{"id":3009,"date":"2025-06-21T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3009\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:11:10","slug":"trevor-drew-grabs-9-shot-lead-entering-lowell-city-golf-tournament-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/3009\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Drew grabs 9-shot lead entering Lowell City Golf Tournament final round"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOWELL \u2014 Approaching the final green at his home club, Trevor Drew\u2019s caddie had a special request for the Lowell City Golf Tournament leader.<\/p>\n

The plea wasn\u2019t about strategy or how to navigate the swirling gusts of wind at Long Meadow on Friday. Adam Dorant saw a crowd yearning for an explosion. He knew Drew\u2019s putter could catalyze such an outburst.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and my caddie were kind of coming up (the fairway), and he\u2019s like, \u2018I want to hear a roar,\u2019 \u201d Drew said.<\/p>\n

Eyeing a 20-footer in front of a large gallery in the second round of the 100th Cities, Drew drained a birdie putt to cement a 3-under 69 to provide the Tyngsboro native with a commanding nine-shot lead ahead of the final round Saturday at Mt. Pleasant.<\/p>\n

Drew is in pursuit of his second consecutive title after raising the trophy last year. Standing in his way is Mt. Pleasant\u2019s Chris Gentle, who recorded a 2-over 74 to sit in second place. Mt. Pleasant\u2019s Trevor Green (76-71-147) shot a 1-under 71 to solidify a position in third.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo lead is safe,\u201d Drew said. \u201c A lot can happen. Chris is a good player and we\u2019re going to his course. He\u2019s obviously going to put up a big fight, so I\u2019m approaching it the same way I did the first two rounds where everybody is back to even and back to square one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LongLong Meadow’s Trevor Drew follows his approach shot during the second round of the 100th Lowell City Golf Tournament on Friday at Long Meadow Golf Club. He will take a nine-shot lead into the final round Saturday. (James Thomas for the Lowell Sun)<\/p>\n

Drew followed up his record performance from Wednesday with another dominant 18 holes. In the opening round at Vesper, Drew\u2019s 6-under 66 was good for the lowest score in the tournament\u2019s 100-year history at Vesper.<\/p>\n

The Western Kentucky linksman wasn\u2019t perfect on Friday \u2014 settling for a double bogey on the fourth hole while battling the wind \u2014 but he netted four birdies on the back nine to extend his large lead.<\/p>\n

Drew is also leading the charge to bring the team trophy back to Long Meadow for the first time since 2003. Long Meadow leads the four clubs with a total score of 1,709 to lead Mt. Pleasant (1,731).<\/p>\n

As the wind was whipping around the links, a course expected to be more scorable than Vesper tossed a curveball at golfers looking to improve their scores from Wednesday\u2019s opening round.<\/p>\n

\"Mt.Mt. Pleasant’s Chris Gentle reads the green at No. 2 during the second round of the 100th Lowell City Golf Tournament on Friday at Long Meadow Golf Club. (James Thomas for the Lowell Sun)<\/p>\n

Few were able to make as significant a jump in the leaderboard as Nabnasset\u2019s Mike Schnyer. After carding a 6-over 79 at Vesper, Schnyer joined Drew and Green as the three golfers to turn in a score under par on Friday. Schnyer carded a 71.<\/p>\n

Schnyer is playing in his 26th Cities and is Nabnasset\u2019s top scorer through two days.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very tough,\u201d said Schnyer, 51. \u201cThe wind definitely wreaked some havoc.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gusts never fazed the longtime City-goer, who complimented three bogeys on the front nine with three pars and three birdies before settling in at the turn. After sinking a birdie putt on 10, Schnyer logged eight consecutive pars.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few more birdies would have been nice, but with the wind, I was extremely happy,\u201d Schnyer said. \u201cThe greens are super fast, the course is in great shape and they did an awesome job here. It was a fun day to play golf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schnyer, who has been a member at Nabbasset for over 40 years, recorded a fourth-place finish in 2012 for his best performance to date at the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just really enjoy the Cities. I\u2019ve been around it my entire life, and I just really love it. I want to compete,\u201d Schnyer said.<\/p>\n

Saturday will be a memorable homecoming for Green. Not only is the Mt. Pleasant golfer set to return to his home course for the final round, Green will play in the final group after posting a 1-under 71 on Friday to occupy third place. After succumbing to a double bogey on 14, Green registered two birdies the rest of the way to finish a strong round.<\/p>\n

