The big boy’s tour division is a little closer after today’s round at Erie G.C. Jake McCollough shot a 1 over 73 playing from the champion blue tees Dave Nichols and Evan Rowane finishing close behind with 75. Jared Franc had a rare eagle 2 on the difficult 370 yd. par four #10 hitting his second shot sand wedge in the
hole. Zach Henry shooting 78 wins boys 13 – 15 division for the second week in a row. Anna Marie Zinram takes top honors in girls 14 and under division with a 96 and Chandler MacArthur win the 15 and over with 104. Colton Oljeski tightens up the boys 12 and under division with his 121. The tour moves on to Beechwood
next Tuesday July 24th playing the tour match play tournament with the qualifying round starting at 8:30 and the matches beginning in the afternoon (depending on course availability, otherwise two matches will be completed on Wednesday and Thursday).

Reminder that final standings in Tuesday’s qualifier are used as an event towards the Tour Championship.

current tour standings are included below.

Standings 7-16-18

McDowell Trojan Skyler Carr and Penn State Behrend bound Alex Poll each posted a 3 under par 69’s from the blue tees today at Scenic Heights G.C. Skyler drove the green on the par four ninth and needed a only a 2 putt to edge Alex Poll for the trophy.

Zach Henry equaled the 3 under par score and took the trophy for the boys 13 to 15 division. Natalie Brosig and Anna Swan increased their leads in the tour standings by winning the two girls divisions. Parker Berk took a slim lead in the boys 10 to 12 group today with a 5 stroke win over Colton Oljeski.

The tour continues Tuesday the July 17th with a 9:30 start at Erie G.C.

Juniors who are participating or intend to participate in upcoming Junior Tour events please take not of two important changes/alterations.

1. The event on July 17th at Erie Golf Club will begin at 9:30am as opposed to 8:30am as the last few.

2. July 30th event at The Country Club of Meadville is on MONDAY, rather than the traditional Tuesday.

Up to date Junior Tour Standings are available below.

Standings 7-9-18

With perfect weather conditions on pristine conditioned Kahkwa Club, 57 golfers set out to earn one of the 31 available spots to compete head to head for the Match Play Title. This was a very strong competitive field with the score of 82 qualifying for match play. Past champion Ed Podufal was the medalist shooting 3 under par 69 followed by Alex Weir’s 70.

First round afternoon matches found veteran Rick Carlotti ending the qualifying medalist Podufal’s tournament and veteran Tom Wedzik taking Alex Weir to the 18th hole losing 1 down. One 1st round match went extra holes, Mercyhurst Laker bound David Nichols was victorious over Mike Garcia on the 19th hole.

Second round matches continued Friday morning where past champion Dave Hewett ended defending champion Sean Scully’s bid to repeat by ending the match on the 17th hole. The afternoon quarter final matches found Alex Weir needing 19 holes to move on over former champ Ted Grassi and Hewett taking former champ Rob “Roto” Nicotra to the 18th hole before bowing out.

The semi matches were both well played matches with Alex Weir taking eventual champ Deimel to the 19th hole where Drew won by making a birdie 3. Mike Wolfe moved on to the finals over Nicotra on the 17th hole. Sunday’s finals found Mike Wolfe having difficulty with the slippery greens at the Kahkwa Club. Wolfe missed very makeable putts on holes #4, #8, and number #14 where his putt lipped out. Drew played practically flawless golf in the finals with his only bogey coming on the 14th hole where Wolfe lipped out for a half. The final match ended on the very difficult 242 yard par 3 15th hole where both players made a 3 and Drew Deimel become the 2018 Match Play Champion.

There two holes in one recorded in this year’s tournament; Doc Podufal using a five iron on #3 and Roto using a 3 wood on the 249 yd. #15 into a stiff breeze. Great shots by both, congratulations!