Coleman Glick watches his tee shot on No. 17 at Otter Creek as Drew Day approaches the tee during the final round of the 2022 Men’s City Golf Tournament.
The Republic file photo
After several years of playing on two or three of Columbus’ golf courses, this year’s men’s city tournament will be contested at one course.
Greenbelt will host the 70th edition of the Men’s City Golf Tournament Saturday and Sunday. The event dates back to 1954, when Joe Hutton won the first of his two back-to-back titles.
“It was just something where numbers hadn’t been great the last five or six years,” Greenbelt pro Keith VanDeventer said. “It’s not that it’s going to be great (numbers) this year, but we were just trying something different, seeing if we could get a little more interest. I intend to ask the players what they would like moving forward. It’s a city tournament, not for Greenbelt or Otter Creek. It’s for city golf, and we just want to make it the best for them. We want them to have the best experience they can have.”
Only 55 players, including 12 in the senior division, entered last year’s men’s tournament, when the first 18 holes were played at Greenbelt, and the final 18 were played at Otter Creek. Harrison Lake Country Club also has been used as a tournament venue in previous years.
Players still can sign up for this year’s event through 6 p.m. Wednesday. Entry forms may be picked up at Greenbelt, Otter Creek or Harrison Lake or can be printed off from the city’s Parks and Recreation website and turned in at Greenbelt.
Cost is $55 to enter, with an option for $10 per day for a cart, and $5 per day for range balls. Plaques will be presented to winners in each flight and gift certificates to at least top two and possibly top three in each flight, depending on numbers.
VanDeventer is hoping to pick up a few more entries in the next couple of days.
“I’ve taken in more here than I have in the past,” VanDeventer said. “These next couple of days, there will be more. I know on my end here, I see a lot of new faces signed up that haven’t participated in the past. We’ll have to see this year what it brings and talk to the players and get the feedback from them. The numbers haven’t been great the last two years, and this is just a trial to see what people think and what they want to do moving forward.”
Former Columbus North and Tusculum University golfer Coleman Glick is the defending champion, but is working this weekend and will be unable to defend his title. Glick won for the fourth time last year, tying Mike David and current PGA professional golfer Tyler Duncan for the most all-time.
Winners in the City Men’s Golf Tournament:
1954 – Joe Hutton
1955 – Joe Hutton
1956 – Bob Timbrook
1957 – Dick Sharp
1958 – Rich Williams
1959 – Rich Williams
1960 – Carl Gossman
1961 – Jack Waltermire
1962 – Jack Waltermire
1963 – Bob Shepherd
1964 – Bill Thompson
1965 – Denny Voss
1966 – Brent Loeloff
1967 – Bill Thompson
1968 – Brent Loeloff
1969 – Ross Biddinger
1970 – Rocky Schooley
1971 – Steve Seibel
1972 – Steve Seibel
1973 – Rocky Schooley
1974 – Bill Staples, Jr.
1975 – Steve Seibel
1976 – Mark Roth
1977 – Carl Gossman
1978 – Kirk Schooley
1979 – Kirk Schooley
1980 – Kirk Schooley
1981 – Mike David
1982 – Mike David
1983 – Mike David
1984 – Mike David
1985 – Mark Roth
1986 – Ken St. John
1987 – Donnie Baker
1988 – Andy Johnson
1989 – Jon Hoover
1990 – Maynard Lewis
1991 – Maynard Lewis
1992 – Tony Anderson
1993 – Kyle Johnson
1994 – Kyle Johnson
1995 – David Jaggers
1996 – Derek Barkes
1997 – Mike McCully
1998 – Jim Turner
1999 – Tim Barry
2000 – Kenny Chavis
2001 – Jim Turner
2002 – Matt Herron
2003 – Tom Shaw
2004 – Kenny Chavis
2005 – Jeff Cowall
2006 – Tyler Duncan
2007 – Brian Moore
2008 – Tyler Duncan
2009 – Tyler Duncan
2010 – Ryan Myers
2011 – Tyler Duncan
2012 – Coleman Glick
2013 – Jake Coffey
2014 – Coleman Glick
2015 – Jake Coffey
2016 – Jake Coffey
2017 – Ian Coffey
2018 – Coleman Glick
2019 – Adam Krebs
2020 – Austin Proffitt
2021 – Will Kiel
2022 – Coleman Glick
