It’s tournament time in Portage County and golfers can be found on the links daily.
After the July 4 holiday, junior golfers filled the fairways at Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna for one leg of the 36-hole Northern Ohio PGA series.
The intense heat did not deter the golfers, ages 11 to 19, from competing hard for the 36-hole NOPGA Junior Series Championship on the par-70 fairways of Windmill Lakes.
Mitchell Tyger of Kent earned a top-10 finish, firing 73-76 for the solid two-day total of 9 over. Liam Curtis, also of Kent, was just one stroke behind at 10 over.
Max Devins of Aurora edged into the top 20 with a 12 over, staying consistent with 18-hole rounds of 75 and 77.
On the girls side, Aurora’s Grace Vidovic tied for third place at 12 over for ages 11-19.
NOPGA Junior Series Championship at Windmill Lakes scoreboard
Girls 11-19: 3. Grace Vidovic, Aurora; 30. Morgan Bauza, Kent; 36. Adrianna Mineo, Kent; 40. Kathryn Ennemosser, Ravenna
Boys 11-19: 9. Mitchell Tyger, Kent; 13. Liam Curtis, Kent; 19. Max Devins, Aurora; 60. Rowan Baynes, Kent; 84. Andrew VanDamme, Kent
A Mineo family affair at Windmill Lakes
It was a family affair at the NOPGA tourney at Windmill for the Mineo family of Kent.
Isabella Mineo, competing for the John Carroll University women’s golf team, is spending her summer as an intern for the Northern Ohio PGA. Her roster of duties included serving as a starter on the first tee at Windmill Lakes for the junior tournament. She will be a junior at John Carroll this fall, studying marketing/supply chain management.
Isabella’s sister, Adrianna, competed in the 36-hole tournament. She is spending her summer participating in various events before returning to the Kent Roosevelt varsity girls golf team this fall.
And, like many supportive parents of junior golfers, Amy Mineo followed her daughter on the links, walking the 18 holes. For parents, it doesn’t get much better than spending the day watching the talented junior golfers on the fairways throughout the summer.
First Ohio Adaptive Open set to tee off
The first Ohio Adaptive Open Championship is scheduled to tee off Aug. 5-6 at the Cleveland Metroparks Seneca Golf Course in Broadview Heights.
The event is an individual stroke play format with many divisions, allowing all players to enjoy the thrill of competition among their peers. The tournament will be conducted using the USGA’s recently established Rules for Golfers with Disabilities.
Entry is open to all golfers aged 18 and older, professional or amateur, with a physical, vision or neurological impairment.
Hosted by the Northern Ohio Golf Association, registration information is available at noga.org/oao.
Tournament Calendar
(Please call 330-206-9083 or email [email protected] to add an event to the calendar.)
PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEURS
Register at host courses, online at pcagolf.net or via Venmo and Paypal. Call 330-206-9083 for information.
93rd PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEUR, July 29-Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna; July 30-Raccoon Hill Golf Club, Kent. Registration deadline $90 by July 10, $100 by July 26.
Portage County, Open and Women’s Divisions
53rd PORTAGE COUNTY SENIOR AMATEUR, Aug. 26-Raccoon Hill, Kent; Aug. 27-Windmill Lakes, Ravenna. Registration deadline $90 by Aug. 6, $100 by Aug. 23. Divisions: ages 50-59, 60-69, 70 and older, women.
KIDS AND JR. AM TITLE SPONSORS: Fairways at Twin Lakes and Birdie Shack, Kent
27th MATT MISHLER PC JUNIOR AMATEUR, July 24-Windmill Lakes, Ravenna; July 25-Sunny Hill, Kent. Registration deadline July 20. $60 for divisions ages 16-19 and 13-15, $45 ages 12 and under.
9th PORTAGE COUNTY KIDS AM, July 23-Sunny Hill Golf Course, Kent. Boys and girls grades 8-9 and 6-7 $20 for nine holes; grades 4-5 $20 for six holes; grades 3 and under $15 for 4 holes. Deadline July 19.
LOCAL SCRAMBLES, EVENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
July 22: 28th Pfeiffer Scramble, Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna
July 23: 6th Annual Lemon Open, Fairways at Twin Lakes, Kent. Proceeds to Rose’s Rescue. Call 330-673-7888 to register.
July 28: Olive Tree Family Foundation Third Annual Golf Outing, Raintree Golf and Event Center. Four-person scramble, $100 per person; registration at olivetreegolf.com, call Troy Luckenbaugh at 330-671-0073.
Aug. 6: Rootstown Rovers Sports Booster Outing, Sunny Hill Golf Course, Brimfield. Four-person scramble, $400/foursome, call 216-410-4037.
Aug. 12: 10th Danny Writtenberry Memorial Golf Outing, Olde Dutch Mill, Lake Milton. Deadline July 10, call Bruce Leifeit at 330-885-1327.
Aug. 18: 37th Hattie Larlham Golf Classic, Sugar Bush Golf Classic. Registration: $650/foursome; hattielarlham.org.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
The Northern Ohio PGA has a host of tournaments throughout northern Ohio for all ages and skills. Local tournaments are included here. For a complete list and to register online, log onto www.thenorthernohiopga.com and click “junior golf.”
July 25-26: 40th NOPGA Jr. Tour Championship at Club Walden, Aurora.
Aug. 14: 18-Hole Collegiate Series, Barrington Golf Club, Aurora.
USGA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS. Log onto www.NOGA.org for registration information.
July 26: 68th US Senior Amateur Qualifier, Sand Ridge Golf Club, Mayfield.
Aug. 3: 36th US Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifier, Kirtland Country Club, Kirtland.
Aug. 3: 42nd US Mid-Amateur Championship, Kirtland Country Club, Kirtland.
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Mitchell Tyger, Grace Vidovic star at NOPGA Junior Series Championship