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Two Ohio Golfers Earn PGA Tour Latinoamerica Tour Spots
Another former Buckeye star Tee-K Kelly posted rounds of 71-6-66-70 to finish runner-up at the Latinoamerca Tour Q-School. Chase Johnson from Barberton finished T-6 at the Latinoamerica Q-School to earn a spot on tour for 2019. He posted rounds of 73-66-72-69 The Latinoamerica Tour conducts a series of tournaments in Central and South America with […]
Former Buckeye Star is now Competing on Web.com Tour
Former OSU golfer Bo Hoag is competing on the Web.com Tour this season. Thus far in 2019, he has made the cut in all three events he has competed with his best finish a T-13 coming at the Country Club de Bogota Championship at the beginning of the month. Hoag, from Upper Arlington, was a […]
NE Ohio Golf News
Legendary KSU Golf Coach, Herb Page Retires after 41 Years The 2018-19 golf season will be the final one for Kent State University’s Herb Page as men’s head coach and director of golf. On Thursday, Page announced his upcoming retirement and the appointment of Jon Mills as the new men’s golf coach. Page led the Golden Flashes men’s […]
OSU’s Jaclyn Lee turning Pro
Ohio State Women Golf Team standout Jaclyn Lee finished sixth in the LPGA Tour Q-Series held at Pinehurst in November. She has decided to forego her remaining eligibility at Ohio State and join the LPGA Tour.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship awards $2.1 Million to area charities
Tournament officials announced today that the 12th annual Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, concluded August 26, 2018, at The Ohio State University Golf Club, raised a total of $2,218,004 for central Ohio charitable organizations, including $2,104,254 for pediatric cancer research and treatment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The total marks the largest single-season charitable donation raised for […]
Marathon Classic Donates $554,000 to Northwest Ohio Children’s Charities
In December, the Marathon LPGA Classic Presented by Owens Corning & O-I distributed $554,000 to 17 northwest Ohio children’s charities today as a result of this year’s annual LPGA tournament. Since its inception as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in 1984, the tournament has generated a total of $10.8 million for 180 northwest Ohio children’s […]
Is TopGolf finally breaking ground in Cleveland?
TogGolf continues to expand with a new facility coming to Cleveland. It appears that work has begun on the proposed site at 5700 Brecksville Road, in Independence. The original announcement of TopGolf coming to Cleveland was made in January, but nothing official has been added since then. However, heavy equipment has been spotted moving dirt […]
Ohio Professional Wins Senior PGA Professional Championship
Bob Sowards has amassed over 17 wins at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, but none as prestigious as the Senior PGA Professional Championship. Sowards resides in Dublin and is the Head Professional at Kinsale Country Club. He is the first winner of the Senior PGA Professional Championship from the Southern Ohio […]
Evans Scholarship Director John Kretzschmar Passes at age 82
John Kretzschmar was by training a plastics engineer. He saw the importance of plastics as a young man and along with his wife and a partner founded a successful plastics plant outside of Bowling Green, in northwest Ohio. Kretzschmar was a former caddie and became a tireless supporter of the Evan Scholars program not only […]