Sign up asap for two fun events on tap this Labor Day Weekend:

- Turkeyfoot Lakes Golf Links in Akron hosts their 2-day, 36-hole individual stroke play Course Championship this Saturday and Sunday. Entry fee is $90 for both days and includes golf, cart and event entry. An optional skins game will be held as well. Play begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Sunday’s times grouped by score. To enter, call Turkeyfoot at 330-644-5971.

- The Cleveland Skins Game’s annual “Shoot-Out” takes place Labor Day Monday at Chardon Lakes GC. The Shoot-Out is an 18-hole individual stroke play event with a guaranteed first place prize of $750 that is open to players who have competed at least four times this season in the Greater Cleveland Skins Game. Shoot-Out details here.

In semi-final action of the 2009 ADGA Match Play Championship this past week, Chris Okeson beat Tommy Li 1-up on the final hole last Monday, and Aaron Crewse defeated Mark Thomas this weekend to set the stage for the finals. Complete bracket here.

Watch Northeast Ohio Golf for the game story of the upcoming Okeson vs. Crewse 36-hole match, which will take place Friday, September 4th!

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The “Hilltoppers” came to play Thursday, as Scott Mackar and Dave Sotka of Chardon took the skins pot at Fowlers Mill Golf Club.

Mackar birdied the tough par-4 15th hole, and Sotka followed it with a birdie on the par-4 16th. The skins were worth $138 each. [Read more →]

Nick Latimer of Brooklyn posted rounds of 75-73=148 to tie for 61st place and participated in a playoff this morning to make it to the match play portion of the United States Amateur Golf Championship at Southern Hills. But he was not able to secure one of the four spots remaining in the match play field against the 27 players at 148.

Northeast Ohio players Trevor Bowman of Harpster scored 78-77=155, Mac McLaughlin of Shaker Heights shot 76-81=157 and Dan Metzendorf of Medina posted 81-85=166 to miss the cut.

Jim Cea and Anthony Yacovazzi won the 2009 Akron District Golf Association’s Lazor Memorial 2-Man Better Ball Match Play event today. The pair won the 36-hole finale at Good Park by a 4 & 3 score over Quinn Parker and Ryan Gaughan. Final bracket here.

The win gives Cea his second team title of the year in the ADGA, as he was a member of the victorious team in the Shamble at Lake Forest.

The Greater Cleveland Skins Game is pleased to announce that its 2009 Greater Cleveland Shoot-Out will be held on Labor Day Monday, September 7 at Chardon Lakes Golf Course. This will be the first time this 18-hole stroke play event will be held at Chardon Lakes.

The $750 first place prize is guaranteed courtesy of sponsors Steve’s Sports and Blonde John’s Tickets, to allow amateurs to “play like the pros for a day” in this unique event started by Ed Tresger at Fairway Pines Golf Course almost 20 years ago.    [Read more →]

In a lightly attended evening after the big Championship weekend, three teams tied for first place with a solid 5-under par 31 in the scramble format on the back nine.

The big winners of the night were Jim Cea and Dave Pulk, as they tied for first place and grabbed two of the three skins on the evening (and a dip into the senior skins, too). The pair climbed a bit on the 2009 season-long standings, but no major moves were made…

Chippewa Scratch Week 15 Results: Scramble Back 9 – 8-24-09 
T1st – Cea – Pulk     31     $75 PP      $ 116.66 GC
T1st – Thomas – Beal     31     $75 PP     $ 116.66 GC
T1st – Diebold – Canter     31     $75 PP     $ 116.66 GC

Skins
Cea – Pulk     #10 / #12      $ 360
Grosso – Petracca     #11      $ 180

Sr. Skins
Cea – Pulk     #10 / #12      $ 52
VanNostram – Merrow     #15      $ 26

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Down three shots at the turn, Dave Oates rallied with some superior ball-striking on the back nine to win his second Chippewa Championship on Sunday.

