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Condoleezza Rice to Receive Ambassador of Golf Award
Former Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice was recently named recipient of the Ambassador of Golf Award. She will be recognized in July during the Bridgestone Senior PLAYERS Championship at Firestone Country Club. The Ambassador of Golf Award honors a person, who fosters the ideals of the game on an international level and whose concern […]
Ohio’s Jason Straka Elected President of ASGCA
Jason Straka of Dublin, was elected president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) at the organization’s recent 75th Annual Meeting in Cleveland. He is a partner in Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design and is devoted to environmental golf-course design. The firm’s projects have won several environmental accolades. A native of northeastern […]
Four Golfers with Ohio Ties Perform Well in Bermuda
The 2021-2022 PGA TOUR season is underway and four golfers with Ohio ties are starting the season strong. Taylor Pendrith is originally from Canada, but played college golf at Kent State. Pendrith made it through the Korn Ferry Tour to earn his PGA TOUR Card this year. In Friday’s second round in Bermuda, he set […]
Denny Shute Match Play Results
Championship Division The Denny Shute Memorial Match Play Championship is held to honor the Cleveland native, who was a match play wizard. Drew Pierson won four consecutive holes on the front nine and finished off Adam Lewiciki 6-5 to take the Championship honors. It was Pierson’s first major win in the Northern Ohio Section and […]
NOGA Holds First Lewis Cup Matches
The inaugural Lewis Cup, conducted by the Northern Ohio Golf Association was played at Westfield Country Club. The Senior Team defeated the Amateur Team by a total of 15-9 after Saturday’s Four-Ball and Foursomes matches followed by Sunday’s 12 Single Matches. On Saturday, the Seniors won the Four-Ball matches 5-1. In Foursomes (alternate shot), the Amateur […]
Marianne Reece Inducted Into The Toledo Golf Hall of Fame
In a dinner held at the Inverness Club, the Toledo District Golf Association (TDGA) celebrated its Centennial Anniversary by inducting long time TDGA Executive Director, Marianne Reece into the Toledo District Golf Hall of Fame. The Toledo Golf Hall of Fame was founded in 1999 by Don Kotnik, Reg Jackson and Jim Millon to recognize […]
Legends Luncheon Raises $1.4 Million Virtually
The 11th annual Legends Luncheon presented by Nationwide was moved from April to September, but still raised $1.4 million for the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. All proceeds of the Legends Luncheon directly benefit the young patients and families that Nationwide Children’s compassionately serves each day. The 2021 contribution equals the […]
Mike Stone & Darin de Lelys Win Shaker Shoot-Out
Shaker Heights Country Club hosted the Northern Ohio PGA’s annual Shoot-Out at Shaker. 32 NOPGA Professionals were broken down into 16 teams of two to play a round robin match play event. Four pods of 4 teams competed in three different nine hole matches to see who would advance to the Shoot-Out. The format for the […]
Two Ohio Golfers Make Match Play at USGA Mid-Am
Two Ohio golfers advanced from the 36-hole medal play to make the match play portion of the US Mid-Am held at Sankaty Head Golf in Siasconset, Massachusetts and Miacomet Golf Course in Nantucket. Ryan Gutowski from Akron tied for 15th in the medal portion, but was defeated in the first round of match play by […]
UT’s Barend Botha Wins Toledo Open
The 91st Habitec Toledo Open Presented by Club Car and Century Equipment was conducted at Highland Meadows Golf Club. In all 145 golfers competed in the event conducted by the Northern Ohio Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America. A Sophomore at the University of Toledo, from South Africa, Barend Botha beat the pros with scores […]