Justin Lower Wins His Second Ohio Open

Justin Lower of Canal Fulton waves to the crowd after tapping in for his second victory in the Ohio Open.
Justin Lower of Canal Fulton waves to the crowd after tapping in for his second victory in the Davey Tree Ohio Open.

 
Ohio OpenJustin Lower of Canal Fulton played a great final round — including five birdies on the back nine and three birdies in a row on holes 14-15-16 — to win his second Ohio Open Championship.

With the wet conditions, scores went low. Lower shot 6-under par 66 on the day and finished at 15-under par for the three rounds, two strokes ahead of three players: Jake Scott, Nick Palladino and amateur Alec Tahy.

The round of the day was posted by Parker Hewit, who posted a scorching 9-under par 63 to jump up to a tie for 5th at 12-under par, along with Ben Smith.

 

NOPGAFINAL RESULTS
2015 Davey Tree Ohio Open

Westfield Country Club, Westfield Center, Ohio
June 29 – July 1, 2015
North Course – Par: 72
South Course – Par: 70

 
Pos Player R1 R2 R3 Total To Par
1 Justin Lower [WS] Canal Fulton, OH 68 65 66 199 -15
T2 Nick Palladino [WS] Highland Heights, OH 68 67 66 201 -13
T2 Alec Tahy (a) [WS] Dayton, OH 68 65 68 201 -13
T2 Jake Scott [WS] Strongsville, OH 68 65 68 201 -13
T5 Parker Hewit [WN] Westfield center, OH 67 72 63 202 -12
T5 Ben Smith [WN] Carrollton, OH 63 72 67 202 -12
T7 Taylor Zoller (a) [WN] Kent, OH 70 64 69 203 -11
T7 Sam Geise (a) [WS] Springboro, OH 67 66 70 203 -11
T7 Tim Ailes [WS] Westerville, OH 64 70 69 203 -11
10 Jacob McBride (a) [WN] Hartville, OH 66 66 72 204 -10
T11 Chase Johnson (a) [WS] Barberton, OH 68 68 69 205 -9
T11 Michael Kinkopf [WN] Dublin, OH 66 70 69 205 -9
T11 Grant Weaver (a) [WN] Wooster, OH 66 68 71 205 -9
T14 Tyler McHugh (a) [WN] Aurora, OH 68 70 68 206 -8
T14 Logan Lagodich (a) [WS] Canton, OH 70 67 69 206 -8
T14 Randy Dietz [WS] Mogadore, OH 70 66 70 206 -8
T14 John Jackson [WS] Dayton, OH 69 67 70 206 -8
T18 Kevin Hall [WS] Cincinnati, OH 71 67 69 207 -7
T18 Danny Lewis [WN] Morrow, OH 65 72 70 207 -7
T18 Timothy Crouch [WN] Mount Vernon, OH 69 68 70 207 -7
T18 Chase Wilson [WS] Zanesville, OH 73 64 70 207 -7
T18 Alex Andrews (a) [WS] Kirtland, OH 68 68 71 207 -7
T18 Joshua Clay [WN] Canton, OH 67 69 71 207 -7
T24 Justin Howard [WN] Toledo, OH 72 66 70 208 -6
