Matt Frey + Tommy Miano blistered the back nine with a better ball 30 at Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links on Saturday to win the Akron District Golf Association’s Parke H. Thornton 2-Man Better Ball tournament by three shots.
The pair turned in 2-under par 34, made birdie at the 10th, but gave it right back with a bogey at 11. From there, they shot 5-under par in their last seven holes, including an eagle-3 by Miano at the par-5 16th hole and a birdie by Frye at the par-3 15th that earned them a skin.
Dave Oates + Vaughn Snyder finished in second place with a 67, and three teams tied for third.
In the Senior Division, Mark Guadagni + Jim Durr and Dean Cutlip + Brian Beebe shared first place with a 4-under par 67. Beebe + Cutlip shot 34 with a bogey on the front side, then played solidly on the back coming home in 33. Durr + Guadagni played their front nine in even par, then finished strong with a four birdie 31.
Three Senior teams finished in a tie for third place at 3-under par 68: Tom Baugh + Rob Yanko, David Trier + Allen Freeman, and Mike Armour + Dan Marr.
Players are back at Turkeyfoot again next week for the annual Turkeyfoot 2-Player Scramble on Saturday, May 13th. Expect some tough hole locations on Turkeyfoot’s perfect greens, and hope for a replay of the sunny weather from today’s event. Too bad amateur golf isn’t covered by the Bet MGM bonus code, because it’s going to be a battle worth wagering on.
The next event on the ADGA Calendar is the ADGA 4-Man Scramble at Brookledge Golf Course in Cuyahoga Falls on Saturday, May 27th. Get registered now.
FINAL RESULTS: Akron District Golf Association
2023 Parke H. Thornton 2-Man Better Ball
Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links, Akron
Saturday, May 6, 2023
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
Matt Frey / Tommy Miano 34 – 30 = 64 $700.00
Oates/Snyder 36 – 31 = 67 $500.00
Padgett/Kaufman 36 – 32 = 68 $230.00
Ferrara/Jenkins 35 – 33 = 68 $230.00
Clendenin/Blackburn 36 – 32 = 68 $230.00
Prok/Chinn 32 – 37 = 69 $25.00
Angelo/Carano 35 – 34 = 69 $25.00
DeCheco/Drukenbrod 35 – 34 = 69 $25.00
Vincelette/Vincelette 35 – 34 = 69 $25.00
Kloetzer/Arman 38 – 32 = 70
Koprevic/Koprevic 36 – 34 = 70
Miller/Levengood 37 – 33 = 70
Wild/Trzebuckowski 39 – 32 = 71
Malkus/Malkus 36 – 35 = 71
Toth/Marrozzi 38 – 33 = 71
Smith/Stefanski 39 – 33 = 72
Adkins/Matteson 40 – 35 = 75
Hull/Phifer 40 – 37 = 77
Jones/Vellios 39 – 39 = 78
Onorato/Onorato 43 – 43 = 86
Hull/Shisler NC
SKINS: $250 ea
Prok/Chinn Eagle 3, Hole #7
Frey/Miano Birdie 2, Hole #15
SENIOR DIVISION
Mark Guadagni / Jim Durr 36 – 31 = 67 $600.00
Dean Cutlip / Brian Beebe 34 – 33 = 67 $600.00
Baugh/Yanko 34 – 34 = 68 $233.00
Trier/Freeman 33 – 35 = 68 $233.00
Armour/Marr 34 – 34 = 68 $233.00
Fiest/Fleming 37 – 33 = 70
Martin/Stack 36 – 34 = 70
Spino/Laubacher 36 – 34 = 70
Cea/Schustrich 35 – 36 = 71
Diebold/Canter 35 – 36 = 71
Lahnan/Miller 39 – 32 = 71
Nemeth/Wakeling 39 – 33 = 72
Johnson/Jadchew 37 – 36 = 73
Skidmore/Downing 37 – 37 = 74
Sloan/Hengel 38 – 36 = 74
Cutlip/Marsinek 41 – 33 = 74
Warlow/Williams 39 – 36 = 75
Fricker/Lowry 42 – 38 = 80
Eckard/Knoll 41 – 42 = 83
SKINS: $158 ea
Warlow/Williams Birdie 2, Hole #2
Armour/Marr Eagle 3, Hole #6
Lahnan/Miller Birdie 2, Hole #13
