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With just one week to go, The Greater Cleveland Skins Game has a new — but familiar — name atop the leaderboard.
Steve Blackburn Jr. captured two skins and a pin shot on Thursday at Stonewater Golf Club to grab the season-long lead away from Mike Angie in their back-and-forth race.
On the final night of the season with a carry-over skins pot on the line and a cash pot in play, a number of teams came out as big winners on Monday at Chippewa. Howard Weaver and John Kabasky posted a sterling score of 42 (5-under par in formats of scramble, better ball and aggregate) … READ MORE >
With three events left in the chase for the Thompson Cup, Steve Blackburn Jr. and Mike Angie have been running neck to neck for weeks. Now with just two more nights to go, it’s even tighter!
Angie captured the first skin of the night this Thursday at Fowler’s Mill with a birdie at the difficult first hole. But Blackburn Jr. answered with a pin shot and birdie skin on the par-3 seventh hole. The pin shot win means Blackburn Jr. has closed the gap on Angie to a mere $13.09 for the season!
Monday’s “Steak & Cash Night” event at Rosemont Country Club for the Chippewa Scratch League has been postponed due to wet conditions on the course. The event is expected to be rescheduled for next Monday, but watch Northeast Ohio Golf for details.
It was a beautiful night for golf at Madison Country Club Thursday, and Steve Blackburn Jr. wasted no time trying to make a run at Mike Angie and first place: Blackburn birdied the par-4 first hole and captured a skin worth $84.33.
Gary Zehe had the big night of the week with a double-dip on the par-3 fourth hole, knocking it to six feet for a pin shot and a birdie skin. Pin shots were worth $38.50.
Rounding out the night’s earners, Dave Sotka grabbed a skin with a birdie on the par-4 fifth hole, and Dave DeLong cashed on his first night of competition with a pin shot on the long par-3 ninth hole.
Blackburn Jr.’s skin closes the the gap on leader Mike Angie to just $44.59 with just three weeks left to go in the race for the Thompson Cup.
Mark Thomas and Ross Beal paired to post a solid 5-under par in the scramble format on the front nine at Chippewa Monday and earn their first win as a team this year. Mike Armour grabbed a share of second place with Dan Marr to boost slightly his season-long lead on the 2009 Chippewa Scratch … READ MORE >
