Windham’s Rob Schustrich started Saturday’s second round at the 2025 Senior Summit County Amateur at Good Park as hot as a player can start. Schustrich began three shots behind the first-round leader Ron Chapman of Olmsted Township, but after making three birdies in the first four holes — boom boom boom — the pair was tied.
Then Schustrich simply ground down Chapman until the last.
Chapman shot a blistering first-round score of 5-under par 66 on Friday. He made 10 straight pars to open his Saturday. When he finally made birdie at the par-5 second hole (the leaders at the two Summit County Ams start the second round off the 10th tee), he took a one shot lead at 6-under par.
That birdie put Chapman in front of Schustrich by one, as Rob made nothing but pars after his run of three opening birdies.
Chapman made bogey on the par-5 fifth, his first bogey of the tournament, to fall back to square with Schustrich.
Both players traded pars on six, seven, and eight. They came to the par-three ninth tee, a tough 200-yarder, tied at 5-under par for the tournament.
Schustrich hit a solid shot that went over the flag but just a bit long, in the rough behind the green. Chapman pulled his tee shot left, caught the tree, and dropped down about 30 yards short-left.
Chapman hit his pitch shot moderately well, finishing 15 feet below the hole. Schustrich chose to putt from the rough above the hole, and almost did the unthinkable…
…nearly holing out from off the green for the outright win. The ball finished four feet below the hole.
Chapman made a good stroke to save his par, but his putt went a bit left, leaving him to suffer only his second bogey of the tournament.
Then to the surprise of almost no one looking on, Schustrich rolled home his par putt for the victory, gave a small fist pump, then pointed to the sky in recognition of a recent family loss.
Schustrich made only one bogey in 36 holes in the 2025 Senior Summit County Am. With the win, he has collected five separate trophies in this championship. So many trophies, in fact, that Tournament Director Larry Zimmerman joked during the presentation that he stopped giving clock trophies to Schustrich after the third one and changed to plaques because more clocks just seemed odd.
Brecksville’s Allen Freeman finished solo third three shots behind Chapman, and Bolivar’s Kurt Peterson closed with a Saturday 68 to finish solo fourth.
Chapman posted the low total score in the 50-59 Age Division, Schustrich topped the 60-69 Division, and Hudson’s Mike Cassell finished atop the 70+ group. Gift certificate payouts are made by age division, and will be available at the Foxy Golf near Turkeyfoot after Wednesday.
A simple birdie netted a big reward for Hudson’s Mark Guadagni on Saturday. Guadagni made birdie on the par-4 third hole, a straight-forward 365-yarder with the pin set dead in the middle of the green. When no one matched that simple birdie, Mark collected the only skin of the day worth a tidy $1,020. The golf gods smiled.
A heart-felt thank you to Larry Zimmerman, Sean Devany, and the Good Park staff for running the two Summit County Amateur events; the players are truly grateful for their efforts.
FINAL RESULTS:
2025 Senior Summit County Amateur Championship
Good Park Golf Course, Akron
Friday, August 15 – Saturday, August 16, 2025
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
OVERALL RESULTS
1 Rob Schustrich 69 – 68 = 137
2 Ron Chapman 66 – 72 = 138
3 Allen Freeman 70 – 71 = 141
4 Kurt Peterson 74 – 68 = 142
T5 Randy Crider 73 – 71 = 144
T5 Brian Huntley 72 – 72 = 144
T7 Rob Wakeling 72 – 73 = 145
T7 Joe Ungvary Jr. 72 – 73 = 145
T7 Dan Belden 70 – 75 = 145
T10 Randy Skorman 74 – 72 = 146
