Tom Gross Wins South Major on Indiana State Tour (Columbus, IN

Tom Gross Wins South Major on Indiana State Tour


*PPA Touring Pro Tom Gross*	*APA Danny Holcomb*

Tom Gross Moves into Points Lead With Win at South Major

22 July 2001 - Columbus, IN - PPA Touring Pro Tom Gross captured his first Major Event on the Indiana Tour winning the "IPPT South Major" by 5 shots over Dave Nutini of Columbus, Ohio. Gross shot a 6 round total 177 (39 under par) to pick up his 3rd victory of the year on the Indiana Tour and fourth victory overall this season. With the win and a second place finish in the "Columbus Open" Gross moved into the Indiana Tour Points Lead. The start of the event was delayed about 40 minutes by a thundershower that dumped over an inch of rain on Miller's Putt-Putt. Gross, Nutini and Club Pro Jeff Garrison shared the first round lead after all three players shot 6 under par 30's. Club Pro Shawn Gilliland took the lead after round two shooting a 7 under par 29 and a 2 round total 60. Garrison became the third leader after round three shooting a 7 under par 29 and a three round total 91, 3 shots ahead of Nutini and Jim Garrison. Dave Nutini moved back to the top after shooting a 10 under par 26 and a four round total 120. But Gross claimed the top spot in round five shooting the days lowest round of 11 under par 25 and a 5 round total of 32 under par 148. Gross finished with a final round 29 to capture the South Major Title. Dave Nutini bounced back with a 29 to place second, while Touring Pro Mark Hasty of Fairborn Ohio shot 85 over the final 3 rounds to capture a podium finish in 3rd place. The Indiana Tour will now take a break until Saturday August 18th when they play at 34th Street in Indianapolis.

Danny Holcomb Wins Again in Playoff for South Major Title
Extends Points Lead in APA Battle

22 July 2001 - Columbus, IN - Amateur putter Danny Holcomb of Hope, Indiana survived the rain, intense heat and pressure from a strong amateur field to win the "IPPT Amateur South Major" at Columbus. Holcomb fired an 8 under par 28 in the 18 hole play-off with Nate Nichols of Edinburgh to win by 4 shots and take home his 5th Tour Victory. Holcomb started the day 2 shots out of the lead held by Nichols and Vicki Chinn of Greenwood, both players opening with 6 under par 30's. Nichols then moved into the lead by 3 shots over Bill Hammons of Indianapolis after a 7 under par 29 in round two. Nichols held the lead after three rounds with a 15 under par 93. Hammons grabbed the lead in round four with a 7 under par 29 and a four round total 125. He held the lead after 5 rounds at 158 but Holcomb fired a 7 under par 29 to move into second place just 3 shots behind. Nichols was another shot back at 162. Holcomb's final round 6 under par 30 and Nichols final round 7 under par 29 gave each a 6 round total 191 thus forcing the play-off.

		Round							Prize	Indiana
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points
1	Tom Gross	30	34	31	28	25	29	177	$130	367.2
2	Dave Nutini	30	32	32	26	33	29	182	$85	316.2
3	Mark Hasty	35	33	30	27	28	30	183	$71	298.6
4	Darren Clayton	35	30	30	29	28	33	185	$62	274.0
5	Jeff Garrison	30	32	29	32	32	33	188	$50	243.6
6	Rick Blair *	32	32	33	33	29	30	189	$31	227.2
7	Jim Garrison	36	31	27	33	32	30	189	$31	217.2
8	Shawn Gilliland	31	29	35	31	35	28	189	$31	207.2
9	Jim Bryant	35	34	29	30	32	32	192	$0	179.2
10	Mark Greenwell *	35	35	35	34	27	31	197	$0	143.2
11	John Ventura	31	37	30	36	33	30	197	$0	133.2
12	Don Featherstone	39	38	32	30	33	31	203	$0	98.6
13	Tom Morrison	35	33	33	0	0	0	WD	$0	60.0