Justin Lower   -  Canal Fulton, OH

2008 Champion  -  66

Justin Lower is the 2006 Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II champion who now is in his third year as a member of the Malone University golf team. He is currently a first team NAIA All-American. In his freshman year at Malone, he made the NAIA All-American third team. He is the 2008 National Christian College Athletic Association champion and the 2009 American Mideast Conference champion. Justin won the Mid-Ohio Invitational in his first try. He shot a six-under-par 66 in the first round to take a one stroke lead over five players and was declared champion when lightning and flooding forced cancellation of the second round. He played again in 2009 and tied for 14th.

Zach Sebert   -  Grove City, OH

2007 Champion  -  66-62=128

Zach Sebert led by only one stroke going into the final nine holes of the 2007 Mid-Ohio Invitational. But five birdies and an eagle on his back nine resulted in the tournament’s second ever 29 and a five-stroke victory over former Ohio Amateur champion Steve Paramore. His competitive course record of 62 that day gave him a total of 128---sixteen strokes under par---for a tournament scoring record that stands today. Zach began his collegiate golf career at Otterbein College where he was Ohio Athletic Conference champion and an NCAA Division III All-American. He transferred to Ohio State University where he became co-captain of the Buckeye golf team his senior year. His Mid-Ohio Invitational scoring average of 69.500 ranks sixth best in tournament history.

Ryan Culbertson   -  Wooster, OH

2006 Champion  -  66-69=135

Ryan Culbertson was without a top ten finish in three previous starts in the Mid-Ohio Invitational when he shot a nine-under-par 135 in 2006 to win by one stroke over Miami University golfer Jeff Blank, Ohio High School Division I Champion Jonathan Bowers and 1996 champion Raymond Sovik. A four-year letterman at the University of Akron, Ryan turned professional upon graduation and therefore was not eligible to defend his title. His best previous finish in the Mid-Ohio Invitational was 11th in 2004.

Chris Wilson   -  Dublin, OH

2005 Champion  -  67-66=133

Chris Wilson tied for 12th at the PGA Tour “Q-School” in December and in 2010 is in his first year as a member of the PGA Tour. He played four years for Northwestern University where he was Big Ten Champion in 2006. Among his amateur tournament wins are the Ohio Junior Championship in 2004 and the Ohio Amateur Championship in 2005. He also has been runner-up in the Western Amateur Championship. Chris played in the Mid-Ohio Invitational for the first time in 2003, just weeks after he completed a successful career at Dublin Coffman High School. His nine-under-par 135 that year was only one stroke back of Kent State player Steve Lohmeyer who tied the tournament scoring record in winning for the second consecutive time. He tied for eighth in 2004 and set a new tournament scoring mark of 133 in winning the championship in 2005. Since turning professional, he has won one Hooters Tour event.

Joe Meglen   -  Concord, OH

2004 Champion  -  69-68=137

Joe Meglen made it three Mid-Ohio Invitational wins in a row for Kent State University players in 2004 when he won by two strokes over KSU teammate Tommy Weigand and veteran amateur golfer Michael Kelley. Joe later transferred to Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida where he played three years for the Tritons. In his three appearances in the Mid-Ohio Invitational, his scoring average of 69.833 ranks ninth best in tournament history. Since graduation, he has turned professional.

2002 Champion  -  66-68=134

2003 Champion  -  68-66=134

Steve Lohmeyer was Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II Champion at Oakwood High School in 1999 before playing collegiate golf at Kent State University. While at Kent State, he played on Mid-American Conference Championship teams in 2003 and 2005. Steve tied the Mid-Ohio Invitational scoring record with a ten-under-par 134 to win in 2002 and tied it again the next year to become the first player in 23 years to successfully defend the title. Despite his record-equaling performances, he needed a play-off to win over Duke University’s David French in 2002 and had to birdie the final hole to beat recent high school graduate Chris Wilson by a stroke in 2003. His only other top ten finish in the tournament was a tie for tenth in 2005.

Ryan Harmon   -  Zanesville, OH

2001 Champion  -  67-67=134

Playing in the Mid-Ohio Invitational for the second time, Ryan Harmon shot the tournament’s first 29 on the opening nine in 2001 to take a lead he never relinquished. His ten-under-par 134 was two strokes better than Kent State golfer Jonah Karzmer and broke the tournament scoring record by a stroke. Ryan’s victory was the second straight by a Youngstown State University golfer. At YSU, he was named to the All-Mid Continent Conference first team in 2000. His next best finish in the Mid-Ohio Invitational was a tie for 11th in 1999.