TOLEDO CC HEAD PROFESSIONAL JAYSEN HANSEN LEADS; MARY SUITCA WINS 4TH NOPGA WOMEN’S SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP
Toledo Country Club head professional Jaysen Hansen shot a second-round 3-under 69 on Tuesday and has sole possession of the lead in the 75th Northern Ohio Professional Championship at stubborn Tippecanoe Country Club.
Hansen’s 36-hole total of 71-69=140 is four-under and gives him a three-shot lead over first-round leader Jon Jones and Anthony Panepento (76-67) heading into Wednesday’s final round in one of the most coveted NOPGA titles. Jones, long-time assistant professional at Youngstown Country Club, stumbled to a 75 after an opening 4-under 68.
Erie Shores head professional Nick Gustin (71-73), Stone Oak head professional Milton Carswell (73-71) and Optimus Golf co-owner Mark Sierak (71-73) share third place, four shots back.
Three former champions – Belmont Country Club’s Mike Stone (2019), and Golf Dome instructor Jim Troy ( 2021, 2022, 2024) – are five shots back and five-time champion Rob Moss is six behind.
Hansen, a three-time NOPGA Player-of-the-Year since 2008, made four birdies and two bogeys enroute to his 69. However, he played bogey-free after the third hole while adding three birdies.
Canterbury Golf Club Assistant Professional Panepento and NorthStar Golf Club Head Professional Nate Curtis shot the two lowest rounds of the day to climb into contention.
Curtis, a 2016 graduate of Ohio State, made an eagle and six birdies enroute to a 6-under 66 for a two-day score of 148, eight shots back. Panepento, a graduate of Methodist University, knocked nine shots of his opening 76 and a 5-under 67 and two-day total of one-under 143.
The top five players in the Section tournament will qualify for the 58th PGA Professional National Championship, to be held April 26-29, 2026 in Bandon, Oregon at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Four alternate spots also will be awarded.
The Professional Championship is the final event to determine the NOPGA regular division team for the 29th Ohio Cup Matches. The top nine point-leaders and one captain’s choice in the Regular Division, and the top five and one captain’s pick in the Senior Division will make up NOPGA team when it takes on the Southern Ohio PGA squad at Wedgewood Golf and Country Club in Powell, Ohio, on Oct. 7-8.
SUITCA WINS AGAIN
Tannenhauf Golf Club Head Professional Mary Suitca shot a final round 80 on Tuesday to win the fifth Northern Ohio Professional Golfers Association Professional Championship at Tippecanoe Country Club.
Suitca’s 36-hole total of 15-over 159 was good for a nine-stroke victory over Alliance Assistant Professional Melissa Greene (82-86=168). It was Suitca’s second straight victory and fourth overall in the event.
Suitca began the final round with a three-shot lead over Greene but pulled away on the front nine as Greene was unable to cut into the lead.
