On the strength of birdies on three of the last four holes, host professional Gary Robison shot a final round 3-under 68 on Thursday to win his sixth NOPGA Senior Professional Championship at Brookside Country Club.
The event is conducted by the Northern Ohio Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America.
Robison finished with a two-day total of even-par 142 to win by five shots over runner-up Dan Sutton, Director of Golf at Heather Downs Country Club in Toledo. Sutton, the first-round leader, posted his best finish in this event with a final-round 74 for a two-day total of 5-over 147.
Robison’s 68 was the only sub-par round produced by the field of 30.
Robison, 66, and Sutton, 52, advance to the Senior PGA Professional National Championship, which will be held Oct. 15-18, at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
They will be joined by third-place finisher and defending champion Steve Stone of Maumee Golf Center, and Canton’s Tony Adcock, who plays out of Seven Hills Country Club. Stone and Adcock came in at 6-over 148.
Steve Mulcahy (Shawnee Country Club), Rob Moss (Pepper Pike Club), Mitch Camp (Club Walden) and Kevin Sullivan (Brecksville-GolfTec) will serve as alternates, in the event one of the top-four finishers cannot make it to Florida.
Robison and Sutton were tied at 3-over par through 14 holes when Robison took the lead for good with a birdie to Sutton’s bogey on the 411-yard 15th hole. The decisive two-shot swing gave Robison some breathing room heading down the stretch.
Robison, the most decorated player in the 74-year history of the NOPGA, knocked his second shot on the 15th hole to six feet to the right of the hole and made a testy left-to-right putt for the third of his five birdies on the day. He closed by making birdies on the two par-5 finishing holes by making short putts.
FINAL RESULTS: Northern Ohio PGA
2020 NOPGA Senior Professional Championship
Brookside Country Club, Canton, Ohio
August 19 – 20, 2020
QUALIFIERS:
1 Gary Robison Brookside 74-68–142 E $1,200.00
2 Dan Sutton Heather Downs CC 73-74–147 +5 $900.00
T3 Steve Stone Maumee Golf Center 77-71–148 +6 $650.00
T3 Tony Adcock Seven Hills CC 75-73–148 +6 $650.00
ALTERNATES:
5 Steve Mulcahy Shawnee CC 75-74–149 +7 $500.00
T6 Rob Moss Pepper Pike Club 77-74–151 +9 $400.00
T6 Mitchell Camp Club Walden 77-74–151 +9 $400.00
T6 Kevin Sullivan GolfTEC – Brecksville 75-76–151 +9 $400.0
Did Not Qualify:
T9 Dennis Miller PGA Of America Life Member 77-75–152 +10 $225.00
T9 Steve Parker Portage 76-76–152 +10 $225.00
T11 Tom Waitrovich Lakewood 78 – 75 = 153
T11 Gary Rusnak GolfTEC – Brecksville 76 – 77 = 153
T13 Michael Heisterkamp Chagrin Valley 82 – 73 = 155
T13 Scott Pollack 1899 Golf, CLE East 78 – 77 = 155
15 Daniel Terry Chippewa GC 79 – 77 = 156
16 Gregory Smith Westbrook CC 81 – 76 = 157
17 Sean Kenily Union CC 80 – 78 = 158
T18 Terry Shell PGA Of America Life Membe 84 – 75 = 159
T18 Tony Milam North Coast Jr Tour 81 – 78 = 159
T18 Tom Atchison Salem GC 81 – 78 = 159
T18 Joseph Borawski Brookside 79 – 80 = 159
22 Gary Trivisonno PGA Of America Life Membe 81 – 79 = 160
23 Jon Jones Youngstown 79 – 82 = 161
24 Trevor Thomas The Delphos 82 – 80 = 162
25 Dan Dauk Firestone G.C., Raymond C 84 – 80 = 164
26 Mike Rankin Westbrook CC 80 – 86 = 166
27 Eric Morgan Plum Brook CC 84 – 85 = 169
28 Andy Santor The Country Club 87 – 87 = 174
29 Charles Goodwin FoxCreek Golf and Racquet 87 – 93 = 180
30 Doug Lemons Chenoweth 93 – 88 = 181
