf Course, (Iowa Junior Amateur, Iowa Girls Junior Amateur June 9-11), Rice Lake Golf Course (Iowa Senior Women’s Amateur July 20-21), Bos Landen Golf Course (IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series #2 July 26 & IGA Women’s Club Team Aug. 11) Veenker Golf Course (IGA Senior & Senior Women’s Match Play Aug. 14-16), Sunnyside Country Club (Wife-Husband Sept. 12-14), Short Hills Country Club, (IGA Club Team Championship Sept. 29) and Ames Golf & Country Club (Iowa Cup Matches Sept. 30-Oct. 1).
Additional IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series event dates and locations will be announced at a later time. Those updates can be found by checking back to the schedule page on the IGA website.
The IGA is set to also conduct and administer several USGA Qualifiers throughout the state in 2025. Those events along with sites are:
- Cedar Rapids Country Club, Cedar Rapids – U.S. Open Local Qualifier – May 12
- Ames Golf & Country Club, Ames – U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier – June 23
- Glen Oaks Country Club, West Des Moines – U.S. Amateur Qualifier (Final) – July 17
- Legacy Golf Club, Norwalk – U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifier – July 24
- Legacy Golf Club, Norwalk – U.S Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifier – July 24
- Beaver Hills Country Club, Cedar Falls – U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifier – Aug. 18
- Spirit Hollow Golf Course, Burlington – U.S. Four-Ball Qualifier – Sept. 9
Entries open for IGA Championships March 3.
Entries will be available for USGA Championships at a later date, which will be determined by the USGA and announced on their website.
