Ron Frederick Wins the
1988 National Medal-Play Championship

Knoxville, TN --- July 2-3, 1988 - At this year's National Championship, PPA members from twenty-one states and Australia were represented.

Ron Frederick, a native of Toledo, Ohio, now living in Los Alimitos, California, won the Pro Division of the 1988 PPA National Championship. Frederick, five strokes behind the leaders after the first day of competition, posted a final score of 224, 64 under par and then waited while the first day leaders played their final holes of competition.

Frederick was a spectator at the 18th hole as both Donald Parker, of Stafford, Texas and John Napoli, of Columbus, Ohio, had an opportunity with an ace to tie Frederick and force an 18-hole playoff. Both players missed, however, giving Frederick his first National Championship title.

Frederick's other major titles include the 1982 and 1987 Match Play Tournaments and the 1982 PPA Putter of the Year.

Roland Block of Smyrna, Georgia, finished in a tie for second with with an eight round score of 225, 63 under par. Block began the 1988 putting season with a 2nd place finish in the 1988 Commissioner's Cup tournament, held in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Frederick took home the 1st place prize of $3,000 while 2nd and 3rd place prize money was split between Parker and Block. Parker won a sudden death playoff over Block and received the 2nd place trophy for his efforts.

1988 PPA National Championship

    Round   Prize
  Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Money
1 Ron Frederick 29 30 28 29 25 31 27 25 224 $ 3,000.00 
2 Don Parker 32 25 28 26 30 29 30 25 225 $ 1,175.00 
Roland Block 29 27 27 31 26 26 30 29 225 $ 1,175.00 
4 John Napoli 32 30 23 26 26 35 29 25 226 $ 600.00 
Jeff McDonald 29 29 26 27 28 27 34 26 226 $ 600.00 
Greg Ward 32 31 23 27 27 31 25 30 226 $ 600.00 
7 Dan Berendt 31 27 29 31 25 30 30 24 227 $ 437.50 
Marc Portugal 31 32 33 23 25 29 31 23 227 $ 437.50 
9 Alan Quinnelly 31 28 27 28 28 27 31 29 229 $ 355.00 
Jim Borchelt 33 30 23 29 29 30 30 25 229 $ 355.00 
Randy Livesay 33 32 27 28 30 28 26 25 229 $ 355.00 
12 Charlie Greenwalt 29 31 31 35 25 28 28 24 231 $ 300.00 
13 Phil Conlan 33 28 25 29 28 30 33 26 232 $ 237.50 
Rainey Statum 25 31 29 31 24 33 32 27 232 $ 237.50 
Jeff Estep 30 29 29 30 27 29 30 28 232 $ 237.50 
Bill Kirby 29 28 32 32 24 31 29 27 232 $ 237.50 
17 Dan Kuzdzal 29 29 28 26 27 33 33 28 233 $ 185.00 
Wesley Beck 32 32 27 26 24 35 30 27 233 $ 185.00 
19 Lewis Burton 33 30 24 30 24 32 31 30 234 $ 160.00 
Rick Shelton 32 29 29 28 28 30 31 27 234 $ 160.00 
Jim Clark 37 33 29 29 26 25 28 27 234 $ 160.00 
22 Tom Spiker 33 24 27 27 28 32 32 32 235 $ 135.00 
Jay Klapper 32 26 27 29 27 29 34 31 235 $ 135.00 
24 Jim Palisano 32 28 27 32 29 31 29 28 236 $ 120.00 
25 Kelly Morris 30 29 26 31 30 30 32 29 237 $ 117.50 
Dave Taylor 29 27 29 32 28 31 30 31 237 $ 117.50 
Jim Christina 26 32 31 30 29 26 31 32 237 $ 117.50 
Joe Chandler 30 30 27 32 31 31 32 24 237 $ 117.50 
Robert Johnson 34 26 30 31 29 32 31 24 237 $ 117.50 
