Kevin Lacey Wins 2001 Ohio Open in Playoff Over Bill Baus (Newark, OH

19 August - Newark, OH - Kevin Lacey won his third tournament of the season by defeating Bill Baus in a playoff. On Sunday, Kevin and Bill both shot scores of 166 and that was one better than Jay Hadsell and Todd Viau as both players shot scores of 167.

Bill Baus started out the six round event by carding back to back 25's to lead the tournament by 3 shots over Jay Hadsell and one over Harry Sykes. Kevin was down seven shots after the first two rounds and that is when his come back began. Kevin next two rounds included scores of 28 and 26 to cut into Bill's lead and bring Kevin to within one stroke with two rounds to play. Also in the mix was Jay Hadsell and Todd Viau has both players were one shot back. The two leaders both shot scores of 55 and 56 to force the playoff. Kevin defeated Bill Baus in the 18-hole playoff and won the Ohio Open on Mike Gillooly's course located in Newark, OH.

In the APA Division, Brandon Yee made a clean sweep by winning the Ohio Open by 5 shots over Jeff Brown. Brandon came from 6 strokes down over the course of the last four rounds and to finish off the tournament shot a final round score of 25. This tournament win makes Brandon a four-time winner on the Great Lakes Tour. Brandon over the last two tournament weeks has been dominating the APA field.

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	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points
1	Kevin Lacey	29	28	28	26	27	28	166	$300.00	150
2	Bill Baus	25	25	30	30	29	27	166	$250.00	128
3	Jay Hadsell	28	25	31	27	28	28	167	$182.50	109
	Todd Viau	32	25	27	30	26	27	167	$182.50	109
5	Jim Heikkinen	27	28	27	28	31	27	168	$145.00	98
6	John Napoli	27	28	30	28	31	26	170	$125.00	90
7	Bill Thompson	32	28	28	28	30	27	173	$110.00	83
8	Scott Buddie	27	28	30	28	30	31	174	$ 95.00	74
	John Tuite	30	29	27	29	30	29	174	$ 95.00	74
10	Harry Sykes	28	26	29	31	31	30	175	$ 85.00	65
11	Jim Engel	31	31	27	33	30	26	178	$ 77.50	56
	Robb Titchell	36	31	26	28	27	30	178	$ 77.50	56
13	Paul Johns	28	32	27	31	32	29	179	$ 75.00	48
14	Tom O'Brien	32	29	28	29	30	32	180		38.33
	Mark Hasty	30	31	28	31	28	32	180		38.33
	Mike O'Rourke	32	30	30	30	29	29	180		38.33
17	Dave Nutini	31	29	29	31	32	29	181		30
18	John Bambling	33	29	29	29	31	32	183		25.5
	Mike McCormack	32	29	34	31	27	30	183		25.5
20	John Darst	34	31	28	32	28	31	184		21
21	Paul Pastilong	31	29	31	32	32	30	185		16.5
	Gene Reams	29	35	30	30	31	30	185		16.5
23	Ken Hastings	31	31	25	35	31	34	187		13
	Karl Moe	31	26	31	36	33	30	187		13
25	Mike Conklin	31	31	31	32	32	32	189		11
26	Roger Beckerman	34	32	31	33	30	30	190		9
27	Dom Perry	37	33	29	31	33	32	195		8
28	Barb Mingo	36	34	32	30	32	37	201		6

		Round							Expense	GLT
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Reimb.	Points
1	Brandon Yee	29	32	26	29	29	25	170	$ 45.00	60
2	Jeff Brown	29	26	29	30	32	29	175	$ 30.00	51
3	Mike Bell	32	27	28	29	32	28	176	$ 30.00	45
4	Don Ferrell	34	31	27	31	31	27	181	$ 30.00	42
5	Anthony Amick	31	33	27	31	29	31	182		39
6	James Weber	28	35	34	28	34	33	192		36
7	Bill Wahls	32	31	33	35	30	34	195		33
8	Andy McCoy	31	26	34	29	42	34	196		30
9	Bill Combs	34	30	36	35	31	31	197		29
10	Daniel Mathias	31	32	32	35	34	34	198		26
11	Karen Hastings	34	33	34	35	30	39	205		24

Kevin Lacey Wins Ohio Open in a Playoff Over Bill Baus