VGA Iowa

06/01/2026

VGA Iowa had a busy weekend! One of our first three day events!
Landsmeer Golf Club
Whispering Creek Golf Club
The Ridge Golf Club
Huge thank you to all members, participants and the directors that made it happen! A big thank you to everyone that traveled from out of their State to come play with VGA Iowa!

Congrats to the Flight winners and pin prize winners!

Day 1

Vet B-Tyler Vogt
No HC-Tony Hutchinson
Vet D-Aaron Moore
Senior A-Samuel Prue
Senior B-MR. VGA Jeff B
Senior C-Steve Hinrich
#3 Longest putt-MR. VGA Jeff B
#9 Longest Drive-Todd Birk
#12 Longest Putt-Samuel Prue
#13 Closest to the pin-Samuel Prue

Day 2

Vet B-Tyler Neuharth
Vet C-Jesse Schmidt
No HC-Shane Burden
Female Family-Erin Brown
Senior A-Scott Hummel
Senior B-Pat Gilson
Senior C-Steve Hinrich
Vet D-Gregory Carter

Day 3

Vet B-Tyler Neuharth
Vet C-Jesse Schmidt
Vet D-Dustin Gruwell
Family C-Josh Blackburn
Senior A-Bernard Cooper
Senior B-Billy Brown
Senior C-Steve Hinrich
#3 Longest Drive-Creighton Nelson
#6-Longest Putt-Jesse Schmidt
#15-Closest to the pin-Creighton Nelson
#18-Longest putt-Creighton Nelson

05/30/2026

Alright VGA Iowa, the State Championship is now live and you’re able to register. Blue Top Ridge Golf Course will be the amazing track that you will be playing. All the details are on the page that you need, should you have any questions! As always, thank you all for your support and dedication to the VGA!

VGA Central Region registration will open 14 June, and National 21 June.

V/R
Chino

05/26/2026

Good luck to everyone!!!

Round 1 of the 2026 Armed Forces Cup presented by Navy Mutual at Champions Retreat Golf Club kicks off at 1000 Hours EST. Good luck to all of our players.

Follow Round 1 live scoring at https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/12703446023297581538?no_header=true&round_id=12703446053362352401

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05/25/2026

This was a great weekend for VGA Iowa!! Two great tracks, Terrace Hills Golf Course and Toad Valley Golf Course. We had several new members, family members and the ones that traveled to play with VGA Iowa! We had a total of 58 players between the two days events.

Thank you again to all of our members, family members and directors that make weekends like this successful, and enjoyable!

Congratulations to all of the Flight and Pin prize winners as well! Lots of medals and pins this weekend!

Thank you,
Chino

05/22/2026

Wishing everyone the best of luck!!

Only 2 days until we welcome our 2026 Armed Forces Cup Teams to Champions Retreat Golf Club in ! Safe travels to all of our players! 🫡🇺🇸🏌️‍♂️🇺🇸🏌️‍♀️

05/17/2026

What a great day today at Saddleback Ridge Golf Course! Tommy Dee, Tom and Kourtney took great care of VGA Iowa today as usual. Tommy Dee has always been a huge supporter of our Association, and has always made us feel welcome. It was a pleasure to present him with a certificate on our behalf!

Thank you Ann Cerveny Parsons and Dan Parsons for coming back home for this event!!

Thank you to all showed up today and your commitment to the VGA. We had new members, members that have came back, as well as members joining us from other states. Your commitment does not go unnoticed.

Congratulations to our Flight winners, and our pin prize winners!

VET A-Jacob Stratton
VET B-Daniel Lopez
VET C-Chino Halpin
VET D-Chad Christy
SENIOR C-Dan Parsons
NO HC-Bernard Cooper
Family-Nick Eggers

Closest to the pin #2-Travis Tokheim
Long Drive #5-Alan Zwicker
Closest to the pin #14-Corey Anderson
Longest Putt #18-Nick Eggers

Thank you to the leadership team to keep things going forward, and all of our membership that makes us strong!

Thank you,

Chino

05/08/2026

Hey VGA Iowa, we have 18 signed up as of now for our track at Saddleback Ridge Golf Course, in Solon, Ia on 16 May! Let’s see how many we can get for our first event at this amazing track! Tommy and his staff are phenomenal, and it’s a one of a kind course for sure. As always, thank you for your continued support and commitment!



Thank you,
Chino

05/03/2026

VGA Iowa had an awesome day today for the season opener at Bos Landen! Thank you to all that participated today, and welcome to all of our newest members in attendance!

Congratulations to the following on their win today!

Female Family-Elizabeth Christnagel
Flight A-Jacob Stratton
Flight C-Jeffrey Senf
Flight D-Chad Christy
Senior B-Michael Gettler
Senior C-Rowdy Van Cleave
No Handicap-Bernard Cooper

Once again, thank you all for your support and commitment!

04/23/2026

We are excited to announce the 2026 Veteran Golfers Association State Championships and Central Region Qualifiers!

Registration for all state championships will open 6 weeks prior to the scheduled tournament date.