Oates struggled a bit on the front, making double bogey six on the par-4 seventh to finish the front at 37. First round leader Allen Freeman turned at even par for the nine and the tournament, but after that the day belonged to Oates.

Even with the typical Chippewa “Sunday scramble pins”, Oates produced tight second shots at 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17 to seal the win, his second victory in the event. In addition to the trophy and gift certificates, Oates earns a year’s membership at Chippewa, a huge prize considering the Monday Scratch League.

Freeman and Chris Okeson tied for second place, while Mike Kracker finished alone in fourth one back after firing the low round of Sunday, a sterling 71.

Six skins worth $700 each were won on the weekend, with Freeman nabbing two of them for the biggest payout of the weekend. Ken Koprevic earned one of the skins by making a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth hole on Sunday.

As always, kudos to Kevin Larizza, Brad Stewart, Dan, Don and Eric for a professionally-run event (although Kevin, please take it easy on us with the pin locations on holes 14 and 15 for 2010!)

Complete results below, including skins.

FINAL RESULTS, 2009 CHIPPEWA CHAMPIONSHIP
Chippewa Golf Club, Doylestown – August 22-23

Oates, Dave    72 – 75 = 147
Freeman, Allen    71 – 79 = 150
Okeson, Chris    74 – 76 = 150
Kracker, Mike    80 – 71 = 151
Heran, Scott    77 – 75 = 152
Simpson, Mike    75 – 78 = 153
Yacovazzi, Anthony    77 – 76 = 153
McBride, Tom    77 – 76 = 153     [Read more →]

Allen Freeman of Brecksville made a chip-in eagle 3 on the par-5 tenth that ended up as the only skin of the day, and that helped him to a one shot lead after the first round of the Chippewa Championship on Saturday.

Freeman finished with an even par 71, putting him up by a single shot over past champion and perennial contender Dave Oates. Dave Trier and Chris Okeson are tied for third at 74.

First round scores follow. Starting times for Sunday’s final round will be posted here.

FIRST ROUND SCORES: 2009 CHIPPEWA CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, August 22, Chippewa Golf Club, Doylestown – Par 71

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The groupings and starting times for the Chippewa Golf Club Championship are now posted here. Currently, 106 players are registered! Also available is a schedule of events.

Stormy skies and a rain-shortened event made for a small field on Thursday at Quail Hollow. But Steve Blackburn Jr. made a charge up the leaderboard by capturing the only skin and a pin shot at the Weiskopf Course.

The field played six holes before the skies unloaded. Three holes were birdied, but two of those birdies were canceled on holes 1 and 6.  [Read more →]

Anthony Yacovazzi and Jim Cea will play Quinn Parker and Ryan Gaughan in the final match of the Akron District Golf Association’s Lazor Memorial 2-Man Better Ball Match Play event.

Cea and Yacovazzi beat up on Tim Davis and Mike Armour by 6 & 5 in one semifinal match, while Parker and Gaughan slid past Dan Marr and Dave Trier 2 & 1 in the other, helped by a hole-in-one from Gaughan on the fourth at Good Park.

Complete 2009 Lazor Memorial bracket here. Watch NEOHgolf.com for results from the final match!

Skip Snow of Dayton played steady golf while the rest of the field backed up, and steady was what it took to win the 2009 Ohio Senior Amateur Championship at Congress Lake on Wednesday.

Snow began the day two behind the leaders and posted his second straight 2-over par 73. The 4-over par 146 total was good for for a one shot victory over Ray Sovik and Tom Elfers. Complete results follow:

FINAL RESULTS, 2009 OHIO SENIOR AMATEUR
Congress Lake Country Club, Hartville – Par 71

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Dan Smith of Fairfield and G.M. Bingman of Medina posted even par rounds of 71 to lead the 2009 Ohio Senior Amateur Golf Championship, being played at Congress Lake Country Club in Hartville.

The final round will be played today. Complete scores from Round One below:

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