Stow’s Dave Trier got up-and-down from the greenside bunker at the 18th hole at Turkeyfoot for he and Dean Cutlip to stay at 7-under par for the day, earning a one-shot victory in the 2026 Akron District Golf Association’s Parke H. Thornton 2-Player Better Ball on Saturday.
The hole location on the par-3 18th at Turkeyfoot was cut in a rarely-seen spot at the bottom of the super-sloped kidney-shaped green, directly between the two bunkers. Getting the ball to stay anywhere close to the hole was difficult if a player’s tee shot didn’t finish in the small space directly below the pin.
Case in point, the team of Ryan Stefanski + Brian Smith came into that same 18th hole at 7-under par on the day, but neither player could get up and down after both missed the green. They finished as one of the three teams in second place at 6-under par 65, along side Mark Guadagni + Jim Durr and Mike Simpson + Robert Wakeling.
Cutlip made three birdies on the day in shooting 72, giving his partner the boost they needed for victory as Trier played outstanding golf: a five-birdie, one-bogey 67. Together, the duo totaled a 7-under par 64.
Five teams finished at 4-under par 67 to earn T5.
For most of the day, it looked like the $2,740 skin pot would be split between two teams until the last swing of the day by ADGA Co-Director Kyle Jones almost went in for an ace and canceled a birdie skin that had been holding up on 18. David Swab + Mason Sokolowski were ecstatic with that cancellation, as that left the eagle-2 made on the reachable par-4 fifth hole by Sokolowski as the lone skin winner of the event. Combined with their T5 finish, the pair’s total haul for the day was exactly $3,000.
The next event on the Association’s 2026 calendar is the ADGA 2-Player Shamble on Saturday, August 22 at Fox Den Golf Course in Stow. Entries for that event will open on Saturday, August 1 at 7:00 a.m.
FINAL RESULTS: Akron District Golf Association
2026 ADGA Parke H. Thornton 2-Player Better Ball
Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links, Akron
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
1 Dean Cutlip + David Trier 64 $1,000.00
T2 Mike Simpson + Robert Wakeling 65 $740.00
T2 Mark Guadagni + Jim Durr 65 $740.00
T2 Ryan Stefanski + Brian Smith 65 $740.00
T5 Nick Anagnost + David Sotka 67 $260.00
T5 David Oates + Nick Lambos 67 $260.00
T5 David Swab + Mason Sokolowski 67 $260.00
T5 Kenny Koprivec + Austin Koprivec 67 $260.00
T5 Steve Blackburn + Jeff McMurtrie 67 $260.00
T10 Mark Ciccarello + Walter Robertson 68 $18.00
T10 Brian Beebe + Jeff Semple 68 $18.00
T10 Brandon Giaimo + Cody Nickson 68 $18.00
T13 Shaun Kloetzer + Brian Vincelette 69
T13 Jim Cea + Robert Schustrich 69
T13 Allen Freeman + Phil Bojc 69
T13 Edward Diebold + John Parman 69
T13 David Canter + Raul Mendoza 69
T13 Fred Miller + Adam Jones 69
T13 Jimmy Wild + Kyle Jones 69
T20 Matt Malone + Chad Scott 70
T20 Jim Herchek + Rick Bryson 70
T20 Tom Stack + Fred Martin 70
T23 Steve Feist + Douglas Fleming 71
T23 Blake Ring-Fish + Andrew Strope 71
T23 Chase Helmling + Thomas Miano 71
T23 Doug Seftas + Randy Chesko 71
T27 Tyler Watkins + Matt Warren 72
T27 Max DeCheco + John Toth 72
T27 cody conley + Austin Ahbe 72
30 Spencer Crone + Cole Hostetler 73
T31 Adam Arman + Jarrod Kasunick 74
T31 Scott Altman + Stephen Gross 74
T33 Mark Williams + Chris Henry 75
T33 Randy Skorman + Drew Landon 75
T33 Aaron Rich + Jarrod Rich 75
36 Tom Skidmore + William Downing 76
T37 Troy Luckenbaugh + Dave Cutlip 77
T37 Alex Kilpatrick + Dom Ignazio 77
T37 Jesse Ritchie + Andy Pappas 77
40 Jason Darrah + Tyler Wierzbicki 78
41 Matthew Hairston + Fred Smith 81
42 Randy Crider + Mark Thomas 82
SKINS: $2,740 ea
David Swab + Mason Sokolowski – Eagle-2, Hole #5
2026 ADGA SPONSORS: Crest Roofing (Bobby Spino), Evolution Painting (Brandon Giaimo), Mallette Dental (Jeff Mallette), Proforma (Tommy Miano), Tom Skidmore, and Bill Downing.
