The Northeast Ohio Golf website sent too many players to The Medalist Tour website to sign up for a free 2010 membership (see story below). So for a couple more days players get a second chance!

Originally, director Mike Hastings said the first 100 players who signed up for The Medalist Tour would not have to pay the 2010 membership fee of $75 for ams and/or $195 for pros.

But since NEOHgolf.com readers pushed the number past 100 by the middle of Christmas Day (just a day-and-a-half after posting the story!), Mike has decided that every player who registers at The Medalist Tour website by the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve gets the same deal!

Don’t get shut out because this deadline won’t be extended again. If you want to be a 2010 Medalist Tour member and save yourself some cash in the process, you have until December 31st at midnight to register here…

A brand new professional / amateur golf tour is launching in Northeast Ohio in 2010, featuring 20 events played at some of the area’s best golf courses on weekdays throughout the summer.

(And as a “sneak preview bonus”, Northeast Ohio Golf readers have a chance to save some money by becoming a member FOR FREE — so keep reading!)

Local senior professional Mike Hastings is launching The Medalist Tour in May 2010, and he already has dates secured at the golf courses you’d expect to see on the schedule (see NEOHgolf.com’s Tournament Calendar for the complete list).     [Read more →]

Thanks to all of you golf addicts who helped make the Northeast Ohio Golf website a success in 2009. Check out the fantastic traffic numbers for the year. And don’t forget to tell all your golf buddies to check out the site and register for the email newsletter in 2010!

Work has already begun on the 2010 Northeast Ohio Golf Tournament Calendar. If you run a competitive golf event or tournament series, please email your scheduled dates as soon as you have them finalized. We’ll get the information posted to the Calendar right away, so greater Cleveland players can have something to dream about while they’re shoveling the driveway…

Although not yet officially announced by the OGA, the 2010 Ohio Amateur Championship will be played in the Cleveland area: the beautiful and challenging Kirtland Country Club in Willoughby on July 13th – 16th.

Watch Northeast Ohio Golf for details and an entry blank in the spring…

In chronological order, here’s my list of the top golf stories, events and results from the 2009 tournament season in greater Cleveland and Akron (click to see that story in a new window):

• Oyster and Mallette Win Turkeyfoot 2-M Scramble
• Furlong & Skirptas Win 2009 Ashland Am-Am
• Junior Grabs Tie in Namesake’s Ungvary Sr. Memorial
• Latimer Romps to 15-Shot NEO Am Win
• Timmons Solid in Cleveland Senior Am Victory
• Nick Latimer Victorious in Cleveland Amateur
• Snyder Captures 2009 Ohio Open
• Mallette Wins Stark County Amateur Championship
• Crewse Bomb Seals Summit County Am Victory
• Crewse Caps Record ADGA Season
• Tyrrell Wins Cleveland Shoot-Out in Playoff
• Oates Rallies to Win Chippewa Championship
• Hedrick Coasts to Turkeyfoot Championship
• Armour Wins 2009 Chippewa Scratch League Money Title
• Blackburn Repeats Win of Cleveland Skins’ Thompson Cup

Do you have a different opinion or idea? Think any of Northeast Ohio’s “big golf stories of 2009″ are missing from the list above? Log on and add your comments…

The “Golf Galaxy Tour” will be played again in 2010, but no longer with Golf Galaxy as their title sponsor.

This national group of local amateur golf events is changing its retail sponsor (now working with Austads) and the tour name for each region to focus on the local city (so instead of the Golf Galaxy tour, it will now be called the Ohio Golf Tour).

All tours will still be managed by GOLF CONNECT through its national office, and will still conduct a national championship.

The 2010 Ohio Golf Tour will feature lower entry fee and membership rates and a new prize pool structure. Details posted at OhioGolfTour.com

It’s the stuff you need to think about and work on this winter if you want to be a better player — and it’s completely FREE. (My favorite price!)

Three well-credentialed experts in their fields will host a free seminar at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Brecksville this Wednesday, December 9th from 7-9 p.m. on how health and fitness closely tie-in to a great golf swing: [Read more →]

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