Registration is open for the 2026 Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer playing Aug. 7-9 — the 17th year of 54-hole championship golf for amateurs in 13 divisions. Over the history of Greatest, 2,000+ golfers have competed in more than 10,000 rounds of tournament golf at the best golf courses in the Youngstown area. The early READ MORE »
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Morrone, Jackson, Carder, Kempe lead Greatest play
The Joe Dickey Electric/Banner Supply Greatest Golfer Juniors tournament at the Lake Club showcased a competitive day of golf, with champions emerging from four distinct divisions. In the Coaches Burger Bar U17 Boys division, Matthew Morrone of Poland Seminary High School led the field with an impressive score of 73. He was followed by Trenton Hall in second place with an 80 and Shane Barnes in third with an 81. Despite READ MORE »
Tie settles top flight in Belleria Struthers 2-player
The 2026 Greatest Golfer adults season opened in style Saturday, May 16, as the annual Belleria Struthers 2-Player Best Ball Tournament brought a packed field to Links at Firestone Farms. Flight 1 — the championship division — delivered the drama everyone expected, with the top teams separated by only a handful of strokes. Playing over READ MORE »
Juniors launch 17th Greatest Golfer season on May 9
We tee off the 2026 season of Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer on Saturday, May 9 at Reserve Run with the start of the ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric juniors season. Play that day will be the fun 2-player Belleria Struthers Scramble. Its team play led by a Junior player. They can pick any teammate they want READ MORE »
Greatest 2026 schedule announced
We’re proud to unveil the 2026 schedule for Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer. This is our 17th season of championship amateur golf in the Youngstown area, drawing a field from 10 counties and 5 states. While we still have many details to nail for the new season, we at least want to share the dates READ MORE »
Williams, Hoover, McCune, Sowers are Greatest junior champs
The 2025 Greatest Golfer Juniors season crowned 4 new champions July 18 after a fantastic season of 12 events across 12 Valley golf courses. The division was sponsored by ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric and Phantom Fireworks. U17 Boys | Coaches Burger Division In the U17 Boys division, it was Diesel Williams, Bristol, who stole the show READ MORE »
Garwacki, Tricker, Cohol, Mariani earn Greatest Scholarships
The Greatest Golfer Scholarship program is hosted by the Inspira Health Group, and we are pleased to announce 4 graduates from the Class of 2025 who are recipients of our second annual scholarships. Miya Cohol, Canfield High School and Michael Garwacki, South Range High School, are the recipients of the George Bellino Greatest Scholarship. Austin READ MORE »
All 2025 Greatest scores, winners
The 2025 Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer is complete. From a total of 330 golfers, we crowned 14 new champions Sunday at The Lake Club. Here’s a link to lots of Sunday photos from Rob Hayes. Here’s a link to Friday photos Here are LINK 1 and LINK 2 to Long Drive pix. These are all available due to our sponsors. READ MORE »
Greatest Golfer finals Sunday at The Lake Club
The finals of the 2025 Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer tee off Sunday morning at The Lake Club. A total of 330 golfers took part, and 96 will compete Sunday. Spectating is open to the public. The event closes with a champions presentation around 4:30 at the No. 9 Miller Lite Party Tent hosted READ MORE »
Friday tee times, Greatest Golfer
This Friday, 330 golfers will tee off for the Sweet 16th year of Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer. We tee at 3 courses Friday — Mill Creek North, South and Squaw Creek. Saturday tee times will be posted Tuesday. The top 90 players make The Lake Club on Sunday. MILL CREEK NORTH AM – Men READ MORE »