Host pro Jacob Scott played solid tee-to-green while amateur partner Derek “D2″ Duda provided some critical lag putting to earn themselves a one shot victory in the inaugural Pine Hills Extreme 2-Man Scramble Sunday.

With the hole locations set on severe slopes and tucked into tiny corners, the day was as much about making pars as converting birdies. Scott and Duda overcame a double-bogey seven on the par-5 fifth hole by making birdies on holes 7-8-9 followed by an eagle on the par-5 10th. They birdied the 13th and then parred out from there to grab the first place prize of $1200, winning by a single shot over the teams of Bob Sylvester & Chris Zidek and Mike Armour & Dave Trier.

FIELD SHOT: The team of Denny Krysh and Mike Watkins holed out from the fairway on the first hole for eagle to earn one of four skins made on the day.

FINAL RESULTS: Pine Hills Extreme 2-Man Scramble
Pine Hills GC, Hinckley, Sunday, Oct. 25 – Par 72

SKINS: $130 ea: Krysh/Watkins Eagle #1; Kinnell/Kuhn Eagle #7; Armour/Trier Birdie #11; Kriak/Kimball Birdie #16

Final results from the Blonde John 3-Man Scramble played at Thunder Hill GC in Madison on Saturday, October 24th:

Randall, Snyder, Perkins  29-33=62  $540
Kasper, Heck, Manahan  30-30=62   $540
Prince, Prince, Zvocec     33-32=65   $180
Oslin, Rolla, Holmes    32-33=65   $180
Granquist, Trusso, Caprino  34-32=66
Michael, Dunlap, Kersten   32-34=66
Lebzelter, Paxton, Smith  32-34=66
Kish, Niedzialek, Corabi  34-33=67
Bishop, Leymaster, Kastelic  34-34=68
Blackburn Jr, Foss, Angie  36-33=69
Adams, Lemeiux, Orzik  35-35=70
Keeshock, Keeshock, Keeshock   35-38=73

SKINS @ $135 ea: Team Randall eagle on #8;  Team Casper birdie on #3 and birdie on #10; Team Lebzelter with birdie on #14

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Because of poor weather, two of the Cleveland Metropark’s “Fall Tour” golf events have been rescheduled:

- The Big Met 2-Player Scramble has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 31st. Players originally signed up are still considered registered (but can cancel), and new teams will be accepted, too. Entry blank here. Questions? Call Big Met at 440-331-1070.

- The Manakiki 3-Player Scramble has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 7th (break out the ski hats!). Same deal as above, entry blank here. Manakiki pro shop is at 440-942-2500.

Two money scrambles on tap this weekend, featuring pros and ams:

- On Saturday, “Blonde John” will host another of his 3-man scramble shindigs, this time at Thunder Hill GC in Madison, entry blank PDF here;

- On Sunday, the guys at Pine Hills will host a 2-man “Extreme” scramble (yes, expect crazy pins), tournament details here. As of Wednesday, 23 teams are entered…

Get your teams entered today; there isn’t much golf left in the 2009 season!

Final results, 6-Man Scramble at Eagle Creek GC in Norwalk, Sunday, Oct. 18:

-19 (52), $3,000 each team:
Team Frishette; Team Green

-17 (54) $400 each team:
Team Mauch;  Team Miller; Team Baumeister

SKINS: Team Ailes $4,000: Eagle #17, 330 yard par 4 (80-foot putt)

Steve Blackburn Jr. of Willowick made it two years in a row, as he won The Greater Cleveland Skins Game Championship on a cold rainy night Thursday at Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison.

Paired together for the final round, Blackburn Jr. was in a tight race with Mike Angie, who was on top of the leaderboard for most of the year. But with a birdie skin at the short par four 13th hole ($153.33) and the pin shot on the 14th ($70), Blackburn pulled away for the season-long win, as Angie was shut out on the final night.

Blackburn Jr. set a new Greater Cleveland Skins Game money record with $1,622.32 for the 26 week season, while Angie finished a fine year with a hefty $1,331.58. Third place was nearly $600 behind that.  [Read more →]

Erie Shores Golf Course in Madison hosts their always challenging Ironman 3-Player Scramble this Saturday, October 17th with tee times from 9-11 a.m. This “tough pins” event cost just $50 per player for everything: golf, cart, cash prize pot and skins. Optional side games will be available, too. To enter, call Erie Shores at 440-428-3164.

How’s this for fun to close out the year: get your entry in for the Pine Hills EXTREME 2-Man Scramble. EXTREME means the pins will be as difficult as the guys at Pine Hills can make them — and if you’ve played the sloping greens at Pine Hills before, well, you know…

This 2-player scramble is open to teams of 1 pro & 1 am or 2 ams, with tee times from 11:00a to 1:00p on Sunday, October 25th.    [Read more →]

The team of Scott Saari and K.C. Saari won by a solid four shots in the 27-hole Bill Barbour Cup jumble event played at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Brecksville Saturday.

