Jim Bryant's First Win is a Big One - 2000 Indiana State Championship
20 August 2000 - Indianapolis, IN - Since 1997 Jim Bryant of Clayton, Indiana has worked to organized the Indiana State Putt-Putt Championship. Beginning this year his best finish in a state championship was 7th in 1998. Today Jim Bryant put together 6 solid rounds of Putt-Putt golf and won the 2000 Indiana State Stroke Play Championship. Bryant shot a career best total of 45 under par 171 with rounds of 25, 26, 32, 30, 28 and 30. Charlie Greenwalt of Indianapolis finished strong with a final round 10 under par 26 to place second, 2 strokes back at 173. Kevin Lacey of Cincinnati, Ohio finished third with a 42 under par 174. A total of 14 professional putters competed in the stroke play competition on course #1 at the 34th and High School Road Putt-Putt in Indianapolis.
Vicki Chinn of Greenwood fired a 4 under par 32 in a 3-way 18 hole play off to Capture the 2000 Indiana State Amateur Stroke Play Championship. Chinn, Dave Hager of Southport and John Watkins of Southport all finished the 6 round event tied at 24 under par 192. Hager shot a 3 under 33 while Watkins could only muster a 2 under par 34. The victory is Chinn's second on the 2000 tour and her second Indiana State Amateur Stroke Play Championship. She last won the title in 1998 at The 34th Street Putt-Putt on course #2.
The Columbus/Cincinnati Pro/Am team captured the 2000 Indiana State Pro/Am Team Championship with a 128 under par score of 520. Team members included National Touring Pros Kevin Lacey and Tom Gross, Indiana Pro Jim Bryant and Ohio Amateur Robin Ventura. Indianapolis finished second 14 shots back at 534. Terre Haute/Lafayette finished third with a 562 total.
In the Amateur/Novice Team Event Vicki Chinn of Greenwood and Dave Hager of Southport fired a 24 under par 84 to claim a one shot victory. John Watkins and Scott McCutcheon of Southport finished second with an 85. The Columbus duo of Nate Nichols and Mike Moon finished third with an 86.
Professional Division of Indiana State Medal-Play Championship
(Indianapolis, IN - 20 August 2000)
Round
Prize Match Play Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money Points Won Lost Cash 1 Jim Bryant* 25 26 32 30 28 30 171 $213 305 4 2 $60 2 Charlie Greenwalt* 33 26 30 31 27 26 173 $143 261 5 1 $100 3 Kevin Lacey* 31 30 28 26 28 31 174 $104 246 2 2 $30 4 Tom Morrison* 31 27 30 29 29 32 178 $78 242 2 2 $20 5 Shawn Gilliland* 30 27 32 31 29 31 180 $65 224 2 2 $30 6 John Blanton* 34 28 29 30 30 31 182 $51 182 1 2 $10 7 Bill Hammons 34 30 34 33 25 29 185 $20 x 0 0 $0 8 Tom Gross* 31 26 30 31 34 35 187 $0 167 0 2 $0 9 Jim Garrison* 29 33 30 33 31 33 189 $0 151 2 2 $20 10 Jody Comer 29 32 34 34 29 32 190 $0 x 2 2 $20 11 Jeff Greenfield 29 35 32 31 32 38 197 $0 x 1 2 $10 12 Mark Greenwell* 35 31 36 35 34 31 202 $0 70 2 2 $20 13 Darren Clayton* 34 37 35 35 35 33 209 $0 67 1 2 $10 14 Mark Quigley* 31 41 37 31 36 33 209 $0 57 0 2 $0
Amateur Division of Indianapolis, IN Event (20 August 2000)
Round
Prize Match Play Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money Points Won Lost Cash 1 Vicki Chinn
31 30 36 32 33 30 192 Trophy x 0 0 x 2 Dave Hager
27 29 34 33 31 38 192 Trophy x 0 0 x 3 John Watkins
35 33 33 28 34 29 192 Trophy x 0 0 x 4 Jon Evans
29 30 31 34 32 37 193 x x 1 1 x 5 Mike Lebeda*
33 30 33 38 29 32 195 x 193 3 1 Trophy 6 John Howard*
35 30 31 35 34 32 197 x 178 2 2 x 7 Ed Brewer
37 29 31 38 32 36 200 x x 0 0 x 8 Donny Quigley
33 35 33 36 30 34 201 x x 1 1 x 9 Cecil Krick
34 33 34 33 35 35 204 x x 1 1 x 10 Chuck Gulley
39 38 33 38 31 34 213 x x 0 0 x 11 Scott McCutcheon
36 38 39 32 35 38 218 x x 0 0 x Zach Smith
41 36 33 39 33 36 218 x x 0 0 x 13 Steve Grammer
38 40 38 39 33 34 222 x x 0 0 x 14 Mike Grammer
41 34 36 38 41 38 228 x x 0 0 x 15 Mike Hancock
37 37 36 38 47 39 234 x x 0 0 x Sean Clark*
41 42 39 38 37 37 234 x 50 0 2 x