The Week of the Nationals 1990

The Week of the Nationals 1990

Dear Fellow Putter:

On behalf of the PPA Home Office, I want to thank all of you who participated in the tournaments and events during the week of the 1990 National Championships. The "Week of the Nationals" included the crowning of new Match-Play and National Champions, as well as ceremonies inducting our two 1990 Hall of Fame members. Listed below is a recap of the Week's events.

Columbus Open - June 26, 1990

Alan Quinnelly of Atlanta, Georgia defeated Steve Haeseker from Vandalia, Ohio in an eighteen hole playoff to capture the first of the $2,000 tournaments held during the "Week of the Nationals". Quinnelly's final round of 27 picked up two strokes on Haeseker and left both men tied with a three round score of 79. In the ensuing playoff Quinnelly defeated his opponent by two strokes to capture the title. These two men led a field of seventy-nine (79) Pros in the event.

In the Amateur Division, local favorite Don Ferrell also needed an eighteen-hole playoff to defeat Greg Newport of Greensboro, North Carolina and capture his Columbus Open title. Ferrell and Newport tied after 54 holes with an 87 or 21 under par. Ferrell outdistanced his opponent by two strokes in the playoff to capture the title. Ferrell and Newport led a field of thirty-five (35) Amateurs in this event.

Columbus Open - June 27, 1990

A hot and humid day greeted the putters for the second $2,000 Columbus Open competition. In the Pro Division, Peter Neumann of State College, Pennsylvania captured the title with a 54-hole total of 78, 30 under par. Neumann bested his two closest rivals, Robert Johnson of Taylor, South Carolina and Danny Berendt of North Olmsted, Ohio, by two strokes to capture the $300 first place prize. Neumann is the State Chairman of the Great Lakes Tournament Program.

In the Amateur field, Dom Perry of Youngstown, Ohio led a field of 38 Amateurs to capture the first place prize in the APA division. Perry's three-round score of 89, 19 under par, outdistanced Tom Morrison of Franklin, Tennessee and Matt Moore of Houston, Texas by one stroke.

PPA Match-Play Classic

Ray Miller of Columbus, Ohio captured the 1990 PPA Match-Play Classic title in the Pro Division with a 3-2 victory over Tom Butler of Erlanger, Kentucky. Miller's victory was the second major title he has won, previously capturing the 1987 National Championship title. Both Miller and Butler dominated their opponents throughout the day's competition. Miller's victory was certainly well earned, along the way defeating 1985 Player of the Year Bill Kirby, 1985 TV Series Champion Mark Portugal, 1987 Player of the Year and Commissioner's Cup Champion Greg Ward, and of course defeating Butler, the current Commissioner's Cup Champion.

In the Amateur Division, Wayne Hancock of High Point, North Carolina won the APA Match-Play Classic Title by defeating Matt Quinn of Dallas, Texas in the final match. Hancock's 8-7 victory over Quinn gave him his first National title in his nineteen years of playing Putt-Putt Golf.

In the Novice Division, Darrin Redick of Columbus, Ohio captured the title with a one up victory over Kirk Morgan.

Hall of Fame Banquet

More than one hundred ninety (190) people attended the 1990 PPA Hall of Fame Awards Banquet at the Stouffer Dublin Hotel on Friday, June 29th. They were there to recognize and honor the careers of 1990 PPA Hall of Fame Inductees Wilbur Hildebrand and Ray Browning. Hildebrand, who became the eighth person inducted into the Hall of Fame, gave credit to the success that he has in Putt-Putt Golf to the fact that he began as a PPA member. "All of the successes that I have had in this business are a direct result of my participation in PPA tournaments, and being a PPA Player. I would not have fallen in love with the game or the people, and would have perhaps chosen another field in which to earn a living."

Joann Browning, widow of former National Champion Ray Browning, posthumously inducted as the ninth person into the PPA Hall of Fame, was in attendance to receive the award on Ray's behalf. Joann eloquently thanked all of Ray's friends present at the banquet, along with all of his friends who have since stopped playing the game that Ray so dearly loved.

Before the presentation of the plaques to Hildebrand and Browning, a video tape was shown titled "1990 PPA Memories." This twelve (12) minute film gives tribute to the careers of both inductees. This tape will again be made available to those persons interested in making a tax deductible contribution to the Hall of Fame. A minimum donation of $20.00 is required to receive a copy of the Hall of Fame tape.

1990 PPA Awards

The 1990 PPA Home Office would like to congratulate the following people for the awards they received at the Hall of Fame Awards Banquet.

