Elliott, McCoy, Palmer set to compete at British Senior Amateur

Iowa’s Gene Elliott, of West Des Moines, Mike McCoy, of Norwalk, and Joe Palmer, of West Des Moines will be competing in the 2019 Senior Amateur Championship this week beginning on Wednesday. The championship is being held July 31-August 2 at the historic North Berwick Golf Club in East Lothian, Scotland. The field of 144 will play 18 holes both Wednesday and Thursday, with the low 60 players & ties advancing to the final round on Friday.

Elliott, Iowa Golf Hall of Fame Member, finished as the low amateur last week at the 2019 British Senior Open at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s Golf Club. He has excelled in this event in prior years, finishing in third place in 2018 at Royal Porthcawl and as the Runner-Up in 2017 at Sunningdale. He has won the Iowa Men’s Player of the Year title four times, and the Senior Player of the Year title three times. Elliott tees off Wednesday morning at 4:47 AM (CST).

McCoy, 11-time Iowa Men’s Player of the Year, was the low-amateur at this year’s US Senior Open in South Bend, Ind. He is Iowa’s most decorated amateur, with his career highlights including his victory at the 2013 US Mid-Amateur Championship, competing in the 2014 Masters Tournament and earning a spot on the 2015 Walker Cup Team. He has won the Iowa Amateur Championship six times, and was inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. McCoy tees off Wednesday morning at 5:41 AM (CST).

Palmer, 2018 Iowa Senior Player of the Year, will be competing in the Senior Amateur Championship for his first time. He placed third in the stroke play qualifying and advanced to the Round of 32 in the US Senior Amateur Championship in 2018 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore. He has won the Iowa Senior Amateur title three times and has made multiple USGA Championship appearances, including the 2006 US Mid-Amateur and the 2014 US Senior Open. Palmer tees off Wednesday morning at 3:52 AM (CST).

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