26 teams tried their best to conquer Rawiga Golf Club on July 1st in the All-American 3-Am Scramble, and two came out tied at the top.
Playing in the second group of the day, Chase Helmling of Mentor, Cody Nickson of Kent and Trevor Consavage of Hinckley used a chip-in eagle at the par-4 14th (good for a $780 skin winner!) to post the leading score in the clubhouse at 15-under par and set the bar for the teams for the rest of the day.
Only one other team would match that score — the second last group of the day.
Mike Simpson of Uniontown, Zach Drukenbrod of Canton and Rob Wakeling of Hudson finished at 15-under par as well, and actually had a great chance to get to 16-under near the end of their round. They had a downhill 15-footer at the par-5 16th hole they couldn’t coax in for eagle, with much gratitude from the T3 finishers of Ben Foltz of Chagrin Falls, Jay Magyari of Sagamore Hills and Andrew Kaye of Avon Lake, who made eagle there earlier. That eagle held up as a winner for the other half of the day’s skins pot, good for $780.
Foltz, Magyari and Kaye had the most interesting finish of the day, as a huge downpour hit the golf course just before they were ready to hit their second shots at the 18th hole. Instead of hunkering down somewhere in the trees, the trio decided to play on. The rain came down so hard so fast that there was standing water on the green as they played their wedge shots in. The best they could do was as a three-skip hydro-plane to 15 feet. But putting third, Kaye knocked home the birdie to get the trio to their 14-under par T3 finish.
Later in the day, with the weather cooperating once again, the team of Andrew Malkus and Ryan Malkus of Maple Heights and Bobby Wadsworth of North Canton had their own putt to tie for a share of the win at the 18th green. They had knocked a shot to 12 feet to give them a solid look, but couldn’t get the ball to fall and had to settle for a T3.
Thanks to Sean Croell for his help with the NOGA Live Scoring, and to host PGA pro Bill Colianni and the rest of the Rawiga staff for the fun setup and fine course conditions.
The next NOHIO.GOLF Tournament Series event will be a 2-Player Better Ball at Oak Shadows Golf Club in New Philadelphia on Saturday, September 23rd with tee times starting at noon. The Series looks forward to playing the beautiful Oak Shadows layout for the first time ever, as our initial attempt last season was rained out. Entries for that event will open during the first week of September.
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FINAL RESULTS: NOHIO.GOLF Series
2023 All-American 3-Am Scramble
Rawiga Golf Club, Seville, Ohio
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Hole-by-Hole Golf Genius Scoring >
T1 Chase Helmling / Cody Nickson / Trevor Consavage 57 -15 $982.50
T1 Mike Simpson / Zach Drukenbrod / Rob Wakeling 57 -15 $982.50
T3 Andrew Malkus / Ryan Malkus / Bobby Wadsworth 58 -14 $405.00
T3 Ben Foltz / Jay Magyari / Andrew Kaye 58 -14 $405.00
5 Mitch Levengood / Kevin Miller / Josh Prok 59 -13 $240.00
T6 Jeff Mast / Barry Riggs / Scott McVey 60 -12 $21.00
T6 Aaron Detweiler / Brock Dettmer / Ryan Culbertson 60 -12 $21.00
T6 Ron Skirpstas / Tegan Smith / John Svadba 60 -12 $21.00
T6 Brian Vincelette / Tom Skidmore / Aaron Crewse 60 -12 $21.00
T6 Jimmy Wild / Brian Smith / Ryan Stefanski 60 -12 $21.00
T11 Eric Coleman / Bobby Harmon / Jonathan Barber 61 -11
T11 Xavier Balc / Max Weston / Richie Ballantine 61 -11
T11 Ed Diebold / Dave Canter / Raul Mendoza 61 -11
T11 David Trier / Dean Cutlip / Max Decheco 61 -11
T15 Fred Miller / Larry Lahnan / Corey Hines 62 -10
T15 Brian Gasser / Tim Hepner / Rob Schustrich 62 -10
T17 Carter Hahn / Chase Murphy / Caroline Tragesser 63 -9
T17 Matt Bright / Dan Bright / Jim Dunn 63 -9
T17 Nick Foschia / Garrett Cona / Gav Cona 63 -9
20 Allen Freeman / Justin Trzebuckowski / Shaun Kloetzer 64 -8
T21 Jacob Sylak / Jimmy Graham / Connor Stevens 65 -7
T21 Kevin Wheeler / Chris Wyckoff / Dillon Corliss 65 -7
23 Dan Terry / Greg Tayler / Wyatt Suntala 66 -6
T24 Matthew Madej / Michael Madej / Randy Mallinger 67 -5
T24 Jack Radosevich / Sam Zambataro / Ryan Mahaffey 67 -5
T24 Jeff Yannarell / Dale Roppel / Justin Roppel 67 -5
SKINS: $780 ea
Chase Helmling / Cody Nickson / Trevor Consavage – Eagle on 14
Ben Foltz / Jay Magyari / Andrew Kaye – Eagle on 16
