Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
2011 Golf Channel Am Tour of Cleveland and Pittsburgh Season Recap Video
Here is a video compilation of the 2011 Golf Channel Am Tour of Cleveland and Pittsburgh's Season through the cameras of Ling Myers and Matthew Blum.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Oh Deer, 2012 Golf Channel Am Tours of Cleveland and Pittsburgh Open Season
In the Palmer Flight, it was Jeff Mast who picked up where he left off in the 2011 season as he won his 1st event in the Palmer flight by 6 shots over D. J. Shaffer. Mast shot an 11-over par 83 to Shaffer's 89. Jeff Mast took an early lead on the par-3 4th hole by making birdie and gained a quick 4-stroke advantage as Shaffer made a triple-bogey. Mast then held on to the comfortable lead throughout the remainder of the round. Tom Betras finished in 3rd place with a 91.
The Sarazen Flight, saw a most entertaining finish as 4 different players had at least a share of the lead at some point during their round. The 4 players battled to the last hole as they all finished only 2 strokes apart at the end. Daniel Wood and Ben Hall ended up tied at 13-over par 85 and headed to a playoff for the championship. Charles Blasdel finished in 3rd place 1 shot back at 86. Charles held the lead going into the last hole, but was unable to par the par-5 18th. Blasdel triple-bogied the last hole and that slipped him to his 3rd place finish. Jeff Esper finished 4th with an 87, but he cleaned up on the skin money as he won 2 of the 3 flight skins and also one of only two giant skins awarded on the day. And after a playoff... Daniel Wood was the winner of the Sarazen flight over Ben Hall.
In the Jones Flight, Jerry O'Brien was trying to start the new season off on the right foot as he had built a 4 stroke lead well into his round. John Neff however, had other ideas as he stood on the 15th tee. Neff down by 4 on the 15th hole chipped away at O'Brien's lead by winning the 15th and 16th holes by 1 stroke each. Then on the par-4 17th hole Neff made par to O'Brien's triple bogey and that 3 shot swing was all that was needed to give Neff the 1 stroke victory. John Neff won with an 87 and Jerry O'Brien finished 2nd with an 88. Mark Bobak finished in 3rd place with a 93.
And in the Snead Flight, Ron Shoemaker and Charles Burger resumed their friendly rivalry on the course as the two battled out for the top 2 positions in the Snead flight. It was Shoemaker (96) who bettered his friend Burger (101) by 5 shots. Jim Laprade finished in 3rd place with a 106.
It was a great day to start off the 2012 Golf Channel Am Tour season for the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
They are: December- Innisbrook Resort Island and Copperhead Courses (Home of the Transitions), January- TPC Sawgrass Stadium and Dye's Valley Courses (Home of the Players Championship and Winn-Dixie Classic), February- Duel in the Desert in Las Vegas, March- Myrtle Beach Regional at Caledonia and True Blue Golf Courses.
Please check out www.gcamtour.com/cleveland or www.gcamtour.com/pittsburgh for all the schedule information and scores.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Golf Channel Am Tours of Cleveland and Pittsburgh Make Donation Goal!
The Golf Channel Am Tours of Cleveland and Pittsburgh made their goal of $2000 raised to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The money will be donated at the Cleveland JDRF's Walk for Diabetes event on Sunday, September 18th, 2011 at the Cleveland Zoo. Anyone who wishes to attend can contact Matt Blum and we can make sure you get a ticket for the event.
There will be a short check presentation around 9am when the walk kicks off at the zoo.
Thank you to all the players who helped make our goal and our donation of $2030 will be much appreciated!
There will be a short check presentation around 9am when the walk kicks off at the zoo.
Thank you to all the players who helped make our goal and our donation of $2030 will be much appreciated!
Tour Championship a Splendid Way to End...
Warren, OH- Avalon Lakes Country Club has had a great history of hosting a few big events in its time. They have hosted the LPGA's event in Northeast Ohio for many years. For the last 3 years now, the Country Club has hosted the Tour Championship for the Golf Channel Am Tour of Cleveland and Pittsburgh. This 2-tour combined year end championship looked to send as many players as possible to the upcoming 2011 National Championships at PGA West in a few weeks.
Under great sunny weather with temps in the 80's play on the course was pristine. Many of the pins were tucked near water and other trouble that made it a great test of golf before the season ended.
In the Palmer Flight, it was John Hilinski who shot an 85 to defeat Dustin Cramer (90) by 5 shots. Hilinksi built an early lead but couldn't hold it around the turn as his lead twice went down to 1 shot early on the back nine over Cramer, but then lengthened it out over the final few holes and was able to take home the trophy. Tom Betras finished in 3rd with a 94.
In the Hogan Flight, it was Jeff Mast who took the title shooting an 80. Abram Boyd (81) finished 2nd 1-shot back and Dale Thompson (83) was 3-shots back. It was Thompson who had the early round lead taking a 2-shot lead at the turn. As the 3 players headed down the stretch they were all tied going into the 14th hole where Mast closed by making 2 pars down the stretch while Boyd was only able to make 1. That amounted to the difference in the score and Mast held on. It was James Huber who took the Senior Hogan Flight by shooting a 91.
