Category — Cleveland MetroParks Golf

Results from Saturday’s first round from each of the Cleveland Metropark Golf Course Championships and Cleveland Amateur Championship Qualifiers. Scores are posted in conjunction with the Sunday, July 26th Groupings and Starting Times for each course.
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Groupings and starting times for this Saturday’s first rounds of the 2009 Course Championships / Cleveland Amateur Qualifying Tournaments. 276 players entered these 36-hole events, being played at four Cleveland Metroparks golf courses this weekend:   [Read more →]

Matt Timmons of Chagrin Falls played solid, steady golf in Saturday’s second round of the 2009 Greater Cleveland Senior Amateur Championship at Big Met GC. He birdied the holes the winner is expected to birdie, he limited his second round bogeys to just two, and he made the putts he needed to make to win the championship.

Timmons started the day three shots back at even par, but posted one of only two sub-par rounds on the day to cruise to an unlikely three shot victory.

At the turn in Saturday’s final round, the field was bunched with a number of players sitting at even and 1-under par. But while the other players in contention made mistakes or missed putts, Timmon’s finished strong with birdies on holes 13 and 17 (offsetting a bogey on the long par-3 12th) to post a second round score of 70. Timmons finished at 2-under par 142 for the event.

In the Age 60-70 Division, Tom Flanigan beat Joe Weidner in a playoff after finishing at 151, while Jim Rockow handily won the 70+ age bracket at 153.

The top five players and ties earned exemptions into the 2009 Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship at Sleepy Hollow GC in Brecksville in three weeks.

2009 Greater Cleveland Senior Amateur Golf Championship
Final Results, Big Met Golf Course, Fairview Park – July 17-18, 2009

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John Iosue grabbed the first round lead of the Cleveland Senior Amateur Championship at Big Met Golf Course in Fairview Park on Friday, posting a smooth 69 to lead by two shots over four players. The 36 hole event concludes tomorrow; below are groupings and starting times for Saturday, with scores from the first round at the right. [Read more →]

Entry blanks are due this coming Sunday, July 12th for the 2009 Senior Cleveland Amateur Championship and the Women’s Cleveland Amateur Championship.

The Senior Cleveland Am will be played Friday, July 17th and Saturday, July 18th at Big Met Golf Course in Fairview Park. Players 50 years of age and up are eligible. Entry blank and details here.

The Women’s Cleveland Am will also be played July 17-18 at Manakiki Golf Course in Willoughby Hills. Entry blank and details here.

Looking to play in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship? Time to get your entry blank here.

The Cleveland Am is one of the premier events of the Northeast Ohio golf season. This three-day 54-hole tournament will be played at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Brecksville this year, on August 7th – 9th.

Players who are exempt into the Championship (through the criterion outlined on the entry blank) can simply submit their entry blank as stated on the form.

Players who are not exempt must play their way in through one of the four qualifiers / course championships, held at Sleepy, Big Met, Manakiki and Shawnee Hills on July 25-26.

The Cleveland Am defending champion is Kyle Cobb; you can read about the 2008 event here.

Complete details for entry are listed on the form. Get your entry blank in today!

The team of Allen Freeman, Ryan Stefanski, Drew Thompson and Glyn Price posted a two shot victory at the Sleepy Hollow 4-Man Scramble Saturday, part of the Spring Tour from Cleveland Metroparks Golf.

Their 14-under par score was good for a 2-shot win over three teams at 12-under, in the 20 team event. Scores from teams that won prizes:

Allen Freeman, Ryan Stefanski, Glyn Price, Drew Thompson 57
Jeff Meagrow, Jeff Klominek, Matt Glovna, Brian Thompson 59
Kyle Krumlauf, Mark Bishop, Jason Bishop, Bob Jacob 59
Greg Sowa, Tim Boardman, Elio Fontana, Kevin Fenton 59
Mike Kracker, Dennis Heckathorn, Bob Ferencz, Bob Street 60

Final Results, 2-Man Better Ball / Scramble
Big Met Golf Course, Fairview Park
Saturday, May 16, 2009

Mark Hubert / Kevin Hagen  65
AJ Borisa / Joe Battaglia  66
Mike Kracker / Dennis Heckathorn  66
Chuck Morrow / Ian Marek  68
Chris Kuhrt / David DiGirolamo  68
Lisa Kocin / Aaron Osysko  69
Dave Engler / Doug Hubert  70
John Kocin / Alex Kocin  70
Ray Durban / Louis Durban  70

Cleveland Metroparks Golf Spring Two Player Scramble
Manankiki Golf Course, Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mike Kracker – Dennis Heckathorn  66
Scott Heran – Michael Mintz  66
Paul Prince – John Prince   67
Jack Elber – Mark Borlin   68
(scorecard playoff breaks ties)

Closest to pin #5: Bill Randorf
Closest to pin #7: Paul Prince
Closest to pin #11: Paul Prince

33 teams competed in the 2008 edition of the Bill Barbour Cup, a 27-hole “jumble” format event played at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Brecksville on October 11th.

