It may have been the noisiest Akron District Golf Association event ever.
The stacked team of ADGA All-Stars Danny Marr, Bobby Spino, Dave Oates and Dr. Jeff Mallette (right) went out early in the Golf Galaxy 4-Man Scramble at Barberton Brookside Country Club and played to their high level of talent.
They turned at 9-under par and posted a final score of 17-under that looked to be unbeatable.
Until it got loud.
Riding Dave Trier‘s sizzling hot putter and some pin-point wedges from Mike Armour on the front side, they pushed teammates Ty Kovach and Allen Freeman through the turn with a lead-matching score of 9-under par.
After a solid eagle at the par-5 10th and expected birdie at 11, it turned into bomb and scream.
First, Freeman made a 50-foot putt that broke 20 feet from the back to the front of the 12th green that started the whooping and put the team one ahead of the ADGA All-Stars.
Then putting in the anchor position, Kovach made a 35-foot bomb on the 15th hole that kept the noise level up and the one shot lead intact.
But then some real craziness: after a smash of a drive by Kovach on the 16th hole, he holed a swooping pitch from 39 yards in the left rough that led to more jumping around and hollering, earning the team a skin and pushing them ahead by two.
Freeman made a birdie on his own ball at the tough par-3 17th hole, then the team closed out the 18th with a finishing birdie for a 10-under par back nine and a head-spinning 19-under par 53, a record 4-man score for the ADGA at Barberton Brookside.
In the Senior Division, there was a bit more decorum amongst the two teams that finished in a first place tie.
Two players who always seem to hang near the top of an ADGA Senior leaderboard, Larry Lahnan and Fred Miller joined with Tom Laubacher and Brian Huntley. Together they shot a score of 16-under par to put them into a tie with Team Dean: Jeff Dean, Bruce Dean, John Paul Jones and Jay Hotchkiss.
Those two teams were two shots clear of the next best Senior finishers.
Special thanks to ADGA Tournament Director Dave Chapple who did a full day of yeoman’s work running the event in Tim Davis’ absence. Chap, you are the man!
The next event on the ADGA schedule is the ADGA Budweiser Pro-4 Am at Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna on Friday, June 20th. More details to follow on the format of that event.
FINAL RESULTS: Akron District Golf Association
2014 Golf Galaxy 4-Man Scramble
Barberton Brookside Country Club, Norton OH
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Par 72
| CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION | Out | In | Total | GC | CP | |
| 1 | Al Feeman Ty Kovach Mike Armour David Trier | 28 | 25 | 53 | $1,200 | $400 |
| 2 | Bob Spino Dan Marr Dr. Jeff Mallette David Oates | 28 | 27 | 55 | $800 | $240 |
| T3 | Aaron Crewse Steve Feist Rich Lowry Steve Fricker | 28 | 29 | 57 | $650 | $80 |
| T3 | Dean Cutlip Jeff Stormer Ray Barry Brett Walchalk | 30 | 27 | 57 | $650 | $80 |
| 4 | Troy Schonover Kevin Carlin Ian Bailey Andrew Bailey | 29 | 29 | 58 | $500 | |
| T5 | Chris Plute John Kovalyn Bruce Bailey Adam Stinogle | 31 | 28 | 59 | ||
| T5 | Charlie Schrader Todd Wachter Todd Huff Sean Bowers | 30 | 29 | 59 | ||
| T5 | Howard Clendenin Joe Topeka Steve Blackburn David Sotka | 31 | 28 | 59 | ||
| T5 | Brandon Shannon Nick Colangelo Nick Paxos Eric Bowman | 30 | 29 | 59 | ||
| T5 | Mike Simpson Jim Krivanek Brian Smith Ryan Stefanski | 30 | 29 | 59 | ||
| T10 | John Karamas Shaun Kloetzer Mike Plouse Josh Brown | 30 | 30 | 60 | ||
| T10 | Sam Wade Anthony Rizsaliti Dennis Finneran Partner | 30 | 30 | 60 | ||
| T10 | Quinn Parker Ryan Gaughan Josh Frase Steve Guerrieri | 31 | 29 | 60 | ||
| T13 | Ben Roberts Joe Sutter Kory Hull Chris Slates | 31 | 30 | 61 | ||
| T13 | Shyane Bishop Kenny Koprivec John Kabasky Nate Petry | 30 | 31 | 61 | ||
| T15 | Aaron Ivory Shane Christy Brian Haan Tyler Fennel | 33 | 30 | 63 | ||
| T15 | Mike Lenartowicz Aaron Lenartowicz Chuck Moore Dustin Alcorn | 30 | 33 | 63 | ||
| T15 | Eric Voight Don Padgett III Patrick Barrett Adam Thomarios | 28 | 35 | 63 | ||
| T15 | Danta D’Andrea Doug Flenning Kevan Sloan Brad Rozok | 30 | 33 | 63 | ||
| T19 | Steve Testa Kevin Hogan Dustin Zimmerman Eric Hahr | NC | ||||
| T19 | Norm Pond Tony Mayle Travis Elliott Dan Bolton | NC | ||||
| CHAMPIONSHIP SKINS: $400 ea | ||||||
| Dean Cutlip Jeff Stormer Ray Barry Brett Walchalk | ||||||
| Eagle (2) #11 | ||||||
| Al Feeman Ty Kovach Mike Armour David Trier | ||||||
| Eagle (2) #16 | ||||||
| SENIOR DIVISION | Out | In | Total | GC | CP | |
| T1 | Jeff Dean Bruce Dean John Paul Jones Jay Hotchkiss | 28 | 28 | 56 | $1,000 | $165 |
| T1 | Fred Miller Larry Lahnan Brian Huntley Tom Laubacher | 29 | 27 | 56 | $1,000 | $165 |
| T3 | Jim Cea Ron Bell Dave Cutlip Ed Marsinek | 29 | 29 | 58 | $240 | $34 |
| T3 | Fred Martin Joe Hedrick Jim Tarter Tom Stack | 29 | 29 | 58 | $240 | $34 |
| T3 | Mark Thomas Doug Rockich Tom Seever Mark Borlin | 30 | 28 | 58 | $240 | $34 |
| 6 | Joel Recht Randy Skorman Tom Thompson Tom Luck | 30 | 29 | 59 | ||
| T7 | Tom Baugh Rob Yanko John Bader Mike Demeter | 29 | 33 | 62 | ||
| T7 | Paul LaGrotteria Scott Saari Jeff Sears Art Gula | 33 | 29 | 62 | ||
| 9 | Tom Skidmore Bill Downing Sam Spino Jr Nick Lambos | 31 | 32 | 63 | ||
| 10 | Steve Wilson Mike Hamilton Raul Mendoza Larry Zimmerman | 32 | 32 | 64 | ||
| 11 | John Kern Dave Woodrum Terry Szwast Jim Lawson | 33 | 32 | 65 | ||
| SENIOR SKINS: $143 ea | ||||||
| John Kern Dave Woodrum Terry Szwast Jim Lawson | ||||||
| Birdie (2) # 17 | ||||||
| Steve Wilson Mike Hamilton Raul Mendoza Larry Zimmerman | ||||||
| Birdie (2) # 9 | ||||||
| Tom Baugh Rob Yanko John Bader Mike Demeter | ||||||
| Eagle(3) #1 |
