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2021 Bridgestone Senior PLAYERS Raised $840K for Charity
The 2021 Bridgestone Senior PLAYERS Championship raised $840,000 for Northeastern Ohio charities. It was the largest charitable donation made in one year and brought the total amount raised for charity through professional golf tournaments held at Firestone Country Club to over $30 million.
ProMedica & The USGA Ink Long Term Agreement
By: Fred Altvater When you start a new high-profile job, you want to make a big impression, especially when you are Michael Whan coming into a situation with an old guard USGA membership that is ready to jump on any mistake and crucify you, before you even get started. Whan, who last year left the […]
2022 Ohio Golf Association Tournament Schedule
A full slate of amateur events will be held in Ohio. The Ohio Golf Association tournament schedule will begin with an Ohio Amateur Qualifier on May 31st, at Dayton Country Club. Additional Ohio Amateur Qualifiers will be held at Findlay Country Club, June 13th, Pinnacle Golf Club, June 20th and Losantiville Country Club, June 29th. […]
Marathon Classic Gets New Name
In a statement issued last month, Judd Silverman, Tournament Director for the annual LPGA Tournament held in Toledo, announced that the event would be getting a new name. Dana Corporation, one of the leaders in manufacture of efficient propulsion and energy management solutions for automobiles and machinery, will become the title sponsor of the Dana […]
RIP Richard Schwartz
The 1958 Ohio Amateur Champion, Richard Schwartz passed away last month. Richard was a member of the PGA TOUR in the 1960’s and later the Head Professional and Superintendent at East Liverpool Country Club for 35 years. He played in seven PGA Tour events over a three-year span, 1968-1970, plus he entered two PGA Tour […]
OSU’s Max Moldovan Named BIG TEN Golfer of the Week
Ohio State Sophomore, Maxwell Moldovan claimed his first collegiate victory, which earned his first BIG TEN Men’s Golfer of the Week award. Moldovan won the Nexus Collegiate at The Albany Club in the Bahamas. With high winds in the Bahamas during the tournament, the average score for the three days was 79.87 (+22). Moldovan, from […]
Gary Robison Wins in Florida
Gary Robison won the 65 and older division of the 2022 Quarter Century Championship for PGA Professionals at PGA Village in January. Other PGA Professionals with Ohio ties The 2021 Champion, Bob Sowards from Dublin finished fourth. Also in the field, Tim Achison and Tim Krapfel tied for 11th. Gary Trivisonno T-14, Steve Parker T-41, […]
OSU’s Max Moldovan Finishes Top 10 at Patriot All America Invitational
While most college students were enjoying time at home between Christmas and New Year’s Ohio State’s Max Moldovan was in Arizona competing in the 11th Annual Patriot All America Invitational. With rounds of 70-65-67, the OSU Sophomore finished the 54-hole event at eight-under par, good for a tie for tenth place. The Patriot All America […]
Kaye Kessler Passes at the Age of 97
By Fred Altvater If it happened in Central Ohio, Kaye Kessler wrote about it. I began reading Kaye Kessler’s sports coverage in 1969, while attending Ohio State University. He always had the inside scoop on Woody Hayes, Fred Taylor and the Buckeyes. He began covering Jack Nicklaus, when he was just a 10-year-old kid, […]
Golf Shows Cancelling for 2022, But NOT Toledo
After not being able to attend golf shows in 2020 and securing discounted price on equipment and merchandise, golfers are eagerly awaiting the 2022 golf show season. COVID is still a factor, however, not because fans are concerned about mixing it up with other golfers in tight quarters, but distributors are finding it difficult to […]