Someone near the top of the standings needed to put together a really big final night to overtake the lead Jim Cea had built up for the season in the 2011 Chippewa Scratch League.

Let’s see: a team victory and three skins from a carry-over pot at Rosemont; yup, that qualifies as a really big final night… [Read more →]

The plans were laid for a great night of golf, a carry-over skins pot, and the season’s final steak night. But Mother Nature raised the one finger salute instead.

The Chippewa Scratch League has been CANCELED once again for tonight, Monday, October 3rd due to wet conditions. Hopefully next week…

For the second week in a row, Monday’s playing of the Chippewa Scratch League was a washout before it started. Heavy rains hit the Doylestown golf course at 3 p.m. making conditions unplayable. So the previous carry-over skins pot (now going on three weeks old!) will be in play again next Monday — Mother Nature permitting, of course…

Because of the poor weather, the Chippewa Scratch League has been canceled for tonight, Monday, September 19th.

League play will resume again next week Monday — with a big CARRY-OVER SKINS POT in play!

Mike Kracker and Dr. Jeff Mallette posted a solid 6-under par 30 in the scramble format on the back nine at Chippewa on Monday to jump up to seventh and eleventh respectively on the 2011 Monday Night League Standings.

And since no skins were won on the evening, the skins money carries over to next week — making for an interesting September finish to the 2011 race. [Read more →]

Thanks to some great play, some solid help from partner Dave Pulk, and perhaps some senior tee locations that were a bit more generous at Rosemont than they should have been (controversy!), Jim Cea takes the first big lead in the 2011 Chippewa League Standings.

But the red-hot duo of Mike Simpson and Jim Krivanek are right on Cea’s heels. [Read more →]

Except for a few slight changes, the hole locations were left in the ‘Championship’ locations for Monday’s back-nine scramble in the Chippewa Scratch League.

Sure, a couple of them were eased slightly and the tees at 18 were moved up to their normal tee box, but the greens were still very firm and fast, and much of the setup still had putts falling away to nowhere.

But that didn’t stop the Mike Simpson / Jim Krivanek train. [Read more →]

Just off the front of the first green with a solid tee shot, Chris Okeson had a short little chip from the left grass bunker. He hit it just a tiny bit skinny and it took off hot. No worries: the ball hit the middle of the flagstick, scooted up in the air, dropped down by the edge of the hole, then fell in for eagle-2. And with that bit of good fortune, Okeson and partner Rob Schustrich were off to the races. [Read more →]

It rained a bundle last night and this morning, but Chippewa Golf Course is letting carts out and tonight’s Monday Scratch League is to be played as scheduled…

Jim Cea put his name at the top of the 2011 Chippewa Scratch League Standings this week.

Partnering with Ron Bell on Monday, the pair posted a 4-under par score of 32 on the back nine in the better ball format to nip Tom Markham and Dave Trier by a single shot. [Read more →]

Dave Oates holed out his second shot on the par-4 ninth hole to push him and teammate Sam Spino to 6-under par 29 in the Chippewa Scratch League’s front nine scramble on Monday.

And it still wasn’t good enough for the outright win. [Read more →]

In the always challenging aggregate team score format (combined scores from both players), Rick Bryson and partner Ryan Maxwell put together a solid 3-under par score of 69 on the back nine at Chippewa to nip Jim Cea and Dave Pulk by a single shot.
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Some nasty lightning bolts and a heavy rain storm washed out the Chippewa Scratch League today, Monday, July 11th. Watch Northeast Ohio Golf for details on next week’s location (Chippy vs. Rosemont) and format. Sidenote: the gift certificate portion of the 2011 League Standings has been added, bringing those totals up-to-date…

Rick Bryson and Ryan Maxwell edged out a pack of five teams on Monday at the Chippewa Scratch League, posting a strong 6-under par 29 in the scramble format on the front nine to earn their first win of the 2011 season.

Five teams made it to 5-under par to earn a tie for second place, including the team of Mike Armour and Jason Chadima who scored victory last week. [Read more →]

Mike Armour and Jason Chadima were the big winners in the Scratch League on Monday at Chippewa. The pair grabbed a tie for first place in the combined aggregate score format on the front nine, and also took home the one and only skin on the evening. [Read more →]

Rob Schustrich rolled in three bombs of at least 25 feet each as he and partner Chris Okeson posted a strong 5-under par better ball score of 30 on the front nine at Chippewa Monday.

Their combined solid play was good for a one shot victory over two teams. [Read more →]