Everyone has a lucky hole. Mark Foss finds the 12th at Powderhorn Golf Club to his liking: his birdie there held up again for a $149.50 skin.
Geoff Nicely notched the other skin on Thursday with a birdie on the par-3 17th hole, and also took the pin shot there. Nicely takes home $149.50 for his skin plus $45.50 for his pin shot.
Dave Sotka captured the other pin shot on #14 worth $45.50.
Blackburn Jr. still holds on to the season-long lead in the Greater Cleveland Skins Game. He was shut out again this week — after all four of his birdies were tied!
Players have only two more weeks to qualify to play in one of the highest paying tournaments of the year: The Greater Cleveland Shoot-Out. The Shoot-Out, an individual stroke play event, will be held Labor day at Fowlers Mill. This sponsored tournament offers a huge prize! If you want to play on Labor Day and haven’t yet played in two events this season, you only have a two weeks left to do so!
The Skins Game moves to Thunder Hill GC in Madison this Thursday, August 21 starting at 5 p.m. Green Fees will be $15.00 riding! Please thank the course management for these special green fees to our group. Any players that want to play a “warm up 9 hole round” before the scheduled skins game must call the course first to make such arrangements.
Greater Cleveland Skins Game Leaderboard Through Week 18
1) Steve Blackburn Jr.   $1,253.77
2) Mark Foss                  $1,035.00
3) John Niedzialek         $874.50
4) Paul Kish                     $726.46
5) Geoff Nicely                $431.50
6) Nick Anagnost            $429.33
7) Mike Angie                $385.89
8) Dave Sotka                 $340.33
9) Steve Blackburn Sr.  $340.00
10) George Martin           $268.20
11) Brian McGinty           $264.50
12) Russ Rybka                $201.00
13) Corey Iacofano          $168.66
13) Rob Schustrich          $168.66
15) Garry Zehe               $166.50
16) Jim Lebzelter             $151.83
17) Josh Krause             $144.83
18) Anthony Maenza       $127.00
19) Phil Bojc                   $103.50
20) Jeff Ettinger               $84.00
21) John Zook                  $77.00
22) Al Freeman                $63.00
22) John Distefano           $63.00
24) Dan Lanese                 $45.50
25) Clint Paxson                 $45.50
26) Tom Bond                   $45.50
27) Cliff Lawrence           $36.00
28) Ron Rositani                $33.00
29) Matt White                  $33.00
— John Niedzialek
