Todd Viau Wins For First Time in 2000 on Great Lakes Tour in Columbus, OH

16 July 2000 – Columbus, OH – Todd Viau won his first tournament of 2000 by defeating Paul Johns in a 21-hole playoff. Todd after two rounds had shot a score of 48 and lead first round leader Dave Nutini by 3 shots and Paul was 4 shots back. In the final round Paul Johns shot a final round score of 24 and was able to tie Todd at 77, 31-under par. In the playoff Todd led by 3 shots after the front nine was completed, but by the time the second nine was completed the two were still tied. The reason for the tie was Paul shot a perfect nine on the back nine of the Refugee Road course and both players shot 26 in the playoff. The tie meant that the playoff would continue into extra holes, which Todd defeated Paul on the 3rd hole and won his first spot on the Great Lakes Tour.

In the match play finals Bill Thompson defeated Dave Nutini, but since Bill already has two spots Dave was awarded the spot. This is Dave’s first spot in the Great Lakes Tour.

In the amateur division, Mike Conklin won shooting a score of 83 and defeated former National APA Champion Don Ferrell, but since the two players both have 2 spots for the finals George Matthews received his first spot for the finals. In the match play finals Mike completed the double by defeating Scott Copeland.

The Great Lakes Tour will play its next full weekend on August 12 and 13 in Richmond, IN.

Scores and tournament recap provided by Paul Johns.

Professional Division of Columbus, OH (Refugee Road) Event
(16 July 2000)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Todd Viau 25 24 28 77 $ 170.00
2 Paul Johns 29 24 24 77 $ 140.00
3 Mike McCormack 29 26 27 82 $ 100.00
4 Dave Nutini * 23 29 30 82 $ 100.00
5 Bill Baus 29 28 26 83 $ 70.00
6 Gene Reams 29 27 29 85 $ 65.00
7 Bill Thompson 29 27 30 86 $ 60.00
8 Kevin Lacey 28 28 31 87 $ 56.67
9 Mike O'Rourke 32 29 26 87 $ 56.67
10 Craig Williams 26 29 32 87 $ 56.67
11 Rich Gillooly 30 27 31 88 $ 50.00
12 Jim Cruse 33 27 29 89
13 John Tuite 27 31 31 89
14 Robb Titchell 28 32 30 90
15 Rod Miller 28 29 33 90
16 George Storey 29 29 32 90
17 Ken Hastings 31 31 29 91
18 John Kropinak 32 29 30 91
19 John Napoli 28 32 32 92
20 Paul Pastilong 33 28 31 92
21 Jay Hadsell 32 29 31 92
22 Jim Heikkinen 32 29 35 96
23 Rick Alessi 33 35 29 97
24 Jim Engel 36 28 34 98
25 Mark Hasty 31 35 34 100

* Earned a match-play spot in the Great Lakes Tour finals.

Amateur Division of Columbus, OH (Refugee Road) Event
(16 July 2000)

Round Expense
Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement
1 Mike Conklin 27 31 25 83 $ 30.00
2 Don Ferrell 28 26 30 84 $ 25.00
3 Andy McCoy 25 30 32 87 $ 25.00
4 Karl Moe 31 28 29 88 $ 25.00
5 Mike Bell 28 34 27 89 $ 12.50
6 Scott Copeland 30 31 28 89 $ 12.50
7 Jeff Brown 31 28 31 90
8 George Matthews 33 29 31 93
9 John Darst 29 31 34 94
10 Karen Hastings 30 32 32 94
11 Brandon Yee * 34 32 28 94
12 Robin Ventura 33 31 31 95
13 Bill Combs 31 33 32 96
14 Bill Wahls 35 35 33 103

* Earned a match-play spot in the Great Lakes Tour finals.

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