Uniontown’s Jake McBride beat the weather, the golf course and the players that finished before stormy 100th Ohio Open Championship at Westfield Country Club.
McBride, 26, rode a hot putter to an 8-under 62 on Westfield’s North Course to take the first round lead before play was suspended at 4:45 p.m. with nearly half the field of 273 still on the course. It was called for the day at 7:15 p.m.
McBride had nine birdies and one bogey to come within one shot of equaling the 61 shot by Akron’s Ryan Gutowski in 2016, also on the South Course. That is the lowest round of any Ohio Open held at Westfield.
Pickerington’s Nick Montes and Lebanon’s Austin Schoonmaker are tied for second after each shooting 4-under 66. Montes played the South while Schoonmaker was on the North.
Five players were tied for fourth at 3-under 67, including former champion TT Crouch, of Fredericktown.
Play is scheduled to resume at 7 a.m. on Wednesday with the second round scheduled to begin immediately after.
First Round Morning Wave Results:
2021 Ohio Open Championship
Westfield Country Club, Westfield Center, OH
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
1 Jake McBride 31-31–62 -8
T2 Nick Montes 34-32–66 -4
T2 Austin Schoonmaker 31-35–66 -4
T4 Alex Andrews 36-31–67 -3
T4 Chris Capriolo 35-32–67 -3
T4 TT Crouch 34-33–67 -3
T4 Richard Denny 35-32–67 -3
T4 Palmer Yenrick (a) 30-37–67 -3
T9 Aaron Apticar (a) 37-31–68 -2
T9 Darin de Lelys 35-33–68 -2
T9 Will Grimmer 33-35–68 -2
T9 Bryce Haney (a) 35-33–68 -2
T9 Harold Wallace 34-34–68 -2
T14 Colin Biles 31-38–69 -1
T14 Cole Christman (a) 33-36–69 -1
T14 Andrew Grayson (a) 36-33–69 -1
T14 John Powers 36-33–69 -1
T14 Ryan Troyer 34-35–69 -1
T19 Alexander Anderson (a) 37-33–70 E
T19 Andrew Bailey (a) 32-38–70 E
T19 Cameron Frazier (a) 33-37–70 E
T19 Kyle Kellogg 36-34–70 E
T19 Jack Kozlowski (a) 36-34–70 E
T19 Tyler McHugh 33-37–70 E
T19 Joe Puch 33-37–70 E
T19 Mark Sierak 32-38–70 E
T19 Conner Stevens (a) 37-33–70 E
T19 Zak Supelak (a) 37-33–70 E
T19 Chase Wilson 36-34–70 E
T30 Logan Hooper (a) 36-35–71 +1
T30 Jim Karr 36-35–71 +1
T30 Larry King 36-35–71 +1
T30 Jeff Mallette (a) 39-32–71 +1
T30 Joe Meglen 34-37–71 +1
T30 Carter Mishler (a) 36-35–71 +1
T30 Jordan Paolini 34-37–71 +1
T30 Blake Prince (a) 36-35–71 +1
T38 JonErik Alford (a) 38-34–72 +2
T38 Nathan Arnold (a) 33-39–72 +2
T38 Dean Austalosh (a) 38-34–72 +2
T38 Jeffrey Blechschmidt (a) 36-36–72 +2
T38 Connor Curry (a) 38-34–72 +2
T38 Caleb Davern (a) 37-35–72 +2
T38 Griffin Hrabak (a) 34-38–72 +2
T38 Zach Mandry (a) 32-40–72 +2
T38 Kent Monas (a) 40-32–72 +2
T38 David Morgan 36-36–72 +2
T38 Mark Scott Jr. 36-36–72 +2
T38 Corbin Stykemain (a) 38-34–72 +2
