27 May 2000 - Charleston, WV - A very raining day was in the forecast for the afternoon of putting and during the early part of the 3rd round the flood gates opened. The forecast was for rain all day onKevin Lacey Wins Rain Shortened Event in Charleston, WV
Saturday, but the rain held off until the 3rd round and that made Kevin Lacey the winner. Kevin was making his first start in 2000 and he made it a good one. Winning the rain shortened Great Lakes Open on Saturday. Kevin fired rounds of 27 and 30 to defeat former National Champion Jeff Estep by 2 strokes. The rain forced the match play to be cancelled and the spot to be given away at the Great Lakes Finals in September.
In the amateur division, local Terry Sanner won the rain shorten tournament firing rounds of 34 and 27 for a score of 61. Mike Conklin finished 2 strokes back at 63. The match play for the APA’s was also cancelled due the inclement weather.
The Great Lakes Tour will play its next full weekend on June 10 and 11 in Newark, OH.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Paul Johns.
Professional Division of Charleston, WV Event (27 May 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 Total Money 1 Kevin Lacey* 27 30 57 $130.00 2 Jeff Estep 31 28 59 $100.00 3 Rod Miller 28 32 60 $85.00 4 Bill Thompson 30 32 62 $58.75 Jim Cruse 31 31 62 $58.75 Scott Buddie 30 32 62 $58.75 Mike O'Rourke 29 33 62 $58.75 8 Mike McCormack 32 31 63 $45.00 Rick Alessi 30 33 63 $45.00 Craig Williams 30 33 63 $45.00 Dave Nutini 32 31 63 $45.00 12 John Tuite 34 31 65 Rich Gillooly 32 33 65 Paul Pastilong 33 32 65 Harry Sykes 31 34 65 16 John Kropinak 35 31 66 Gene Reams 31 35 66 Roger Beckerman 31 35 66 19 Todd Viau 33 34 67 Jay Hadsell 35 32 67 Mark Hasty 34 33 67 Jim Engel 33 34 67 23 Jim Heikkinen 33 35 68 Ken Hastings 32 36 68 25 Dom Perry 34 37 71 26 Barb Mingo 36 36 72 * Earned Great Lakes Tour medal-play spot.
Amateur Division of Charleston, WV Event (27 May 2000)
Round Expense Player 1 2 Total Reimbursement 1 Terry Sanner* 34 27 61 $30.00 2 Mike Conklin 32 31 63 $25.00 3 Jeff Brown 31 33 64 $25.00 4 John Darst 36 29 65 $25.00 5 Andy McCoy 34 33 67 Mike Bell 36 31 67 7 Don Ferrell 36 33 69 Joe Gallagher 34 35 69 9 Karl More 34 37 71 Bill Wahls 35 36 71 Bill Combs 36 35 71
* Earned Great Lakes Tour medal-play spot.