New Philadelphia’s Blake Sattler is now a three-time winner of the Tigertown Open.
The champion in 2020 and again in 2022, Sattler played in the morning wave in 2025, posted a bogey-free 9-under par 63 that included an eagle on both a par-4 and a par-5, and won by a single shot.
Playing the back nine first, Sattler made eagle-2 at the reachable par-4 14th then birdied the par-5 15th to post 34. After the turn, he went to work: a birdie at 1, an eagle-3 at the par-5 third (good for a skin), and birdies at 4, 5 and 8 rounded out the day.
Sattler had his chasers.
Also playing in the early wave and also starting on the back nine first, Minerva’s Paul Wackerly made nine birdies on the day against a lone bogey on the tough par-4 18th to finish at 8-under par 64. Wackerly hit a great shot at his last, the par-3 ninth, to leave himself a birdie look below the hole from about 9 feet. But an old cup sat between his ball and the hole and he couldn’t get that final birdie to drop.
In the afternoon, Mount Vernon’s Connor Curry also did his best to track down Sattler. Turning the front nine at 3-under par 32 with birdies at 3, 5 and 8, Curry then got hot on the back nine. He made an eagle-3 on the par-5 13, followed that up with a birdie at 14, but then failed to birdie the par-5 15th. But he made birdie at the long par-4 16th and par-3 17th to get to 8-under par. He knocked his second shot on 18 to about 25-feet below the hole, then left the tying birdie putt hanging on the right edge of the hole.
In the Senior Professional Division chase, the 52-year-old Paul Wackerly entered both the Pro and Senior Pro events — “double-dipped” along with two other players in the field — and for his effort won the Senior Pro pot in addition to his T2 in the main event. He topped another double-dipper for the Old Pro title, the six-time Ohio Senior Open champ Bob Sowards of Dublin, by three shots.
In the Amateur Division, Massillon’s Jarrod Kasunick played late in the day, and slowly made his way in front of the lowest posted score in the clubhouse, a 3-under par 69 by three players.
The 28-year old former Malone player turned the front nine in 2-under par 33, made an eagle-3 at the par-5 13th to get one in front of the clubhouse lead, made another birdie at the par-5 15th to get two shots clear.
At the challenging 16th and 17th holes, Kasunick made two pars and knew he had a two shot lead on the last. His tee shot left him with a fairly long second shot, which missed the green just right and slightly past the pin — a tricky spot on the heavily sloping 18th green. But with a good lie, he launched a flop shot high into the air, and the ball settled to about 7 feet away. Kasunick calmly took his two putts to make the only bogey of his day, claimin an outright Tigertown Amateur victory.
Joshua Clay of North Canton, Benjamin Bridges of Mount Vernon, and Brian Myers of Wadsworth all shared second place, one shot behind.
In the Senior Amateur Division, Howard Clendenin of Fairlawn successfully defended his Tigertown Open title, posting a solid 6-under par 66 to win by one shot over Bobby Spino of New Franklin and Tom Laubacher of Aurora. Last year, Clendenin won the Senior Am Division in a blowout, posting 9-under par 63 to top Bobby Spino — that time by four shots.
Finally, the most lucrative hole-of-the-day belonged to Evan Yoder of Navarre. In the morning wave, Yoder made an eagle-2 on the par-4 14th hole, good for the only skin won on the day in the Amateur Division. The payout: a tidy $1,600!
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FINAL RESULTS:
2025 Tigertown Open
The Elms Country Club, Massillon, Ohio
Friday, July 18, 2025
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1 Blake Sattler 63 $5,000.00
T2 Paul Wackerly 64 $1,250.00
T2 Connor Curry 64 $1,250.00
T4 Stephen Gangluff 66 $450.00
T4 TT Crouch 66 $450.00
T4 Dylan Van Fossen 66 $450.00
T7 Bob Sowards 67 $125.00
T7 Michael Balcar 67 $125.00
