Tom Butler Wins 1990 Commissioner's Cup
Tom Butler accepts the 1990 Commissioner's Cup trophy from Joe Aboid, National Tournament Director.
Augusta, GA - Tom Butler of Erlanger, KY won the Pro Division of the 1990 PPA Commissioner's Cup Tournament. Butler completed the two day, six round event with a score of 169, 47 under par. 1988 Commissioner's Cup Champion, Greg Ward, finished in second place with a score of 172, 44 under par, while Peter Neumann of State College, PA took home third place honors with a score of 175, 41 under par.
Butler started the second day of competition two strokes behind first day leader Edgar Hollifield of Bostic, North Carolina, and trailing Greg Ward by 1 stroke. With Hollifield struggling during the second day of competition, Butler found himself four strokes down to Ward with two rounds remaining. Butler then fired a fifth round score of 25 to Ward's 29, to leave both putters tied for the lead at 37 under par heading into the final eighteen holes of play. Butler, playing one group and two holes ahead of Ward, aced the final hole for a final round score of 26, to shut out Ward whose final round score of 29 was good for second place.
In the APA division, Don Shepherd of Richmond, VA successfully defended his title with an eighteen hole playoff victory over Brad Lebo of Philadelphia, PA and Robby Bryant of Martinez, GA. Shepherd completed the six round tournament with a score of 179, in a tie with Brad Lebo and Robby Bryant to set up the eighteen hole playoff. In the playoff, Shepherd shot a 28, while Brad Lebo shot a 33 and Robby Bryant shot a 34.
In the Novice Division, Chris Day of Blythe, GA captured the title with a six round score of 202, 14 under par.
1990 Television Series
The PPA Home Office completed taping of the 1990 Television Shows April 26th in Augusta, Georgia. This year's Series will consist of three television shows, which were played under a Putt-Putt Skins Format. The Home Office would like to congratulate all participants on the prize money won during the competition. The prize money won is listed below for you review.
Player City, State Prize Money Jim Palisano Cheektowaga, NY $13,000 Matt Quinn Ft. Worth, TX $9,000 Chris Conradi Dallas, TX $9,000 Dean Dwiggins Greensboro, NC $8,000 Bobby Ward Augusta, GA $7,000 Todd Barfield Fort Mill, SC $3,000 Randy Reeves Montgomery, AL $2,000 Vince Batten Richmond, VA $2,000 Steve Haeseker Vandalia, OH $1,000 We encourage you to participate in your local Putt-Putt Golf Course tournaments in an attempt to qualify for your place in the 1991 Television Series to have a chance to win your portion of the $54,000 in prize money available! If your golf course does not have a tournament program associated with the Putt-Putt Skins Tournament Contest, we encourage you to contact you local Course Owner.
Thanks You ... Thank You ... Thank You ... Thank You!!!
On behalf of all members of The Professional Putters Association the Home Office staff would like to extend it's most sincere appreciation to Mark & Liz Ross, General Managers of the Augusta, Georgia #2 Putt-Putt Golf Course facility and their entire management team for the courtesy and hospitality given to each member of the PPA and the Home Office staff during the week of the 1990 TV Series taping and Commissioner's Cup Tournament.
Television Series VCR Tapes
Several members of The Professional Putters Association have expressed an interest in obtaining a VHS copy of the 1990 Putt-Putt Skins Series. If you would like to order a copy for your PERSONAL USE ONLY, they will be available for the next 30 days at a cost of $75.00. The tape will be 90 minutes and will contain all three 1990 Skins Shows. It will be dubbed directly from the VCR at the time of the TV Broadcast. If you would like to order the 1990 Putt-Putt Skins Series, please send a check in the amount of $75.00 made payable to The Professional Putters Association, P.O. Box 35237, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28303, Attention: Joe Aboid. This low price is available due to mass dubbing and will not be available after June 15, 1990, the cost will increase to $90.00 per set.
1990 National Championships - Columbus, Ohio
We hope that you are making plans to attend the 1990 National Championship Tournament in Columbus, Ohio June 26th through July 1st. Information and pre-entry forms will be sent shortly to all members of The Professional Putters Association with regards to this tournament. Included in this information will be recommended hotels for your stay in Columbus, as well as a Schedule of Events for the Week of the National Championship Tournaments. Upon receipt of the information, we encourage you to make your hotel reservations early!
