The 1970's
The Decade of the
World Putting Championship

• Bob Lipscomb wins the 1970 National Invitational (Chattanooga, TN)
• Tony Cross wins the 1970 National Championship (Louisville, KY)
• Rick Smith wins the 1970 Northern Open (Dayton, OH)
• Dick Florin wins 1970 World Putting Championship (Freeport, Grand Bahama Island)

• Ken Boy wins the 1971 National Invitational (Indianapolis, IN)
• Randy DeLoach wins the 1971 National Championship (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Vance Randall wins 1971 World Putting Championship (Fayetteville, NC)

• Rick Smith wins the 1972 World Putting Championship (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Robert Smith wins the 1972 National Championship (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Robert Smith wins the 1972 E.G. Clayton Memorial Tournament (Augusta, GA)
• Gerald Knott wins the 1972 Tracy Moore Memorial Tournament (Augusta, GA)

• Mike Baldoza wins the 1973 World Putting Championship (Tulsa, OK)
• Daryl Freeman wins the 1973 National Championship (Tulsa, OK)

$1,300 PPA World Qualifier Tournaments listed by PPA Winner - Site (Date)

• Jimmy Harritos - Phoenix, AZ (2 March 1973)
• Dale Fuhr - Fern Park, FL (10 March 1973)
• Dale Fuhr - Orlando, FL (11 March 1973)
• Sidney Barnes - Austin, TX (24 March 1973)
• Jeff Kanost - Mobile, AL (25 March 1973)
• Randy Maddox - Chamblee, GA (31 March 1973)
• Gene Von Waldner - Decatur, GA (1 April 1973)
• Randy Maddox - Montgomery, AL (8 April 1973)
• Vance Randall - Waco, TX (14 April 1973)
• Mike Baldoza - Fort Worth, TX #3 (15 April 1973)
• Roy Zerner - Durham, N.C. (21 April 1973)
• Charles E. Davis - Burlington, N.C. (22 April 1973)
• Tom O'Brien - Charlottesville, VA (28 April 1973)
• Paul Moore - Houston, TX #2 (28 April 1973)
• Mike Baldoza - Fort Worth, TX #1 (29 April 1973)
• John Kessler - Baltimore, MD (29 April 1973)
• Tommy Hoag - Fort Wayne, IN (5 May 1973)
• Lawrence Peters, Sr. - Columbia, S.C. #2 (5 May 1973)
• Douglas Young - Toledo, OH #2 (6 May 1973)
• Earl Fritts - Charleston, S.C. #2 (6 May 1973)
• Edward White - Oklahoma City, OK #1 (12 May 1973)
• Danny Crispin - Baltimore, MD #2 (12 May 1973)
• Jimmy Harritos - Rockville, MD (13 May 1973)
• Charles Giebler - Oklahoma City, OK #2 (13 May 1973)
• Gerald Knott - Port Arthur, TX (19 May 1973)
• John Ridd - Danville, VA (19 May 1973)
• Brice Bergesen - Lake Charles, LA (20 May 1973)
• Wilbur Hildebrand - Greensboro, N.C. (20 May 1973)
• Roy Zerner - High Point, N.C. (26 May 1973)
• Michael O'Sullivan - Colorado Springs, CO #2 (26 May 1973)
• Tony Cross - Muncie, IN (26 May 1973)
• John Ressman - Aurora, CO (27 May 1973)
• Carl Strickland - Winston-Salem, N.C. (27 May 1973)
• Jim Borchelt - Anderson, IN (27 May 1973)
• David Gies - Philadelphia, PA (2 June 1973)
• Pete Tanzini - New Orleans, LA #2 (2 June 1973)
• Samuel Campbell, Jr. - Newark, DE (3 June 1973)
• Jimmy Stroud - New Orleans, LA #1 (3 June 1973)
• Gary English - Florence, S.C. (9 June 1973)
• Charlie McIntosh - Dallas, TX #2 (9 June 1973)
• Dick Rasmus - Southport, IN (9 June 1973)
• Gerald Knott - Arlington, TX (10 June 1973)
• Danny Smith - Fayetteville, N.C. (10 June 1973)
• Gary Love - Indianapolis, IN #2 (10 June 1973)
• Don Lewis - Albuquerque, N.M. #1 (16 June 1973)
• Roger Hart - Hamilton, OH (16 June 1973)
• Mike Pfeiffer - Dayton, OH (17 June 1973)
• John Ressman - Albuquerque, N.M. #2 (17 June 1973)
• Willie Edwards - Petersburg, VA (23 June 1973)
• Dennis Sweeney - Kansas City, KS (24 June 1973)
• Eugene Carter - Richmond, VA (24 June 1973)
• John Helms - Charlotte, N.C. #3 (30 June 1973)
• Paul Zaborowski - Buffalo, N.Y. #1 (30 June 1973)
• Rick Smith - Lubbock, TX (30 June 1973)
• John Roessner - Buffalo, N.Y. #2 (1 July 1973)
• Kelly Wright - Charlotte, N.C. #2 (1 July 1973)
• Pat Howard - Abilene, TX (1 July 1973)
• Vance Randall - Duncan, OK (7 July 1973)
• Jim Pizmoht - Euclid, OH (7 July 1973)
• Walt Kado - Maple Heights, OH (8 July 1973)
• Mark Grothier - Lawton, OK (8 July 1973)
• Mike Baldoza - San Antonio, TX (14 July 1973)
• Bob Macomber - Newport News, VA (14 July 1973)
• Mark Greaux - Austin, TX (15 July 1973)
• Ronnie Pierce - Virginia Beach, VA (15 July 1973)
• Harold Mikell - Columbia, S.C. #3 (23 July 1973)
• Eddie Turner - Euclid, OH (29 July 1973)
• Tony Cross - Phoenix, AZ (5 August 1973)
• Daryl Freeman - Tulsa, OK (13 August 1973)

• Robert Smith wins the 1974 National Championship (Columbus, OH)

• The 1975 National Schedule
• Ray Browning wins the 1975 National Championship (Columbus, OH)
• Quincy Scarborough wins 1975 APA World Putting Championship (Columbus, OH)
• Gary Miller wins 1975 World Putting Championship (Columbus, OH)

1976
PPA Player of the Year - Cliff Moose

• Steve McPherson wins the 1976 National Championship (Hialeah, FL)
• Dick Florin wins 1976 World Putting Championship

• Jim Borchelt wins the 1977 National Championship (Columbus, OH)
• Eugene Carter wins 1977 World Putting Championship (Columbus, OH)

• Buddy Taylor wins the 1978 World Putting Championship (Columbus, OH
• Steve Lange wins the 1978 National Championship (Columbus, OH)

• Steve Wood wins the 1979 Western Open (Hurst, TX)
• John Connor wins the 1979 Southern Open (Chamblee, GA)
• Marc Portugal wins the 1979 Eastern Open (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Jeff Estep wins the 1979 Northern Open (Dayton, OH)
• Eddie Coy wins the 1979 National Championship (Columbus, OH - PPA Course)