The Columbus District Golf Association began its 2025 Amateur and Senior Amateur Championships today with 18-hole stroke play qualifying at Denison Golf Club in Granville, to set the event’s two match play brackets: 31 qualifiers and the defending champion for the Amateur; 15 qualifiers + 1 champ for the Senior Am.
Carson Bellish from Columbus Country Club earned medalist honors in the CDGA Amateur Championship Stroke Play Qualifier..
Bellish’s round of 5-under par 66 is the lowest round in CDGA Amateur stroke play since Nick Montes shot 66 in 2020, also at Denison.
Defending CDGA Senior Amateur champion Robert McCracken was the medalist today in Senior stroke play qualifying with a 72.
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— photo and info by Jack Rubin, CDGA
QUALIFYING RESULTS: Columbus District Golf Association
2025 CDGA Amateur and Senior Amateur Championships
Denison Golf Club, Granville
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Amateur Qualifying
1 Carson Bellish, Columbus CC 66
2 Jack Marsh, York GC 67
T3 Jeff Ritchey, Groveport Municipal GC 68
T3 Tyler Hilbert, Hickory Hills GC 68
5 Jonathan Green, Lakes Golf & CC 69
T6 Zach Gempel, The Club at Tartan Fields 70
T6 Colin Bibler, Northstar GC 70
T6 David Edelstein, Groveport Municipal GC 70
T6 Zachary Ayers, Columbus CC 70
T10 Cameron Conley, USGA/Ohio GA GC 71
T10 Zach Burton, Scioto Reserve CC 71
T10 Mark Sulek, Northstar GC 71
T10 Diego Fernandez, Brookside Golf & CC 71
T14 Adam Ballas, OSU GC 72
T14 Tyler Brockwell, Jefferson CC 72
T14 Keegan Billingham, Champions GC 72
T14 Andrew Simpson, GC of Dublin 72
T14 Jake Yarbrough, CC at Muirfield Village 72
T19 Cody Widener, Columbus CC 73
T19 Noah Dever, Zanesville CC 73
T19 Carter Woodward, Columbus CC 73
T19 Ryan Norkin, CC at Muirfield Village 73
T19 Luke Royer, Scioto CC 73
T24 Mark Towns, York GC 74
T24 Jake Walker, Medallion Club 74
T24 Alex Rath, York GC 74
T24 Leo Walling, Wedgewood Golf & CC 74
T24 William Cohen, OSU GC 74
T24 Chase Bokker, OSU GC 74
T24 Jacob Morgan, Turnberry GC 74
T24 Clay Bruning, Denison GC 74
DID NOT QUALIFY FOR MATCH PLAY
CUT Myles Murphy, GC of Bucyrus 75
CUT Clark McGeorge, Medallion Club 75
CUT Benjamin Rucker, Lakes Golf & CC 75
CUT Mitch Bolte, USGA/Ohio GA GC 76
CUT Ian Morgan, Delaware GC 76
CUT Mark Angelou, Denison GC 76
CUT Will Reis, Brookside Golf & CC 76
CUT Julian Myers, CC at Muirfield Village 76
CUT Colin Cleary, OSU GC 76
CUT Jack Flores, Worthington Hills CC 76
CUT Thomas Anthony, Lakes Golf & CC 77
CUT Samuel Romine, Chapel Hill GC 77
CUT Jamison Boykins, Pine Hill GC 77
CUT Nicholas Ahlers, GC of Dublin 78
CUT Matt Michallow, Champions GC 78
CUT Alex Gonzalez, Brookside Golf & CC 78
CUT Jimmy Wolf, Denison GC 78
CUT David Link, Denison GC 78
CUT Dylan Potts, Golf Club of Dublin 79
CUT Carter Hancock, Elks GC 79
CUT Chase Steininger, Northstar GC 80
CUT Dom Caminiti, York GC 80
CUT Samuel Hambissa, OSU GC 81
CUT Michael Ebosh, OSU GC 82
CUT Joshua Burton, USGA/Ohio GA GC 83
CUT Cam Potter, USGA/Ohio GA GC 83
CUT Mitchell Soma, GC at Little Turtle 84
CUT Ryan Smith, London CC 85
CUT Dawson Harber, Jefferson CC 92
CUT Joel Acheson, Delaware GC 98
CUT Jeremy Walpole, USGA/Ohio GA GC 103
Senior Amateur Qualifying
1 Robert McCracken, Pinnacle GC 72
T2 Chris Brooks, Scioto CC 73
T2 Jim Herbert, Delaware GC 73
T4 Ken Kinkopf, Kinsale Golf & FC 74
T4 David Kaufman, Foxfire GC 74
T6 Todd Larson, OSU GC 75
T6 Doug Ganim, Lakes Golf & CC 75
T6 Ken Weixel, The Golf Club 75
T6 Joe Podolski, York GC 75
10 Dave Lennox, Delaware GC 76
T11 Rick Thomas, Medallion Club 77
T11 Anthony Rothman, GC at Little Turtle 77
13 Jerry Haines, Hickory Hills GC 78
T14 Phil Skinner, The Club at Tartan Fields 79
T14 Andy Bussard, Brookside Golf & CC 79
T14 James Kleman, Worthington Hills CC 79
DID NOT QUALIFY FOR MATCH PLAY
CUT Vin Cahill, Kinsale Golf & FC 79
CUT Doug Lockwood, Mill Creek GC 80
CUT Greg Ball, Clover Valley GC 80
CUT Dan Sullivan, The Club at Tartan Fields 83
CUT Douglas Shank, Kinsale Golf & FC 83
CUT Stephen Spach, Eagle Eye GC 83
CUT Clay Baker, Lakes Golf & CC 85
CUT Beau Rugg, OSU GC 86
