Ohio Golf Journal August 2020

Super Senior In the Super Senior Division, Mike Cassell, an amateur from Hudson, won with a two-day total of 4-under par 135, the lowest score of the tournament regardless of division. Cassell was the low amateur in 2015 when former Canton Brookside pro Jim Logue won the Super Seniors. Cassell, 65, defeated Solon’s Monty Guest by four shots to win is first Super Seniors title. Guest was playing with a ton of confidence as he also won the Senior Division of the Northeast Ohio Amateur. Ohio Women’s Open The Ohio Women’s Open was scheduled to be contested in June, but organizers voted to cancel this year’s tournament. It was a difficult decision, but the safety of the players and volunteers was the overriding factor for these challenging times. As you can see Ohio golf is alive and well. Courses are open and more people are taking the opportunity to visit a golf course. Congratulations to all the winners this year. If you haven’t been out to a golf course for a while, give it a try. You may just find that it is a lot of fun and great exercise to boot. We’ll look for you on the Back 9. Boy’s Junior Golf Championship The 2020 Ohio Golf Association’s Junior Championship was held at Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna. Topher Reed, from Fairview Park, birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Ben Cars, from Wooster. Both Reed and Cars finished the regulation 36-hole event tied at four-under-par. Nicholas Piesen finished solo third two strokes behind the leaders and Solomon Petrie and Justin Atkinson rounded out the top five tied for fourth place. 44th Ohio Junior Girls Championship at Marion Country Club Lelia Raines from Galena shot 70-70 to win the Ohio Junior Girls at four under par two shots better than Warren’s Gianna Clemente, who captured runner-up honors. New Albany’s Anna Ritter posted a two-round total of 143 to win the 16-19 age division. Cara Heisterkamp, of Westlake, won the 14 & 15 age division and Angelina Gong, from Dublin, won the 13 & younger age group. Ohio Golf Journal