Mike Kracker and Dr. Jeff Mallette continued to pound away on the guys in the Chippewa Monday Night Scratch League.

This week, Mallette and Kracker took away another victory and another skins grab to build on their outstanding year. [Read more →]

Final results from the Championship Golf Association individual stroke play tournament held at Red Tail Golf Club in Avon, Ohio on Sunday, August 29th: [Read more →]

Eric Frishette cruised to victory number four on 2010 The Medalist Tour season, shooting a 4-under 68 at The Stark County Open held at The Legends of Massillon. [Read more →]

Twenty players had high hopes at the start of Thursday’s “Double Down” event at Aurora Country Club, where the event’s entry fee is doubled for the night to $60 per man.

But only four players left with smiles on their faces: three big skins winners and one huge pin shot winner.  [Read more →]

The field has been set for the Akron District Golf Association’s 2010 Golfer of the Year tournament, to be played on Saturday, October 2nd at Firestone Country Club’s West Course and on Sunday, October 3rd at the North Course.

Invitations have been extended to the 48 eligible players: the top 24 points earners of the ADGA’s 2010 season from both the main division and senior division: [Read more →]

I want to encourage everyone to help us finish The Medalist Tour’s season strong!

We still have five events remaining on our schedule, including our Tour Championship plus a brand new event that we are announcing today. [Read more →]

Three teams finished tied at the top at 4-under par 32 in the scramble format on the back nine at Chippewa on Monday, as the lingering effects of the golfing grind that is the Chippewa Championship were still evident. But no surprise, season-long money leader Mike Kracker and his partner Dr. Jeff Mallette were in the mix. [Read more →]

Malone College’s NAIA National Champion Justin Lower ran away from the field Sunday in the final round of The Eastern Ohio Amateur Championship at River Greens Golf Club in Coshocton. Lower, a senior at Malone, matched Saturday’s 27-hole score of 6-under par with an identical score of 102 to post a 12-under par 204 total. [Read more →]

Champion Ty Kovach attempts his birdie putt on the 11th hole at Chippewa Sunday.

Ty Kovach of Medina played a spectacular round of golf in the most difficult of setups and conditions on Sunday to win the 2010 Chippewa Championship in convincing fashion.

Kovach posted a sterling even par 71 in windy conditions (and with those hole locations!) to win by three shots over perennial champion David Oates of Canton. [Read more →]

Photos from the 2010 Championship Championship, played August 21st – 22nd at the Chippewa Golf Club in Doylestown, Ohio:

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Greg Tayler of North Royalton hits to 17 during round one of the 2010 Chippewa Championship.

Kenny Koprevic grabbed the first round lead of the Chippewa Championship today, posting a smooth 2-over par score of 73 to lead by one shot over defending champion Dave Oates of Canton.

Fred Miller and Ty Kovach sit tied for third place with a score of 75, while Jim Cea finished alone in fifth place at 76 after a roller-coaster round of 32-44. [Read more →]

As the rest of the field found Lake Forest Country Club’s tight fairways and fast greens extremely challenging, Vaughn Snyder had no problem: he was 7-under par as he teed off at the par-5 17th, and even a double-bogey 7 there couldn’t ruin his day. He parred the last hole and finished with a 5-under 67, beating runner-up David Ludlow by 8 shots. [Read more →]

Eddie Neer wasted no time making birdies, pin shots and skins on Thursday night at the Quail Hollow Devlin Course to extend his lead to over $500 in the race for the 2010 Thompson Cup.

Neer birdied the par-4 10th hole to capture the first skin of the night. He then stuck it close on the following hole, the short par-3 11th, to earn the pin shot there, making his haul for the evening $178.20. [Read more →]

In response to the stories posted yesterday related to The Medalist Tour court case and the Coshocton Hospital Pro-Am, professional golfer Scott Holmes of Blacklick sent the following emails to Northeast Ohio Golf today: [Read more →]

Scott Holmes of Blacklick was awarded $800 as the first place prize due to him from The Medalist Tour LLC by a magistrate in Canton Municipal Court today, after the magistrate surprisingly cited the Dustin Johnson episode at last weekend’s PGA Championship as one reason for the decision. [Read more →]

PGA Professional Doug Davis of River Greens Golf Club in Coshocton provided the following response by email when asked by Northeast Ohio Golf about rumors of cheating brought up by a number of professionals at this year’s playing of the Coshocton Hospital’s Charity Pro-Am on August 6th: [Read more →]