Kevin Lacey Wins for Second Time in 2000 On Great Lakes Tour
8 July 2000 – Hamilton, OH – Two weeks ago Roger Beckerman won the tour stop in Hamilton and here we were back for another tournament. Hamilton was had to the schedule due to the closing of the PPA Course and the owner of the Hamilton course was glad to help us out on short notice. Kevin Lacey won the second stop in Hamilton with rounds of 31, 25, and 27 this enabled 3 time TV contestant Kevin Lacey to secure his second win on the Great Lakes Tour in 2000. Kevin started the last round four shots behind Rod Miller and over come the deficient to defeat Rod by one stroke.
We also had an additional player of note and his name is John Napoli. John lives in Florida year round, but ventures up north to visit friends and play a few tour stops while up in Ohio. Kevin also completed the daily double by winning the match play by defeating Scott Buddie.
In the amateur division, Scott Copeland won shooting a score of 88 and won by one shot over Mike Conklin. In the match play event, Scott Copeland also completed the daily double by winning the match play defeated John Darst.
The Great Lakes Tour will play in Springfield, OH on July 9 and on July 15 and 16 at the Refugee Road course in Columbus, OH.Scores and tournament recap provided by Paul Johns.
Professional Division of Hamilton, OH Event (8 July 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Kevin Lacey * 31 25 27 83 $ 130.00 2 Rod Miller 25 27 32 84 $ 100.00 3 John Napoli 29 26 30 85 $ 71.67 Jim Cruse 29 26 30 85 $ 71.67 Bill Thompson 28 28 29 85 $ 71.67 6 Rich Gillooly 27 31 29 87 $ 51.67 Paul Johns 28 28 31 87 $ 51.67 Robb Titchell 29 27 31 87 $ 51.67 9 Roger Beckerman 28 30 30 88 $ 18.57 Don Cherry 30 27 31 88 $ 18.57 Scott Buddie ** 28 27 33 88 $ 18.57 Todd Viau 27 28 33 88 $ 18.57 Bill Baus 31 28 29 88 $ 18.57 Jay Hadsell 31 29 28 88 $ 18.57 Jim Heikkinen 27 29 32 88 $ 18.57 16 Ken Hastings 27 29 33 89 17 Dave Nutini 32 30 28 90 Mike O'Rourke 31 26 33 90 19 Jim Engel 31 30 30 91 Gene Reams 31 30 30 91 Mike McCormack 33 31 27 91 Mark Hasty 27 31 33 91 John Ventura 29 29 33 91 24 Tom Gross 29 31 32 92 Rick Alessi 29 33 30 92 26 John Kropinak 32 31 30 93 * Earned medal-play spot for Great Lakes Tour finals.
** Earned match-play spot for Great Lakes Tour finals.Amateur Division of Hamilton, OH Event (8 July 2000)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement 1 Scott Copeland 31 30 27 88 $ 30.00 2 Mike Conklin 30 30 29 89 $ 25.00 3 John Darst 30 30 30 90 $ 16.67 Jeff Brown 27 33 31 90 $ 16.67 Robin Ventura 33 33 27 90 $ 16.67 6 Karl Moe * 29 31 33 92 7 Andy McCoy ** 31 33 31 95 8 James Weber 33 29 33 99 9 Bill Wahls 30 34 34 101 10 Bill Combs 30 34 34 103 11 Zach Washa 31 37 30 109
* Earned medal-play spot for Great Lakes Tour finals.
** Earned match-play spot for Great Lakes Tour finals