James Weber Defends Queen City Classic Title (Hamilton, OH

James Weber Defends Queen City Classic

Don Ferrell (APA) on left and James Weber (PPA) on right - Winners of the 2004 Queen City Classic

17 April 2004 - Hamilton, OH - James Weber has not been a Pro, but a couple of years, but he does know how to defend a title. Weber won the Queen City Classic in 2003 has his first win as a pro and the Cincinnati, OH resident successfully defended that title with rounds of 23-29-30 for a 54-hole score of 82, 26 under par.

Playing under ideal weather conditions, Weber took the early lead alone with a score of 23, which was a new course record on Course 1 with Roger Beckerman 3 strokes behind at 26 in second place. A second round 29 resulted in a 36 hole score of 52, 20 under par, which increased Webers lead to five shots over the 2003 Great Lakes Tour Player of the Year Jim Cruse.

The final round saw no real pressure on Weber and his final round 30 was good enough for a score of 82 and a 3 shot victory over Cruse and a spot in the Great Lakes Tour finals. In the PPA match play, pro veteran John Ventura defeated Robb Titchell and received a Great Lakes Tour finals spot as well.

Don Ferrell Wins Queen City Classic APA Title

17 April 2004 - Hamilton, OH - In the APA division, it was three time National APA Champion Don Ferrell winning the first Great Lakes Tour APA tournament of 2004. Ferrell played steady for the three round event by firing rounds of 29-29-32 for a 54-hole score of 90 and a 4 shot victory over Mike Bell and a spot in the Great Lakes Tour finals. The man who finished second did not seem to be to disappointed because Mike Bell won the APA match play and a Great Lakes Tour finals spot, by defeating Scott Copeland in the match play finale.

Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Robb Titchell.

		Round				Prize	GLT	Match	GLT
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points	Play	Spots
1	James Weber	23	29	30	82	$150.00	115.00	2-1	Medal
2	Jim Cruse	29	28	28	85	$100.00	90.00	0-1
3	Roger Beckerman	26	32	29	87	$75.00	80.00	0-1
4	Mark Hasty	30	30	30	90	$60.00	77.50	1-1
	Robin Ventura	31	30	29	90	$60.00	72.50	0-1
6	Paul Johns	31	28	32	91	$14.00	57.75	0-1
	Kevin Lacey	32	32	27	91	$14.00	62.75	1-1
	Rod Miller	30	30	31	91	$14.00	57.75	0-1
	Scott Buddie	31	28	32	91	$14.00	62.75	1-1
10	Jim Heikkinen	31	30	32	93		45.00	0-1
	Robb Titchell	31	33	29	93	$20.00	60.00	3-1
12	John Ventura	27	33	35	95	$40.00	60.00	4-0	Medal
13	Bill Baus	33	32	31	96		37.00	0-1
14	Dave Nutini	33	30	34	97		37.50	1-1
	Bill Thompson	34	32	31	97	$10.00	42.50	2-1
16	Paul Pastilong	36	32	32	100		28.00	0-1

		Round				Expense	GLT	Match	GLT
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points	Play	Spots
1	Don Ferrell	29	29	32	90	$45.00	49.00	2-1	Match
2	Mike Bell	35	30	29	94	$45.00	46.00	3-0	Match
3	Anthony Amick	30	33	33	96	$25.00	34.00	0-1
	Scott Copeland	34	31	31	96	$35.00	36.00	2-1
5	Jeff Brown	31	32	34	97	$25.00	31.00	1-1
6	Barb Mingo	34	33	31	98	$10.00	29.00	2-1
	Rick Brown	31	36	31	98		27.00	1-1
	Tony Rehr	33	31	34	98		27.00	1-1
9	Bennie Williams	33	35	34	102		21.00	0-1
10	Leroy Lacey	37	34	32	103		19.00	0-1
11	Andy McCoy	35	34	35	104		18.00	0-1
12	Kyle Poole	34	32	40	106		16.00	0-1
13	Tom McClelland	38	35	36	109		15.00	0-1