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Inverness Raises Funds for Folds of Honor
The Inverness Club held its annual Member-Member Tournament and raised over $165,000 for Folds of Honor. Folds of Honor was started by Major Dan Rooney. It annually generates millions of dollars to benefit the families of fallen, or wounded military veterans to obtain college, or secondary educations.
Marathon LPGA Classic Women’s Summit Generates $112,000 for Charity
The Marathon Classic is long since over and the winner Danielle Kang is continuing her strong play on the LPGA Tour. Another important aspect of the 2020 Marathon Classic was also completed last month. The fourth Marathon LPGA Classic Women’s Summit took place virtually on September 17th with the theme ‘Women FORE Women’ and generated $112,000 for 25 northwest Ohio children’s charities. Even though the year has presented challenges […]
Jason Kokrak Made His 150th Career Cut at U.S. Open
Jason Kokrak has been involved with golf since his dad and grandparents introduced him to the game at the age of three. He led John F. Kennedy High School in Warren, to two Ohio High School State (OHSAA) Championships and was twice OHSAA State Tournament Division III medalist. He was voted 2003 OHSAA Golfer of the Year and was recruited by 40 Division 1 colleges. He could have attended any big-time collegiate program but […]
Ohio Girls High School Team finish runner-up at PGA National High School played Pinehurst.
The 2020 High School Golf National Invitational was held at historic Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. It is an invitation only tournament made up of the top high school golfers from across the country competing at a place as timeless as the game itself. Receiving an invitation to the National Invitational is quite an honor […]
Two Ohio PGA Pros, Bob Sowards and Michael Auterson, Competed in PGA Championship
Bob Sowards of Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Powell, Ohio, participated in his 11th career PGA Championship and first since 2018. Sowards’ 11 career PGA Championship starts are tied for second all-time among PGA Club Professionals. Michael Auterson is the Head Professional and General Manager of Hickory Woods Golf Course in Loveland, Ohio. He won the Southern Ohio PGA Professional […]
Williamson Victorious at Ohio Mid-Amateur
Bill Williamson of Cincinnati fired a combined 14-under-par over three rounds at Springfield Country Club last month to capture the Ohio Mid-Amateur Championship. Michael Klaric, of Peninsula, finished seven shots back for solo runner-up. Scott Anderson and Michael Cress, both from Columbus, tied for third and Springfield’s Andy Birch rounded out the top five.
Robison Captures Ohio Senior Pro
By Allen Freeman, NEOH Golf Gary Robison birdied three of the last four holes to card a final round 3-under 68 to win his sixth NOPGA Senior Professional Championship at Brookside Country Club. Robison finished with a two-day total of even-par 142 to win by five shots over runner-up Dan Sutton, Director of Golf at Heather Downs Country […]
Pair of Ohio Natives on Symetra Tour Haylee Harford & Marissa Steen are Working to Make it to LPGA Tour.
Marissa Steen grew up in West Chester, Ohio and played her high school golf for Lakota. She was a member of the Memphis Women’s Golf Team and turned professional in 2012. Finishing No. 1 on the Symetra Tour in 2014, she graduated to the LPGA, but injury prevented her from keeping her card. She has […]
Muirfield Village’s Larry Dornisch Wins PGA’s Bill Strausbaugh Award
Larry Dornisch, PGA, a 47-year PGA Member in the Southern Ohio PGA Section and Director of Golf at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, is the recipient of the 2020 Bill Strausbaugh Award. This award recognizes a PGA Professional who demonstrates exceptional character, integrity and leadership, by way of teaching and mentoring other […]
Female nearly knocks off Men’s Top Seed in Cincinnati Amateur Event
Ali Green had been putting off entering Cincinnati’s Tony Blom Metropolitan Amateur Championship, but she made the most of her effort last month, when she nearly knocked off the top-seed, Kyle Schmidt. The first female to play in the event, qualified for the match play portion of the tournament, although she had to hit it […]