1 May 2004 - Monroeville, PA - The spectacular weather on Saturday and one of the Great Lakes Tour's best scoring courses made conditions ideal for most of players. Jim Cruse combined solid play and a little luck to squeak out a one-shot victory in a playoff with Jim Engel of Monroeville, PA. It was Engel who was leading the tournament after round one shooting a fine 25. In second place was local player Ken Hastings and Gahanna’s Paul Johns; both shot 26. In round two Engel responded with a 28 for a 36 hole score of 53, but still Engel only had a 1 shot lead over Cruse and Johns as both players were in at 54. In the final round Engel continued to play very well by shooting a final round 26 and a 54 hole score of 79, but this could only get him a tie for first as Cruse shot a final round 25 to tie Engel at 79. The two players had an 18 hole playoff and Cruse was able to defeat Engel by one shot and claim his second Great Lakes Tour spot. Dom Perry claimed his first Great Lakes Tour spot by defeating John Ventura in the match play finals. Chris Graham Wins Ohio Open APA Title 1 May 2004 - Monroeville, PA - Walt Kizzie the reigning APA Great Lakes Tour Champion won his first Great Lakes Tour title for 2004. He won the APA division by one stroke over local Zach Washa. Washa held the 36 hole lead by 3 shots over Kizzie, but could not hold as Kizzie was able to over come the 3 stroke deficit with a final round 25 for a 54 hole score of 82. Zach Washa took the APA match play with a victory over Jeff Brown, but the spot went to Jeff Brown as Zach could not take the spot in the finals. Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Robb Titchell. |
Professional Division of the 2004 Pennsylvania Open
(Monroeville, PA - Course #2 - 1 May 2004)
Round Prize GLT Match GLT Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points Play Spots 1 Jim Cruse* 28 26 25 79 $140.00 110 0-1 Match 2 Jim Engel 25 28 26 79 $100.00 95 1-1 3 John Ventura 27 28 26 81 $95.00 95 3-1 4 Jay Hadsell 29 28 25 82 $65.00 75 0-1 5 Paul Johns 26 28 30 84 $14.00 62.5 0-1 5 Mike O'Rourke 28 27 29 84 $14.00 67.5 1-1 5 John Bambling 27 29 28 84 $24.00 72.5 2-1 5 Craig Williams 29 28 27 84 $24.00 72.5 2-1 9 Ken Hastings 26 30 29 85 49 0-1 9 Todd Viau 30 31 24 85 49 0-1 11 Scott Buddie 31 28 27 86 43 0-1 12 James Weber 29 30 28 87 45 1-1 13 Dom Perry 28 33 27 88 $40.00 57 4-0 Match 14 Bill Baus 32 28 30 90 34 0-1 15 Robb Titchell 32 31 28 91 31 0-1 * Jim Cruse earned a qualification spot in the 2004 PPA World Match Play Championship.
Amateur Division of the 2004 Pennsylvania Open
(Monroeville, PA - Course #2 - 1 May 2004)
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1 Walt Kizzie 29 28 25 82 $40.00 47 2-1 Medal 2 Zach Washa 27 27 29 83 $45.00 46 3-0 3 Randy Shreve 28 29 27 84 $25.00 32 0-1 4 Jeff Brown 31 28 26 85 $40.00 37 3-1 Medal 5 Karen Hastings 29 26 31 86 $25.00 28 0-1 6 Don Cherry 34 25 28 87 26 0-1 7 John Tuite 29 31 29 89 24 0-1 8 Bill Combs 27 31 32 90 25 1-1 9 Gerald Vick 34 33 26 93 21 0-1 10 Andy McCoy 31 31 32 94 22 1-1 11 Barb Mingo 32 34 29 95 $10.00 23 2-1 12 Don Mathews 34 29 33 96 19 1-1 13 Tom McClelland 31 36 37 104 14.5 0-1 13 Rob McGraner 41 32 31 104 17.5 1-1