Ricky Schults plays final hole of 2004 APA National Championship
Ricky Schults plays final hole of
2004 APA National Championship
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Ricky Schults Wins
2004 APA National Championship

22-23 July 2004 - Richmond, VA - Ricky D. Schults of Spartanburg, S.C. fired rounds of 22, 25, 23 and 25 to post a second day score of 95, 53 under par, and post a 144 hole total of 198, 90 under par. Schults' score of 198 was nine strokes ahead of Bennie Williams who was alone in second at 207 with Larry Hoover and Jeff Carr in a tie for third at 208. Amy Smith and Chuck Dibbs tie for fifth at 210 with James Taylor at 211 in seventh, Dennis Biesma at 212 in eighth, Terry Clark at 213 in ninth and Bonnie White at Jeff Brown in a tie for tenth at 215.

Leaders of 2004 APA National Championship by Round

1st Round Leader Wayne Saunders, Jr., James Taylor, Bennie Williams, Larry Smith and Malcolm Shumaker 24 (12-under par)
2nd Round Leader Larry Hoover and Terry Clark 50 (22-under par)
3rd Round Leader Chuck Cyr 75 (33-under par)
4th Round Leader Chuck Cyr 99 (45-under par)
5th Round Leader Chuck Cyr 124 (56-under par)
6th Round Leader Ricky D. Schults 150 (66-under par)
7th Round Leader Ricky D. Schults 173 (79-under par)

Scoreboard from the 2004 APA National Championship
(Richmond, VA - 22-23 July 2004)

    Rounds   Expense
  Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Money
1 Ricky D. Schults (Spartanburg, S.C.) 27 25 27 24 22 25 23 25 198  $ 80.00
2 Bennie Williams (Springfield, OH) 24 30 24 27 28 30 22 22 207  $ 80.00
3 Larry Hoover (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 25 25 26 31 24 29 24 24 208  $ 80.00
  Jeff Carr (Orangeburg, S.C.) 25 29 26 28 22 28 24 26 208  $ 80.00
5 Amy Smith (Glen Allen, VA) 25 29 26 27 27 25 24 27 210  $ 80.00
  Chuck Dibbs (Virginia Beach, VA) 26 29 24 25 28 30 23 25 210  $ 80.00
7 James Taylor (Lubbock, TX) 24 30 27 26 24 28 25 27 211  $ 80.00
8 Dennis Biesma (Roanoke, VA) 28 30 25 29 23 27 24 26 212  $ 80.00
9 Terry Clark (Virginia Beach, VA) 25 25 31 27 26 27 25 27 213  $ 80.00
10 Bonnie White (Concord, OH) 30 26 25 32 24 25 26 27 215  $ 40.00
  Jeff Brown (North Olmsted, OH) 29 27 26 30 26 28 23 26 215  $ 40.00
12 Malcolm Shumaker (Farmville, VA) 24 33 28 30 24 24 24 29 216  
13 Chuck Cyr (Richmond, VA) 25 26 24 24 25 33 30 30 217  
  Terry Sanner (South Charleston, W.V.) 26 25 29 33 27 27 25 25 217  
15 Mike Matthews (Chesapeake, VA) 25 27 29 31 28 23 24 31 218  
16 Michael Foster (Smithville, MO) 25 30 33 28 28 27 23 27 221  
17 Martin Handschuh (Montpelier, VA) 26 29 26 32 22 31 27 29 222  
  Larry Smith (Birmingham, AL) 24 32 30 28 22 30 28 28 222  
19 Steven Jones (Richmond, VA) 32 30 26 30 28 25 28 24 223  
20 Bill Garrett (Richmond, VA) 26 28 30 31 27 30 23 30 225  
21 Walter Kizzie III (Pittsburgh, PA) 29 31 26 29 23 30 27 31 226  
  Steve Helton (Spartanburg, S.C.) 25 29 25 26 33 33 27 28 226  
23 Jason Paljug (Forest, VA) 28 33 27 26 28 30 31 24 227  
  Barbara Mingo (North Olmsted, OH) 28 30 29 32 27 24 26 31 227  
25 Barry Moore (Midlothian, VA) 28 30 28 32 26 30 27 27 228  
26 Wayne Saunders Jr. (Richmond, VA) 24 36 28 30 27 33 25 26 229  
27 Mickey DeLucca (Baton Rouge, LA) 28 29 30 31 24 28 28 32 230  
28 James Walker (Richmond, VA) 27 34 28 31 27 30 26 28 231  
29 Adam Sahmel (Huffman, TX) 29 33 27 29 28 28 30 28 232  
30 Brandon Whitton (Richmond, VA) 30 31 29 32 28 26 27 33 236  
  Lynn Self (Birmingham, AL) 28 30 29 29 30 32 27 31 236