Colin Burns of Lakewood + Ryan Wirtz of Strongsville won the 2024 edition of the Cleveland Metroparks Bill Barbour Cup, a jumble format 2-player tournament featuring six holes each of scramble, better ball and alternate shot.
Burns and Wirtz went 4-under par in the scramble segment after making an eagle at the par-5 first hole, then went 1-under par in better ball with a birdie on the 10th, and finished at even par in alternate shot after making a birdie at 14 and a bogey at 15.
Their 5-under par 66 total was good enough to best Shaun Kloetzer + Allen Freeman by one shot. Fairlawn’s Kloetzer and Brecksville’s Freeman went bogey-free on the day but failed to birdie the par-5 fourth in the scramble segment, which proved costly. They managed a 2-under par alternate shot segment at the end, which was the best of the field.
Three teams finished in a tie for third place at 2-under par total: Brian Kukoleck + David Sotka jumped out with a 5-under par scramble segment but gave back one in better ball and two in alternate; Nate Matthews + Wyatt Suntala went -2 +1 -1 that included a birdie at the 18th; and defending champions Adam Frey + Matthew Mullen went -3 in scramble, even in better ball, but made a bogey at 16 in alternate to finish that segment +1.
The Barbour Cup is the final event of the 2024 Cleveland Metroparks Golf season. Watch for a final update of the 2024 CMG Player of the Year standings in the days ahead…
FINAL RESULTS: Cleveland Metroparks Golf
2024 Bill Barbour Cup
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course, Brecksville
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
POS | TEAM | TOTAL | SCRAMBLE | BETTER BALL | ALTERNATE | PRIZE
1 Colin Burns + Ryan Wirtz 66 -4 -1 E $1,045.00
2 Allen Freeman + Shaun Kloetzer 67 -1 -1 -2 $690.00
T3 Brian Kukoleck + David Sotka 69 -5 1 2 $345.00
T3 Nathanael Matthews + Wyatt Suntala 69 -2 1 -1 $345.00
T3 Adam Frey + Matthew Mullen 69 -3 E 1 $345.00
T6 Brian Juguilon + John Svadba 70 -4 -1 4 $55.00
T6 Brett Dubin + Lucas Liberatore 70 -1 -1 1 $55.00
8 Steve Blackburn + Jimmy Wild 71 -2 E 2
9 Ryan Stefanski + Brian Smith 72 -3 1 3
10 Scott Canupp + Thomas Minnillo 73 E 2 E
11 Jeff Klonimek + Jeff Meagrove 74 -1 2 2
12 Murray Drell + Scott Sherman 75 1 3 E
13 Greg Manuel + Timothy Smith 77 E 1 5
T14 Michael Cook + Michael Swartz 79 2 4 2
T14 Benjamin Ranta + Nolan Zubin 79 -1 4 5
16 Mark Hatch + Alan Rothstein 80 E 2 7
17 Brian Schramko + Luke Schramko 81 2 3 5
T18 Danny Dreiling + Nathan Rossi 82 1 2 8
T18 Lou D’Amico + Clay Mayor 82 E 5 6
T20 Andrew Coddington + Sam Coddington 83 2 4 6
T20 Jordan Evanko + Michael Riley 83 1 6 5
T20 Anna Achramko + Ethan Sutton 83 -2 7 7
23 Austin Thompson + Ethan Winter 85 1 6 7
24 Steve Bedell + Nathan Hauser 87 4 2 10
25 Kyle D’Ambrosio + Caushen Shanton 97 6 12 8
26 George Czapor + Evan Latarski 101 9 9 12
27 Kaycee Bethel + Danny Cox 114 11 13 19
SKINS: $170 each
Sotka/Kukoleck #6 birdie
Bedell/Hauser #7 birdie
Liberatore/Dubin #8 birdie
Matthews/Suntala #18 birdie