APA Sportsmanship Award	Rick Maitland	Richmond, VA
PPA Sportsmanship Award	Gary English	Atlanta, GA
Tracy Moore Stroke Average (28.40 stroke average)	Greg Ward	Norcross, GA
APA Player of the Year	Matt Quinn	Forth Worth, TX
PPA Player of the Year	Tom Butler	Erlanger, KY

Frederick Named Putter of the Decade

Ron Frederick, currently living in Chandler, Arizona, was named the recipient of the 1980's Putter of the Decade of the Professional Putters Association. Frederick joins Vance Randall, and Dick and Evelyn Florin as those players recognized by their peers as the outstanding putters in their respective decades.

Frederick's award was presented at the annual PPA Hall of Fame Dinner/Banquet. Some of the titles held by Frederick in the 1980's include:

1980	Northwest Ohio Putter of the Year
1980	Runner-Up, Midwestern Open
1982	PPA Putter of the Year
1982	National Match-Play Winner
1983	TV Series Participant, 3-0 record winning $22,000
1983	National Match-Play Champion
1988	TV Series Participant, winning $8,000
1988	National Medal-Play Champion
Lifetime Money Winnings: $51,836.66

Also nominated for this award were Mark Coup, Jeff Estep, Ed Haggerty, and Alan Quinnelly. In his acceptance speech, Frederick stated that this award could have been won by anyone of the nominees, and accepted the award on all their behalves.

Haeseker Wins 1990 National Medal-Play Championship

Fourteen year Pro Steve Haeseker displayed the patience of a veteran to capture the 1990 National Championship title in the Pro Division. Haeseker, who had a three shot lead going into the final round, held off strong challenges from former National Champions Jeff Estep of Dayton, Ohio and Alan Quinnelly of Atlanta, Georgia. Estep, playing two groups ahead of Haeseker, aced the final two holes to become the leader in the clubhouse at 53 under par. Quinnelly, playing one group in front of Haeseker, also aced the treacherous seventeenth hole to become the leader in the clubhouse at 54 under par. Haeseker, 54 under par after fifteen holes of the final round, save par on sixteen and seventeen, and then came to the eighteenth hold of the final round, tied with Quinnelly.

Anxiously waiting his turn while his playing partners, Paul Johns and Mike McCormack (both of Columbus, Ohio) completed their tournament, Haeseker, a contestant in the 1990 Television Series, and the leader after the first day's competition, calmly stroked his final putt of the tournament into the bottom of the cup for an ace and a dramatic one stroke victory over Alan Quinnelly. "The week started with a playoff with Alan," said Haeseker, "and I was bound and determined not to end the tournament the same way." Haeseker works at the Dayton, Ohio Putt-Putt Golf Course located approximately ninety miles from the site of this tournament.

In the APA Division, Jim Russell of North Olmsted, Ohio also used an ace on the 108th and final hole to capture the APA division of the National Championship with a one stroke victory over Scott Searcy of Hampton, Virginia and Jim Van Buskirk of Midwest City, Oklahoma. Heading into the final hole, all three gentleman were tied for the lead when Buskirk shooting first, pared the eighteenth hole. Russell then followed with an ace and then watched in anticipation as Scott Searcy lined up for his final putt of the tournament. When Searcy pared the final hole, that gave Russell the APA National Championship title. In the playoff to determine who received the runner-up trophy in the APA Division, Searcy defeated Buskirk in a two-hole sudden death playoff.

In the Novice Division, Neal Toepfer of Columbus, Ohio won the Novice Division with a six round score of 193. Toepfer's score outdistanced second place finisher William Anderson of Indianapolis, Indiana by five strokes.

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

On behalf of The Professional Putters Association, the Home Office Staff would like to extend it's most sincere appreciation to Marc Catalfina, General Manager of the Columbus, Ohio course and his entire management team for the courtesy and hospitality given to the PPA and the Home Office Staff during the Week of the 1990 Nationals.

Congratulations on a job well done!!

