Iowa Amateur Championship
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The Iowa Amateur Championship is a historic and prestigious amateur golf tournament held annually at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa. The 2025 event took place July 28-30 and featured a strong field of players from across the state and region. Iowa State University rising junior Owen Sawyer claimed the 123rd championship, finishing 12-under par and securing an exemption to the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship at The Olympic Club. The tournament is known for its competitive intensity and quality courses. The Iowa Amateur Championship serves as a key event in Iowa’s amateur golf landscape, offering elite competition and opportunities for players to advance to national tournaments.
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Date | Course | Winner | Winning Score | Power | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28 - 30, 2025 | Des Moines Golf & Country Club - South Course | Owen Sawyer (-12) | -12 | 10.24 | See Results |
| Jul 28 - 30, 2024 | Finkbine GC | Nate McCoy (-12) | -12 | 8.30 | See Results |
Results
2025
Scoring Averages
+3.41Tournament
75.95R1
75.43R2
74.28R3
Round Stats
2.48Birdies or Better
5.02Bogeys or Worse
3.29Par 3s
4.26Par 4s
4.92Par 5s
Finish | Name | Score to Par | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | SG vs Field | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen Sawyer | -12 | 203 | 68 | 65 | 70 | +7.55 | 9.90 |
| T2 | Jake Weissenburger | -4 | 211 | 68 | 73 | 70 | +4.89 | 7.75 |
| T2 | Jonathan Ward | -4 | 211 | 69 | 71 | 71 | +4.89 | 7.75 |
| T2 | Zach May | -4 | 211 | 73 | 69 | 69 | +4.89 | 7.75 |
| 5 | Dusty Drenth | -3 | 212 | 71 | 71 | 70 | +4.55 | 6.03 |
| T6 | Nate McCoy | -2 | 213 | 70 | 70 | 73 | +4.22 | 5.54 |
| T6 | Samuel Storey | -2 | 213 | 75 | 70 | 68 | +4.22 | 5.54 |
| T8 | Zach Christianson | -1 | 214 | 74 | 69 | 71 | +3.89 | 5.10 |
| T8 | Maxwell Tjoa | -1 | 214 | 69 | 72 | 73 | +3.89 | 5.10 |
| T10 | Braeden Nelson | E | 215 | 71 | 72 | 72 | +3.55 | 4.95 |
| T10 | Jamie Faidley | E | 215 | 69 | 72 | 74 | +3.55 | 4.95 |
| T10 | Tanner Dinnebier | E | 215 | 70 | 74 | 71 | +3.55 | 4.95 |
| T10 | Grant Smith | E | 215 | 71 | 71 | 73 | +3.55 | 4.95 |
| T10 | Dennis Bull | E | 215 | 72 | 74 | 69 | +3.55 | 4.95 |
| T10 | Brock Snyder | E | 215 | 71 | 71 | 73 | +3.55 | 4.95 |
| T16 | Luke Meyer | +2 | 217 | 71 | 73 | 73 | +2.89 | 3.85 |
| T16 | Trent Lindenman | +2 | 217 | 70 | 74 | 73 | +2.89 | 3.85 |
| T16 | Blake Cronin | +2 | 217 | 76 | 70 | 71 | +2.89 | 3.85 |
| T19 | Harold Dobernecker | +3 | 218 | 72 | 72 | 74 | +2.55 | 3.56 |
| T19 | Connor Peck | +3 | 218 | 73 | 71 | 74 | +2.55 | 3.56 |
| T19 | Ross Martens | +3 | 218 | 73 | 73 | 72 | +2.55 | 3.56 |
| T19 | Nate Dunn | +3 | 218 | 71 | 76 | 71 | +2.55 | 3.56 |
| T19 | Bennett Berger | +3 | 218 | 72 | 76 | 70 | +2.55 | 3.56 |
| T19 | Jon Brown | +3 | 218 | 71 | 74 | 73 | +2.55 | 3.56 |
| 25 | Ben Peters | +4 | 219 | 73 | 71 | 75 | +2.22 | 3.25 |
| T26 | Drew Hensen | +5 | 220 | 75 | 71 | 74 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T26 | Mateo Rascon | +5 | 220 | 76 | 72 | 72 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T26 | Dillon Burr | +5 | 220 | 71 | 77 | 72 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T26 | Alex Bair | +5 | 220 | 74 | 71 | 75 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T26 | Mike McCoy | +5 | 220 | 73 | 74 | 73 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T26 | Axton Miller | +5 | 220 | 71 | 73 | 76 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T26 | Brian Verduyn | +5 | 220 | 73 | 72 | 75 | +1.89 | 3.16 |
