Brian Pentek of Painesville won his first-ever stroke play golf title on Monday, and it was a big one to win: the 2012 Greater Cleveland Shoot-Out Championship at Fowlers Mill Golf Course on Labor Day.
Pentek, who has 26 300-games as a bowler, found a way to roll his golf ball into the hole when it mattered most on his way to his first tournament victory. Coming down the stretch, he birdied both the par-four 16th hole and the difficult par-three 17th hole back-to-back, and it looked as if he might win the tournament outright coming into the par-5 18th.
But Penteck 3-putted the 18th hole in regulation play to shoot 74, requiring a playoff with pre-tournament favorite Rob Schustrich of Windham, who will be heading to Conway Farms Golf Club in Illinois this week after qualifying for the U.S. Mid-Amateur recently.