		Round							Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money
1	Steve Haeseker	26	26	25	25	30	29	161	$ 2,500.00
2	Alan Quinnelly	24	29	30	25	27	27	162	$ 1,000.00
3	Jeff Estep	30	28	27	28	23	27	163	$ 750.00
4	Paul Johns	27	24	27	31	29	29	167	$ 600.00
5	Tom Butler	29	30	26	26	34	23	168	$ 500.00
6	Ray Miller	28	31	30	31	27	23	170	$ 458.33
	Jay Klapper	28	31	26	27	27	31	170	$ 458.33
	Mike McCormack	28	26	27	31	31	27	170	$ 458.33
9	Bill Kirby	33	29	27	25	28	29	171	$ 370.00
	Greg Ward	28	29	30	26	27	31	171	$ 370.00
11	Jim Christina	28	31	30	31	25	27	172	$ 287.50
	Dave Taylor	32	26	28	31	28	27	172	$ 287.50
	Jimmy Mott	27	33	31	23	28	30	172	$ 287.50
	Paul Schlossman	25	31	31	27	27	31	172	$ 287.50
15	George Storey	29	28	30	31	28	27	173	$ 212.50
	Fred Kerth	25	30	30	27	29	32	173	$ 212.50
17	Randy Reeves	27	29	29	30	29	30	174	$ 200.00
	Marc Portugal	26	27	31	32	31	27	174	$ 200.00
	Dan Berendt	29	38	24	26	30	27	174	$ 200.00
	Dean Dwiggins	26	28	32	29	30	29	174	$ 200.00
	Phil Conlan	33	30	28	30	26	27	174	$ 200.00
	John Napoli	28	32	28	29	30	27	174	$ 200.00
23	Greg Truly	29	27	30	27	30	32	175	$ 200.00
	Chad Greer	30	25	27	28	27	38	175	$ 200.00
25	Buddy Taylor	29	32	27	25	32	31	176	$ 185.00
	Todd Barfield	29	27	29	29	29	33	176	$ 185.00
	Danny McCaslin	28	31	26	30	30	31	176	$ 185.00
	Kelly Morris	28	24	32	29	30	33	176	$ 185.00
	Mike Brown	29	29	28	32	29	29	176	$ 185.00
30	Rod Miller	30	32	30	26	26	33	177	$ 158.75
	Paul Grider	24	28	30	28	36	31	177	$ 158.75
	Bobby Ward	27	32	27	26	30	35	177	$ 158.75
	Mike Pearson	29	27	30	31	31	29	177	$ 158.75
34	Jim Palisano	30	33	28	30	27	30	178	$ 150.00
35	Ron Frederick	28	31	28	29	32	31	179	$ 150.00
	Roland Block	28	32	31	29	29	30	179	$ 150.00
	Mark Hankins	31	29	33	27	27	32	179	$ 150.00
	Dave Anderson	30	30	32	30	29	28	179	$ 150.00
39	Charlie Greenwalt	30	31	30	27	33	29	180	$ 137.50
	Rainey Statum	30	28	34	29	27	32	180	$ 137.50
	David Hearon	25	28	33	29	31	34	180	$ 137.50
	Randy Orr	29	31	29	28	30	33	180	$ 137.50
43	Lewis Burton	31	28	33	29	22	38	181	$ 125.00
	Bruce Kaiser	27	32	28	35	32	27	181	$ 125.00
	Terry Phillips	30	29	27	29	34	32	181	$ 125.00
	Rick Alessi	30	31	27	29	30	34	181	$ 125.00
	Mark Gasche	28	29	27	28	31	38	181	$ 125.00
48	Cliff Matthews	30	27	36	31	27	31	182	$ 112.50
	Don Parker	31	29	30	30	30	32	182	$ 112.50
	Paul Pastilong	31	29	34	27	32	29	182	$ 112.50
	Joe Shirey	27	29	29	33	30	34	182	$ 112.50
	Richard Zack	32	29	30	32	31	28	182	$ 112.50
	Earl Brabb	32	27	30	31	29	33	182	$ 112.50
54	Brian Johnson	30	32	29	35	25	32	183	$ 100.00
	Dave Jones	28	30	29	30	31	35	183	$ 100.00
56	Bobby Kirby	32	27	27	30	35	33	184	$ 100.00
	Mark Coup	32	36	33	31	26	26	184	$ 100.00
	Steve Guyton	30	30	30	34	28	32	184	$ 100.00
	Joel Baker	32	31	29	28	28	36	184	$ 100.00
60	Richard Schnelle	32	28	29	36	30	30	185	$ 100.00
	Randal Smith	28	34	28	35	31	29	185	$ 100.00
