Roberts takes 4-stroke lead into men’s final round

Dalton leads by two strokes in women’s championship at Weatherwax.


Men’s City Golf Championship

Michael Roberts 73-68-75—216

T.J. Selby 76-72-72—220

Tim Sorrows 72-73-77—222

Connor O’Hea 74-73-79—226

Tal Selby 76-77-79—232

Mark Augspurger 79-75-79—233

Michael Mosko 80-76-77—233

Mike Dalton 75-76-83—234

Jeff Combs 75-80-79—234

Jimmy Parks 80-72-90—237

Tucker McGee 76-77-85—238

Joel Cleghorn 82-72-84—238

Kevin Flynn 76-78-85—239

Kyle Pollock 79-82-78—239

Karl Heffner 76-79-87—242

Grady Cobb 78-79-87—244

Tim Proud 84-76-84—244

Joey Richmond 86-77-81—244

Rob McGee 79-84-81—244

P.J. Smith 84-77-86—247

Tom McNeil 83-82-84—249

Jim Miller 82-80-88—250

Jim Marcum 82-86-82—250

Gary Cobb 88-83-80—251

Billy Britton 80-80-92—252

Terry Miller 79-83-91—253

Zach Harvey 84-83-86—253

Sam Nelson 81-79-95—255

Erik Gregory 80-84-91—255

Tim Bogan 81-83-93—257

Dominic Williams 84-81-92—257

Joe Gallina 86-81-90—257

Dave Kraft 88-79-91—258

Don Cunningham 84-84-91—259

Jim Drury 86-83-90—259

Anthony Lococo 80-82-100—262

Brian Ashbrook 86-81-95—262

Kevin Puckett 89-83-91—263

Christian Ridge 84-90-86—270

John Parks 87-93-90—270

Aaron Clarey 90-86-98—271

Jerry McIntosh 87-94-95—276

Bradley Martin 93-85-102—280

Tom Huiet 93-91-98—282

John Joseph 95-101-91—287

Mark Harden 77-72-NC—NC

Michael Lawson 88-82-NC—NC

Brad Mayberry 101-NC—NC

Today’s tee times

Meadows to Highlands

8:32 a.m. – Mark Harden, Brad Mayberry, Aaron Clary

8:40 a.m. – Brian Ashbrook, Erik Gregory, Zach Harvey

8:48 a.m. – P.J. Smith, Tim Proud, Grady Cobb

8:56 a.m. – Joey Richmond, Karl Heffner, Kyle Pollock

9:04 a.m. – Jimmy Parks, Joel Cleghorn, Mike Dalton

9:12 a.m. – Jeff Combs, Michael Mosko, Mark Augspurger

9:20 a.m. – Tal Selby, Connor O’Hea, Tim Sorrows

9:28 a.m. – T.J. Selby, Michael Roberts

Highlands to Meadows

8:08 a.m. – John Joseph, Tom Hueit, Bradley Martin

8:16 a.m. – Jerry McIntosh, John Parks, Kevin Puckett

8:24 a.m. – Christian Ridge, Don Cunningham, Jim Drury

8:32 a.m. – Tim Bogan, Joe Gallina, Sam Nelson, Jim Miller

8:40 a.m. – Starter Time

8:48 a.m. – Anthony Lococo, Michael Lawson, Dave Kraft

8:56 a.m. – Dominic Williams, Terry Miller, Billy Britton

9:04 a.m. – Gary Cobb, Jim Marcum, Tom McNeil

9:12 a.m. – Rob McGee, Kevin Flynn, Tucker McGee

Women’s City Golf

Championship

Nicole Dalton 88

Yoon He Winkle 90

Lexie Fields 90

Robbie McClain 94

Nikki May 95

Cheryl Miller 95

Betsy Hawkins 99

Patti Randlett 104

LEBANON — Moving Day at Shaker Run Golf Club kept the battle for first place tight, and left many other players shaking their heads after Saturday’s third round of the Middletown Men’s Golf Championship.

Club professional Tyler Geswein made no apologies for the tough pin placements.

“... We could’ve made the pins easier, but this is a championship for the Middletown city title,” he said. “Ninety percent of the players in this tournament have single-digit golf handicaps. It’s moving day, and we wanted them to earn this.”

Second-round leader Michael Roberts remained atop the leaderboard, and still has a four-stroke lead. Before Saturday’s round at Shaker Run, Roberts held a four-stroke lead over defending champion and three-time city champ Tim Sorrows. After Saturday, T.J. Selby moved into second place with the low round of the day, an even-par 72.

Roberts shot a 3-over 75 for a 216 total after three rounds. Selby now sits alone in second with a 220.

“I’m hitting it horribly, but I’m still putting pretty well,” Roberts said. “(Being the leader) didn’t change my approach, I was still trying to hit fairways and greens and take things one shot at a time. I’m pleased with a 75, just because of how bad I hit it. Obviously I would’ve loved to have gone lower.

“I know Weatherwax pretty well, so I might be a little more aggressive (today), and try and make some more birdies.” Roberts said.

Selby seemed almost surprised to move into second.

“I was scrambling a lot, and I had a lot of up-n-downs,” Selby said. “I hit the driver well today. That’s a good sign. If I can work on my approach shots, I think I’ll do well tomorrow.”

Sorrows said Roberts stayed consistent with his game, but wanted to credit Selby with the day’s only even-par round.

“T.J. played incredibly well. It’s the first time I played with him, but he had it all going. ... He played a phenomenal round,” Sorrows said.

Despite carding a 10 on a par-4 (Woodlands No. 3), Sorrows still shot a 77 to remain in third place, six strokes behind Roberts.

T.J.’s dad, Tal Selby, is in fourth at 232. The Middletown Women’s Golf Championship began play Saturday at Weatherwax. Nicole Dalton’s 88 tops the leaderboard by two shots over Yoon He Winkle and Lexie Fields as final-round play takes place today at Weatherwax.

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2851 or jbombatch@coxohio.com.

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