Dean Dwiggins 31 33 31 29 26 29 34 24 237 $ 117.50 
Jimmy Mott 32 30 29 33 27 28 28 30 237 $ 117.50 
Paul Johns 30 28 27 30 31 32 34 25 237 $ 117.50 
33 Dave Jones 25 32 29 31 25 35 31 30 238 $ 110.00 
Brexton Friend 29 32 27 31 30 27 33 29 238 $ 110.00 
35 Joel Baker 31 30 27 31 29 32 30 29 239 $ 110.00 
Steve Wiggins 29 30 33 28 24 31 36 28 239 $ 110.00 
Gilbert Sharpe 31 31 31 28 30 30 28 30 239 $ 110.00 
Tony Jackson 30 32 33 27 28 28 30 31 239 $ 110.00 
Ray Miller 32 30 32 30 28 32 30 25 239 $ 110.00 
40 Angelo Korogianos 30 35 25 28 32 30 31 29 240 $ 110.00 
Edgar Hollifield 31 30 30 30 33 30 30 26 240 $ 110.00 
Buddy Taylor 28 29 35 32 28 28 32 28 240 $ 110.00 
Peter Neumann 33 29 32 31 26 30 33 26 240 $ 110.00 
44 Tom Butler 31 27 31 30 34 31 31 26 241 $ 110.00 
Ron Lamplaugh 33 28 27 33 30 33 30 27 241 $ 110.00 
Paul Grider 29 31 28 34 32 32 30 25 241 $ 110.00 
Jim Schafer 30 32 31 30 26 32 34 26 241 $ 110.00 
Steve Lyon 31 32 28 33 26 29 31 31 241 $ 110.00 
Dan Shaw 30 29 32 37 27 32 29 25 241 $ 110.00 
50 Jim Lohmeier 29 29 27 32 39 28 32 26 242 $ 102.50 
Rick Baird 29 31 29 33 29 34 27 30 242 $ 102.50 
Art Diamond 28 31 33 33 28 28 34 27 242 $ 102.50 
Brice Bergesen 31 29 38 32 24 29 30 29 242 $ 102.50 
54 Tony Looney 29 31 30 32 28 31 32 30 243 $ 100.00 
Terry Phillips 29 29 29 35 29 34 31 27 243 $ 100.00 
Randy Reeves 32 28 32 33 28 31 30 29 243 $ 100.00 
Mike McKewen 31 37 28 31 28 29 31 28 243 $ 100.00 
Steve Guyton 39 29 32 31 29 28 28 27 243 $ 100.00 
59 Wayne Crowe 34 29 29 28 25 35 37 27 244 $ 100.00 
Brian McMahon 34 30 29 29 27 31 37 27 244 $ 100.00 
Gene Reams 33 31 28 30 28 33 33 28 244 $ 100.00 
Todd Viau 32 30 33 27 30 36 31 25 244 $ 100.00 
Rick Carter 35 28 29 31 26 33 35 27 244 $ 100.00 
Terry McCarthy 31 34 31 27 29 31 31 30 244 $ 100.00 
Bobby Jones 34 28 30 31 28 33 31 29 244 $ 100.00 
Steve Haeseker 34 33 28 35 30 29 26 29 244 $ 100.00 
67 Jody Kimble 32 30 30 31 31 27 33 31 245 $ 100.00 
Jerry Campbell 29 33 28 33 28 35 31 28 245 $ 100.00 
Alan Morris 34 32 28 30 26 33 31 31 245 $ 100.00 
Dan McCaslin 34 33 27 30 29 29 32 31 245 $ 100.00 
Phil Green 33 31 27 35 36 30 27 26 245 $ 100.00 
72 Terry Whitaker 28 30 27 31 33 30 32 35 246 $ 100.00 
Randall Willett 33 30 27 37 27 26 38 28 246 $ 100.00 
Jason Coleman 32 31 35 30 32 33 28 25 246 $ 100.00 
75 Paul Pastilong 28 29 29 34 29 35 34 29 247 $ 100.00 
Joe Kresge 33 30 34 34 30 28 32 26 247 $ 100.00 
John Bambling 33 32 33 34 24 31 32 28 247 $ 100.00 
78 J.C. Powell 29 34 24 32 29 31 38 31 248 $ 100.00 
Vanette Block 26 31 31 32 28 34 34 32 248 $ 100.00 
John Connor 33 31 29 31 28 32 34 30 248 $ 100.00 
Michael Culligan 29 30 31 35 30 29 33 31 248 $ 100.00 
Bill Thompson 35 35 31 30 30 29 30 28 248 $ 100.00 
Nick Gill 36 33 27 36 25 32 31 28 248 $ 100.00 
84 Shawn Gilliland 28 27 33 31 35 33 31 31 249 $ 100.00 
Ken Cook 34 30 28 29 30 34 36 28 249 $ 100.00 
Robbie Vaughn 36 30 29 33 32 31 32 26 249 $ 100.00 
Tommy Ellis 34 32 30 33 24 37 30 29 249 $ 100.00 
88 Kevin Smith 34 29 29 30 30 37 35 26 250 $ 100.00 