T24 Brandon Judy [WN] Fairborn, OH 69 70 69 208 -6
T24 Dillon Klein [WN] Columbus, OH 65 72 71 208 -6
T27 Daniel Charen [WN] Columbus, OH 70 68 71 209 -5
T27 Aaron Crewse (a) [WS] North Canton, OH 67 71 71 209 -5
T27 Blake Sattler [WN] New Philadelphia, OH 68 70 71 209 -5
T27 Jared Jones [WS] Dublin, OH 70 68 71 209 -5
T27 Doug Wade [WS] South Lebanon, OH 68 69 72 209 -5
T32 Thomas Buran [WN] Milford, OH 69 69 72 210 -4
T32 Thomas Lydic (a) [WN] North Bloomfield, OH 65 73 72 210 -4
T32 Steven Lee [WS] Columbus, OH 70 69 71 210 -4
T32 Boo Timko [WN] Girard, OH 68 73 69 210 -4
T32 Andrew Bailey [WS] Rocky River, OH 72 70 68 210 -4
T32 Josh Wick (a) [WS] Upper Arlington, OH 73 69 68 210 -4
T32 John Chaney (a) [WS] Westlake, OH 71 71 68 210 -4
T39 Austin Sipe (a) [WN] Dayton, OH 64 74 73 211 -3
T39 Satoshi Tanaka (a) [WS] Dublin, OH 69 70 72 211 -3
T39 Andy Montgomery [WS] Powell, OH 73 68 70 211 -3
T39 David Tepe [WS] Liberty Township, OH 70 71 70 211 -3
T43 Brian Unk [WS] Lewis Center, OH 71 68 73 212 -2
T43 Alex Talbott (a) [WS] Uniontown, OH 70 68 74 212 -2
T45 Blake Foutty (a) [WN] Canal Fulton, OH 69 69 75 213 -1
T45 Tyler Maranville [WN] Uniontown, OH 70 69 74 213 -1
T45 Corey Richmond [WS] West Union, OH 68 71 74 213 -1
T45 Chris Yoder [WN] Columbus, OH 69 71 73 213 -1
T45 Avery Schneider (a) [WN] New Albany, OH 70 70 73 213 -1
T45 Nick Latimer [WN] Brooklyn, OH 69 72 72 213 -1
T45 Steve Weir [WN] Brunswick, OH 70 72 71 213 -1
T52 Austin Zoller (a) [WN] Kent, OH 66 74 74 214 E
T52 Kevin McCall [WS] Chagrin Falls, OH 71 71 72 214 E
T54 Justin Arens (a) [WN] Columbus, OH 71 69 75 215 1
T54 Brian Polick (a) [WS] Middleburg Hts, OH 73 68 74 215 1
T54 Kyle Richardson (a) [WN] Medina, OH 71 71 73 215 1
T54 Nick Gustin [WS] Perry, OH 72 70 73 215 1
T58 Mike Campana [WN] Vermilion, OH 69 70 77 216 2
T58 Alex Weiss (a) [WN] Pickerington, OH 71 71 74 216 2
T58 Howard Clendenin (a) [WN] Seville, OH 72 70 74 216 2
T58 Marcus Hunt [WS] Port Clinton, OH 72 70 74 216 2
T62 Nicholas Sparling (a) [WN] Dublin, OH 70 71 76 217 3
T62 Justin Miller [WS] Lakewood, OH 73 69 75 217 3
64 Spencer Koch (a) [WN] Medina, OH 69 72 77 218 4
T65 Joey Krecic (a) [WS] columbia Station, OH 73 69 77 219 5
T65 Mitchell Camp [WS] Aurora, OH 71 71 77 219 5

