Ohio Golf Journal February 2020

By Allen Freeman from NEOH Golf News Ohio Golf News KSU’s Lisa Strom Receives National Recognition 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 sections. “I am honored to be named the LPGA T&CP National Coach of the Year,” said Strom. “It wouldn’t be possible without the mentors I have in my life, along with the incredibly talented student-athletes and clients I have been able to work alongside.” Strom, who was named KSUWomen’s Golf Coach in July 2019, is just the third head coach in the Medina Country Club Auctioned After falling into foreclosure late last summer, the Medina County Common Pleas Court ordered that Medina Country Club be offered for sale at a public auction that ended Fri- day, January 31st. The 27-hole private course, located at 5588 Wedgewood Road in Medina, required a minimum opening bid of $2.3 million and was conducted by George Roman Auctioneers. 21-year history of the women’s golf program. She previously spent three years as the head coach at Texas State. In 2019 the sixth-ranked Flashes compiled four top-two finishes during the fall season, which included three-straight tournament wins. Strom is continuing the winning tradition for Kent State’s Women’s Golf Team. Since 1999 the Kent State Women’s Golf Team has won every Mid- American Championship. Ohio Golf Journal