Jackson area golfer Colin O’Connell leads the County Open following a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday at Cascades Golf Course. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
By Jeff Steers
JTV Sports
(July 16, 2022 6:26 PM) Colin O’Connell will take a one stroke lead into the second round of the Jackson County Open at Cascades Golf Course on Sunday.
O’Connell shot a 5-under-par 67 in an attempt to win his first major in Jackson-area golf.
But two golfers on a roll are right behind O’Connell. Michigan Senior Open champion Greg Zeller is one stroke behind him (68) and Jackson County Senior Open champion Steve Maddalena shot a 69.
Three other golfers shot under par in the opening round with Kory Roberts shooting a 69, Tim Pickering finished with a 70, and John Blasius shot a 71.
Jack Brockie and Andrew Tindall finished with even-par rounds of 72.
The lead group will tee off at 9:20 a.m. on Sunday.
Dave McDevitt leads the first flight with a 77 on Saturday. Conor Spencer is one stroke behind him and Joe Badall, Eben Crandall, and Trevor Huttenlocker are two strokes behind him with 79s.
Matt Brown, Cody Herrmann, and Andrew Hershberger are tied for first in the second flight following opening rounds of 87s.
Championship Flight
Colin O’Connell 67
Greg Zeller 68
Kory Roberts 69
Steve Maddalena 69
Tim Pickering 70
John Blasius 71
Jack Brockie 72
Andrew Tindall 72
Bret Valkuchak 73
Mike Brockie 73
Zach DeFrain 73
Nick Henman 73
Trevor Raymond 74
Chris Chaney 74
Mike Raymond 74
Nick Reynolds 74
Justin Bunch 74
Trevor Kuzee 74
Larry Sexton 74
John Tarpley 75
Colin Norton 75
Kyle Field 75
Jamie Clark 76
Brian Carney 76
Rusty Whisman 76
Jim Coutu 76
Pete Walz 76
Cody Lysher 76
Dylan Eddy 76
Kevin Barkholz 76
Dale Choma 78
Noah Abbey 78
Jake Maas 82
First Flight
Dave McDevitt 77
Conor Spencer 78
Joe Badall 79
Eben Crandall 79
Trevor Huttenlocker 79
Brogan Brockie 80
Kyler Rod 80
J.T. Pickering 80
Tom Raymond 81
Bob Varner 81
Nash Hanchett 81
Dakota Fleming 81
Mike Zuchowski 82
Hayden Kim 82
Ray Hill 82
Ryder Pickering 83
Kris Bradshaw 83
Chris Vanderveen 83
John Gaston 83
Josh Wilson 84
Rick Burns 84
Ed McClafferty 84
Eli Herrington 84
Second Flight
Matt Brown 87
Cody Herrmann 87
Andrew Hershberger 87
Travis Ziebell 88
Logan Baum 89
Garrett Mays 89
Nick Spencer 91
Gary Smith 91
Stuart White 91
John Cranmore 92
Cody Rowe 93
Bobby Couturier 83
Jacob England 83
Cody Long 95
Daniel Zimolzak 100
Jake Whelan 109
Jeremy Little 115