Team Saari shot 5-under par in the scramble / better ball / alternate shot event to beat a field of 21 teams.

Results for all gift certificate winners:

-5    SCOTT SAARI – K.C. SAARI
-1    GREG SOWA – TOM BOARDMAN
+1    SCOTT HERAN – MICHAEL MINTZ
+2    JOHN PRINCE – PAUL PRINCE
+2    BOB HARMON – BRIAN McDANIEL
+2    DEREK DUDA – DOUG BARBER

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The team of pro Mike Stone, Don Paulsen, Adam Crisp, Dan McIntyre, Clent Schreber and Dave Horn shot a strong 18-under par 54 to win the 2009 Oak Harbor 6-Man Scramble on Saturday by one shot.

The event had a new tournament director in pro Matt Jennings, and with it some new and tougher pin locations; those new locations definitely made for an additional challenge that was reflected in the winning score. But the course was in great shape even with the recent rains, and the break in the weather made for an enjoyable tournament.

No skins were won outright on the day. Results follow of teams that finished “in the money” (with team captain listed):

1st – Mike Stone  score 54, -18
T2 – Chris Fussel score 55, -17
T2 – Jeremy Lopez score 55, -17
T4 – Andrew Palmer score 56, -16
T4 – Brian Gerken score 56, -16
T4 – Dave Gibson score 56, -16
T4 – Jeff Godzak score 56, -16
T4 – Joel Schlageter score 56, -16

With just one week to go, The Greater Cleveland Skins Game has a new — but familiar — name atop the leaderboard.

Steve Blackburn Jr. captured two skins and a pin shot on Thursday at Stonewater Golf Club to grab the season-long lead away from Mike Angie in their back-and-forth race. [Read more →]

The long-running Oak Harbor 6-Man Scramble will be played this Saturday, October 10th out on the far west side, just outside of Huron. A full field is expected for this big cash scramble, with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Entry fee is $75 per player for golf, cart, food and event prizes (first place is $3,000!), with an optional skins game available too. Entry blank with full details here.

The Cleveland Metroparks Golf “Fall Tour” continues with the 27-hole Bill Barbour Cup “jumble” at Sleepy Hollow GC in Brecksville this Saturday, October 10th. Entries for this 2-player event closed last Sunday, so if you’re not yet registered you’ll have to call and beg. Starting times follow…

Groupings and Starting Times
Bill Barbour Cup, Saturday, October 10
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course, Brecksville

8:30    Mike Galloway / Brett Galloway; Dave Stover / Brad Poe
8:40    Mark Hubert / Kevin Hagen; Steve Bedelle / George Halle
8:50    Derek Duda / Doug Barber; Frank Livak / Dan Liptak
9:00    Guy Dilullo / Jeff Luckring; Gregg Sowa / Tim Boardman
9:10    Ray Beach / Ben Bania; Matthew Grill / Keith Culbertson
9:20    Dave Bevan / Nick Bevan; Dan Connell / Shannon Polk
9:30    Scott Saari / K.C. Saari; Ward Watkins  /  Dan Lescarbeau
9:40    Joe Czarny / Jay Eisle; Bill Gassett / Terry Hollister
9:50    Michael Kracker / Dennis Hechathorn; John Prince / Paul Prince

On the final night of the season with a carry-over skins pot on the line and a cash pot in play, a number of teams came out as big winners on Monday at Chippewa.

Howard Weaver and John Kabasky posted a sterling score of 42 (5-under par in formats of scramble, better ball and aggregate) to win the jumble event by a whopping three shots.

The team of Shane Bishop and Chris Durbin scored a pair of skins with birdies on holes four and five in the better ball format, good for $530. (The skins grab jumped the pair up to second place on the season long money list, too!) Two other teams also dipped into the skins pot on Monday; results below.

And finally, the year-long money title was won by Mike Armour with a strong showing of $1,596.75 on the season — while seven players total cracked the four-figure mark! Congratulations to Mike.

As always, a big thank you to Kevin Larizza and Eric McKinney for putting on a great league. All of the players look forward to competing again in 2010!

CHIPPEWA SCRATCH LEAGUE: Front 9 – 3/3/3 – 10/5/09
1st – Weaver – Kabasky     42      $400.00
T2nd – Durbin – Bishop     45      $ 75.00
T2nd – Armour – Marr     45      $ 75.00

Skins
Durbin – Bishop     #4 / #5      $530.00
Hetler – Hetler     #7 (6)      $265.00
Grosso – Beal     #8 (6)      $265.00

Sr. Skins
Skorman – Markham     #7      $       36.00
Kline – Kline     #8      $       36.00
Leonard – M.Stiller     #9      $       36.00