John Napoli Wins Gillooly Classic in a Playoff Over Paul Johns
John Napoli, winner of the 2001 Gillooly Classic (Newark, Ohio).
18 August - Newark, OH - John Napoli won his first of the season in Newark. On Saturday, he tangled with Paul Johns for first on Course 1 in Newark after both competitors fired a three-round score of 82. Paul came from 4 shots down to force the playoff for first place.
Johns would get off to a good start after opening with a 25 to lead by 2 over Bill Thompson. After the second round, Napoli would hold the second round lead with a score of 50. Napoli second round total included an incredible score of 22, which tied the course record. Napoli would have a 4 shot lead going into the last round of the tournament.
Johns would finish the tournament with a final score of 28, which proved to be enough to force a playoff with Napoli. Both players finished the day with scores of 82 and that was good enough for one shot over Dave Nutini and 2 shots over Kevin Lacey and Bill Thompson. The two player head for an 18-hole playoff. Napoli jumped to an early two-stroke lead after acing the first three. Johns would tie it up after eight holes, but Napoli would retake the lead with an ace on the ninth hole. Napoli would shoot a 4-under front nine to Johns 3-under to lead by one. Both players kept it close as Napoli continued to lead by one through 14, but Napoli aced the 15th to take a two shot lead. Napoli and Johns aced the 16th and 18th holes in the playoff and Napoli defeated Johns by two to win the Gillooly Classic
In the match play finals Bill Thompson defeated Paul Johns
For the third time this season, Brandon Yee won the APA Division in the Gillooly Classic after he carded rounds of 28, 26, and 26 to win by three shots over Anthony Amick. Yee trailed by two shots to first round leader Jeff Brown before turning it on in the final two rounds. Yee would post a pair of 26's to win by three and win with the day's low score of 80. Anthony Amick was second at 83, while Jeff Brown finished in third at 84.
Daniel Mathias won the match play portion of the tournament by defeating James Weber.
There were 13 spots paid out in the tournament, as the score of 89 was split share among 4 players. Mike O'Rourke won the match play spot defeating Dave Nutini. Bill Thompson and Paul Johns had already secured their spots for the finals that is why there was a playoff for the match play spot between O'Rourke and Nutini.
The Great Lakes tour will return to action on Saturday, September 8, at 11:30 am on Course 2 for the Queens City Classic in Hamilton, OH.
Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Paul Johns.
Professional Division of 2001 Gillooly Classic
(Newark, Ohio - 18 August 2001)
Round Prize GLT Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points 1 John Napoli 28 22 32 82 $ 175.00 100 2 Paul Johns 25 29 28 82 $ 135.00 85 3 Dave Nutini 28 26 29 83 $ 115.00 75 4 Kevin Lacey 31 26 27 84 $ 95.00 67.5 Bill Thompson 27 27 30 84 $ 95.00 67.5 6 Gene Reams 29 30 28 87 $ 80.00 60 7 Mike McCormack 33 26 29 88 $ 70.00 50.33 Jim Engel 28 30 30 88 $ 70.00 50.33 Mike O'Rourke 29 30 29 88 $ 70.00 50.33 10 Jim Heikkinen 30 28 31 89 $ 53.75 36.75 Mike Conklin 29 31 29 89 $ 53.75 36.75 John Darst 30 27 32 89 $ 53.75 36.75 Robb Titchell 32 27 30 89 $ 53.75 36.75 14 Jim Cruse 31 29 30 90 23.2 Mark Hasty 28 34 28 90 23.2 Todd Viau 30 31 29 90 23.2 Scott Buddie 30 30 30 90 23.2 Roger Beckerman 30 30 30 90 23.2 19 Jay Hadsell 30 31 30 91 12.2 Tom O'Brien 33 30 28 91 12.2 Dom Perry 35 26 30 91 12.2 Ken Hastings 31 27 33 91 12.2 Rod Miller 29 29 33 91 12.2 24 Mike Culligan 30 35 27 92 7.5 Paul Pastilong 32 30 30 92 7.5 26 John Bambling 32 33 28 93 6 27 Karl Moe 32 30 32 94 5 28 John Tuite 31 33 34 98 3.5 Harry Sykes 31 35 32 98 3.5 30 Barb Mingo 36 29 36 101 2 Amateur Division of 2001 Gillooly Classic
(Newark, Ohio - 18 August 2001)
Round Expense GLT Player 1 2 3 Total Reimb. Points 1 Brandon Yee 28 26 26 80 $ 30.00 40 2 Anthony Amick 28 28 27 83 $ 25.00 34 3 Jeff Brown 26 31 27 84 $ 25.00 30 4 Don Ferrell 33 28 30 91 $ 25.00 28 5 Mike Bell 33 30 29 92 26 6 Andy McCoy 33 30 31 94 23 Daniel Mathias 28 34 32 94 23 8 James Weber 33 36 28 97 19.5 Bill Wahls 32 31 34 97 19.5 10 Bill Combs 32 34 34 100 17