Vest Wins Iowa Senior PGA Professional Championship

Aug 27, 2024

SENIOR LEADERBOARD | SUPER SENIOR LEADERBOARD

Vest Wins Iowa Senior PGA Professional Championship-
Riverside, Iowa – Tracy Vest of Lake House Sports wins the Iowa PGA Senior PGA Professional Championship on Tuesday, August 27 at Blue Top Ridge and will lead Six Section PGA Professionals to compete on September 26-29, in the 36th Senior PGA Professional Championship. Vest turned in a total score of 11-under-par 66-67=133 to capture the win.

Vest is joined by Jeff Schmid of Brown Deer Golf Club, Sean McCarty of Brown Deer Golf Club, John Bermel of Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Club and Chris Black of Hickory Grove Golf Course.

Jeff Schmid and Chad Proehl are both exempt through other PGA sanctioned events and do not count toward the four (4) qualifying spots PGA of America events.

The alternates in order are Judd Gibb of Hanson’s Custom Golf, Bryan Luedtke of Bunker Links Golf Course, Bryan Haas of Lake House Sports and Jeff Smith of Harvest Point Golf Course.

The Super Senior Division was won by Bermel with rounds of 66-73=139 for a total of 5-under-par. Bermel carded birdies on holes 1, 5, 12 and 14; bogeys on holes 2, 8 and 16 including a double bogey on hole 13. Runner-up was Jeff Smith of Harvest Point Golf Course with rounds of 73-73=146 for a total of 2-over-par.

The Iowa PGA would like to thank Supporting Sponsor Golf Channel as well as Supporting Partner PGA Tour for supporting the Iowa Senior PGA Professional Championship. Special thanks to PGA Director of Golf Michael McNamara, Dave Beik, Golf & Grounds Superintendent and the entire staff at Blue Top Ridge for hosting this 2-day event.

The next event on the 2024 Iowa PGA Tour schedule is the National Car Rental Iowa Assistant PGA Pro Championship. Registration for this event closes August 28, 2024. Click here to register.

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