Final results from the top finishers:

Jim Smith & Tim Hahn -7
Chris Abbey & Greg Kenscon -7
Mike Kracker & Dennis Heckathorn -6
Scott Saari & K.C. Saari -3
Steve Blackburn & Mark Foss -3
Derek Duda & Brad Steven -1
Doug Savage & Brad Shuff E
Michael Mintz & Scott Heran  E
Greg Sowa & Tom Boardman E

The Cleveland Metroparks hosts a series of scratch amateur golf tournaments every fall at four of its golf courses, always featuring a series of team formats. Below are the Fall Tour 2008 events, with entry deadlines and links to each tournament’s entry blank:

2-Player Scramble, Big Met GC, Fairview Park
Saturday, September 6
Entry Deadline: Sunday, August 31; Entry blank here

2-Player Scramble / Better Ball, Shawnee Hills GC, Bedford Heights
Saturday, September 20
Entry Deadline: Sunday, September 14; Entry blank here

Barbour Cup 27-Hole Jumble, Sleepy Hollow GC, Brecksville
Saturday, October 11
Entry Deadline: Sunday, October 5; Entry blank here

3-Player Scramble, Manakiki GC, Willoughby Hills
Saturday, October 18
Entry Deadline: Sunday, October 12; Entry blank here

The entry fees for each event are very affordable, and players compete for gift certificates for pro shop merchandise as a part of that entry.

–Allen Freeman

For 71 holes, David Griffith of Broadview Heights played the steadiest of every competitor in the 2008 Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship field. But on the 72nd hole, one swing opened the door to three other players, and Kyle Cobb of Strongsville took advantage.

Griffith came to the final hole at Manakiki at 1-under par for the tournament and two shots in the lead after playing solid golf on a chilly, windy and occasionally wet day. But Griffith pulled his tee shot into the trees along the left of the 18th fairway and lost his ball in the ground cover. He had to return to the tee and suffered a double-bogey at the last, finishing the tournament at 1-over par 217.

2008 Sleepy Hollow course champion Nick Latimer from Kent, playing along side Griffith in the final group, launched his tee shot high and to the right into the trees, and it appeared he suffered the same fate as Griffith. But a marshal spotted his ball high up on the hill, and Latimer slashed it out of the scrub, across the cart path and into the fairway, inside 100 yards. From there he hit a great wedge shot to 3 feet and made the putt for an improbable par, to finish at 217 as well.

In the groups ahead, Cobb and two-time Cleveland Am champ Brad Steven of Concord tied for the low round of the day, each shooting 2-under par 70. Both players made the turn at 1-over par 37 for the front nine, but then both started a run.

Steven made birdie at the difficult tenth hole, then made eagle at the par-5 12th. Cobb, a junior-to-be at Cleveland State, birdied both of the back-to-back par fives at 12 and 13, then had the break of the tournament: a birdie at the par-3 15th from a tee shot that flew well into the wooded hillside left of the green, bounced out, and rolled to just a few inches for a tap-in. Both Steven and Cobb shot 3-under par 33 on the final nine, and a 217 total.

As the four-man playoff started, it began to rain and quickly turned into a downpour. All four players hit their tee shots to the 10th fairway in a deluge. Griffith and Steven went left behind a mound that blocks the green, while Latimer and Cobb found the right rough, but with an open shot. Then play was suspended due to lightning.

After an hour delay, the foursome returned to the 10th fairway, where Griffith and Steven laid up to just outside of 100 yards. Latimer hit his second in the right fringe just above the hole, then Cobb hit a solid shot to the center of the green, about 15 feet left of the hole and straight up the hill.

After misses by the other players, Cobb center-cut his birdie putt and made a small fist pump to claim the 2008 Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship.

A special congratulations to Tom Kochensparger and Mike Raby for conducting a great tournament, and to the Manakiki golf course maintenance staff for the incredible conditioning. The greens were the talk of the players, as they were smooth, rolled close to 11 on the stimp and were in “country club condition”.

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2008 GREATER CLEVELAND AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL RESULTS, AUGUST 8 – 10
Manakiki Golf Course, Willoughby Hills, Ohio
6,625 Yards, Par 72

– Allen Freeman