Robin Ventura Posts Her
Second Career Pro Victory on the
PPA Virginia State TourVentura trailed by as many as three shots during the first round of play. The tournament was dominated in the early round by Vince Batten. His 23 in the round gave him a three-shot lead over Ventura and fellow Cincinnati player Kevin Lacey and South Carolina tour player Rick Culverhouse. Tied for fifth at 27 were 10 different players, including Sharpe.
Robin Ventura
Winner of 2004 PPA Virginia State Tour Event in Richmond, VABatten lost his lead with a 29 and trailed Sharpe by a shot through the second round. Sharpe fired a 24 to claim the lead at 51, with Batten tied with Daryl Freeman for second at 52, and Culverhouse and Ventura tied with Darrell Anderson for fourth at 53. Scores were surprisingly high despite the cool, overcast conditions in Richmond with the temperatures in the mid to upper 60's throughout the day.
By the end of the third round, Sharpe, in the first group, shot 26 to go in at 77 and it looked like he would secure his first win since he miraculously won the State Championship in Lynchburg. Instead, Ventura, who was playing in the final pairing, snuck ahead of Sharpe by posting a 23 to win her first Virginia tour event since April, 2002 and also posted her second PPA win of the season.
Ventura won with the score of 76, with Sharpe finishing alone in second at 77. Lacey tied New York player Gary Watson for third at 78, and Anderson and Culverhouse finished in a tie with Saturday's winner Rusty Taylor at 79.
Terry Clark held off a couple of primed amateurs to win his respective division. After a final round 27, Clark held off a serious final round charge from Dennis Biesma, who was coming strong with a 24 to miss out on the win. Clark won the APA Division with a score of 81, with Biesma behind in second at 82, and Jeff Carr closing out in third at 83. There were just 16 players competing on Sunday.
The Richmond portion of the Virginia State schedule returns on the final weekend in June. The next Virginia tour stop will be in Abingdon, Maryland. Jonathan Moore will be out in defense of his PPA win on Saturday, May 15 at 12:00 p.m. on Course 1. Another tournament will follow on Sunday, May 16 starting at 10:00 a.m.
Scores and Article provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Richmond, VA Tournament
(Richmond, VA - 25 April 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Robin Ventura
26 27 23 76 $ 210.00 2 Gilbert Sharpe 27 24 26 77 $ 150.00 3 Kevin Lacey 26 29 23 78 $ 110.00 Gary Watson 28 25 25 78 $ 110.00 5 Darrell Anderson 27 26 26 79 $ 81.66 Rick Culverhouse 26 27 26 78 $ 81.66 Rusty Taylor 28 27 24 79 $ 81.66 8 Mike Brown 27 27 26 80 $ 67.50 Tom O'Brien 27 27 26 80 $ 67.50 10 Vince Batten 23 29 29 81 $ 56.66 Daryl Freeman 27 25 29 81 $ 56.66 Gil Logan 30 25 26 81 $ 56.66 13 Tim Greenert 27 28 27 82 $ 52.50 Matt Summey 28 28 26 82 $ 52.50 15 Ed Grajewski 30 25 28 83 $ 50.00 16 Russell Sigmon, Jr. 30 29 25 84 Jeff Spainhour 27 30 27 84 18 Jonathan Moore 28 30 27 85 19 Scott Broaddus 31 27 28 86 Brad Lebo 31 27 28 86 Randal Smith 27 31 28 86 Buddy Taylor 31 30 25 86 John Ventura 29 29 28 86 24 Thomas Rawles 29 29 29 87 Opie Roberts 27 30 30 87 26 Robert Johnson 31 31 26 88 Dave Nutini 33 29 26 88 28 Gary Hinshaw 28 30 31 89 Rick Rybaczek 27 31 31 89 30 Bart Bason 33 28 29 90 Gary Moore 29 31 30 90 32 Jim White 31 29 35 95 Amateur Division of Richmond, VA Tournament
(Richmond, VA - 25 April 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Terry Clark
27 26 28 81 $ 20.00 2 Dennis Biesma 29 29 24 82 $ 20.00 3 Jeff Carr 27 29 27 83 $ 20.00 4 John Petrie 28 28 28 84 $ 20.00 5 Bonnie White 28 27 30 85 $ 20.00 6 Rick Overby 28 31 28 87 7 Chuck Dibbs 31 25 32 88 Bill Garrett 32 27 29 88 Jonathan Koo 29 27 32 88 10 Mike Mathews 30 28 31 89 11 Jason Paljug 28 33 29 90 Keith Waters 27 33 30 90 13 Walter Kolb 31 29 31 91 Barry Moore 29 29 33 91 15 Amy Smith 30 34 29 93 16 Bob Chetister 32 35 32 99
