Beckerman Wins Orange Lake Open (8 September 1997)

Beckerman Kicks off the Week by Winning the 1997 Orange Lake Open

Orlando, FL - Leading off the week's events in our National Championships, the $2,000 Orange Lake Open was won by South Euclid, Ohio pro Roger Beckerman. This Regional Pro led the field wire-to-wire to shoot a 71, defeating 68 pros in the first tournament competition in the nationals week.

According to Beckerman, who had a disappointing year of tournament play ,"I wanted to have a strong game focus for this tournament." That strong game focus gave Beckerman the edge in an extremely competitive match. "I was surprised the scores were as low as they were tonight and that the competition was as fierce as it was." Beckerman's 3-round scores of 23, 25, 23 earned first place prize money of $300 and a regional spot in the Match Play Championship.

Beckerman, the 1996 Match Play Champion, won one of the first night-time tournaments held in the many years of PPA History. Buddy Taylor, PPA Hall of Famer, does remember the PPA holding national tournaments in the evenings back in 1965. The cooler temperatures certainly played into Beckerman's hands.

Robb Titchell, from Columbus, Ohio, earned the Amateur Putters Association title during the Monday night tournament and set the pace for the remainder of the week in APA competition.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Roger Beckerman	23	25	23	71	$300.00
2	David McCaslin	26	26	25	77	$143.75
	Gene Reams	26	25	26	77	$143.75
	Rainey Statum	23	26	28	77	$143.75
	Bart Bason	26	26	25	77	$143.75
6	Greg Ward	26	25	28	79	$100.00
7	Mike Brown	30	24	26	80	$91.00
	Rick Baird	27	29	24	80	$91.00
	Larry Simpson	24	29	27	80	$91.00
	Dave Taylor	28	27	25	80	$91.00
	Jeffrey Smith	29	23	28	80	$91.00
12	Manfred Stewart	25	30	26	81	$85.00
13	Brad Lebo	25	29	28	82	$79.00
	Danny McCaslin	25	29	28	82	$79.00
	Todd Barfield	29	27	26	82	$79.00
	Darrell Britt	26	28	28	82	$79.00
	Bob Davis	29	25	28	82	$79.00
18	Andy Coradini	24	30	29	83
	Kevin Lacey	27	28	28	83
	Dan Anders	28	28	27	83
	Peter Neumann	28	25	30	83
	Frank Warren	25	28	30	83
	Tim Jones	29	26	28	83
	Jim Heikkinen	28	30	25	83
25	Jay Klapper	28	27	29	84	`
	C.L. Jones	29	27	28	84
	David Lynch	29	25	30	84
	Bo Luthie	28	28	28	84
	Todd Fowler	27	28	29	84
	Chris Morrison	27	32	25	84
	Lee Messinger	27	28	29	84
32	Lewis Burton	26	32	27	85
	Paul Johns	27	28	30	85
	Bill Kirby, Jr.	29	28	28	85
	Randall Orr	26	30	29	85
	Don Parker	28	31	26	85
	Charlie Greenwalt	26	29	30	85
	Thomas Rawles	27	30	28	85
39	Randy Reeves	30	30	26	86
	Paul Pastilong	28	30	28	86
	Michael Hitt	30	26	30	86
	Robby Bryant	30	27	29	86
43	Bob Haizlip	31	29	27	87
	Jay Hadsell	27	26	34	87
	Alan Quinnelly	30	29	28	87
46	Tony Varnadore	28	26	34	88
	Jeff Garrison	27	31	30	88
48	Tony Jackson	28	30	31	89
	Buddy Taylor	30	28	31	89
	Matt McCaslin	25	32	32	89
51	Gary Hester	30	29	31	90
	Mark Hasty	29	30	31	90
	Jimmy Mott	29	29	32	90
54	Greg Roberts	26	30	35	91
	Barbara Mingo	30	31	30	91
	Jeff McDonald	30	31	30	91
	Bill Walsh	28	32	31	91
	Mike Culligan	34	30	27	91
59	Mike Damsky	31	30	31	92
	Angelo Korogianos	30	28	34	92
61	Rick Alessi	29	27	37	93
	David Barnett	32	28	33	93
	Bill Smith	29	33	31	93
64	Don Thompson	33	30	36	99
65	Alan Cox	32	33	35	100
66	Tim Huber	33	36	33	102

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Robb Titchell	24	31	28	83	$25.00
2	Clayton Craft	27	31	26	84	$25.00
3	Rodney Ashley	28	30	28	86	$25.00
	Enid Klapper	26	30	30	86	$25.00
5	William Glisson	32	28	27	87
6	Scott Buddie	27	31	31	89
	Dave Nutini	29	26	34	89
	Jeff Brown	31	29	29	89
9	Andy McCoy	34	29	29	92
10	Craig Smith	30	32	31	93
	Bill Hammons	31	32	30	93
12	Rusty Taylor	31	31	32	94
	Randy Shreve	33	29	32	94
14	Rick Rybaczek	28	35	32	95
15	Justin Taylor	32	34	35	101
16	Dom Perry	31	35	37	103