The Sarazen Flight saw Ben Hall victorious by shooting an 86 which was 2-shots better than Chris Ramaglia (88) and 3 better than Matt Blum (89). Both Ramaglia and Blum saw their rounds undone by triple bogeying the par-5 11th hole. But they were still only 1-shot back going into the closing holes. It was Hall who edged them both out on the last hole with a par.
In the Senior Sarazen Flight, it was Charles Blasdel and Charles Worth Jr. who would need extra holes to decide who was the Tour Champion. both players shot 89 on their regulation round then played the 1st, 18th, and then the 1st hole again in a 3-hole playoff that finally decieded the title. It was Charles Blasdel who came out on top of the 3-hole playoff. Keith Miller finished in 3rd place with a 91.
The Jones Flight saw Johnny Owens shoot an 84 to clinch his Tour Championship trophy by 6 shots. Tied for 2nd was Pat Herron and Charles Dozier
And rounding out the competition the Senior Snead flight was captured by Ronald Shoemaker who defeated Charles Burger by 1-shot. Burger held a 5-shot lead during the round that Shoemaker cut into on the closing holes to tie the match going to the 18th. It was Shoemaker who bogied the last hole to win and take home the trophy.
Thank you to all players who came out and played this season on the tour. Much fun was had by all and we look forward to having those who qualified during the season do well out at PGA West in La Quinta, California September 18-27th.
Good Luck! And for those who did not qualify or can't go to Nationals, we shall see you soon for the start of the 2012 season in October!
Remember the 2012 season starts at Oglebay in October.
Under great sunny weather with temps in the 80's play on the course was pristine. Many of the pins were tucked near water and other trouble that made it a great test of golf before the season ended.
In the Palmer Flight, it was John Hilinski who shot an 85 to defeat Dustin Cramer (90) by 5 shots. Hilinksi built an early lead but couldn't hold it around the turn as his lead twice went down to 1 shot early on the back nine over Cramer, but then lengthened it out over the final few holes and was able to take home the trophy. Tom Betras finished in 3rd with a 94.
In the Hogan Flight, it was Jeff Mast who took the title shooting an 80. Abram Boyd (81) finished 2nd 1-shot back and Dale Thompson (83) was 3-shots back. It was Thompson who had the early round lead taking a 2-shot lead at the turn. As the 3 players headed down the stretch they were all tied going into the 14th hole where Mast closed by making 2 pars down the stretch while Boyd was only able to make 1. That amounted to the difference in the score and Mast held on. It was James Huber who took the Senior Hogan Flight by shooting a 91.
The Sarazen Flight saw Ben Hall victorious by shooting an 86 which was 2-shots better than Chris Ramaglia (88) and 3 better than Matt Blum (89). Both Ramaglia and Blum saw their rounds undone by triple bogeying the par-5 11th hole. But they were still only 1-shot back going into the closing holes. It was Hall who edged them both out on the last hole with a par.
In the Senior Sarazen Flight, it was Charles Blasdel and Charles Worth Jr. who would need extra holes to decide who was the Tour Champion. both players shot 89 on their regulation round then played the 1st, 18th, and then the 1st hole again in a 3-hole playoff that finally decieded the title. It was Charles Blasdel who came out on top of the 3-hole playoff. Keith Miller finished in 3rd place with a 91.
The Jones Flight saw Johnny Owens shoot an 84 to clinch his Tour Championship trophy by 6 shots. Tied for 2nd was Pat Herron and Charles Dozier
And rounding out the competition the Senior Snead flight was captured by Ronald Shoemaker who defeated Charles Burger by 1-shot. Burger held a 5-shot lead during the round that Shoemaker cut into on the closing holes to tie the match going to the 18th. It was Shoemaker who bogied the last hole to win and take home the trophy.
Thank you to all players who came out and played this season on the tour. Much fun was had by all and we look forward to having those who qualified during the season do well out at PGA West in La Quinta, California September 18-27th.
Good Luck! And for those who did not qualify or can't go to Nationals, we shall see you soon for the start of the 2012 season in October!
Remember the 2012 season starts at Oglebay in October.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Weather makes for a fun day at Chardon Lakes...
Chardon, OH- Weather was the early story of the day as the Golf Channel Am Tour of Cleveland held its last regular season event at Chardon Lakes Golf Club this weekend. Heavy rain and intermittent thunder and lightening caused a 30-minute delay during the early holes of the tournament before the resumption of play and brightening skies allowed for the completion of the event. The 21 players challenged the tight tree lined course which was built back in the 1930's and Jack Nicklaus still holds the course record at 67 from the tips of the 6800 yard course.
In the Palmer Flight, John Smallenburg (81) claimed a 1-stroke victory over John Hilinski (82). Tom Betras finished 3rd shooting an 88. Smallenburg and Hilinski went back and forth sharing the lead but neither player gaining more than a 2-stroke lead at any one time. Finally on the 12th hole Smallenburg made par there to regain the lead. Smallenburg and Hilinski then went back and forth winning the next couple of holes with pars and keeping the lead at 1 for Smallenburg allowing him to take the win down the stretch.
