Miami Valley Golf Association Wraps Up Another Great Year of Golf
The Miami Valley Golf Association (MVGA) wrapped up its 2017 golf season with the Miami Valley Team Invitational on October 12th at the Sugar Valley Country Club.
The team from Piqua Country Club bested the rest of the field and lays claim to the James C “Skip” Snow Trophy until next year’s event. The festivities were topped off with a hole-in-one recorded by Gunnar Marshall at the 17th hole.
The Miami Valley Masters also concluded their season with the Celebration at Dayton Country Club on October 9th. Mike Webster, Harry Williamson, Dan Stockstill and Chris Knowles won the best-ball format.
Austin Sipe received the Player of the Year Award. Sipe tied for fifth in the Metropolitan, bested a combined field of professionals and amateurs in the Springfield Classic, plus he added the Ohio Amateur Championship to his winnings last summer. His total 600 points beat the nearest competitors, Jeff Scohy, who finished with 435 points and Pete Samborsky with 400 points.
Dan DeVore was named Senior Player of the Year and Tony Pascale was recognized for his outstanding work all year long on the tournament program.
The Dayton District Women’s Golf Association held their final event of 2017 at the Country Club of the North. The team challenge was won by Glenda Taylor, Cheryl Davis, Jeannie Joyce and Linda Williams. Sue Seitz was the Gross Pin Winner and Dee Dee Huffer won Net honors.
Northern Ohio Golf Association News
The team of Dorf/Green/Stafford/Cooperider fired a 16-under-par 55 to win the 2nd Annual NOGA Scramble Championship and Clambake at Chagrin Valley Country Club.
It was also announced the Matthew Duffy, who has served as GHIN and Membership Services Director for NOGA, since 2013, has accepted a position with the USGA.
In the new position, Duffy will become an Assistant Manager for Handicap, as well as, Course Rating Data Analyst for the USGA. This is a newly created position that will help the USGA sift through data on handicapping and course rating, to make handicapping more accurate. He will also be helping with the transition to the World Handicap System, so that other countries are on board with current handicapping and course rating tactics.
Greater Cincinnati Golf Association Wins Intrastate Team Competition
The 17th Ohio Intrastate Matches has held at the end of September and was hosted by the Northern Ohio Golf Association at Shady Hollow Country Club in Massillon. 
Each team was comprised of 12 players, 8 amateurs and 4 seniors, with 10 of the 12 scores counting for the overall team total. The team from Greater Cincinnati Golf Association found themselves on top of the five-team field. Micah Dean, from Greater Cincinnati, recorded the lowest score of the day, a cool three-under-par 69.
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| The Ohio Intrastate Matches began in 1999, with the inaugural event hosted by the Columbus District Golf Association at the Medallion Club. The Intrastate brings Ohio’s best male players together in a spirited team competition.
Columbus has won the event eight times followed by Miami Valley with five. Both Northern Ohio and Greater Cincinnati have two wins each.
The Toledo District will host the nest Intrastate Team Match in 2019.
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Columbus District Golf Association
Columbus District Golf Association wrapped up its season with the 2017 Tournament of Champions held at The Lakes Golf & Country Club in Westerville.
Oakhurst’s Ryan Parrish and Jason Leeds, from Kinsale, tied for the Overall win with a pair of even-par 72’s. William Telzerow, from Scioto Reserve Country Club, fired a one-under-par 71 to take top honors in the Senior Division. John Scheel, from the Ohio State Golf Club, took the Super Senior Division with a round of even-par.