T10 David Trier 71 – 75 = 146
T10 John Fryman 75 – 71 = 146
T13 Mark Guadagni 79 – 68 = 147
T13 Rick Bryson 74 – 73 = 147
T13 Tom Baugh 73 – 74 = 147
T13 John Kabasky 71 – 76 = 147
T13 John Wagner 70 – 77 = 147
T18 Dave Kurtz 73 – 75 = 148
T18 Mike Cassell 72 – 76 = 148
T20 William Mooney 74 – 75 = 149
T20 Scott Winckowski 73 – 76 = 149
T20 Jim Cea 72 – 77 = 149
T20 Rob Yanko 76 – 73 = 149
T20 Jeff Semple 75 – 74 = 149
T25 Alan Lewis 76 – 74 = 150
T25 Steve Feist 79 – 71 = 150
T25 John Toth 76 – 74 = 150
T25 Jeff Wenger 76 – 74 = 150
T29 Lou Boarman 77 – 74 = 151
T29 Chris Walker 73 – 78 = 151
T29 Dean Cutlip 76 – 75 = 151
T32 Mike Stiller 81 – 71 = 152
T32 Jim Grosso 74 – 78 = 152
T32 Steve Fricker 74 – 78 = 152
T32 Mike Shisler 75 – 77 = 152
T36 John Dermenof 76 – 77 = 153
T36 Rick Merrow 75 – 78 = 153
T38 Dave Peck 79 – 75 = 154
T38 Jeff Luken 77 – 77 = 154
T38 Doug Fleming 80 – 74 = 154
T38 Nolen Jatich 78 – 76 = 154
T38 Paul Trenta 75 – 79 = 154
T38 Raymond Najda 75 – 79 = 154
T44 Paul Krueger 81 – 74 = 155
T44 Brian Kukolek 77 – 78 = 155
T44 Mark Ciccarello 76 – 79 = 155
T47 Mike Belacic 79 – 77 = 156
T47 Tim Breen 79 – 77 = 156
T47 Joel Recht 81 – 75 = 156
T47 Chris Minear 74 – 82 = 156
T47 Tom Skidmore 77 – 79 = 156
T47 Greg Salem 78 – 78 = 156
53 Jeff Howard 76 – 81 = 157
T54 David Marshall 78 – 80 = 158
T54 Christian Trejbal 78 – 80 = 158
T56 Ray McNiece 79 – 80 = 159
T56 Brian Vincelette 74 – 85 = 159
T56 Jeff Mihalick 75 – 84 = 159
T59 Pat Ziga 78 – 82 = 160
T59 Steve Wilson Sr. 77 – 83 = 160
T61 Joe Earley 83 – 79 = 162
T61 Steve Bedell 81 – 81 = 162
T61 Gene Bingman 80 – 82 = 162
T61 Rocky Laubshcer 82 – 80 = 162
T65 Ron Skirpstas 82 – 81 = 163
T65 Joe McKenzie 83 – 80 = 163
T65 Jim Niskanen 82 – 81 = 163
T68 Russ Rybka 83 – 81 = 164
T68 Keith Pluto 81 – 83 = 164
T68 Art Anderson 84 – 80 = 164
T68 Rick Szumski 77 – 87 = 164
T72 Stephen Tischler 79 – 86 = 165
T72 Rob Cummins 83 – 82 = 165
74 Jeff Mirelli 82 – 84 = 166
T75 Mike Jagodzinski 83 – 84 = 167
T75 Tom DiFrancisco 79 – 88 = 167
T77 Rick Mathern 87 – 81 = 168
T77 Gary Congin 82 – 86 = 168
T77 Russ Eckard 84 – 84 = 168
80 Gary Mosher 86 – 83 = 169
T81 Kevin Tucker 83 – 87 = 170
T81 Denny Krill 88 – 82 = 170
T83 Bobby Harmon 85 – 87 = 172
T83 Jeff Hostetler 86 – 86 = 172
T83 Ron Rositani 87 – 85 = 172
T86 Dan Horrigan 82 – 91 = 173
T86 Mike Butler 88 – 85 = 173
T86 Kevin Richardson 88 – 85 = 173
T89 Michael Vujas 86 – 88 = 174
T89 Randy Skeen 89 – 85 = 174
91 Vince Jagodzinski 89 – 86 = 175
92 Tom Sipe 88 – 88 = 176
93 Robert Ward 89 – 88 = 177
94 Ron Zimcosky 88 – 90 = 178
95 Rick Twinning 92 – 87 = 179
96 Ron Benco 91 – 89 = 180
97 Mike Griffith 88 – 94 = 182
98 Sergio Gardea 96 – 87 = 183
T99 Ken Beckner 100 – 94 = 194
T99 Matthew Horwath 100 – 94 = 194
101 Greg Faschian 104 – 103 = 207
DNF Dan Terry 79 – DNF
50-59 Age Group Top Finishers
1 Ron Chapman 138 $400.00
2 Kurt Peterson 142 $350.00
T3 Rob Wakeling 145 $287.00
T3 Dan Belden 145 $287.00
T5 David Trier 146 $237.00
T5 John Fryman 146 $237.00
7 John Kabasky 147 $200.00
8 Dave Kurtz 148 $175.00
9 William Mooney 149 $150.00
60-69 Age Group Top Finishers
1 Rob Schustrich 137 $600.00
2 Allen Freeman 141 $350.00
T3 Randy Crider 144 $287.00
T3 Brian Huntley 144 $287.00
5 Joe Ungvary Jr. 145 $250.00
6 Randy Skorman 146 $225.00
T7 Mark Guadagni 147 $162.00
T7 Rick Bryson 147 $162.00
T7 Tom Baugh 147 $162.00
T7 John Wagner 147 $162.00
T11 Scott Winckowski 149 $100.00
T11 Jeff Semple 149 $100.00
70+ Age Group Top Finishers
1 Mike Cassell 148 $400.00
T2 Jim Cea 149 $325.00
T2 Rob Yanko 149 $325.00
4 Rick Merrow 153 $275.00
T5 Jeff Luken 154 $237.00
T5 Paul Trenta 154 $237.00
SATURDAY SKINS: $1,020 ea
Mark Guadagni – Birdie on 3
