Iowa Open
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The Iowa Open is the Iowa
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Iowa section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1927 at a variety of courses around the state.
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
state open golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Iowa section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1927 at a variety of courses around the state.
Winners
- 2011 Kevin DeNike
- 2010 Zack Vervaecke
- 2009 Vince India (amateur)
- 2008 Sean McCarty
- 2007 Jon Olson
- 2006 Cory Braunschweig
- 2005 Sean McCarty
- 2004 Derek LamelyDerek LamelyDerek Lamely is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Lamely was born in Belleville, Illinois. He was a member of the Texas State Championship team at Montgomery High School. He played college golf at Florida Gulf Coast University before...
- 2003 Gary Rusnak
- 2002 Zach JohnsonZach JohnsonZach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
- 2001 Zach JohnsonZach JohnsonZach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
- 2000 Jeff Schmid
- 1999 Jamie Rogers
- 1998 Caine Fitzgerald
- 1997 Sean McCarty
- 1996 Gene Elliott
- 1995 Ken Schall
- 1994 Mike McCoy
- 1993 Kevin DeNike
- 1992 Dave Rueter
- 1991 Curt Schnell
- 1990 Mark Egly
- 1989 Kevin DeNike
- 1988 Ken Schall
- 1987 Kevin DeNike
- 1986 Mike Bender
- 1985 Gene Elliott
- 1984 Greg Tebbutt
- 1983 J.D. Turner
- 1982 Curt Schnell
- 1981 Bob Moreland
- 1980 Brad Schuchat
- 1979 J.D. Turner
- 1978 Curt Schnell
- 1977 Rufus James
- 1976 Bob Erickson
- 1975 John Frillman
- 1974 Joe Wall
- 1973 John BendaJohn BendaJohn Benda is an American professional golfer playing on the European Seniors Tour.Benda was born in Sheridan, Wyoming and currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona. His wife, Veronica, is a native of Chile, and they have no children....
- 1972 Karl Smith
- 1971 J.D. Turner
- 1970 J.D. Turner
- 1969 J.D. Turner
- 1968 Eddie Longert
- 1967 Bob Fry
- 1966 Joe Brown
- 1965 Joe Brown
- 1964 Steve SpraySteve SpraySteven Spray is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Spray was born in Des Moines, Iowa and reared in Indianola, Iowa. His first big win as an amateur came in the 1958 Iowa Junior Amateur; the next year he gained national fame by winning the Western...
- 1963 Ed Wysocki
- 1962 Bob Stone
- 1961 Clyde McIntire
- 1960 Dick KnightDick Knight (golfer)John Richard "Dick" Knight was an American professional golfer.Knight was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He played college golf at Oklahoma A&M....
- 1959 Bob Stone
- 1958 Bob Stone
- 1957 Wally UlrichWally UlrichWallace William "Wally" Ulrich was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s....
- 1956 Ray Goodell
- 1955 Bob Asteford
- 1954 Joe Brown
- 1953 No tournament
- 1952 Neil Plopper
- 1951 Jim English
- 1950 Labron HarrisLabron HarrisLabron E. Harris was an American professional golfer and golf coach at Oklahoma State University from 1947 to 1973. He coached Oklahoma State to 24 Missouri Valley and Big 8 Conference championships and the 1963 NCAA Division I Golf Championship...
- 1949 Dick Turner
- 1948 Joe Brown
- 1947 Art Kock and Earnie Tardiff
- 1946 Leonard DodsonLeonard DodsonLeonard Dodson was an American professional golfer.One of four boys, Dodson was born in Mumford, Missouri, and grew up in the Springfield area.Dodson won three times on the early PGA Tour between 1936 and 1941....
- 1943-45 No tournament
- 1942 Pat Wilcox
- 1941 Pat Wilcox
- 1940 Pat Wilcox
- 1939 Herman KeiserHerman KeiserHerman W. Keiser was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the 1946 Masters Tournament....
- 1938 Joe Brown
- 1937 Leonard DodsonLeonard DodsonLeonard Dodson was an American professional golfer.One of four boys, Dodson was born in Mumford, Missouri, and grew up in the Springfield area.Dodson won three times on the early PGA Tour between 1936 and 1941....
- 1936 Clarence Yockey
- 1935 Johnny DawsonJohnny DawsonJohn W. Dawson was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect.Dawson was born in Chicago, Illinois. Although he was a life-long amateur golfer, his amateur status was rescinded by the United States Golf Association for a time due to his employment with the Spalding sporting goods company...
- 1934 Harold "Jug" McSpaden
- 1933 Denmar Miller
- 1932 Pete Jordan
- 1931 Bob McCray
- 1930 Art Andrews
- 1929 Denmar Miller
- 1928 Art Bartlett
- 1927 Art Bartlett