Elliott and Brown Claim Senior Four-Ball Title; Brown Secures Senior Player of the Year Honors
It was a thrilling finish at the Senior Four-Ball Championship held this weekend at Burlington Golf Club, where soggy conditions and weather delays added to the challenge. Despite it all, two standout teams rose to the occasion in their respective divisions.
In the Senior Division, the duo of Gene Elliott (Norwalk) and Jon Brown (Adel) delivered a commanding final-round performance to clinch the title with rounds of 69-62—131. Over the two-day event, they tallied 11 birdies, one eagle, and made just a single bogey.
“In round one, I literally hit seven putts that I felt should have gone in—and not a single one did. It was just no fun at all,” said Elliott.
“The second day was when we got into a groove. That’s when we both started making our share,” added Brown.
Their final round featured eight birdies and an eagle, enough to hold off the team of Kirk Macumber and Curtis Holck, who finished two strokes behind.
The win also had major implications for Brown, as it propelled him to the 2025 IGA Senior Men’s Player of the Year title—edging Mike McCoy (Norwalk) by 45 points.
“After Mike won the U.S. Senior Amateur and jumped in front of me by 302.5 points, I knew I had to win Briarwood and the Senior Four-Ball to have a chance,” Brown explained. “I’m very proud to have pulled off back-to-back wins in the final two events to get it done.”
In the Super Senior Division, Tom Norton (Muscatine) and Dave Waugh (Davenport) posted a dominant final-round 66 to claim the title, finishing two shots ahead of fellow Muscatine natives Tim Peters and Gary Slight.
“As far as strategy goes, Tom really helped out off the tee,” Waugh said. “You have to be in position on a lot of these doglegs and blind shots, so that was key.”
“We didn’t really make many birdies on the front nine today, but we got it going on the back,” Norton added. “Dave birdied every single par-five today—that was huge.”