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ORANGE VILLAGE, Ohio: Torrid Temperatures and its evil twin, High Humidity, could not stop Pepper Pike Club PGA Head Professional and five-time champion Rob Moss from taking the second-round lead in the Northern Ohio PGA Professional Championship on a steamy Tuesday at Beechmont Country Club. Moss, who won this event five consecutive years from 2010…

Orange Village, Ohio: Fast greens, tough pin placements and lush rough accompanied by what one player labeled as “an annoying breeze” challenged the field of 57 in the first round of the Northern Ohio PGA Professional Championship at Beechmont Country Club on Monday. When the round ended the top two names on the leaderboard belonged…

Nine former winners, including the reigning champion and the event’s all-time leading winner, begin play Monday in the Northern Ohio Professional Golfers Association’s Professional Championship at Beechmont Country Club. Reigning champion Jaysen Hansen, who won this event in 2020 at Westbrook Country Club, will be the first off at 8:30 a.m. in the 54-hole, 3-day…

WESTLAKE, Ohio: Tannenhauf Golf Club Head Professional and Malone University Assistant Women’s Golf Coach Mary Suitca shot a final-round 2-over 73 on Thursday to win the NOPGA Women’s Professional Championship at Lakewood Country Club. Suitca’s 36-hole total of 74-73—147 was five shots better than runner up Jennifer Creech (73-79—152), of Chesterland and The Country Club,…

WESTLAKE, Ohio: Two rounds of bogey-free golf and a clutch birdie on the penultimate hole of the tournament. That’s what it took to win the Northern Ohio Section’s Senior Professional Championship and that’s what Gary Rusnak delivered. Full Results Rusnak, of Painesville, turned in a final-round 69 on Thursday at Lakewood Country Club for a…

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS: The top contenders for the season-ending Senior Player of the Year Award have entered the Northern Ohio Professional Golfers Association’s Senior Professional Championship to be held this week at Lakewood Country Club. Also at stake for the top four finishers is entrance into the Senior Professional Championship national tournament, to be held in…

The Northern Ohio PGA Section Foundation awarded two graduating high school seniors with $10,000 scholarships to pursue their higher education today. The inaugural Kenny Novak Pro-Junior-3 Am was successful in raising funds towards next year’s scholarship winners. The family of George Balog donated the funds for the first year’s scholarships. Eighteen teams participated in a…

WESTFIELD CENTER: He contended with multiple weather-related and frustrating suspensions that can derail a man’s momentum faster than a double-bogey. He bested a talented and deep field — the largest in the century-old event — and dissolved the enigma of never having won as a professional. He dealt with changing course conditions that can alter…

WESTFIELD CENTER: Two-time champion Justin Lower added a 6-under 64 in his second round Wednesday and is the leader in the clubhouse of the rain-plagued 100th Ohio Open at Westfield Country Club. Leaderboard Torrential rain, brisk winds and occasional flashes of lightning caused suspension of the tournament for the second straight day with play expected…

WESTFIELD CENTER: Uniontown’s Jake McBride beat the weather, the golf course and the players that finished before stormy weather caused a suspension of play at the 100th Ohio Open at Westfield Country Club. Full Results of Round 1 McBride, 26, rode a hot putter to an 8-under 62 on Westfield’s North Course to take the…