Hunter Jolliff plays his shot from the 18th tee during Thursday’s Lima City Golf Championships at Colonial Golfers Club in Harrod.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
HARROD — Braden Beachy wasn’t happy with his score in the championship flight qualifying round in the Lima City Men’s Golf Championship at Colonial Golfers Club on Thursday morning, but that was about to change.
After shooting an 86 in the qualifying round, the highest score of any of the 31 golfers who advanced to match play in the championship flight, Beachy was a 1-up winner over the No. 2 seed, Hunter Jolliff, in the afternoon round.
“I did not play very well for qualifying. That’s for sure. I had a couple of bad breaks and I wasn’t hitting the ball very well. But I turned it around,” Beachy said.
“This morning was not good. I really came around — started hitting greens, made a couple of putts, and it’s amazing what you can do when you hit a fairway off the tee. I haven’t shot that bad probably since I was 16 years old. That was the highest round I’ve had in a long time, so I was not feeling terribly confident when I drew Hunter’s name.”
Beachy said he didn’t have an explanation for how he was able to produce two such dissimilar rounds back to back.
“That’s a hard question. That’s golf. You’ve got to grind it out,” he said.
Kayne Richardson and Jolliff shot even par rounds of 72. With an odd number of golfers in the championship flight, Richardson claimed medalist honors in a scorecard playoff and got a bye in the first round of match play.
He birdied three of his final holes to get to the top of the qualifying round. “That was nice. It was kind of good momentum going into tomorrow,” he said, looking ahead to the second round of championship flight match play at Hidden Creek Golf Club. “I was pretty happy overall. I hit the ball good enough.”
Other winners in the championship flight’s match play round were: James Shipper, Brian Stevenson, Josh Hollar, Zach Miller, Justin Akers, Alex Odenweller, John Sizemore, Zach Stechschulte, Joe Hobensack, Myron Meas, Guillermo Menacho, Ian Friesner, Logan Dray and Kyle Ball.
All flights of the tournament will play at Hidden Creek on Friday.
Thursday’s results
Championship Flight
Kayne Richardson bye
James Shipper def. William Seech 1-up, 21 holes; Brian Stevenson def. Ben Giere 3-and-2; Josh Hollar def. Brett Eley 5-and-4; Zach Miller def. Pat Stolly 8-and-7; Justin Akers def. Joe Whittaker 5-and-4; Alex Odenweller def. Roman Leszinske 3-and-2; John Sizemore def. Brian Kohli 1-up; Braden Beachy def. Hunter Jolliff 1-up; Zach Stechschulte def. Brian Kuhlman 4-and-3; Joe Hobensack def. Scott Geier 1-up; Myron Meas def. Tyler Breidenbach 1-up; Guillermo Menacho def. David Johnson 5-and-4; Ian Friesner def. Christopher Cotner 1-up, 19 holes; Logan Dray def. Todd Burkholder 3-and-2; Kyle Ball def. Andy Mauch 1-up.
First Flight
Carter Frey def. Derek Jennings 4-and-3; John Barker def. Josh Gaines 2-and-1; Tony Moore def. Zachary McPheron 6-and-5; Braylen Kennedy def. James Childress Jr. 4-and-3; Clay Plaugher def. Braden Goodwin 4-and-3; Sethe Grieshop def. Zach May 4-and-3; B.J. McPheron def. Sean Anderson 2-and-1; Jeremy Krieg def. Andrew Hobensack 3-and-2.
Second Flight
Rich Dackin def. Joey Hoersten 5-and-4; Russell Lubon def. Patrick Miller 3-and-2; Josh Buetner def. Clint Whitley 2-and-1; Tyler Moore def. Tyler Claus 1-up; Jimmy Hollar def. Mark Eberle 4-and-2; Shane Conrad def. Benjamin Rowe 3-and-1; Douglas Collins def. Jason Rice 6-and-5; K.C. Knoch def. Joel Long 4-and-3.
Third Flight
Joshua Dyer def. Lincoln Hostetler WD; Tug Taviano def. Cole May 5-and-3; Chris Kelly def. Trenton Lee 4-and-3; Jason Miller def. Jim Armand 1-up, 19 holes; Michael Dolby def. Justin Gorman 1-up, 19 holes; Scott Gephart def. Cole Shisler 2-and-1; David Kindle def. Brayden Lybarger 3-and-1; Marc Tobias def. Brent Jones 2-and-1.
Fourth Flight
Braydon Ruble, Jayden Irons, Dante Wheeler, Tyler Hawk, Jonathan Sawyer, Zach Graymire, Nicholas Sanchez byes. Brian Lybarger def. Robert Mulcahy 2-and-1.
Senior Championship Flight
Dean Meyer, Greg Bunn, Matthew Akers, Tim Windau, Gary Karch, Dennis Madeiros, Roger Kuhlman byes. Lee Bowman def. Jeff Koverman 1-up.
Senior Open Flight
Tim Grigsby bye. Patrick Heffley def. Tobin Smith 1-up; Eric Worsham def. Michael Syzmanski 3-and-2; Rob Fletcher def. Jim Sherrick 2-up; Greg Stumbaugh def. Jonathan Keeler 3-and-2; Todd Coil def. Brian Rambin 4-and-2; David Okuley def. Rob Mitchell 6-and-5; Keith Augustus def. David Claybaugh 6-and-5.
Super Senior Flight
Doug Kent def. Paul Crow 5-and-3; Vince Ozier def. David Meyer 4-and-3; Dennis Thompson def. Frank Pugh 7-and-6; Randy Wilson def. Raymond Rigali 3-and-1; Bob Moser def. Kevin Wilkerson 7-and-6; John Rister def. Kevin Mangas 5-and-3; Jim Troyer def. Jeff Cary 5-and-4; John Simindinger def. Mike Miller 1-up, 19 holes.
Super Senior Plus Flight
Jim Odenweller bye. Robert Bollinger def. Willie McGuire 1-up; Bob Hollar def. Steve Higgins 8-and-7; Mike Allen def. Dennis Witt 8-and-6; John Irons def. Mark Bollinger 4-and-3; Pete Hubbell def. John McDonald 4-and-3; Dan Garlock def. Dan Sullivan 3-and-2; Tony Hobensack def. Robert Knoch 4-and-3.
