Sowards Wins AGAIN!! Bob Sowards captured his fifth consecutive Michelob Ultra Ohio Senior Open title for the fifth consecutive year with a final-round two-under 68. His 36-hole total of 5-under 135 at Firestone Country Club, gave him the two-shot victory over Loveland’s Mike Thomas. Sowards will soon turn 55 and has won this event every year since he has been eligible. Several players quipped that Sowards has won this event so often, they should just name the trophy after him. The Senior Plus Division (60 & Over) was won by first-time entrant, Cal Wood, an amateur from Athens, Ohio. Wood shot a score of 69-67-136. a 3 shot victory over Richard Marlowe from Youngstown, Ohio. Teresa Toscano, from Spain and Charlotte Thomas, from England grabbed the two exemptions in Columbus, while Molly Skapic from Miamisburg, Ohio and amateur Amy Frye from Kentucky were alternates. Of interest, Rose Zhang who won the NCAA Individual Championship and followed up by winning her first professional event on the LPGA in New Jersey was given a special exemption into the U.S. Women’s Open by the USGA.
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