Steve Lange Wins 1978 National Championship (Columbus, OH)

Steve Lange Wins
1978 PPA National Championship

Columbus, OH (PPA Course) - Tall, red-bearded Steve Lange of Syracuse, N.Y., shot a 13 under par 23 during his sixth round to build a seven stroke lead over 2nd place finisher Bruce Kaiser of Cincinnati, OH, during the rain drenched and windy final rounds of the Professional Putters Association's 1978 National Championship. Kaiser picked up three strokes during the final two rounds, but could finish no better than 213, 75 under par, four strokes behind the 26 year old Lange, who finished the 144-hole tournament with a score of 209, 79 under par.

In the Amateur Division, Dennis Broderick of Rockville, MD, defeated Mark Coup of Columbus, OH, in an 18-hole playoff for first place after both men finished the regulation medal play, tied with scores of 223, 65 under par.

Professional Division of the 1978 PPA National Championship
(PPA Course - Columbus, OH)

			Round									Prize
	Player	City	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money
1	Steve Lange	Syracuse, NY	24	23	29	27	26	23	29	28	209	$ 2,000.00
2	Bruce Kaiser	Cincinnati, OH	28	26	26	28	25	26	28	26	213	$ 1,250.00
3	Steve Lyon	Greensboro, NC	27	26	26	25	26	27	28	29	214	$ 1,000.00
4	Rick Smith	Indianapolis, IN	26	25	26	28	28	28	27	28	216	$ 750.00
5	Buddy Taylor	Baltimore, MD	26	22	27	29	30	31	30	27	217	$ 700.00
6	Steve McPherson	Dallas, TX	22	27	29	30	24	30	29	28	219	$ 550.00
	Mark Greaux	New Orleans, LA	25	25	29	26	27	29	29	29	219	$ 550.00
8	Charlie Greenwalt	Indianapolis, IN	27	29	28	27	31	25	26	27	220	$ 450.00
9	Dick Florin	Atlanta, GA	22	29	26	29	27	29	30	29	221	$ 400.00
10	Steve Moody	Louisville, KY	27	28	27	31	28	27	25	28	222	$ 350.00
11	Robert Smith	Plano, TX	24	26	29	29	28	31	26	30	223	$ 275.00
	Randy Orr	Chattanooga, TN	26	27	26	29	27	34	25	29	223	$ 275.00
13	Ed Haggerty	Charlotte, NC	26	30	28	28	28	26	27	31	224	$ 150.00
	David Graffe	Houston, TX	25	25	30	32	28	27	25	32	224	$ 150.00
	Ron Harrison	Mt. Pleasant, TX	26	24	25	35	27	29	28	30	224	$ 150.00
16	Wesley Beck	Atlanta, GA	28	27	25	32	27	30	29	27	225	$ 75.00
	Earl Fritts	Nashville, TN	27	25	28	33	28	27	33	24	225	$ 75.00
	Tony Cross	Louisville, KY	25	28	26	34	30	28	27	27	225	$ 75.00
19	Gary Justus	Rockville, MD	28	27	29	27	29	27	28	33	226	$ 75.00
20	John Crawford	Burlington, NC	30	22	30	29	27	28	29	32	227	$ 75.00
	Rick Anderson	Wilmington, NC	28	26	28	30	32	26	30	27	227	$ 75.00
	Louis Gonzales	Victoria, TX	25	24	31	29	31	27	30	30	227	$ 75.00
	James Chastain	Dallas, GA	24	28	27	32	25	32	33	26	227	$ 75.00
	Fred Scott	Bristol, VA	27	26	22	35	30	29	31	27	227	$ 75.00
25	Eddie Coy	Louisville, KY	32	26	26	30	24	29	28	33	228	$ 31.25
	Rick Shelton	Columbus, MS	28	27	25	35	26	29	29	29	228	$ 31.25
	Bill Hebert	Lake Charles, LA	27	26	26	32	29	32	28	28	228	$ 31.25
	Randy Stone	Gastonia, NC	28	24	31	33	29	30	28	27	228	$ 31.25

			Round
	Player	City	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Dennis Broderick	Rockville, MD	29	30	29	31	22	27	30	25	223
2	Mark Coup	Columbus, OH	30	27	27	27	26	28	26	32	223
3	Ron Frederick	Toledo, OH	29	26	27	29	26	28	29	30	224
4	Dean Dwiggins	Winston-Salem, NC	29	23	25	31	26	30	28	33	225
5	Ray Miller	Columbus, OH	29	27	26	26	31	27	31	29	226
6	Bryon Yee	Oklahoma City, OK	30	25	28	29	27	29	31	29	228
7	Steve Mann	Louisville, KY	30	30	29	29	25	29	25	31	229
8	James Stevens	Ft. Wayne, IN	27	26	26	25	30	32	28	37	231
	George Katris	Columbus, OH	26	27	28	32	31	29	27	31	231
10	Donald Ferrell	Columbus, OH	30	30	24	30	28	27	33	30	234
	Carson Jones	Danville, VA	27	28	30	34	29	31	27	28	234

1	Buddy Taylor	Baltimore, MD	$ 12,864.11
2	Steve McPherson	Dallas, TX	$ 7,450.00
3	Bruce Kaiser	Cincinnati, OH	$ 5,817.50
4	Ed Haggerty	Charlotte, NC	$ 4,590.00
5	Robert Smith	Plano, TX	$ 4,336.50
6	Bill Hebert	Lake Charles, LA	$ 3,832.91
7	Wesley Beck	Atlanta, GA	$ 3,650.00
8	Steve Lyon	Greensboro, NC	$ 3,617.00
9	Ray Browning	Euclid, OH	$ 3,432.50
10	Rodney Phillips	San Antonio, TX	$ 3,430.00
11	Vance Randall	Chattanooga, TN	$ 3,150.00
12	Rick Anderson	Wilmington, NC	$ 3,142.00
13	David Graffe	Houston, TX	$ 3,107.50
14	Philip Davis	Winston-Salem, NC	$ 3,100.00
15	Tommy Godfrey	Asheville, NC	$ 3,042.50
16	Steve Lange	Syracuse, NY	$ 3,011.11
17	Randy Stone	Gastonia, NC	$ 2,984.25
18	Eddie Michalko	Lake Charles, LA	$ 2,955.00
19	Jim Borchelt	Loveland, OH	$ 2,830.00
20	Steve Wood	Arlington, TX	$ 2,700.00
21	Randy Orr	Chattanooga, TN	$ 2,625.00
22	Gary Miller	Columbus, GA	$ 2,580.00
23	Sidney Barnes	Round Rock, TX	$ 2,450.00
24	Kelly Randall	Charlotte, NC	$ 2,405.00
25	Dick Florin	Atlanta, GA	$ 2,362.50