John Ventura Posts Three Stroke Victory on Great Lakes Tour at Refugee Road Course
Columbus, OH - 25 July 1999 - John Ventura, leading by two-strokes entering the final round, posted a 25, 11-under par, for a three-stroke victory in the Great Lakes Tour event at the Refugee Road Putt-Putt Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio. Ventura's three round total of 82, 26-under par, gave him the victory over Mike McCormack and Rod Miller who put on final round charges with rounds of 26 and 25 respectively to end up tied for second. The win was John Ventura's second of 1999 on the Great Lakes Tour and earned him the top prize of $205 for his victory. Ventura other win of 1999 was at the Great Lakes Tour event in Middletown, Ohio when Ventura posted a slim one-stroke victory over Rich Gillooly.
In the amateur division, John Kropinak also used a final round of 25, 11-under par, to post his victory. Kropinak's total of 84, 24-under par, was good enough for a five stroke victory over Robb Titchell who finished in second at 89, 19-under par.
The Great Lakes Tour is next in action on July 31st and August 1st at the Newark, Ohio Putt-Putt Golf Course.
Professional Scores from the Refugee Road Course Event on the Great Lakes Tour (25 July 1999)
Round Player 1 2 3 Total Points
Prize Money
Spot(s)
1 John Ventura
27 30 25 82
80.00
$ 205.00
2 Mike McCormack
28 31 26 85
46.00
$ 125.00
Medal
Rod Miller
29 31 25 85
41.00
$ 125.00
4 Jim Palisano
27 32 28 87
30.00
$ 90.00
5 Mike O'Rourke
32 30 27 89
24.50
$ 65.00
Craig Williams
30 30 29 89
24.50
$ 65.00
7 Jim Cruse
29 32 29 90
24.00
$ 60.00
Gene Reams
30 31 29 90
19.00
$ 60.00
9 Paul Johns
33 31 28 92
21.00
$ 55.00
10 Ken Hastings
33 30 30 93
14.50
$ -
Paul Pastilong
31 32 30 93
44.50
$ 60.00
Match
12 Rich Gillooly
32 35 27 94
24.00
$ 15.00
John Napoli
31 29 34 94
19.00
$ -
Dave Nutini
28 38 28 94
14.00
$ -
16 Jay Hadsell
29 30 36 95
14.00
$ -
Jim Heikkinen
32 35 28 95
24.00
$ 15.00
18 Bruce Kaiser
30 34 32 96
4.00
$ -
19 Jim Phillips
30 31 36 97
4.00
$ -
20 Jim Engel
29 35 35 99
4.00
$ -
Tim Greenert
34 30 35 99
4.00
$ -
22 Mark Hasty
36 30 34 100
4.00
$ -
Jim Payne
36 34 30 100
4.00
$ -
24 Barb Mingo
35 36 36 107
4.00
$ -
Amateur Scores from the Refugee Road Course Event on the Great Lakes Tour (25 July 1999)
Round Player 1 2 3 Total Prize Money
1 John Kropinak
28 31 25 84
$25.00
2 Robb Titchell
31 32 26 89
$25.00
3 Mike Bell
30 29 32 91
$16.67
Andy McCoy
33 28 30 91
$16.67
Mike Conklin 29 30 32 91
$16.67
6 Don Ferrell 32 31 34 97
Jeff Brown 34 33 30 97 John Darst 32 33 32 97 9 Karl Moe 35 33 32 100 10 Bill Combs 37 33 33 103 11 John Kent 38 31 37 106