Stow’s Dave Trier Shoots a Saturday 69, Wins in a Playoff
Stow’s David Trier made five birdies on Saturday at Good Park Golf Course, but perhaps none of those were as big as the two pars he made on the difficult closing par-3 hole, the first in regulation and the second in a playoff.
Four players had a chance to win the tournament outright coming into the 198-yard ninth hole, with the nines reversed as done historically for the finish of championships at Good Park.
His first time through, Trier sailed a hybrid to the back fringe and two-putt for his three to finish at 1-under par for the tournament.
Playing alongside Trier, Brecksville’s Allen Freeman was at 2-under par when he teed off the ninth. But he missed his tee shot right and failed to get up-and-down, leaving both players tied at 1-under par in the clubhouse.
When the final group of the day made it to their final tee, first-round leader Jeff Semple of Canton sat at 2-under par for the tournament, while Dean Cutlip of Copley was at 1-under par. A par by Semple or a birdie by Cutlip would give that player the victory.
But Semple put his tee shot into the front right bunker, while Cutlip missed short right. Cutlip played first and chipped deep, just onto the fringe. Then Semple couldn’t get his first shot out of the heavy sand of the bunker, and his second attempt finished in the middle of the green to a deep hole location. Both players missed their putts from there, and the playoff was down to Trier and Freeman.
The playoff was short-lived, however. Trier put his tee shot in the front third of the green, while Freeman sent his tee shot into the right greenside bunker, and the ball stuck on the face just below the lip. Only able to hack it out five yards, Freeman then hit his par chip long.
Trier putted his first up to five feet, then made the par putt for a low-stress playoff victory.
Arguably, the biggest winner of the day was Jeff Luken of Middleburg Heights. Luken swept the entirety of the Saturday skins pot, a tidy $900, with a birdie to the deep hole location on the uphill par-3 sixth.
After the overall champion prize, payouts for this tournament are made by age division; see those payouts to Foxy Golf listed below the overall results.
Thanks to Larry Zimmerman, Sean Devany, and the staff at Good Park for another great year of tournaments!
FINAL RESULTS:
2024 Senior Summit County Amateur Championship
Good Park Golf Course, Akron
Friday, Aug 16 – Saturday, Aug 17, 2024
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OVERALL RESULTS:
T1 David Trier 72 – 69 = 141 $600.00 (playoff)
T1 Allen Freeman 71 – 70 = 141
T3 Jeff Semple 67 – 75 = 142
T3 Dean Cutlip 70 – 72 = 142
5 Mike Belacic 72 – 71 = 143
6 Rob Wakeling 70 – 75 = 145
7 Rob Schustrich 74 – 72 = 146
T8 Alan Lewis 74 – 73 = 147
T8 Rick Bryson 74 – 73 = 147
T8 Scott Saari 73 – 74 = 147
T8 Ron Chapman 71 – 76 = 147
T12 Kurt Peterson 73 – 75 = 148
T12 Walt Robertson 75 – 73 = 148
T12 Keith Hughes 71 – 77 = 148
T12 Brian Beebe 74 – 74 = 148
T16 Tom Skidmore 73 – 76 = 149
