The birdies were flying at Pleasant Hills on Thursday, as six of the nine holes were birdied on the night. Newcomer Scott Mackar and Rob Shustrich were the two players who found their way to the pay window with skins worth $135.00 each: Mackar birdied the par-3 5th hole and Shustrich birdied the par-4 7th hole.
But Mackar was the big winner on the evening, as he also took two pin shots on holes five and eight worth $30 each.
Mike Angie birdied the par-4 first hole (#10) at Chardon Lakes on Thursday, grabbing a skin worth $83.33 and extending his season-long lead in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins Game series.
But the big winner of the evening was Paul Kish of Painesville Township, who came alive by capturing two skins and a pin shot. Kish birdied the 210-yard par-3 14th hole by draining a 15-foot putt after earning the pin shot worth $38.50. Kish then birdied the par-4 15th hole to capture another skin, making a big climb up the leaderboard with $205.16 on the night.
It took perennial favorite Mark Foss of Mayfield Heights 15 weeks to finally get a skin in the 2009 Greater Cleveland Skins game — and he broke through in a big way with an eagle on a par four.
Foss eagled the par-4 18th hole at Powderhorn Golf Course Thursday with a driver and 12-foot putt, taking home a $160 skin. Foss also bagged the pin shot on the 14th hole for another $49.
An all-day rain did not stop the Greater Cleveland Skins Game players from an enjoyable night at Madison Country Club. At 5 p.m., the skies cleared and the competition began. Rob Shustrich of Windham captured the only skin of the night on the par-4 second hole, worth $207. Only two holes were birdied on the … READ MORE >
Mike Angie rocketed to the top of the Greater Cleveland Skins Game leaderboard on Thursday at Quail Hollow by capturing the entire skins pot and a pin shot! Every hole at Quail Hollow’s Weiskopf Course was birdied Thursday by the 20 players participating, but Angie’s solo birdies on the par-4 4th hole and the par-3 … READ MORE >
“Double Down Thursday” at the Greater Cleveland Skins game provided an early Christmas present to the Blackburn family: Steve Jr. and Steve Sr. captured the entire skins pot, with each skin worth $322. The stakes were doubled at this midseason event. Steve Sr. birdied the difficult par-4 10th hole at ThunderHill, while Steve Jr. had … READ MORE >
