Iowa Cup Matches
2025 IOWA CUP MATCHES
The 2025 Iowa Cup Matches will be held at Ames Golf & Country Club on September 30th – October 1st.
Iowa PGA Cup Matches Team Points Race
Iowa Cup Matches Format and Procedures.
The format consists of the top 12 available Iowa Section Professionals vs. the top 12 available Iowa Amateurs. The Iowa PGA team will provide 10 players from the “Open Division” and 2 players from the “Senior Division.” Play will be two days with the first day being alternate shot matches and 4-ball matches. The second day will be single matches. All participants will receive 20 Player of the Year points for the division that they are representing. Professionals must compete to receive Player of the Year points.
The team will consist of (in order):
- The previous year’s Iowa PPC Champion
- The previous year’s Iowa Senior PPC Champion
- The previous year’s Iowa Assistant PPC Champion
- The top 2 on the previous year’s Senior PGA Player of the Year list
- The top 6 on the previous year’s PGA Player of the Year list
- One Player’s Captain pick
Above is the order in which players will be selected to the team. As an example, if the previous year’s Iowa PPC Champion is also one of the top 6 on the previous year’s PGA Player of the Year points list then the spot would go to the seventh player on that list.
Once the team is decided the Player’s Captain will be responsible for deciding which players will represent the “Open” and “Senior” Divisions. Due to the process of picking the team it will have at least two players eligible for the Senior Division. Deciding which of the eligible seniors will play in that division will be up to the player’s captain.
If the Iowa Cup Matches are held after the Iowa PPC during a given year, then the Iowa Cup Matches Team will use the appropriate points lists starting immediately after the previous year’s Iowa PGA Professional Championship through the current year’s Iowa PGA Professional Championship. If the Iowa Cup Matches are held before the Iowa PPC during a given year, then the Iowa Cup Matches Team will use the previous year’s points lists.
The PGA Officers shall select an “Honorary Captain”
There will be an Honorary Captain and Player’s Captain. The Player’s Captain will be the Section Champion from the previous year. The Player’s Captain will have the right to appoint one “Captain Pick” to compose the team.
The Player’s Captain can use their captain’s picks on an Iowa PGA Associate Member in good standing however they must be at least level 2 by the completion of the current year’s Iowa PGA Professional Championship.
2025 Iowa PGA Team will be announced following the 2025 Iowa PGA Professional Championship
Iowa Cup Matches Record Book (Honorary Captain):
2024 Short Hills Country Club, East Moline, IL (Butch Haverland) – IGA 25.5 IPGA 14.5
2023 Hyperion Field Club, Johnston, IA – (Ken Schall) – IGA 22 IPGA 18
2022 Geneva Golf & Country Club, Muscatine, IA – (John Valliere) – IGA 19.5 IPGA 20.5
2021 Elmwood Country Club, Marshalltown, IA – (Mark Egly) – IGA 16 IPGA 24
2020 Briarwood Golf Club, Ankeny, IA – (Gene Bears) IGA 17 IPGA 23
2019 Crow Valley Golf Club, Davenport, IA – (Mark Lemon) – IGA 10 IPGA 10
2018 Spirit Hollow Golf Course, Burlington, IA – (Bob Moreland) – IGA 16 IPGA 24
2017 50th Annual Iowa Cup Matches, Otter Creek Golf Course, Ankeny, IA – (Gale Gilbert) – IGA 10 IPGA 20
2016 Blue Top Ridge at Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, Riverside, IA – (Mike Hall) – IGA 12.5 IPGA 17.5
2015 Briarwood Golf Club, Ankeny, IA – (Mark Burke) – IGA 21.5 IPGA 18.5
2014 Geneva Golf & Country Club, Muscatine, IA – (Jim Dickerson) – IPGA 26.5 IGA 13.5
2013 Bos Landen Golf Club, Pella, IA -(Andy Devine) – IPGA 16 IGA 14
2012 The Preserve on Rathbun Lake, Moravia, IA – (Jeff Smith) – IGA 22 IPGA 18
2011 Ames Golf & Country Club, Ames, IA – (JD Turner) – IGA 21 IPGA 19
2010 The Harvester Golf Club, Rhodes, IA – IGA – (Ross deBuhr) – 20.5 IPGA 19.5
2009 Rock Island Arsenal GC, Rock Island, IL – (Norm Luttinen) – IGA 22 IPGA 18
2008 Lake Panorama National Resort, Panora, IA – (Mark Egly) – IPGA 24.5 IGA 15.5
2007 Tournament Club of Iowa, Polk City, IA – (Jerry Johnson) – IPGA 27 IGA 13
2006 Wakonda Club, Des Moines, IA – (Gary Lockie) – IGA 25 IPGA 15
2005 Davenport Country Club, Davenport, IA – (Hank Stukart) – IGA 70 IPGA 50
2004 Hyperion Field Club, Johnston, IA – (Dick Lane) – IGA 80 IPGA 40
2003 The Legacy Golf Club, Norwalk, IA – (Jerry Johnson) – IPGA 20.5 IGA 4.5
2002 Geneva Golf and Country Club, Muscatine, IA – (Hank Stukart) – IPGA 33 IGA 27
2001 The Arsenal Golf Club, Rock Island, IL – (Ed Biehl) – IPGA 24 IGA 16
2000 Thunder Hills Country Club, Peosta, IA – (Jim McPartland) – IGA 20 IPGA 20
1999 Sunnyside Country Club, Waterloo, IA – (Larry Crawford) – Rained Out
1998 Des Moines Golf and CC, Des Moines, IA – IGA 23 IPGA 17
1997 Geneva Golf and Country Club, Muscatine, IA – IPGA 23.5 IGA 16.5
1996 Glen Oaks Country Club, West Des Moines, IA – IPGA 13 IGA 7
1995 Elmcrest Country Club, Cedar Rapids, IA – IPGA 23 IGA 17
1994 Sunnyside Country Club, Waterloo, IA – IGA 23.5 IPGA 16.5
1993 Des Moines Golf & Country Club (South), Des Moines, IA – IPGA 23 IGA 17
1992 No records available
1991 No records available
1990 Mason City Country Club, Mason City, IA – IPGA 16.5 IGA 7.5
1989 Ames Golf & Country Club, Ames, IA – IPGA 15.5 IGA 12.5