 
MISSED CUT
MC Mike Stone [WS] Toledo, OH 71 72 143 1
MC Nicolas Paxson (a) [WS] Cincinnati, OH 74 69 143 1
MC Christian Koenig [WS] Beavercreek, OH 75 68 143 1
MC Bud Radis (a) [WS] Aurora, OH 71 72 143 1
MC Brett Rinker (a) [WN] Bowling Green, OH 69 74 143 1
MC Bob Koch [WN] Medina, OH 71 72 143 1
MC Conner Lash (a) [WN] Centerville, OH 68 75 143 1
MC Joey Kurtz (a) [WS] Port Clinton, OH 71 72 143 1
MC Dennis Holub (a) [WN] Reminderville, OH 71 73 144 2
MC Jake Brinker (a) [WN] Amelia, OH 69 75 144 2
MC Austin Schreiber (a) [WN] Medina, OH 69 75 144 2
MC Michael Bernard (a) [WS] Huber Heightsq, OH 74 70 144 2
MC John Connelly [WS] Maumee, OH 75 69 144 2
MC Joseph Moore [WS] Englewood, OH 68 76 144 2
MC Jonathan Coleman [WS] Cincinnati, OH 72 72 144 2
MC Jaysen Hansen [WS] Solon, OH 71 73 144 2
MC Jake Fait (a) [WS] Boardman, OH 76 68 144 2
MC Scott Holmes [WS] Blacklick, OH 75 69 144 2
MC Michael Guarino [WN] Mentor, OH 71 73 144 2
MC Pete Skirpstas [WN] Medina, OH 69 75 144 2
MC Sean McGuire (a) [WN] Twinsburg, OH 69 75 144 2
MC Peter Malik (a) [WN] South Russell, OH 73 72 145 3
MC Brent Kraft (a) [WN] Cincinnati, OH 70 75 145 3
MC Kyle Endicott [WS] Powell, OH 72 73 145 3
MC Anton Krecic (a) [WN] Columbia Station, OH 70 75 145 3
MC Jack Carter (a) [WS] New Albany, OH 73 72 145 3
MC Jimmy Wild (a) [WN] Sagamore Hills, OH 68 77 145 3
MC Bob Henighan (a) [WN] Medina, OH 74 71 145 3
MC Jacob Appleby (a) [WN] North Canton, OH 74 71 145 3
MC Chad Middaugh [WN] Dublin, OH 73 72 145 3
MC Ryan Wenzler (a) [WN] Dayton, OH 72 73 145 3
MC Mark Belasics [WN] Mentor, OH 68 77 145 3
MC Greg Lawrence [WN] Vandalia, OH 70 75 145 3
MC Christopher McKay (a) [WN] Columbus, OH 74 71 145 3
MC Logan Holt (a) [WN] Plain City, OH 70 75 145 3
MC Austin Cuervo (a) [WS] Westerville, OH 75 70 145 3
MC Mike Kaido [WS] Zanesville, OH 74 71 145 3
MC Brandon Pluchinsky (a) [WS] North Lima, OH 74 71 145 3
MC Tim Conley [WS] Munroe Falls, OH 75 70 145 3
MC Luke Campbell (a) [WN] Whitehouse, OH 72 74 146 4
MC Matthew Gerard (a) [WN] Rocky River, OH 74 72 146 4
MC Patrick Luth (a) [WN] Medina, OH 71 75 146 4
MC Cory Kumpf [WN] Massillon, OH 75 71 146 4
MC Nick Capozzoli (a) [WS] Montgomery, OH 73 73 146 4
MC Robert Phillips [WS] Newark, OH 75 71 146 4
MC Dylan Jackson [WS] Dayton, OH 77 69 146 4
MC Scot Sapp (a) [WS] Pickerington, OH 74 72 146 4
MC Vincenzo Romeo [WS] Warren, OH 70 76 146 4
MC Collin Holmes (a) [WS] Avon Lake, OH 72 74 146 4
MC Chandler Walnsch (a) [WS] Chardon, OH 72 74 146 4
MC Travis Porter [WN] Elyria, OH 73 73 146 4
MC Tom Atchison [WN] Silver Lake, OH 73 73 146 4
MC Chris Okeson (a) [WS] Lyndhurst, OH 77 69 146 4
MC Chad Howard (a) [WN] Dublin, OH 73 73 146 4
MC Jd Fletcher (a) [WS] Dublin, OH 77 70 147 5
MC Kelcey Eberle [WS] Akron, OH 73 74 147 5
MC Jason Dickey (a) [WS] East Liverpool, OH 75 72 147 5
MC David Morgan [WN] Wellington, OH 75 72 147 5
MC David Dinan [WN] Akron, OH 73 74 147 5
MC Nick Lambos (a) [WN] Canton, OH 70 77 147 5
MC Patrick Steffen (a) [WN] Westlake, OH 73 74 147 5
