Sean McGuire shot a final round 4-under 68 to win by three, and Jon Jones won the Senior Division in a playoff on Tuesday in the 24th annual Mitchell-Haskell Tour Championship conducted by the Northern Ohio Professional Golfers Association at The Country Club.
McGuire, an Assistant Professional at nearby Pepper Pike Club, went wire-to-wire to win the Regular Division title with a 36-hole score of 7-under 137 (69-68).
Jones, an Assistant Professional at Youngstown Country Club, went two extra holes before a par on the 437-yard 18th defeated Belmont Country Club Director of Instruction Mike Stone in the Senior Division after both had finished regulation at even-par 144.
It was the first Tour Championship – recognized as one of the NOPGA’s major events — for both.
Brandywine Country Club Assistant Professional Michael Balcar turned in the lowest round of the tournament at 5-under 67 to finish second to McGuire at 4-under 140 (73-67) and Brookside Country Club Director of Instruction Blake Sattler was third at 70-73=143.
Stone birdied the 17th hole and parred the 18th to force the playoff with Jones, who also birdied the penultimate hole and parred the last to get to even-par.
McGuire, 31, began the day with a one-shot lead over Sattler and Jones, who entered the tournament as a Senior and Regular Division player. He wasted no time extending the lead with a birdie on the first hole and an eagle on the 508-yard second when he made a 55-foot putt. He was comfortably in front the rest of the way as no one could mount a challenge over Country’s stunning and lengthy 7,154 yards.
The victory earned McGuire $1,400 and Jones made $1,000 for winning the Senior Division and $800 for finishing fourth in the Regular Division.
The Tour Championship is the final stroke play event of 2025 but the Section has two major events remaining in the 29th Ohio Cup Matches and the 51st Denny Shute Match Play Championship. The Ohio Cup, a Ryder Cup-like event, will be played October 6-8 at Wedgewood Golf and Country Club in Powell and the Denny Shute Match Play takes place at Portage Country Club in Akron, October 13-15.
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FINAL RESULTS: Northern Ohio PGA
2025 NOPGA Mitchell-Haskell Tour Championship
The Country Club, Pepper Pike
Monday, Sep 29 – Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
Blue Golf Hole-by-Hole Results >
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
1 Sean McGuire, Pepper Pike Club 69 – 68 = 137 $1,400.00
2 Michael Balcar, Brandywine Country Club 73 – 67 = 140 $1,100.00
3 Blake Sattler, Brookside Country Club 70 – 73 = 143 $900.00
4 Jon Jones, Youngstown Country Club 70 – 74 = 144 $800.00
5 Kyle Buzaki, Glenmoor Country Club 75 – 70 = 145 $700.00
6 Jim Troy, The Golf Dome 73 – 73 = 146 $600.00
T7 Jaysen Hansen, The Toledo Country Club 72 – 75 = 147 $475.00
T7 Jordan Paolini, Shaker Heights Country Club 71 – 76 = 147 $475.00
9 Ian Haidle, Shady Hollow Country Club 76 – 72 = 148 $400.00
T10 Randy Dietz, Windmill Golf Center 75 – 74 = 149 $325.00
T10 Rob Moss, Pepper Pike Club 74 – 75 = 149 $325.00
T12 Joe Meglen, StoneWater Golf Club 78 – 73 = 151 $150.00
T12 Mark Evans, The Mayfield Sand Ridge Club – Mayfield 75 – 76 = 151 $150.00
T12 Joe Sabatino, North Olmsted Golf Club 74 – 77 = 151 $150.00
T12 Evan Bryan, The Country Club 73 – 78 = 151 $150.00
T16 Mark Sierak, Optimus Golf 79 – 74 = 153
T16 Jason Carbone, Canterbury Golf Club 75 – 78 = 153
T16 Dustin Roth, Eagle Creek Golf Club 74 – 79 = 153
T19 Nick Gustin, Erie Shores Golf Course 76 – 78 = 154
T19 Jordan Schroeder, Findlay Country Club 76 – 78 = 154
T19 Drew Pierson, The Clubhouse 74 – 80 = 154
22 Nick Paez, GolfTEC – Cleveland West 79 – 77 = 156
T23 Adam Lewicki, Portage Country Club 78 – 79 = 157
T23 William McKinley, Sharon Golf Club 78 – 79 = 157
25 Antonio Bodziony, Chagrin Valley Country Club 81 – 77 = 158
26 Joshua Widner, Chippewa Golf Club – Doylestown 76 – 83 = 159
27 Cory Kumpf, Brookside Country Club 80 – 83 = 163
28 Nate Curtis, NorthStar Golf Club 78 – 86 = 164
T29 Daniel Terry, Chippewa Golf Club – Doylestown 84 – 81 = 165
T29 Jared Toom, GolfTEC-Stonebrook 80 – 85 = 165
SENIOR DIVISION
1 Jon Jones, Youngstown Country Club (p) 70 – 74 = 144 $1,000.00
2 Mike Stone, Belmont Country Club 73 – 71 = 144 $800.00
3 Scott Pollack, 1899 Indoor Golf – Twinsburg 73 – 73 = 146 $650.00
4 Tony Milam, North Coast Junior Tour 73 – 74 = 147 $500.00
T5 Sean Kenily, Union Country Club 73 – 75 = 148 $350.00
T5 Gary Rusnak, 1899 Indoor Golf – Twinsburg 71 – 77 = 148 $350.00
7 Rob Moss, Pepper Pike Club 74 – 75 = 149 $200.00
8 Gary Trivisonno, PGA Of America Life Member 75 – 75 = 150 $150.00
T9 Kevin Sullivan, Quail Hollow Country Club – Weiskopf/Morrish 76 – 75 = 151
T9 Mark Evans, The Mayfield Sand Ridge Club – Mayfield 75 – 76 = 151
T9 Tom Waitrovich, PGA Of America Life Member 74 – 77 = 151
T12 Mitch Camp, PGA Of America Life Member 78 – 75 = 153
T12 Jason Carbone, Canterbury Golf Club 75 – 78 = 153
14 Tony Adcock, Foxy Golf Canton 72 – 83 = 155
15 Eric Morgan, Plum Brook Country Club 81 – 76 = 157
16 Daniel Terry, Chippewa Golf Club – Doylestown 84 – 81 = 165
