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2021 Iowa PGA Awards Growth of the Game Awards

2021 Iowa PGA Growth of the Game Awards

Youth Player Development Award

This honor is based on the Professional’s entire record, with emphasis placed on his/her performance and achievements over the past two years. The honoree should also promote junior golf throughout the Section.

Player Development Award

The Player Development Award is designed to recognize a PGA Professional for extraordinary and exemplary contributions and achievements in the area of player development. This award considers the PGA Professional’s growth of the game leadership commitment at the Section and National levels and the impact made at their facility. Iowa PGA Youth Player Development Award Kari Tomash, PGA Cedar Rapids Country Club

Kari Tomash of Cedar Rapids Country Club has been named the 2021 Iowa PGA Youth Player Development honoree.

She is a strong believer that the Iowa Junior Tour is one of the best in the country. This past summer CRCC had 14 of their juniors participate in at least one Iowa PGA Junior Tour Event. She works hard to promote and represent the Junior Tour through emails and phone calls and coordinates carpools to get more of their juniors participating. She sends out weekly reminders of upcoming tournaments and highlights those juniors who have played well.

Iowa PGA Player Development Award Butch Haverland, PGA Coach18/Palmer Hills Golf Course/Black Hawk College

Butch Haverland of Coach18, Palmer Hills Golf Course and Black Hawk College has been named the 2021 Iowa PGA Player Development honoree.

Coach18 is a golf practice aid Haverland has been working on for the past couple years. The process of putting this together has been very rewarding with many ups and downs along the way. Coaching golf is his favorite thing to do and Haverland is always thinking how to make it easier and more rewarding for the student.

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