COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio – Dick Mast of Forest, Virginia played 39 holes at Columbia Hills Country Club without making a bogey en route to his fourth victory on the Sunbelt Senior Professional Golf Tour.
After he tied at eight under par 134 with Jack Ferenz of Vero Beach, Fla., in the third annual Cleveland Senior Open, Mast birdied the third playoff hole with birdie-2 for the win.
They had halved the first two extra holes with par-4s and par-5s.
Mast shot 66-68 with five birdies Tuesday and three on Wednesday. Ferenz opened with 63 to lead Mast by three shots halfway through, with six consecutive birdies starting at the seventh hole. But he bogeyed three of the last four holes Wednesday, Nos. 15, 17 and 18. In 36 holes, Ferenz had 13 birdies and 5 bogeys.
Mast earned $4,000, Ferenz $3,500, from the $17,500 purse.
FINAL RESULTS: Sunbelt Senior Tour
2018 Cleveland Senior Open
Columbia Hills CC, Columbia Station, Ohio
6,045 yards, par 36-35—71
August 7 – 8, 2018
Dick Mast, Forest, VA, $4,000 66-68—134 *
Jack Ferenz, Vero Beach, FL, $3,500 63-71—134
John Ross, Bramwell, WV, $3,000 67-70—137
Tim Conley, Braselton, GA, $2,500 72-68—140
Grant Downey, Sand Springs, OK , $2,000 72-70—142
Tim Monroe, Brunswick, OH, $1,250 74-69—143
a-Mark Caffee, Wildwood, FL, $750 70-73—143
Walt Robertson, Walton Hills, OH, $500 73-71—144
*won playoff with a birdie-2 on the third extra hole.
