was a former Ohio High School Division I Champion and won by a single stroke over another amateur Mikkel Mathiesen. Bob Lewis was the last amateur to win the event in 1978. Only State and earlier this year won the Horizon League Championship and qualified for the Columbus Regional of the NCAA Division I Championship. Avery Schneider, from New Albany, was solo third. Trying to win a record fourth Ohio Open, Bob Sowards entered the last day tied for the 36-hole lead, but his final round 69 was not good enough to hold off the talented amateurs and he eventually finished tied for fourth with Jake McBride, Jaysen Hansen and Jordan Gilkison’s older brother Josh. Although this was a rare loss for Sowards, his legend in Ohio golf is secure. He will be inducted into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame in August. JUST ASK OUR COURSE RECORD HOLDERS: PHIL MICKELSON, FRED COUPLES, LEE JANZEN & AN UNKNOWN AMATEUR. (We’re not kidding!) Can’t Top That. WWW.TREETOPS.COM | 81 SPECTACULAR HOLES BY GOLF’S GREAT DESIGNERS. EASY. GOLF IS five other amateurs, including Jack Nicklaus in 1956, have won the Ohio Open, prior to Gilkison’s win this year. Mathieson, originally from Denmark is a junior at Wright Ohio Golf Journal
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