Rick Alessi Wins 2000 Great Lakes Tour Championship
Rick Alessi - 2000 Great Lakes Tour Champion
Charleston, WV - 16-17 September 2000 - Rick Alessi faced a putt on the 36th hole of his match against Paul Johns to win the 2000 Great Lakes Tour Championship and the $1,300 first place prize. After Paul Johns missed, grazing the right edge of the cup, Rick stroked his putt into the center of the cup for the victory. Paul Johns runner-up finish was worth $800.
Rick Alessi advanced to the final match by defeating Rich Gillooly in the finals of the match-play portion of the Great Lakes Tour Championship played on Saturday in Charleston. Paul Johns advanced to the final match by firing an amazing 100 for four rounds on Sunday to post a nine stroke victory over his nearest competitor, Bill Thompson.
The Great Lakes Tour also announced its 2000 Clayton Cup Team that will contest for the Clayton Cup in Richmond, Virginia on October 14 and 15. The team features Rich Gillooly, Dave Nutini, Todd Viau, Gene Reams, Paul Johns, Mike O'Rourke, Kevin Lacey, Rick Alessi, Jim Cruse, and Rod Miller.
Scores provided by Jim Heikkinen
Professional Scores from the Medal-Play Portion of the 2000 Great Lakes Tour Championship (Charleston, WV - 17 September 2000)
| Round | Prize | ||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Money | |
| 1 |
Paul Johns |
26 | 23 | 24 | 27 |
100 |
To Finals |
| 2 |
Bill Thompson |
25 | 25 | 31 | 28 |
109 |
$ 400 |
| 3 |
Rich Gillooly |
30 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 110 | $ 167 |
|
Rod Miller |
29 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 110 | $ 167 | |
| Charlie Greenwalt | 25 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 110 | $ 167 | |
| 6 |
Todd Viau |
28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 111 | $ 100 |
|
Jay Hadsell |
28 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 111 | $ 100 | |
|
Jim Heikkinen |
24 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 111 | $ 100 | |
| 9 |
Ken Hastings |
27 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 112 | $ 75 |
| 10 |
John Kropinak |
29 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 113 | $ 75 |
|
Harry Sykes |
27 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 113 | $ 75 | |
| 12 | Dave Nutini |
28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 114 | $ 75 |
| 13 |
Bill Baus |
30 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 115 | $ 75 |
| 14 |
Kevin Lacey |
30 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 116 | $ 75 |
|
Robb Titchell |
26 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 116 | $ 75 | |
|
Mark Hasty |
32 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 116 | $ 75 | |
| 17 |
Mike McCormak |
33 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 118 | $ 60 |
|
Dom Perry |
33 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 118 | $ 60 | |
| 19 |
Gene Reams |
27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 119 | $ 60 |
| 20 |
Jim Cruse |
29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 120 | $ 60 |
| 21 |
Scott Buddie |
31 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 121 | $ 60 |
|
Paul Pastilong |
31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 121 | $ 60 | |
| 23 |
Roger Beckerman |
31 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 125 | $ 60 |
| 24 | Barb Mingo | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 128 | $ 60 |
Professional Results from the Match-Play Portion of the 2000 Great Lakes Tour Championship (Charleston, WV - 16 September 2000)
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Finals $ 60 $ 75 $ 100 $ 200 $ 400 To Finals Bill Thompson (1) Jim Heikkinen Jim Heikkinen (16) Jim Heikkinen Rod Miller (17) Rick Alessi Rick Alessi (8) Rick Alessi Kevin Lacey (9) Rick Alessi Todd Viau (4) Charlie Greenwalt Jay Hadsell (13) Charlie Greenwalt Charlie Greenwalt (20) Charlie Greenwalt Gene Reams (5) Gene Reams Bill Baus (12) Rick Alessi Rich Gillooly (2) Rich Gillooly Robb Titchell (15) Robb Titchell John Kropinak (18) Rich Gillooly Mike O'Rourke (7) Mike O'Rourke Jim Engel (10) Rich Gillooly Dave Nutini (3) Paul Pastilong Scott Buddie (14) Paul Pastilong Paul Pastilong (19) Paul Johns Paul Johns (6) Paul Johns Jim Cruse (11)
Amateur Scores from the Medal-Play Portion of the 2000 Great Lakes Tour Championship (Charleston, WV - 17 September 2000)
| Round | Prize | ||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Money | |
| 1 |
John Darst |
28 | 29 | 26 | 26 |
109 |
$ 100.00 |
| 2 |
Scott Copeland |
24 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
112 |
$ 25.00 |
| 3 | Mike Bell | 30 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 114 | $ 25.00 |
| 4 | Robin Ventura | 28 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 117 | $ 25.00 |
| 5 | Jeff Brown | 28 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 118 | $ 25.00 |
| Mike Conklin | 32 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 118 | ||
| 7 | Brandon Yee | 30 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 119 | |
| 8 | Don Ferrell | 24 | 36 | 28 | 33 | 121 | |
| Karen Hastings | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 121 | ||
| 10 | Andy McCoy | 33 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 122 | |
| Bill Wahls | 31 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 122 | ||
| 12 | Terry Sanner | 31 | 28 | 34 | 31 | 124 | |
| 13 | Karl Moe | 28 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 125 | |
| 14 | Bill Combs | 34 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 127 | |
| 15 | George Matthews | 33 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 127 | |
| 16 | James Weber | 35 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 130 | |