2020 IGA Schedule, USGA Qualifying venues announced
iowagolfNovember 22, 20190 commentsChampionships, News, USGA
We are excited to release the 2020 IGA Championship schedule. Many great venues will be featured this year across the state. A link at the bottom of the page will allow you to view the entire schedule, including USGA Qualifiers.
In 2020, the Iowa Amateur makes its return to Davenport Country Club (pictured above), July 27-29. This coming year will mark the sixth time the Iowa Amateur will be held at the club. The last time Davenport Country Club hosted was in 2008 when eventual champion Mike Oimeon of Clear Lake won in a playoff. Since then the golf course underwent a major renovation beginning in 2014. The goal was to restore the course to its original design as well as uncover some of the hidden features that were once covered up by trees. Davenport Country Club has received national notoriety for being one of the best courses in Iowa according to Golf Digest and currently sites at #159 in the recent GolfWeek list of top 200 Classic Courses.
The Iowa Women's Amateur will be hosted by Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown, July 6-8. Elmwood Country Club last hosted the Iowa Women's Amateur in 2004, when eventual champion Jennie Arsenault won her first of three consecutive Iowa Women's Amateur titles. Along with hosting the Iowa Women's Amateur, Elmwood CC has also hosted an Iowa Amateur, IGA Women's Club Team Championship, Iowa Senior Women's Amateur and Iowa Mid-Amateur.
Talons of Tuscany in Ankeny, will host the men's and women's IGA Match Play Championship, June 29-July 2. Talons of Tuscany, is a privately owned course routed between beautiful rock walled streams and covered bridges. In recent years the course has been lengthened to more than 6,400 yards making it a formidable but fair test. The opportunity to compete for a championship at this unique venue doesn't happen every day.
The Herman Sani Tournament, presented by Coppola Enterprises, will be played at Hyperion Field Club in Johnston, August 7-9. The championship features professional and amateur golfers with proceeds from the tournament going to support the IGA Foundation Scholarship Fund.
The 2020 Iowa Senior Amateur will be contested at Crow Valley Golf Club in Davenport. The dates of the championship are Monday-Wednesday, August 24-26. This will mark the first year that the Iowa Senior Amateur will be contested at Crow Valley GC and first year ever that this championship will be played in the Quad Cities.
The Iowa Wife-Husband Championship will return to Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo. The championship is set for Sept. 18-20. The tournament will remain a 3-day format in which couples choose to play their two rounds on Friday & Saturday, Friday & Sunday or Saturday & Sunday.
In addition to those championships already listed, the IGA will conduct events at the following venues – Sunnyside CC (Iowa Mid-Amateur), Whispering Creek GC (IGA Four-Ball), Veenker Memorial GC (IGA Senior Match Play), Urbandale G&CC (Iowa Forever 39 Match Play), Jester Park GC in Granger (Father/Son, Parent/Child), Spirit Hollow GC (Iowa Junior & Girls' Junior Amateur), Carroll CC (Iowa Senior Women's Amateur), Jones GC (IGA Women's Four-Ball), Elmcrest CC (Women's Club Team) and Hyperion FC (IGA Club Team).
IGA Women's Mid-Am Series events and IGA Member Play Days will be scheduled and announced at a later time.
The IGA will also conduct and administer several USGA Qualifiers throughout the state in 2020. Those are as follows:
Beaver Hills Country Club, Cedar Falls – U.S. Open Local Qualifying
Coldwater Golf Links, Ames – S. Senior Open Qualifier
Finkbine Golf Course, Iowa City – U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying
Lake Panorama National Golf Course, Panora – U.S. Amateur Qualifying
Lake Panorama National Golf Course, Panora – U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying
Wakonda Club, Des Moines – U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Qualifying
Otter Creek Golf Course, Ankeny – U.S. Mid-Amateur
Firethorn Country Club, Lincoln, Nebraska (Nebraska Golf Assoc.) – U.S. Four-Ball Qualifying.
Entries to all IGA Championships and Member Play Days (TBD) will be available on March 3, 2020. Entries will be available for USGA Championships at a later date, which will be determined by the USGA and announced on their website.
Click here to view the entire schedule, including USGA Qualifiers
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