Andrew Bailey Repeats As Ohio Amateur Champion Sylvania Country Club hosted the 2024 Ohio Amateur. Andew Bailey from Shaker Heights fired four rounds of 67-70-66-66 to get to 19-under par and best the runner-up Xenia’s Tyler Goecke by a single stroke. Eight players finished tied for third place at 13-under par. in the end,” Gilligan said. “It was a battle of energy levels and so hard to stay focused all day, but it ended up being an unbelievable day. I can’t even put it into words.” After 154 holes of play, Gilligan’s name was etched on the trophy beside the names of former Western Amateur champions, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Weiskopf, Ben Crenshaw and Jack Nicklaus. The victory further cements Gilligan’s status as one of the world’s top amateurs. Currently No. 14 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Gilligan will enter his senior season at No. 8 in the PGA TOUR University Preseason Rankings. He’s also earned an exemption into the NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank on the Korn Ferry Tour. First played at Glen View Club in 1899, the Western Amateur is the world’s third-oldest amateur championship, behind only the British Amateur (1885) and the U.S. Amateur (1895) and attracts the top players from across the country and around the world. Sylvania’s rolling terrain and tree-lined fairways proved to be no match for Ohio’s top amateurs. Goecke, a fifth-year senior at Illinois, was the highest ranked amateur in the field. He held the 54-hole lead and seemed in control until the defending champion Bailey trailed by three strokes heading into the final round and his second consecutive 66 was good enough to earn him a second consecutive Ohio Amateur title.
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