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Blackwood Wins Forever 39 Match Play Championship

Jill Blackwood of Burlington won her first Iowa Women’s Forever 39 Match Play title.  Blackwood shot a 4-over 39 in the qualifying round, earning the 4th seed in the Championship Flight.  Blackwood defeated Ila Gilbert of Ankeny 3 & 2 in her first match and cruised through her second match, closing out Annette Hoover of Indianola 5 & 3.  Blackwood’s final match was played against Karol Hare of Johnston .  Blackwood was 1 down to Hare on the second hole, but proceeded to win the next two to take the lead.  Hare then parred the seventh hole to square the match.  The two halved the 8th and then Blackwood sealed her victory on the final hole to win the match 1 up.  Blackwood commented, “It was a great match.  We each played well until the very end.  I’ve been in the final match of this tournament five other times, so it finally feels great to get a win.”

Indianola Country Club played host to the 2007 Iowa Women’s Forever 39 Match Play Championship held September 24 & 25.  The tournament is limited to female contestants that maintain a residence in the state of Iowa and are age 39 and older.  This year’s field consisted of 69 women.  A 9-hole qualifying round was played Monday morning and the players were then seeded into 9 match play brackets.  Quarterfinal matches were played Monday afternoon and semi-final and final matches played on Tuesday.

 

L to R: Brenda Samuelson, Stacy Manuel, Jill Blackwood

Results


Iowa Finishes 26th at USGA State Team Championship

The Iowa team finished tied for 26th at the 2007 USGA State Team Championships.  The team was led by Lisa Meshke of West Des Moines and Jenny Graeser of Waterloo who both carded a three round total of 242.  Teammate Julie Bush of Cedar Rapids shot 269 for all three rounds.  The team used Graeser's scores in all three rounds of the competition.  The team used Meshke's scores in rounds one and two and used the score of Bush in the final round.  On the men's side, the Iowa team finished in 25th place.  Justin Schulte led the way shooting a three round total of 3-over 219.  Jon Brown was next with a total of 7-over 223 while Nate Dunn fired an 11-over 227.

The State Team Championships are a biennial competition in which each state sends a team of three golfers.  The competition is over 54 holes in which the best two of three 18-hole total scores count for each day.  The tie for 17th at the 2005 State Team marked the best finish for a women's team from Iowa while the best finish for the men was 10th in 2001. 

Official 2007 USGA State Team Site

L to R: Cindy Whitmore, Lisa Meshke, Julie Bush, Jenny Graeser


Davidson's & Sevier's Crowned 2007 Wife-Husband Champions

The 2007 Wife-Husband Championship was held September 6-9, 2007 at Burlington Golf Club.  The par 72 course played 6,122 yards for the male players.  Two rounds were played over four days, with couples playing either Thursday and Saturday or Friday and Sunday.  131 teams competed in the Regular Division and 13 teams competed in the  Super Senior Division (couples with a combined age of 135 and higher).  The tournament was a 36-hole modified alternate stroke event.  Each partner teed off, the best ball was chosen and alternate shot was played through the hole.

Julie and Mike Davidson of Ankeny shot a final round 2-over par 74 to claim their second Iowa Wife Husband Championship Title.  The Davidson’s shot a two-day total of 145, giving them a 2-stroke victory over Rob and Paige Lynch of Ames.  The Lynch’s shot a second round score of 72 and finished in second place at 147.  Marianne and Mike Briggs of Burlington also shot 74, including six birdies.  The Briggs’ carded a 150 for the tournament and ended up in third place.  Mary and Greg Kroeger of Waterloo came in fourth with a 151.

Julie & Mike Davidson

 
Play concluded for the thirteen Super Senior Division couples on Saturday.  In the Championship Flight, Marianne and Jerry Sevier of Donnellson took medalist honors shooting rounds of 79 and 87.  Judy and Arlen Blank of Cedar Rapids finished in second place with a 179. Burlington natives, Vera and Lee Fedler won the First Flight shooting a two-day total of 196.  The runner-up spot went to Lynda and Jack Jackman of Marion with a 203.  

Results

Marianne & Jerry Sevier


Wakonda Club & Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club Win State Team Play Championship

Gross Division Champion - Wakonda Club

The Wakonda Club Team of Des Moines successfully defended its Gross Division Title at the 2007 Iowa Women’s State Team Play Championship held Monday, August 6 at Ames Golf & Country Club.  Wakonda Club shot a team total of 233 to win by 3 shots over runner-up Ames Golf & Country Club.  Defending Gross Division Individual Champion Fiona Watson of Wakonda Club once again claimed medalist honors shooting a 2-under 71.

Laura Leonard, Linda Craig, Tish Boothe, Fiona Watson

Gross Division Results

Net Division Champion - Meadowbrook G&CC

The Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club Team of Hartley took first place in the Net Division shooting a team total of 213.  All Vets Golf Club of Clear Lake took the runner-up spot with a 218 and Des Moines Golf & Country Club finished in third carding a 220.  Dawn Burns of Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club won Net Division medalist honors shooting 90 for a net score of 67.

Darla Strait, Julia Meyer, Dawn Burns, Lanette Bates

Net Division Results


IWGA Names 2007 USGA State Team Members

The IWGA has made its team member selections for the 7th Bi-Annual USGA State Team Championship.  Representing Iowa will be Jenny Graeser of Cedar Falls, Julie Bush of Cedar Rapids and Lisa Meshke of West Des Moines.  Cindy Whitmore of Ankeny will also be attending the Championship as team captain and first alternate.  Kathy Fortune of Rockwell City and Jill Blackwood of Burlington are second and third alternates, respectively.  The 2007 USGA State Team Championship will be held September 18-20 at The Club at Carlton Woods (Nicklaus Course) in The Woodlands, Texas.  

Hanson Takes Women's Amateur Championship

Kendra Hanson of Forest City captured her first Iowa Women’s Amateur Championship Title shooting even par on the final day at Burlington's Spirit Hollow Golf Course.  It wasn’t until Hanson hit her third shot on the par 5 eighteenth hole to six feet away that she finally felt she had won the championship.  Hanson commented on her win, “This means a ton to me. I struggled with my game last year but worked really hard this summer on my short game.  It feels good to get a victory today.”  Hanson, who will be a senior this fall at Iowa State University, finished with a 1-over par three day total of 217.  Runner-up was Kansas State's Abbi Sunner of Ankeny shooting a 220 and University of Iowa golfer Jill Marcum of Clarinda finished third with a 224.  After shooting an impressive opening round of 3-under 69, Jenny Graeser of Cedar Falls came in fourth carding a three-day total of 226.  Former State Amateur Champion Beth Duenow of St. Angsar had her third career hole-in-one when she aced the 125 yard fifteenth hole during the second round of play.  Duenow shot a 238 and finished in a tie for 19th place.  The 2008 Iowa Women's Amateur Championship will be held at Bos Landen Golf Club in Pella.   

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