Crewse Bomb Seals Summit County Am Victory

Summit County Amateur Golf Championship With Anthony Yacovazzi about 15 feet closer and looking for his third birdie in five holes, and with the lead down to just two shots, Aaron Crewse of Uniontown could have felt a little pressure. His 5-wood to the 219-yard par-3 tournament finishing hole at Good Park was off the front of the green, and he was staring at an uphill 48-foot putt to try to hang on to the 2009 Summit County Amateur Championship.

But using the same “sight it and hit it” tempo that had served Crewse well for 35 holes, he read the putt, stepped up and calmly rapped it up the slope and into the hole, much to the delight of the crowd that filled Good Park’s “stands”.

The unlikely “downtown” birdie at the finish allowed Crewse to close the day at 2-under par 69, good for a 5-under par total of 137, a three shot victory and his first Summit County Am win. But to Crewse, the final putt was not the key to victory.

“The key to the round for me was the up-and-downs I made for par on my first nine,” said the 37-year old Crewse. “I made a par save on my first hole from about 12 feet, another good save on my second hole from about 6 feet, and a big up and down from about 20 feet on my seventh hole on the front nine. Those saves kept the feeling going for me, which helped me focus on what I was doing instead of worry about anyone else.”

Plain Dealer story here. Akron Beacon Journal story here; photo gallery here. Complete results follow…

