The team of Mike Kracker and Dr. Jeff Mallette continued their winning ways on Monday, posting a 3-under par 33 in the scramble format on the newly lengthened back nine at Chippewa to win by one shot over a host of teams.

The pair birdied 10 and 11 as expected, but sealed the deal with a solid birdie from 12 feet from the new 185-yard tee box on 17, and followed that with a great up-and-down par from 40 yards after starting from the 480-yard back tee on the 18th. [Read more →]

John Furlong and Norton Brick cruised to their respective Championship and Senior titles in the 2010 Northeast Ohio Amateur Invitational on Monday, in the 80th playing of this long running event presented by the Northern Ohio Golf Association. [Read more →]

Nick Lambos of Canton didn’t back off his first round lead.

Lambos put together a solid round of even par 72 on Sunday at the challenging Seven Hills Country Club in Hartville to win the 2010 ADGA Lanning’s 36-Hole Stroke Play Tournament by one shot over Aaron Crewes of Uniontown. [Read more →]

Bob Hanley and Michael Mintz tied for first place in the Championship Golf Association’s individual stroke play event at Windmill Lakes Golf Course in Ravenna on Sunday. [Read more →]

Nick Lambos and defending champion Ross Beal lead the pack after tying with a score of 69 after round one of the 2010 ADGA Lannings Restaurant 36-hole stroke play event.

But a huge number of players are right on their heels, including 11 players who are within five shots of the lead going into day two at Seven Hills CC on Sunday. [Read more →]

It was “Double Down Thursday” on June 24th at the Greater Cleveland Skins Game played at Chardon Lakes Golf Course.

And a new season-long leader has emerged — one who has cracked the ‘four-figure mark’ just a third of the way into the 2010 season. [Read more →]

Kent State player John Furlong of Medina posted an even-par 71 at Aurora on Wednesday to jump into first place after two rounds of the 2010 Northeast Ohio Amateur Invitational presented by the Northern Ohio Golf Association.

Combined with his first round score of 1-under par 70 at Quail Hollow on Monday, Furlong sits two shots ahead of Mac McLaughlin (who posted the day’s best round at Aurora with a 2-under par 69) and three in front of first-round leader Rob Schustrich. [Read more →]

Once the thunder clouds went away, Blake Sattler had some lightning of his own, firing a 5-under par 67 to win the professional division of The Firestone Classic at on Firestone Country Club’s North Course on Tuesday June 22nd, good for $1,000. [Read more →]

Dan Schuler of Springfield, Ohio won the 2010 Ohio Public Golf Association’s Mid-Amateur Championship today at the Chapel Hill Golf Course in Mt. Vernon. His 36-hole total of 147 was good for a 1-shot victory over Ryan Zahn of Lexington. [Read more →]

The team of Mike Simpson and Jimmy Kravanack posted a razor-sharp 4-under par 68 in the combined score (aggregate) format on the front nine at Chippewa on Monday.

The 68 was good for a win by a single shot over Dr. Jeff Mallette and Mike Kracker (who we assume is leading the season long money list*). [Read more →]

The 80th edition of the Northeast Ohio Amateur Invitational got off to a fast start with some excellent play at Quail Hollow Country Club’s Weiskopf-Morrish Course in Concord on Monday. [Read more →]

Scott Coe made six birdies en route to a 2-under par score of 70 to win the Championship Golf Association’s stroke play event at Punderson State Park Golf Course on Saturday by a whopping six shots. [Read more →]

The Stark County Amateur Golf Association has decided to cancel its June 27th “bramble” tournament at the Legends of Massillon Golf Club due to low registrations.

SCAGA’s next event will be The Stark County Amateur, to be played at Prestwick, Seven Hills and The Sanctuary on July 23-25th. To enter, visit the SCAGA website.

The Greater Cleveland Skins game traveled to Quail Hollow Country Club in Concord on Thursday, and a sizeable field of twenty nine players participated on a beautiful night for golf.

At the end of the evening, two of the 29 were all smiles: Eddie Neer and Geoff Nicely. [Read more →]

Yes, Tony Adcock won the Professional Division of The Medalist Tour’s Reggie Rucker Classic at Little Mountain on Thursday with a sterling 4-under par 66.

Yes, veteran amateur Norton Brick won the Open Senior Division for the second week in a row in a playoff over professional Mitch Adcock after both men shot even par 70.

And yes, Matt Heestand won the Amateur’s Championship Division with an even par 70 to beat Drew Thompson by two shots.

All of these guys played great golf and truly deserve a tip of the cap.

But the focus of the day clearly was on the huge three-tournament-carry-over skins pot of $5,280, and who holed out from what fairway to win all that loot. And the required hole outs happened. [Read more →]

A no-holds barred message was posted by CEO Mike Hastings to The Medalist Tour’s website yesterday (left-hand column, entitled “Director’s Message”), aimed at unnamed players:  stop your whining.

Quoting Hastings from The Medalist Tour’s website:
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