Ohio Golf Journal August 2018

“Play Well, Play Fair, Play Fast!” ! LITTLE OVER YEARS AGO TWO 4OLEDO AREA GOLF PROFESSIONALS 'REG &ISH AND $ON +OTNIK DECIDED THERE WAS A NEED FOR MORE GOLF TOURNAMENTS 4HEY WERE CONVINCED THAT GOLF WAS the perfect venue to teach KIDS THE VALUES OF FAIR PLAY SPORTSMANSHIP AND HARD WORK 0LUS JUNIOR GOLFERS LOOKING TO gain experience for the high school season needed more TOURNAMENTS TO PLAY IN 4HERE WAS NO !*'! 0'! *UNIOR ,EAGUE &IRST 4EE 9OUTH ON #OURSE OR $RIVE #HIP 0UTT %ACH COURSE OR COUNTRY club may have held an event at the end of the summer FOR THEIR JUNIOR MEMBERS BUT THERE WAS NO ORGANIZED schedule of tournaments for THE GENERAL POPULACE &ISH AND +OTNIK RAN THE IDEA of holding a series of junior TOURNAMENTS BY TWO OF THEIR FRIENDS $OUG 3PENCER AND $AVE +ASPRZAK 4HEY AGREED THAT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND IN THE 4OLEDO *UNIOR 'OLF !SSOCIATION WAS BORN 4HE ÚRST YEAR ENOUGH SPONSORS WERE LOCATED TO HOLD A FEW EVENTS %VERY YEAR THE TOUR GREW AS MORE AND MORE LOCAL BUSINESSES WANTED TO HELP GROW JUNIOR GOLF IN THE AREA TOLEDO JUNIOR GOLFASSOCIATION CELEBRATES 45 TH ANNIVERSARY By Fred Altvater Ohio Golf Journal