T16 Doug Fleming 74 – 75 = 149
T18 Paul Trenta 76 – 74 = 150
T18 Mike Cassell 74 – 76 = 150
T18 Howard Clendenin 70 – 80 = 150
T21 Dave Peck 78 – 73 = 151
T21 Zoran Karic 74 – 77 = 151
T21 George Allen 74 – 77 = 151
T21 Joe Ungvary Jr. 77 – 74 = 151
T21 Brian Huntley 76 – 75 = 151
T26 Steve Feist 74 – 78 = 152
T26 Randy Steele 72 – 80 = 152
T26 Jeff Luken 75 – 77 = 152
29 Fred Lindquist 81 – 72 = 153
T30 Bill Fellows 78 – 76 = 154
T30 Jeff Barbas 77 – 77 = 154
T30 Tim Heavner 77 – 77 = 154
T30 Chris Minear 75 – 79 = 154
T34 Ray McNiece 79 – 76 = 155
T34 Brian Kukolek 77 – 78 = 155
T34 Mark Thomas 75 – 80 = 155
T34 Mark Ciccarello 74 – 81 = 155
T38 Rob Button 83 – 73 = 156
T38 Ron Skirpstas 77 – 79 = 156
T38 Steve Wilson Sr. 77 – 79 = 156
T38 Greg Salem 82 – 74 = 156
T38 Doug Lockwood 77 – 79 = 156
T38 Joe Early 77 – 79 = 156
T38 Jim Cea 77 – 79 = 156
T45 John Dunn 80 – 77 = 157
T45 Steve Bedell 78 – 79 = 157
T45 David Marshall 76 – 81 = 157
T45 Randy Crider 77 – 80 = 157
T45 Bill Downing 77 – 80 = 157
T45 Mike Lingo 74 – 83 = 157
T45 Mike Stiller 75 – 82 = 157
T52 Tom Baugh 79 – 79 = 158
T52 Bill Richards 80 – 78 = 158
T52 Rob Yanko 78 – 80 = 158
T52 John Toth 79 – 79 = 158
T56 Jay Carpenter 81 – 80 = 161
T56 Mike Jagodzinski 80 – 81 = 161
T56 Ron Rositani 76 – 85 = 161
T59 Ray Najda 80 – 82 = 162
T59 Michael Cardinali 78 – 84 = 162
T59 Jim Niskanen 82 – 80 = 162
T59 Mike Kranek 78 – 84 = 162
63 Tom Sipe 77 – 87 = 164
T64 Mark Wilbur 88 – 77 = 165
T64 Chris Richardson 82 – 83 = 165
T64 George Bingham 82 – 83 = 165
T67 Kerry Rudd 86 – 80 = 166
T67 Andrew Coddington 87 – 79 = 166
T67 Randy Skeen 83 – 83 = 166
70 Dennis Miers 84 – 83 = 167
T71 Geoffrey Burge 81 – 87 = 168
T71 Jeff Mirelli 83 – 85 = 168
T73 Gary Congin 83 – 86 = 169
T73 Rick Mathern 78 – 91 = 169
T75 Robert Ulrich 88 – 82 = 170
T75 Eric Moss 86 – 84 = 170
77 Steven Steinhilber 85 – 86 = 171
T78 Kevin Breen 86 – 86 = 172
T78 Mike Butler 88 – 84 = 172
T78 Tim Breen 84 – 88 = 172
T78 Dan Terry 85 – 87 = 172
82 Rick Good 84 – 90 = 174
T83 Larry Raber 86 – 89 = 175
T83 Rocky Laubscher 86 – 89 = 175
85 Mike Griffith 85 – 91 = 176
86 Kevin Richardson 88 – 92 = 180
87 Matthew Horwath 95 – 91 = 186
DNF Mark Guadagni 74 – DNF
DNF Dan Marr 82 – DNF
DNF Joe Nemeth 83 – DNF
DNF Ron Bell 84 – DNF
DNF Justin Kuhalwick 89 – DNF
50-59 Age Division
Dave Trier $600.00 (overall champion)
Allen Freeman $350.00
Dean Cutlip $300.00
Mike Belacic $275.00
Rob Wakeling $250.00
Rob Schustrich $225.00
Ron Chapman $200.00
Kurt Peterson $150.00
Keith Hughes $150.00
Brian Beebe $150.00
60-69 Age Division
Jeff Semple $400.00
Alan Lewis $308.33
Rick Bryson $308.33
Scott Saari $308.33
Tom Skidmore $250.00
Paul Trenta $212.50
Mike Cassell $212.50
Dave Peck $137.50
Zoran Karic $137.50
George Allen $137.50
Brian Huntley $137.50
Steve Feist $100.00
70+ Age Division
Walt Robertson $400.00
Randy Steele $325.00
Jeff Luken $325.00
Bill Fellows $275.00
Ron Skirpstas $158.33
Steve Wilson Sr. $158.33
Jim Cea $158.33
SATURDAY SKINS: $900 ea
Jeff Luken – Birdie 2, Hole #6
