Allen Freeman of Brecksville made a chip-in eagle 3 on the par-5 tenth that ended up as the only skin of the day, and that helped him to a one shot lead after the first round of the Chippewa Championship on Saturday.
Freeman finished with an even par 71, putting him up by a single shot over past champion and perennial contender Dave Oates. Dave Trier and Chris Okeson are tied for third at 74.
First round scores follow. Starting times for Sunday’s final round will be posted here.
FIRST ROUND SCORES: 2009 CHIPPEWA CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, August 22, Chippewa Golf Club, Doylestown – Par 71
| Freeman, Allen | 71 |
| Oates, Dave | 72 |
| Okeson, Chris | 74 |
| Trier, Dave | 74 |
| Schembechler, Richie | 75 |
| Simpson, Mike | 75 |
| Marr, Dan | 76 |
| Skorman, Randy | 76 |
| Barbas, Jeff | 77 |
| Beebe, Brian | 77 |
| Heran, Scott | 77 |
| Iosbe, Brandon | 77 |
| McBride, Tom | 77 |
| Miller, Fred | 77 |
| Trudell, Chris | 77 |
| Yacovazzi, Anthony | 77 |
| Hamilton, Mike | 78 |
| Leventhal, Cory | 78 |
| Li, Tom | 78 |
| Albright, Carl | 79 |
| Canter, Dave | 79 |
| Hetler, Jeff | 79 |
| Koprivec, Kenny | 79 |
| Markham, Tom | 79 |
| Chadima, Jason | 80 |
| DeJesus, Tony | 80 |
| Kracker, Mike | 80 |
| Thomas, Mark | 80 |
| Griffith, David | 81 |
| Hedrick, Joe | 81 |
| Jenkins, Jeff | 81 |
| Krenzer, Jim | 81 |
| Lewis, Allen | 81 |
| Loomis, Rob | 81 |
| Myers, Kris | 81 |
| Sutter, Joe | 81 |
| Thompson, Tom | 81 |
| Beal, Ross | 82 |
| Breen, Brian | 82 |
| Horner, Larry | 82 |
| Lynch, Michael | 82 |
| Angie, Mike | 83 |
| Barnett, Chris | 83 |
| Bergold, Bill | 84 |
| Mihalik, Jeff | 84 |
| Niskanen, Jim | 84 |
| Stack, Tom | 84 |
| Stewart, Brad | 84 |
| Wenger, Jeff | 84 |
| Berkheimer, Dennis | 85 |
| Davis, Tim | 85 |
| Diebold, Eddie | 85 |
| Mozingo, Charlie | 85 |
| Spino, Sam | 85 |
| Grabowski, JJ | 86 |
| Marshall, Dave | 86 |
| McCoy, Ron | 86 |
| Nemeth, Joe | 86 |
| Stallsmith, Anthony | 86 |
| Czelti, Aaron | 87 |
| Porostosky, John | 87 |
| Berkheimer, Bob | 88 |
| Morgan, Josh | 88 |
| Thompson, Drew | 88 |
| Armour, Mike | 89 |
| Behrens, Carl | 89 |
| Carpenter, Jay | 89 |
| Cornelius, Bob | 89 |
| Larizza, Kevin | 89 |
| Schultz, Carl | 89 |
| Smith, Rick | 89 |
| Lenartowicz, Mike | 90 |
| Slivinski, Rich | 90 |
| Stull, Mitch | 90 |
| Wilson, Josh | 90 |
| Kohler, Chris | 91 |
| Raushenberg, Jerry | 91 |
| Wilgues, Kurt | 91 |
| Licursi, Vince | 92 |
| Rybka, Russ | 92 |
| Biachi, Fred | 93 |
| Breen, Kevin | 93 |
| Guenther, John | 93 |
| Agarenzo, Mychal | 95 |
| Brooker, Jerry | 95 |
| Culver, Kevin | 97 |
| Wood, Craig | 97 |
| Palmer, Oliver | 98 |
| Karshner, Robert | 100 |
| Coates, Bill | 101 |
| Chapple, Dave | 103 |
| Harmon, Bobby | 103 |
| Laubscher, Rocky | 104 |
| Smargtasso, Heath | 106 |
| Bartko, Paul | 110 |
