Alan Quinnelly Wins $50,000 Grand Prize at PPA National Championship
Hall of Famer Comes Out of Retirement to Win Third National Championship
3 August 2000 - Fayetteville, NC - The rain held off long enough for Atlanta, Ga., resident Alan Quinnelly to win the $50,000 grand prize today in the Professional Putters Association's National Championship. The Hall of Fame member put himself in the record books once again by becoming the first person ever to win three National Championships. Andy Coradini, of Loganville, Ga., captured the $15,000 second place prize. In amateur play, Wesley Pollard, from Richmond, Va., shot 59 under par to win his division.
After seven rounds of play, each putter's two highest round scores were dropped, leaving Andy Coradini ahead of the professional field by three strokes. Quinnelly played an excellent final round, however; he shot 18 holes 14 under par compared to Coradini's 8 under.
Quinnelly, 36, was inducted into the PPA Hall of Fame in 1994. He has made five television appearances in his career: none of which he lost. Most notably, Quinnelly was the PPA National Champion in 1985 and again in 1991. His total career earnings exceed $150,000.
The $100,000 PPA National Tournament was played over three days at the 36-hole Putt-Putt Golf & Games facility in Fayetteville, NC One hundred eighteen putters from around the world played eight 18-hole rounds of Putt-Putt Golf; after seven rounds, each player dropped his or her two highest scores, and everyone's final round score counted.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Putt-Putt Home Office.
$100,000 PPA National Championship
Fayetteville, NC - August 1-3, 2000
(Two highest rounds [between 1-7] dropped from score with amateurs noted by italics.)
Round Under Prize Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Par Money 1 Alan Quinnelly 27 31 26 26 22 25 25 22 146 -70 $50,000.00 2 Andy Coradini 26 25 23 26 24 26 21 28 147 -69 $15,000.00 3 Jim Cruse 32 24 25 29 23 24 26 27 149 -67 $9,000.00 4 Bart Bason 29 30 24 26 27 26 21 26 150 -66 $6,500.00 5 Greg Newport 24 27 26 27 30 24 22 28 151 -65 $3,500.00 Roland Block 31 28 25 24 24 31 27 23 151 -65 $3,500.00 7 Brad Lebo 24 27 29 28 23 30 24 26 152 -64 $1,350.00 Rick Alessi 26 25 24 28 26 26 29 25 152 -64 $1,350.00 9 Frank Warren 27 32 24 28 24 27 25 26 153 -63 $1,050.00 Bill Kirby 28 27 27 27 23 26 23 27 153 -63 $1,050.00 11 Rick Baird 28 24 27 27 23 29 25 28 154 -62 $850.00 Danny Dore 35 25 25 26 25 33 25 28 154 -62 $850.00 Todd Barfield 28 26 35 25 26 25 26 26 154 -62 $850.00 14 Randy Reeves 29 26 25 28 25 31 26 25 155 -61 $600.00 Cliff Matthews 25 26 25 33 28 29 25 26 155 -61 $600.00 Mike Flavin 29 24 24 27 28 27 25 28 155 -61 $600.00 Tom Gross 31 35 23 28 22 28 27 27 155 -61 $600.00 Ron Frederick 24 27 23 30 25 28 26 30 155 -61 $600.00 19 Rusty Taylor 30 27 27 25 26 32 24 27 156 -60 $316.66 Mike O'Rourke 30 26 21 30 25 29 26 29 156 -60 $316.66 Michael Hitt 30 23 24 27 26 28 30 28 156 -60 $316.66 22 Jeff Estep 26 25 27 26 24 30 26 30 157 -59 $111.66 Wesley Pollard 28 29 24 27 32 32 24 25 157 -59 $85.00 David Lynch 26 23 29 25 29 27 24 32 157 -59 $111.66 Ray Guthrie 37 25 23 32 27 27 26 29 157 -59 $111.66 Dave Nutini 29 26 26 27 23 31 26 29 157 -59 $111.66 Greg Ward 30 25 26 27 29 26 26 27 157 -59 $111.66 28 Rod Miller 29 26 25 29 23 31 26 29 158 -58 $75.00 29 Jeffrey Smith 29 26 27 28 27 28 22 29 159 -57 $75.00 Lewis Burton 27 28 27 26 25 29 29 26 159 -57 $75.00 31 Tony Varnadore 33 26 27 27 26 28 28 26 160 -56 $51.00 Paul Johns 31 29 28 26 26 25 28 27 160 -56 $51.00 John Napoli 31 26 25 26 25 29 26 32 160 -56 $51.00 Darrell Britt 29 27 26 29 26 26 24 31 160 -56 $51.00 Kevin Lacey 32 23 26 30 26 27 29 29 160 -56 $51.00 