Two-time NOPGA champ Trivisonno has 3-shot lead entering Wednesday's final round.
WESTLAKE, Ohio -- Two-time champion Gary Trivisonno and Brad Apple each shot a course-record 6-under 65 at Lakewood Country Club on Tuesday and are at the top of the leaderboard of the Northern Ohio PGA Professional Championship heading into Wednesday's final 18 holes.
Trivisonno, seeking a third section title, is in first place with a 36-hole total of 7-under 135, good for a three-shot lead. Apple, seeking a first championship, is second at 4-under 138.
Trivisonno, who won this event in 1990 and 1996, can become the fifth three-time winner in the 37-year history of the tournament. Affiliated with the Strongsville Golf Range, Trivisonno was bogey-free on Tuesday while Apple, the pro at Belmont Country Club, had eight birdies and two bogeys.
Their rounds stand as the course record after Lakewood installed six new tees in 2008. The record for the old course was 63, shot by R.H. Sikes while winning the 1966 Cleveland Open and later equaled by Lakewood pro Tom Waitrovich.
Inverness Golf Club's Jaysen Hansen, the NOPGA's Player of the Year in 2009, Pepper Pike Club pro Rob Moss and 2007 champ Todd Lancaster, of Westwood Country Club, are tied for third at 3 under.
The top eight finishers will qualify for the 2011 PGA Professional National Championship, to be held at the Hershey (Pa.) Country Club in June.