Each posting a 2-over par 73, Andrew Malkus of Maple Heights and Carter Woodward of Pickerington shared the title on Saturday at the 2025 Cleveland Metroparks Golf Ironwood 5-Club Tournament in Hinckley.
The second year of this Ironwood event saw a much different type of play vs. year one, as the number of clubs a player could use was reduced from 7 to 5 and the golf course was played from the back of the back tees this year instead of last year’s mix of tees, mostly up. Lakewood’s Colin Burns won the 2024 7-club version with a 64, nine shots better than the more difficult rules and setup of 2025.
Malkus and Woodward played together in the final group of the day, with Malkus leading most of the way. A two-shot swing at the last led to the first place tie, as Woodward made birdie on the finishing par-5 while Malkus landed with a bogey.
Ryan Stefanski of Sagamore Hills earned solo third place at 74, shooting 40 on the front nine but coming back with tidy 34. Stefanski could have tied for the title at the last as well, but missed a ticklish six-foot birdie putt.
The next event on the Cleveland Metroparks Golf schedule is the sold-out CMG Manakiki 2-Player Scramble in Willoughby Hills on Saturday, May 17.
FINAL RESULTS: Cleveland Metroparks Golf
2025 CMG Ironwood 5-Club Tournament
Ironwood Golf Course, Hinckley
Saturday, May 10, 2025
NOGA Live Scoring Hole-by-Hole >
T1 Carter Woodward 73
T1 Andrew Malkus 73
3 Ryan Stefanski 74
T4 Ian Morgan 75
T4 Joshua Blaha 75
T4 Clay Bruning 75
T4 Wyatt Suntala 75
8 David McCaig 76
T9 Nathanael Matthews 77
T9 Jake Morgan 77
T11 Joey Collins 79
T11 Allen Freeman 79
T13 John Svadba 80
T13 Andrew Grayson 80
15 Jonathan Riemer 81
16 Brant Harbert 84
17 PJ Renz 86
18 David Stover 87
T19 Brian Juguilon 88
T19 Anthony Pinzone 88
T19 Mark Ciccarello 88
T19 Randy Crider 88
23 Nathan Kreutzer 91
T24 Brandon Osysko 95
T24 Robert Ward 95
26 Kyle Ciccarello 98
27 Anthony Pervetich 99
T28 Chris Mast 100
T28 Zachary Burk 100
T28 David Tomko 100
31 Ryan Conover 101
32 Michael Dutko 106
33 Alan Gleghorn 109
34 Mike Ward 119
NS Chris Chambers NS
— winner’s photo and tournament by Mike Franko, PGA, Ironwood Clubhouse Manager
