Articles Tagged: Golf

With four of nine City Council members recusing themselves from voting on the Country Club’s expansion plans, five voting members tabled consideration of the project to give the Country Club more time to meet conditions addressing neighbors’ concerns

Iowa City Liberty’s Bella Pettersen was an MVC divisional Player of the Year last season. She took steps to repeat that feat, earning medalist honors at the MVC Mississippi Division meet Monday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City.

PGA golfer Troy Merritt was born in Osage and still has a brother in Cedar Rapids and extended family around Dubuque.

At least four of nine Council members may recuse from voting on the Cedar Rapids Country Club’s expansion plans, raising questions about how the part-time officials declare conflicts of interests when city business intersects with private lives.

Independence boasted three of the top-five placewinners, including the medalist and runner-up medalist to claim the Wamac West Division title.

Cedar Rapids Washington freshman golfer Jane Petersen demonstrated how capable she is as a competitor, capturing medalist honors at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet on Monday.

Photos from the Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ golf Super Meet at Brown Deer Golf Club.

Defending Class 2A boys’ state golf champion West Branch know how to prepare for the “big push” that starts with Tuesday’s River Valley Conference tournament.

Cedar Rapids Washington Coach Dennis Goettel described the competition as a “mini state” tournament. The Warriors tied for the third-best score Tuesday at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion.

Golfers from Marion, Maquoketa, and Williamsburg competed in a boys golf triangular.

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Addie Berg claimed medalist honors at the CRANDIC girls’ golf meet, firing a 2-under 61 on her home course of Airport National. She tied the course’s best round by a female golfer set by Patricia Martinson in 1996.

Solon is one of the state’s top Class 3A boys’ golf teams team after a state runner-up finish last year. The Spartans have won each of their first three competitions.

Zach Johnson came close but ultimately fell short in his bid to make the weekend at the 86th Masters with a 3-over 75.

The first day of the 86th Masters Tournament at Augusta National is in the books. Zach Johnson of Cedar Rapids opened with an early-morning 2-over-par 74 in cool and misty conditions early Thursday.

Zach Johnson enters the 2022 Masters with some perspective on the course that makes sense after playing it in 17 previous Masters before this week.