Monday’s test is 36 holes beginning at 7 a.m. The final group of three tees off at 9:05. Admission is free, but spectator carts are not permitted.
Davis Love III, the 1997 PGA champion, was scheduled to play but recently withdrew. Vandalia Butler graduate and University of North Carolina standout Austin Greaser also withdrew. Greaser won the 2020 Ohio Amateur.
Jordan Gilkison highlights the local entrants in the field and tees off at 7:10. He won the Division I state high school title in 2020 as a senior at Springboro and was the first amateur in 44 years to win the Ohio Open in 2022. Gilkison just completed his sophomore season at Kent State and earned a spot on the all-Mid-American Conference five-man first team. He was the MAC freshman of the year in 2022 and was named to the second team.
Dhaivat Pandya, a Centerville graduate, recently graduated from Kentucky and is in the field and starts at 7:15. Pandya competed as a freshman East Tennessee State then played three seasons at Maryland before competing as a graduate student this past season at Kentucky. Domenic Maricocchi, a former University of Dayton golfer, is also in the field. He starts at 7:05.
Last year’s co-medalists are back. Brian Stuard of Jackson, Michigan, tees off at 8:45, and Matthys Daffue of South Africa is in the final group at 9:05.
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