Greg Newport and Rick Rybaczek Win 2004 PPA National Doubles Championship 20 July 2004 - Richmond, VA - The team of Greg Newport and Rick Rybaczek won the 2004 PPA National Doubles Championship with rounds of 23, 18, 20 and 24 for a 72 hole total of 85, 59 under par. Newport and Rybaczek finished two strokes ahead of Kevin Lacey and Greg Ward in second at 87 and John Bambling and Jim Engel in third at 90. Greg Newport Rick Rybaczek The 2004 PPA National Doubles Championship opened with a round of alternate shot on course #1 followed by better ball rounds on courses #3 and course #1 before closing with a round of alternate shot on course #3. The competition featured four perfect rounds of 18 in the better ball competition including the round by Newport and Rybaczek on course #3 in the second round. Vince Batten and Darrell Anderson fired an 18 in their second round on course #3 with rounds of 18 fired by the team of John Bambling and Jim Engel and the team of Steve Lyon and Vance Randall on course #1 in their third round. The amateur team of Marty Handschuh and Malcolm Shumaker won the 2004 APA National Doubles Championship with rounds of 23, 23, 22 and 25 for a 72 hole total of 93, 51 under par. The team of Jeff Carr and Larry Hoover finished alone in second at 95 with the team of Chuck Dibbs and Mike Matthews and the team of Michael Foster and James Taylor in a tie for third at 97.

Professional Division of the 2004 PPA National Doubles Championship
(Richmond, VA - 20 July 2004)

		Alt.	Better		Alt.		Prize
	Players	Shot	Ball		Shot	Total	Money
1	Greg Newport - Rick Rybaczek	23	18	20	24	85	$ 700.00
2	Kevin Lacey - Greg Ward	24	19	19	25	87	$ 500.00
3	John Bambling - Jim Engel	25	22	18	25	90	$ 400.00
4	Cliff Matthews - RobinVentura	24	24	21	22	91	$ 283.34
	Darrell Anderson - Vince Batten	25	18	23	25	91	$ 283.34
	Robert Johnson - Randy Reeves	22	19	24	26	91	$ 283.34
7	David Lynch - Lee Messinger	24	21	21	26	92	$ 225.00
	Gilbert Sharpe - Manfred Stewart	24	23	21	24	92	$ 225.00
9	Peter Neumann - Thomas Rawles	24	22	20	27	93	$ 166.66
	Roger Beckerman - John Napoli	24	23	21	25	93	$ 166.66
	Billy Caudle - Ray Guthrie	24	21	20	28	93	$ 166.66
12	Wade Sahmel - Jeffrey Smith	22	23	20	29	94	$ 16.66
	Mike Baldoza - Rod Phillips	27	22	21	24	94	$ 16.66
	Hans Lockner - Ricard Olofsson	25	19	22	28	94	$ 16.66
	Gary English - Charlie Greenwalt	25	22	21	26	94	$ 16.66
	Mike Brown - Brad Lebo	24	21	21	28	94	$ 16.66
	Steve Lyon - Vance Randall	27	21	18	28	94	$ 16.66
18	Dave Nutini - Tony Varnadore	29	21	20	25	95
	Bill Baus - Daryl Freeman	24	24	20	27	95
	Jim Cruse - Paul Johns	24	25	21	25	95
	Tom O'Brien - James White	21	21	22	31	95
	Jay Klapper - Randy Orr	27	21	21	26	95
23	Rick Baird - Andy Coradini	25	20	24	27	96
	Paul Sample - Gary Watson	27	22	22	25	96
	Scott Broaddus - Gil Logan	24	22	22	28	96
26	Darrell Britt - Jay Hadsell	28	21	21	27	97
	Russell Sigmon, Jr. - Randal Smith	23	22	22	30	97
28	Scott Buddie - James Heikkinen	28	20	24	26	98
29	Rusty Taylor - Bart Bason	30	20	23	26	99
30	Rick Culverhouse - FrankWarren	26	25	23	26	100
	Nate Nichols - John Ventura	26	23	23	28	100
	Gary Hinshaw - Bill Kirby	29	21	23	27	100
	Tim Greenert - JamesWeber	29	21	24	26	100
	Ron Frederick - Rod Miller	26	22	24	28	100
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