T9 Logan Lagodich 68
T9 Connor Gdovin 68
T11 Tyler Light 69
T11 Kyle Buzaki 69
T11 Maxwell Moldovan 69
T11 Bryce Reed 69
T15 Nicholas Mollica 70
T15 Avery Schneider 70
17 Gunnar McCollins 71
T18 Justin Moose 72
T18 Tony Pozderac 72
T18 Mitch Irwin 72
T18 Vincent Whitehead 72
T18 Ken Keller 72
23 Jordan Eck 73
T24 Mason Laird 75
T24 Scott Savage 75
T24 Michael Donovan Jr 75
27 Nick Sims 76
T28 Tyler McHugh 81
T28 Garrett Meeks 81
PROFESSIONAL SKINS: $145 ea
Blake Sattler – Eagle on 3
Bob Sowards – Eagle on 8
Connor Curry – Eagle on 13
Michael Donovan Jr – Eagle on 15
SENIOR PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1 Paul Wackerly 64 $1,500.00
2 Bob Sowards 67 $300.00
3 Scott Savage 75
T4 James Cichra 76
T4 Darrin Vaughan 76
6 Larry Stefanov 90
SENIOR PROFESSIONAL SKINS: $13.33 ea
Paul Wackerly – Birdie on 4
Paul Wackerly – Birdie on 5
Paul Wackerly – Birdie on 6
Paul Wackerly – Birdie on 10
Paul Wackerly – Birdie on 14
Bob Sowards – Birdie on 2
Bob Sowards – Eagle on 8
Bob Sowards – Birdie on 18
James Cichra – Birdie on 12
AMATEUR DIVISION
1 Jarrod Kasunick 68 $765.00
T2 Joshua Clay 69 $370.00
T2 Benjamin Bridges 69 $370.00
T2 Brian Myers 69 $370.00
T5 Michael Porter 70 $186.67
T5 Shaun Kloetzer 70 $186.67
T5 Raffaele scassa 70 $186.67
T8 Noah Dever 71 $103.75
T8 Mark Mokros 71 $103.75
T8 Vaughn Snyder 71 $103.75
T8 Ryan Gutowski 71 $103.75
12 Kevin Miller 72 $75.00
T13 Alex Miday 73 $57.50
T13 Connor Ritter 73 $57.50
T15 Jimmy Wild 74 $22.86
T15 Daniel Mosher 74 $22.86
T15 Adam Arman 74 $22.86
T15 Rendall Weaver 74 $22.86
T15 Evan Yoder 74 $22.86
T15 Robert Morgan 74 $22.86
T15 Mitch Levengood 74 $22.86
T22 Carl Lemmon 75
T22 John Pattakos 75
T22 Carter Miller 75
T22 Josef Davis 75
T22 Phil Rangel 75
T27 Adam Sibila 76
T27 Luke Schreck 76
T27 Blake Doty 76
T27 Ted Hoover 76
T27 Ryan Chipps 76
T27 HJ Wenger 76
T33 Ryan Augustitus 77
T33 Kyle Ritter 77
T35 Dylan Maninga 78
T35 Michael Bryant 78
T35 Brian Gamble 78
T38 Adam Filo 79
T38 Greyson Phister 79
T40 Joshua Prok 80
T40 Tyler Fichter 80
T40 Zach Huscusson 80
T40 Michael Clark 80
T40 Ben Koshmider 80
T40 Rob Loomis 80
T40 Joseph Gonzalez 80
T40 John Vellios 80
T48 Jake Ketler 81
T48 Zac Isla 81
T48 Jeff Deal 81
T48 Kevin Ina 81
T48 Yianni Vellios 81
T48 James Workman 81
T48 Seth Marsh 81
T48 Erik Hazen 81
56 Bradley Nyholm 82
T57 AJ Solvey 83
T57 Jeramy Taylor 83
T57 Nathan Kreutzer 83
T57 Andrew Milan 83
T61 Colin McCoy 85
T61 Brian Lisic 85
T61 Bradley Jones 85
T64 Zakery Sanders 86
T64 Ty Crawford 86
T64 Ryan Lowers 86
T67 Collin Michalec 87
T67 Jacob Metzger 87
T67 Jason Burns 87
T67 Michael Morgan 87
T71 Cameron Moore 89
T71 Mike Sullivan 89
73 Jarryd Ridgeway 90
T74 Gregory Gaitanos 91
T74 Rocco Dibartolo 91
76 Jimmy Laskovski 94
77 Brian Welk 95
78 Grant Hann 98
DNF Aaron Rich DNF
NS Tyler Baker NS
AMATEUR SKINS: $1,600 ea
Evan Yoder – Eagle on 14
SENIOR AMATEUR DIVISION
1 Howard Clendenin 66 $510.00
T2 Bob Spino 67 $320.00
T2 Tom Laubacher 67 $320.00
T4 Eric Crone 69 $110.00
T4 David Oates 69 $110.00
T4 Rick Stimmel 69 $110.00
7 David Trier 70 $60.00
T8 Bradley Baker 71 $40.00
T8 Robert Schustrich 71 $40.00
T10 Roger Tolley 72 $10.00
T10 John Kabasky 72 $10.00
T12 Raul Mendoza 73
T12 Andy Slayman 73
T12 Lou Boarman 73
T12 Rob Stoops 73
T12 Rick Bryson 73
T12 Michael Sweany 73
T18 Larry Lahnan 75
T18 Chris Walker 75
20 John Toth 76
T21 Brian Huntley 77
T21 Kurt Peterson 77
T21 Joe McKenzie 77
T24 Edward Diebold 78
T24 Nick Lambos 78
T24 Dean Cutlip 78
T24 Nolen Jatich 78
T28 Scott Loudon 79
T28 Jonathan Gerhardt 79
T28 Troy Luckenbaugh 79
31 Jeff Wenger 80
32 Travis Mcguire 81
T33 Michael Patton 82
T33 John Sales 82
35 Scott Westphal 83
36 Gary Congin 87
37 Jeff Fox 90
38 Greg Wood 93
39 Paul Fox 94
40 Charles Howe 104
WD Matthew Kiraly WD
WD Joe Nemeth WD
SENIOR AMATEUR SKINS: $164 ea
Tom Laubacher – Eagle on 8
Tom Laubacher – Birdie on 16
Raul Mendoza – Eagle on 3
Andy Slayman – Eagle on 14
Bob Spino – Eagle on 15
