Stories from Tours and Associations that are no longer active.
Dave Oates and Mike Simpson went low at the Stark County Amateur Golf Association’s 2-Man Scramble at Chippewa Golf Course in Doylestown on Saturday. Their score of 12-under par 59 was good for a one-shot victory over Larry Russell and Scott Heran in the AA Division. Results:
AA
Dave Oates/Mike Simpson 27-32=59 $500
Larry Russell/Scott Heran 30-30=60 $300
Mike Lenartowicz/Brent Belles 30-33=63 $200
Boo Blakeman/Dave Fruedeman 31-33=64 $100
The birdies were flying at Pleasant Hills on Thursday, as six of the nine holes were birdied on the night. Newcomer Scott Mackar and Rob Shustrich were the two players who found their way to the pay window with skins worth $135.00 each: Mackar birdied the par-3 5th hole and Shustrich birdied the par-4 7th hole.
But Mackar was the big winner on the evening, as he also took two pin shots on holes five and eight worth $30 each.
Huge bolts of lightning and a deluge of rain washed out Chippewa on Monday…
Mike Angie birdied the par-4 first hole (#10) at Chardon Lakes on Thursday, grabbing a skin worth $83.33 and extending his season-long lead in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins Game series.
But the big winner of the evening was Paul Kish of Painesville Township, who came alive by capturing two skins and a pin shot. Kish birdied the 210-yard par-3 14th hole by draining a 15-foot putt after earning the pin shot worth $38.50. Kish then birdied the par-4 15th hole to capture another skin, making a big climb up the leaderboard with $205.16 on the night.
For the second time in three weeks, the team of Jeff Malette and Mike Kracker cruised to victory in the Chippewa Monday Scratch League, posting a 4-under par 31 in the better ball format on the front nine. The pair’s two-shot victory over a host of teams moved them up the season long money list, where they are now tied for fourth place behind leader Mike Armour, Randy Skorman and Dan Marr.
The big winners on the evening were Dave Pulk and Ron Bell, who nabbed the only skin with a birdie on the par-4 8th hole (huh?!), good for $580 — a carry-over amount from the previous week.
It took perennial favorite Mark Foss of Mayfield Heights 15 weeks to finally get a skin in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins game — and he broke through in a big way with an eagle on a par four.
Foss eagled the par-4 18th hole at Powderhorn Golf Course Thursday with a driver and 12-foot putt, taking home a $160 skin. Foss also bagged the pin shot on the 14th hole for another $49.
