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2026 Award Winners Spotlight: Chris Yoder, PGA!
Youth Player Development Award…While legacies have a way of coming into focus late, Chris Yoder’s impact can be seen and felt without the
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Inaugural Ohio HOPE Cup Set for September 30 at NorthStar Golf Club
SUNBURY, OH — The Northern Ohio PGA and Southern Ohio PGA Sections will add a new chapter to their longstanding statewide rivalry on Wednesday,
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Gilkison-Schoonmaker Duo Takes Home Inaugural Ohio Team Championship Title
Kettering, OH – Any duo hoping to win the inaugural Ohio Team Championship at NCR Country Club had to be prepared to go low. Extremely low.
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Up next in our 2026 Special Awards Spotlight, Chris Yoder, PGA!
For the fourth time, Chris has been named the Southern Ohio PGA’s Youth Player Development Award recipient. But his impact on junior golf goes far beyond developing better players.
Read more with the link in our ...story.
Up next in our 2026 Special Awards Spotlight, Gene Powell, PGA!!!
A mainstay during awards season, Gene's commitment to his fellow PGA Professionals is the stuff of legend and why he's receiving the Professional Development Award for a third time.
A teacher to thousands... of aspiring pros, Gene's work with PGA University has impacted thousands of aspiring professionals across the country as they work toward membership.
Congrats to Gene! Read more with the link in our story!
Last night the Columbus West High School team received four sets of clubs for their program as part of the latest Clubs Fore Kids event in our Section! Scott Pealer, PGA and Mark Williams, PGA, have been holding weekly free clinics this summer for all of the Columbus City High Schools as they ...pursue the goal of having golf played in every single of of the twenty Columbus City High Schools.
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Congratulations to Josh Gilkison and Austin Schoonmaker on capturing the 2026 Ohio Team Championship at NCR Country Club!
A great day of competition across 36 holes on the North and South Courses.
A special thank you to our sponsor, Maxx Turf, for their support of this year’s ...championship!
Congratulations, Josh and Austin! ⛳️
The Ohio Team Championship is officially underway at NCR Country Club!
A full day of golf is ahead as teams compete across 36 holes on NCR’s North and South Courses. Best of luck to all of our teams competing for the title today! ⛳️
Up next in our 2026 Special Awards Spotlight, Garrett Wisniewski, PGA!
Garrett has a knack for making people, and the game around him, better. Whether he's coaching juniors or managing the thousand small details that determine whether a day at Columbus Country Club runs smoothly, his ...impact reaches well beyond his title.
Congratulations to Garrett! You can read more with the link in our story.
Sunny skies and 65's!!! Austin Schoonmaker went LOW at the 2026 Queen City Classic on his way to picking up the win! 15 players were in red figures at Stonelick Hills.
Congratulations to Sam Arnold for winning the Senior Division. Austin also picked up the Associate Division victory.
Welcome to Stonelick Hills Golf Club for the 2026 Queen City Classic! Lots of red numbers out there today. Follow the leaderboard with the link in our story
Day Two of our PGA Junior League Section Qualifier is underway at Locust Hills with both of the semifinal matches out on the course! Click the link in our story to follow along throughout the day!
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