Kevin Lacey Opens His 2005 PPA Season with Victory in Louisville, KY30 April 2005 - Louisville, KY - Twenty-nine putters gathered on a cold and windy morning Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky for the season opening event of the PPA Indiana State Tour. This marked the second year in a row that the PPA Indiana State Tour and the PPA Great Lakes Tour came together to form a joint event, and for the second year in a row Kevin Lacey took home the opening tournament of the year.
Lacey opened and closed his six rounds with 23's, the last of which sealed the victory by five strokes over Reading, Ohio's John Ventura. Half way through the event it was anybody's ball game, with Lacey leading the way at 82 but Charlie Greenwalt, Shawn Gilliland, Danny Holcomb, Nate Nichols and Jerry Pinotti were all within three strokes of the lead. After the fourth round the field bunched up even tighter with Kevin in a first place tie with Hope, Indiana's Danny Holcomb and six other putters within 4 strokes. By the start of the sixth and final round, Lacey was at 138 with Holcomb and Pinotti right behind at 139. Lacey ended the drama quickly however with another spectacular round of 23 to close the door. All the maneuvering and jockeying for position allowed John Ventura to quietly sneak into second place as he put together a very nice final three round score of 77 (26-26-25). Jim Payne finished in third place, Shawn Gilliland, Charlie Greenwalt, Danny Holcomb and Jerry Pinotti all tied for fourth place. Louisville, Kentucky's own Anthony Russell ran away early and never looked back in route to winning the amateur portion of the Derby City Classic. Russell started off very impressively with an opening 3 round score of (27-27-26) 80 to hold a commanding 10 shot lead over his closest competitor. A lackluster 4th round 33 opened the door slightly as Zach Smith trimmed 5 shots off the lead to pull to within 5 strokes, but that was as close as anyone would get to Russell who put together steady rounds of 29-29 to finish his day. Sam Raizor was second, Zach Smith in third, Scott Copeland in fourth and Andy McCoy rounded out the top five. Scores provided by Robb Titchell and tournament recap provided by Nate Nichols and Shawn Gilliland. |
Professional Division of the 2005 Louisville Open
(Louisville, KY - Course #1 - 30 April 2005)
Round Prize Indiana GLT GLT Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Money Points Points Spots 1 Kevin Lacey 23 32 27 29 27 23 161 $ 240.00 552 150 Medal 2 John Ventura 31 28 30 26 26 25 166 $ 175.00 475 128 Medal 3 Jim Payne 32 30 26 27 26 27 168 $ 120.00 4 Shawn Gilliland 27 28 30 30 28 26 169 $ 73.00 375.7 Charlie Greenwalt 26 32 26 31 28 26 169 $ 73.00 375.7 109 Medal Danny Holcomb 28 29 27 27 28 30 169 $ 73.00 375.7 109 Medal Jerry Pinotti 27 29 28 29 26 30 169 $ 73.00 375.7 8 Nate Nichols 28 28 29 31 27 29 172 $ 50.00 313.2 98 9 Tim Greenert 31 27 28 28 32 27 173 $ 42.00 Jim Cruse 31 29 29 30 28 26 173 $ 42.00 288.6 90 11 Scott Buddie 33 31 27 27 28 29 175 $ 35.00 83 12 Robb Titchell 33 32 26 30 27 28 176 75 13 Roger Beckerman 30 30 29 28 32 28 177 217.2 69 14 David Jones 34 31 29 30 26 28 178 Paul Johns 31 28 29 30 33 27 178 63 16 Tom Russell 31 31 32 29 31 25 179 17 Dave McCaslin 30 28 32 31 27 32 180 162 57 18 Jeff Garrison 30 33 28 29 31 30 181 154 53 19 James Weber 31 32 30 35 31 24 183 138.6 48 John Kropinak 27 30 35 28 33 30 183 44 Paul May 31 32 33 30 28 29 183 138.6 22 Paul Pastilong 31 31 30 30 31 32 185 39 23 Robin Ventura 32 29 34 35 27 30 187 110.2 Bennie Williams 33 30 30 33 30 31 187 35 25 Harry Sykes 32 30 31 32 33 30 188 30 26 Eddie Coy 31 30 29 33 32 35 190 91 27 Mark Hasty 29 36 29 31 31 35 191 85 28 Dave Nutini 33 32 29 33 33 32 192 79.2 27 29 Bob Marcellino 31 33 34 33 34