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A Better Golf Swing for Just $257,000 per Hour

by Allen Freeman  |  September 26, 2011   No Comments

From Golfweek.com: Hank Haney has been sued in U.S. District Court by a Pennsylvania woman and her son for consumer fraud. [Read more →]

 

Lake Erie Golf Tour’s $5,000 Hole-in-One Prize Still Not Paid After Three Months

by Allen Freeman  |  September 26, 2011   No Comments

Lake Erie Golf TourOn 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.

Matt HeestandThat 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 →]

 

PD Previews 2011 Shaw Cup

by Allen Freeman  |  September 21, 2011   No Comments

Plain Dealer golf writer Tim Rogers previews this weekend’s Shaw Cup here

 

2011 Greater Cleveland Skins Game: Week 22 Results

by John Niedzialek  |  September 15, 2011   No Comments

Greater Cleveland Skins GameWicked Woods in Newbury was the venue for the 22nd week of the 2011 Greater Cleveland Skins Game.

And on the first chilly, fall-feeling Thursday evening of this year, five skins were spread around — two of which were grabbed by a player who had not earned a skin in the previous 21 events on the season.
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The Fairways at Twin Lakes Sports a New Look and a Full Slate of Fall Tournaments and Clubhouse Events

by Sponsor Message  |  September 6, 2011   No Comments

The Clubhouse at The Fairways at Twin Lakes

The Clubhouse at The Fairways at Twin Lakes and one of the newly renovated bunkers.

The Fairways at Twin Lakes, Kent Ohio Golf CourseThe Fairways at Twin Lakes is ‘new and improved’ and invites all golfers in Northeast Ohio to come out and experience the changes! To get players to visit The Fairways at Twin Lakes, the course is offering some great fall rates starting September 1st: only $10 for nine holes with a cart or $20 for 18 with a cart!

More interested in tournament action? Try out our series of cash scrambles and big skins games at Twin Lakes in September and October… [Read more →]

 

Open Cash Skins Game at Chippy on Labor Day

by Allen Freeman  |  September 3, 2011   No Comments

Mike Simpson will be running an open big cash skins game on Labor Day Monday at Chippewa Golf Club in Doylestown. [Read more →]

 

Akron Pro Brian Unk Wins Canadian Tour Event

by Allen Freeman  |  August 22, 2011   No Comments

Seaforth, Ontario – Akron professional Brian Unk, who won this year’s Tigertown Open in mid-July in Massillon, shot a final round 65 to claim his second Seaforth Country Classic title on the Canadian Tour yesterday. Unk finished the tournament at 20-under-par for a one shot victory. Full story here.

 

Bunker Hill Reschedules Washed Out 4-M Scramble

by Allen Freeman  |  August 18, 2011   No Comments

Bunker Hill GC MedinaBunker Hill Golf Course in Medina was to play their big 4-Man Cash Scramble last Sunday, and actually finished two holes before the skies opened and the rain poured down. So the event was a washout — but it’s been rescheduled. [Read more →]

 

Skirpstas Featured on PD Golf Page Q & A

by Allen Freeman  |  August 17, 2011   No Comments

Pete SkirpstasIf you don’t subscribe the Cleveland Plain Dealer, check out the online version of a well-crafted Golf Page Q & A between the PD’s Tim Rogers and recent Cleveland Am winner and Medina resident Pete Skirpstas. An article is well written when you can ‘hear’ the responses in the player’s own voice…

 

Plenty of Tournament Choices This Weekend

by Allen Freeman  |  August 8, 2011   No Comments

A trio of big golf events are coming up this weekend — some you can still enter (Summit Sr., Bunker Hill 4M), some the fields are set (CLE Am): [Read more →]

 

Eagle, Eagle, Eagle: Three in a Row at Ohio Am

by Allen Freeman  |  July 14, 2011   No Comments

Ohio Golf AssociationKyle Brossia of Findlay didn’t have the best round of the day, but he certainly had the three hole highlight of any golf career: three consecutive eagles in the third round of the 2011 Ohio Amateur Championship at NCR Country Club in Dayton. [Read more →]

 

Thunder Hill Golf Course Put Up For Sale

by Allen Freeman  |  July 1, 2011   1 Comment

Thunder Hill Golf Course in Madison, Ohio has been put up for sale. The Slagle family, who owns the property, has listed the golf course, clubhouse and outbuildings with a local real estate agent. Price tag: a whopping $5 million. [Read more →]

 

Northeast Ohio Golf Adds Local Newspaper Feeds

by Allen Freeman  |  June 17, 2011   No Comments

Northeast Ohio Golf has added golf news feeds from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Akron Beacon Journal to the site! Check the Golf News Feeds page for links to the most up-to-date golf news and feature stories from these two great newspapers, posted shortly after they are written. Continuing the mission of making NEOHgolf.com the go-to online resource for ALL your regional golf news…

 

Entry Deadlines, Big Events for June 2011

by Allen Freeman  |  June 8, 2011   No Comments

Time to get your entries in for these four big events upcoming on the Northeast Ohio Golf tournament calendar. [Read more →]

 

No More Excuses

by Allen Freeman  |  May 26, 2011   No Comments

 

Quiet 2011 Memorial Day Golf Weekend

by Allen Freeman  |  May 24, 2011   No Comments

The tournament schedule is light for the long 2011 Memorial Day weekend, but there are a couple of event and skins game options available for this coming Saturday and Monday. [Read more →]