In the Hogan Flight, Jeff Mast won for the 4th time on the Cleveland Tour this season as he carded an 82 and won by 1-stroke over Abram Boyd (83) and Ed Ruper (83) who tied for 2nd place. Boyd was tied with Mast going into the 17th hole while Ruper was 2-shots back. Ruper birdied 17, Mast pared, and Boyd bogied which allowed Mast to take the lead on Boyd and solidified the win as all 3 made bogies on the par-4 18th to close it out.
In the Sarazen Flight, Christopher Ramaglia won for the 1st time on the Golf Channel Am Tour as he shot an 82. He won by 3-strokes over Ben Hall in 2nd place with an 85. Jason Morrison finished in 3rd place with an 88. Ramaglia was steady as he made 9 pars in his round and scattered his bogies and 2 double bogies on his card for the win.
And rounding out the Jones Flight, it was Peter Gitnik who got himself a weekend double as he won the Pittsburgh event on Saturday and won Sunday as well at Chardon Lakes carding an 80. Pat Herron finished in 2nd place with an 85 and Raymone Scott shot an 87 for 3rd place. Gitnik coasted to his 5-stroke victory led by his front nine 39 and making birdie on the par-3 14th hole were highlights in his round.
Thank you to all the Cleveland Am Tour players who came out to our events this season. We close out our season on Saturday, August 27th at Avalon Lakes Golf Club in Warren, Ohio for the Tour Championship. The course at Avalon Lakes is a very popular course which use to host the LPGA when they came to Northeastern Ohio. It is another challenging layout that is a great warm-up for those who plan to attend the 2011 National Championships. The highest placed finisher in each flight who has not already qualified for the 2011 Nationals will earn a spot in the Championships from this event.
In the Palmer Flight, John Smallenburg (81) claimed a 1-stroke victory over John Hilinski (82). Tom Betras finished 3rd shooting an 88. Smallenburg and Hilinski went back and forth sharing the lead but neither player gaining more than a 2-stroke lead at any one time. Finally on the 12th hole Smallenburg made par there to regain the lead. Smallenburg and Hilinski then went back and forth winning the next couple of holes with pars and keeping the lead at 1 for Smallenburg allowing him to take the win down the stretch.
In the Hogan Flight, Jeff Mast won for the 4th time on the Cleveland Tour this season as he carded an 82 and won by 1-stroke over Abram Boyd (83) and Ed Ruper (83) who tied for 2nd place. Boyd was tied with Mast going into the 17th hole while Ruper was 2-shots back. Ruper birdied 17, Mast pared, and Boyd bogied which allowed Mast to take the lead on Boyd and solidified the win as all 3 made bogies on the par-4 18th to close it out.
In the Sarazen Flight, Christopher Ramaglia won for the 1st time on the Golf Channel Am Tour as he shot an 82. He won by 3-strokes over Ben Hall in 2nd place with an 85. Jason Morrison finished in 3rd place with an 88. Ramaglia was steady as he made 9 pars in his round and scattered his bogies and 2 double bogies on his card for the win.
And rounding out the Jones Flight, it was Peter Gitnik who got himself a weekend double as he won the Pittsburgh event on Saturday and won Sunday as well at Chardon Lakes carding an 80. Pat Herron finished in 2nd place with an 85 and Raymone Scott shot an 87 for 3rd place. Gitnik coasted to his 5-stroke victory led by his front nine 39 and making birdie on the par-3 14th hole were highlights in his round.
Thank you to all the Cleveland Am Tour players who came out to our events this season. We close out our season on Saturday, August 27th at Avalon Lakes Golf Club in Warren, Ohio for the Tour Championship. The course at Avalon Lakes is a very popular course which use to host the LPGA when they came to Northeastern Ohio. It is another challenging layout that is a great warm-up for those who plan to attend the 2011 National Championships. The highest placed finisher in each flight who has not already qualified for the 2011 Nationals will earn a spot in the Championships from this event.
Friday, August 19, 2011
August Member Spotlight...
Ronald Shoemaker
Cleveland Tour
Senior Snead Flight
At 70 years of age, Ronald Shoemaker has had many opportunities in life to experience things he is passionate about. The Golf Channel Am Tour gives Ron the chance to take 2 of those likes and combine them together for a very enjoyable experience. Ron combines his love for traveling around the country in his recreational vehicle and his golfing passion to compete on not only the Cleveland tour, which is his home tour, but because of his equidistance to both the Columbus and Pittsburgh tours as well, he enjoys the best of all 3 tours on his yearly schedule. His year thus far has demonstrated his want for travel as he has won 3 events, one on each of the 3 tours he has played on.
Of Ron's 3 victories this year, Longaberger on the Columbus Pittsburgh
He has also had great success at the Majors this year as he finished 2nd at the Swan Lake Major in Indiana
Ronald Shoemaker is what the Am Tour is all about as he travels the country playing courses that he says he "would never have a chance to play otherwise if it were not for the Am Tour." "Where else can you play TPC Sawgrass, Old White TPC at the Greenbrier, and get a chance to visit the Golf Hall of Fame at World Golf Village while playing in St. Augustine
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