Jim Borchelt Wins 1977 National Championship (Columbus, OH)

Jim Borchelt Wins
1977 National Championship

Columbus, OH - After 144 holes of competition, Jim Borchelt of Cincinnati, Ohio found his score of 196 (92 under par) only good enough for a three way tie with Putter of the Year Randy Stone of Gastonia, NC and a newcomer to the tour Bill Herbert of Lake Charles, LA. Borchelt immediately fired a 23 in the 18-hole playoff to lay claim to the 1st place prize money of $2,000 and the title of 1977 National Champion.

With 7 rounds completed and only 18 holes left to play, three men were tied at 80 under par, Borchelt, David Gies of Fayetteville, NC who ran into trouble on the 15th hole and finished with a 27 and a tie for 7th place in the tournament and veteran Buddy Taylor of Baltimore, MD who could do no better than 8 under for a total of 88 under par and 9th place.

Vance Randall, two-time winner of this event and the leader after the 1st day at 60 under par finished in a tie for 5th at 90 under par with Bruce Kaiser of Cincinnati, Ohio who was out of the money after the 1st day but had rounds of 24, 23, and 21 for the best score shot during the second day.

Steve Guyton of Columbus, Ohio scored a hole in one on the final hole in Amateur Division to beat Marc Portugal from Waco, TX by one shot. Guyton's score for the 144 holes was 203, 85 under par. Eddie Michalko, this year's World Amateur Champion and last year's Amateur Champion Ron Burkhard of Columbus, Ohio tied for 3rd place with a score of 207, 81 under par.

			Round									Prize
	Player	City	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money
1	Jim Borchelt	Cincinnati, OH	28	22	23	24	24	24	27	24	196	$ 2,000.00
2	Randy Stone	Gastonia, NC	26	23	25	25	24	25	27	21	196	$ 1,125.00
	Bill Hebert	Lake Charles, LA	28	22	23	24	27	24	25	23	196	$ 1,125.00
4	Randy Orr	Chattanooga, TN	25	28	21	23	29	23	25	23	197	$ 750.00
5	Bruce Kaiser	Cincinnati, OH	25	26	27	27	25	24	23	21	198	$ 650.00
	Vance Randall	Chattanooga, TN	22	22	27	24	25	29	26	23	198	$ 650.00
7	David Gies	Fayetteville, NC	28	23	26	26	24	24	21	27	199	$ 475.00
	Rick Shelton	Portsmouth, NH	29	27	23	27	20	23	24	26	199	$ 475.00
9	Buddy Taylor	Baltimore, MD	24	23	24	28	23	23	27	28	200	$ 400.00
10	Gary Miller	Columbus, GA	26	24	25	28	28	25	23	22	201	$ 325.00
	Ed Huber	Clarksville, IN	25	28	24	24	24	25	25	26	201	$ 325.00
12	Gary Justus	Rockville, MD	26	27	25	27	25	26	22	24	202	$ 155.00
	Roger Hart	Kettering, OH	22	27	26	25	28	25	27	22	202	$ 155.00
	Edgar Haggerty	Charlotte, NC	22	28	25	28	24	23	25	27	202	$ 155.00
	David Graffe	Houston, TX	25	23	24	27	24	31	25	23	202	$ 155.00
	Steve Lyon	Greensboro, NC	27	23	25	29	22	24	25	27	202	$ 155.00
17	Jeff McDonald	Tucson, AZ	28	26	25	22	26	28	25	23	203	$ 75.00
	Wendell Sikes	Atlanta, GA	26	25	21	25	28	27	26	25	203	$ 75.00
	Howard Altman	Cincinnati, OH	25	24	27	26	23	24	29	25	203	$ 75.00
20	James Chastain	Atlanta, GA	24	25	27	28	27	27	20	26	204	$ 75.00
	Mike Sherrill	Atlanta, GA	24	24	27	27	23	25	25	29	204	$ 75.00
	Chris Enders	Oklahoma City, OK	24	26	25	25	25	25	26	28	204	$ 75.00
23	Steve Moody	Louisville, KY	25	27	24	27	27	28	22	25	205	$ 75.00
	Rodney Phillips	Lubbock, TX	21	29	22	27	26	24	30	26	205	$ 75.00
25	Steve McPherson	Dallas, TX	23	26	26	23	31	25	27	25	206	$ 62.50
	Glenwood Arrington	Martinsville, VA	26	22	25	26	25	32	24	27	206	$ 62.50