Professional Scores from the 1990 Commissioner's Cup
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money 1 Tom Butler 29 31 28 30 25 26 169 $ 1,500.00 2 Greg Ward 27 30 30 27 29 29 172 $ 800.00 3 Peter Neumann 31 29 31 27 29 28 175 $ 650.00 4 Jim Borchelt 28 30 35 27 28 29 177 $ 500.00 Danny McCaslin 34 30 29 29 27 28 177 $ 500.00 6 Steve Haeseker 31 30 32 27 32 27 179 $ 387.50 Darrell Anderson 31 29 29 31 28 31 179 $ 387.50 8 Roger Beckerman 30 31 31 28 33 28 181 $ 337.50 Bobby Ward 30 32 29 29 34 27 181 $ 337.50 10 Rod Miller 33 32 31 28 28 30 182 $ 280.00 Ron Frederick 31 30 32 29 29 31 182 $ 280.00 Mark Ross 29 31 31 33 26 32 182 $ 280.00 13 Mike Culligan 35 32 32 27 29 28 183 $ 212.50 Bill Smith 30 33 31 31 31 27 183 $ 212.50 Ray Miller 28 32 33 31 31 28 183 $ 212.50 Chuck Dibbs 33 31 33 30 29 27 183 $ 212.50 17 Mike Flavin 31 27 32 30 28 36 184 $ 170.00 Jim Christina 35 33 29 31 29 27 184 $ 170.00 Edgar Hollifield 31 27 28 31 35 32 184 $ 170.00 20 Chris Belcher 28 33 31 31 30 32 185 $ 145.00 Todd Barfield 29 36 30 34 26 30 185 $ 145.00 22 Randy Orr 36 31 33 26 30 30 186 $ 112.00 Mark Rainey 29 31 29 32 34 31 186 $ 112.00 Andy Coradini 30 34 29 33 30 30 186 $ 112.00 Bobby Jones 32 30 30 34 32 28 186 $ 112.00 Lewis Burton 32 34 35 29 27 29 186 $ 112.00 27 Phil Brantley 30 32 29 30 32 34 187 $ 75.00 Dean Dwiggins 29 34 29 32 33 30 187 $ 75.00 Fred Kerth 30 32 32 32 29 32 187 $ 75.00 Larry Simpson 31 26 36 33 29 32 187 $ 75.00 Rob Poston Jr. 28 30 35 34 31 29 187 $ 75.00 32 Danny Dore 31 37 29 31 31 29 188 $ 75.00 Mike Brown 32 31 30 36 29 30 188 $ 75.00 Jim Palisano 29 33 35 33 33 25 188 $ 75.00 Terrell Zar 33 35 32 31 30 27 188 $ 75.00 36 Randy Reeves 33 34 32 32 30 28 189 $ 75.00 George Storey 33 32 28 34 29 31 189 $ 75.00 Paul Johns 32 36 29 28 30 34 189 $ 75.00 Robert Ward 30 31 26 36 32 34 189 $ 75.00 Phil Conlan 30 35 33 27 31 33 189 $ 75.00 41 Larry Smith 33 32 30 30 34 31 190 $ 75.00 John McCabe 33 29 30 35 30 33 190 $ 75.00 Jimmy Mott 31 31 34 30 30 34 190 $ 75.00 44 Bill Kirby 31 32 31 33 32 32 191 $ 75.00 Gene Reams 28 36 31 35 32 29 191 $ 75.00 46 Doug Young 28 32 34 31 32 35 192 Dan Kuzdzal 32 32 33 34 30 31 192 Chris Conradi 33 31 30 35 32 31 192 Randall Willett 30 32 32 34 34 30 192 Tom Hollifield 36 31 33 32 31 29 192 Frank Warren 35 32 34 30 32 29 192 Allen Wall 34 36 31 28 32 31 192 Tim Ellington 34 33 31 27 28 39 192 Jay Essary 32 33 35 27 33 32 192 Enid Klapper 32 37 33 30 29 31 192 56 Darryl Posey 37 27 34 35 26 34 193 John Wright 41 28 31 30 31 32 193 Gary Benfield 31 32 34 31 33 32 193 59 Roger Earnhart 32 35 30 34 30 33 194 Richard Zack 34 32 34 31 30 33 194 Don Nicholas 31 31 26 37 29 40 194 Robert Johnson 33 32 32 31 33 33 194 63 Gilbert Sharpe 33 35 33 30 34 30 195 Rob