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AUGUST 10, 2010
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The best amateur golfers in Greater Cleveland were crowned at
the 2010 "Greater Cleveland Amateur Golf Championship"
(GCAC) on August 6 through 8 at Manakiki Golf Course in North
Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills.
Brad Steven, of Concord Twp., won the GCAC with a 74-69-70--213
for a two-stroke victory. After posting the two-over-par 74 on Day
1, Steven was one of only three players to card two sub-par rounds
in the tournament.
The win places Steven with only one other player, Norton Brick,
to have won the Amateur Championship three times. Steven also
won in 1996 when the championship was played at both Big Met and
Sleepy Hollow and in 2007 at Sleepy Hollow. Steven also finished as
runner-up in 2008, losing in a 4-man sudden death playoff at
Manakiki.
Willoughby's Doug Barber used a 70 on the final
day to finish second with a 74-71-70--215, one stroke ahead of
David Sotka. Sotka entered the final round with a one-stroke lead
after postingback-to-back 71s on the first two days, but a 74 on
Day 3 placed him third with a 216.
The participants in the 17th annual
Championship were selected from Cleveland Metroparks Course
Championship tournaments at the four 18-hole courses (Manakiki,
Sleepy Hollow, Shawnee Hills, and Big Met) held as 36-hole, two-day
tournaments on July 24 and 25. Additional competitors were included
through exemption status and various regional
associationtournaments and qualifiers. The 54-hole, three-day
tournament is one of the largest amateur championships in Northeast
Ohio.
The best amateur golfers of Greater Cleveland and their total
three-day scores are as follows:
1. Brad
Steven
74-69-70 - 213
2. Doug
Barber
74-71-70 - 215
3. David
Sotka
71-71-74 - 216
4. Zach
Glassman
74-72-71 - 217
5. John
Furlong
75-72-71 - 218
6. Norton
Brick
72-75-73 - 220
7. Nick
Palladino
76-72-73 - 221
8. Pete
Skirpstas
76-68-79 - 223
8. David
Griffith
76-72-75 - 223
8. Steve Blackburn
Jr.
73-77-73 - 223
8. Tim
Skufca
75-76-72 - 223
12. John
Oyster
74-74-76 - 224
13. Mark
Belasic
72-71-82 - 225
14. Nathan
Tarter
75-76-75 - 226
14. Scott
Heran
81-71-74 - 226
14. Ryan
Meade
76-76-74 - 226
17. Phil
Latsko
78-78-71 - 227
18. Joe
Zucker
76-73-79 - 228
18. John
Iosue
74-80-74 - 228
18. Brian
Smith
75-78-75 - 228
21. Scott
Saari
78-74-77 - 229
22. Jim
Stults
83-69-78 - 230
22. Mike
Grasso
79-74-77 - 230
22. Matt
Timmons
74-80-76 - 230
22. Alex
DiPalma
81-76-73 - 230
22. Sam
Scala
78-78-73 - 230
27. David
Stover
74-79-79 - 232
27. Joe
Zabukovec
81-74-77 - 232
27. Larry
Lahnan
78-77-77 - 232
30. Kory
Oslie
76-75-83 - 234
30. Kevin
Jackson
80-75-79 - 234
32. Alan
Keshock
78-73-84 - 235
32. Allen
Freeman
76-77-82 - 235
34. David
Wien
83-72-81 - 236
34. Ben
Rudy
87-70-79 - 236
36. Jim
Schaefer
81-74-83 - 238
36. Mark
Borlin
83-74-81 - 238
36. Mark
Ciccarello
74-83-81 - 239
39. Tim
Hahn
81-76-84 - 241
The best amateur golfer of Greater Cleveland has
been crowned at the 2010 Greater Cleveland AmateurChampionship in
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