2009 SUMMIT COUNTY AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL RESULTS – August 1 – 2, 2009
Good Park Golf Course, Akron, Ohio, Par 71
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Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	TOTAL
Crewse, Aaron	68	69	137
Lower, Justin	71	69	140
Yacovazzi, Anthony	70	70	140
Anderson, Josh	78	67	145
Barbour, Billy	74	71	145
Minear, Chris	73	72	145
Lahnan, Larry	76	70	146
Elber, Patrick	74	72	146
Crute, Michael	73	73	146
Bergold, Bill	72	74	146
Peterson, Kurt	71	75	146
Furlong, John	71	75	146
Skirpstas, Peter	78	69	147
Savage, Matt	73	74	147
Henighan, Bob	73	74	147
Beebe, Brian	75	73	148
Pulk, David	75	73	148
Griffith, David	72	76	148
Heestand, Matt	72	76	148
Albright, Carl	76	73	149
Parker, Quinn	76	73	149
Kohler, Chris	75	74	149
Skorman, Randy	74	75	149
Smith, Ben	76	74	150
Alcorn, Dustin	76	74	150
Heran, Scott	74	76	150
Thomas, Mark	74	76	150
Okeson, Chris	73	77	150
Smith, Brian	80	71	151
Duran, Patrick	79	72	151
Yanko, Rob	79	72	151
Carpenter, Jay	78	74	152
Reimer, Jonathan	78	74	152
Cea, Jim	77	75	152
Grubb, Jordan	76	76	152
Miller, Fred	75	77	152
Davis, Tim	75	77	152
Arison, Dan	74	78	152
Kies, Rick	74	78	152
Marr, Dan	75	78	153
Stallsmith, Anthony	77	76	153
Mosholder, Dan	76	77	153
Trier, David	75	78	153
Wadsworth, Bob	74	79	153
Mangon, Brett	82	72	154
Li, Tommy	80	74	154
Peck, Dave	79	75	154
Freeman, Allen	77	77	154
Baugh, Tom	76	78	154
Terjesen, Barry	74	80	154
Voinovich, Steve	72	82	154
Agarenzo, Mychal	77	78	155
Clay, Josh	81	74	155
Charette, Issac	79	76	155
Brinkman, Alex	79	76	155
Stack, Tom	78	77	155
Grosso, Jim	78	77	155
Bryson, Rick	77	78	155
Carney, Chris	77	78	155
Bania, Dan	77	78	155
Loomis, Rob	77	78	155
Waters, Sean	76	79	155
Guadagni, Mark	75	80	155
Tarter, Nathan	74	81	155
Mullin, Matt	73	82	155
Grieve, Mike	78	78	156
Miano, Tommy	81	75	156
Fleming, Doug	79	77	156
Livak, Frank	79	77	156
Spalding, Stephen	78	78	156
Foss, Mark	78	78	156
Nixon, Brandon	76	80	156
Abercrombie, Scott	81	76	157
Lowry, Rich	80	77	157
Armour, Mike	80	77	157
Chapple, Dave	78	79	157
Fricker, Steve	78	79	157
Vincelette, Brian	77	80	157
Merrow, Rick	75	82	157
Dota, Michael	81	77	158
Mastran, Michael	80	78	158
Bednar, Steven	80	78	158
Lorenzo, Vince	79	79	158
Scala, Sam	79	79	158
Purcell, Mark	77	81	158
Lisic, Brian	81	78	159
Snoddy, Brian	84	75	159
McCauley, Conner	83	76	159
Angie, Mike	82	77	159
Clendenin, Howard	82	77	159
Longer, Richard	80	79	159
Desimo, Blake	79	80	159
Predovic, Dan	79	80	159
Horner, Larry	79	80	159
Heavner, Tim	79	80	159
Feith, Taylor	79	80	159
Hochschwender, Mike	78	81	159
Willgues, Kurt	82	78	160
Schaefer, Jim	85	75	160
Spalding, AJ	81	79	160
Demeter, Mike	81	79	160
Cockerham, Jeff	81	79	160
Sutter, Joe	81	79	160
Winpisinger, Dave	80	80	160
Larose, Frank	79	81	160
Goodwin, Danny	78	82	160
Uecker, Jack	77	83	160
Yaugo, David	77	83	160
McGarry, Mike	83	78	161
Chadima, Jason	84	77	161
Breen, Brian	81	80	161
Breen, Tim	81	80	161
Maxwell, Ryan	79	82	161
Ungvary Jr, Joe	84	78	162
Zachardy, Jason	83	79	162
Large, Steve	79	83	162
Schaefer, Bill	79	83	162
Hamilton, Mike	85	78	163
Leventhal, Corey	84	79	163
Speicher, Philip	83	80	163
Eberle, Kelcey	81	82	163
Dallas, Jeff	80	83	163
Nemeth, Joe	79	84	163
Brockman, Michael	79	84	163
Marshall, David	79	84	163
Tyrell, Patrick	78	85	163
Basinger Jr, Jeff	81	83	164
Bruell, Julian	78	86	164
Trem, Andy	77	87	164
Ellison, Will	84	81	165
Carano, Marcus	79	86	165
Burge, Geoffrey	84	82	166
Smith, Dianna	77	89	166
Wenger, Jeff	89	78	167
Hamlin, Scott	88	79	167
Varrone, Kyle	84	83	167
Puch, Jonathan	83	84	167
Prokop, Ray	80	87	167
Hatch, Lee	85	83	168
Lewis, Alan	85	83	168
Crowley, Tom	81	87	168
Duda, Derek	88	81	169
Bender, Lee	84	85	169
Plute, Chris	88	82	170
Reed, James	87	83	170
Chadima, Brian	87	83	170
Proudfoot, Brandon	85	85	170
Defago, Damien	81	89	170
Hughes, Keith	88	83	171
Dague, Chris	88	83	171
Wilson, Steve	86	85	171
Mooney, Bill	91	81	172
Lynum II, Warren	82	90	172
Krill, Denny	90	83	173
Nehlsen, Sean	84	89	173
Larizza, Kevin	90	84	174
Winpisinger, John	88	87	175
Speicher, Michael	83	93	176
Chuparkoff, Kenny	89	88	177
Laubscher, Rocky	88	89	177
DAndrea, Dante	87	91	178
Smith Jr, Thomas	92	87	179
Trent, Adam	90	90	180
Breen, Kevin	91	90	181
Palay, Landon	88	93	181
Horrigan, Dan	91	92	183
Kaminski, Michael	89	94	183
Green, Josh	93	91	184
Kotlyn, Mike	102	104	206