O’Neill Gets a Cool 2nd in a Row
Tommy Two-Gloves O’Neill won a horse race finish, shooting 6 under on the last 6 holes at Huron Meadows and edging out Tim Markel with an 18th hole eagle. Tommy shot and 8 under 64 to match the events lowest round shot by Brian Pieszchala in 2020. Eric Birkle, Jeff Pasz, and Phil Parent tied for 3rd at 2 under par. On course prizes went to Dave Oliver, Eric ‘Smiley’ Kiekbusch and Ryan Kiekbusch. Birkle moved to #1 in all-time C Cool winnings while Market moved into 5th. Phil Parent got the season’s first Albatross on the 18th hole to catapult into a Top-4 finish. Markel led with 28 putts and 8 birdies. Rod Theunissen had 7 birds and Stewart Levine 6. O’Neill had 3 eagles for the day and cracks into the top 50 of the World Rankings with his 2nd Career Win in a week and his 6th start. He shot his personal best round again, bettering his last week’s total by 1 shot.
Big check in more ways than one goes to cancer research in honor of Chris Cooley.