Matt Summey Wins First Major PPA Title at 2004 PPA Virginia State Championship


Matt Summey
2004 PPA Virginia State Champion

10 October 2004 - Roanoke, VA - Daryl Freeman, Rusty Taylor and Robert Johnson opened the day in the lead at 25. Matt Summey fired a second round 23 to enter the third round in a tie for the lead at 51 with Brad Lebo. Summey closed the morning with a 25 for a three round total of 76. Despite starting the championship even after his first seven holes, Summey made 32 of his last 47 to take a three-stroke lead into the afternoon over Robert Johnson who was second at 79 followed by Daryl Freeman and Randy Reeves in a tie for third at 80. Brad Lebo was alone in fifth at 81.

Johnson wasted no time in the afternoon by charging from three down to take a two-stroke lead by firing a 25 in round four while Summey struggled shooting just 30. Summey bounced back by firing a 25 in round five to close to within one of Johnson heading into the final round.

Summey and Johnson were all square through five holes of the final round. Summey aced hole six to take a one-stroke lead, and Johnson quickly answered by making hole seven to square the match.

Hole eight proved to be a key turning point as Summey aced it after a Johnson miss. Summey then aced the next three holes to open up a four-stroke lead with seven holes remaining. Johnson rallied by acing holes 12 and 13 to cut the deficit in half heading into hole 14.

Johnson bogeyed hole 14, and Summey aced it to regain the four-stroke advantage. Summey then made holes 15 and 16 to clinch the championship, his first major title. He finished with a six round total of 157, 59 under par. Johnson finished in a tie for second with Brad Lebo at 162. Dave Taylor, propelled by a final round 22, finished alone in fourth at 163. Daryl Freeman closed with a 25 to finish alone in fifth at 164.

Article provided by Matt Summey with scores provided by Rick Rybaczek and Walter Kolb.

Professional Division of the 2004 PPA Virginia State Championship
(Roanoke
, VA - Course # 2 - 10 October 2004
)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money

1

Matt Summey 28 23 25 30 25 26 157 $800.00

2

Brad Lebo 26 25 30 26 27 28 162 $550.00
  Robert Johnson 25 27 27 25 26 32 162 $550.00

4

Dave Taylor 28 29 28 27 29 22 163 $450.00

5

Daryl Freeman 25 28 27 29 30 25 164 $420.00

6

Randy Reeves 27 29 24 28 30 27 165 $395.00

7

Gilbert Sharpe 27 32 31 27 23 27 167 $370.00

8

Greg Newport 28 31 27 28 28 26 168 $350.00

9

Manfred Stewart 26 30 30 29 28 26 169 $330.00

  10

Vince Batten 27 28 28 28 30 29 170 $290.00
  Gary Moore 30 32 28 27 27 26 170 $290.00
  Paul Sample 32 26 27 30 28 27 170 $290.00

13

Mike Brown 29 29 28 28 31 26 171 $231.67

 

Rusty Taylor 25 29 32 30 27 28 171 $231.67

 

Darrell Anderson 31 27 27 27 29 30 171 $231.67

16

Gary Hinshaw 26 26 30 29 30 31 172 $200.00

17

Bill Baus 31 28 26 28 30 32 175 $185.00

18

Russell Sigmon, Jr. 30 30 28 31 29 28 176 $170.00
19 Buddy Taylor 27 29 27 31 32 31 177 $155.00
  Bart Bason 32 31 28 28 29 29 177 $155.00

21

James White 31 27 28 30 33 30 179 $140.00

22

Tom O'Brien 31 32 32 26 27 32 180 $130.00

23

Jeff Spainhour 27 30 29 33 29 33 181 $115.00
  Thomas Rawles 27 29 30 30 32 33 181 $115.00

25

Jonathan Moore 31 33 31 27 31 30 183 $100.00
26 Randal Smith 27 31 29 33 31 33 184 $95.00
27 Ed Grajewski 29 31 28 35 33 30 186 $85.00
28 Rick Rybaczek 30 32 32 33 31 31 189 $85.00

Amateur Division of the 2004 PPA Virginia State Championship
(Roanoke
, VA - Course # 2 - 10 October 2004
)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money
1 Ricky D. Schults 28 27 25 30 30 24 164 $35.00
2 Chuck Cyr 27 24 29 31 27 28 166 $35.00
3 Conway Coffey 28 27 27 30 26 30 168 $35.00
  Dennis Biesma 26 29 29 26 29 29 168 $35.00
  Bill Garrett 31 26 28 28 29 26 168 $35.00
  Chuck Dibbs 27 29 29 28 29 26 168 $35.00
7 Bonnie White 25 29 24 31 31 29 169 $35.00
8 Jeff Carr 29 26 25 29 30 31 170  
9 Barry Moore 29 32 28 28 29 28 174  
10 Amy Smith 31 29 27 34 30 27 178  
  Walter Kolb 31 28 31 30 29 29 178  
  Malcolm Shumaker 30 29 35 29 25 30 178  
13 Brandon Whitton 32 30 25 28 33 31 179  
14 Wade Driskill 31 27 28 32 32 31 181  
15 Mike Matthews 30 32 29 30 31 31 183  
  Randy Baldwin 29 35 33 29 29 28 183  
17 John Petrie 31 31 29 30 34 30 185  
18 James Walker 35 28 33 31 28 31 186  
19 James LeBrun 30 28 34 34 33 32 191  
20 Chuck Nance 33 31 30 32 35 31 192  
21 Ryan Carter 33 31 36 25 33 35 193  
22 Bob Chetister 33 34