Kevin Lacey Crushes Course Record
James Weber (APA) Keeps Rolling in Southwest Ohio Open
Kevin Lacey playing course #2 at the
Springfield, OH Course.4 May 2002 - Springfield, OH - Cincinnati’s Kevin Lacey has always demonstrated the ability to shoot unbelievably low rounds. In the fifth round of the 1998 PPA Southern Open at Augusta, GA Lacey shot the first 19 in National PPA competition in 19 years. His best round since that event came in the opening round of the Southwest Ohio Open, where Kevin shot an amazing record-smashing score of 20, only narrowly missing at holes 3 and 11. Kevin came to hole 3 standing 13 under par for 14 holes. Any missed attempt on hole 3 results in a hard-breaking twelve footer for par. Kevin showed amazing composure by holing the deuce after a bad break on the ace attempt, and then closing out the round by acing his last three holes.
James Weber, APA winner of the
Southwest Ohio Open.While the Augusta course is known for yielding an abundance of aces, course 2 at the Bechtle Ave. Springfield Putt-Putt certainly is not. The previous course record had been 23, and the next best round shot in the PPA division all day was 26. Many players remarked that it was the most amazing round they had ever seen played.
Lacey kept a solid pace through the second and third rounds, firing 28 and 27. His final tally of 75 shattered the previous 54-hole course record of 80. It was also good enough for an eight shot margin of victory over Roger Beckerman and defending Southwest Ohio Open champion, John Ventura who shot 83. Lacey has now won all three 2002 GLT events in which he has competed. The World Match Play Championship qualifying spot and the GLT spot were awarded to Roger Beckerman after a playoff with Ventura.
James Weber and Kevin Lacey (left to right).The pro match play was claimed by Dave Nutini by way of his victory over John Darst in the finals. Dave received his second GLT spot.
The GLT APA Division’s hottest player, James Weber, claimed his third victory of the year, also in dramatic fashion. James trailed Springfield’s Scott Copeland by four after the first round. But then, perhaps inspired by the amazing round turned in by Lacey, a fellow Hamilton, Ohio player and friend, James responded with an amazing 23 of his own, which was good enough to tie the previous course record. James posted rounds of 30-23-30 for a final score of 83, four shots ahead of Jeff Brown. Jeff’s excellent last round of 26 enabled him to claim the GLT spot.
Anthony Amick has been the GLT APA’s best match play competitor. His victory over reigning JPA National Champion Bennie Williams of Springfield secured his second GLT spot.
Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Bill Thompson.
Professional Division of the Southwest Ohio Open
(Springfield, OH - Course #2 - 4 May 2002)
Round Prize GLT Match GLT WPC Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points Play Spots Spots 1 Kevin Lacey 20 28 27 75 $150.00 110.00 1-1 2 Roger Beckerman 27 29 27 83 $102.50 85.00 0-1 MATCH 1 John Ventura 29 28 26 83 $117.50 95.00 2-1 4 Todd Viau 29 27 28 84 $75.00 72.50 0-1 Mike O'Rourke 26 31 27 84 $75.00 72.50 0-1 6 Paul Johns 28 30 27 85 $60.00 70.00 1-1 7 Mark Hasty 28 31 27 86 $55.00 65.00 1-1 8 Jeff Garrison 28 32 27 87 $55.00 55.00 0-1 9 Jim Heikkinen 31 30 28 89 $15.00 55.25 2-1 John Napoli 31 29 29 89 45.25 0-1 Scott Buddie 27 34 28 89 45.25 0-1 John Darst 32 28 29 89 $25.00 60.25 3-1 13 Bill Baus 31 29 31 91 40.50 2-1 Dave Nutini 32 31 28 91 $50.00 55.50 5-0 MEDAL 15 Bill Thompson 29 33 32 94 29.50 1-1 Paul Pastilong 32 31 31 94 26.50 0-1 17 Robin Ventura 31 32 32 95 24.00 0-1 Jay Hadsell 32 31 32 95 21.00 0-1 19 Jim Engel 33 35 30 98 18.00 0-1 20 Karl Moe 35 36 30 101 16.00 0-1 Amateur Division of the Southwest Ohio Open
(Springfield, OH - Course #2 - 4 May 2002)
Round Expense GLT Match GLT Player
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1 James Weber 30 23 30 83 $30.00 45.00 0-1 2 Jeff Brown 34 27 26 87 $25.00 39.00 0-1 MEDAL 3 Bennie Williams 30 30 31 91 $40.00 39.00 2-1 4 Scott Copeland 26 33 33 92 $25.00 33.00 0-1 5 Andy McCoy 30 29 34 93 $35.00 33.00 2-1 6 Leroy Lacey 34 31 30 95 25.00 1-1 Barb Mingo 34 30 31 95 $10.00 27.00 2-1 Don Ferrell 30 33 32 95 22.00 0-1 9 Anthony Amick 34 33 29 96 $20.00 30.00 4-0 MEDAL 10 Tim Schrader 31 34 32 97 18.00 0-1 11 Bill Wahls 33 34 31 98 16.00 0-1 12 Kim Brabb 32 34 38 104 15.00 0-1