	Gary English	29	32	30	29	34	31	185	$ 100.00
	Ken Summers	25	32	32	30	33	33	185	$ 100.00
64	Robert Johnson	29	31	31	32	30	33	186	$ 100.00
	Danny Dore	30	33	31	33	28	31	186	$ 100.00
	Roger Beckerman	32	28	29	35	28	34	186	$ 100.00
	Art Diamond	30	28	33	34	31	30	186	$ 100.00
	Gene Reams	36	32	33	25	28	32	186	$ 100.00
	Jay Essary	31	30	27	34	31	33	186	$ 100.00
	Todd Bare	31	25	33	28	29	40	186	$ 100.00
	Tom Spiker	34	31	28	29	32	32	186	$ 100.00
	Peter Neumann	31	30	30	29	30	36	186	$ 100.00
73	Ken Moore	28	31	31	34	26	37	187	$ 100.00
	Ed Bozzacco	30	33	34	27	29	34	187	$ 100.00
75	Mike Damsky	33	28	30	31	32	34	188	$ 100.00
	Jay Ryan	30	31	31	28	35	33	188	$ 100.00
	Jay Strutton	29	30	31	31	35	32	188	$ 100.00
	Shawn Gilliland	31	33	31	31	33	29	188	$ 100.00
	Lance Purdue	34	30	31	32	27	34	188	$ 100.00
	Mike Kresge	32	33	30	30	29	34	188	$ 100.00
81	Andy Coradini	28	34	34	32	32	29	189	$ 100.00
	Jim Borchelt	30	35	30	31	32	31	189	$ 100.00
	Don Nicholas	32	27	36	27	34	33	189	$ 100.00
	Bill Smith	34	35	33	30	29	28	189	$ 100.00
	Brian Holcomb	29	28	29	32	34	37	189	$ 100.00
	Tony Looney	33	33	34	27	29	33	189	$ 100.00
87	Jay Davidson	28	33	38	29	31	31	190	$ 100.00
88	Mark Rainey	29	32	34	31	31	34	191	$ 100.00
	Todd Viau	29	36	28	32	35	31	191	$ 100.00
	Keith Steffen	35	29	31	33	32	31	191	$ 100.00
	Marc Cutting	32	31	35	31	33	29	191	$ 100.00
	Larry Rohe	29	34	33	29	34	32	191	$ 100.00
93	Nick Gill	30	37	28	33	30	34	192	$ 100.00
	Richard Montrois	34	30	33	32	31	32	192	$ 100.00
	Robert Carey	27	32	34	32	31	36	192	$ 100.00
	Brent Butler	31	32	32	32	34	31	192	$ 100.00
	Roger Earnhart	30	32	35	32	33	30	192	$ 100.00
98	Al Simpson	29	29	31	31	40	33	193	$ 100.00
	Andrew Battisti	31	33	33	32	33	31	193	$ 100.00
	Dean Felkins	33	33	33	29	30	35	193	$ 100.00
101	Mike Chatman	32	34	31	35	30	32	194
	Dan Kuzdzal	31	31	36	30	32	34	194
	Brian Blair	34	36	30	28	30	36	194
	Robert Walker	31	30	32	33	34	34	194
	Scott Searcy	33	30	35	31	35	30	194
	Robert Ward	31	36	31	32	31	33	194
	Mike Culligan	26	37	34	30	34	33	194
108	David Powell	30	33	34	34	31	33	195
	Angelo Korogianos	30	34	32	32	34	33	195
	Vince Ellis	32	31	33	34	29	36	195
	Matt McCaslin	32	34	33	36	30	30	195
112	Judy Ward	35	32	28	32	34	35	196
	William Barry	35	33	30	31	32	35	196
114	Enid Klapper	33	34	29	32	38	31	197
115	Kevin Marshaus	35	27	34	35	33	34	198
	Randall Willett	31	36	39	28	32	32	198
	Harry Sikes	28	35	33	35	33	34	198
118	Richard Blair	30	35	35	35	33	31	199
119	Ed Rohe	31	37	32	31	35	34	200
120	Vic Robertson	32	33	30	38	35	33	201
121	Glenwood Arrington	35	33	32	36	33	33	202
122	Chuck Dagonese	34	30	31	32	34	43	204
123	Charles Simpson	28	35	33	35	35	39	205
124	Shane Boggs	29	34	36	27	41	39	206
125	Bill Wahls	35	35	36	37	34	30	207
	Tony Cameron	36	41	32	32	34	32	207
127	Mark Hasty	34	39	38	28	37	33	209
128	Howell Smith	36	42	40	39	37	36	230

