AmateurWins 101st Ohio Open Jordan Gilkison a Sophomore at Kent State becomes only the sixth amateur to win the Ohio Open. During the second round of the Ohio Open youth and age were pitted against one another. Dublin’s Bob Sowards was trying to make history and become only the third player to win the Ohio Open for the fourth time. Sowards, 54, would have joined Denny Shute and Billy Burke as the only four-time winners of the Ohio Open. He would have also become the first and only player to win both the Ohio Open and the Ohio Senior Open in the same year. The second round was played under ideal conditions at Westfield Country Club with 62 players making the cut. Amateurs were the story of the day, as 24 players made the cut into the final round. Kent State Sophomore, Jordan Gilkison fired a 7-under 63 to post 5-under for 36 holes and put himself just one shot behind four players tied for the lead. One of which was his older brother, Josh, a Kent State graduate. Also tied for first after two rounds was first-year pro Mason Lenhart, from Cincinnati and Mikkel Mathieson, a native of Denmark and a junior at Wright State. Final Round: Gilkison Gets It Done Jordan Gilkison, who had jumped up the leaderboard in the second round with a 63, fired a 5-under 65 to win the Ohio Open. Gilkison
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