The Lake Erie Golf Tour, a professional mini-tour tournament series with a separate amateur division, plays its first event of the 2012 season this Friday at Ohio Prestwick Country Club in Uniontown. Players interested in competing in that event (or the rest of the series) should review the Lake Erie Golf Tour website.

Chris Marino

The LEGT will still feature same-day payouts, with 30% of the field paid out in pro and am divisions, and a big skins game. But a few things will be different, too. [Read more →]

To help Matt Heestand get the $5,000 hole-in-one prize he earned with an ace in the Lake Erie Golf Tour’s Tam-O-Shanter event, Northeast Ohio Golf contacted the insurance company that LEGT listed on their website as their sponsor, the National Hole-In-One Association.

Brad Henderson, the Advertising Manager for the National Hole-In-One Association, responded to NEOHgolf.com’s request for additional information about the LEGT’s unpaid prize to Heestand. [Read more →]

On June 30th, Matt Heestand of Parma made a hole-in-one in the Amateur Division at the Lake Erie Golf Tour event at Tam-O-Shanter Golf Club in Canton.

That ace was supposed to net Heestand a cool $5,000 prize through a season-long sponsorship deal with the National Hole In One Association, payable for any hole-in-one made by any player all season long, according to the LEGT website.

But almost three months after the hole-in-one that Canton event, Heestand has yet to receive his $5,000 payment. [Read more →]

Blake Sattler of New Philadelphia, Ohio won the Lake Erie Golf Tour’s final event of the 2011 season, the Tour Championship at The Elms Country Club in Massillon on Thursday.

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Tim Ailes of Lewis Center, OH won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament at the Signature of Solon on Thursday. [Read more →]

Lake Erie Golf Tour Director Chris Marino announced today that his Tour Championship, the final tournament of the 2011 season, will be played on Thursday, September 22nd at The Elms Country Club in Massillon. Courtesy of some sponsorships, the LEGT will guarantee the minimum payouts for first place at the Tour Championship: $1,000 in the Pro Division and $500 in the Amateur Division. Entry details here. Two other LEGT events remain in September before the Championship; see the Tournament Calendar.

With a solid performance in regulation turning into a playoff victory against a veteran professional, Steve Weir of Berea earned the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament at Pine Hills in Hinckley on Thursday.

Weir picked up his second victory of the year, the first also coming at Pine Hills early in the season.

Scoring conditions were optimum on Thursday, as a handful of players finished under par. Weir, along with Eric Frishette of Columbus, lit it up as both players posted scores of 7-under par 65. [Read more →]

Lake Erie Golf Tour Executive Director Chris Marino is guaranteeing a first place Professional Division prize of at least $1,000 for the tournament next Thursday at Pine Hills Golf Club in Hinckley — regardless of the number of pro entries. Pro entry fees are $150 for Members (those who paid $100 for the season) and $175 for non-members. Should be interesting to see if his guarantee increases entry numbers, which have averaged just 10 pros per event in the last six weeks…

Vaughn Snyder of Massillon, Ohio won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament at Chippewa Golf Club today, his second LEGT victory of the season.

In tough course conditions and with even tougher pin placements, Snyder fought his way to a 1-under par score of 70 to win by one stroke over Steve Lee of Columbus. [Read more →]

Nick Latimer of Brooklyn, OH won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament played at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Brecksville on Thursday.

Latimer birdied the first three holes and never looked back, posting a 4-under par score of 67 to cruise to a three shot victory over Steve Lee of Columbus. [Read more →]

Vaughn Snyder of Massilon, OH won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament played at Good Park Golf Course in Akron Thursday.

In wet, sloppy, conditions, Snyder fired an impressive -3 (67) to win by two shots over Steve Lee of Columbus -1 (69) and Louis Lapos of Sheffield -1 (69). [Read more →]

Posted July 5th to the Lake Erie Golf Tour website regarding the tournament scheduled for today at Hawthorne Valley Golf Club:

“Due to the loss of a loved one, the Lake Erie Golf Tour has canceled the Hawthorne Valley tournament. Normal tournament play will resume after the mid-season break on Thursday, July 28th at Good Park.”

Ryan Stefanski of Brecksville, OH won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament played at Tam O’ Shanter Golf Course in Canton today.

Stefanski turned at 2-under par then finished strong, making birdies on three of his last four holes to finish at 4-under par 66, good for a three shot victory over Vaughn Snyder and Blake Sattler.

But the big story of the day took place in the Amateur Division, as Matt Heestand of Parma played flawlessly as well — also firing a 4-under par 66 and also winning by three shots — but his round included a HOLE-IN-ONE on the par-3 14th hole!

The Lake Erie Golf Tour has a season-long sponsorship deal with the National Hole In One Association, so Heestand’s ace earns him a cool $5,000 cash prize! [Read more →]

Tim Ailes of Lewis Center, OH picked up his second victory of the season on the Lake Erie Golf Tour, winning the event played Thursday at Aurora Golf Club.

Ailes made seven birdies on the day — including the first four holes on the back nine — on his way to a 5-under par score of 66 and a two stroke win over runner-up Steve Lee. [Read more →]

Ryan Gutowski of Fairlawn, Ohio won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament at Chippewa Golf Club on Thursday, posting a strong 6-under par score of 65 to win by three shots.

Gutowski finished his round strongly, making birdies on three of the last four holes to beat last week’s LEGT event winner Tim Ailes. [Read more →]