T38 John Vogelpohl 36-36–72 +2
T51 Matthew Cammeyer (a) 34-39–73 +3
T51 Evan DiSanto (a) 34-39–73 +3
T51 Jaysen Hansen 35-38–73 +3
T51 Brandon Jatich (a) 36-37–73 +3
T51 Preston Nanthavong (a) 37-36–73 +3
T51 Julian Pina 37-36–73 +3
T51 Davis Root (a) 36-37–73 +3
T51 Avery Schneider 40-33–73 +3
T51 Derek Smith 40-33–73 +3
T51 Cameron Starr 33-40–73 +3
T51 Tom Walters 35-38–73 +3
T62 Daniel Berlin (a) 38-36–74 +4
T62 Kelcey Eberle 36-38–74 +4
T62 Chris Eggleton (a) 37-37–74 +4
T62 David Laib (a) 33-41–74 +4
T62 Ryan Norkin (a) 36-38–74 +4
T62 Josh Veith (a) 38-36–74 +4
T62 David Wetterich 38-36–74 +4
T62 Willie Yacknow 36-38–74 +4
T70 Mason Frazier (a) 37-38–75 +5
T70 Bob Henighan (a) 39-36–75 +5
T70 Nolan King (a) 38-37–75 +5
T70 Michael Kinkopf 38-37–75 +5
T70 Tyler Light 39-36–75 +5
T70 Patrick Milkovich 38-37–75 +5
T70 Jake Rodgers (a) 36-39–75 +5
T70 Nathan Tarter 38-37–75 +5
T70 Garrett Thesing (a) 39-36–75 +5
T70 Jacob Tinsley 35-40–75 +5
T80 Chris Black 39-37–76 +6
T80 Kyle Buzaki (a) 38-38–76 +6
T80 John Connelly 36-40–76 +6
T80 Dylan Ledford (a) 37-39–76 +6
T80 Evan MacLean (a) 37-39–76 +6
T80 Matt Nimsuwan (a) 39-37–76 +6
T80 Walt Robertson 36-40–76 +6
T80 Austin Sipe 39-37–76 +6
T80 Nick Stehle (a) 42-34–76 +6
T80 Nathan Strack (a) 39-37–76 +6
T80 Caleb Westfall (a) 42-34–76 +6
T80 Joshua Wright (a) 38-38–76 +6
T92 Benjamin Dearth (a) 40-37–77 +7
T92 Mike King (a) 39-38–77 +7
T92 Michael Lee (a) 39-38–77 +7
T92 Paul Mastros (a) 37-40–77 +7
T92 Gunnar McCollins (a) 38-39–77 +7
T92 Logan Menning (a) 40-37–77 +7
T92 Michael O’Leary (a) 36-41–77 +7
T92 Michael Sweany (a) 37-40–77 +7
T100 Chase Botson 41-37–78 +8
T100 Scott Brown (a) 37-41–78 +8
T100 Joseph Cilone (a) 38-40–78 +8
T100 Dylan Dunn (a) 36-42–78 +8
T100 Nick Gustin 36-42–78 +8
T100 Mike Kaido 40-38–78 +8
T100 Jonathon Knapp (a) 37-41–78 +8
T100 Ted Mandes 39-39–78 +8
T100 Xander Moran (a) 38-40–78 +8
T100 Zachary Parker (a) 38-40–78 +8
T100 Anthony Pozderac 42-36–78 +8
T100 Ben Smith 35-43–78 +8
T112 Brandon Beck (a) 41-38–79 +9
T112 Mckenzie Cushman (a) 41-38–79 +9
T112 Austin Rohrer 37-42–79 +9
T112 Darrin Vaughan 39-40–79 +9
T116 Gordon German 42-38–80 +10
T116 Austin Graham 43-37–80 +10
T116 Collin Hoops (a) 38-42–80 +10
T116 Cade Kreps (a) 38-42–80 +10
T116 Jaydan Morgan (a) 37-43–80 +10
T116 Jared Toom 36-44–80 +10
T116 Justin Tracy (a) 41-39–80 +10
T123 Bella Harris (a) 39-42–81 +11
T123 Travis Porter 46-35–81 +11
T123 Melissa Yeazell 40-41–81 +11
T126 Russell Papa 42-40–82 +12
T126 Luke Schreck (a) 38-44–82 +12
128 Dean Catalano 41-42–83 +13
129 Matthew Goldsberry (a) 44-40–84 +14
130 Jaydon Thammachack (a) 40-46–86 +16
131 William Fankhauser (a) 48-40–88 +18
132 Alex Pond (a) 46-44–90 +20
