After announcing in December that the Ohio Golf Tour was being merged in, the newly named director of the Golf Channel Amateur Tour for the Cleveland region provides details about that event series and its 2011 Northeast Ohio tournament schedule. [Read more →]

Golf Connect, the national organization behind a series of regional amateur golf tours including the locally run Ohio Golf Tour, has announced that they are merging with the Golf Channel Am Tour for the upcoming 2011 season. [Read more →]

Talk about pent up demand! Tournament golfers in Northeast Ohio can’t wait to get back into competition after a long, cold winter. And while one early season scramble is already a full-field affair with a waiting list, there are still plenty of options for playing tournament golf in April in Northeast Ohio: [Read more →]

Thank you to everyone who played last year! We are less than seven weeks away from our first event.  Most of the snow will be melting this week, so this will give everyone the opportunity to start thinking more and more about golf. [Read more →]

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

On tap this weekend in Northeast Ohio Golf:

- The Stark County Amateur Golf Association will hold a 2-player scramble at Chippewa Golf Course in Doylestown this Saturday, August 15th. To register, visit the SCAGA website or call 330-696-1986;

- The Cleveland Golf Galaxy Tour plays at Greyhawk GC in LaGrange on Saturday;

- The Akron District Golf Association will host its final event of the regular season this Sunday, August 16, at the 3-Man Shamble at Lake Forest Country Club in Hudson. The shamble format: select the best shot off the tee, move all balls to that spot, then play individual stroke play from there. Add all three scores together for the team score. To register, visit the ADGA website or call (440) 848-8364;

- The Championship Golf Association plays an invitation-only event at Stonewater GC on Sunday.

Watch for results from all of these events on Northeast Ohio Golf!

If you want to try a different set of events this year, give the Cleveland version of the Golf Galaxy Tour a shot.

Yes, they pay gift certificate prizes to Golf Galaxy, and yes, the fields may not be quite as deep and competitive as some. But the roster of courses is top-notch, the events are well-run, and the costs to play are pretty reasonable.

In fact, you can save even more money: get another $10 off on those already reasonable entry fees by using the promo code NEOHGOLF every time you register online for an event! [Read more →]

Northeast Ohio golfers looking for another competitive event option should check out the tournaments of the Golf Galaxy Tour.

The events are a series of 2-player scrambles and better balls contested over the better public courses of greater Cleveland and Akron.

All of the prize payouts are made in Golf Galaxy gift certificates, but with an interesting twist: teams that win any event using the new Callaway iTour golf ball earn an additional $500 for the team in gift certificates as a bonus. So the return to the winning team is worthwhile if you play the bonus ball (but, candidly, not so much if you don’t, or don’t win).

Entry fees per player are listed below, which includes the green fees and carts. Players who choose to become “members” get the discounted VIP entry fee listed in parenthesis, but membership is not required. There are other optional games and prize levels that are too detailed to explain here; check the Golf Galaxy Tour website for details.

SAVE SOME MONEY WHEN YOU PLAY: enter the coupon code NEOHGOLF during any online registration and save $10 off the tournament entry fee or VIP Membership. Click here to learn more about any of these events. 

2008 GREATER CLEVELAND GOLF GALAXY TOUR SCHEDULE
- Saturday, June 7: Little Mountain CC, Concord, OH. 1:00 PM
$93 ($83 for VIPs) Best Ball Format.
- Saturday, June 21: Fowler’s Mill GC, Chesterland, OH. 1:30 PM
$89 ($79 for VIPs) Best Ball Format.
- Saturday, July 26: Greyhawk GC,  Lagrange, OH. 11:00 AM
$81 entry fee ($71 for VIPs) Best Ball Format.
- Saturday, August 9: Windmill Lakes GC, Ravenna, OH.  11:00 AM
$84 entry fee ($74 for VIPs) Best Ball Format.
- Saturday, August 23: Blue Heron GC, Medina, OH. 11:00 AM
$97 entry fee ($87 for VIPs) Scramble Format.
- Saturday, September 6: The Quarry GC, Canton, OH. 12:00 PM
$86 entry fee ($76 for VIPs) Best Ball Format.

All of these events are now posted to the NEOHgolf.com Tournament Calendar.

Click here to visit the Golf Galaxy Tour website to learn more about or enter any of these events.

–Allen Freeman