| T33 | Josh Hart | +6 | 221 | 73 | 72 | 76 | +1.55 | 2.96 |
| T33 | Owen Howe | +6 | 221 | 80 | 68 | 73 | +1.55 | 2.96 |
| T33 | Tate Arends | +6 | 221 | 72 | 74 | 75 | +1.55 | 2.96 |
| T33 | Jack McCarty | +6 | 221 | 79 | 71 | 71 | +1.55 | 2.96 |
| T33 | Hogan Hansen | +6 | 221 | 76 | 74 | 71 | +1.55 | 2.96 |
| T38 | Calvin McNeeley | +7 | 222 | 74 | 75 | 73 | +1.22 | 2.68 |
| T38 | Ethan Mechling | +7 | 222 | 75 | 73 | 74 | +1.22 | 2.68 |
| T38 | Landry Vogelaar | +7 | 222 | 81 | 69 | 72 | +1.22 | 2.68 |
| T38 | Cory Braunschweig | +7 | 222 | 75 | 73 | 74 | +1.22 | 2.68 |
| T38 | Andrew Huseman | +7 | 222 | 71 | 75 | 76 | +1.22 | 2.68 |
| 43 | Zach Ries | +8 | 223 | 73 | 75 | 75 | +0.89 | 2.54 |
| T44 | Daniel Anfield | +9 | 224 | 71 | 77 | 76 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T44 | Eddie Doyle | +9 | 224 | 75 | 74 | 75 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T44 | Easton Korell | +9 | 224 | 74 | 73 | 77 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T44 | Andrew Johannsen | +9 | 224 | 71 | 79 | 74 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T44 | Tomas Rascon | +9 | 224 | 70 | 75 | 79 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T44 | Luke Slaymaker | +9 | 224 | 77 | 71 | 76 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T44 | Christian Cloyd | +9 | 224 | 75 | 73 | 76 | +0.55 | 2.51 |
| T51 | David Combs | +10 | 225 | 80 | 69 | 76 | +0.22 | 2.33 |
| T51 | Henry Baker | +10 | 225 | 77 | 72 | 76 | +0.22 | 2.33 |
| T51 | Nile Petersen | +10 | 225 | 80 | 69 | 76 | +0.22 | 2.33 |
| T54 | Gianni Chiodo | +11 | 226 | 75 | 74 | 77 | -0.11 | 2.27 |
| T54 | Evan Smith | +11 | 226 | 76 | 73 | 77 | -0.11 | 2.27 |
| T56 | Mason Weeks | +12 | 227 | 73 | 77 | 77 | -0.45 | 2.20 |
| T56 | Ryan Horner | +12 | 227 | 73 | 73 | 81 | -0.45 | 2.20 |
| T56 | Coby Thompson | +12 | 227 | 74 | 74 | 79 | -0.45 | 2.20 |
| T56 | Chad McCarty | +12 | 227 | 72 | 77 | 78 | -0.45 | 2.20 |
| T60 | Bo Anderson | +13 | 228 | 76 | 74 | 78 | -0.78 | 2.11 |
| T60 | Kirk Macumber | +13 | 228 | 73 | 77 | 78 | -0.78 | 2.11 |
| T62 | Justin Schulte | +17 | 232 | 75 | 75 | 82 | -2.11 | 2.08 |
| T62 | Vaughn Roseman | +17 | 232 | 76 | 74 | 82 | -2.11 | 2.08 |
| 64 | Jake Luett | +18 | 233 | 76 | 73 | 84 | -2.45 | 2.01 |
| CUT | Joe Palmer | +7 | 151 | 75 | 76 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Nathan Ferrell | +7 | 151 | 78 | 73 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Tyler Smith | +7 | 151 | 76 | 75 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Dewell Anderson | +7 | 151 | 79 | 72 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Grant Greazel | +7 | 151 | 77 | 74 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Patrick Breitbach | +7 | 151 | 73 | 78 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Gene Elliott | +7 | 151 | 77 | 74 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Will Simpson | +7 | 151 | 76 | 75 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | J.D. Anderson | +7 | 151 | 75 | 76 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Keith Thompson | +7 | 151 | 75 | 76 | - | +0.19 | 1.98 |
| CUT | Reid Hall | +8 | 152 | 80 | 72 | - | -0.31 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Anthony Galvin | +8 | 152 | 70 | 82 | - | -0.31 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Sam Johnson | +8 | 152 | 80 | 72 | - | -0.31 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Kelly Brown | +8 | 152 | 74 | 78 | - | -0.31 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Garrett Nurre | +8 | 152 | 75 | 77 | - | -0.31 | 1.89 |
