Brandon Yee Wins J. B. Knight Memorial by Three Strokes For First Pro Win
Anthony Amick Coasts to Seven Stroke APA Win
Brandon Yee playing course #1 at the Refugee Road course (Columbus, OH).25 August 2002 - Columbus, OH - Brandon Yee of Columbus took extra time during the week to practice his home course. Those efforts paid off for the young rookie pro as he won his first PPA event in the 108-hole J. B. Knight Memorial.
Anthony Amick, APA winner of the J. B. Knight Memorial (Columbus, OH).Yee came out of the gate strong, scorching a 21 to set a new course record on course 1 of the Refugee Road facility. But Yee would have company for the rest of the day from fellow Columbus player Dave Nutini. Nutini made his move in rounds two and three to take the lead at the 54-hole break with a score of 76, one shot ahead of Yee. Scott Buddie of Westlake was four back at 80, and Mike McCormack of Columbus was five back at 81.
Anthony Amick and Brandon Yee (left to right).In round 4 Nutini increased his margin to two shots, but some costly bogies by Nutini in round five enabled Yee to pick up four shots and claim the lead by two. After the final round, it was Brandon Yee at 158, 58 under par. Nutini finished three back at 161 and McCormack six back at 164. Rounding out the top five were John Napoli of Clearwater Beach, FL at 170 and Kevin Lacey of Cincinnati at 171. GLT spots were claimed by McCormack and Napoli, as well as sixth place finisher Bill Thompson of Olmsted Falls, eighth place finisher Rick Alessi of Erie, PA and John Darst of Columbus, who placed twelfth.
Anthony Amick of Canal Winchester took a first round lead in the APA division and never looked back. Amick led by eight shots at the break at 81 and finished the event at 172, seven shots ahead of the threesome of Jonathan Koo of Richmond, VA, and Bennie Williams and Scott Copeland, Springfield, OH, at 179. Jeff Brown of North Olmsted was fifth at 183.
The GLT is grateful to Craig Brown, John Snyder and their staff for their hard work to bring the Columbus course back to one of the tours finest facilities, and for their hospitality in hosting the last regular season major of the year. The tour looks forward to seeing Craig again at next months GLT finals in Richmond, IN.
Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Bill Thompson.
Professional Division of the J. B. Knight Memorial
(Columbus, OH - Course #1 - 25 August 2002)
Round Prize GLT GLT Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money Points Spots 1 Brandon Yee 21 27 29 28 26 27 158 $275.00 150.00 2 Dave Nutini 25 24 27 27 30 28 161 $200.00 128.00 3 Mike McCormack 30 24 27 29 27 27 164 $175.00 113.00 Match 4 John Napoli 30 29 26 30 29 26 170 $150.00 105.00 Match 5 Kevin Lacey 30 29 26 27 28 31 171 $125.00 98.00 6 Bill Thompson 29 28 30 28 28 29 172 $97.50 76.50 Match Robb Titchell 30 28 30 29 29 26 172 $97.50 76.60 8 Rick Alessi 25 28 32 28 30 30 173 $80.00 69.00 Medal Paul Johns 30 28 30 29 29 27 173 $80.00 69.00 Gene Reams 30 31 27 32 26 27 173 $80.00 69.00 11 Bill Baus 32 27 28 30 27 31 175 57.00 12 John Darst 29 29 32 31 28 27 176 53.00 Medal 13 Paul Pastilong 29 31 28 30 32 28 178 46.00 Robin Ventura 31 27 36 28 27 29 178 46.00 15 Tom O'Brien 28 30 29 33 28 32 180 39.00 16 Scott Buddie 28 29 23 34 32 35 181 35.00 17 Mike Conklin 29 31 31 30 33 28 182 30.00 18 Harry Sykes 32 34 27 27 30 36 186 27.00 19 Mark Hasty 30 29 31 37 29 32 188 22.50 Karl Moe 34 32 32 31 28 31 188 22.50 21 John Tuite 29 31 30 35 33 32 190 18.00 22 Dom Perry 29 30 32 33 30 37 191 15.00 Amateur Division of the J. B. Knight Memorial
(Columbus, OH - Course #1 - 25 August 2002)
Round Expense GLT GLT Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money Points Spots 1 Anthony Amick 28 24 29 31 31 29 172 $50.00 60.00 2 Jonathan Koo 30 32 27 28 29 33 179 $45.00 46.00 Bennie Williams 33 30 29 27 32 28 179 $45.00 46.00 Scott Copeland 29 33 32 29 29 27 179 $45.00 46.00 5 Jeff Brown 33 29 31 29 31 30 183 39.00 6 Andy McCoy 31 30 29 37 29 30 186 36.00
