Aurora's Chris Pollak, Nick Pollak each capture area youth golf tournament titles
Chris Pollak of Aurora played his way to the first-round lead with a 5-under-par 67, and added a 76 in the final round to earn his second consecutive championship at the NOPGA Kenny Novak tourney.
Pollak shot 1-under-par over 36 holes to best Carter Begue of Dover, who completed the tourney at 6-over-par. Pollak, a sophomore at Hoban, won the 13-to-15 age division in 2021 and decided to move up an age division this season.
Former Portage County Matt Mishler Junior Amateur champion Dylan Dunn of Stow earned a top 10 at the Kenny Novak, firing 10-over-par after a first-round 74. Max Devins of Aurora also landed in the top 10, carding a 156 total.
Rounding out the local golfers in the Kenny Novak were Aurora’s Gracyn Vidovic (4th place in the girls 11-to-15 age division, +21) and Kent’s Madolyn Kost (tiedfor 7th place in the girls 16-to-19 age division, +18).
MUD RUN FUTURES TOUR…
The Northern Ohio PGA concluded the Futures Tour for youths ages 8 to 16 with a championship at Mud Run Golf Course in Akron.
The boys 8-to-11 age division was dominated by local golfers at the top of the leaderboard.
It was a good week for the Pollak family as Nick Pollak, brother of the Kenny Novak champion Chris Pollak, earned first place at 2-over-par. He topped Nathan Kinter, a future Southeast High School golfer, by five strokes.
More than 30 kids competed in the championship.
NEXT UP…
The 16th Portage County Matt Mishler Junior Amateur and the 92nd Amateur concluded this week, with the final round of the Amateur played on Sunday.
Next up is the 52nd Senior Amateur, always scheduled for the final full weekend of August (27-28).
For additional information and registration visit PCAGolf.net.
REPORT EVENTS…
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Record-Courier Portage County Amateur Tournaments
Register at host courses, via mail or online at PCAgolf.net.
Saturday-Sunday: 92nd Portage County Amateur, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna and Raccoon Hill, Kent.
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)
GOLF CALENDAR
(Scrambles, Charity Events, Amateurs and Opens)
JULY
Sunday: 4th Annual Adaptive Sports Ohio Golf Tournament, Olde Dutch Mill, Lake Milton.
AUGUST
Aug. 7: Nancy Cannon Memorial Golf Scramble, Paradise Lake, Suffield. (Four-person scramble, $100 per golfer, 7:30 a.m. registration-breakfast, 8 a.m. shotgun start. Info at nancycannonmemorial@gmail.com, 330-671-0064).
Aug. 17: Kent State University Rango Golf, Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna. (Contact Jon Mills at 724-777-2383 or Ryan Yip at 330-990-7738).
Aug. 19: 36th Hattie Larlham Golf Classic, Sugar Bush Golf Club, Garrettsville (four-person scramble, 18 holes, morning/afternoon flights).
JUNIOR GOLF CALENDAR
(Tournaments, clinics and events for junior golfers)
AUGUST
Aug. 8: NOPGA Collegiate Preview, Alliance Country Club, Alliance (www.thenorthernohiopga.com).
USGA LOCAL QUALIFYING
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).
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Brothers Chris and Nick Pollak were winners at recent area events
