Jon was a great guy, fun to be around, happy-go-lucky and never an angry word. He was also a heck of a player. It’s tough to lose someone like that from our group and our lives.

Jon was born Aug. 23, 1964 in Medina, the son of Harry and Ann (Barrett) Brown, and he married Susan Seiberling in 1989. She survives.

He was a 1983 graduate of Cloverleaf High School and was a driver for Turn-To Transport in Cleveland. He had previously driven as an independent mover.

Surviving are his wife, Susan, a son, Joshua Brown of Creston; two brothers and three sisters, Barb (Tom) Lowery of Sunriver, Ore., Terry (Sandy) Brown of Georgetown, Texas, Dawn (Steve) Daniel of Kennesaw, Ga., Harry Brown of Winter Park, Fla. and Lila Brown of Portland, Ore. and nieces and nephews and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Tee, 2000 S. Hawkins Ave., Akron, Ohio 44314 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691.

Is PGA Tour Player Kyle Stanley the long lost twin brother of Northeast Ohio am Ross Beal?

Watching Torrey Pines this past weekend, all I could think was that Kyle Stanley and Uniontown’s Ross Beal were twins separated at birth. Then CBS announcer Gary McCord said Stanley is 5′ 11″ tall, ending any potential DNA link to the 6’3″ Beal…

As a welcome to all, every ad posting is FREE until April 15th! So test out the Northeast Ohio Golf Classified Ads today and see if you can’t clean out your club bin or find a buyer for what you’re selling! Give it a try; learn more here…

A longtime competitive local amateur, a frequent NOGA player, and a member at Canterbury Golf Club, Barragate sees the opportunity to mix his love of tournament golf with the opportunity to help grow the financial situations of the people he’s met in the game.

“I’ve played golf with all kinds of great guys over the years,” said Barragate. “Competitive golfers don’t talk too much business on the course, but we certainly get a sense of the type of people each of us are. Some of those friendly relationships can take on a business dimension if there is a match and if they are explored. I look to Northeast Ohio Golf as a great way to jumpstart those kinds of conversations.”

Bryan qualified for the USGA’s U.S. Mid-Am played in 2007 at Bandon Dunes GC in Oregon. He played collegiately at Eckerd College, and twice has been runner-up in the Canterbury club championship in addition to playing in and winning other local events.

The Ameriprise Financial ads will run across the Northeast Ohio Golf website and in the email newsletter throughout the 2012 season. If you have investments that might not be performing as well as you might like, click on any one of those ads, review Bryan’s website, and give him a call.

And if you’re attending the Greater Cleveland Golf Show this winter, look him up; he will have a booth there and will be offering some great incentives – including a round at Canterbury!

Also, some brand new sponsors have already joined with NEOHgolf.com for the 2012 season, and they will be announced shortly. (Want to join that list of 2012 sponsors? Learn more here!)

Brian Unk of Lewis Center came the closest, missing the finals by a single shot. Results for each player below:

Nov 15 – Nov 18, 2011
Southern Hills Plantation Club, Brooksville, FL
John Hahn
 

Nov 16 – Nov 19, 2011
Hombre Golf Club Bad/Ugly, Panama City Bch, FL
Ryan Armour
Brian Unk
 

Nov 16 – Nov 19, 2011
Bear Creek Golf Club, Murrieta, CA
Bob Sowards
 

Nov 16 – Nov 19, 2011
Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club, Plantation, FL
Vaughn Snyder

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL!

To the tournament players of Northeast Ohio, to the ‘executive directors’ of the golf events run throughout the area, and to the readers of this website who don’t play at a competitive level but simply want to keep up with tournament golf in Greater Cleveland — thanks once again for sharing another great golf season right here on NEOHgolf.com.

In what I consider God’s unfounded benevolence towards me, I’m lucky to be off to Florida to get out of winter’s cold with my lovely girls. But in the coming weeks, you’ll see a recap story punctuating the highlights of the 2011 golf season, plus the occasional article / note / opinion piece about golf in the region — and worldwide, too, if something unique and really interesting pops up. (And if you want to submit an article relevant to golf in Northeast Ohio for publication, send it on over — I’ll certainly consider it!)

So check back every couple of weeks to get your fix while the snow is flying. We’ll get you through the off-season until Spring 2012…

1st – Mike Stone/Dave Horn 61 (-11) $1,200
2nd – Mike Angie/Mark Foss 64 (-8) $700
T3rd – Mike Bognar/Matt Heestand 65 (-7) $350
T3rd – Jake Scott/Derek Duda 65 (-7) $350
5th – Dwayne Randall/Brian Perkins 66 (-6)
T6th – John Jasin/Joe Jasin 67 (-5)
T6th – Vaughn Snyder/Dave Oates 67 (-5)
 

Skins:
#5 eagle 3 – Vaughn Snyder/Dave Oates $200
#18 birdie 3 – Sean Ross/Matt Adams $200

20 teams total in the field.

Snyder/Shahan/Brandt -12 $295
Blackburn Jr/Kish/Robertson -12 $295
Perkins/Randall/Coben -12 $295
Lemieux/Brandt/Adams -7
Angie/Pentek/Blackburn Sr -5
Blaze/Wagner/Oman -5
Polivka/Polivka/Richey -5
Biscardi/Andrews/McClure -1
Cupp/Miller/Argo +1
 

SKINS:
Snyder/Shahan/Brandt #5(birdie) $540

Pinshot #16:
Cupp/Miller/Argo $135

In chilly and wet conditions, Duda and partner Andrew Bailey shot an 11-under par score of 61 to win by two shots over last year’s Fall 2-Man champions, Brian Smith and Norton Brick.

Coming into the Big Met 2-Man, Duda won the 27-hole Bill Barbour Cup at Sleepy Hollow with Doug Barbour as his partner. He then won the 3-Player Scramble at Manakiki while playing with Frank Livak and David Stover. Derek then picked up current Big Met course champion and course-record holder Andrew Bailey as his partner after the event’s cancellation in early October and stormed to a two shot victory and the “elusive triple crown”.

It is believed that this is the first time that one player has had a part in winning all three Fall Tour tournaments.

Derek has already begun lobbying for a new exemption category for the 2012 Greater Cleveland Amateur. Big Met pro Mike Raby commented, “We don’t give exemptions for winning team events, but this may get some consideration.”
 

FINAL RESULTS:
2011 Big Met 2-Man Fall Tour Scramble
Big Met Golf Course – Par 72
Fairview Park, OH
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
 

22 Teams total entered in the event field.