Smarzik 36 35 31 30 35 28 195 65 Gary English 37 32 32 31 33 31 196 Stan Seethoff 33 33 35 28 35 32 196 67 Paul Pastilong 28 35 33 35 31 35 197 Bruce Kaiser 34 30 36 32 32 33 197 Buzz Adams 31 33 28 41 29 35 197 Gerald Campbell 29 35 31 37 34 31 197 Kelly Morris 35 35 35 26 34 32 197 72 Judy Ward 34 29 35 36 35 30 199 73 Jay Klapper 34 35 31 32 32 36 200 74 John Napoli 33 33 33 35 31 36 201 Rex Thayer 34 37 31 34 31 34 201 76 Terry Phillips 32 32 34 38 35 31 202 Bob Haizlip 33 32 33 33 34 37 202 78 Richard Tillotson 39 34 38 30 29 33 203 Tony Cameron 34 38 31 37 34 29 203 Ron Meardy 30 38 32 31 37 35 203 81 Ed Grajewski Jr. 34 34 35 32 35 34 204 James Pemberton 31 36 32 32 34 39 204 Manfred Stewart 34 44 30 29 31 36 204 84 Jimmy Clark 41 34 34 36 33 28 206 85 Tarron Coalson 34 43 32 32 30 36 207 Mike White 35 35 33 33 31 40 207 Byron Yee 33 34 35 42 30 33 207 88 Mike Chatman 34 32 33 33 36 41 209 89 Dan Shaw 32 33 34 40 36 35 210 90 Wayne Fraley 37 30 33 41 34 40 215 91 Jay Ryan 37 38 40 29 32 41 217 92 Darrell Britt 44 28 39 40 36 35 222 93 Mark Hasty 43 44 35 39 36 43 240
Amateur Scores from the 1990 Commissioner's Cup
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money 1 Don Shepherd 27 30 31 32 28 31 179 $25.00 2 Brad Lebo 32 33 30 32 27 25 179 $25.00 Robby Bryant 31 31 28 31 27 31 179 $25.00 4 Tony Davenport 34 27 32 32 33 26 184 $25.00 5 Kevin Lacey 31 35 29 30 29 34 188 $12.50 Charles Breunig 33 34 29 32 31 29 188 $12.50 7 Don Ferrell 31 31 32 34 32 30 190 8 Michael Foster 31 39 31 30 28 32 191 Wayne Hancock 35 30 34 29 32 31 191 10 Matt Quinn 31 34 32 34 30 32 193 11 Jeff Chambers 34 34 31 32 30 33 194 12 David Davis 29 30 33 36 34 33 195 13 R. J. Abadie 30 32 35 29 35 35 196 14 Jeff Brown 29 36 32 37 32 32 198 15 Dwain Willett 32 36 34 29 32 36 199 Adam Smith 30 32 33 36 35 33 199 Howard McGahee 32 37 34 36 27 33 199 18 Bo Debruin 36 33 33 31 32 36 201 19 Sherry Anderson 31 36 34 36 36 31 204 Rick Maitland 38 37 33 29 36 31 204 21 Rodney Ashley 33 39 31 32 37 34 206 22 Byron Davis 30 36 34 41 34 33 208 23 Ricky Haas 36 36 40 39 33 28 212 H. Murphree, Jr. 40 3 38 38 30 33 212 25 Kenny Roper 40 32 34 42 36 35 219 26 Robert Lewis 41 37 45 32 36 41 232 27 Barbara Mingo 35 43 36 40 28 38 236
Novice Scores from the 1990 Commissioner's Cup
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | |
| 1 | Chris Gay | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 33 | 202 |
| 2 | William Glisson | 31 | 33 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 206 |
| 3 | Paul Carroll | 32 | 41 | 36 | 43 | 32 | 35 | 219 |
| 4 | Jon Reichard | 36 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 36 | 38 | 237 |
| 5 | Alan Simpson | 43 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 41 | 243 |