Ohio Golf Journal October 2018

Although Tropical Storm Florence dumped over eight inches of rain on Charlotte, North Carolina, the grounds- keeping crews at both Charlotte Country Club and Carolina Golf Club had the host courses ready for play in the 38th U.S. Mid-Am Championship. Qualifying out of Dublin’s Tartan Fields, Aaron Siekmann, from Powell ÚRED A TO TAKE MEDALIST HONORS 4ONY (EINA from Cleveland and Nick Reardon both carded 72 to tie for runner-up and Robert Davidge from #OLUMBUS WAS THE FOURTH QUALIÚER FROM 4ARTAN Fields. In Medina at Weymouth Country Club, Chris Okeson carded a 69 to punch his ticket to the U.S. Mid-Am Championship, along with Akron’s Aaron Crewse and Josh Clay from North Canton. Also competing in Charlotte were, Scott Anderson, from Columbus, who reached the QUARTERÚNALS IN LAST YEARmS U.S. Mid-Am. !FTER THE ÚRST TWO ROUNDS OF stroke-play, Anderson tied for ÚFTH *OSH #LAY 4 AND .ICK 2EARDON HAD TO survive a 16-man playoff for 12 spots to make it to match play. Both Reardon and Clay were knocked out in the Round of 64, but Anderson defeated Kenneth Cook from Indiana, 3-2 to advance, before losing in the second round to Kyler Sauer from California. KŚŝŽĂŶƐ YƵĂůŝĨLJ ĨŽƌ h^ DŝĚͲ ŵ Three Ohio women earned spots in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am held at Norwood Hills Golf Club near St. Louis last month. 4HE /HIO QUALIÚER WAS HELD IN August at Portage Country Club in Akron. Alex Carl from Cincinnati ÚRED A TO TAKE MEDALIST HONORS !NN -ILES FROM $UBLIN ÚNISHED three shots back for runner-up and Akron’s Olivia Hochschwender tied for third with a 74. )N THE ÚRST TWO ROUNDS OF STROKE PLAY AT .ORWOOD Hills, Miles posted 74-80, 10-over- par to tie for 27th and make it to match play. The cut for the Top 64 came at +15 with seven women forced to playoff FOR THE ÚNAL SIX SPOTS #ARL and Hochschwender (+17) both ÚNISHED JUST OUTSIDE THE 4OP TO continue to the match play portion of the tournament. -ILES WAS DEFEATED IN THE ÚRST ROUND OF MATCH PLAY BY Caroline Ellington from North Carolina. KŚŝŽ tŽŵĞŶ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ŝŶ h^ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ DŝĚͲ ŵ Ohi o Golf Journa l