Barberton’s Nolan Haynes hung around par, and hung around par, and hung around par, then flipped a switch and blew away the field at the 50th Summit County Amateur Championship at Good Park Golf Course in Akron.
Haynes shot an even par 71 on Saturday, but in an uncharacteristic way: three-under par with two holes to play, he finished bogey-double on 17 and 18 to come back to par.
Then on Sunday, the Kent State golfer played his first nine holes — the back side at Good Park — in one-under par, again giving shots back in making bogey on the 18th. Hanging around par.
But after the turn, Haynes found something: he made five birdies in the first seven holes on Good Park’s front nine. He went from down by one shot to up by five shots in short order. A bogey at his last, the long par-3 ninth hole, was wholly inconsequential as the championship was clearly in hand.
Youngstown State golfer Ryan Sam of Canfield maintained his first round co-lead through the first half of the day, starting at 3-under par and turning his first nine holes at even to remain there. When Sam birdied the par-5 second to reach 4-under par total, he was still one ahead of Haynes, who had just started gearing up with birdies at his first two holes after the turn.
But from the third tee on, the leaders’ scoring paths diverged: Sam made four bogeys in five holes from the third through the seventh, while Haynes made two pars then three straight birdies at 5-6-7.
Saturday’s other first-round co-leader, 2021 Summit County Am champ Vaughn Snyder of Canton, dashed his chances early on Sunday with four bogeys in his opening nine holes.
Youngstown State golfer and former NEO Am champ Justin Atkinson of Brookfield started Sunday alone in third place and finished alone in second place, overcoming a double-bogey at his first hole to shoot 72 on the day. Atkinson finished as the only other player in the field besides Haynes with an under par total, at 1-under 141.
Snyder and Sam finished T3 at even par for the tournament, while Canton’s Dan Mosher fought his way to a Sunday 73 and a 1-over par fifth place finish.
Reigning Cleveland Amateur champ Luke Liberatore posted the only other under-par round on the day besides Haynes’ scorcher, shooting 1-under 70 to finish in a big group at T6.
The hole of the day belonged to Matt Warren, albeit a fairly unassuming one. His birdie putt, holed with authority up the big slope on the back of the 18th green, held up as the only skin won on Sunday, good for a tidy $1,150 payday.
Merchandise gift cards for Foxy Golf in Akron will be available after Wednesday in the amounts listed along side the scores below.
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FINAL RESULTS:
2025 Summit County Amateur Championship
Good Park Golf Course, Akron
Saturday, August 2 – Sunday, August 3, 2025
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
1 Nolan Haynes 71 – 66 = 137 $1,000.00
2 Justin Atkinson 69 – 72 = 141 $700.00
T3 Vaughn Snyder 68 – 74 = 142 $575.00
T3 Ryan Sam 68 – 74 = 142 $575.00
5 Daniel Mosher 70 – 73 = 143 $500.00
T6 Luke Liberatore 75 – 70 = 145 $387.50
T6 Brian Myers 74 – 71 = 145 $387.50
T6 Chase Forsyth 74 – 71 = 145 $387.50
T6 Rocco Turner 73 – 72 = 145 $387.50
T6 Rob Schustrich 72 – 73 = 145 $387.50
T6 Shaun Kloetzer 72 – 73 = 145 $387.50
T12 Blaze Tanner 73 – 73 = 146 $275.00
T12 David Swab 73 – 73 = 146 $275.00
T12 Cooper Taylor 71 – 75 = 146 $275.00
T15 Ryan Stefanski 74 – 73 = 147 $200.00
T15 David Trier 71 – 76 = 147 $200.00
