John Napoli Wins Gillooly Classic in Playoff Over Paul Johns (Newark, OH

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

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.

		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

		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

John Napoli Wins Gillooly Classic in a Playoff Over Paul Johns