HISTORY: Cleveland Metroparks Golf Course Championships

Cleveland Amateur Golf ChampionshipsCourse Championships each year since 1993 at each of its four main golf properties: Big Met, Sleepy Hollow, Manakiki and Shawnee Hills. Later, these events were expanded to Seneca and Ironwood, too. These events have been conducted both stand-alone tournaments and as a qualifier for the Greater Cleveland Amateur Championships. The following are the historical records from each of those course championships:

 

BIG MET GC COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEARCHAMPIONCITYSCORE
1993Scott PiesenBerea69
1994Pete Cordiak  
1995Joe BrnichNorth Royalton 
1996Todd Austinson  
1997Ray ProkopLakewood73
1998Chris McGrathOlmsted Falls71
1999John BartolozziCleveland69
2000Ted Koelsch 74-69=143
2001Tommy WiegandAvon Lake 
2002Tommy WiegandAvon Lake142
2003Phil LatskoMiddleburg Hts66-68=134
2004Tommy WiegandAvon Lake67-70=137
2005Blake FurgersonAvon Lake71-68=139
2006Blake FurgersonAvon Lake69-71=140
2007Brian SmithAmherst66-71=137
2008Dan GrincewiczWestlake67-69=136
2009Drew ThompsonAvon Lake68-73=141
2010Brian Van De MotterRocky River69-71=140
2011Andrew BaileyRocky River63-70=133
2012Brian YaoLitchfield66-68=134
2013Tyler McHughAurora73-67=140
2014Tyler McHughAurora66-71=137
2015Jack GarswoodCleveland74-67=141
2016Brian SmithAmherst66-70=136
2017Tom WhittackerCleveland68–67=135
2018Jack GarswoodCleveland74 – 72 = 146
2019Steve Blackburn JrWillowick70
2020Not Played  
2021Not Played  
2022Jonathan ReimerCleveland69 – 74 = 143
2023Andrew MalkusMaple Heights74 – 69 = 143
2024Brian SmithAhmerst70 – 68 = 138
2025Luke LiberatoreLakewood65 – 74 = 139
    

SENECA COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

2019Jason Jendre 73 – 77 = 150
2020Dean AustaloshYoungstown73
2021Jimmy WildSagamore Hills73
2022Jonathan RiemerCleveland75 – 77 = 152
2023Ben FarinaNorth Ridgeville71 – 76 = 147
2024Jack GarswoodCleveland74 – 71 = 145
2025Chris OkesonBeachwood71 – 70 = 141
    

SLEEPY HOLLOW GC COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEARCHAMPIONCITYSCORE
1993Lloyd ChirdonStrongsville76
1994David Basel 77
1995Richard HubbardBay Village75
1996Arthur Reginelli 77
1997Rick CampbellHinkley78
1998Rich SkupskiParma76
1999Tom RechinRocky River70
2000Paul WoznickiBrooklyn Hts72-72=144
2001Geoff WoodStrongsville78-74=152
2002Frank TuscanoMcDonald75-73=148
2003Jeff KlominekMedina74-71=145
2004Allen FreemanBrecksville70-73=143
2005Brett KaufmannWestlake70-73=143
2006Drew ThompsonAvon Lake73-75=148
2007Ryan StefanskiSagamore Hills72-68=140
2008Nick LatimerBrooklyn72-69=141
2009Ryan StefanskiBrunswick73-70=143
2010Scott HeranStrongsville75-72=147
2011Pete SkirpstasMedina69-68=137
2012Pete SkirpstasMedina73-76=149
2013Brendan ByrneCleveland73-71=144
2014Rob SchustrichWindham74-74=148
2015Anton KrecicColumbia Station77-71=148
2016Peyton WhiteNorth Carolina71–70 = 141
2017Ryan StefanskiSagamore Hills74 (rain shortened)
2018Jared WilsonColumbiana72 – 77 = 149
2019Ryan StefanskiSagamore Hills71 – 74 = 145
2020Adam FreyHudson71
2021Chris OkesonBeachwood74
2022Yadhu UrsGahanna72 – 72 = 144
2023Justin TrzebuckowskiBroadview Hts71 – 73 = 144
2024Niko AnagnostWilling72 – 74 = 146
2025Harrison VonderauColumbia Station73 – 74 = 147
    

