To allow more teams the chance to enter for the year and get their season-long entry fee of $150 per man paid, Kevin Larizza bumped back the official start of the Monday Night Scratch League at Chippewa Golf Club in Doylestown to May 4th. (An unofficial skins game was held last night, the results of which do not count towards the season’s points list.)
Frischette and Team Win Yankee Run 5-Man Scramble; 3 Holes-in-One Made for Skins!
Under ideal playing conditions with April temperatures near 85 degrees, a field of 36 teams vied for a $10,000 purse with an added $960 in the skins game.
The team of Eric Frischette, Todd Cravens, Mike Doan, Kyle House, and Ken Cook shot an amazing 19 under par, a tournament record. They amassed 2 eagles, 15 birdies, and only one par for their winning score of 51.
In the skins game, there were an amazing seven skins out — and an even more incredible 3 holes-in-one on the day! In the many years of this event, there have been only a couple of hole-in-ones in that entire span of time; three in one day is a spectacular feat. Complete results below.
Leeds and Ailes Take SCAGA 2-Man at Zoar
The team of Jayson Leeds and Tim Ailes posted a sizzling 9-under par 63 to win by a shot in the opening event of the 2009 Stark County Amateur Golf Association.
Complete results from the SCAGA 2-Man Better Ball event held on Sunday, April 26th at the Zoar Village Golf Club, 6,585 yards, par 72:
AA Division
1st Leads/Ailes 63 $500.00
2nd Fruedeman/Blakeman 64 $225.00
2nd Jackson/Light 64 $225.00
4th Lenartowicz/Serra 65 $150.00
5th Team Schembechler 66 $ 75.00
5th Oates/Lambos 66 $ 75.00
Walt Robertson and Team Take Chippewa 6-Man
With some strong winds and the kinds of pins you would expect for a 6-Man scramble at Chippewa, some might say Mother Nature and the golf course won the first ever Chippewa 6-Man Scramble in Doylestown on Saturday. Certainly no team ran away with it or went deep on the scorecard.
Better said, the team of Walt Robertson, Randy Skorman, Ty Kovach, Chris Okeson, Ryan Stefanski and Allen Freeman outlasted the rest of the field to claim the top honor, posting a 16-under par 55 to win by a single shot, good for the $3,000 first prize.
Freeman Birdies a Fistful at Fowlers in 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins Game Kick-Off
Allen Freeman of Brecksville jumped out to the early lead in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins Game race for the Thompson Cup, posting five birdies in nine holes and netting two skins.
Freeman’s winning birdies came at the par-4 second and the par-5 eighth at Fowler’s Mill, while birdies at 3, 5 and 9 knocked out some potential skins.
Also jumping directly into the points race with skins were Joe Tasca of Concord with a solid birdie right out of the gate at the par-4 first hole, and Paul Kish of Painesville Township with a great birdie on the signature hole at Fowler’s, the difficult par-4 fourth. Each skin was worth $103.50.
2008 Greater Cleveland Skins Game champion Steve Blackburn Jr. dipped his fingers into the pot right off the bat as well, grabbing the first pin shot of the season at the 170-yard par-3 third hole with a shot to two feet. Skins Game Director John Niedzielek nabbed the other pin shot, hitting it to 12 feet on the par-3 seventh. Each pin shot was good for $63.
CGA Skins Game Scheduled for Sunday at Greyhawk Canceled
Jeff Jenkins has checked into the Barberton Hospital with a blood infection and has canceled the Championship Golf Association’s Skins Game slated for Sunday at Greyhawk. Northeast Ohio Golf will post details regarding future CGA events as they become available. Update 4/24/09 – Jeff Jenkins will be released from the hospital on Saturday and should … READ MORE >