T15 Jon Wanders 74 – 73 = 147 $200.00
T18 Rick Bryson 74 – 74 = 148 $143.75
T18 Kasey Nafzger 74 – 74 = 148 $143.75
T18 Tom Skidmore 72 – 76 = 148 $143.75
T18 Jake Ryan 76 – 72 = 148 $143.75
T22 Max Crookston 74 – 75 = 149 $125.00
T22 Josh Clay 72 – 77 = 149 $125.00
T24 Tommy Miano 79 – 71 = 150 $112.50
T24 Rick Deichert 75 – 75 = 150 $112.50
T26 Howard Clendenin 74 – 77 = 151 $105
T26 Brian Vincelette 75 – 76 = 151 $105
T26 Al Freeman 74 – 77 = 151 $105
T26 Jaxon Rinkes 79 – 72 = 151 $105
T26 Doug Barber 73 – 78 = 151 $105
T26 Zach Huscusson 77 – 74 = 151 $105
32 Jim Grosso 74 – 78 = 152 $100.00
T33 Quin Summers 80 – 73 = 153
T33 Eli Zimmerman 80 – 73 = 153
T33 Cole Hostetler 81 – 72 = 153
T33 Mike Gabrail 78 – 75 = 153
T33 Brian Beebe 75 – 78 = 153
T33 Bob Spino 78 – 75 = 153
T33 Mike Simpson 74 – 79 = 153
T33 Phil Bojc 72 – 81 = 153
T33 Andrew Grayson 75 – 78 = 153
42 Greyson Phister 78 – 76 = 154
T43 Doug Fleming 76 – 79 = 155
T43 Mike Stiller 75 – 80 = 155
T43 Matt Roth 78 – 77 = 155
T46 Ryan Maxwell 76 – 80 = 156
T46 Matt Warren 77 – 79 = 156
T46 Jimmy Wild 78 – 78 = 156
T46 Xander Moran 79 – 77 = 156
T46 Chris Minear 79 – 77 = 156
T46 Luke Stretar 73 – 83 = 156
T46 Justin Grunstein 73 – 83 = 156
T53 Dustin Buehler 79 – 78 = 157
T53 Jake Vetrovsky 77 – 80 = 157
T55 Anthony Bako 83 – 76 = 159
T55 Adam Morissette 83 – 76 = 159
T55 Garrett Cona 82 – 77 = 159
T55 Laszlo May 79 – 80 = 159
T55 Austin Riegler 81 – 78 = 159
T55 Nick Winar 77 – 82 = 159
T55 Andrew Malkus 82 – 77 = 159
T55 Alex Rice 77 – 82 = 159
T55 Nick Dye 76 – 83 = 159
T55 Tyler Wierzbicki 81 – 78 = 159
T65 Phil Stout 83 – 77 = 160
T65 Dean Cutlip 80 – 80 = 160
T65 Adam Filo 79 – 81 = 160
T65 Matthew Hairston 78 – 82 = 160
T65 Ty Van Bulck 77 – 83 = 160
T70 Aaron Copeland 81 – 80 = 161
T70 Nathan Fousek 81 – 80 = 161
T70 Mike Stefko 82 – 79 = 161
T70 Will Ellison 79 – 82 = 161
T70 Jim Cea 80 – 81 = 161
75 Jeff Dannemiller 82 – 80 = 162
T76 Rob Loomis 81 – 82 = 163
T76 Christopher Utrup 81 – 82 = 163
T76 Tyler Watkins 77 – 86 = 163
T79 Nathan Stuyvesant 84 – 80 = 164
T79 Charlie Hruby 82 – 82 = 164
T81 Jeff Mihalick 83 – 82 = 165
T81 John Vellios 84 – 81 = 165
T81 Michael Furey 82 – 83 = 165
T84 Brett Mangon 88 – 78 = 166
T84 Mychal Agarenzo 84 – 82 = 166
T84 Cody Rice 81 – 85 = 166
T87 Chad Green 89 – 78 = 167
T87 Denny Krill 81 – 86 = 167
T87 Yianni Vellios 79 – 88 = 167
T90 Mark Ciccarello 87 – 81 = 168
T90 Austin Kardish 85 – 83 = 168
T92 Cliff Bostrom 85 – 84 = 169
T92 Brian Gamble 84 – 85 = 169
T92 Josh Mason 87 – 82 = 169
T92 Ron Skirpstas 83 – 86 = 169
T92 Steve Wilson Jr. 85 – 84 = 169
T97 Alex DeGirolamo 84 – 86 = 170
T97 Josh Gorham 82 – 88 = 170
T99 Evan Dalziel 82 – 89 = 171
T99 Kasey Lukacs 84 – 87 = 171
T99 Kevin Harper 83 – 88 = 171
T99 Jeff Mirelli 84 – 87 = 171
T99 Jason Zachardy 90 – 81 = 171
104 David Aitken 84 – 88 = 172
T105 Bryan Hoffman 85 – 89 = 174
T105 Trevor Cannon 86 – 88 = 174
T105 Nathan Ryan 83 – 91 = 174
T108 Aaron Childs 95 – 80 = 175
T108 Nate Sparhawk 86 – 89 = 175
T110 Nate Shane 89 – 87 = 176
T110 Angelo Granata 86 – 90 = 176
112 Seth Marsh 86 – 91 = 177
T113 Brandon Zolata 90 – 88 = 178
T113 Mike Butler 88 – 90 = 178
T113 Cody Verchio-Davis 86 – 92 = 178
T116 Tim Satava 85 – 94 = 179
T116 Rick Mathern 86 – 93 = 179
118 Nick Carr 92 – 89 = 181
119 Steve Wilson Sr. 86 – 96 = 182
120 David Dressler 93 – 94 = 187
121 Greg Wood 92 – 96 = 188
122 Eric Rush 93 – 98 = 191
DNF Adam Arman 79 – DNF
DNF Anthony Yacovazzi 80 – DNF
