Mike Brown Earns First Victory of 2004 Season
17 July 2004 - Richmond, VA - Mike Brown finally put himself in the win column for the first time this season, and it came at the right opportunity just two days before the start of the Nationals Week in Richmond. Brown put in a solid performance against 57 other professionals, but had to endure against Bill Baus from Cleveland Heights, Ohio in an 18 hole playoff and into sudden death for his first win of the season on Saturday.
Mike Brown
Winner of 2004 PPA Virginia State Tour Event in Richmond, VAAlthough Brown posted an opening round 25, he was four shots out of the lead to Bart Bason. Bason continues to make a strong comeback to the PPA ranks as he opened up play with a 21, which is the lowest round shot this season on Course 3 in a state event. Bason led by a slim one stroke over Jonathan Moore, who locally plays in Richmond. No 23's were recorded in the first round, and there were only three 24's posted, including Swede Hans Olofsson, all-time 54-hole tournament record holder Steve Lyon, and 2004 Virginia Open champion Vince Batten. Brown was tied with six others for the sixth spot after the first round.
Bason's fiery start was slowed down in the second round, giving way to new leadership in the standings. Bason shot 30 in the second round to slip down to seventh and trailed by three shots to Brown, Moore, and Olofsson, all tied at 48. The next best score was 50, turned in by Matt Summey, Bill Baus, and Bill Kirby.
Brown finished the tournament with a 25 to end up at 73, while Baus turned in a 23 to tie Brown for first setting up an 18-hole playoff. After the playoff, both players faced sudden death. Both players shot 25 in the playoff before Brown aced the first hole of sudden death to win his PPA event of the season.
Michael Foster traveled from Missouri in preparations for the Nationals and would win the APA Division on Saturday. Foster found himself trailing by one shot to Dennis Biesma and then was tied with him, Larry Hoover, and Jeff Carr for second at 55 through the second round. All four trailed APA legend Jeff Brown by two shots after he fired a 24 to take the lead at 53. Foster dominated in the final round by firing a 24 in the final round to secure his first win of the season on the Virginia tour. Foster shot 79 to win by three shots over Mike Mathews, who posted a final round 23 to come from 10th place to finish in second at 82. Carr finished alone in third at 83.
After Brown defeated Baus in the playoff in the tour record 58-player field, Olofsson finished alone in third at 75. Six players finished tied for fourth at 76, including Bason, Batten, Summey, Darrell Britt, Dave Taylor, and Buddy Taylor. Brad Lebo and Tom O'Brien finished out the top 10 on Saturday at 77.
The Virginia tour will conclude its weekend on Sunday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m. on Course 1.
Scores and Article provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Richmond, VA Tournament
(Richmond, VA - Course # 3 - 17 July 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Mike Brown**
25 23 25 73 $ 225.00 2 Bill Baus 25 25 23 73 $ 160.00 3 Hans Olofsson 24 24 27 75 $ 130.00 4 Bart Bason 21 30 25 76 $ 100.00 Vince Batten 24 29 23 76 $ 100.00 Darrell Britt 27 25 24 76 $ 100.00 Matt Summey 26 24 26 76 $ 100.00 Buddy Taylor 26 25 25 76 $ 100.00 Dave Taylor 27 24 25 76 $ 100.00 10 Brad Lebo 25 27 25 77 $ 80.00 Tom O'Brien 26 25 26 77 $ 80.00 12 Randal Smith 27 25 26 78 $ 75.00 13 Manfred Stewart 25 28 26 79 $ 71.66 Greg Ward 25 27 27 79 $ 71.66 Gary Watson 25 27 27 79 $ 71.66 16 Charlie Greenwalt 28 23 29 80 $ 62.00 Steve Lyon 24 30 26 80 $ 62.00 Thomas Rawles 25 28 27 80 $ 62.00 Jeff Smith 29 24 27 80 $ 62.00 James Weber 26 28 26 80 $ 62.00 21 Darrell Anderson 29 26 26 81 $ 55.00 Daryl Freeman 26 29 26 81 $ 55.00 Greg Newport 27 26 28 81 $ 55.00 Jeff Spainhour 28 26 27 81 $ 55.00 25 Robert Johnson 29 26 27 82 $ 51.25 Jay Klapper 29 29 24 82 $ 51.25 Jonathan Moore 22 26 34 82 $ 51.25 Rusty Taylor 26 29 27 82 $ 51.25 29 Mark Hasty 27 28 28 83 $ 21.42 Gil Logan 30 25 28 83 $ 21.42 Nate Nichols 28 29 26 83 $ 21.42 Dave Nutini 26 29 28 83 $ 21.42 Randy Reeves 29 27 27 83 $ 21.42 Russell Sigmon, Jr. 32 26 25 83 $ 21.42 John Ventura 28 28 27 83 $ 21.42 36 Bill Kirby 24 26 34 84 Randy Orr 29 29 26 84 38 John Napoli 27 31 27 85 39 Roger Beckerman 30 28 28 86 Scott Broaddus 31 28 27 86 Ed Grajewski 29 31 26 86 Tim Greenert 32 28 26 86 43 Gary Hinshaw 27 33 27 87 Lee Messinger 29 31 27 87 Gary Moore 27 31 29 87 Rick Rybaczek 31 27 29 87 Rick Shelton 28 27 32 87 48 Paul Sample 32 27 29 88 Ken Schooler 30 29 29 88 James White 33 26 29 88 51 Ricard Lockner 31 31 27 89 Gilbert Sharpe 28 30 31 89 53 Rick Baird 29 29 32 90 54 Wade Sahmel 30 33 28 91 55 John Bambling 30 29 33 92 Justin Taylor 32 33 27 92 57 Karl Moe 31 32 30 93 58 Hank Mersereau 35 33 30 98 ** Mike Brown won on the first hole of sudden death
after the 18-hole playoff with Bill Baus was tied at 25.Amateur Division of Richmond, VA Tournament
(Richmond, VA - Course # 3 - 17 July 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Michael Foster
27 28 24 79 $ 20.00 2 Mike Mathews 29 30 23 82 $ 20.00 3 Jeff Carr 28 27 28 83 $ 20.00 4 Dennis Biesma 26 29 29 84 $ 20.00 Jeff Brown 29 24 31 84 $ 20.00 Marty Handschuh 31 26 27 84 $ 20.00 7 Steve Helton 27 30 29 86 $ 10.00 Wayne Saunders 30 29 27 86 $ 10.00 9 Chuck Dibbs 33 27 27 87 Larry Hoover 27 28 32 87 Ricky Schults 28 30 29 87 12 Mickey DeLucca 31 26 31 88 13 Bill Coombs 34 28 28 90 Chuck Cyr 30 31 29 90 15 Bill Garrett 29 30 32 91 Amy Smith 33 28 30 91 17 Barry Moore 27 32 33 92 Terry Sanner 29 33 30 92 19 Brandon Whitton 35 28 30 93 20 Walter Kolb 33 32 29 94 21 James Walker 31 33 31 95 22 Jonathan Koo 35 29 32 96 Barb Mingo 30 35 31 96 Adam Sahmel 33 30 33 96 25 Malcolm Shumaker 36 31 31 98 26 Bonnie White 36 30 36 102 27 Scott Biesma 42 35 40 117