Rick Alessi 32 33 31 31 29 30 34 30 250 $ 100.00 
Tom Russell 34 30 30 35 31 31 32 27 250 $ 100.00 
91 Dwain Willett 33 29 28 36 29 36 30 30 251 $ 100.00 
Bruce Kaiser 31 31 33 34 33 32 27 30 251 $ 100.00 
Randy Orr 33 35 29 35 29 31 30 29 251 $ 100.00 
94 Keith Usher 31 31 31 28 27 39 33 32 252 $ 100.00 
Mark Rainey 29 28 37 28 32 31 36 31 252 $ 100.00 
Tarron Coalson 35 32 28 31 33 33 32 28 252 $ 100.00 
Vance Randall 31 35 28 32 40 26 32 28 252 $ 100.00 
John Ventura 33 33 30 33 28 30 29 36 252 $ 100.00 
Owen Perillo 30 32 36 33 30 33 30 28 252 $ 100.00 
100 Robert Ward 30 31 31 30 36 32 35 28 253 $ 33.33 
Brian Holcomb 34 27 31 33 33 30 32 33 253 $ 33.33 
Roger Earnhart 34 34 33 35 29 28 27 33 253 $ 33.33 
103 Brian Dahl 37 35 27 28 34 34 31 28 254
Terrell Zar 35 31 30 31 27 35 29 36 254
John Martin 38 30 32 29 34 31 30 30 254
Neil Connor 37 32 29 32 37 31 28 28 254
Ed Grajewski 34 28 33 35 28 31 34 31 254
Joe Skaggs 35 32 29 35 29 32 33 29 254
109 Brian Jenkins 34 34 31 28 31 33 31 33 255
Enid Klapper 33 31 33 33 37 28 29 31 255
Steven Bouffard 33 30 34 33 27 30 35 33 255
112 Rod Miller 31 33 31 31 38 34 30 28 256
Dennis Trimmer 32 30 33 33 27 31 36 34 256
Jim Starr 34 32 31 32 31 36 32 28 256
Chris Bunting 39 31 32 28 36 30 33 27 256
David Barnett 30 33 30 37 34 31 33 28 256
117 Bill Caudle 34 28 27 33 32 39 37 27 257
118 Tom Hollifield 39 29 32 30 32 33 30 33 258
Manfred Stewart 36 32 28 36 35 29 36 26 258
Scott Buddie 29 33 35 41 26 29 33 32 258
121 Bill Rissman 38 31 26 31 25 35 38 35 259
Jay Davidson 34 30 30 32 33 32 36 32 259
Greg Roberts 35 34 33 31 30 35 33 28 259
124 Kevin Zion 32 34 29 37 29 33 32 34 260
Richard Singleton 30 31 33 38 30 33 33 32 260
Gary Glasscock 39 31 31 33 29 36 30 31 260
127 Don Nicholas 34 32 34 34 30 31 32 34 261
Judy Ward 32 36 29 40 33 33 31 27 261
129 Robert Walker 33 36 31 31 32 30 39 31 263
130 Robert Carey 34 31 27 33 33 44 32 30 264
131 Rick Tobias 32 36 28 34 31 40 36 28 265
Steve Lemmon 39 31 33 30 31 35 32 34 265
Scott Frampton 36 33 31 36 32 36 32 29 265
134 Gary Brittain 39 37 30 30 29 38 31 32 266
Bill Smith 34 32 36 35 30 35 32 32 266
136 Tom Godfrey 36 35 30 28 35 33 38 32 267
L.J. Northington 31 34 39 31 29 41 35 27 267
138 Frederick Souder 33 35 30 35 27 37 36 35 268
139 David Irwin 34 32 30 38 35 38 30 32 269
140 Al Simpson 34 37 33 36 30 33 33 34 270
141 Bobby Jackson 31 32 34 33 27 35 41 38 271
Michael Delucca 35 32 33 33 33 42 35 28 271
143 Joe Furr 33 32 30 37 41 34 34 31 272
James Mathers 38 34 31 33 29 38 36 33 272
Mark Hasty 29 35 38 34 32 36 34 34 272
146 Rex Thayer 35 31 33 39 39 35 34 29 275
Robert Tracey 33 33 36 37 34 36 34 32 275
Bill Walsh 32 35 40 36 29 33 35 35 275
149 Emmet Cox 32 31 38 37 37 30 39 32 276
150 Clayton Irwin 35 36 30 32 41 35 38 32 279
151 Bobb Zimmerman 38 31 35 36 32 36 33 39 280
152 Dennis Lucas 37 34 37 37 33 32 37 34 281
153 Charlene Minor 34 35 38 31 43 35 37 32 285
154 Randy Eberly 37 31 35 40 37 31 41 34 286
155 Donald Turner 35 41 39 35 29 45 33 36 293
156 Jimmy Arnold 40 33 37 36 43 36 39 46 310

