Ohio Amateur Championship will return to Canterbury Golf Club in 2023.
Columbus, Ohio (April 28, 2021) – Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio set to host the 117th Ohio Amateur Championship in July of 2023. 2023 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of longtime Canterbury Golf Club member Robert Fairchild’s Ohio Amateur Championship title. At the age of 42 Fairchild won the 1993 Ohio Amateur Championship on his home course in a playoff over future PGA Tour member Joe Ogilvie. Fairchild a 2015 inductee into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame continues to be a staple at Canterbury Golf Club celebrating 50 years of membership this year and compiling 16 Club Championships.
This will be Canterbury Golf Club’s third time hosting the Ohio Amateur Championship with the most recent in 2006 when current PGA Tour member Jason Kokrak was the champion. Canterbury GC also hosted the 1962 Ohio Junior Championship won by Bob Littler.
Canterbury Golf Club was established in 1921 and has had a rich history of hosting major championships including the 1940 and 1946 US Open, 1964 and 1979 US Amateur, 1973 PGA Championship, 1996 US Senior Open and the 2009 Senior PGA Championship.
Canterbury Golf Club was designed by founding member Herbert Strong and modified by Canterbury’s Mr. Everything from the early 1920s to the early 1940s, Jack H. Way.
About the Ohio Amateur Championship
The Ohio Amateur Championship is open to golfers who meet the eligibility requirements which include Ohio residency as defined on the entry blank and a WHS handicap limit not to exceed 5.6. Six sectional qualifiers will be conducted in 2023 along with exempt players to determine the starting field of 144. The first Ohio Amateur Championship was played in 1904 at Cleveland CC with T. Sterling Beckwith the victor. Robert Servis has won the most Ohio Amateur’s with five victories followed by Harold Weber with four, Joe Bole and Maurice McCarthy with three. The following players have won two Ohio Amateurs, T. Sterling Beckwith, Jack Munro, John Florio, Frank Stranahan, Harold Paddock Jr., Arnold Palmer, Tony Blom, John Cook, Randy Reifers, Robert Gerwin II, Ben Curtis, Jason Kokrak, Andrew Dorn.
About the Ohio Golf Association
The OGA is a nonprofit organization promoting and serving the game in Ohio since 1904. We conduct six Amateur Championships annually along with several USGA Qualifiers in the central Ohio area. Along with conducting competitions, Ohio Golf Association is charged with educating members and member club staff on the Rules of Golf, Rules of Handicapping and Course Rating.