Parker Hewit Rolls to Record Victory in 2013 Summit County Amateur Golf Championship

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It was a victory march. A coronation. A record-setting win against a big and talented field.

Parker Hewit of Westfield Center used big drives and a solid putting touch to roll to a five shot victory with a record-setting score of 5-under par 137 in the 2013 edition of the Summit County Amateur Golf Championship at Good Park.

Yes, this final round lacked drama. Hewit wanted it that way. A first round 66 was good for a two shot lead and set the tone heading into Sunday. Sure there were a couple of early round hiccups by Hewit, but no one else near the lead really made a charge during Hewit’s little slips.

Then it was all over for sure when Hewit made three birdies in a row at the toughest holes on the golf course: 8, 9 and 10.

The birdie on nine was the most absurd, given the cliffside pin that tournament chiefs Larry Zimmerman and Dante D’Andrea decided to unleash on the Good Park field Sunday. So what if the scoring average for the hole went to 3.9 on this already challenging par-3? (Stats courtesy of Todd Berterman at Tournament Expert!) Hewit simply stuck his 204-yard tee shot to inside two feet and made the putt — a putt that still broke a full cup from 24 inches.

From there, Hewit traded birdies and bogeys while cruising around the back nine, finishing at even par 71 with nary a challenge on the day.

Cakewalk complete. Candy successfully taken from 167 babies.

Hewit graduated from Bowling Green in 2012 and will launch his professional career later this fall. But first, he will compete in the U.S. Amateur Championship next week at The Country Club in Brookline, MA. Given this performance, he should do well.

Jake McBride of Hartville, a Wolfpack player at North Carolina State, grabbed the runner-up spot with solid Sunday round of 1-under par 70 to finish at even-par 142.

Steve Blackburn Jr. finished alone in third place another shot back, and the veteran trio of David Trier, Ty Kovach and Dave Oates notched T4 at 144. Complete results below.

And of course let’s not forget the annual Summit County Am skins game, the biggest of the year in Northeast Ohio. $1,400 per day was in play this year.

In round one on Saturday, Bruce Bailey eagled the par-5 fifth hole; Jason Chadima jarred a 9-iron from 140 yards on the par-4 seventh, and Tommy Miano made eagle on the par-5 14th, to each earn $470.

On Sunday, there were no outright skins winners (although Blake Foutty’s eagle at 14 would have held for $1,400 had he ponied up the measly $20 to enter the skins game — ouch!). So the least-tied hole earned the Sunday skins, which turned out to be the shortened par-4 12th hole with two eagles on the day: by Niko Anagnost and by AJ Spalding good for $700 each.

Special thanks to Dave Chapple and Tim Davis for all their work at the scoreboard (even while fighting some health issues), to Steve Kosar and Pat Wheeler for the sponsorships they provide that make this event a great one, and to Mary and family for honoring Dave Barnes once again through the event.

And of course, kudos to Larry Zimmerman, Dante D’Andrea, Greg Enright and the rest of the Good Park staff for their hard work on the tournament. The players most certainly appreciate it!

 

 

FINAL RESULTS:
2013 Summit County Amateur Golf Championship
Good Park Golf Course, Akron Ohio
August 3 – 4, 2013

Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	Prize
Hewit, Parker	66	71	137	$750.00
McBride, Jake	72	70	142	$650.00
Blackburn, Steve	72	71	143	$600.00
Trier, David	74	70	144	$500.00
Kovach, Ty	73	71	144	$500.00
Oates, David	70	74	144	$500.00
McHugh, Tyler	75	70	145	$400.00
Crewse, Aaron	70	75	145	$400.00
Hennigan, Bob	75	70	145	$400.00
Clendenin, Howard	73	73	146	$337.50
Anderson, Josh	73	73	146	$337.50
Marek, Ian	74	73	147	$237.50
Miller, Fred	74	73	147	$237.50
McLaughlin, Mac	76	71	147	$237.50
Archer II, David	71	76	147	$237.50
Peterson, Kurt	69	78	147	$237.50
Sotka, David	68	79	147	$237.50
Bryne, Brendan	73	75	148	$125.00
Bryson, Rick	73	75	148	$125.00
Spino, Bobby	72	76	148	$125.00
Kabasky, John	75	73	148	$125.00
Talbott, Alex	72	76	148	$125.00
Kirby, Tanner	71	77	148	$125.00
Cutlip, Dean	70	78	148	$125.00
Paxos, Nick	75	73	148	$125.00
Lahnan, Larry	73	76	149	$100.00
Thomas, Mark	72	77	149	$100.00
Ungvary Jr., Joe	75	74	149	$100.00
Guadagni, Mark	76	74	150	$100.00
Lemon, Nevada	78	73	151	$ 50.00
McKiernan, Conor	77	74	151	$ 50.00
Krivanec, Jim	73	78	151	$ 50.00
Knight, Jeremy	72	79	151	$ 50.00
Kastor, Jack	76	75	151	$ 50.00
Li, Tommy	75	76	151	$ 50.00
Stallsmith, Anthony	73	79	152
Hinchcliffe, Tim	76	76	152
Mosteller, Alex	76	76	152
Sullivan, Kyle	76	76	152
Maxwell, Ryan	76	76	152
Mosholder, Zach	73	79	152
McCaulley, Connor	76	76	152
Schustrich, Rob	76	76	152
Agarenzo, Mychal	75	77	152
Chadima, Jason	70	82	152
Clay, Josh	75	77	152
Baugh, Tom	80	73	153
Heavner, Tim	80	73	153
Marr, Dan	77	76	153
Tidenberg, John	74	79	153
Cea, Jim	73	80	153
Spalding, AJ	73	80	153
Yacovazzi, Anthony	76	77	153
Loomis, Rob	71	82	153
Oldfield, Ryan	72	81	153
Parker, Quinn	79	75	154
Anagnost, Niko	78	76	154
Headley, Ryan	78	76	154
Vincelette, Brian	77	77	154
Spalding, Stephen	74	80	154
Kreider, Matthew	77	77	154
King, Mike	73	81	154
Okeson, Chris	75	79	154
Foutty, Blake	80	75	155
Grieve, Mike	75	80	155
Bethune, Wil	77	78	155
Kammer, Lonnie	76	79	155
Lewis, Alan	79	77	156
Bell, Ron	80	76	156
Warren, Matt	78	78	156
Furlong, John	78	78	156
Merrow, Rick	74	82	156
Bognar, Michael	76	80	156
Freeman, Al	76	80	156
Lenartowicz, Michael	76	80	156
Slates, Chris	73	83	156
Gomez, Erron	80	77	157
Miano, Tommy	80	77	157
Loftin, Alex	78	79	157
Cockerham, Jeff	78	79	157
Arison, Tom	75	82	157
Koza, Chris	78	79	157
Metzendorf, Daniel	77	80	157
Kraus, Mathew	77	80	157
Simpson, Mike	77	80	157
Uecker, Jack	77	80	157
Lerner, Evan	76	81	157
Minko, Paul	75	82	157
Earle, Kenny	75	82	157
Goda, Dave	79	79	158
Witmer, Michael	78	80	158
Feith, Taylor	74	84	158
Nixon, Brandon	76	82	158
Schreiber, Austin	82	77	159
Boccio, Nick	82	77	159
Moody, Nick	81	78	159
Payne, Jeremy	81	78	159
Kloetzer, Shaun	79	80	159
Ciccarello, Mark	74	85	159
Patella, Dominic	76	83	159
Hochschwender, Michael	81	79	160
Markham, Tom	79	81	160
Shomo, Matt	80	80	160
Wenger, Jeff	80	80	160
Lowry, Rich	79	81	160
Zachardy, Jason	80	80	160
Carpenter, Jay	78	82	160
Thompson, Drew	74	86	160
Yanko, Rob	78	83	161
Klein, Adam	85	76	161
Griffith, David	79	82	161
Harmon, Bobby	79	82	161
Richardson, Kevin	83	79	162
Fleming, Doug	77	85	162
Allio, Ryan	81	81	162
Prokop, Ray	86	76	162
Alcorn, Dustin	82	81	163
Berkheimer, Dennis	81	82	163
Sloan, Kevan	86	77	163
Kayafas, Chris	83	80	163
Shannon, Brandon	79	85	164
Reed, Dieken	79	85	164
Chadima, Brian	82	83	165
Wheeler, Pat	85	80	165
Mastran, Mike	83	82	165
Scala, Sam	85	81	166
Bailey, Bruce	81	86	167
Feeney, Pat	80	87	167
Ward, Thomas	85	82	167
Wilson, Steve	85	82	167
Horne, Chris	85	82	167
Plute, Chris	84	84	168
Dugan, Michael	81	89	170
Hamilton, Mike	82	88	170
Kerns, Larry	85	85	170
Moore, Robert	82	89	171
Armour, Mike	82	90	172
Barbas, Jeffrey	89	83	172
Beresh, James	85	87	172
Chuparkoff, Kenny	87	86	173
Lynum II, Warren	86	87	173
Shortridge, Mike	87	87	174
Troutman, Ken	79	95	174
Watkins, Tyler	83	91	174
D’Andrea, Dante	90	84	174
Krill, Denny	89	86	175
Laubscher, Rocky	90	86	176
Brown, Jim	90	86	176
Schustrich, Mike	91	86	177
Roth, Bryan	82	96	178
Pupino, Sam	91	89	180
McSteen, John	94	88	182
Sattler, Dave	94	90	184
Feith, Dale	93	91	184
Reed, James	92	93	185
Corrao, Ryan	94	94	188
Harper, Kevin	95	96	191
Good, John	102	102	204