| CUT | Roman Roth | +9 | 153 | 75 | 78 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Isaiah Zoske | +9 | 153 | 76 | 77 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Ron Peterson | +9 | 153 | 75 | 78 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Sam Meuret | +9 | 153 | 76 | 77 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Micah Moyer | +9 | 153 | 76 | 77 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Ben Herrera | +9 | 153 | 76 | 77 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Josh Janeczko | +9 | 153 | 79 | 74 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Scott Hart | +9 | 153 | 79 | 74 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Brett Egge | +9 | 153 | 78 | 75 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Eric Spurgetis | +9 | 153 | 74 | 79 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Willis Gaer | +9 | 153 | 78 | 75 | - | -0.81 | 1.85 |
| CUT | Alec Fuhs | +10 | 154 | 74 | 80 | - | -1.31 | 1.72 |
| CUT | Braden Gaal | +10 | 154 | 76 | 78 | - | -1.31 | 1.72 |
| CUT | Grant Simpson | +10 | 154 | 76 | 78 | - | -1.31 | 1.72 |
| CUT | Jon Olson | +10 | 154 | 76 | 78 | - | -1.31 | 1.72 |
| CUT | Luke Harwick | +10 | 154 | 75 | 79 | - | -1.31 | 1.72 |
| CUT | Martin Golobic | +11 | 155 | 81 | 74 | - | -1.81 | 1.67 |
| CUT | Ryan Vlasin | +11 | 155 | 79 | 76 | - | -1.81 | 1.67 |
| CUT | AJ Sposato | +11 | 155 | 75 | 80 | - | -1.81 | 1.67 |
| CUT | Caden (C.T.) Norris | +11 | 155 | 78 | 77 | - | -1.81 | 1.67 |
| CUT | Henry Manning | +11 | 155 | 79 | 76 | - | -1.81 | 1.67 |
| CUT | Charlie West | +12 | 156 | 81 | 75 | - | -2.31 | 1.62 |
| CUT | Jim Ihm | +12 | 156 | 80 | 76 | - | -2.31 | 1.62 |
| CUT | Bill Matzdorff | +12 | 156 | 79 | 77 | - | -2.31 | 1.62 |
| CUT | Frederick Walker | +12 | 156 | 76 | 80 | - | -2.31 | 1.62 |
| CUT | Spencer Clatt | +12 | 156 | 79 | 77 | - | -2.31 | 1.62 |
| CUT | Avery Fuhs | +12 | 156 | 77 | 79 | - | -2.31 | 1.62 |
| CUT | Trey Creighton | +13 | 157 | 77 | 80 | - | -2.81 | 1.55 |
| CUT | Chris Kramer | +13 | 157 | 77 | 80 | - | -2.81 | 1.55 |
| CUT | Brian Allison | +13 | 157 | 78 | 79 | - | -2.81 | 1.55 |
| CUT | Owen Davison | +13 | 157 | 78 | 79 | - | -2.81 | 1.55 |
| CUT | Curtis Holck | +13 | 157 | 80 | 77 | - | -2.81 | 1.55 |
| CUT | Bock Mueller | +14 | 158 | 79 | 79 | - | -3.31 | 1.51 |
| CUT | Josh Nichols | +14 | 158 | 79 | 79 | - | -3.31 | 1.51 |
| CUT | Robert Flattery | +14 | 158 | 75 | 83 | - | -3.31 | 1.51 |
| CUT | Alexander Haas | +14 | 158 | 80 | 78 | - | -3.31 | 1.51 |
| CUT | Kohen Essing | +15 | 159 | 79 | 80 | - | -3.81 | 1.46 |
| CUT | Cade Sunde | +16 | 160 | 79 | 81 | - | -4.31 | 1.46 |
| CUT | Trey Jacobson | +16 | 160 | 79 | 81 | - | -4.31 | 1.46 |
| CUT | Owen King | +16 | 160 | 85 | 75 | - | -4.31 | 1.46 |
| CUT | Austin Nedelcoff | +17 | 161 | 79 | 82 | - | -4.81 | 0.92 |
| CUT | Ryan Lynch | +18 | 162 | 78 | 84 | - | -5.31 | 0.92 |
| CUT | Jake Scott | +18 | 162 | 79 | 83 | - | -5.31 | 0.92 |
| CUT | Donnie Rogers | +20 | 164 | 86 | 78 | - | -6.31 | 0.72 |
| CUT | Ross Grekoff | +20 | 164 | 83 | 81 | - | -6.31 | 0.72 |
| CUT | Jaden Young | +21 | 165 | 85 | 80 | - | -6.81 | 0.62 |
| CUT | Gavin Drake | +22 | 166 | 87 | 79 | - | -7.31 | 0.52 |
| CUT | Jeff Panek | +25 | 169 | 83 | 86 | - | -8.81 | 0.42 |
| CUT | John Putbrese | +26 | 170 | 82 | 88 | - | -9.31 | 0.32 |
| CUT | Drake Ellgren | +27 | 171 | 87 | 84 | - | -9.81 | 0.32 |
| CUT | Sam Huff | +28 | 172 | 89 | 83 | - | -10.31 | 0.22 |
| WD | Derek Nicholson | - | 89 | 89 | - | - | -13.05 | 0.12 |