Former champs return to Eagle Amateur
SUMMIT TWP — Some familiar names — and former champions — have registered for the 28th annual Butler Eagle County Amateur golf tournament Aug. 7 at Hiland Golf Course.
Two-time defending champion Geoff Patterson will be among the field, as will 2014 champ Mike Marron, 1995 and 2002 champion Mark Young, and 2007 and 2016 champion Rob Voltz.
“We have 97 golfers registered so far,” Eagle Amateur committee member Voltz said Wednesday. “Naturally, I wish it was more and I’m always nervous about the numbers a week or so before the event. But I’ll get a lot of texts and emails in that final week every year.
“I’m confident we’ll approach a full field (of 144 golfers), but I never know until it happens.”
Patterson’s score was 1-under-par at last year’s Eagle Amateur, hosted by Slippery Rock Golf Club, and it was good enough to win. He won in a playoff over Jeremy Plaisted at Lake Arthur in 2020.
“I won’t be the favorite this year,” Patterson said. “I might have played nine holes at Hiland with my son over in the last two years. I’m hoping to get a practice round or two in before the tournament, but I just haven’t played there.
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