COMES FROM FIVE SHOTS BACK TO WIN, EARN SPOT IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Beechmont Country Club’s Jaysen Hansen rallied from a five-shot deficit with a final-round 4-under par 68 on Wednesday to win the 2020 Northern Ohio PGA Professional Championship at Westbrook Country Club.
Hansen’s 68 was the lowest round of the event and enabled him to pass the top-four second-round leaders with a 54-hole total of 4-under 212.
The victory was worth $3,000 and earned Hansen one of five NOPGA spots in the 54th Annual PGA National Professional Championship to be held April 25-28 at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Also qualifying for the national championship were runners-up Jim Troy of Humna Golf USA, Barrington’s Mark Sierak, and Windmill Golf Center’s Randy Dietz, all in at 3-under 213, and Portage Country Club Assistant Golf Professional Adam Lewicki, who finished at 214.
Jon Jones (Youngstown Country Club), Rob Moss (Pepper Pike), Gary Robison (Canton Brookside) and Joe Meglen (Stonebrook GolfTec) earned spots as alternates.
Hansen, the NOPGA Player of the Year in 2009 and 2016, got off to a rousing start with birdies on three of the first five holes. He then added three more birdies on the back nine, including a decisive 2 on the par-3 17th hole that got him to 4-under par while the others struggled.
It marked Hansen’s first win in this event while he has been a national qualifier on seven other occasions. He also climbed into first place in the NOPGA’s Player of the Year race.
Second-round leader Sierak was tied at 4-under until back-to-back bogeys on the 16th and 17th hole. Dietz, who began the day in second place, was 5-under through 11 holes but he also suffered consecutive bogeys on the 13th and 14th holes.
Consecutive birdies on the 12th and 13th pulled Troy into a share of the lead at 5-under but he, too, suffered back-to-back bogeys on the 16th and 17th.
Lewicki, the sentimental underdog, began the day two shots behind Sierak but quickly got into contention with birdies on the first two holes. Additional birdies on the eighth and 11th holes kept him in contention, but three bogeys in a four-hole stretch ended his hopes.
FINAL RESULTS: Northern Ohio PGA
2020 NOPGA Professional Championship
Westbrook Country Club, Mansfield
August 24 – 26, 2020
QUALIFYING FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
1 Jaysen Hansen Beechmont 70-74-68–212 -4 $3,000.00
T2 Jim Troy Homna Golf USA 72-69-72–213 -3 $1,666.67
T2 Mark Sierak Barrington 69-70-74–213 -3 $1,666.67
T2 Randy Dietz Windmill Golf Center 69-71-73–213 -3 $1,666.67
5 Adam Lewicki Portage 70-71-73–214 -2 $1,100.00
ALTERNATES FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
T6 Jon Jones Youngstown 73-75-69–217 +1 $950.00
T6 Rob Moss Pepper Pike Club 70-74-73–217 +1 $950.00
T8 Gary Robison Brookside 73-75-70–218 +2 $775.00
T8 Joe Meglen GolfTEC-Stonebrook 74-72-72–218 +2 $775.00
10 Milton Carswell Stone Oak CC 77-73-69–219 +3 $650.00
T11 Cory Kumpf Brookside 76-75-69–220 +4 $587.50
T11 Darin de Lelys Westfield Group CC 77-72-71–220 +4 $587.50
13 Mark Evans Mayfield SRC – Mayfield 72-74-75–221 +5 $550.00
T14 Gary Rusnak GolfTEC – Brecksville 70-79-73–222 +6 $500.00
T14 Nick Paez GolfTEC – Cleveland West 78-71-73–222 +6 $500.00
T14 Mike Stone Belmont CC 72-75-75–222 +6 $500.00
17 Tom Waitrovich Lakewood 75-74-74–223 +7 $450.00
T18 Tom Atchison Salem GC 76-74-74–224 +8 $412.50
T18 Gary Trivisonno PGA Of America Life Member 73-76-75–224 +8 $412.50
T20 Mitchell Camp Club Walden 75-76-74–225 +9 $337.50
T20 Nick Gustin Erie Shores GC 77-74-74–225 +9 $337.50
T20 Gregory Smith Westbrook CC 72-76-77–225 +9 $337.50
T20 Tony Adcock Seven Hills CC 76-73-76–225 +9 $337.50
24 Mary Suitca Tannenhauf GC 78-73-75–226 +10 $275.00
25 William McKinley Canterbury 79-72-76–227 +11 $250.00
26 Asa Donaldson Shawnee CC 74-73-83–230 +14 $225.00
JWD Steve Mulcahy Shawnee CC 72-74-WD $200.00
MISSED CUT:
Brett Coluccio Northern Ohio PGA 77 – 75 = 152
Drew Pierson Shaker Heights 79 – 73 = 152
Daniel Terry Chippewa GC 77 – 75 = 152
Steve Stone Maumee Golf Center 76 – 76 = 152
David Dinan Windmill Golf Center 75 – 78 = 153
Kevin Sullivan GolfTEC – Brecksville 77 – 76 = 153
Joseph Leenheer JEL 79 – 74 = 153
Jordan Schroeder Findlay CC 77 – 77 = 154
Tim Heffelfinger Northstar GC 75 – 79 = 154
Steven Weir Cleveland State University 77 – 78 = 155
Nick Szymanski South Toledo GC 74 – 82 = 156
Nicholas Myers Highland Meadows GC 80 – 76 = 156
Adam Stinogle Beechmont 77 – 79 = 156
Justin Long Windmill Lakes GC 84 – 74 = 158
Justin Pollock The Toledo CC 80 – 80 = 160
Scott Pollack 1899 Golf, CLE East 81 – 79 = 160
Terry Shell PGA Of America Life Member 79 – 81 = 160
Brian Boggs Fremont CC 83 – 78 = 161
Andy Santor The Country Club 80 – 82 = 162
Mike Rankin Westbrook CC 81 – 81 = 162
Collin McEndree Club Walden 81 – 82 = 163
Ian Miller Ohio Wesleyan University 82 – 84 = 166
Rob Smyser Fox Meadow Country 84 – 82 = 166
Brad Ruminski Oak Tree GC 84 – 83 = 167
Eric Morgan Plum Brook CC 84 – 84 = 168
Trent Maxwell Windmill Golf Center 85 – 85 = 170
Rob Schulze NOGA 80 – 90 = 170
Kelly Kranstuber Wooster 79 – 95 = 174
Mark Bixler Kirtland 80 – WD
Steve Parker Portage WD
Tony Milam North Coast Jr Tour WD
Steve Mulcahy Shawnee CC WD