Daryl Freeman 31 29 27 28 23 32 24 29 160 -56 $51.00 37 Jim Palisano 31 25 27 32 29 30 23 27 161 -55 Glenwood Arrington 34 28 24 31 28 28 28 25 161 -55 Rich Gillooly 28 28 29 33 31 30 22 24 161 -55 Dan Anders 31 27 28 30 27 24 26 29 161 -55 Steven Jones 27 31 24 29 26 30 25 30 161 -55 $67.50 William Glisson 25 27 27 29 23 32 28 31 161 -55 $67.50 43 Michael Fowler 30 29 26 30 23 27 30 27 162 -54 $50.00 Lee Messinger 29 24 31 28 26 29 26 29 162 -54 Charlie Greenwalt 28 30 24 28 29 28 25 29 162 -54 Dave Taylor 32 28 26 28 25 30 27 28 162 -54 47 Gene Reams 32 28 28 32 29 26 26 26 163 -53 Jeff Brown 28 25 24 28 31 29 26 32 163 -53 $25.00 Todd Fowler 27 24 27 28 31 28 28 29 163 -53 Gary Hester 29 27 31 26 26 28 25 31 163 -53 Jonathan Reid 30 31 25 32 21 30 26 31 163 -53 $25.00 52 Bo Luthie 29 29 26 32 30 21 31 29 164 -52 Bob Davis 31 28 27 28 30 29 23 29 164 -52 Jim Heikkinen 27 29 30 28 26 32 28 26 164 -52 Randal Smith 29 25 34 30 27 28 26 29 164 -52 Vance Randall 33 29 28 23 27 31 27 30 164 -52 Jay Klapper 33 28 28 30 28 30 23 27 164 -52 Mike Brown 25 27 28 26 27 27 27 32 164 -52 59 Tony Jackson 28 27 27 32 24 29 27 32 165 -51 Peter Neumann 28 26 27 28 27 32 26 31 165 -51 Craig Williams 30 32 25 27 30 26 28 29 165 -51 62 David Sharp 30 31 24 28 25 33 30 29 166 -50 Bryan Boyd 33 27 26 30 26 27 29 31 166 -50 Bill Baus 28 28 28 33 28 25 27 30 166 -50 Greg Roberts 27 27 32 30 25 28 27 32 166 -50 Robert Johnson 31 27 29 28 27 30 24 31 166 -50 Buddy Taylor 31 28 30 28 26 32 28 26 166 -50 Bob Haizlip 33 27 26 32 29 29 26 29 166 -50 Mark Stephens 29 29 25 31 29 30 28 26 166 -50 Mike McCormack 34 29 26 29 28 28 27 28 166 -50 Robin Ventura 30 28 27 27 28 26 27 31 166 -50 72 Jim Engel 33 28 25 29 26 30 30 29 167 -49 Daniel Price 29 27 31 35 25 29 29 28 167 -49 Billy Caudle 29 28 25 28 32 32 27 30 167 -49 Paul Sample 30 28 26 30 26 29 28 30 167 -49 Jonathan Moore 26 29 30 29 31 27 26 30 167 -49 Tommy Barbour 37 29 24 26 27 31 30 31 167 -49 Tony Pack 28 24 27 30 28 29 34 31 167 -49 79 David Dingus 29 30 26 29 26 27 30 31 168 -48 John Connor 27 24 28 30 30 33 28 31 168 -48 Jay Hadsell 29 28 26 30 31 28 26 31 168 -48 Terry Porter 28 27 27 29 30 29 28 29 168 -48 Randall Willett 30 27 30 30 26 30 26 29 168 -48 Roger Beckerman 30 27 28 27 26 29 25 35 168 -48 85 Tim Jones 29 25 30 35 29 31 28 28 169 -47 86 Manfred Stewart 31 27 26 30 32 31 28 28 170 -46 87 Tom O'Brien 34 28 27 31 27 31 29 29 171 -45 Bill Thompson 28 29 30 28 29 29 26 31 171 -45 Iwan Kurniawan 34 29 31 29 28 29 24 32 171 -45 Mark Hasty 28 29 29 30 25 32 27 33 171 -45 Rick Rybaczek 31 32 28 29 29 29 26 30 171 -45 Chris Bunting 29 31 28 31 27 29 27 31 171 -45 93 Robby Bryant 28 32 26 28 29 28 29 33 172 -44 Lee Witcofski 38 29 29 26 28 33 29 31 172 -44 95 Chuck Cyr 40 30 32 29 25 30 32 27 173 -43 Rainey Statum 29 28 26 29 26 31 27 37 173 -43 Amy Smith 30 26 30 29 26 30 30 32 173 -43 Bill Hammons 34 28 32 31 25 28 26 35 173 -43 99 Karl Moe 30 28 29 31 27 30 27 33 174 -42 Gary Hinshaw 30 30 29 34 29 32 24 32 174 -42 101 Mike Huckaby 31 33 25 34 30 32 28 29 175 -41 102 Todd Trent 30 31 28 30 30 34 32 27 176 -40 Philip Wagoner 33 34 29 28 34 32 28 26 176 -40 104 Chris Hudson 31 28 33 29 24 31 30 35 177 -39 105 Al Simpson 32 28 31 35 32 30 26 31 178 -38 106 Steve Helton 30 27 31 33 29 30 30 36 182 -34 107 Bill Lunsford 33 32 32 31 33 35 28 28 184 -32 108 Rodney Ashley 34 31 34 28 34 32 29 32 186 -30 109 Walter Kolb 43 32 30 30 31 38 30 34 187 -29 110 Bill Combs 34 34 33 30 30 32 30 37 192 -24 111 Mike Hopkins 41 40 43 35 32 34 31 35 207 -9 Bay Rochliawati 40 36 32 36 33 33 36 37 207 -9 112 Robin Trent 35 42 34 41 37 37 37 30 210 -6 113 Derrick McCants 54 36 39 47 37 37 38 34 221 5 Chance Mathews 45 41 43 36 38 35 36 35 221 5