\"AndrewAndrew Mierzwa of Mt. Pleasant Golf Club plays from bunker during Friday\u2019s second round of the 100th Lowell City Golf Tournament at Long Meadow Golf Club. (James Thomas for the Lowell Sun)<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be around (Drew) and be in one of those final two groups, it\u2019s going to be special. Tomorrow is going to be special for me,\u201d said Green, 23.<\/p>\n

Green made his first Cities appearance at age 14 and will complete his seventh tournament on Saturday. The Lowell resident finished tied for 24th a year ago and tied for 12th in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great. I started well day one and finished strong, but going back to home base now, I feel pretty good about it,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n

\"MorganMorgan Smith blasts a shot out of a bunker Friday at Long Meadow. (James Thomas for the Lowell Sun)<\/p>\n

Three members of the Smith family \u2013 Maddie (148), Molly (150) and father Phil (150) \u2013 are in the top eight entering the final round.<\/p>\n

Scores<\/p>\n

Trevor Drew (LM) 66-69-135<\/p>\n

Chris Gentle (MP) 70-74-144<\/p>\n

Trevor Green (MP) 76-71-147<\/p>\n

Chris Herrick (V) 72-76-148<\/p>\n

Maddie Smith (LM) 70-78-148<\/p>\n

Mike Schnyer (N) 79-71-150<\/p>\n

Molly Smith (MP) 72-78-150<\/p>\n

Phil Smith (LM) 74-76-150<\/p>\n

Eric Young (N) 76-75-151<\/p>\n

Ryan Friel (V) 74-77-151<\/p>\n

Rick Moreau (N) 78-74-152<\/p>\n

Andrew Conway (V) 78-75-153<\/p>\n

Kyle Dunn (LM) 77-76-153<\/p>\n

Brian Corbett (MP) 74-79-153<\/p>\n

Daniel Brown (V) 76-77-153<\/p>\n

Morgan Smith (LM) 76-78-154<\/p>\n

Travis Kellegrew (N) 78-77-155<\/p>\n

Matt Asselin (MP) 76-79-155<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Monahan (V) 77-79-156<\/p>\n

Andrew Mierzwa (MP) 76-80-156<\/p>\n

Nathan Crowley (LM) 82-75-157<\/p>\n

Eric Roy (MP) 78-80-158<\/p>\n

William Adie (V) 81-79-160<\/p>\n

Bernie Nangle (LM) 84-78-162<\/p>\n

Reed Bourgeois (LM) 82-80-162<\/p>\n

George Vergados (LM) 86-77-163<\/p>\n

Ryan Lally (MP) 77-86-163<\/p>\n

Justin Adams (V) 85-79-164<\/p>\n

Jason Fischer (V) 84-80-164<\/p>\n

Jason Howarth (MP) 82-82-164<\/p>\n

Matt Tramonte (LM) 81-83-164<\/p>\n

Andrew Mosco (V) 88-77-165<\/p>\n

Nicholas Wilder (N) 83-82-165<\/p>\n

Bret Edwards (LM) 82-83-165<\/p>\n

George Popp (V) 80-85-165<\/p>\n

David Walshe (N) 83-83-166<\/p>\n

Daniel Meyers (V) 79-87-166<\/p>\n

Ryan Brogan (V) 79-88-167<\/p>\n

David D\u2019Entremont (LM) 89-79-168<\/p>\n

Chris Lerra (N) 86-83-169<\/p>\n

Liam Gleason (MP) 84-85-169<\/p>\n

Jack Ryan (N) 88-84-172<\/p>\n

Thomas McKiernan (MP) 87-86-173<\/p>\n

Chris Osborn (MP) 89-85-174<\/p>\n

Dan Ahern (N) 93-81-174<\/p>\n

Tom Ervin (N) 82-92-174<\/p>\n

Kevin McLaughlin (N) 82-93-175<\/p>\n

Ben Larkins (N) DNF-85<\/p>\n

Robb Burndrett (N) 90-DNF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOWELL \u2014 Approaching the final green at his home club, Trevor Drew\u2019s caddie had a special request for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,2765,728,4064,4065,4066,4067,62,67,132,68,4068],"class_list":{"0":"post-3009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-keywee","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-long-meadow","12":"tag-lowell-city-golf-tournament","13":"tag-mt-pleasant","14":"tag-nabnasset-lake","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-vesper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114722706810354486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}