David McCaslin Fires Final Round 22 and Wins a Five Way Playoff for Victory in the Kentucky Classic


David McCaslin - PPA Pro (left) and Ricky Schults - APA (right)
Professional and Amateur Winner of the 2005 Kentucky Classic

16 July 2005 - Louisville, KY - Trailing the 36 hole leader, Randal Smith by six strokes entering the final round, David McCaslin put together a final round 22 to pull himself into a five-way tie at 75, 33 under par. Paul May, who was also at 53 after 36 holes, fired a final round 22 to get to 75 while 36 hole leader Randal Smith posted a final round 28. John Ventura and Kevin Lacey, both at 49 after 36 holes, each posted final rounds of 26 to join the five PPA pros tied at 75. McCaslin defeated the other four PPA Pros in the five-way playoff to earn the victory and the $195 first place prize money. John Bambling finished one stroke out of the playoff at 76 in sixth place with James Weber in seventh at 77.

Ricky Schults posted rounds of 23, 24 and 28 for a 54 hole total of 75 and a three stroke victory over Scott Copeland who was alone in second at 78 (23, 26 and 29). Rounding out the top five were Anthony Russell at 80 in third, Zach Smith at 82 in fourth and Barry Moore, Andy McCoy and Barb Mingo in a tie for fifth at 84.

Scores provided by Robb Titchell

Professional Division of the 2005 Kentucky Classic
(Louisville, KY - Course #3 - 16 July 2005)

    Round   Prize GLT GLT
  Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points Spots
1 Dave McCaslin 25 28 22 75 $195.00 100 Medal
2 John Ventura 24 25 26 75 $120.00 85 Match
  Kevin Lacey 26 23 26 75 $120.00 75  
  Randal Smith 24 23 28 75 $120.00  -    
  Paul May 26 27 22 75 $120.00  -    
6 John Bambling 25 25 26 76 $90.00 70  
7 James Weber 28 25 24 77 $85.00 65  
8 Roger Beckerman 25 28 25 78 $75.00 58  
  Dave Nutini 22 28 28 78 $75.00 58  
  Brad Lebo 26 26 26 78 $75.00  -    
11 Jeff Garrison 25 25 29 79 $70.00 50  
12 Jim Cruse 25 26 29 80 $62.50 46  
  Randy Orr 29 28 23 80 $62.50  -    
14 Paul Johns 27 28 26 81 $30.00 42  
  Jim Payne 27 26 28 81 $30.00  -    
16 Russell Sigmon 26 27 29 82    -    
  Jay Klapper 26 29 27 82    -    
  Shawn Gilliland 31 27 24 82    -    
19 Scott Buddie 28 27 28 83   38  
  Tim Greenert 25 28 30 83    -    
  Randy Reeves 28 28 27 83    -    
22 Eddie Coy 28 29 28 85    -    
  Nate Nichols 29 24 32 85   35  
24 Tom Russell 27 32 27 86    -    
  Paul Pastilong 30 28 28 86   32  
26 Robin Ventura 27 31 29 87    -    
  Mark Hasty 25 29 33 87    -    
  Robb Titchell 29 28 30 87   29  
29 John Kropinak 25 31 32 88   25  
  Jim Heikkinen 30 26 32 88   25  
  David Jones 30 29 29 88    -    
32 Robert Ward 31 28 30 89    -    
33 Bob Marcellino 31 30 29 90    -    

Amateur Division of the 2005 Kentucky Classic
(Louisville, KY - Course #3 - 16 July 2005)

    Round   Expense GLT GLT
 

Player

1

2

3

Total

Money

Points

Spots

1 Ricky Schults 23 24 28 75 $36.00 -    
2 Scott Copeland 23 26 29 78 $31.00 100  
3 Anthony Russell 27 30 23 80 $31.00   85  
4 Zach Smith 28 26 28 82 $25.00 -    
5 Barry Moore 27 29 28 84 $25.00 -    
  Andy McCoy 29 29 26 84 $25.00 73  
  Barb Mingo 26 28 30 84 $25.00 73  
8 Dennis Biesma 28 29 28 85   -    
9 Josh Garrison 29 31 27 87   -    
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