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Southern Ohio PGA Professionals Raise $238,705 Through Inaugural Play Yellow Birdie Bash

POWELL, OH (June 1, 2021) – The Southern Ohio PGA, through the charitable PGA REACH Southern Ohio Foundation, is excited to announce the inaugural Play Yellow Birdie Bash has raised $238,705 in support of Play Yellow, a program benefiting

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Bob Sowards Earns Low PGA Professional Honors at KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship

Bob Sowards is more than just a PGA Professional, he is also a serious competitor. Sowards put on quite the display of skill at the 2021 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. Sowards, PGA Director of Instruction at Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in

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PGA Golf Professionals Support Local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Through Inaugural Play Yellow Birdie Bash

FAIRBORN, OH (May 25, 2021) — The Southern Ohio PGA is thrilled to tee it up on Tuesday, June 1 at Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club for the first-ever Play Yellow Birdie Bash event raising money for three local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

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Southern Ohio PGA Mourns Loss of SOPGA Hall of Fame Member Gene Samborsky, PGA

Gene Samborsky, a 2012 Southern Ohio PGA Hall of Fame inductee and longtime Head Professional at Western Hills Country Club in Cincinnati, OH passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Visitation will be held at Western Hills Church of Christ 5064 Sidney

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Spratling Joins Southern Ohio PGA Section Staff as PGA WORKS Fellow

FAIRBORN, Ohio (May 10, 2021) – The Southern Ohio PGA Section has welcomed Imani Spratling to its staff as the 2021-2022 PGA WORKS Fellow.  Spratling, a Tennessee native, moved to Dayton, Ohio at the beginning of May to join the SOPGA Section

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Bahr Claims Senior Individual Match Play Championship

SPRINGBORO, Ohio (May 6, 2021) – Dave Bahr, PGA is our 2021 SOPGA Senior Individual Match Play Champion! The 5-seed Head Professional from Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio won the title after defeating Mike Thomas, PGA in the Final

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Great Parks of Hamilton County Show Up at Southwest Chapter Pro-Pro at Sharon Woods

CINCINNATI, Ohio (May 3, 2021) – The Southwest Chapter Pro-Pro at Sharon Woods ended with two teams, including three PGA Professionals from Great Parks facilities, at the top of the leaderboard. Congratulations to the teams of Dennis Wells, PGA

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Southern Ohio PGA Mourns Keith Haley, PGA

The Southern Ohio PGA is sad to report the passing of James “Keith” Haley, PGA on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Keith graduated from The Ohio State University in 1973. He served as a Columbus Police Officer and Detective for 13 years before

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Southwest Chapter Pro-3 Am Ends in Three-Way Tie

MILFORD, Ohio (April 26, 2021) – The Southwest Chapter’s first Pro-Am of 2021 is in the books with three teams finishing at the top of the leaderboard. Congratulations to Ben Chandler from Little Miami Golf Center, Doug Wade, PGA from

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Montgomery & Sowards Defend E-Z-GO Spring Pro-Pro Championship Title

(GROVE CITY, Ohio) April 19, 2021 – Congratulations to Andy Montgomery, PGA and Bob Sowards, PGA on claiming the E-Z-GO Spring Pro-Pro Championship! The team from Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club shot 7-under-par over 36-holes, then captured the

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