MC Ben Sattler (a) [WN] Liberty Township, OH 74 73 147 5
MC Ian Hardesty (a) [WS] Chardon, OH 71 76 147 5
MC Clayton Portz (a) [WN] Springfield, OH 71 76 147 5
MC Darrin Vaughan [WN] Bolivar, OH 73 75 148 6
MC Mark Scott (a) [WS] Medina, OH 75 73 148 6
MC Jack Sparling (a) [WN] Dublin, OH 72 76 148 6
MC Jonathan Clark [WN] Clinton, OH 74 74 148 6
MC Nick Bly (a) [WN] Columbus, OH 75 73 148 6
MC Preston Robinette [WS] Berlin Heights, OH 77 71 148 6
MC Jack Coyne (a) [WS] University Heights, OH 78 70 148 6
MC Michael Witmer (a) [WS] Brecksville, OH 73 75 148 6
MC Jason Nussbaum [WS] North Canton 75 73 148 6
MC Blake Prince (a) [WS] East Liverpool, OH 70 78 148 6
MC Ben Silverman (a) [WS] Toledo, OH 74 74 148 6
MC Michael Kenney (a) [WS] Kent, OH 75 73 148 6
MC Justin Hallapy (a) [WS] Hubbard, OH 77 71 148 6
MC Jonathan Riemer [WN] Lyndhurst, OH 73 75 148 6
MC David Wetterich [WS] Cincinnati, OH 72 76 148 6
MC Jeffrey O’Brien (a) [WN] Mayfield Heights, OH 73 76 149 7
MC Daniel Terry [WS] Wadsworth, OH 74 75 149 7
MC Phil Gieseker (a) [WN] Athens, OH 73 76 149 7
MC Richard Denny Iii (a) [WN] Germantown, OH 75 74 149 7
MC Seth Brenneman (a) [WS] Columbus, OH 71 78 149 7
MC Daniel Traeger [WS] Akron, OH 73 76 149 7
MC Dan Belden (a) [WS] Massillon, OH 75 74 149 7
MC Grant Lewis (a) [WS] Dublin, OH 77 72 149 7
MC Kevin Miller [WN] Dover, OH 75 74 149 7
MC Thomas Miano [WS] Silver Lake, OH 73 76 149 7
MC Cole Smith (a) [WS] Kent, OH 74 75 149 7
MC Garrett Brickley (a) [WN] Pickerington, OH 75 74 149 7
MC Robert Schustrich (a) [WS] Windham, OH 73 77 150 8
MC Paul Macke [WS] Cleves, OH 74 76 150 8
MC Buster Thomas (a) [WS] Cortland, OH 77 73 150 8
MC Chris Black [WN] Lancaster, OH 72 78 150 8
MC Matthew McAdoo (a) [WN] Twinsburg, OH 74 76 150 8
MC Michael Balcar (a) [WN] Cleveland, OH 75 75 150 8
MC Tony Adcock [WS] Canton, OH 74 76 150 8
MC Joshua Hettrick [WS] Streetsboro, OH 76 74 150 8
MC Bobby Spino (a) [WS] Uniontown, OH 71 79 150 8
MC Walt Robertson [WS] Cleveland, OH 74 76 150 8
MC Glenn Cunningham [WS] Cuyahoga Falls, OH 77 73 150 8
MC Chris Sebring (a) [WN] Euclid, OH 75 75 150 8
MC Ryan Brees [WN] Dublin, OH 72 79 151 9
MC Daniel Martina (a) [WN] Columbus, OH 72 79 151 9
MC Stephen Spalding (a) [WN] Stow, OH 73 78 151 9
MC Mac McLaughlin [WS] Cleveland, OH 76 75 151 9
MC Roger Tolley (a) [WS] Willard, OH 77 74 151 9
MC Jon Jones [WS] Warren, OH 77 74 151 9
MC Joe Cilone (a) [WS] East Liverpool, OH 75 76 151 9
MC Brett Wheeler (a) [WN] Dublin, OH 78 73 151 9
MC Rodney Bordman (a) [WS] Norwalk, OH 78 74 152 10
MC Collin Hoops (a) [WN] Bowling Green, OH 76 76 152 10
MC Craig Goldsberry [WS] Lewis Center, OH 77 75 152 10
MC Mark MacDonald [WS] Oxford, OH 81 71 152 10
MC Robert Thompson [WN] Norwalk, OH 82 71 153 11
MC Andy Santor [WS] Youngstown, Ohio 77 76 153 11
MC Michael Kelly (a) [WN] Louisville, OH 75 78 153 11
MC Luke Liberatore (a) [WN] Solon, OH 75 78 153 11
MC Justin Long [WN] Huron, OH 76 77 153 11
MC Joe Frustaci [WN] Canton, OH 79 75 154 12
MC Sam Thies (a) [WN] Medina, OH 75 79 154 12
