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Buddy Taylor Wins
1978 World
Championship
Columbus, OH - 42 year old
Buddy
Taylor of Baltimore, MD, Putt-Putt golf course owner and 18 year
veteran of the Professional Putters Association, won the World
Putting Championship and $10,000 this past weekend by defeating
former US National Champion Steve McPherson of Dallas, TX, 4 and 3
in the 36-hole match play finals. Taylor had to go to the final hole
in his semi-final win over Rick Anderson of Wilmington, N.C. The 24
year old McPherson defeated rookie pro
Ed Haggerty of
Charlotte, N.C., in his semi-final match to reach the finals and win
$5,000 runner-up prize money.
Quarter-finalists included: Wesley Beck,
Atlanta, GA, Philip Davis, Winston-Salem, N.C., Robert Smith,
Dallas, TX, and Bruce Kaiser, Cincinnati, OH.
In the Amateur Division, 17 year old Doug Baer
of Jacksonville, FL, defeated former National Champion, 19 year old
Ron Burkhard. Baer, who played on the 1975 Jacksonville, FL, Junior
Putters of America National Championship team defeated Burkhard 3
and 2 in their 36-hole match.
Baer defeated Byron Yee of Oklahoma City, OK,
4 and 3, and Burkhard defeated Brad Bonsack of Lake Charles, LA, in
his semi-final match.
Quarter-finalist included: Kimberly Taylor, 13
year old daughter of the new PPA World Champion
Buddy
Taylor, Baltimore, MD, Owen Perillo of Philadelphia, PA, Keith
Arnold of Dothan, AL, and
Marc Portugal
of Waco, TX. |
Week
of
the
World
Money
Winners
for
1978
Professional
Bracket
| Quarter-Finals |
Semi-Finals |
Finals |
|
| Wesley
Beck |
Rick
Anderson |
|
|
| Rick
Anderson |
|
|
|
|
Buddy
Taylor |
|
| Philip
Davis |
Buddy
Taylor |
|
|
| Buddy
Taylor |
|
|
|
|
|
Buddy
Taylor |
| Robert
Smith |
Ed
Haggerty |
|
|
| Ed
Haggerty |
|
|
|
|
Steve McPherson
|
|
| Bruce
Kaiser |
Steve McPherson
|
|
|
| Steve
McPherson |
|
|
Amateur
Bracket
| Quarter-Finals |
Semi-Finals |
Finals |
|
| Ron
Burkhard |
Ron
Burkhard |
|
|
| Owen
Perillo |
|
|
|
|
Ron
Burkhard |
|
| B.
Bonsack |
B.
Bonsack |
|
|
| K.
Arnold |
|
|
|
|
|
D.
Baer |
| Byron
Yee |
Byron
Yee |
|
|
| Kim
Taylor |
|
|
|
|
D. Baer
|
|
| D.
Baer |
D. Baer
|
|
|
| Marc
Portugal |
|
|
Week
of
the
World
Money
Winners
for
1978
| 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 |
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