Crewse Grabs First Round Lead at Chippewa

Aaron Crewse Chippewa Championship 2011 Round 1 — Aaron Crewse pitches up the 14th green in the first round of the Chippewa Championship

Aaron Crewse of Green posted a steady round of 35 – 34 = 69 to grab the first round lead of the 2011 Chippewa Championship on Saturday in Dolyestown at two-under par.

Crewse also earned ‘hole of the day’ kudos as well: the birdie-three he put together on the super-extended 520-yard par-4 18th netted him a skin — and maybe close to a two shot gain on the field average as well.

Matt Heestand of Cleveland sits two shots behind Crewse in second place; Heestand turned the front nine in a scorching 3-under par 32 put slid back a bit with a 39 coming in to finish at even par 71.

Another three shots behind that and in a tie for third place are Kurt Peterson and Mike Simpson at 74, while past champion Dave Oates sits among a large group of players who finished at 75.

The greens firmed up over the course of the week and the hole locations were quite tough but fair, so an under par round certainly is a solid start to this 36-hole stroke play championship. But the field has come to expect the pin positions to be even more difficult for Sunday, so anything can still happen…

(Sunday Starting Times to be posted to Northeast Ohio Golf soon.)

ROUND ONE RESULTS: 2011 Chippewa Champion
Chippewa Golf Club, Doylestown, Ohio – Par 71
Saturday, August 20th, 2011

POS	PLAYER	OUT	IN	TOTAL	Group
1	Crewse, Aaron	35	34	69	b
2	Heestand, Matt	32	39	71
3	Peterson, Kurt	37	37	74	a
3	Simpson, Mike	36	38	74	b
5	Armour, Mike	37	38	75	b
5	Kabasky, John	34	41	75
5	Krivanek, Jim	36	39	75
5	Markham, Tom	38	37	75	b
5	Oates, Dave	37	38	75	a
5	Parker, Quinn	35	40	75	b
5	Skirpstas, Pete	36	39	75
5	Spino, Bob	35	40	75	a
5	Thomas, Mark	37	38	75	a
14	Crute, Mike	39	38	77
14	Cutlip, Dean	36	41	77	a
14	Freeman, Al	38	39	77	b
14	Hunka, Sean	37	40	77	a
14	Koprivec, Kenny	37	40	77	b
14	Kracker, Mike	37	40	77	a
20	Crider, Randy	38	40	78
21	Beal, Ross	37	42	79	a
21	Grosso, Jim	42	37	79	b
21	Heran, Scott	36	43	79
21	Huntlly, Brian	35	44	79
21	Kohler, Chris	38	41	79
21	Loomis, Rob	37	42	79
21	Schneider, Mark	36	43	79
21	Thompson, Drew	40	39	79	a
21	Thompson, Tom	39	40	79	b
30	Berkheimer, Dennis	40	40	80
30	Bojc, Phil	39	41	80
30	Fleming, Doug	38	42	80
30	Jenkins, Jeff	39	41	80
30	Kovach, Ty	39	41	80	b
30	Smith, Rick	39	41	80
30	Tomabene, Joe	40	40	80
30	Vay, Mike	38	42	80
38	Bartow, Nate	40	41	81
38	Boni, Chris	40	41	81
38	Davis, Tim	39	42	81
38	Hedrick, Joe	39	42	81	b
38	Lewis, Allen	39	42	81
38	Witmer, Mike	38	43	81
44	Duda, Derek	39	43	82
44	Li, Tom	40	42	82	b
46	Fertal, Andy	38	45	83
46	Flossie, Joe	42	41	83
46	Gorka, John	39	44	83
46	Hamilton, Mike	39	44	83	a
46	McCoy, Ron	41	42	83	b
46	Nemeth, Joe	37	46	83	a
46	Niskanen, Jim	40	43	83	b
46	Skorman, Randy	38	45	83
54	Berkheimer, Bob	40	44	84
54	Breen, Tim	41	43	84
56	Carpenter, Jay	40	45	85
56	Feist, Steve	40	45	85
56	Marr, Dan	41	44	85	b
56	Palay, Landon	42	43	85
56	Sargent, Nathan	39	46	85
61	Brooker, Jerry	42	44	86
61	Chadima, Jason	43	43	86	a
61	Hetler, Jeff	42	44	86	b
61	Hodge, Bill	41	45	86
61	Larizza, Kevin	45	41	86	a
61	Rybka, Russ	39	47	86	b
67	Cornelius, Bob	44	43	87	b
67	Coventry, Jimmy	45	42	87
67	Okeson, Chris	40	47	87	a
67	Plute, Chris	42	45	87
71	Barbas, Jeff	41	47	88
71	Troutman, Ken	44	44	88
71	Zheng, Kevin	43	45	88
74	Wilgues, Kurt	43	46	89	a
75	Harmon, Bobby	42	48	90
75	Kimson, Steve	41	49	90
75	Stewart, Brad	43	47	90	a
75	Tarter, Jim	44	46	90
75	Wilson, Steve	42	48	90	a
80	Mendoza, Raul	45	46	91	a
80	Wilson, Josh	46	45	91
82	Lynch, Michael	45	47	92	a
83	Bruhn, Mark	46	48	94	b
83	Byler, Sean	45	49	94
85	Smargiasso, Heath	47	48	95
86	Chapman, Rob	48	48	96
86	Gainer, Jeff	46	50	96
88	Kounts, Johnathan	45	54	99
89	Okonek, Phil	44	56	100
90	Casady, John	51	56	107
91	Laubscher, Rocky	50	59	109
92	Mendoza, Andrew	47	63	110	b