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Riverside, Iowa – Sean McCarty of Brown Deer Golf Club won the Iowa Senior PGA Professional Championship Friday, August 22 at Geneva Golf & Country Club and will lead a total of Six Section PGA Professionals to compete on October 23-26, 2025, in the Senior PGA Professional Championship. McCarty turned in a total score of 5-under-par 68-69=137 to capture the win.
McCarty is joined by Jeff Schmid of Brown Deer Golf Club, Chad Proehl of Sugar Creek Golf Club, Judd Gibb of Hanson’s Custom Golf, Bryan Luedtke of Bunker Links Golf Course, and Darin Fisher of William Penn University.
Sean McCarty and Jeff Schmid are both exempt through other PGA sanctioned events and do not count toward the four (4) qualifying spots PGA of America events.
The alternates in order are John Dinnebier of Briarwood Golf Club, Tracy Vest of Lake House Sports, John Bermel of Pheasant Ridge Golf Course and Todd Fowler of Golf Galaxy – Davenport.
The Super Senior Division was won by Bermel with rounds of 70-78=148 for a total of 6-over-par.
Matt Jennings of Bos Landen Golf Course won the Iowa Assistant PGA Professional Championship on September 2, 2025, at Blue Top Ridge.
Tate Carlson of Elmwood Country Club grabbed the qualifying spot for the 49th Assistant PGA Professional Championship on November 13-16, 2025 in Port St. Lucie, Florida at PGA Golf Club.
Chelsea Soda of Echo Valley Country Club won the Iowa Women’s PGA Professional Championship on Friday, September 26 at Crow Valley Golf Club. Format for this event is an 18-hole stroke play. Soda turned in a winning total of 73, 2-over-par to capture the Iowa Women’s PGA Professional Championship.
-Stephanie Mason