MANAKIKI GC COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEARCHAMPIONCITYSCORE
1993Mark BorlinSolon72
1994Bill Duncan 74
1995Mike Nicely  
1996Brad StevenConcord 
1997Michael PikeMentor76
1998Matthew DonCleveland Hts74
1999Chris ThomasWillowick74
2000Nick GustinMadison73-72=145
2001Chris ThomasWillowick68-73=141
2002Don PazWillowick141
2003Mark FossMayfield Hts75-71=146
2004Mark FossMayfield Hts72-70=142
2005Mark FossMayfield Hts71-70=141
2006Kory OslieBrunswick75-74=149
2007Mike RuffingHudson78-72=150
2008Kory OslieAshland(17 holes) 67-69=136
2009Steve Blackburn Jr.Willowick72-72=144
2010Nick PalladinoHighland Hts.69-72=141
2011Alex DiPalmaWaite Hill73″“73=146
2012Nick PalladinoHighland Hts71-69=140
2013David SotkaChardon70-73=143
2014Taylor ZollerKent74-68=142
2015Chandler WalnschChardon69-71=140
2016Steve Blackburn Jr.Willowick72–69 = 141
2017Dave SotkaChardon73–74=147
2018Steve Blackburn Jr.Willowick69 – 73 = 142
2019Jeffrey BlechschmidtCleveland77 – 70 = 147
2020Colin BurnsLakewood67
2021Adam FreyHudson70
2022Austin PowellWestlake68 – 76 = 144
2023Antonio BodzionyMentor71 – 71 = 142
2024Mark BelasicMentor73 – 68 = 141
2025Jake MorganLaGrange71 – 67 = 138
    

SHAWNEE HILLS GC COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEARCHAMPIONCITYSCORE
1993Phil LabaMaple Hts71
1994Robert DelaatGarfield Hts73
1995Robert DelaatGarfield Hts72
1996David SadlerBedford74
1997Robert DelaatGarfield Hts73
1998Joe HurtukBedford71
1999Joe HurtukBedford68
2000Jerry MillerBeachwood72-71=143
2001Joe HurtukBedford70-73=143
2002Joe HurtukBedford68-71=139
2003Joe HurtukBedford73-68=141
2004AJ BorisaCleveland66-70=136
2005Tony BriggsStrongsville70-71=141
2006Mike GrassoChagrin Falls72-67=139
2007Tony BriggsStrongsville69-72=141
2008Joe RibelliMentor68-71=139
2009Joe RibelliMentor138
2010A.J. BorisaParma70-69=139
2011Ricky JaskolskiNorth Royalton67-68=135
2012Jonathen ReimerLyndhurst72-68=140
2013Jonathan RiemerLyndhurst71-66=137
2014Jonathan Riemer Lyndhurst69-68=137
2015John SchnurKirtland Hills72-68=140
2016Jack GarswoodCleveland68–70 = 138
2017A.J. BorisaParma68–76=144
2018AJ BorisaParma70 – 70 = 140
2019AJ BorisaParma70 – 70 = 140
2020Jonathan Riemer & Eric Wonkovich 72
2021Jack GarswoodCleveland71
2022AJ BorisaBroadview Hts68 – 69 = 137
2023Colin BurnsLakewood68
2024David SwabNorth Royalton70 – 70 = 140
2025Benjamin FarinaNorth Ridgeville69 – 71 = 140
    

IRONWOOD COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

2025Steve SchiegenbergMedina77 – 68 = 145
    

 

(Some records are incomplete; if you know any of the missing information, please email us and we will update the records.)

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