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KSU’s Lisa Strom Receives National Recognition
By Allen Freeman Kent State University Women’s Golf head coach Lisa Strom has been named the 2019 LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) National Coach of the Year. The national award winners were selected by the LPGA T&CP membership’s Executive Committee from the pool of the section award winners voted on by officers of the six regional […]
Bob Sowards Wins AGAIN!!
Bob Sowards capped off another successful tournament in December and banked $5,000 for winning Event No. 6 of the PGA Tournament Series at PGA Golf Club at Port St. Lucie, Florida. Sowards started the week with a win at the Indian River Grapefruit Pro-Am in Vero Beach, but lost Event No. 5 in a […]
Marathon Classic LPGA Classic Raises $570,000
The 2019 Marathon LPGA Classic Presented by Dana distributed $570,000 to 23 northwest Ohio children’s charities today as a result of this year’s annual tournament. The tournament has now raised $11.5 million for 185 northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan children’s charities since its inception in 1984.
Bridgestone Senior PLAYERS Generates $825,000 for Area Charities
After the final event at Firestone Country Club in 2018, one of the biggest concerns about the loss of the PGA TOUR’s WGC Bridgestone Invitational was its effect on the significant charity dollars for Northeast Ohio. The final Bridgestone Invitational generated $1,028,910 in 2018, which was distributed to 41 local charities. The PGA Champion’s Tour’s Bridgetone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship didn’t […]
Todd Casabella Ranked Top Teacher in Ohio
Barrington Golf Club’s Todd Casabella is the highest ranked Northeast Ohio golf instructor in the ‘2019 Golf Digest Best Teachers by State’ rankings, as listed in the magazine’s December issue. Other Northeast Ohio swing coaches on the list include Jon Jones of Youngstown CC, Mike Emery and Gary Robison of Canton Brookside, Nick Paez of GolfTEC Cleveland West, Rob Moss of Pepper Pike, and Patrick Milkovich of Canterbury. Top 10 Listing […]
Matt Rutland Named NOPGA Director of Competitions
The Northern Ohio PGA’s Selection Committee has named Matt Rutland as Director of Competitions, beginning January 6. Rutland has been a NOPGA member since 2011, serving at Westwood Country Club for nine years. He began his career at The Golf Academy of America in Myrtle Beach, SC in 2006 with stops at Haig Point Golf Club […]
Jillian Hollis Earns 2020 LPGA Tour Card
Rocky River’s Jillian Hollis posted six top-10 finishes, including wins at the IOA Championship and The Forsyth Classic on the 2019 Symetra Tour. Her total earnings of $98,044 was good enough for fifth on the money list and membership to the 2020 LPGA Tour. A three-time All-American at the University of Georgia, she made her […]
Three Ohio Women Compete in Senior LPGA Championship
The third annual Senior LPGA Championship was held October 14-16 on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort in Southern Indiana. Three former LPGA Tour players from Ohio, Tammie Green, Cheryl Fox and Susie Redman were in the field representing the Buckeye State. Tammie Green was the LPGA Rookie of the Year in 1987. […]
Doug Hanzel Wins 4th Senior Event of the Year in Pinehurst Doug Hanzel, who was inducted into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame in 2019, got his latest win at the Society of Seniors Dale Morey Championship held at Pine Needles and Mid Pines, in Southern Pines. The victory was Hanzel’s fourth win of the […]
Max Moldovan name AJGA Player of the Year
Max Moldovan from Uniontown, Ohio, started the summer golf season with a second place at the AJGA’s Memorial Junior hosted by Sung Hyun Park at Ohio State’s Scarlet course. “It was great to play well at the course where I’m going to play every day for the next few years in college,” Moldovan said. “Winning […]