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 →]

The stakes were doubled on Thursday at Aurora Country Club, and veteran Carl “Unk” Quercioli stole the show!

It was Double-Down Night (a doubled $60 entry fee) and Quercioli made the most of it: a birdie skin on the par four 18th hole, and a pin shot to 7 feet on the 17th hole. [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…

The birdies were flying on the back nine of the Devlin Course at Quail Hollow Country Club on Thursday in Week 17 of the Greater Cleveland Skins Game.

Many of the holes were tied out with birdies, allowing two players to split the skins pot on the night. [Read more →]

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 →]

After a week of heavy downpours, wet and soggy were the conditions at Punderson State Park Golf Course in Newbury on Thursday.

And because of the soup the birdies were few and far between: only four of the nine holes were birdied by any player on the evening. [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 →]

The first ever trip by the Greater Cleveland Skins Game to Sugarbush Golf Club was a soupy one.

The skies opened up once again just prior to the start of the event, with a deluge that flooded the greens and fairways.

But eleven players waited out the storm, and that patience paid off for three. [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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“Hot and breezy” best describes the conditions at Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison at the Greater Cleveland Skins Game on Thursday night.

And “hot and breezy” can also describe the way Mike Angie played on Thursday as well.

Angie opened his round with a birdie on the long par four 10th hole to and take the first skin of the night.

Angie then took home the pin shot on the 14th hole, worth $51.

Finally, Angie added another birdie skin on the par-5 16th hole. Hot and breezy… [Read more →]

The Executive Directors of the Akron District Golf Association and the Chippewa Scratch League paired up to put a beating on the field at the Chippewa Scratch League on Monday.

Oh yeah, and two guys won a thousand dollar skin on Monday, too. [Read more →]

21 players turned the Quail Hollow Country Club’s Weiskopf-Morrish course into a birdie-fest on Thursday evening at the Greater Cleveland Skins Game.

But two big stories emerged: Dave Sotka added to his 2011 lead in the race for the Thompson Cup, and first-time player Brian Smith of Amherst came away the big winner on the evening. [Read more →]

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…

It’s turning into a two-man tussle, back and forth.

Dan Predovic of Berea made yet another move to regain the top spot he held for several weeks on the 2011 Greater Cleveland Skins Game Leaderboard. Thursday at Fowlers Mill, Predovic grabbed both pin shots and sank a 20-foot putt for a birdie skin on the 180-yard par three 7th hole to win a skin. [Read more →]

The top five players on the 2011 Greater Cleveland Skins Game Leaderboard at the completion of play on July 14th (Event #13 at Quail Hollow) will gain exemption into the 54-hole finale of the 2011 Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Brecksville, Ohio August 12-14. [Read more →]