Canfield’s Ryan Sam finished 3-under-par to win the 2026 Stark County Amateur Championship at Ohio Prestwick Country Club in Uniontown on Saturday and Sunday. Sam finished 4 shots clear of Lucas Liberatore of Fairview Park, who carded rounds of 75-70 to finish +1.
In the Senior 50-59 Division, Howard Clendenin of Fairlawn finished 7-under-par after carding rounds of 68-69 over the 2 days. This earned Clendenin the win in his respective Division by 10 strokes.
In the Senior 60-69 Division, Nick Lambos of Canton and Rick Bryson of Akron tied for the win at 11-over-par.
In the Senior 70+ Division, Hartville’s Paul Trenta won after shooting 73-75.
FINAL RESULTS: 2026 Stark County Amateur Championship
Ohio Prestwick Country Club, Uniontown
Saturday, July 18 – Sunday, July 19, 2026
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
1 Ryan Sam Canfield, Ohio 70 – 71 = 141
2 Lucas Liberatore Fairview Park, Ohio 75 – 70 = 145
T3 Joshua Clay North Canton, Ohio 75 – 72 = 147
T3 Shaun Kloetzer Fairlawn, OH 72 – 75 = 147
T5 Brian Myers Wadsworth, Ohio 79 – 69 = 148
T5 Dillon Pendergast Mogadore, OH 75 – 73 = 148
T7 Chase Forsyth Poland, Ohio 76 – 73 = 149
T7 Hunter Lowder Brewster, Ohio 74 – 75 = 149
T9 Nate Miller Youngstown, OH 80 – 70 = 150
T9 Mike Simpson Uniontown, Oh 77 – 73 = 150
T9 Jarrod Kasunick Massillon, Ohio 77 – 73 = 150
T9 Daniel Mosher North Canton, OH 76 – 74 = 150
T9 Brodi Foster Saint Clairsville, Ohio 75 – 75 = 150
T14 Thomas Mankowski Canton, OH 80 – 71 = 151
T14 Jordan Kish Massillon, Oh 78 – 73 = 151
T14 Dean Upholzer Strongsville, Ohio 75 – 76 = 151
17 Rocco Turner Canfield, OH 78 – 74 = 152
T18 Lou Pederi Uniontown, Ohio 77 – 77 = 154
T18 Tim Straka Fairview Park, Ohio 76 – 78 = 154
T18 Michael Porter McDonald, Ohio 73 – 81 = 154
21 Craig Carneval Westlake, Ohio 77 – 78 = 155
22 Ayden Richmond Geneva, Ohio 78 – 78 = 156
T23 Blake Hood Alliance, OH 80 – 77 = 157
T23 Ben Young Canton, Ohio 80 – 77 = 157
T23 Zach Huscusson New Franklin, Ohio 78 – 79 = 157
T26 Christopher Brown Avon Lake, Oh 82 – 76 = 158
T26 E Daniel Fanelly Uniontown, Ohio 80 – 78 = 158
28 Andrew Weyand Wadsworth, OH 82 – 78 = 160
T29 Brady Johnson New Franklin, Ohio 84 – 78 = 162
T29 Carter Thorn North Canton, Ohio 80 – 82 = 162
31 Fritz Houston II North Canton, OH 84 – 80 = 164
T32 Joseph Rockich 44333, Ohio 85 – 80 = 165
T32 Ty VanBulck Alliance, Ohio 84 – 81 = 165
34 Jackson Sommer Westlake, Ohio 84 – 82 = 166
35 Greyson Phister clinton, OH 86 – 81 = 167
36 Fletcher cravens Uniontown, Oh 85 – 83 = 168
37 Rob Loomis Akron, Ohio 90 – 79 = 169
38 Christopher Utrup Uniontown, Ohio 87 – 86 = 173
T39 Vincent Anzalone Wickliffe, OH 92 – 83 = 175
T39 Zac Isla Canton, Ohio 91 – 84 = 175
Raffaele Scassa Massillon, OH 76
Matthew Hairston Cleveland, OH 89
Senior 50-59 Division
1 Howard Clendenin Fairlawn, OH 68 – 69 = 137
2 David Oates CANTON, OH 77 – 70 = 147
T3 Peter Betzold West Chester, Ohio 74 – 77 = 151
T3 Brian Belden Canton, Ohio 71 – 80 = 151
5 Dave Antill Dublin, Ohio 78 – 75 = 153
6 Scott Loudon N. Canton, Ohio 76 – 78 = 154
7 Tom McBride Hartville, Ohio 76 – 79 = 155
T8 Ron Chapman Olmsted Township, OH 82 – 74 = 156
T8 Matthew Sutter North Canton, Ohio 78 – 78 = 156
T8 David Trier Stow, OH 76 – 80 = 156
11 Ty Kovach North Lawrence, OH 75 – 82 = 157
T12 Mike Belacic Akron, Ohio 79 – 80 = 159
T12 Paul Krueger Parma, Ohio 77 – 82 = 159
14 Robert Wadsworth Uniontown, OH 82 – 78 = 160
T15 David Canter New Franklin, Ohio 81 – 82 = 163
T15 Christopher Carney Uniontown, Ohio 79 – 84 = 163
T17 Mark Schneider Canton, Ohio 80 – 85 = 165
T17 Edward Diebold Coventry Township, OH 79 – 86 = 165
19 Brian Beebe Uniontown, OH 84 – 82 = 166
20 Greg Stearn Hartville, Ohio 82 – 85 = 167
21 Joel Matos Cleveland, Ohio 92 – 81 = 173
Daniel Belden Massillon, OH 81
Senior 60-69 Division
T1 Nick Lambos Canton, OH 84 – 71 = 155
T1 Rick Bryson Akron, OH 77 – 78 = 155
3 Jeff Semple canton, oh 77 – 79 = 156
T4 Brian Huntley Uniontown, OH 81 – 76 = 157
T4 Tom Laubacher Aurora, OH 80 – 77 = 157
6 Robert Schustrich Windham, Ohio 84 – 75 = 159
7 Ray McNiece Cleveland, Ohio 77 – 83 = 160
8 Dean Cutlip Copley, Ohio 81 – 80 = 161
T9 Lou Boarman Mogadore, OH 81 – 82 = 163
T9 Jim Grosso Akron, OH. 81 – 82 = 163
T11 Mark Guadagni Hudson, Ohio 83 – 81 = 164
T11 David Allton Dalton, OH 83 – 81 = 164
13 Mike Stiller Akron, OH 84 – 81 = 165
14 Paul Malkus Twinsburg, Ohio 86 – 86 = 172
15 Paul Ferguson Lakewood, Ohio 93 – 86 = 179
16 Dennis Barr Canton, OH 88 – 92 = 180
17 Terry Besaw Ravenna, Ohio 102 – 91 = 193
Mark Thomas jackson twp., oh 89
Senior 70+ Division
1 Paul Trenta Hartville, OH 73 – 75 = 148
2 Bruno Chirumbolo CANTON, OH 79 – 71 = 150
3 Jeff Luken Middleburg Hts, Ohio 77 – 74 = 151
T4 Jim Herchek Chagrin Falls, Ohio 77 – 78 = 155
T4 Rick Merrow Fairlawn, OH 75 – 80 = 155
6 Les Mitson 75 – 85 = 160
7 Steven Steinhilber Chandler, Arizona 83 – 79 = 162
8 Ron Skirpstas MEDINA, OH 77 – 86 = 163
9 Doug Van Nostran north canton, Ohio 79 – 86 = 165
10 Randy Young North Canton, Ohio 84 – 91 = 175
DNF Larry Lahnan Aurora, OH DNF
