SOPGA member Ben Kern of Hickory Hills Golf Club and amateur Mitch McFarland paired to post an 11-under par 61 better ball score at Columbus Country Club to with the GOLFTEC Pro-Scratch by three shots on Monday.
Kern also won the concurrent individual Professional event by three shots. Kinsale’s Bob Sowards won the individual Senior title with 69.
— photo by Brett Hiltbrand, SOPGA
FINAL RESULTS: Southern Ohio PGA
2025 SOPGA GOLFTEC Pro-Scratch
Columbus Country Club, Columbus, OH
Monday, August 25, 2025
Blue Golf Hole-by-Hole Results >
TEAM RESULTS:
1 Kern/McFarland 61 $450.00
T2 Weckerling/Willis 64 $312.50
T2 Thomas A./Vannoy 64 $312.50
T4 Muse/Wachtel 65 $186.25
T4 Sorgini/Reed 65 $186.25
T4 Wetterich/Yarbrough 65 $186.25
T4 Sowards/Haney 65 $186.25
8 Bahr/Volpenhein 66 $150.00
T9 Jones/Brooks 67 $122.00
T9 Ammer/Dean 67 $122.00
T9 McDonald/Scharrer 67 $122.00
T9 Holt/Bentley 67 $122.00
T9 Balyeat/Kelley 67 $122.00
T14 Suggs/Kraus 68 $74.00
T14 Beckett/Rumpke 68 $74.00
T14 Stephens/Clancy 68 $74.00
T14 Bach/Stawsburg 68 $74.00
T14 Helgreen/Helgreen 68 $74.00
T19 Wilson/Douglas 69
T19 Schoonmaker/Gilkison 69
T19 Thomas M./Daniel 69
T19 Arnold/Horn 69
T19 Wisniewski/Bane 69
T19 Decker/McGeorge 69
T25 Hobart/Gingery 70
T25 Kaido/Kaido 70
T25 Halley/Das 70
T25 Moore/Powers 70
T25 Ridgeway/King 70
T25 Loomis/Laumann 70
T25 Montgomery/O’Brien 70
T25 Andrews/Taylor 70
T33 Hartnett/Falk 71
T33 Brewer/Ellington 71
T33 McClain/Beausay 71
T33 Dornisch/Roslovic 71
T33 Lewis/Stone 71
T38 Kopala/Miller 72
T38 Callaghan/O’Hanlon 72
T38 King/Rifers 72
T41 Podrasky/Kucek 73
T41 Corbin/Roath 73
T41 Stago/Dwyer 73
T41 Mayhugh/Koeller 73
T41 Martin/Logan 73
T41 Krapfel/Mears 73
T41 Csizmadia/Petrus 73
T48 Auterson/TBD 74
T48 McEldowney/Janice 74
T48 Coll/Harris 74
T48 Wade/Rucker 74
T48 Young/Whiston 74
T53 Stills/Eversole 75
T53 Bernot/Arrese 75
T53 Middaugh/Doran 75
T53 Yeazell/Sucher 75
T53 Robinson/Greenwood 75
T53 Wolfe/Amstutz 75
INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL RESULTS:
1 Ben Kern, Hickory Hills Golf Club 65 $800.00
2 Jared Jones, Scioto Country Club 68 $640.00
T3 Daniel Sorgini, Blacklick Woods Hills 69 $407.50
T3 Corey Weckerling, Moraine Country Club 69 $407.50
T3 David Wetterich, Wittenberg University 69 $407.50
T3 Bob Sowards, Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club 69 $407.50
T7 Jon McDonald, Sycamore Creek Country Club 70 $240.00
T7 Dave Bahr, Maketewah Country Club 70 $240.00
T9 Evan Hartnett, Columbus Country Club 71 $190.00
T9 Sam Arnold, Vineyard Golf Course 71 $190.00
T9 Andy Montgomery, Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club 71 $190.00
T12 Chase Wilson, Columbus Country Club 72 $150.00
T12 Chad Ammer, Maketewah Country Club 72 $150.00
T12 Garrett Wisniewski, Columbus Country Club 72 $150.00
T15 Matt Brewer, Cincinnati Country Club 73
T15 Max Helgreen, Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club 73
T17 Michael Auterson, Hickory Woods Golf Course 74
T17 Trent Kopala, GOLFTEC – Dublin 74
T17 Michael Mayhugh, Topgolf – Columbus 74
T17 Mike Kaido, Zanesville Country Club 74
T17 Taylor Suggs, Heritage Club 74
T17 Chris Muse, Hickory Hills Golf Club 74
T17 Jack Beckett, Maketewah Country Club 74
T17 Caleb Ridgeway, Columbus Country Club 74
T17 Casey Lewis, Sycamore Creek Country Club 74
T17 Jon Balyeat, Kenwood Country Club 74
T17 Austin Schoonmaker, Golfweek Junior Tour 74
T28 Brad Loomis, Miami View Golf Club 76
T28 Ashley Thomas, Mark MacDonald Golf Academy 76
T30 Dan Halley, GOLFTEC – Dublin 77
T30 Ryan Coll, Columbus Country Club 77
T30 Dakotah McClain, Worthington Hills Country Club 77
T30 Melissa Yeazell, Tri County Golf Ranch 77
T30 Joe Moore, Beavercreek Golf Club 77
T30 Andrew Martin, Muirfield Village Golf Club 77
T30 Peter Dornisch, Muirfield Village Golf Club 77
T37 Nick Corbin, Springfield Country Club 78
T37 Taylor Holt, The Lakes Golf & Country Club 78
T37 Doug Wade, Off-Par Golf & Social 78
T37 Hunter Young, GOLFTEC – Dublin 78
41 Pat Bernot, GOLFTEC – Easton 79
T42 Joe Stago, GOLFTEC – Dublin 80
T42 Cam Wolfe, Heritage Golf Club 80
T42 Alex Csizmadia, Columbus Country Club 80
T45 David Podrasky, GOLFTEC – Dublin 81
T45 Jeff McEldowney, GOLFTEC – Dublin 81
T47 Mike Stills, Jefferson Golf & Country Club 82
T47 Scott Callaghan, Pinnacle Golf Club 82
49 Chad Middaugh, Muirfield Village Golf Club 84
50 Clay Robinson, Springfield Country Club 85
INDIVIDUAL SENIOR PROFESSIONAL RESULTS:
1 Bob Sowards, Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club 69 $390.00
2 Dave Bahr, Maketewah Country Club 70 $300.00
3 Sam Arnold, Vineyard Golf Course 71 $270.00
T4 Chad Ammer, Maketewah Country Club 72 $210.00
T4 Jon Decker, Medallion Club – Meadows 72 $210.00
T6 Larry King, Tri County Golf Ranch 73 $75.00
T6 Anthony Andrews, Blue Ash Golf Course 73 $75.00
8 Mike Kaido, Zanesville Country Club 74
T9 Paul Hobart, PGA Life Member 75
T9 Bob Stephens, PGA Life Member 75
T9 Tom Bach, Heatherwoode Golf Club 75
12 Brad Loomis, Miami View Golf Club 76
T13 Joe Moore, Beavercreek Golf Club 77
T13 Mike Thomas, Sharon Woods Golf Course 77
15 Tim Krapfel, Golf Galaxy – Dublin 80
T16 Mike Stills, Jefferson Golf & Country Club 82
T16 Scott Callaghan, Pinnacle Golf Club 82
