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Par For The Course | Dillon Pendergast among local golfers in Junior Series Championship

Susan Jenior
Correspondent
Dillon Pendergast of Mogadore, a two-time Portage Trail Conference Player of the Year, will compete in the 36-hole Junior Series.

The 36-hole Junior Series Championship arrives at Ashland Golf Club in Ashland on Saturday and May 22.

Hosted by the Northern Ohio PGA, the series is part of the Notah Begay Junior Golf National Championship Series. It is a two-stage qualifying leading to a 54-hole national championship.

Local juniors seeking a spot in the regional qualifying include Aurora’s Parker Barrett, Gannon Brady and Gracyn Vidovic; Kent’s Madolyn Kost and Mitchell Tyger, and Mogadore’s Dillon Pendergast,

St. Joseph Knights of Columbus Scramble

The 22nd annual public golf outing, hosted by the St. Joseph Knights of Columbus is scheduled for June 4 at Paradise Lake Golf Club in Suffield.

The 8 a.m. shotgun start will pit four-person scramble teams competing in the 18-hole event.

The $100 registration fee includes golf, cart, skins entry, a forward-tee shot on the 17th hole, sandwich at the turn and beverages throughout the day. Golfers will gather for a steak dinner following the golf.

Prizes include $360 for first place, $180 for second place, proxies, door prizes and a 50-50 raffle.

To reserve a spot, call Mike Kovacich (330-297-2330) or Tom Hartong (330-620-9321). Deadline for entry is May 28.

How to report events

To be added to the golf calendar, provide league results or share great golf shots and holes-in-one, email golffam2@gmail.com or call 330-206-9083.

GOLF CALENDAR

Record-Courier Portage County Amateurs

Register at host courses, via mail or online at PCAgolf.net.

July 24: 8th PORTAGE COUNTY KIDS AMATEUR, Sunny Hill Golf Course, Brimfield. (Preschool-9th grade from $15 to $20).

July 28-29: 15th MATT MISHLER PORTAGE COUNTY JUNIOR AMATEUR, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna and Sunny Hill Golf, Brimfield. (Ages 12 and under/$45, Ages 13 to 19 $60.

July 30-31: 92nd PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEUR, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna and Raccoon Hill, Kent. (County, Open and Women’s Divisions – 18-Holes, $85/person).

Aug. 27-28: 52nd PORTAGE COUNTY SENIOR AMATEUR, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna and Raccoon Hill, Kent. (Ages 50 and older, four divisions, $85/person).

Info: Email PortageCountyAm@gmail.com, text 330-206-9083)

Scrambles, Charity Events, Amateurs and Opens

Monday: NOGA Scratch Series – Four Ball, Barrington Golf Club, Aurora. (www.noga.org)

Saturday: 3rd Southeast Families for Safer Futures, Olde Dutch Mill Golf Course, Lake Milton.

Saturday: 10th Katie Rae Iarussi Foundation Golf Outing, Paradise Lake, Suffield. (Four-person scramble, 18 Holes, $100/player, 330-289-9509. Krifoundation25.org)

June 1-2: Ohio Senior Open, Firestone Country Club, Akron. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com)

June 4: 5th Rootstown Endzone Club Golf Outing, Sunny Hill, Brimfield. (Four-person scramble, 18-Holes/$300 per team. 330-221-4293, rootstownendzoneclub@gmail.com.)

June 4: St. Joseph Knights of Columbus 22nd Annual Public Golf Outing, Paradise Lake Golf Course, Suffield (Four-person scramble, 18-holes/$100 per person. Call Tom Hartong 330-620-9321, Mike Kovacich 330-947-2330.)

June 4: Northeast Ohio Amateur, Women and Mid-Amateur Championships, Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna. (noga.org)

June 10: 27th KACC-KSU Athletics Golf Outing, Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna. (Four-person scramble. 18-holes/$125 per person. Register at www.kentbiz.com.)

June 18: 27th Pfeiffer Scramble, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna. (Four-person scramble, 18-Holes.)

June 27-29: Ohio Open Championship, Westfield Country Club. (thenorthernohiopga.com)

July 15: Olive Tree Family Foundation 2nd Annual Golf Invitational, Raintree Golf and Event Center, Uniontown. (Four-person scramble, $100 per person, olivetreegolf.com, olivetree@olivetreefamily foundation.org)

July 22: Big Brothers/Big Sisters Golf Outing, Sugar Bush Golf Course, Garrettsville. (Four-person scramble, 18-holes, 95 per person. Call 330-805-0266.)

July 24: Ravenna Gridiron Club, Windmill Lakes Golf Course, Ravenna. (Four-person scramble/$500 per team.)

July 31: 4th Annual Adaptive Sports Ohio Golf Tournament, Olde Dutch Mill, Lake Milton.

Aug. 19: 36th Hattie Larlham Golf Classic, Sugar Bush Golf Club, Garrettsville. (Four-person scramble, 18-Holes. Morning/afternoon flights.)

JUNIOR GOLF CALENDAR

May 31: 18-Hole NOPGA Junior Series, Lake Forest, Hudson. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com)

June 14: 18-Hole NOPGA Jr. Series, Ellsworth Meadows, Hudson. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

June 24: 18-Hole NOPGA Jr. Series and 9-Hole Futures, Tannenhauf, Alliance. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

July 6-8: Good Park Junior Tournament, Good Park Golf Course, Akron. ($65, www.goodparkgolf.com, 330-375-2092.)

July 8: 18-Hole NOPGA Junior Series, and 9-Hole Futures Fox Den, Stow. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

July 9: Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifying, Windmill Golf Center, Macedonia. www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

July 12: Drive, Chip and Putt Local Qualifying, Lake Forest, Hudson. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

July 13-14: 18-Hole NOPGA Junior Series, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

July 15: Greatest Golfer Junior In the Valley Junior Series, Olde Dutch Mill, Lake Milton.  (330-654-4100.)

July 22: 9-Hole Futures Tour Championship, Mud Run, Akron. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

July 26-27: NOPGA Junior Tour Championship, Club Walden, Aurora. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

Aug. 8: NOPGA Collegiate Preview, Alliance Country Club, Alliance. (www.thenorthernohiopga.com.)

USGA LOCAL QUALIFYING

June 6: U.S. Junior Qualifying, Silver Lake Country Club, Silver Lake. (Entry deadline May 25.)

June 9: U.S. Girls Junior Qualifying, Chagrin Valley Country Club, Chagrin Falls. (Entry deadline May 18.)

July 5: U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifying, Lake Forest Country Club, Hudson. (Entry deadline June 15.)

July 7: U.S. Amateur Qualifying, Weymouth Country Club, Medina. (Entry deadline June 22.)

July 28: U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying, Sand Ridge Golf Club, Chardon. (Entry deadline July 6.)

Aug. 11: U.S. Mid Amateur Qualifying, Avon Oaks Country Club, Avon. (Entry deadline July 6.)

Aug. 25: U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying, Portage Country Club, Akron. (Entry deadline July 27.)