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Tiretown Golf Club News

Posted on August 18, 2023October 28, 2023 by Larry Thomas

Upcoming events

It’s going to be a busy fall for Tiretown Golf Club and Tiretown Golf Charities:
Aug. 19 and Aug. 26 – Tretown Golf Club Championships at Ridge Top Golf Course in Medina and Chenoweth Golf Club in Green.
Art Green is the defending low gross champion and Chris Mitchell was the 2022 low net winner.
There will be three champions crowned in Flights A, B and C.
According to tournament director, Clarence Mitchell, 51 members qualified for the championship.

Tiretown’s scholarship recipient and junior leader Jules Dunlap starts her academic journey at OSU Tiretown Junior Golf Club 9-hole Fundraiser event to be held on Sept. 16 at Mud Run. Gracelyn and Brooklyn Berkowicz with Grandfather Ricky Smith. The twin sisters are enrolled at Our Lady of Elms.

9-Hole junior fundraiser

The Tiretown Junior Golf Club will stage its 5th annual 9-hole fundraiser event on Sept. 16 at Mud Run Golf Course in Akron. The tournament is an important part of our efforts to continue funding for young men and women to participate in the various programs at First Tee of Greater Akron.

We want to thank First Tee executive director, Jeff O’Brien, and his staff for helping us put on this event. We also want to show our appreciation for our major sponsors – Ace Tax, Foxy Golf and House of LaRose. The support of our sponsors enables to fund the Buchtel High School golf team, which for the first time in 20 years has a complete regular-season schedule in 2023.

Dunlap off to Ohio State

Scholarship recipients begin their academic journey.

Lisa Dunlap (above) is off to Ohio State. Lisa, who served as a junior club mentor, graduated from St. Vincent-St. Mary in 2022.

Students receiving 2023 scholarships are: Kennedy Curry (University of Akron), Kyla Carney (Kent State University), Layla Nelson (Kent State University), Jarrett Brantley (Stark State), Ricardo Quintana (University of Akron), Darren Collins (Kent State) and Sydnee Wade (Kent State).

Tiretown Golf Club Summit County Sports Hall of Fame inductees salute 2023 inductee, Rev. Ronald Fowler.

The Summit County Sports Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 4. Rev. Fowler, among the most respected clergymen in the Akron area, is a 2023 inductee.