Steve Blackburn Jr. is the 2018 Manakiki Course Champion. He fired a 3-under par 69 on Day 1 and followed that up with a 1-over par 73 for a two day total of 142, 2-under par.
The field was close after Round 1 as Austin Powell shot a 1 under par 71, followed by three players at 74. But Blackburn Jr. was simply too steady throughout the tournament for the rest of the field. He was able to withstand a nice charge from this year’s runner-up David Sotka, who shot a 2-under par 70 on Sunday for a two-day total of 144 (even par for the event).
It was a beautiful two days for the 2018 Course Championship at Manakiki. The field was full of good players, with 49 players entered into this year’s event. In addition to competing for the title, players were trying to qualify for this year’s Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in early August.
With 10 Players in the field already exempt for the Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship, we had 10 qualifying spots available for this year’s event (plus ties). The field was competitive and it took a two-day total of 155 to move on to the GCAC. The qualifiers are:
Michael Klaric III
Austin Powell
Phillip Bojc
Andy Grayson
Jeff Deal
Daniel Timby
Josh Blaustein
Jim Barber
Mark Belasic
Ian Hardesty
Andres Magallon
Darren Phipps
Thank you to all of the competitors in this year’s event, and best of luck to those who will be playing in the Greater Cleveland Amateur Championship at Sleepy Hollow!
FINAL RESULTS: Cleveland Metroparks Golf
2018 Manakiki Course Championship
and Cleveland Amateur Qualifier
Manakiki Golf Course, Willoughby Hills OH
July 14 – 15, 2-18
1 Steve Blackburn Jr.* 69 – 73 = 142
2 David Sotka* 74 – 70 = 144
3 Michael Klaric III 75 – 71 = 146
4 Austin Powell 71 – 78 = 149
5 Phillip Bojc 74 – 76 = 150
6 Andy Grayson 74 – 77 = 151
7 Robert Schustrich* 77 – 75 = 152
8 Jeff Deal 76 – 77 = 153
T9 Daniel Timby 75 – 79 = 154
T9 Josh Blaustein 76 – 78 = 154
T9 Nick Anagnost* 78 – 76 = 154
T9 Jim Barber 81 – 73 = 154
T13 Mark Belasic 77 – 78 = 155
T13 Ian Hardesty 78 – 77 = 155
T13 Andres Magallon 78 – 77 = 155
T13 Doug Barber* 80 – 75 = 155
T13 Darren Phipps 80 – 75 = 155
18 Chandler Walnsch 77 – 80 = 157
18 Taylor Zoller* 78 – 79 = 157
18 Thomas Whittaker 81 – 76 = 157
21 Gregory Coben 79 – 80 = 159
22 Rick Deichert 81 – 80 = 161
23 Steve Blackburn Sr.* 80 – 82 = 162
23 Ward Crane 83 – 79 = 162
23 Jeffrey Blechschmidt 85 – 77 = 162
26 William Speirs 82 – 81 = 163
27 Nicholas Paul 79 – 85 = 164
27 Bret Simkovich 81 – 83 = 164
27 Maxwell Lavisky 83 – 81 = 164
30 Ray McNiece 85 – 80 = 165
31 Thomas Negrelli 87 – 79 = 166
31 Gary Santore 89 – 77 = 166
33 Benjamin Meola 78 – 89 = 167
33 Mark Foss* 85 – 82 = 167
35 Ron Ritner 82 – 86 = 168
36 Ryan Porten 83 – 86 = 169
36 Vincent Leone 88 – 81 = 169
38 Dan Elber 89 – 82 = 171
39 Joe Blackburn* 87 – 86 = 173
39 Eric Wonkovich* 89 – 84 = 173
41 Nathan Strack 91 – 85 = 176
42 Mark Cicarello 87 – 91 = 178
43 Robert Mealey 88 – 92 = 180
44 Josef Kammerhofer 93 – 103 = 196
David Stover CUT
Christopher Kazee WD
Ryan Previte WD
John Prospal WD
Ron Miller DNP
* = exempt for GCAC
