Local players Matt Heestand of Cleveland and Saumil Jhaveri of Westlake made it through the Northeast Ohio qualifier for the United States Golf Association’s U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at the Country Club of Hudson today. The Mid-Am is for players age 25 and older. The Championship proper will be held at the Kiawah Island Club in Charleston, S.C. on October 3-8.

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Nick Latimer of Brooklyn posted rounds of 75-73=148 to tie for 61st place and participated in a playoff this morning to make it to the match play portion of the United States Amateur Golf Championship at Southern Hills. But he was not able to secure one of the four spots remaining in the match play field against the 27 players at 148.

Northeast Ohio players Trevor Bowman of Harpster scored 78-77=155, Mac McLaughlin of Shaker Heights shot 76-81=157 and Dan Metzendorf of Medina posted 81-85=166 to miss the cut.

Tom Castor of Ashland, Norton Brick of Elyria, and Bob Kain of Hunting Valley advanced from the local qualifier of the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, held today at the challenging Kirtland Country Club.

Castor was medalist with a solid 1-over par 72, and Brick settled for a 74 after starting with a front nine of 34. Kain advanced after a round of 75 (which included a hole-out for eagle on a par 4) by winning a 3-players-for-one-spot playoff.

Castor, Brick and Kain move on to the Beverly Country Club in Chicago to play Sept. 12-17 in the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship. Complete results from the Kirtland qualifier follow:    [Read more →]

Fresh off a record-setting victory in the Northeast Ohio Am, Nick Latimer of Brooklyn earned the medalist honors at the greater Cleveland area 36-hole qualifier for the United States Amateur Championship, posting a 2-under par total 142 that included a 4-under par 68 at Red Tail Golf Club in Avon.

Also qualifying was Dan Metzendorf of Strongsville with an even par score of 144 that included a second-round 69 at Avon Oaks. Joe Juszczyk of Dearborn Heights, MI grabbed the final qualifying spot by winning the first playoff hole in a four-player shoot-out after posting 1-over par 145.

The U.S. Amateur Championship will be played August 24 – 30 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OK. Complete results for all players in the qualifier follows… [Read more →]

Qualifiers for the 2009 U.S. Public Links Championship from the Windmill Lakes Golf Club qualifying event, Monday, June 15th:

KELLEN ERDMAN – ROCKY RIVER, OHIO     135
KENT MONAS – PERRY, OHIO     138

The championship is at the Jimmie Austin Golf Club in Norman, OK July 13-18.

With scores of 67-69=136, local amateur Vaughn Snyder of Massillon was one of four players who made it through the Dayton regional last Monday, and will play in the U.S. Open next week at Bethpage Black June 18-21 in Farmingdale, N.Y. Congratulations Vaughn!

Tom Bohardt of Concord Township and Richard Marlowe of Youngstown each posted 1-under par 70 at Acacia Country Club on Monday to qualify for the United States Senior Amateur Championship at Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas September 20 – 25.

Complete scores from the local U.S. Senior Amateur qualifier are here.

–Allen Freeman

Ben Cavey of Wadsworth and Daniel Metzendorf of Strongsville earned their way to the 2008 United States Mid-Amateur Championship by posting the low rounds of the day at the regional qualifier, a one-over par 73 at the challenging Lake Forest CC in Hudson today.

Four players followed with 74: Brian Sparrow of Chagrin Falls; David Brown of Pittsburgh; Eugene O’Byrne of Massillon; and Mark Telerico of Aurora. In a playoff for the remaining two spots, Sparrow and Brown earned their way into the championship field, and O’Byrne and Telerico are alternates.

The 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship will be held at Milwaukee Country Club in River Hills, Wisconsin on September 6 – 11.

Complete results for the Northeast Ohio qualifier field are here.

Four local guys beat back a slew of players from across the state — and several other states plus Canada, too — to earn spots in the United States Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Golf Club, August 18-24.

Ross Beal of Uniontown fired a sizzling 6-under par to take medalist honors for the 36 holes, which was split between Fowlers Mill GC and Legend Lake CC. Jeff Malette of Canton posted a solid 2-under par to finish second. Three players tied for third at even par, forcing a playoff for the final two spots, which was won by Mac McLaughlin of Shaker Heights and Zach Glassman of Highland Heights.

QUALIFIED FOR U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Ross Beal, Uniontown, OH   67 L – 70 F = 137
Jeff Mallette, North Canton, OH  75 L – 66 F = 141
Mac McLaughlin*, Shaker Heights, OH  72 F – 71 L = 143
Zach Glassman*, Highland Heights, OH  71 L – 72 F = 143
*-won playoff

1st & 2nd Alternates
Christopher Robertson, Rittman, OH  72 F – 71 L = 143
Daniel Grincewicz Westlake, OH  75 F – 69 L = 144

Congratulations guys, and good luck at Pinehurst! Complete results for all players are here.

Local pro Walt Robertson qualified yesterday to play in the 2008 U.S. Senior Open at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs on July 31 – August 3.

Robertson shot 3-under par 69 in the Michigan sectional qualifier to be one of only two players to earn a berth from that event.

David Ludlow of Burton was the medalist, and Craig Voorhees of Burton won a playoff for second place to earn the two spots available from the 2008 U.S. Public Links Championship sectional qualifier, held at Windmill Lakes GC in Ravenna. They will compete in the U.S. Publinx at Murphy Creek Golf Course in Aurora, CO July 14-19.

Justin Lower and Ron Coleman are alternates. Complete results follow:

Final results from the local U.S. Open Qualifier played at the Red Tail Golf Club in Avon on Tuesday, May 13:

–Allen Freeman

Interested in competing the national championships of the USGA? You need to make it through the local qualifiers to get there:

2008 USGA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING, NORTHEAST OHIO
 
U.S. Open Local Qualifying
Tuesday, May 13 – Red Tail GC
Entry Deadline: April 23

U.S. Public Links Qualifying
Monday, June 16 – Windmill Lakes GC
Entry Deadline: May 28

U.S. Amateur Qualifying
Thursday, July 31 – Legend Lake / Fowler’s Mill
Entry Deadline: Wednesday July 5

U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying
Monday, August 11 – Lake Forest CC
Entry Deadline: Wednesday July 16

U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying
Monday, August 25 – Acacia CC
Entry Deadline: Wednesday August 6

Entry information for these qualifiers can be found at the USGA entry forms website.

– Allen Freeman