Robin Ventura Wins Buckeye Classic in a Playoff Over Scott Buddie
Leroy Lacey Wins APA Division
Robin Ventura on the Mansfield, Ohio Putt-Putt Golf Course.
Robin Ventura and Leroy Lacey
(from left to right).6 July 2002 - Mansfield, OH - On a rare cool day in July, Robin Ventura of Cincinnati heated up the course and overcame a three-stroke deficit in the final round to catch second round leader, Scott Buddie of Westlake. Buddie’s pair of 26’s in the first two rounds placed him three shots ahead of Ventura and Bill Baus of Cleveland Heights, and four shots ahead of Kevin Lacey of Cincinnati. Ventura’s 26 in the last round enabled her to draw even with Buddie at a score of 81 at the completion of regulation play. Lacey also posted a 26 the last round, but finished one shot behind the leaders. Baus finished a shot behind Lacey in fourth place.
Leroy Lacey, APA winner of the Buckeye Classic.The significance of the 18-hole playoff between Ventura and Buddie was augmented by the fact that both players were still seeking World spots and GLT spots. In the end, it was Ventura who cashed in, earning her first individual GLT title ever as a pro and both of the qualification spots.
Kevin Lacey cruised through the match play bracket and defeated Jim Engel of Canfield in the finals. Engel received a GLT spot.
Leroy Lacey led the APA division after each round, but his finals score of 85 only narrowly edged out fellow Springfield player Anthony Burns at 86. James Weber of Cincinnati finished third at 87.
It was a good day for the ladies as Karen Hastings of Penn Hills, PA defeated Bill Wahls of North Ridgeville in the match play finals. Leroy Lacey picked up his second GLT spot by advancing to the semifinals.
Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Bill Thompson.
Professional Division of the Buckeye Classic
(Mansfield, OH - South Course - 6 July 2002)
Round Prize GLT Match GLT WPC Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points Play Spots Spots 1 Robin Ventura 28 27 26 81 $150.00 110.00 1-1 MEDAL 1 2 Scott Buddie 26 26 29 81 $115.00 90.00 0-1 3 Kevin Lacey 30 26 26 82 $140.00 100.00 4-0 4 Bill Baus 27 28 28 83 $80.00 75.00 0-1 5 Ken Hastings 31 26 29 86 $76.66 75.00 2-1 Roger Beckerman 27 31 28 86 $61.66 65.00 0-1 Bill Thompson 29 30 27 86 $76.66 75.00 2-1 8 Mike McCormack 34 25 28 87 $13.75 49.00 0-1 Jim Engel 30 30 27 87 $38.75 64.00 3-1 MEDAL John Ventura 31 28 28 87 $13.75 49.00 0-1 Dave Nutini 29 29 29 87 $13.75 54.00 1-1 12 Rod Miller 31 29 28 88 37.00 0-1 13 Jim White 30 30 31 91 31.00 0-1 Tom O'Brien 27 32 32 91 34.00 1-1 Mike Conklin 28 33 30 91 31.00 0-1 16 John Napoli 31 31 30 92 22.30 0-1 Karl Moe 30 30 32 92 25.33 1-1 Brandon Yee 29 29 34 92 30.33 2-1 19 Dom Perry 32 32 30 94 18.00 0-1 20 John Darst 30 31 34 95 24.00 2-1 21 Paul Pastilong 31 33 34 98 17.00 1-1 Amateur Division of the Buckeye Classic
(Mansfield, OH - South Course - 6 July 2002)
Round Expense GLT Match GLT Player
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1 Leroy Lacey 26 29 30 85 $40.00 47.00 1-1 BOTH 2 Anthony Burns 31 25 30 86 $25.00 39.00 0-1 3 James Weber 29 31 27 87 $25.00 35.00 0-1 4 Karen Hastings 33 28 28 89 $45.00 40.00 3-0 5 Andy McCoy 30 31 30 91 31.00 0-1 6 Jeff Brown 34 28 31 93 $10.00 31.00 1-1 7 Bill Wahls 37 32 25 94 $15.00 30.00 3-1 Barb Mingo 33 28 33 94 23.00 0-1 9 Bennie Williams 31 32 33 96 23.00 1-1 10 Bill Combs 34 35 42 111 18.00 0-1
