The Back of the Range
Weekly interviews from prominent amateurs, coaches, and personalities from the game of golf!
We found 2 episodes of The Back of the Range with the tag “iowa”.
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Noah Kent - 2024 United States Amateur Finalist
September 4th, 2024 | 57 mins 51 secs
amateur golf, augusta national, college golf, golf podcast, hazeltine, iowa, noah kent, the masters, u.s. amateur, usga
My guest on this episode of TBO is Noah Kent, a rising sophomore for the Iowa Men's Golf team and also the runner-up in this summer's United States Amateur Championship. I've known Noah for a few years now, I would see him during the Terra Cotta Invitational in Naples, Florida....which is essentially his hometown tournament. He had a great freshman campaign at Iowa that included five Top 20 finishes.
Although he did win both his stages of qualifying for this year's U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine, he came in well below the radar. And after a first round 77 at Hazeltine in the stroke play portion, it didn't look like Noah would be around for long in Minnesota. That all changed in a hurry after a 64 at Chaska Town Course, the U.S. Am companion site, that vaulted him into the match play portion of the championship. And that was just the beginning.
During this episode, we spoke about his miracle run all the way into the Championship match against eventual winner Josele Ballester. We also spoke about his fans, that donned yellow Caitlin Clark t-shirts. Clark shirts rooting for Kent.....Clark Kent....yes, sometimes the headlines really are too good to be true.
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Gene Elliott - Top-Ranked Senior Amateur from Iowa
June 27th, 2018 | 57 mins 17 secs
crump cup, eugene elliott, gene elliott, golf, iowa, mike mccoy, usga
Our very special guest this week is Gene Elliott. After winning the George C. Thomas Invitational in Los Angeles recently, Gene is now the #1 Ranked Senior Amateur in the country! Gene shared some great stories from amazing Iowa Hall of Fame career, working with Harmon and Leadbetter, and his 29 USGA appearances!