Mike Brown Wins Hoosier Classic by Five Strokes Zach Smith wins His First 2002 GLT APA Event Mike Brown playing course #2 at the Richmond, IN Course. 23 June 2002 - Richmond, IN - On a second consecutive day of sweltering heat, Springfield, PA’s Mike Brown found his groove and picked up a big win in the Hoosier Classic. Back-to-back 24’s in the first two rounds gave Brown a two-shot margin over first round leader Robin Ventura. His 26 the last round, for a total score of 74, clinched the victory while many of the other leaders stumbled. Brown appears ready to pursue his true goal in Richmond, next weekend’s $12,000 Northern Open, coming off his big win in the 2002 PPA National Invitational, held last month in Fredericksburg, VA. Zach Smith, APA winner of the Hoosier Classic. Mark Hasty of Fairfield, OH and Jay Hadsell of North Olmsted, OH found themselves in a tie for second with both a World spot and a GLT spot on the line. After an 18-hole playoff, the players were still tied, forcing sudden death. On hole 2, Jay Hadsell putted first and appeared to score a hole-in-one, but the ball bounced out of the cup after striking the bottom. Much to Hadsell’s dismay, Hasty aced behind him to claim both spots. Zach Smith - APA (left) and Mike Brown - PPA (right) winners of the Hoosier Classic in Richmond, IN. Jim Cruse of Baltimore, OH won all five of his matches, defeating Bill Baus of Cleveland Heights, OH in the finals of the match play. In the APA division, Zach Smith of Indianapolis fired the low APA round of the day, a 25, to take a one shot lead over Cincinnati’s James Weber and Don Ferrell of Bexley, OH. All three players shot 30 the last round, enabling Smith to win his first 2002 GLT APA event with a score of 84. Weber finished second at 85, and Ferrell finished tied for third at 86 with Andy McCoy of Columbus, OH. Ferrell won a playoff with McCoy to claim a GLT spot. James Weber then turned the tables by defeating Zach Smith in the finals of the match play. Mike Bell received a GLT spot in the match play by advancing to the semifinals. Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Bill Thompson.

Professional Division of the Hoosier Classic
(Richmond, IN - Course #2 - 23 June 2002)

		Round				Prize	GLT	Match	GLT	WPC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points	Play	Spots	Spots
1	Mike Brown	24	24	26	74	$190.00	115.00	2-1
2	Mark Hasty	27	24	28	79	$127.50	85.00	0-1	MATCH	1
	Jay Hadsell	27	28	24	79	$127.50	85.00	0-1
4	Kevin Lacey	24	27	29	80	$95.00	75.00	1-1
	Robin Ventura	23	27	30	80	$95.00	70.00	0-1
	Randy Reeves	26	27	27	80	$110.00	80.00	2-1
7	Bill Baus	28	24	29	81	$105.00	75.00	3-1	MATCH
8	Todd Viau	25	28	29	82	$72.50	53.00	0-1
	Shawn Gilliland	29	28	25	82	$72.50	53.00	2-1
10	Roger Beckerman	29	27	27	83	$62.50	42.00	0-1
	Brad Lebo	26	27	30	83	$62.50	45.00	1-1
12	Jim Cruse	26	30	28	84	$80.00	58.50	5-0
	John Ventura	25	30	29	84	$55.00	38.50	1-1
14	Jim Heikkinen	24	31	31	86	$55.00	31.00	0-1
15	Tom O'Brien	31	29	27	87		28.00	0-1
16	Rod Miller	30	29	29	88		21.25	0-1
	Danny Holcomb	30	28	30	88		24.25	1-1
	Dave Nutini	30	32	26	88		29.25	2-1
	Brandon Yee	27	30	31	88		29.25	2-1
20	John Darst	31	29	29	89		15.00	0-1
	Mike Conklin	28	31	30	89		15.00	0-1
22	Jim White	30	30	30	90		12.00	0-1
23	Ken Hastings	30	27	34	91		12.00	1-1
	Bob Marcellino	31	32	28	91		9.00	0-1
	Jody Comer	31	26	34	91		7.00
	Tom Gross	29	29	33	91		7.00
	Jim Garrison	35	27	29	91		7.00
28	Karl Moe	33	29	30	92		3.50
	Paul Johns	31	30	31	92		3.50
30	John Napoli	30	29	34	93		2.00
31	Paul Pastilong	29	36	30	95		1.00
32	John Bambling	35	32	32	99		1.00

Amateur Division of the Hoosier Classic
(Richmond, IN - Course #2 - 23 June 2002)

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