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 Battle22 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.
Professional Division of Columbus South Major
(Columbus, IN - 22 July 2001)
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
Amateur Division of Columbus South Major
(Columbus, IN - 22 July 2001)
Round Prize Indiana Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money Points 1 Danny Holcomb ** 32 31 36 33 29 30 191 $5.00 235.0 2 Nate Nichols 30 29 34 34 35 29 191 $5.00 225.0 3 Bill Hammons 31 31 34 29 33 35 193 $5.00 203.6 4 Steve Moon * 33 32 31 33 35 32 196 $5.00 178.0 Mike Moon 36 33 34 29 33 196 $5.00 168.0 Zach Smith 34 33 34 35 28 196 $5.00 158.0 7 Vicki Chinn 30 35 35 34 30 197 143.2 8 John Watkins 33 32 30 34 34 36 199 124.2 9 Scott McCutchen 35 34 36 33 30 33 201 106.0 10 Sean Clark 41 37 34 37 39 42 230 60.0
* Won Sudden Death Play-Off
Novice/Open Division of Columbus South
Major
(Columbus, IN - 22 July 2001)
| Round | ||||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | |
| 1 | Jim Miser | 33 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 190 |
| 2 | Jerry Pinotti | 34 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 192 |
| 3 | Tim Greenert | 34 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 36 | 35 | 194 |
| Dusty Stucker | 30 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 194 | |
| 5 | Matt Buck | 35 | 35 | 35 | 43 | 32 | 31 | 211 |
| 6 | Michael McGreevy | 40 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 219 |
| 7 | Derrick Dougherty | 38 | 35 | 32 | 52 | 45 | 39 | 241 |
| 8 | Zach Campbell | 33 | 33 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WD |