1	Eugene Carter	$ 12,000.00
2	Gary Justus	$ 5,823.57
3	Jim Borchelt	$ 5,487.50
4	Randy Stone	$ 4,681.96
5	David Gies	$ 4,425.00
6	Steve Lyon	$ 4,325.00
7	Ray Browning	$ 4,190.00
8	Mike Sherrill	$ 3,404.16
9	Gary Miller	$ 3,325.00
10	Robert Smith	$ 3,002.50
11	Gary Love	$ 2,900.00
12	Bob Williamson	$ 2,790.00
13	Buddy Taylor	$ 2,740.00
14	Rodney Phillips	$ 2,675.00
15	Dick Florin	$ 2,670.00
16	David Graffe	$ 2,650.00
17	Mike Baldoza	$ 2,601.79
18	Mark Grothier	$ 2,500.00
19	Gary Benfield	$ 2,470.00
20	Steve Lange	$ 2,177.50
21	Steve McPherson	$ 2,127.50
22	Wendell Sikes	$ 2,125.00
23	Vance Randall	$ 2,050.00
24	Don McCracken	$ 1,950.00
	Randy Orr	$ 1,950.00
26	Rick Carter	$ 1,830.00
27	Doug Spring	$ 1,810.00
28	James Chastain	$ 1,739.82
29	Scott Friedman	$ 1,655.00
30	Sidney Barnes	$ 1,600.00
31	Jeff McDonald	$ 1,575.00
32	Greg Roberts	$ 1,565.00
33	Dan Anders	$ 1,550.71
34	Wesley Beck	$ 1,543.75
35	Roger Hart	$ 1,533.57
36	Fred Matthews	$ 1,506.25
37	Gary English	$ 1,500.00
	Mike Pfieffer	$ 1,500.00
	Fred Scott	$ 1,500.00
40	Rick Anderson	$ 1,450.00
41	Roberts	$ 1,400.00
	Bobby Gilmore	$ 1,400.00
43	David Barnett	$ 1,390.00
44	David Neilsen	$ 1,300.00
	Guerry Porter	$ 1,300.00
46	Bruce Kaiser	$ 1,256.25
47	John Snyder	$ 1,251.25
48	Jimmy Harritos	$ 1,240.00
49	Tony Cross	$ 1,200.00
	Steve Wood	$ 1,200.00
51	Bill Hebert	$ 1,180.00
52	Tom O'Brien	$ 1,143.75
53	Mike Exinger	$ 900.00
	Grover Jones	$ 900.00
55	Lewis Bogue	$ 850.71
56	Tommy Godfrey	$ 840.00
57	Danny Edwards	$ 830.00
58	Bob Poltis	$ 801.66
59	Bill Baus	$ 800.00
	Mark Berger	$ 800.00
	John Napoli	$ 800.00
	Jude Prather	$ 800.00
	Jim Starr	$ 800.00
	Ken Straub	$ 800.00
	Chris Wolf	$ 800.00
66	Allen Burke	$ 798.57
67	Carl Stukes	$ 762.50
68	Chris Ball	$ 751.25
	Richard Dougal	$ 751.25
70	Charles Armstrong	$ 740.00
71	Evelyn Florin	$ 734.82
72	Terry Albin	$ 706.25
73	Mike Chisum	$ 700.00
	Steve Elliott	$ 700.00
	Daryl Freeman	$ 700.00
	Earl Fritts	$ 700.00
	Don Lewis	$ 700.00
	Bill Morgan	$ 700.00
	Eugene Malone	$ 700.00
	Randy Reeves	$ 700.00
	Tom Riedel	$ 700.00
	Greg Smith	$ 700.00
	Kent Shields	$ 700.00
	Gary Sampsell	$ 700.00
	Ed Sinelli	$ 700.00
	Louis Gonzalez	$ 700.00
87	Charles Connor	$ 690.00
88	Chris Enders	$ 675.00
89	Ed Bozzacco	$ 670.00
	Greg Michels	$ 670.00
91	Buzzy Adams	$ 653.75
	Jimmy Craig	$ 653.75
93	Mark Greaux	$ 650.00
	Curtis Taylor	$ 650.00
95	Mike Nieto	$ 628.57
96	Gary Hinshaw	$ 606.25
97	Mike Allen	$ 600.00
	Rick Alessi	$ 600.00
	Jackie Bow	$ 600.00
	Ed Buzzell	$ 600.00
	Lawrence Davis	$ 600.00
	Pat Elson	$ 600.00
	Brad Hickman	$ 600.00
	Tommy Hoag	$ 600.00
	Bill Huntzinger	$ 600.00
	David Micky	$ 600.00
	Joe Marazzito	$ 600.00
	Randy Norwood	$ 600.00
	Carl Strickland	$ 600.00
	Donnie Wardlaw	$ 600.00
	Richard Waldorf	$ 600.00
	Stan Wagner	$ 600.00
	Dan Gutchewsky	$ 600.00
	Charles Harmon	$ 600.00
115	Rick Shelton	$ 530.00
116	Ed Huber	$ 325.00
117	Steve Moody	$ 162.50
118	Howard Altman	$ 157.50
119	Ed Haggerty	$ 155.00
120	Jay Klapper	$ 110.00
121	Steve Kalan	$ 103.75
122	Kern Kenrud	$ 100.71
123	Lee Witcofski	$ 100.00
124	Tony Passwater	$ 80.00
125	Eddie Coy	$ 79.28
126	Kevin Hoyt	$ 72.50
	Rob Ludgin	$ 72.50
	Cliff Moose	$ 72.50
	Dan Zink	$ 72.50
130	Kevin Kujan	$ 70.00
131	Glenwood Arrington	$ 62.50
132	John Connor	$ 40.00