Month: July 2021

Michael Porter was eager to be the first Boys u17 junior Greatest Golfer to win back-to-back titles. His only problem was Ryan Sam. Sam, of Boardman High School, led most of Day 2’s play in the ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric Greatest Golfer Championship at Avalon Lakes. He started the day 2 shots back of McDonald’s Porter. READ MORE »

The ‘Joe” Dickey Electric Greatest Golfer Juniors paused Thursday night from the championship golf play to crown some skills champs at Trumbull Country Club. Twenty players competed in Greatest’s first-ever long drive/pin shot competition sponsored by OnCore Golf, and play was stellar. Home-course hero Samantha Calderone of Warren JFK High School won the first title READ MORE »

The Greatest Golfer Junior golf season ended 2020 with McDonald’s Michael Porter and Hickory’s McKenzie Gustas atop the junior golf leaderboard. Headed into Saturday’s finals of the 2021 Greatest junior season, both players are positioned to stay there. Porter shot 74 Friday at Avalon at Squaw Creek to take a 2-shot lead in the 2021 READ MORE »

It was the last qualifier of the ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric Greatest Golfer juniors season Tuesday, and with a lot of the line for 50+ players, the biggest show of the day was set to be put on by Mother Nature — who cracked, rattled and poured for 75 minutes at Avalon Lakes Golf Course Tuesday. READ MORE »

The Valley’s best teen golfers are dialing in their games for next week’s ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric Greatest Golfer Championship, and Friday at the Olde Dutch Mill qualifier was a great shootout. Struthers’ Chaz Ekoniak and Boardman’s Ryan Sam posted 71s to lead u17 Boys Joseph Nohra Insurance Division. It was Ekoniak’s third round in the READ MORE »

It’s coming down to 2 great events before our 11th Annual ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric Greatest Golfer juniors championship next week at Avalon Lakes — enhanced this year with a skills event the night before ¸— Thursday at Trumbull Country Club. Tee times for Friday’s qualifier event at Olde Dutch: u17 Boys start teeing at 8 a.m., READ MORE »

McKenzie Gustas and Ryan Sam tackled Tam O’Shanter Golf Course and the Greatest Golfer field Thursday in the ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric Junior Golf Championship qualifier.Gustas, the 2020 winner of the ‘Joe’ Dickey u17 division, was playing in her first Greatest of the season having been playing a more regional schedule this summer. She carded a READ MORE »

The 2021 course selections for the 12th annual Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer 54-hole golf championship are announced here.(REGISTRATION LINK FOR THE AUG. 13-15 EVENT)  Some things to know about the 2021 course selection process:Greatest sold out in 2020 at 300 players with 20 people left on the waiting list. With that in mind and READ MORE »