Stories from Tours and Associations that are no longer active.
The Greater Cleveland Skins game traveled to Quail Hollow Country Club in Concord on Thursday, and a sizeable field of twenty nine players participated on a beautiful night for golf.
At the end of the evening, two of the 29 were all smiles: Eddie Neer and Geoff Nicely.
Yes, Tony Adcock won the Professional Division of The Medalist Tour’s Reggie Rucker Classic at Little Mountain on Thursday with a sterling 4-under par 66.
Yes, veteran amateur Norton Brick won the Open Senior Division for the second week in a row in a playoff over professional Mitch Adcock after both men shot even par 70.
And yes, Matt Heestand won the Amateur’s Championship Division with an even par 70 to beat Drew Thompson by two shots.
All of these guys played great golf and truly deserve a tip of the cap.
But the focus of the day clearly was on the huge three-tournament-carry-over skins pot of $5,280, and who holed out from what fairway to win all that loot. And the required hole outs happened.
A no-holds barred message was posted by CEO Mike Hastings to The Medalist Tour’s website yesterday (left-hand column, entitled “Director’s Message”), aimed at unnamed players: stop your whining.
Quoting Hastings from The Medalist Tour’s website:
Ty Kovach and Allen Freeman posted a smooth 4-under par 32 on the back nine in the better ball format at Chippewa Monday night, earning a one shot victory over league chief Kevin Larizza and partner Tim Davis and the team of Quinn Parker and Steve Robison.
It took a low score to win every flight at The Aurora Open on Thursday. Vaughn Snyder goes back-to-back with a second straight win on The Medalist Tour, beating Nationwide Tour pro Ryan Armour and Jake Scott in a playoff. Ross Beale shoots a 69 and wins the Amateur Championship Flight, while Norton Brick wins the Open Senior Flight with 70.
Brian Perkins made his first visit of the year to the Greater Cleveland Skins Game a very enjoyable night at Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison. Perkins, of Hamden Township in Geauga County, birdied three holes that all held up for skins worth $69 each, good for a $207 night. Perkins birdied the par-4 11th hole, the par-4 12th hole, and the par-5 16th hole, all for skin winners.