RD2 PHOTO GALLERY: 2025 NOPGA Professional Championship >
ROUND 2 RESULTS: Northern Ohio PGA
2025 NOPGA Professional Championship
Tippecanoe Country Club, Canfield, OH
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Blue Golf Hole-by-Hole Results >
1 Jaysen Hansen, The Toledo Country Club 71 – 69 = 140
T2 Anthony Panepento, Canterbury Golf Club 76 – 67 = 143
T2 Jon Jones, Youngstown Country Club 68 – 75 = 143
T4 Nick Gustin, Erie Shores Golf Course 71 – 73 = 144
T4 Mark Sierak, Optimus Golf 71 – 73 = 144
T4 Milton Carswell, Stone Oak Country Club 73 – 71 = 144
T7 Mike Stone, Belmont Country Club 72 – 73 = 145
T7 Jim Troy, The Golf Dome 75 – 70 = 145
9 Rob Moss, Pepper Pike Club 70 – 76 = 146
10 Scott Pollack, 1899 Indoor Golf – Twinsburg 71 – 76 = 147
T11 Randy DietzWindmill Golf Center 76 – 72 = 148
T11 Jordan Paolini, Shaker Heights Country Club 74 – 74 = 148
T11 Sean Kenily, Union Country Club 73 – 75 = 148
T11 Nate Curtis, North Star Golf Club 82 – 66 = 148
T11 Sean Patrick, Tippecanoe Country Club 75 – 73 = 148
16 Tony Adcock, Foxy Golf Canton 74 – 75 = 149
T17 Mark Bixler, Kirtland Country Club 74 – 76 = 150
T17 Dennis Miller, PGA of America Life Member 73 – 77 = 150
T19 Mark Scott Jr., Westwood Country Club 77 – 74 = 151
T19 Nick Paez, GolfTEC – Cleveland West 75 – 76 = 151
T19 Bret James, Sylvania Country Club 76 – 75 = 151
T22 Adam Lewicki, Portage Country Club 77 – 75 = 152
T22 Tim Perin, Lakewood Country Club 76 – 76 = 152
T22 Kevin Sullivan, Quail Hollow Country Club 76 – 76 = 152
T25 Jordan Schroeder, Findlay Country Club 79 – 74 = 153
T25 Ian Haidle, Shady Hollow Country Club 77 – 76 = 153
T25 Gary Trivisonno, PGA of America Life Member 76 – 77 = 153
T25 Gary Rusnak, 1899 Indoor Golf – Twinsburg 75 – 78 = 153
— MISSED CUT —
MC Tom Waitrovich, PGA of America Life Member 77 – 77 = 154
MC William McKinley, Sharon Golf Club 77 – 77 = 154
MC Jared Toom, GolfTEC-Stonebrook 71 – 83 = 154
MC Christopher Carfangia, Pine Lakes Golf Club 76 – 78 = 154
MC Joe Sabatino, North Olmsted Golf Club 74 – 80 = 154
MC Drew Pierson, The Clubhouse 76 – 78 = 154
MC Matthew Creech, The Golf Dome 79 – 76 = 155
MC Evan Bryan, The Country Club 80 – 75 = 155
MC Cory Kumpf, Brookside Country Club 75 – 80 = 155
MC Collin McEndree, Club Walden 76 – 79 = 155
MC Daniel Terry, Chippewa Golf Club Doylestown 77 – 78 = 155
MC Zac Cork, Lakewood Country Club 77 – 80 = 157
MC Mitch CampPGA , Of America Life Member 78 – 79 = 157
MC Mary Suitca, Tannenhauf Golf Club 79 – 80 = 159
MC Trevor Thomas, The Delphos Country Club 81 – 79 = 160
MC Tony Milam, North Coast Junior Tour 77 – 83 = 160
MC Asa Donaldson, Shawnee Country Club 78 – 83 = 161
MC David Morgan, Westfield Group Country Club 82 – 79 = 161
MC Jason Hastings, Shaker Heights Country Club 83 – 80 = 163
MC Scott Karabin, Old Avalon Golf Course 77 – 87 = 164
MC Joshua Diemer, Chagrin Valley Country Club 84 – 81 = 165
MC Joe MeglenStone, Water Golf Club 88 – 77 = 165
MC Matt Rura, Tamer Win Golf & Country Club 86 – 80 = 166
MC Douglas Brown, Alliance Country Club 79 – 88 = 167
MC Mike Franko, Ironwood Golf Course 82 – 90 = 172
MC Geoffrey Koller, Seneca Metro Parks Golf 84 – 92 = 176
MC Chris Knevel, Westwood Country Club 84 – 92 = 176
JWD Steve Parker, Firestone Country Club 74 – = WD
Women’s Results
1 Mary Suitca, Tannenhauf Golf Club 79 – 80 = 159
2 Melissa Greene, Alliance Country Club 82 – 86 = 168
3 Erin Craig, Club Walden 91 – 86 = 177
