National Awards Awarded to the Iowa PGA Section in 2024!
2024 National Herb Graffis Award Winner
The Herb Graffis Award is presented to a PGA of America that has shown tireless dedication to growing the game of golf and furthering player development programming in the community.
Congratulations to our PGA Members, Associates, Section Officers/Board Past and Present and Section Staff for all their hard work!
2024 National Deacon Palmer Award
The Deacon Palmer Award, which honors a PGA of America Golf Professional who displays outstanding integrity, character, and leadership in the effort to overcome a major obstacle in their life.
Congratulations to our Mark Egly for your dedication to the game of golf!
“The Iowa PGA Section shall exist for the purpose to empower, enable, inspire, and encourage success and achievement through the game of golf.”
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2024 Digital Magazine Dates
2024 Digital Magazine Dates – Riverside, Iowa – The Iowa PGA looks forward each year on showing how much we accomplish in 2024 of all of our wonderful Iowa PGA Professionals, Amateur, Junior and Pee Wee Tour, Swings With Kids, Drive, Chip and Putt and many more throughout the year. The Iowa PGA plans to […]
Team Strieck Wins 22nd Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am
Team Strieck Wins 22nd Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am- Boulder City, Nevada – The Champions of the 22nd Annual Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am presented by Adidas and Cobra-Puma are Erin Strieck of Pinnacle Country Club and her team made up of Kevin Lohmeyer, Jeff Overson, John Minyard and David VanDerGinst with 16.5 total quota […]
Team Fowler Leads Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am After Round 2
Team Fowler Leads Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am After Round 2- Henderson, Nevada– Iowa PGA Member Todd Fowler of Golf Galaxy – Davenport and his team Michael Lehman, Patrick Donnelly, Kenny Cariens and Chad Keune sit atop the leaderboard following round two of the 22nd annual Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am presented by Adidas and […]
Team Erger Leads 22nd Annual Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am After Round 1
Team Erger Leads 22nd Annual Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am After Round 1- Henderson, Nevada – Iowa PGA Member Matt Erger and his team Roger Hallquist, Darryl Johnson, Brett Wagner and Steve Hageman sit atop the leaderboard following round one of the 22nd annual Iowa PGA Las Vegas Pro-Am presented by Adidas and Cobra-Puma. Round […]
Stroke Play Championship Recap
Stroke Play Championship Recap – Riverside, Iowa – Two of our Iowa PGA Professionals Chris Black of Hickory Grove Golf Course and Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Course are competing in the Stroke Play Championship at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Round 1 Black’s first round he carded birdies on […]
Four-Ball Stableford Team Championship Recap
Four-Ball Stableford Team Championship Recap- Riverside, Iowa – One of our Iowa PGA Professional competed in the Four-Ball Stableford Team Championship February 4-6, 2024 at the PGA Golf Club in Pt. St. Lucie, Florida. Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Course with his partner JC Anderson of Hardeeville, South Carolina. They finished T36th place overall […]
2024 PGA Winter Championship – Senior-Junior Championship Recap
2024 PGA Winter Championship – Senior-Junior Championship Recap- Riverside, Iowa – The teams of Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Course and Jay Giannetto of Elmwood Country Club; Judd Gibb of Hanson’s Custom Golf and Darin Fisher of GOLF22 and Tracy Vest of Lake House Sports and Ryan McClintock of Gateway Section all competed in […]
Iowa Section Award PGA of America National Herb Graffis Award
Iowa Section Award PGA of America National Herb Graffis Award- Riverside, Iowa – The Iowa PGA Section has earned the 2024 Herb Graffis Award, given annually to one of the 41 PGA of America Sections that has shown tireless dedication to grow the game of golf and furthering player-development programming in the community. The Iowa […]
Mark Egly Award PGA of America National Deacon Palmer Award
Mark Egly Award PGA of America National Deacon Palmer Award- Riverside, Iowa – Mark Egly, PGA, Head Golf Professional for the past 30 years at Des Moines Driving Range in Des Moines, Iowa, has been selected for the 2024 Deacon Palmer Award, which honors a PGA of America Golf Professional who displays outstanding integrity, character, […]
2024 PGA Winter Championship – Senior Stroke Play Recap
2024 PGA Winter Championship – Senior Stroke Play Recap- Riverside, Iowa – Seven of our Iowa PGA Professional’s Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Course, Sean McCarty of Brown Deer Golf Club, Judd Gibb of Hanson’s Custom Golf, Executive Director of the Iowa PGA Section Greg Mason, Life Member Dave Ranney and Mike Hall of […]
Egly and Bidney Awarded the 2023 GRAA Growth of the Game Award
Egly and Bidney Awarded the 2023 GRAA Growth of the Game Award- Riverside, Iowa – Two of our Iowa PGA Golf Professionals have been named to the 2023 GRAA (Golf Range Association of America) Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals Elite Member Status. Sarah Bidney of Hyperion Field Club and Mark Egly of Des Moines […]
Ben Montgomery Wins Rising Star Award for TaylorMade
Ben Montgomery Wins Rising Star Award for TaylorMade- Riverside, Iowa – Ben Montgomery of Airport National Golf Course has been awarded the 2023 TaylorMade Rising Star Midwest Region award. Congratulations Ben on this National award with TaylorMade! Follow the Iowa PGA For more information and schedule updates, fans can follow the Iowa PGA on Facebook […]
2024 PGA Winter Championship – Proehl Wins Quarter Century
2024 PGA Winter Championship – Proehl Wins Quarter Century- Riverside, Iowa – Seven Iowa PGA Professionals competed in the Quarter Century A & B Championship on January 10-11, 2024. Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Course, Judd Gibb of Hanson’s Custom Golf, Life Member Dave Ranney, Paul Del Vecchio of Crow Valley Golf Club, Executive […]
Five Iowa PGA Members Named Golf Digest Best Teachers of 2024-2025
Five Iowa PGA Members Named Golf Digest Best Teachers of 2024-2025- Riverside, Iowa – Five of our Iowa PGA Members have been named to the Golf Digest Best Teachers of 2024-2025. Mark Atchison of Des Moines Golf & Country Club, Luke Donah of Cedar Rapids Country Club, Sarah Bidney of Hyperion Field Club, Ken Schall […]
Baker and Bidney Awarded the 2023 Operation 36 Top 50 Coaches
Baker and Bidney Awarded the 2023 Operation 36 Top 50 Coaches- Riverside, Iowa – Two of our Iowa PGA Golf Professionals have been named to the 2023 Operation 36 Top 50 Coaches. Sarah Bidney, PGA of Hyperion Field Club and Dillon Baker of Dillon Baker Golf Academy. Click here for the list of winners. Sarah […]