Stories from Tours and Associations that are no longer active.
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.
Vaughn Snyder of Massillon, Ohio won the Lake Erie Golf Tour tournament at Chippewa Golf Club today, his second LEGT victory of the season.
In tough course conditions and with even tougher pin placements, Snyder fought his way to a 1-under par score of 70 to win by one stroke over Steve Lee of Columbus.
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.
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.
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.
