Ohio Golf Journal September 2020

Sowards of Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Powell, Ohio, participated in his 11th career PGA Championship and first since 2018. Sowards’ 11 career PGA Championship starts are tied for second all-time among PGA Club Professionals. Auterson is the Head Professional and General Manager of HickoryWoods Golf Course in Loveland, Ohio Girls High School Team finish runner- up at PGA National High School played Pinehurst. The 2020 High School Golf National Invitational was held at historic Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. It is an invitation only tournament made up of the top high school golfers from across the country competing at a place as timeless as the game itself. Receiving an invitation to the National Invitational is quite an honor as invitations are based on Two Ohio PGA Pros, Bob Sowards and Michael Auterson, Competed in PGA Championship Ohio Golf News StateChampionshipperformance. The Invitational brings together a wide variety of golfers from nearly all 50 states. Public, or private, small or large, all high school state championship teams, individuals and their families are welcome at the Invitational. In total, 103 high school champions and nine girl’s teams participated in the competition held on Pinehurst’s Nos. 6, 8 and 9 courses. Kary Hollenbaugh finished tied for fifth with rounds of 78- 71-73. Anna Ritter was T-15, Madison Spiess finished 29th, Anna Coccia, 30th and Gwynnie Lee was 74th. Together their team score was good enough to capture runner-up honors at this prestigious event. Find out more about the High School National Invitational at: https://www.highschoolgolf. org/2020-national-high-school- golf-invitational/ Ohio. He won the Southern Ohio PGA Professional Championship last August. Normal qualifying for the PGA Championship is accomplished via the PGA Professional Championship, but that was cancelled due to the pandemic. The top 20 club pros from the 2019 PGA Player of the Year list became eligible to compete last month at Harding Park. Neither player from Ohio made the cut, but both made a lifetime of memories competing in a major championship. Ohio Golf Journal