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
Greg Newport

Rick Rybaczek
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  
35 Ed Grajewski - Rich Handschuh 29 26 24 29 108  

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

    Alt. Better Alt.   Prize
  Players Shot Ball Shot Total Money
1 Marty Handschuh - Malcolm Shumaker 23 23 22 25 93 $ 90.00
2 Jeff Carr - Larry Hoover 26 21 20 28 95 $ 60.00
3 Chuck Dibbs - Mike Matthews 26 20 24 27 97 $ 60.00
  Michael Foster - James Taylor 25 22 26 24 97 $ 60.00
5 Amy Smith - Bonnie White 25 25 21 27 98 $ 60.00
6 Dennis Biesma - Jonathan Koo 24 25 21 32 102 $ 40.00
  Barry Moore - Wayne Saunders 27 23 22 30 102 $ 40.00
  Steve Helton - Ricky D. Schults 24 25 23 30 102 $ 40.00
9 James Walker - Brandon Whitton 30 24 21 31 106  
  Jeff Brown - Barb Mingo 33 22 22 29 106  
11 Lynn Self - Larry Smith 28 25 24 31 108  
  Chuck Cyr - Bill Garrett 27 26 24 31 108  
13 Mickey DeLucca - Adam Sahmel 29 27 24 29 109  
14 Leroy Lacey - Bennie Williams 28 25 27 30 110  
15 Bill Combs - Terry Sanner 28 29 23 32 112  
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