Grinnell College Golf Coure’s John Shawver was named PGA Pro of the Year by the Iowa Golf Association. You can see all recipients of the IGA’s annual awards here. John’s nomination letter can be found here:
PGA Professional of the Year
Grinnell College Golf Course 12.5, Stone Creek Golf Club 11.5
Our Men’s Ryder Cup team visited Stone Creek Golf Club (Williamsburg, IA) yesterday to participate in the event’s 13th competition. GCGC participants were treated to 27 holes of golf, breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Stone Creek’s recently remodeled clubhouse.
Grinnell retained the cup by winning 12.5 to 11.5 in the 24 matches. This brings the team’s record to 6-7 vs Stone Creek, but this also marks the team’s 5th consecutive win!
Grinnell was represented by John LaCasse, Jeff Millet, Shane Hart, Peter Marsho, Zeb Rutledge, Chris Zug, Nick Peiffer, Brett McGriff, John German, Dave Smith, Alex Olsen, and Dave Miller.
Williamsburg was represented by Tate DeMeulnare, Terry Jack, Chad Driscoll, Ryan Burns, Mike McCallister, Danny Maas, Colby Jacoby, Jay Gruenwald, Holden Blythe, Brad Shaeffer, Jay Slings, Ryan Doehrmann, and Todd Subbert
We welcome you to come and participate in the Light the Night Challenge. The closest thing resembling this event would be those of you that have tried Topgolf. We will light up our 9th hole teeing area and green for this one… Event Rules will be as follows:
- Begins at 9 pm on Tue, July 3rd.
- 1 Hole Player vs Player Match Play
- No ties; tiebreaker is decided by whomever was closer to the pin in regulation
- Single Elimination
- Entry Fee: $25
- Field: The first 32 paid entrants
- Prizes: A purse based on the final field will be communicated.
We will have a DJ playing music, an Emcee announcing, and all the fun you can handle!
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