Gillooly Wins WV Open on Great Lakes Tour

28 May 2000 - Charleston, WV - The rain that was on Saturday did not stay around for Sunday.  The forecast was for rain and thunderstorms, but it held off until the conclusion of the Great Lakes Memorial Tournament on Sunday.  Rich Gillooly won the Memorial Open by defeating Rick Alessi in a playoff.  Rich was tied for the lead after 2 rounds with defending Open Champion Paul Johns with a 2 round score of 54.  Rich and Rick finished the tournament with a score of 82, 26-under par.  Defending Open Champion Paul Johns finished 3rd 2 strokes back at 84.  Rich completed the double by winning the match play by defeating Mike O’Rourke.  These 2 wins give Rich his 2 spots into the Great Lakes Finals.

In the amateur division, Former National Champion Jeff Brown shot a score of 86 to defeat local Terry Sanner and John Darst by 1 stroke.  In the match play event, Robin Ventura defeated Terry Sanner.  Robin was making her first start on the Great Lakes Tour.

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 West Virginia Open (28 May 2000)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Rich Gillooly* 29 25 28 82 $170.00
2 Rick Alessi 29 26 27 82 $140.00
3 Paul Johns 28 26 30 84 $110.00
4 Dave Nutini 29 27 29 85 $75.00
Harry Sykes 30 28 27 85 $75.00
Craig Williams 28 30 27 85 $75.00
7 Scott Buddie 30 27 30 87 $56.00
John Ventura 30 28 29 87 $56.00
Todd Viau 30 29 28 87 $56.00
Mike O'Rourke 26 33 28 87 $56.00
Jim Engel 30 29 28 87 $56.00
12 Gene Reams 27 32 30 89
Roger Beckerman 29 29 31 89
14 Bill Thompson 31 27 32 90
15 Kevin Lacey 31 31 29 91
Mike McCormack 28 32 31 91
Jim Cruse 30 33 28 91
18 Jim Heikkinen 33 29 30 92
19 Paul Pastilong 31 31 31 93
Jay Hadsell 34 30 29 93
21 John Tuite 30 29 35 94
22 Mark Hasty 32 31 35 98
Ken Hastings 35 33 30 98
Barb Mingo 32 35 31 98
25 John Kropinak 34 34 35 103

* Earned Great Lakes Tour medal-play and match-play spot.

Amateur Division of West Virginia Open (28 May 2000)

Round Expense
Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement
1 Jeff Brown 30 27 29 86 $30.00
2 John Darst* 31 29 27 87 $25.00
Terry Sanner 31 30 26 87 $25.00
4 Robin Ventura** 31 31 28 90 $25.00
5 Joe Gallagher 32 29 30 91
6 Karl Moe 29 31 32 92
7 Mike Conklin 34 32 28 94
8 Bill Wahls 35 31 31 97
9 Mike Bell 33 32 35 100
10 Bill Combs 35 31 36 102
11 Andy McCoy 33 39 35 107

* Earned Great Lakes Tour medal-play spot.
** Earned Great Lakes Tour match-play spot.

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