The Elms Country Club in Massillon was set with perfect scoring conditions: a needed rain on Wednesday made the greens receptive and smooth; there was barely a hint of wind all day; the weather was sunny, bright and warm.
Many of the 175 players competing in the 71st playing of this Northern Ohio tournament took advantage, some much more than others.
After the Morning Wave of play, it looked like four players — two pros and two ams — were going to share the 2022 Loby’s Tigertown Open title.
Ryan Gutowski of Akron, a reinstated amateur and the defending Tigertown Amateur champ, made a ferocious closing run to set the benchmark. Turning at just 2-under par and stalled there for the first four holes of his back nine, Gutowski made an eagle at the drivable par-4 14th hole, then closed with birdies on three of his last four holes, including the 18th.
Three groups later, Fredricksburg’s TT Crouch posted the first Professional 7-under par 65 of the tournament. His score looked like it would be an 8-under par 64, but a missed up-and-down at the last slid him back into a tie.
One group after that, Canton’s Vaughn Snyder, another reinstated am, was bogey-free at 7-under par through 17 holes and had a makeable birdie look from 6-feet after a great approach into 18. But his hard-right-to-left effort never touched the hole.
Then defending Professional champion Nathan Tarter of Mogadore made his late kick. With three bogeys on his front nine and a turn score of 34, it looked like his title defense would come up a good bit short. But a sizzling six birdies on the back nine, including one at the last, put Tarter into a four-way tie for the top spot, and a two-way tie for the Pro prize of $5,000.
(A tip of the cap to Canton amateur Kyle Jones, who reached 7-under par on his round but made bogey at the tough 203-yard par-3 17th to finish one back of the Morning Wave pack.)
The start of the Afternoon Wave was eye-popping. Canton pro Logan Lagodich jumped into a tie for the lead at 7-under par — after his first nine holes! Starting on the back nine at The Elms, Lagodich birdied every hole but the 10th and 17th. After a birdie at the first to go to 8-under par, it looked like a coronation had begun. But a bogey at four, a double-bogey at six and a bogey at seven crushed all chances at a victory. To his credit, Lagodich made birdies on the 8th and 9th to finish at 6-under par.
Playing late in the Afternoon Wave starting off the back nine, 2020 Tigertown champion Blake Sattler of Dover made the birdies that are required of the champion to turn at 4-under par. Then on the front side, he continued his bogey-free streak while making birdie at the second and third.
Standing on the eighth tee needing two birdies in his last two holes to pass the pack and win outright, Sattler did just that. From eight feet below the par-5 eighth, he split the middle of the cup with his birdie putt. Then from 18 feet with some left-to-right break at the ninth, he buried the putt to claim the title outright.
In the Senior Professional Division, Kevin Kraft, a former Lakewood resident now living in Maryland, put together a six-birdie, two-bogey round of 68 to capture the age 50+ pro title by two shots over Jay Jurecic of Crystal Falls, Michigan.
In the Senior Amateur Division, Aurora’s Larry Lahnan made a clutch birdie at his final hole to sneak past the morning pace-setting round by New Franklin’s Bobby Spino. Lahnan finished at 3-under par 69 to win by one shot.
A sincere thank you to Loby’s Grille for their title sponsorship. Also a big thank you to Benmit Pipe & Tubing Services, and Sean Croell and the Northern Ohio Golf Association, for the Live Scoring operations — the players and fans loved it! An additional thank you to Tony Mastrianni and everyone at The Elms for all the hard work prepping the course for the day. With all of that support, the 71st Loby’s Tigertown Open was a complete success.
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FINAL RESULTS:
2022 Loby’s Tigertown Open
The Elms Country Club, Massillon – Par 72
Friday, July 15, 2022
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PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1 Blake Sattler 64 $5,000.00
T2 TT Crouch 65 $1,125.00
T2 Nathan Tarter 65 $1,125.00
T4 Keegan Bronnenberg 66 $400.00
T4 Logan Lagodich 66 $400.00
