Kevin Lacey Wins His Sixth 2002 GLT Event in Playoff Over Jim Cruse in Indiana Open Nate Nichols wins His First 2002 GLT APA Event Kevin Lacey playing course #3 at the Richmond, IN Course. 22 June 2002 - Richmond, IN - High temperatures, high humidity and low scores were the order of the day on course 3 of the Richmond Putt-Putt Golf. Kevin Lacey overcame a five-shot deficit after the first round to tie Jim Cruse of Baltimore, OH, and then won the title in a playoff. The tournament began with excitement as Todd Viau of Cedar Springs, MI scored aces on the first fourteen holes, causing players to pause their rounds and see if Putt-Putt history might be made. It was not to be on this day. Viau finished the round with a new course record, a 22, but Jim Cruse had quietly aced his first eight holes and posted a first round 23 of his own. Nate Nichols, APA winner of the Indiana Open. In the second round, Lacey made his move by shooting 23 for a 36-hole total of 50 cutting his second round deficit to two strokes behind Cruse at 48. By the end of regulation play, it was Cruse and Lacey tied at a 33-under par score of 75 with Rod Miller of Columbus, OH one stroke behind at 76. Miller received a GLT spot. The scores were unusually low, as all of the top seven players in the field broke the previous 54-hole record of 82 on course 3. Fourth place-finisher, Randy Reeves of Montgomery, AL, began his final round acing the first nine holes on his way to a record- tying 22. Lacey’s playoff victory over Cruse gave him his sixth GLT title of the 2002 season. He continued to play well throughout the match play portion of the event, defeating Roger Beckerman in the final match to sweep the day’s events in the PPA division. Beckerman received a GLT spot. Paul Johns of Gahanna, Ohio claimed the World Match Play Championship spot with a sixth-place finish. In the APA division, Nate Nichols of Edinburgh, IN turned a two-shot deficit into a two-shot victory with a final round 27 for an overall score of 86. Nichols also received a GLT spot. Anthony Amick of Canal Winchester, OH and Jeff Brown of North Olmsted, OH tied for second at 88. Mike Bell of Columbus, Ohio, competing in his first event of the 2002 season, won the APA match play and the GLT spot. Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Bill Thompson.

Professional Division of the Indiana Open
(Richmond, IN - Course #3 - 22 June 2002)

		Round				Prize	GLT	Match	GLT	WPC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points	Play	Spots	Spots
1	Kevin Lacey	27	23	25	75	$225.00	125.00	4-0
2	Jim Cruse	23	25	27	75	$135.00	95.00	1-1
3	Rod Miller	27	25	24	76	$135.00	90.00	2-1	Medal
4	Randy Reeves	27	29	22	78	$110.00	80.00	1-1
5	Todd Viau	22	28	29	79	$100.00	70.00	0-1
6	Paul Johns	26	29	26	81	$87.50	62.50	0-1		1
	Bill Baus	27	29	25	81	$87.50	62.50	0-1
8	Robin Ventura	29	28	27	84	$80.00	55.00	0-1
9	Ken Hastings	31	29	25	85	$75.00	56.00	2-1
10	Roger Beckerman	28	26	32	86	$87.50	56.75	4-1	Medal
	Mark Hasty	30	29	27	86	$62.50	46.75	2-1
	John Ventura	29	28	29	86	$77.50	51.75	3-1
	Shawn Gilliland	30	30	26	86	$62.50	41.75	1-1
14	John Napoli	32	28	27	87	$13.75	26.50	0-1
	Brad Lebo	30	30	27	87	$13.75	26.50	0-1
	Mike Conklin	28	32	27	87	$13.75	29.50	1-1
	Mike Brown	29	27	31	87	$13.75	26.50	0-1
18	Jay Hadsell	33	26	29	88		21.00	1-1
	Mike McCormack	30	29	29	88		21.00	1-1
	Charlie Greenwalt	32	28	28	88		18.00	0-1
21	Paul Pastilong	27	33	29	89		13.00	0-1
	Jim Heikkinen	31	28	30	89		13.00	0-1
23	Tom Gross	31	31	28	90		8.00
	Jim Garrison	33	27	30	90		10.00	0-1
	Brandon Yee	33	27	30	90		10.00	0-1
26	Danny Holcomb	32	30	29	91		5.00
	Karl Moe	30	30	31	91		5.00
	Tom O'Brien	29	32	30	91		5.00
29	Jeff Garrison	35	29	28	92		3.00
30	Bill Thompson	33	30	30	93		1.50
	John Bambling	32	33	28	93		1.50
32	Bob Marcellino	34	30	30	94		1.00
33	John Darst	31	35	29	95		1.00