Sleepy Hollow pro John Fiander has updated the 2012 Cleveland Metroparks Golf Player of the Year standings, with information on the upcoming fall events that will determine the final outcome — and the gift card rewards!
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Palladino Outbattles Heestand, Borisa Right to the Finish to Win 2012 Cleveland Amateur Championship
Roller coaster.
First round 67-shooter Matt Heestand looked fully in-charge early until a shocking four-putt-meltdown on the par-5 sixth hole let everyone back into the game.
AJ Borisa disappeared on the front side, then made a late-in-the-day birdie-barrage come-back to get right back into the mix with a chance to win on the final hole.
Heestand righted the ship on the back nine with a couple of birdies and regained the outright lead in the tournament on the 16th hole with an aggressive tee shot, but went backwards from there.
And there were other crazy rise-and-fall stories from a host of players.
In the end Nick Palladino played the steadiest golf of all, stayed off the roller-coaster the rest of the field decided to ride, and finished with three solid pars to win the 2012 Greater Cleveland Amateur Golf Championship at Manakiki on Sunday.
PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Greater Cleveland Amateur Golf Championship
Photos from the 2012 Cleveland Amateur Golf Championship, played August 10-12th at Manakiki Golf Course in Willoughby Hills, Ohio: INSTRUCTIONS: Click any thumbnail to launch the Photo Viewer in a new window. When finished, click directly onto the image to exit the slide show. Each gallery page of 12 thumbnails shows only those images in … READ MORE >
VIDEO GALLERY: 2012 Cleveland Amateur
Video from the Second Round of the 2012 Cleveland Amateur Championship Manakiki Golf Course, Willoughby Hills, Ohio – Sunday, August 12th: Video from the First Round of the 2012 Cleveland Amateur Championship Manakiki Golf Course, Willoughby Hills, Ohio – Saturday, August 11th: John Furlong nearly holes out his chip shot on the seventh … READ MORE >
Heestand Jumps Out to the Lead After the First Round of the Cleveland Amateur
Bill Bergold holes his chip on Manakiki’s 7th hole Saturday at the Cleveland Am
After yesterday’s ‘false start’ from two sizeable downpours in the span of two hours, play went off without a hitch in Saturday’s first round reboot of the now-shortened-to-36-holes 2012 Cleveland Amateur Golf Championship at Manakiki.
Matt Heestand of Cleveland took full advantage of Saturday’s cool, wet conditions to punch out to a strong lead headed into Sunday’s final round shoot-out.
Friday Play at 2012 Cleveland Am Flooded Out
The first round of the Greater Cleveland Amateur Golf Championship at Manakiki Golf Course began, but it could not be finished.
Play was originally delayed an hour-and-a-half due to heavy rain at 11:30 a.m. Play began around 1 p.m., but then another downpour made the course unplayable and it was decided that the first round could not be completed and was canceled.
Play will begin anew on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. at the originally-scheduled Saturday tee times.
The tournament will now be a played as a two-day 36-hole tournament, with 18 holes played on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday.
