August 2021 Ohio Golf Journal

2021 NOPGA Junior Tour Championship By NorthernOhio.Golf After two weather-perfect days and 36 grueling holes that was the path the four champions blazed in the 38th Kenny Novak NOPGA Junior Tour Championship , which concluded on Wednesday at Club Walden. Strongsville’s Michael Lee , Aurora’s Chris Pollak and Lima’s Mary Kelly Mulcahy led from start to finish in winning their divisions, while Strongsville’s Natalie Kostalnick rallied from three shots back to claim her title in the event conducted by the Northern Ohio Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America. Boys 16-19 Michael Lee, a recent graduate of Strongsville High, who will be a freshman at Ohio State, closed out his junior career by beating Jordan Kish, from Massillon, in a two-hole playoff after both finished regulation play tied at 5-over 149. Lee, a high school state tournament qualifier last fall, won with a par-3 onWalden’s 158-yard second hole, two putting from about 25 feet. Ohio Golf Journal