 

Joe Shirey Wins the
1988 APA National Medal-Play Championship

Knoxville, TN --- July 2-3, 1988 - In the APA division, Joe Shirey's eight round score of 235, 53 under par held of a trio of challengers which included Scott Anderson, of Mechanicsville, Virginia; Kevin Lacey, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Bryan Boyd, of Bristol, Tennessee. All three gentlemen tied for 2nd, with an eight round score of 238, 50 under par.

In the novice division Harold Burch captured the title with a seven stroke victory over Jon Cheatham of Richmond, Virginia.

1988 APA National Championship

    Round   Expense
  Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Money
1 Joe Shirey 31 31 28 29 29 39 39 27 235 $ 50.00
2 Scott Anderson 26 30 27 32 28 29 31 35 238 $ 50.00
  Kevin Lacey 28 26 28 35 29 29 33 30 238 $ 50.00
  Bryan Boyd 29 29 30 29 31 32 31 27 238 $ 50.00
5 James Cruse 31 32 30 31 27 27 30 31 239 $ 50.00
6 Don Ferrell 32 31 25 29 33 30 33 31 244 $ 50.00
  Tom Morrison 38 28 27 32 28 28 33 30 244 $ 50.00
8 Brian Bergesen 35 29 28 30 29 31 32 31 245 $ 50.00
  Jimmy VanBuskirk 32 35 32 26 27 30 33 30 245 $ 50.00
10 Nathan Anderson 31 31 31 31 35 26 31 31 247 $ 25.00
  Jeff Brown 35 27 34 29 31 29 27 35 247 $ 25.00
12 Tony Davenport 30 34 29 32 29 31 30 33 248  
  Marty Handschuh 33 34 27 32 25 34 29 34 248  
  Mike Mills 32 34 32 30 27 32 32 29 248  
  David Lynch 26 35 27 41 28 29 32 30 248  
16 Todd Barfield 31 35 30 30 29 27 36 32 250  
  Allan Freese 33 32 30 34 29 31 32 29 250  
18 Michael Foster 33 34 30 30 24 39 31 30 251  
19 Kenneth Alexander 28 32 29 33 30 36 31 33 25  
  Billy Armstrong 34 32 31 34 32 28 35 26 252  
  Chris Conradi 31 34 34 33 30 33 28 29 252  
22 Robb Titchell 29 35 27 33 31 37 31 30 253  
23 Michael Marsh 33 34 31 29 36 28 35 28 254  
24 Steve Willmann 32 38 30 35 28 30 33 29 255  
25 Wayne Cheatham 38 30 31 31 32 33 32 29 256  
26 Wayne Hancock 33 36 27 29 29 33 38 32 257  
  Earl Chandler 34 31 31 31 33 30 34 33 257  
  Jim Russell 31 34 31 31 36 34 35 25 257  
29 Richie Godfrey 35 29 36 30 28 37 35 28 258  
30 R. J. Abadie 36 37 27 31 30 36 38 28 263  
  Rick Welke 35 32 33 31 33 37 29 33 263  
  Danny Hoel 36 35 33 31 31 30 33 34 263  
33 John Darst 34 34 32 33 28 37 38 28 264  
34 Michael Bell 35 34 28 31 34 36 34 33 265  
  David Gaither 30 32 33 33 37 31 33 36 265  
  Bryon Jordan 40 33 29 33 33 30 33 34 265  
37 C. T. Harper 33 35 36 32 35 31 34 30 266  
  Kevin Brown 40 33 32 36 36 31 27 31 266  
39 Karl Moe 34 33 37 32 30 34 35 33 268  
40 Richard Zack, Jr. 38 31 36 35 35 35 28 31 269  
41 Sterling Schiessler 37 34 32 35 28 42 31 31 270  
  Rich Handschuh 33 37 34 40 31 33 30 32 270  
43 Jeff Hoelscher 41 33 30 33 28 37 36 34 272  
44 Lynne Titchell 35 29 38 33 34 35 33 38 275  
  Hosey Murphree 36 39 37 32 35 36 30 30 275  
46 James Heikkinen 32 35 41 31 34 33 33 38 277  
  Rick Hassebrock 32 41 38 40 29 32 33 32 277  
48 Bobby Price 33 41 38 32 32 37 33 32 278  
49 David Shaw 37 34 36 38 37 33 39 28 282  
50 Luther Mooneyham 33 41 36 33 33 31 41 36 284  
51 Chuck Covert 39 28 32 33 37 40 41 35 285  
52 Aundria Reams 34 30 39 38 35 36 40 39 291  
53 Melbourn Williams 37 37 30 43 35 35 40 35 292  
  Rick Maitland 34 38 40 36 35 35 38 36 292