Rod Miller Wins Mahoning Valley Classic in a Playoff over Bill Thompson
Rod Miller (PPA) on left and Barb Mingo (APA) on right
Winners of the 2004 Mahoning Valley Classic26 June 2004 - Warren, OH - Rod Miller is used to winning and on the Warren course and this was just another day at the course. For the past couple of years Rod has dominated the Warren Putt-Putt Course as if he played there every week. Rod defeated Bill Thompson in an 18-hole playoff to win the Mahoning Valley Classic. Both players tied at 83 on course #2, three strokes ahead of Robb Titchell and Rick Alessi who both shot 86.
Miller opening 29 put him 5 shots behind first round leader Roger Beckerman. In the second round Miller was able to put up a little better score of 27 and cut Beckerman's and James Weber’s lead to 2 shots. In the final round Miller again put up a score of 27, but this was good enough to forge a tie with Thompson because Beckerman and Weber shot final round scores of 35 and fell of the pace. The victory earned Rod Miller his second GLT spot and a second qualification spot in the 2004 PPA World Match Play Championship. Thompson also earned a GLT spot for finishing runner up in the playoff.
Barb Mingo defeats Chris Graham to win her first APA GLT title of 2004
26 June 2004 - Warren, OH - In the APA division, Barb Mingo defeated Chris Graham in a playoff for her first victory of the 2004 season. Mingo and Graham tied at 83, three strokes ahead of Scott Copeland at 86. The GLT spots went to Don Ferrell and Bonnie White.
Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Robb Titchell.
Professional Division of the 2004 Mahoning Valley Classic
(Warren, OH - Course #2 - 26 June 2004)
Round Prize GLT GLT Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points Spots 1 Rod Miller* 29 27 27 83 $175.00 100.00 Match 2 Bill Thompson 30 25 28 83 $130.00 85.00 Medal 3 Robb Titchell 31 27 28 86 $102.50 72.50 Rick Alessi 30 27 29 86 $102.50 72.50 5 Paul Johns 28 29 30 87 $77.00 60.00 Jim Cruse 30 32 25 87 $77.00 60.00 Harry Sykes 32 28 27 87 $77.00 60.00 8 Jim Engel 28 33 27 88 $62.50 48.00 John Napoli 29 32 27 88 $62.50 48.00 10 James Weber 26 28 35 89 $33.00 35.20 Tom O'Brien 33 30 26 89 $33.00 35.20 Roger Beckerman 24 30 35 89 $33.00 35.20 Craig Williams 30 30 29 89 $33.00 35.20 John Bambling 33 26 30 89 $33.00 35.20 15 David Jones 31 30 30 91 24.50 Paul Pastilong 28 28 35 91 24.50 17 Todd Viau 26 34 32 92 17.00 Ken Hastings 30 28 34 92 17.00 Scott Buddie 31 32 29 92 17.00 James White 30 31 31 92 17.00 21 Dom Perry 30 29 35 94 9.75 Nate Nichols 31 31 32 94 9.75 Jay Hadsell 35 34 25 94 9.75 John Ventura 32 29 33 94 9.75 25 Jim Heikkinen 33 30 32 95 7.00 26 Mike O'Rourke 32 31 33 96 6.00 27 Karl Moe 31 35 31 97 5.00 28 Dave Nutini 31 33 34 98 4.00 * Rod Miller earned a qualification spot in the
2004 PPA World Match Play Championship.Amateur Division of the 2004 Mahoning Valley Classic
(Warren, OH - Course #2 - 26 June 2004)
Round Expense GLT GLT Player
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1 Barb Mingo 26 28 29 83 $30.00 40.00 2 Chris Graham 28 29 26 83 $25.00 34.00 3 Scott Copeland 26 28 32 86 $25.00 30.00 4 Jeff Brown 33 26 28 87 $25.00 28.00 5 Don Ferrell 29 30 31 90 $25.00 26.00 Medal 6 Andy McCoy 29 29 33 91 $25.00 24.00 7 Leroy Lacey 34 29 31 94 21.00 Bonnie White 31 31 32 94 21.00 Medal 9 Terry Sanner 32 35 28 95 19.00 10 Rob McGraner 34 35 30 99 17.00 11 Bill Combs 34 33 35 102 16.00 12 Walt Kizzie 42 32 29 103 14.00 13 Tom McClelland 34 41 32 107 13.00
