David Aldrich of Tipp City, who is running the event, said it drew as many as 140 players in the early 1990s but has had fields of 50-to-70 in recent years.
Doug Moorehead of Hamilton has been the overall winner the last two years. The list of past champions does not appear to have a Dayton golfer on it, but George Grooms of Troy won five times between 1991 and 2000.
Lefties interested in playing can find an entry blank online by going to nalg.org and clicking on (1) contacts and (2) Ohio lefties.
Woeste gets 2nd title
Chris Woeste of Centerville won his second straight City Men’s Amateur Match Play Championship on June 19 at Madden Golf Course.
Woeste, a recent University of Dayton graduate, defeated Paul Day, 6 and 4, in a match that was all square after 18 holes. Woeste, who was 2 up after 27, birdied the 10th, 11th and 13th holes to win it.
Last year Woeste defeated Nick Scott, 4 and 3, in the final at Kittyhawk.
Since he established his handicap this year at Weatherwax Golf Course, which is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association, Woeste also was eligible to compete in the recent Cincinnati Metro Amateur. He won three matches before losing a 2 and 1 decision to veteran amateur Bill Williamson in the quarterfinals.
In Cincinnati, 176 players tried to qualify for the bracket of 64. In Dayton, 16 of the 20 registered players showed up and all made the bracket.
The Dayton Metro, a stroke play event, will have a much better turnout July 28-31 at Sycamore Creek Country Club. It had 92 entries last year.
Weckerling takes 7th
With a 36-hole total of 147, Corey Weckerling of Dayton tied for seventh in the Ohio Junior Championship on June 29 at Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna.
Four Dayton area players — Michael Bernard of Huber Heights, Brooks Curry of Franklin, Matt Kern of Springboro and Alec Tahy of Kettering — were among those in a 10-way tie for 10th place. All had 8-over-par scores of 148.
Area golfers miss cut
The Miami Valley’s three representatives did not qualify for match play last week in the National Amateur Public Links tournaments held at Bandon Dunes Resort in Bend, Ore.
Nick Scott of Union (74-81) shot 155 and missed the cut in the men’s championship while Laura Murray of Tipp City (84-81) shot 165 and Jessie Jordan of Urbana (93-81) shot 174 in the women’s competition.
It took a score of 151 to be assured of a spot in the men’s match play bracket, and the women had to shoot 158 to lock up a match play berth.
Chip shots
• Plans are under way for the sixth annual Gary Wright Memorial Tournament July 25 at Greene Country Club. It honors the respected Fairborn attorney and former pro baseball pitcher who was a victim of a fatal accident on I-70 in December 2004.
Since 2006, 12 Fairborn High School graduates have been assisted in beginning their college careers with some of $30,000 raised by this event. Call (937) 767-5621 for information.
• There are two Ohio sites where golfers can participate in the Els for Autism Golf Challenge hosted by pro golfer Ernie Els. It has 30 regional events with a grand finale in Las Vegas Oct. 23-24.
The TPC at River’s Bend in Maineville is holding an event on Aug. 8 and Tartan Fields in Columbus has one on Aug. 23. Two-man teams compete in the low net competitions. The fee is $500 per team at River’s Bend and $400 at Tartan Fields. Details are at www.e4aGolf.com.
• The City Men’s Senior Amateur Match Play Championship will be held Wednesday through Saturday this week at Community Golf Course.
• Lee Rinker tied for 10th and earned $38,850 last Sunday in the Champions Tour event at Endicott, N.Y. The former head pro at Country Club of the North is 49th on the money list with earnings of $143, 828.
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