Great Lakes Auto Scratch Series Match Play
The Northern Ohio Golf Association conducts four season-long competitions for match play in the Great Lakes Auto Scratch Series, with individual and two-player better ball team events in Championship and Senior divisions.
Scratch Individual Match Play
Concord’s Trevor Cohen, a member at Quail Hollow Country Club, was able to play a home match in the finals against Ben Hogan of Oberlin Country Club, and he took advantage of that benefit.
Cohen earned a 2&1 win over Hogan to take the 2025 NOGA Match Play Championship.
After a first-round bye, Cohen had to face some talented players on his way to those finals: he bested Joe Albrecht by 5&4; in a close match, topped Ian Hardesty 1-up; in the quarterfinals beat Howard Clendenin by 4&3; then got past John Angelo in the semis by 2&1.
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Scratch Senior Individual Match Play
It was an all Club Walden finals for the 2025 Senior Match Play Championship. But they didn’t play the match there.
Greg Myers of Twinsburg and Tom Laubacher of Aurora are both members at Club Walden, but they couldn’t play the finals match at their home club because the course is closed for major renovations.
So instead they played at Portage Country Club, where Myers bested Laubacher in a close back-and-forth match that went 19 holes to decide.
Myer’s road to the title was a challenging one. He started off by beating Mike Stiller by 2&1, then Jeff Semple 6&4. He then had to face the #1 and #2 points earners in the 2025 Senior Player of the Year race, topping both Allen Freeman then Rob Schustrich by a 2&1 result.
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Scratch Four-Ball Match Play
Cleveland’s Brett Dubin + Lucas Liberatore of Lakewood methodically won the NOGA Four-Ball Match Play, only once facing a nail-biter on their way to the title.
Shooting a 2-under par 70 at Tippecanoe Country Club to finish T6, Dubin + Liberatore were seeded in the #6 position for match play, earning a first round bye.
In their first match, they topped George Rohan + Jonah Karzmer by 3&2.
Then, in their closest test, they faced The Country Club’s #3 seeded David Stover + Putter Johnson, coming away with victory after a 21 hole contest.
Next up was a match against the #2 seed Ian Hardesty + Andrew Malkus, which Dubin + Liberatore handled 2&1.
In the finals match, Dubin + Liberatore took awhile to get rolling, but eventually defeated Jeff Meagrow + John Bernatovicz at Chagrin Valley by a 4&3 margin.
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Scratch Senior Four-Ball Match Play
They earned the #1 seed in the stroke play qualifier, then ran the table all the way to a Senior Match Play Championship.
Canton’s Nick Lambos + Kurt Peterson of Massillon shot 70 at Tippecanoe in qualifying to earn a share of first place in the Four-Ball #1 and the top seed in match play.
After a first round bye, they dispatched John Toth + Edward Diebold by 4&3. From there, they faced the closest of matches.
Lambos + Peterson won in 19 holes against Allen Freeman + Mark Borlin, then again won in 19 holes over
Mike Cassell + Tom Laubacher.
In the finals against Rob Schustrich + Greg Myers, Lambos + Peterson had a slightly easier time, just barely, earning a 2&1 win to take the title.
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PrimePay Net Series Match Play
NOGA runs two season-long match play championships in the PrimePay Net Series, conducted as an individual event and a two-player better ball team competition. Players use their current GHIN Handicap Index as of the day of play.
Net Individual Match Play
Westlake resident Jim Crandall played solid golf in the stroke play qualifier, then kept playing solid golf on his way to the Net Individual Match Play title.
Crandall, who plays out of Greyhawk Golf Club in LaGrange, shot a net 73 at Youngstown Country Club to slot into the fourth seed in the 2025 bracket, earning a first round bye.
From there, Crandall beat Paul Ferguson 6&4, Missy Gedeon in 19 holes, and Robert Heiss by 5&3.
In the championship match against Steve Cochran of Silver Lake Country Club, Crandall earned the season-long victory with a 3&1 win.
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Net Four-Ball Match Play
Underdogs. Giant killers. The terrors of the top-10.
The 46th-seeded (out of 47 teams) Dan Pyle + Seth Severin, who both play out of Beechmont Country Club, consistently bested highly ranked twosomes on their way to winning the 2025 NOGA Net Four-Ball Match Play title — including #2, #3, #4 and #6!
In a big bracket field, Pyle + Severin won a whopping six matches, taking down #19 Jarrod Dixon + Stephen Mihalek, #14 Timothy Swanda + Doug Hauenstein (forfeit), the 3rd seeded Lefteri Psihountakis + Tom Estafe in 19 holes, the 6th slotted Matt Vanderhoff + John Wright, and then the #2 seed Kevin Mcafee + Aaron Kazan in the semifinals.
In the championship match, Pyle + Severin won the crown with a hard-fought 1-up victory over #4 Brian Klefos + Christine Carroll.
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