David Lynch
Wins PPA Oklahoma State Tour Event in Lawton, OK
15 August 2004 - Lawton, OK - Waking up
Sunday morning and stepping out to face the day, your heart drops as the
rain came down. After such a beautiful day Saturday for the Texas event
you knew it would be a tough miserable day on the greens today. Some
would not even attempt it, after traveling to Lawton from other
locations miles down the road, they would head home early for the day.
But those who stayed showed the heart that keeps this sport going. We
could all give up in adversity, but then our sport would have folded
years ago.
The course was totally soaked. Two holes were starting to become
unplayable due to the inches of water building up across the carpet. Two
holes were following close behind. Practice was spent finding out how
hard you would have to hit the ball to get it through the puddles. Yes,
this was one of those days that you do not worry about statistics like
stroke average.
Two people started the day like they were playing on the west coast
on a perfect, sunny day. David Lynch in the PPA division started the day
by acing the first six holes and shooting a 28 and Trevor Lewin in the
APA division started off with a 4-under 32 to set the bar low for the
amateurs.
In the second round, David removed his chokehold on the competition
by shooting a 34 and allowing Rod Phillips to move within two with a
second round total score of 64. David Lynch decided to get back on the
ace machine for the final round and shot a final round of 29 and a total
for the day of 91. Rod Phillips came in second, 7 strokes back, with a
98. State spots went to David Lynch, Rod Phillips and Jody Kimble.
In the second round, for the amateurs, Trevor was still heating up
the course despite the cool rain coming down. He shot a 31, lowering the
mark one more stroke from the first round and totaling a score at 63.
The next closest putter was Mike Foster with a 66, three strokes behind,
Danny Hoel,4 strokes behind with a 67, and followed closely behind by
Mickey DeLucca and Jason Van Buskirk with a
68. Yes it looked like it was going to be a close race for second. In
the third round, Trevor still burnt the carpets by acing 4 of the first
six holes to allow him a closing round of 31 and a 94 overall that
clinched his first win on the Oklahoma tour. A three way tie for third
with Jason, Danny, and Mike forced a playoff between the three just as
the rain started to beat down harder. Jason won the playoff by acing the
first whole and took home the second place hardware. State spots went to
Trevor Lewin, James Taylor and John Lozier.
A side note: It was nice to see Steve Armstrong back playing again
after his surgery. He played the day before in the Texas event. Steve,
it was good to see you playing again.
Article and scores
provided by James Taylor and Chris Enders.
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