Get your entry in now for the kick-off to the 2009 Akron District Golf Association season!

50 teams are currently entered, and groupings and starting times are now posted for the 2009 Parke H. Thornton 2-Man Better Ball at Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links in Akron this coming Saturday, May 2. [Read more →]

After a last-minute cancellation for health reasons last week, Jeff Jenkins and his Championship Golf Association will start the 2009 season with an individual stroke play event at Sweetbriar Legacy in Avon Lake this Sunday. Details at ChampionshipGolf.org. To enter, email the CGA or call the CGA voicemail at 216-556-0219.

To allow more teams the chance to enter for the year and get their season-long entry fee of $150 per man paid, Kevin Larizza bumped back the official start of the Monday Night Scratch League at Chippewa Golf Club in Doylestown to May 4th. (An unofficial skins game was held last night, the results of which do not count towards the season’s points list.)  [Read more →]

Under ideal playing conditions with April temperatures near 85 degrees, a field of 36 teams vied for a $10,000 purse with an added $960 in the skins game.

The team of Eric Frischette, Todd Cravens, Mike Doan, Kyle House, and Ken Cook shot an amazing 19 under par, a tournament record. They amassed 2 eagles, 15 birdies, and only one par for their winning score of 51.

In the skins game, there were an amazing seven skins out — and an even more incredible 3 holes-in-one on the day! In the many years of this event, there have been only a couple of hole-in-ones in that entire span of time; three in one day is a spectacular feat. Complete results below. [Read more →]

The team of Jayson Leeds and Tim Ailes posted a sizzling 9-under par 63 to win by a shot in the opening event of the 2009 Stark County Amateur Golf Association.

Complete results from the SCAGA 2-Man Better Ball event held on Sunday, April 26th at the Zoar Village Golf Club, 6,585 yards, par 72:

AA Division
1st Leads/Ailes 63 $500.00
2nd Fruedeman/Blakeman 64 $225.00
2nd Jackson/Light 64 $225.00
4th Lenartowicz/Serra 65 $150.00
5th Team Schembechler 66 $ 75.00
5th Oates/Lambos 66 $ 75.00
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With some strong winds and the kinds of pins you would expect for a 6-Man scramble at Chippewa, some might say Mother Nature and the golf course won the first ever Chippewa 6-Man Scramble in Doylestown on Saturday. Certainly no team ran away with it or went deep on the scorecard.

Better said, the team of Walt Robertson, Randy Skorman, Ty Kovach, Chris Okeson, Ryan Stefanski and Allen Freeman outlasted the rest of the field to claim the top honor, posting a 16-under par 55 to win by a single shot, good for the $3,000 first prize. [Read more →]

Allen Freeman of Brecksville jumped out to the early lead in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins Game race for the Thompson Cup, posting five birdies in nine holes and netting two skins.

Freeman’s winning birdies came at the par-4 second and the par-5 eighth at Fowler’s Mill, while birdies at 3, 5 and 9 knocked out some potential skins.

Also jumping directly into the points race with skins were Joe Tasca of Concord with a solid birdie right out of the gate at the par-4 first hole, and Paul Kish of Painesville Township with a great birdie on the signature hole at Fowler’s, the difficult par-4 fourth. Each skin was worth $103.50.

2008 Greater Cleveland Skins Game champion Steve Blackburn Jr. dipped his fingers into the pot right off the bat as well, grabbing the first pin shot of the season at the 170-yard par-3 third hole with a shot to two feet. Skins Game Director John Niedzielek nabbed the other pin shot, hitting it to 12 feet on the par-3 seventh. Each pin shot was good for $63. [Read more →]

Jeff Jenkins has checked into the Barberton Hospital with a blood infection and has canceled the Championship Golf Association’s Skins Game slated for Sunday at Greyhawk. Northeast Ohio Golf will post details regarding future CGA events as they become available.

Update 4/24/09 – Jeff Jenkins will be released from the hospital on Saturday and should make a full recovery. He and his wife thank all for the well-wishes they received.

Players competing in the Greater Cleveland Skins Game this season have an added incentive to play well: a chance to earn an exemption directly into the Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship.

John Niedzialek, Director of the Greater Cleveland Skins Game, has announced that the tournament directors from Cleveland Metroparks Golf have granted five direct exemptions into the Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship via the skins game’s mid-season points list.

The top five players in the standings after the July 5th skins game will gain exempt status into the Cleveland Amateur proper and will not have to play in the local qualifying tournaments. Niedzialek says this is a win- win situation, as it will give top players another opportunity to play in what has become one of the premier amateur golf events in Northeast Ohio while giving the Greater Cleveland Skins Game added visibility. [Read more →]

This is a week for “beginnings” in Northeast Ohio Golf! The weatherman is calling for sunny skies and 75 degree days all through the extended weekend, so register today for the season-starting events you want to play: [Read more →]

Two veteran teams hit it close enough to the hole and bounced in enough putts to tie for the win at the Eagle Creek 6-Man Scramble in Norwalk on Sunday.

The 6-man teams of pro Eric Frischette and of captain Jason Kiley (teammates listed below) overcame the chilly day and difficult course conditions to claim a tie for the top spot at 18-under par.

Finishing in second place alone at 17-under par was the Mike Stone team.

The Stone team also grabbed one of two skins made on the day with a chip-in eagle at the 324-yard par-4 17th. The other skin belonged to the Tim Ailes team with Ailes’ hole-in-one at the 174 yard par-3 6th, the loudest roar of the day on the golf course.

Results and an “editorial comment” follow. [Read more →]

Want to become a better player by going head-to-head with some of the best golfers in Northeast Ohio? Here’s a chance for you and your partner to join one of the most competitive scratch golf leagues in the United States (how’s that for a statement!).

The Chippewa Monday Night Scratch League kicks off in two weeks on April 27th, and a couple of rare open team spots are available. Every event is a 2-man, but with a different competitive format each week: scramble, better ball, alternate shot, combined score, etc. [Read more →]

Time to get the rust off and get ready for the start of the 2009 golf season!

The $100 Big Skins Game at Chippewa GC goes full swing this Monday starting at 11:30 a.m. (and every Monday through the summer unless posted here). Golf and cart fees are greatly reduced and cover play for the entire day, so it’s arguably the best competitive golf deal in Northeast Ohio. And since the format is a big skins game (fire at the flags!), everyone has a chance. It’s a great way to get in “playing shape” for the season, so get out there. [Read more →]