6 Mike Vansickle 67 $200.00
T7 Richard Denny III 68 $125.00
T7 Nicholas Montes 68 $125.00
T9 Tyler Light 69
T9 Stephen Gangluff 69
T11 Timothy Ailes 70
T11 Jay Jurecic 70
T11 Nick Paxos 70
T11 Jordan Eck 70
T15 Joshua Widner 72
T15 Patrick Mudd 72
T15 Mason Laird 72
T15 Matt Gurska 72
T19 Jacob English 73
T19 Dennis Holub 73
T21 Tony Pozderac 74
T21 Jay Schiffbauer 74
23 Dylan Van Fossen 76
T24 John Powers 77
T24 Darrin Vaughan 77
26 Nicholas Colangelo 78
27 Jacob Kruegel 79
T28 Joey Kurtz 80
T28 Justin Moose 80
T28 David Reiter Jr 80
T31 Matt Sommers 81
T31 Justin Miller 81
33 Brian Owens 88
WD Derek Smith WD
PROFESSIONAL SKINS: $136 ea
Blake Sattler Birdie on 2
Tyler Light Eagle on 8
Tyler Light Eagle on 10
Darrin Vaughan Eagle on 12
Matt Gurska Eagle on 14
SENIOR PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
1 Kevin Kraft 68 $1,500.00
2 Jay Jurecic 70 $500.00
T3 Anthony Adcock 73 $83.33
T3 Gary Rusnak 73 $83.33
T3 James Cichra 73 $83.33
6 Darrin Vaughan 77
T7 Scott Demuesy 80
T7 Russell Papa 80
T9 Scott Pollack 81
T9 Matt Sommers 81
11 Derek Vaughan 85
SENIOR PROFESSIONAL SKINS: $110 ea
Darrin Vaughan Eagle on 12
James Cichra Birdie on 17
AMATEUR DIVISION
T1 Ryan Gutowski 65 $682.50
T1 Vaughn Snyder 65 $682.50
3 Kyle Jones 66 $385.00
4 Josh Clay 68 $275.00
T5 Lucas Murray 69 $222.50
T5 Brandon Jatich 69 $222.50
7 Ben Ramold 70 $175.00
T8 Gunnar McCollins 71 $127.50
T8 Mark Mokros 71 $127.50
T8 Bud Radis 71 $127.50
T8 Caleb Westfall 71 $127.50
T12 Collin Hoops 72 $93.33
T12 Paul Kasper 72 $93.33
T12 Paul Ajak 72 $93.33
T15 Alec Adcock 73 $50.83
T15 Jimmy Wild 73 $50.83
T15 Michael Witmer 73 $50.83
T15 Joey Gonzalez 73 $50.83
T15 Caden Scarbrough 73 $50.83
T15 Tom Ballinger 73 $50.83
T21 Zach Drukenbrod 74 $10.00
T21 Ryan Stefanski 74 $10.00
T21 Adam Filo 74 $10.00
T21 Matthew Frey 74 $10.00
T21 Andrew Malkus 74 $10.00
T21 Mark Schneider 74 $10.00
T27 Michael Dota 75
T27 Shaun Kloetzer 75
T27 Jordan Conjerti 75
T27 Xander Moran 75
T27 Jonathan Oates 75
T27 Connor Gdovin 75
T27 Scott Savage 75
T27 Josh Prok 75
T35 Max Decheco 76
T35 Corey Hines 76
T35 Anthony Savage 76
T35 Jordan Delillo 76
T39 Gavin Gress 77
T39 Adam Arman 77
T39 Charles Milo 77
T39 David Oates 77
T39 Brian Terlesky 77
T39 Yanni Vellios 77
T39 Kyle Freudeman 77
T39 Kenny Koprivec 77
T39 Roni Shin 77
T48 Nate Albrecht 78
T48 Christian Tomak 78
T48 Chris Walker 78
T48 Spencer Crone 78
T52 Luke Schreck 79
T52 Aaron Crewse 79
T52 Colline Ajidra 79
T52 Jarrod Page 79
T52 Jeff Mast 79
T52 Brian Gamble 79
T52 Carter Hahn 79
T59 Hunter Foltz 80
T59 Jaden Schlabach 80
T59 Jack Hannan 80
T59 Spencer Lancaster 80
T63 Carl Lemmon 81
T63 Jay Hollifield 81
T63 Bradley Jones 81
T63 Cory Gruber 81
T63 Bryan Jones 81
T68 Christian Creamer 82
T68 Mitch Levengood 82
T68 Brandon Goldsmith 82
T68 Adam Wickham 82
72 Isaac Haver 83
T73 Andrew David 84
T73 Branden Troyer 84
T73 Will Ohara 84
T73 Hunter Ellis 84
T73 Edward Diebold 84
T73 Ryan Lowers 84
79 John Vellios 85
T80 Blake Doty 87
T80 Logan Jackson 87
T80 Hunter Kallay 87
T80 Jason Burns 87
T80 Robert Maurer 87
T85 Colton Gress 88
T85 Griffin Braun 88
87 Adam Sibila 90
88 John Pattakos 92
T89 Matthew Graham 93
T89 Brian Welk 93
T91 Greg Gaitanos 94
T91 Jeramy Taylor 94
93 Christopher Tolbert 101
94 Cameron Moore 128
DNF Tyson Abraham DNF
AMATEUR SKINS: $950 ea
Mark Mokros Eagle on 3
Joey Gonzalez Eagle on 7
SENIOR AMATEUR DIVISION
1 Larry Lahnan 69 $485.00
2 Bobby Spino 70 $350.00
T3 Larry Criswell 73 $190.00
T3 Bobby Wadsworth 73 $190.00
T5 Mark Borlin 74 $92.50
T5 William Jenkins 74 $92.50
T7 Lou Boarman 75 $40.00
T7 Robert Wakeling 75 $40.00
T7 Mark Ciccarello 75 $40.00
10 Brian Beebe 76
T11 Mark Thomas 77
T11 Tim Heavner 77
T11 Nolen Jatich 77
T11 Dean Cutlip 77
T15 John Toth 78
T15 Geoffrey Burge 78
17 Randy Crider 79
18 Jim Cea 80
T19 David Trier 81
T19 Raul Mendoza 81
T21 Ron Rositani 82
T21 Michael Stiller 82
T21 Rodney Bordman 82
T21 Eric Peterman 82
T25 Robert Stoops 83
T25 Roger Tolley 83
T25 Paul Fox 83
28 Joe Nemeth 85
T29 Brian Sovak 87
T29 Jim Rosen 87
T29 James Wilburn 87
32 Gary Congin 88
33 Stephen Baker 92
34 John Sales 93
35 Jeffrey Fox 97
36 Dana Candusso 99
37 Charles Howe 117
WD Rick Stimmel WD
SENIOR AMATEUR SKINS: $152 ea
Rodney Bordman Birdie on 6
Larry Lahnan Birdie on 9
Bobby Wadsworth Birdie on 10
Dean Cutlip Eagle on 12
Nolen Jatich Eagle on 15
