Category — Greater Cleveland Skins Game

Brian Perkins made his first visit of the year to the Greater Cleveland Skins Game a very enjoyable night at Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison. Perkins, of Hamden Township in Geauga County, birdied three holes that all held up for skins worth $69 each, good for a $207 night. Perkins birdied the par-4 11th hole, the par-4 12th hole, and the par-5 16th hole, all for skin winners. [Read more →]

Thunder crackled around the Wicked Woods Golf Course in Newbury on Thursday, but the rains held off.

Good thing for Mark Julius of Painesville Township.

Celebrating his birthday, Julius used a little luck to make a big climb to the top of the 2010 Greater Cleveland Skins Game leaderboard — and he did it all in just one hole. [Read more →]

On a beautiful night at Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison this Thursday, three skins were won in the 20-man field, making each skin worth $153.33.

Ron Carimi of Geneva made a birdie on the long par-4 first hole, cashing for the first time ever in the Greater Cleveland Skins Game. [Read more →]

Eddie Neer closed the gap on Tom Evans and the top of the 2010 leaderboard Thursday night by taking home yet another skin, this time with a birdie on the winding signature 8th hole at Tanglewood Golf Club.

But Neer is still almost $300 shy of the man on top. [Read more →]

Tom Evans wasted no time extending his season-long lead on the field Thursday night on the River Course at Fowlers Mill, as he made a $138 birdie putt from over 50-feet on the first hole of the evening, the 10th!

Evans also captured the pin shot on the 17th hole worth another $84 to his total, so he is playing — and winning — at a record-setting pace in his chase for his second Thompson Cup! [Read more →]

26 players teed it up Thursday on a beautiful sunny afternoon at Thunder Hill Golf Club in Madison, and five players ended up taking home skins.

Eddie Neer started the day by nearly holing out on the very first hole, making the birdie that held for an early skin. [Read more →]

Tom Evans, a postal carrier from Perry and the 2003 Greater Cleveland Skins Game Champion, delivered more than the mail on Thursday. Evans rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the difficult par-3 eighth hole at Powderhorn Golf Course to capture the only skin on the night — one that turned out to be the largest skin in the 20 year history of the game! [Read more →]

The Greater Cleveland Skins Game kicked off its 20th season on Thursday at Fowlers Mill Golf Course.

The race for the Thompson Cup began with 24 players competing under cold but sunny conditions, with firm greens.

It was  a fun way to start. [Read more →]

The Greater Cleveland Skins Game will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2010, and opens its season on Thursday, April 22nd at Fowlers Mill Golf Course in Chesterland.

In just a few weeks, defending champion Steve Blackburn Jr. of Willowick will hit the customary first tee shot of the season at 5 p.m. [Read more →]

The year 2010 marks the 20th season for the Greater Cleveland Skins Game! The game originated in 1990 at Faiway Pines Golf Course and continues today over a number of fine golf courses in Northeast Ohio.

We have a great schedule that will be announced soon. Amateur players will be able to take advantage of the special green fee rates that many of these courses are providing to our players.

And we have something new for 2010, too. [Read more →]

Steve Blackburn Jr. of Willowick made it two years in a row, as he won The Greater Cleveland Skins Game Championship on a cold rainy night Thursday at Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison.

Paired together for the final round, Blackburn Jr. was in a tight race with Mike Angie, who was on top of the leaderboard for most of the year. But with a birdie skin at the short par four 13th hole ($153.33) and the pin shot on the 14th ($70), Blackburn pulled away for the season-long win, as Angie was shut out on the final night.

Blackburn Jr. set a new Greater Cleveland Skins Game money record with $1,622.32 for the 26 week season, while Angie finished a fine year with a hefty $1,331.58. Third place was nearly $600 behind that.  [Read more →]

With just one week to go, The Greater Cleveland Skins Game has a new — but familiar — name atop the leaderboard.

Steve Blackburn Jr. captured two skins and a pin shot on Thursday at Stonewater Golf Club to grab the season-long lead away from Mike Angie in their back-and-forth race. [Read more →]