MC Kevin Duncan (a) [WN] Rocky River, OH 79 75 154 12
MC Jermaine Bennett [WN] Twinsburg, OH 74 80 154 12
MC Brandon Nixon (a) [WN] Stow, OH 78 76 154 12
MC Jack Kegelmeyer, Jr. (a) [WN] Dayton, OH 72 82 154 12
MC Ronald Stump (a) [WN] Kettering, OH 80 74 154 12
MC Craig Lydic [WN] North Bloomfield, OH 79 75 154 12
MC Jonathan Ransone (a) [WN] Hilliard, OH 73 81 154 12
MC Michael Bishop (a) [WS] Medina, OH 80 74 154 12
MC James Riepenhoff (a) [WS] Lima, OH 77 77 154 12
MC Russell Papa [WS] Solon, OH 74 80 154 12
MC Trent Maxwell [WS] Akron, OH 75 80 155 13
MC Jake Houston [WN] Mansfield, OH 76 79 155 13
MC Kelly Kranstuber [WN] Wooster, Ohio 79 76 155 13
MC Adam Creasap [WN] Delaware, OH 75 80 155 13
MC Bryan Brownfield (a) [WN] Lisbon, OH 80 76 156 14
MC Mike King (a) [WN] Seville, OH 78 78 156 14
MC Brady Bohl (a) [WN] Dublin, OH 81 76 157 15
MC Paul Grauer [WN] Columbus, OH 77 80 157 15
MC Michael Sweany (a) [WN] Massillon, OH 77 80 157 15
MC Austin Kryc (a) [WN] Avon Lake, OH 76 81 157 15
MC Frank Steffen (a) [WS] Westlake, OH 78 79 157 15
MC Devrim Hayes [WS] Waterville, OH 82 75 157 15
MC Chris Muse (a) [WS] Huber Heights, OH 78 79 157 15
MC Jason Martin [WS] Westfield Center, OH 79 79 158 16
MC Paul Ryee (a) [WN] Massillon, OH 76 82 158 16
MC Gary Heath (a) [WN] Twinsburg, OH 75 83 158 16
MC Evan Lerner (a) [WN] Aurora, OH 75 84 159 17
MC Ben Sando (a) [WS] Barberton, OH 79 80 159 17
MC Nick Mitchell (a) [WN] New Franklin, OH 77 83 160 18
MC Evan Schreck (a) [WS] Medina, OH 83 77 160 18
MC Jarrod Page [WN] Stow, OH 82 78 160 18
MC Thomas Sellers (a) [WS] Tipp City, OH 78 82 160 18
MC Justin Morton [WN] Akron, OH 78 83 161 19
MC Chris Slates (a) [WN] North Lawrence, OH 75 86 161 19
MC Katie Jenior [WN] Rootstown 79 82 161 19
MC John Topeka (a) [WS] North Olmsted, OH 84 78 162 20
MC Phillip Renfro (a) [WS] Beavercreek, OH 86 77 163 21
MC Will Stines (a) [WS] Columbus, OH 80 83 163 21
MC Jeffrey Tritt [WN] Kent, OH 74 89 163 21
MC Todd Lensman (a) [WN] North Canton, OH 82 82 164 22
MC Sean Crane (a) [WN] Cincinnati, OH 82 82 164 22
MC Kyle Matus (a) [WS] north Olmsted, OH 84 81 165 23
MC Guillermo Martinez (a) [WS] West Chester, OH 82 83 165 23
MC Danny Zahn (a) [WN] North Olmsted, OH 87 81 168 26
MC Cody Geisler (a) [WS] Westfield Center, OH 85 86 171 29
MC Donny Basch (a) [WS] Macedonia, OH 85 94 179 37
WD Kirk Geiling (a) [WS] Loveland, OH
WD Chad Gress [WN] Coshocton, OH
WD Tim Raleigh [WS] Reminderville, OH
WD Sean Busch (a) [WN] Columbus, OH
WD Max DeCheco (a) [WS] Stow, OH
WD Sean Reed [WS] Pataskala, OH
WD Jeff Ritchey [WN] Columbus, OH
WD Cleo Trumbull [WS] Maumee, OH
WD Ft Roewer (a) [WS] Dublin, OH
WD Alan Keshock [WN] Solon, OH
WD Chris Capriolo [WS] Westlake, Ohio
WD Jonathan Thornton [WS] Akron, OH
WD Mike Dessecker [WS] Copley, OH
WD Jacob Kruegel [WS] Salem, OH
WD Chad Scott (a) [WS] Mansfield, OH
DQ Leo Szczepanski (a) [WN] Seven Hills, OH
DQ Matthew Schiller (a) [WS] Cincinnati, OH

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