Scott Copeland Posts a Six Stroke Victory in the 2005 APA Ohio Classic in Springfield, OH

14 August 2005 - Springfield, OH - Scott Copeland put aside the disappointing finishing rounds from the Springfield Open and fired rounds of 27, 27 and 28 for a tournament best 54 hole score of 82, 26 under par. Josh Garrison was alone in second at 88 with rounds of 28, 30 and 30, with Andy McCoy in third at 89 and Brandon Davis and Jeff Brown in a tie for fourth at 92.


Scott Copeland
2005 APA Ohio Classic Champion

In the professional ranks, Peter Neumann opened with rounds of 26 and 26 to lead by three strokes over Jim Cruse at 55 entering the final round of play. Neumann aced his two opening two holes (#3 and #4) before going cold in his final round. Neumann bogeyed hole #11 to fall to 1 under and finished with a final round 33 after making holes #14 and #15. With his poor final round, the group of players who entered the final round trailing by three of more strokes had their opening.

Jim Cruse who entered the final round at 55 posted a final round 33 to finish in a tie for sixth with Jim Heikkinen, Ken Hastings and Mark Hasty. Nate Nichols and Dave Nutini, both a 56 entering the final round, posted final rounds of 30 to finish in a tie for second at 86 with Bennie Williams in a tie for fourth at 87 with John Ventura after a final round 31. The final round scoring average among the nine professionals who cashed was 30.89 after averaging 29.11 and 27.00 in the opening two rounds.

Scott Copeland was not finished after his dominating performance in the medal as he went on to also win the match play defeating Josh Garrison in the finals. In the professional match play, Jim Heikkinen won four straight matches defeating Jim Engel in the finals. The four match victories were the first four of the 2005 season for Heikkinen who had lost his first seven matches on the Great Lakes Tour this year.

Tournament scores from Robb Titchell.

Professional Division of the 2005 Ohio Classic
(Springfield, OH - Course #1 - 14 August 2005)

    Round   Prize GLT Match GLT
  Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points Play Spots
1 Peter Neumann 26 26 33 85 $ 155.00         110 1-1 Match
2 Nate Nichols 30 26 30 86 $ 102.50           90 1-1 Match
  Dave Nutini 28 28 30 86 $ 102.50           85 0-1  
4 Bennie Williams 31 25 31 87 $ 75.00           73 0-1  
  John Ventura 28 29 30 87 $ 75.00           78 1-1  
6 Jim Cruse 28 27 33 88 $ 60.00           70 2-1  
  Jim Heikkinen 32 27 29 88 $ 95.00           80 4-0  
  Ken Hastings 28 29 31 88 $ 45.00           60 0-1  
  Mark Hasty 31 26 31 88 $ 60.00           -   2-1  
10 Dave McCaslin 29 32 28 89             47 0-1  
  Dom Perry 29 32 28 89             47 0-1  
  Roger Beckerman 28 28 33 89             47 0-1  
13 Jim Engel 31 31 28 90 $ 25.00           55 3-1  
14 John Bambling 28 33 31 92             31 0-1  
  John Kropinak 31 31 30 92             31 0-1  
  Robb Titchell 28 32 32 92             34 1-1  
17 Harry Sykes 34 31 29 94             25 0-1  
18 Paul Pastilong 35 32 29 96             25 1-1  
19 James Weber 34 32 32 98             28 1-1  
20 Scott Buddie 38 30 33 101             18 0-1  

Amateur Division of the 2005 Ohio Classic
(Springfield, OH - Course #1 - 14 August 2005)

    Round   Expense GLT Match GLT
 

Player

1

2

3

Total

Money

Points

Play

Spots
1 Scott Copeland 27 27 28 82 $ 55.00 125 4-0  
2 Josh Garrison 28 30 30 88 $ 45.00 0 3-1  
3 Andy McCoy 34 29 26 89 $ 25.00 95 1-1  
4 Brandon Davis 29 32 31 92 $ 25.00 0 0-1  
  Jeff Brown 28 25 39 92 $ 42.00 85 1-1  
6 Rick Wohlgemuth 34 26 33 93 $ 35.00 85 2-1  
7 Drew McEnaney 33 31 33 97   0 1-1  
8 Bill Wahls 34 31 33 98   70 0-1 Medal
9 Don Mathews 33 33 34 100   65 1-1  
  Ted Cain 37 29 34 100   60 0-1  
  Tyler Lacey 31 32 37 100   0 0-1  
  Barb Mingo 33 36 31 100   60 0-1  
13 Don Cherry 32 35 34 101 $ 10.00 61 2-1 Medal
14 David Goodwin 34 34 37 105   47 0-1  
15 Rob McGraner 36 32 38 106   43 0-1  
16 Michael Koehler 37 37 33 107   0 1-1  
17 Kyle Poole 44 32 32 108   0 0-1