Charlie Greenwalt Wins His First Tournament of 2000 on the Great Lakes Tour
13 August 2000 – Richmond, IN – Charlie Greenwalt was playing his second tournament on the Great Lakes Tour and he made it count. Charlie defeated Bill Thompson and Gene Reams by one stroke to claim the victory and his first spot on tour. Charlie shot 82, 26-under par. Both Bill and Gene shot 83, 25-under par for second place. Charlie has played on the Great Lakes Tour in the past, but this weekend was his first tournaments in year 2000 and he made it count.
The turnout for the Richmond stop was a bit low because of the Nationals week just concluding and everyone needing a break from putting. In the match play finals Jay Hadsell defeated Harry Sykes and secured his second spot for the Great Lakes Tour finals.
In the amateur division, Robin Ventura won shooting a score of 87, 21-under par and defeated former National APA Champion Jeff Brown and Mike Conklin. All three players have 2 spots for the finals so the sopt went to Bill Combs after defeating Bill Wahls in an 18 hole playoff. In the match play finals Scott Copeland defeated Jeff Brown.
The Great Lakes Tour will play its next full weekend on August 26 and 27 in Mansfield, OH.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Paul Johns.
Professional Division of Richmond, IN Event (13 August 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Charlie Greenwalt 27 27 28 82 $ 130.00 2 Bill Thompson 25 29 29 83 $ 92.50 3 Gene Reams 31 27 25 83 $ 92.50 4 Jim Cruse 27 30 27 84 $ 70.00 5 Todd Viau 30 27 30 87 $ 55.00 6 Paul Johns 29 29 29 87 $ 55.00 7 Dave Nutini 31 29 27 87 $ 55.00 8 Jim Engel 30 29 29 88 $ 47.50 9 Bill Baus 28 31 29 88 $ 47.50 10 Harry Sykes 26 29 32 89 $ 15.00 11 John Kropinak 29 28 32 89 $ 15.00 12 Rich Gillooly 28 31 30 89 $ 15.00 13 Rick Alessi 28 32 30 90 14 Mike O'Rourke 26 32 32 90 15 Mark Hasty 35 29 30 94 16 Jay Hadsell 31 32 31 94 17 Jim Heikkinen 34 33 29 96 18 Dom Perry 31 37 29 97 19 Kevin Lacey 33 32 32 97 20 Scott Buddie 37 35 28 100 21 Paul Pastilong 34 36 30 100 22 Barb Mingo 39 34 37 110 Amateur Division of Richmond, IN Event (13 August 2000)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement 1 Robin Ventura 30 27 30 87 $ 30.00 2 Mike Conklin 35 27 26 88 $ 25.00 3 Jeff Brown 28 30 30 88 $ 25.00 4 Scott Copeland 30 32 29 91 $ 25.00 5 Karl Moe 32 29 30 91 $ 25.00 6 Andy McCoy 32 32 28 92 7 John Darst 29 34 31 94 8 George Matthews 30 33 31 94 9 Bill Combs 32 30 34 96 10 Bill Wahls 29 33 34 96 11 Mike Bell 31 35 31 97 12 Don Ferrell 29 43 29 101