John Ventura Posts One-Stroke Victory in Middletown, OH Event
Middletown, OH - On what turned out to be a humid and rainy afternoon, John Ventura of Cincinnati held off Rich Gillooly for his first victory of the Great Lakes Region. John held the lead after the second round and after the beginning of the third round the heavens opened up. The tourney was held up for about 30 minutes while the water could be cleared from the course, John struggled to shoot a 31 his last round, making the last hole of the competition for him to win the match. Rich Gillooly, the hottest player on the Great Lakes tour presently, just missed his final hole to end up one stroke behind Ventura.
In the match play portion of the day, Kevin Lacey of Cincinnati, out gunned John Ventura in the finals to win his second match play tourney of the year. Using a hurried type tactic, Kevin took over after the first four holes and never looked back.
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Professional Scores from the 1999 Middletown, OH Event (27 June 1999)
Round Prize Players
1
2
3
Total
Money Points 1 John Ventura
28
27
31
86
$125.00 40 2 Rich Gillooly
28
29
30
87
$100.00 25 3 Dave Nutini
27
30
31
88
$60.00 14.25 Ken Hastings
28
31
29
88
$60.00 14.25 Jim Heikkinen
31
27
30
88
$60.00 14.25 Mike McCormack
32
29
27
88
$60.00 14.25 7 Paul Pastilong
27
29
33
89
$40.00 8 8 Mike O'Rourke
30
27
33
90
$20.00 5 Jim Cruse
30
30
30
90
$20.00 5 10 Kevin Lacey
30
30
31
91
2.5 Jim Philips
29
29
33
91
2.5 12 Jim Engel
28
33
31
92
2 13 Tom Butler
32
31
30
93
2 14 Paul Johns
31
31
32
94
2 Bruce Kaiser
30
32
32
94
2 Craig Williams
30
30
34
94
2 17 Gene Reams
31
31
33
95
2 Bill Baus
29
30
36
95
2 Scott Buddie
32
30
33
95
2 Roger Beckerman
31
30
34
95
2 21 Mark Hasty
30
31
35
96
2 Bill Thompson
30
32
34
96
2
Amateur Scores from the 1999 Middletown, OH Event (27 June 1999)