Don Ferrell Wins 2001 APA National Championship (Lynchburg, VA

Don Ferrell Wins
2001 APA National Championship

Don Ferrell, winner of the 2001 APA National Championship
(Lynchburg, Virginia).

11 August 2001 - Lynchburg, VA - In the amateur (APA) division that concluded their National Championship on Saturday, August 11th, Don Ferrell of Columbus, Ohio won his third APA National Championship. The APA National Championship was third of Don Ferrell career having previously won the APA title in 1979 and 1986.

Ferrell who lead by one stroke entering the final round had to wait through a one-hour rain delay before playing his final round. An estimated 2 inches of rain fell in roughly 30 minutes necessitating the stop in play. With the efforts of many PPA and APA players, the course was returned to playable condition and the final round of the 2001 APA National Championship was played.

Finishing alone in second was Steven Jones, two-strokes behind Don Ferrell. Rounding out the top five in the 2001 APA National Championship were Jeff Brown in third, Wayne Saunders in fourth, and Steven Tanton and Paul Lowery in a tie for fifth. The field of 31 APA who were in Lynchburg, VA to contest the 2001 APA National Championship marks the biggest APA field in more than 5 years to compete for the APA National Championship.

Leaders of 2001 APA National Championship by Round

1st Round Leader Wade Sahmel 24 (12-under par)

2nd Round Leader Wade Sahmel 54 (18-under par)

3rd Round Leader Wade Sahmel 85 (23-under par)

4th Round Leader Jimmy Comer 113 (31-under par)

5th Round Leader Jimmy Comer 143 (37-under par)

6th Round Leader Don Ferrell 171 (45-under par)

7th Round Leader Don Ferrell 201 (51-under par)

Scoreboard from the 2001 APA National Championship
(Lynchburg, Virginia - 10-11 August 2001)

		Round									Expense
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Reimbursement
1	Don Ferrell	27	31	29	30	28	26	30	30	231	$ 50.00
2	Steven Jones	29	31	29	27	28	29	29	31	233	$ 50.00
3	Jeff Brown	25	32	29	29	33	28	30	28	234	$ 50.00
4	Wayne Saunders, Jr.	28	31	32	26	29	30	26	33	235	$ 50.00
5	Steve Tanton	30	32	27	31	30	26	29	31	236	$ 25.00
	Paul Lowery	32	31	33	26	28	25	30	31	236	$ 25.00
7	Jonathan H. Moore	29	31	31	27	29	30	28	32	237
	Robin Ventura	31	33	29	28	28	26	28	34	237
9	Jimmy Comer	28	32	27	26	30	32	29	34	238
10	Wade Sahmel	24	30	31	33	31	31	28	32	240
11	Keith Waters	30	31	32	31	30	31	27	30	242
12	Trevor Lewin	29	33	29	29	31	30	34	29	244
13	Bill Hammons	28	28	31	30	30	33	30	35	245
	Bill Garrett	36	30	29	30	29	29	29	33	245
15	Charles W. Cyr	27	34	29	27	33	31	35	31	247
16	Terry Sanner	30	35	27	28	33	29	34	32	248
	Tyler Proffitt	29	32	32	29	35	31	28	32	248
18	Wade Driskill	31	30	27	34	35	29	29	35	250
19	Alex Boyd	27	31	34	28	33	33	32	36	254
	Karen Hastings	29	27	35	30	34	33	31	35	254
21	Ken Schooler	31	33	32	31	36	33	33	28	257
	Bill Hudson	28	36	32	32	31	32	31	35	257
	Danny Holcomb	34	33	32	29	32	31	34	32	257
	Amy M. Smith	28	37	30	33	35	30	31	33	257
	Chuck Nance	33	33	38	29	32	32	30	30	257
26	Alan Sahmel	34	35	30	33	32	33	31	35	263
27	Bill Combs	28	35	32	29	37	39	31	33	264
28	Chris Konrad	32	33	34	34	31	32	36	35	267
29	Adam Sahmel	29	34	35	34	37	33	35	35	272
30	Ron Blackwood	32	37	32	33	36	35	36	34	275
31	Mickey DeLucca	35	36	34	30	38	38	36	32	279