		Round
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Jim Russell	27	29	30	29	28	28	171
2	Scott Causby	28	29	30	26	30	29	172
	Jimmy Van Buskirk	24	32	31	27	30	28	172
4	Tom Morrison	26	34	30	30	26	27	173
5	Michael Marsh	32	32	30	25	29	28	176
6	Don Ferrell	29	31	29	31	28	29	177
7	Greg Newport	33	28	29	29	31	29	179
8	Tony Davenport	29	30	33	27	32	29	180
	Bryan Boyd	32	31	32	29	28	28	180
10	Scott Buddie	30	25	34	30	31	31	181
11	Bryan Guy	30	33	30	29	33	27	182
12	Michael Bell	28	33	34	30	29	30	184
	Matt Quinn	29	29	34	34	26	32	184
	Jim Cruse	35	34	29	31	28	27	184
	Ron Killian	30	31	30	34	28	31	184
	Kim Brabb	31	25	32	33	31	32	184
	Michael Lampinen	27	36	32	27	30	32	184
	Richie Godfrey	24	30	40	29	33	28	184
19	Wayne Hancock	30	33	34	29	29	30	185
20	Jeff Brown	34	31	27	33	29	32	186
21	Billy Pizzaro	31	28	34	28	35	31	187
	Rodney Ashley	32	30	32	29	33	31	187
23	Kenn Everett	28	30	32	30	36	32	188
	Rob Titchell	34	23	39	29	33	30	188
	Harold Birch	32	29	35	28	33	31	188
	Kevin Lacey	31	30	32	33	33	29	188
27	Rick Welke	32	30	31	31	32	33	189
	Chris Breedlove	32	32	32	29	34	30	189
29	Brad Lebo	29	34	29	33	35	31	191
	Stewart Mills	32	32	31	31	32	33	191
	Ron Nelson	29	37	34	29	32	30	191
32	Kevin Bruno	30	32	27	33	33	37	192
	Dan Switzer	31	32	30	35	32	32	192
	Daniel Wales	29	28	35	31	33	36	192
35	Daniel Hoel	29	34	32	34	32	33	194
	Carl Moe	27	39	32	37	30	29	194
37	Joshua Anderson	34	34	34	28	31	34	195
	Adam Rumsey	31	35	30	30	35	34	195
	David Abshire	30	31	34	34	32	34	195
	Mike Anderson	31	33	31	30	38	32	195
41	Bert Ferguson	30	40	27	36	29	34	196
42	Alan Freese	35	33	32	34	31	32	197
	Dom Perry	29	36	30	33	33	36	197
	William Ralph	31	35	29	34	33	35	197
45	Rick Hassebrock	30	32	36	34	32	34	198
	Brian Fridley	32	34	35	36	31	30	198
47	Chuck Nance	30	32	30	32	37	38	199
	Patrick King	31	40	29	30	32	37	199
	John Fleming	33	35	34	34	31	32	199
50	Matt Moore	32	36	32	35	34	31	200
51	William Glisson	31	38	4	31	31	36	201
52	Jeff Butler	28	37	31	39	34	33	202
	David Shaw	36	39	36	29	30	32	202
	Brian Higgins	34	33	33	36	31	35	202
55	George Motts	29	36	37	32	38	31	203
56	James Kyle	37	31	42	32	28	34	204
	James Heikkinen	31	38	37	32	35	31	204
58	Jeff Hearon	31	37	31	30	37	39	205
59	Brian Hook	33	37	33	35	32	37	207
60	John Wells	37	39	36	32	32	32	208
61	Brian McLaughlin	35	37	33	34	34	37	210
62	Charlie Adcock	32	32	39	35	39	37	214
63	Barbara Mingo	35	32	35	38	39	38	217
	James Shaia	38	38	30	38	36	37	217
65	Andrea Reams	31	28	42	33	41	44	219
	Steven Fehlhaber	34	42	37	34	37	35	219
67	Brad Young	34	41	36	34	38	37	220
68	Rick Maitland	31	36	40	39	39	41	226
69	Jeff Woerner	36	58	38	35	47	39	253

	Player	City	State	Total
1	Neil Toepfer	Columbus	OH	193
2	William Hammons	Indianpolis	IN	198
3	Kirk Morgan	Lake Charles	LA	204
4	Jackie Coyer	Columbus	OH	208
5	Greg Higgins	Columbus	OH	209
	Darrin Redick	Columbus	OH	209
7	Connie Howard	Columbus	OH	221
8	Shawn Lampinen	Columbus	OH	230
9	Mark Euber	Columbus	OH	234
10	Pat Falcon	Rochester	NY	237
11	Donna Smith	Eden	NC	242
12	Barbara Nance	Brown Summit	NC	245
13	Dwight Plum	Cincinnati	OH	292