Tom O達rien Wins Richmond Open in a Playoff Over Rod Miller
Don Ferrell Edges Jeff Brown for APA Victory
Tom O'Brien
PPA Winner of the Richmond Open (Richmond, IN)21 September 2002 - Richmond, IN - The 36-hole Richmond Open is the final event of the GLT regular season. Cleveland痴 Tom O達rien came to Richmond having never won on the GLT and still looking for a second qualifying spot. At the conclusion of play O達rien had accomplished both objectives.
Don Ferrell
APA winner of the
Richmond OpenRick Alessi of Erie, PA led the event after round 1 with a 24, one shot better than Craig Williams, Jim Engel and Dave Nutini. O達rien stood well back in the tightly bunched pack at 27. But his 24 the second round enabled him to pass all players except Rod Miller of Columbus, OH, who fired a 25 in round two to tie O達rien at 51. O達rien won the resulting playoff to claim his first GLT title. Qualifying spots were awarded to O達rien, Miller, Alessi and John Darst of Columbus.
In the APA division, Don Ferrell of Bexley, OH edged out Jeff Brown by a single shot with a 36-hole score of 53. Qualifying spots were awarded to Zach Smith and Zach Rumery.
Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Bill Thompson.
Professional Division of the Richmond Open
(Richmond, IN - Course #3 - 21 September 2002)
Round Prize GLT GLT Player 1 2 Total Money Points Spots 1 Tom O'Brien 27 24 51 $175.00 100.00 Match 2 Rod Miller 26 25 51 $130.00 85.00 Match 3 Rick Alessi 24 28 52 $102.50 72.50 Match Craig Williams 25 27 52 $102.50 72.50 5 Jim Engel 25 28 53 $80.00 62.50 Bill Baus 26 27 53 $80.00 62.50 7 Roger Beckerman 27 27 54 $63.75 48.25 John Bambling 28 26 54 $63.75 48.25 Jay Hadsell 26 28 54 $63.75 48.25 Dave Nutini 25 29 54 $63.75 48.25 11 Bill Thompson 28 27 55 $55.00 38.00 12 Kevin Lacey 30 26 56 $55.00 35.00 13 John Napoli 27 30 57 $55.00 32.00 14 John Darst 29 29 58 $55.00 29.00 Match 15 Scott Buddie 29 30 59 24.50 Paul Pastilong 32 27 59 24.50 17 Todd Viau 30 30 60 17.00 Jim Cruse 30 30 60 17.00 Karl Moe 31 29 60 17.00 Mike McCormack 32 28 60 17.00 21 John Ventura 27 34 61 10.33 Brandon Yee 28 33 61 10.33 Jim Heikkinen 28 33 61 10.33 24 Harry Sykes 32 30 62 7.50 Mark Hasty 29 33 62 7.50 26 Robin Ventura 34 29 63 6.00 27 Robb Titchell 35 30 65 5.00 Amateur Division of the Richmond Open
(Richmond, IN - Course #3 - 21 September 2002)
Round Expense GLT GLT Player 1 2 Total Money Points Spots 1 Don Ferrell 27 26 53 $35.00 40.00 2 Jeff Brown 27 27 54 $30.00 34.00 3 Zach Smith 29 26 55 $30.00 30.00 Match 4 Leroy Lacey 27 29 56 $30.00 28.00 5 Mike Bell 28 29 57 $30.00 26.00 6 Scott Copeland 28 31 59 $30.00 24.00 7 Anthony Amick 27 33 60 22.00 8 Anthony Burns 30 31 61 19.00 Barb Mingo 32 29 61 19.00 10 James Weber 27 35 62 15.00 Bill Wahls 30 32 62 15.00 12 Andy McCoy 31 32 63 13.00 13 Zach Rumery 32 32 64 12.00 Match 14 Tim Schrader 33 37 70 11.00
