Shannon Spitzer Wins First Professional Tournament

9 June 2001 - Waco, TX - Shannon Spitzer was looking for a victory in her first year as a pro playing on her home course and started off in fine fashion taking a 4 stroke lead over Lee Messinger after the second round was complete. Shannon struggled during the 3rd round posting a 4-under 32 on the increasingly difficult course, but no one in the field was able to make up ground as no one in the pro division was able to break 30. Shannon played a solid final round shooting a 7 under 29 giving her a nice 6 stroke win for her first professional victory and a spot in the Texas State Finals. Bill Florian took 2nd place and Greg Everly was third. Both earned a spot in the Texas State Finals.

The APA division of the June 9th Texas State Qualifier in Waco was by Steve Tanton, his fifth win of the season, whose 117 was one better than second place finisher Wade Sahmel. Neal Armstrong, Andy Gaiser and Alan Thomas won APA state qualifying spots.

Professional Division of Waco, TX Event (9 June 2001)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 4 Total Money
1 Shannon Spitzer* 28 26 32 29 115 $140.00
2 Bill Florian* 28 31 31 31 121 $80.00
3 Greg Everly* 31 30 33 28 122 $50.00
4 David Lynch 31 31 30 31 123 $30.00
5 Lee Messinger 28 30 32 34 124 $10.00
  Richard Spitzer 31 28 33 32 124 $10.00
7 Jeffrey Smith 31 33 34 29 127  
  Mike Huckaby 33 33 34 27 127  
  Steve Armstrong 34 30 30 33 127  
10 Chris Conradi 33 29 32 35 129  
11 Randy Wimpy 32 31 30 36 129  
12 Don McCracken 35 38 37 32 142  

Amateur Division of Waco, TX Event (9 June 2001)

Round
Player 1 2 3 4 Total
1 Steve Tanton 27 32 30 28 117
2 Wade Sahmel 31 28 30 29 118
3 Neal Armstrong* 27 30 31 31 119
4 Andy Gaiser* 29 33 33 31 126
5 Alan Thomas* 37 32 29 29 127
6 Dave Blaylock 31 32 31 37 131
7 Chris Breedlove 32 33 32 35 132
8 Adam Sahmel 35 33 32 35 135
9 Jack Ramsey 34 35 31 36 136
10 Andrew Rey 36 39 41 36 152

* Earned TX State Championship Spot.

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