Bonnie White Wins
2003 APA National Championship

1 August 2003 - Lubbock, TX - Bonnie White completed an amazing week of play with a win in the 2003 APA National Championship in Lubbock, TX on August 1st, 2003. White won the 2003 APA World Match Play Championship in Lubbock, TX earlier in the week and had her second major APA National Title in her sights.


Bonnie White
2003 APA National Champion

Opening the second day for the lead after the first four rounds at 110, 34 under par, with Michael Foster of Smithville, MO, White lost her lead with a fifth round of 30. Jeff Carr who returned to the APA in 2002 fired a fifth round 26 to lead by three strokes with 54 holes to play. A sixth round 27 pulled White back into the lead by one over Jeff Carr and Bill Hammons. Hammons finished in a tied for second in the 2002 APA National Championships held in Martinez, Georgia.

Jeff Carr's seventh round 26 was enough to move him into the lead by one stroke over White who shot a 28 in her seventh round. Oniel Mercure of Denver, CO was three stroke back after a seventh round 27 with Bill Hammons now trailing by five strokes after a seventh round 31. Among the four players within five strokes of the lead entering the final round, White fired the low round shooting an eighth round of 28 for a 144 hole total of 223, 65 under par. Larry Hoover of Winston-Salem, N.C. trailed the leaders by 11 strokes entering the final four rounds of play put together the best final 72 hole score with rounds of 28, 26, 26 and 24 but fell two strokes short of a tie with White. Hoover finished alone in second at 225 with Carr alone in third at 226 after a final round 31. Oniel Mercure finished in fourth at 228 with Seth Smith of Lubbock, TX in fifth at 229.

Leaders of 2003 APA National Championship by Round

1st Round Leader Anthony Amick, Danny Hoel, James Taylor and Robert Nelson 26 (10-under par)
2nd Round Leader Oniel Mercure, Jeff Carr and Michael Foster 52 (20-under par)
3rd Round Leader Oniel Mercure 78 (30-under par)
4th Round Leader Michael Foster and Bonnie White 110 (34-under par)
5th Round Leader Jeff Carr 137 (43-under par)
6th Round Leader Bonnie White 167 (49-under par)
7th Round Leader Jeff Carr 194 (58-under par)

Scoreboard from the 2003 APA National Championship
(Lubbock, Texas - 31 July - 1 August 2003)

Round Expense
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Reimbursement
1 Bonnie White (Concord, OH)  28 29 24 29 30 27 28 28 223  $ 80.00
2 Larry Hoover (Winston-Salem, N.C.)  31 30 32 28 28 26 26 24 225  $ 80.00
3 Jeff Carr (Orangeburg, S.C.)  28 24 31 28 26 31 26 32 226  $ 80.00
4 Oniel Mercure (Denver, CO)  27 25 26 36 29 27 27 31 228  $ 80.00
5 Seth Smith (Lubbock, TX)  30 25 32 26 30 32 27 27 229  $ 80.00
6 Bill Hammons (Indianapolis, IN)  28 27 30 27 28 28 31 31 230  $ 80.00
  Anthony Amick (Canal Winchester, OH)  26 32 30 27 26 31 30 28 230  $ 80.00
8 Danny Hoel (Oklahoma City, OK)  26 30 29 29 30 28 30 29 231  $ 80.00
  James Taylor (Lubbock, TX)  26 31 27 31 28 31 30 27 231  $ 80.00
  Jason Sheffield (Richmond, TX)  31 29 30 29 27 28 30 27 231  $ 80.00
11 Michael Foster (Smithville, MO)  27 25 27 31 30 34 27 31 232  
12 Steven Clark (Aurora, CO) 29 28 26 33 34 32 24 29 235  
  David Chisum (Wichita Falls, TX)  33 26 33 28 27 28 31 29 235  
14 Mickey DeLucca (Baton Rouge, LA)  31 27 30 32 31 28 30 28 237  
15 Carey Bailey (Lubbock, TX)  33 27 36 28 33 29 27 26 239  
16 Jack D. Ramsey (Cypress, TX)  28 33 29 25 32 35 29 29 240  
  Jeff Brown (North Olmsted, OH)  27 28 33 28 34 31 29 30 240  
18 Barb Mingo (North Olmstead, OH)  28 32 28 29 31 31 31 31 241  
  Adam Sahmel (Deer Park, TX)  32 30 34 29 27 29 29 31 241  
20 Michael Huckaby (Arlington, TX)  33 31 28 29 26 31 34 30 242  
21 Robert Nelson (Denver, CO)  26 32 33 31 33 31 27 31 244  
22 Phil Kosobucki (Denver, CO)  27 33 33 29 32 27 31 34 246  
  Jimmy Van Buskirk (Midwest City, OK)  34 28 31 30 32 28 30 33 246  
24 Josh Garrison (Morganton, IN)  32 31 30 33 32 28 30 31 247  
25 John Tritz (Lubbock, TX 30 30 29 30 27 38 30 35 249  
  Trevor Lewin (Dallas, TX)  30 28 34 31 30 36 29 31 249  
  Gary Glasscock (Humble, TX)  31 29 33 36 30 31 33 26 249  
28 Jason Van Buskirk (Midwest City, OK)  28 28 32 34 33 36 29 31 251  
29 Bill Combs (N. Huntingdon, PA)  31 29 30 35 32 27 32 37 253  
30 Robert Martin (Ft. Worth, TX)  30 31 38 34 30 32 31 29 255  
31 Greg Cole (Lubbock, TX)  31 32 38 33 28 35 29 30 256  
32 Chuck Cyr (Richmond, VA)  28 33 33 31 34 35 32 32 258  
33 Scott Schuler (Oklahoma City, OK) 34 34 32 30 28 36 31 34 259  
34 Nick Daniel (Lubbock, TX)  30 30 36 37 30 33 33