UNIONTOWN — Gunnar McCollins, a former Perry High School star, erased a six-shot deficit Sunday to win the 89th Stark County Amateur Men’s Golf Championship.
McCollins shot 69 at Ohio Prestwick Country Club to finish at 140 and win the title by one shot over first-round leader Kyle Smith.
For McCollins, this is his first Stark County Amateur title. He played college golf at Cleveland State. This past spring, as a senior, he finished 14th at the Horizon League Championships to help the Vikings finish fourth as a team.
Smith shot 76 Sunday and finished at 141.
Also at 141 was Dave Oates, who won the 50-and-over division. Oates is a seven-time winner of the overall Stark County Amateur title.
Caden Scarbrough (71-71—142) and Kyle Buzaki (67-76—143) also finished in the top five overall.
In winning the 50-and-over title, Oates held off Bart Williams (144) and Kurt Peterson (147).
Other age-group winners were Rick Bryson and Tom Laubacher sharing the 60-and-over title and Rick Merrow winning 70-and-over.
Bryson and Laubacher each shot 147, one shot ahead of Bruno Chirumbolo.
Merrow shot 153, two ahead of Steven Bedell and four up on Randy Young.
Stark County Amateur scoreboard: Stark County Amateur Men’s Golf Championship complete final results
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