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Iowa high school fall golf 2021: Gazette area golfers to watch
Ten Gazette area players to watch this season

Aug. 11, 2021 9:18 am, Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 11:18 am
The Gazette compiled a list of 10 area golfers to watch during the 2021 Class 4A high school golf season this fall.
Nile Petersen, sr., Cedar Rapids Washington: 2019 Class 4A state runner-up, two-time first-team all-MVC Mississippi, first-team all-Metro, 2021 Rotary Pribyl champion, shot 75.63 per round and owned a 39.59 combined adjusted average.
Charlie Allen, jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier: Two-time state participant, tying for 25th in 2020, Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division Player of the Year, second-team all-Metro, 2021 state team co-ed runner-up, 2021 Rotary Pribyl runner-up, fired 78.0 per 18 holes with an 80.03 18-hole adjusted average.
Davis Stelzer, sr., Western Dubuque: Three-time first-team all-MVC performer, 2020 Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association second-team all-state, 2019 state qualifier, Averaged 76.0 per 18 holes with a 38.88 combined adjusted average.
Reid Hall, soph., Cedar Rapids Kennedy: 2020 state qualifier, first-team all-MVC Valley and first-team all-Metro, averaged 76.57 per 18 holes with a 79.69 18-hole adjusted average and 40.11 combined adjusted average.
Tanner Wachtl, soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie: 2020 state participant, first-team all-Metro and second-team all-MVC Mississippi, averaged 39 per nine holes and 78.6 for 18 holes, 40.42 combined adjusted average.
Gannon Hall, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy: Second-team all-MVC Valley and second-team all-Metro, led Gazette area in nine-hole average (36.80) and nine-hole adjusted score (38.04) and posted a 40.50 combined adjusted average.
Payton Burns, jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie: Second-team all-MVC Mississippi and second-team all-Metro, shot 39.40 per nine and 80.80 for 18 with 41.38 combined adjusted average.
Ryan Schmit, jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier: Two-time state participant, second-team all-MVC Valley and second-team all-Metro, averaged 40.4 per nine holes and 81.5 for 18 with a 41.82 combined adjusted average.
Caden Postma, jr., Linn-Mar: 2020 state participant, honorable mention all-Metro, averaged 39.20 per nine holes with 40.84 nine-hole adjusted average, 85.4 18-hole average and 42.21 combined adjusted average.
Carter Vander Zee, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy: First-team all-MVC Valley and second-team all-Metro, Valley divisional co-medalist, averaged 39.20 per nine holes and 80.43 per round.
Tanner Wachtl tees off on the 18th hole during the championship round of the Rotary Pribyl Junior Golf Classic at Elmcrest Country Club in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)