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In the Senior Division, Belmont Country Club Assistant Golf Professional Mike Stone, PGA defeated Bob Sowards, PGA (Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club) in a four-hole playoff after tying at 3-under par 129. Sowards made birdie on the difficult eighteenth hole to shoot 70-71 (-3) to force a playoff with Stone, who made two birdies and…

Sean McGuire, 29, ended a steamy and sun-baked day – the kind that can zap your energy faster than a tour of Death Valley – with a birdie on the first playoff hole to turn back Brandywine Assistant Professional Michael Balcar, the two-time defending champion, after both had finished regulation play at eight-under 136. DJ…

Cleveland, OH – 16 Northern Ohio PGA Junior Tour members competed all season long for a spot to represent the Northern Ohio PGA at the inaugural Junior Ohio Cup presented by Cobra Puma Golf! These players will head to Westfield Country Club’s South Course in Westfield Center, OH October 28-29 to compete against juniors from…

Jason Carbone, Head Golf Professional at Canterbury Golf Club shot a final round 74 to claim victory with a score of 71-70-74-215 in the Northern Ohio PGA Professional Championship. Jim Troy, two time defending champion finished in second by one stroke with a score of 74-71-71-216. In addition to Carbone and Troy, Steve Mulcahy, Jaysen…

Emily Heikkila, an Assistant Professional at Trumbull Country Club, shot a final-round 7-over 79 to win the third Ladies Professional Championship by three shots over two-time winner and expectant mother Mary Suitca with a 36-hole score of 13-over 157. Canterbury Head Professional Jason Carbone leads a field of 28 players who made the cut and…

IN THE BOOKS! Randy Dietz and Emily Heikkila Are Early Leaders in NOPGA Section Championships at Tippecanoe By: Tim Rogers, Northern Ohio PGA Contributor Canfield, Ohio: Randy Dietz has been here before. It is uncharted territory for Emily Heikkila. That is what came out of the opening rounds of the Northern Ohio PGA’s Professional Championships…

Winning a major golf tournament is always good. Winning a major golf tournament that you’ve always wanted to win is even better. Mike Stone accomplished both on Friday when a stellar finish paved the way to victory in the 36th Senior Professional Championship at Shawnee Country Club in Lima. Stone, the PGA Assistant Professional at…

NOPGA Associate Professional, Michael Balcar rallied from a 3-shot deficit with a final round 5-under 65 to win the tournament by one shot over Kent State graduate student Cade Breitenstine with a final 54-hole score of 14-under 196. Breitenstine, who led the tournament for 53 holes, closed with a 1-under 69 to go with his…

Westfield Center: We have a college graduate student and a college golf coach. We have a PGA Head Golf Professional who also happens to be a former tournament champion and we have a long-time professional who also happens to be a former Big Ten champion. If the top of the leaderboard of the 102nd Ohio…