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2005
Professional Putters Association (PPA®)
The PPA formally announces that the 2005 PPA National Championship Week will be hosted at the Putt-Putt Golf Course in Louisville, KY July 24th - 29th. The $25,000 PPA National Championship, the $20,000 PPA World Match Play Championship, the JPA National Championship and the $5,000 ProPutters.com Classic will highlight the 2005 Professional Putters Association National Tournament Program.
The "Week of the Nationals" will begin with the $5,000 ProPutters.com Classic and the PPA Senior National Championship on Sunday, July 24th. The PPA World Match Play Championship, with a bracket of 128 qualifiers will be played on July 25th - 26th. The JPA National Championships (Team and Individual) will be played on Sunday, July 24th. The PPA National Doubles Championship will be held on Monday, July 25th. The PPA National Championship will again be played over three days beginning on July 27th (Wednesday) and ending on July 29th (Friday). The APA National Championship will include 144 holes of competition over July 27th - 28th with the amateurs teeing off last on Thursday, July 28th to allow all players to watch the final round of the APA National Championship. Louisville, KY last hosted the annual PPA National Championship in 1970. Tony Cross defeated Bill Baus in an eighteen hole playoff with Baus taking a four on the 12th hole (a Y-hole) of the playoff. Cross and Baus had tied at 230, 58 under par, with Rick Smith in third at 233 and Howell Sherrod, Ray Browning and Roger Moore in a tie for fourth at 235. In 1968 Bob Marcellino of Rockville, MD earned the PPA National Championship in Louisville, KY. Marcellino posted a score of 225, 63 under par, to finished two strokes ahead of Richard Buchan of Raleigh, N.C. and three strokes ahead of Bob Poltis of Cleveland, OH. In 1983 Danny Edwards of Atlanta, GA won the $5,000 PPA "Non-Winner's Invitational" by one stroke over Rex Thayer of Dayton, OH. Vince Batten and Rudy Cuellar, both from Houston, TX, finished in a tie for third two strokes behind Edwards. PPA Memberships for 2005 The PPA membership structure for 2005 is unchanged from the 2004 season but the membership fees have been increased for professionals. For the 2005 season, there will be a single PPA Pro membership fee of $150 which makes the member eligible for all national, state and local tournament competitions and includes two (2) PPA shirts (color and size to be selected by the applicant). Applications will be mailed to all current members of the PPA and APA near the end of January, 2005. A downloadable version of the 2005 PPA Application is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
PPA Pro ($150) Amateur Putters Association
Membership ($25) Please send your completed application to the
following address: Important Notice for 2005 PPA Applications All applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. the Thursday prior to a tournament in order to be processed and for the player to be eligible to play in that weekend's events. Important Rule Changes for the 2005 PPA Season There are several important rule changes for the 2005 PPA season that are summarized below. The 2005 PPA Rule Book (available for download in January 2005) will include the rule changes listed below. With the number of changes and revisions, we encourage all players to download this year’s rule book. Any questions please contact Joe Aboid or a member of the Player advisory board (names are listed in this year’s book) for explanation. Official PPA Golf Ball for 2005
For the 2005 PPA tournament season, there has a significant rule change to the allowed golf balls in practice and tournament play. Any golf ball that appears on the USGA conforming golf ball list published on January 5th, 2005 will be legal for PPA practice and tournament play. The 2004 PPA golf balls (Top Flite Strata Tour Soft) will be legal for tournament play in 2005. PPA golf balls from 2003 and prior years are not legal for the 2005 PPA tournament season. In addition, only white golf balls will be allowed and the only logo (besides the manufacturer's) that may appear on the golf ball is the PPA mark on the 2004 PPA golf balls. Download the USGA Conforming Golf Balls (5 January 2005) Non-Sanctioned Tournaments For the 2005 PPA tournament season, the rule prohibiting PPA members (PPA Pro and APA members) from playing in non-sanctioned putting tournaments has been withdrawn. As a consequence of this rule change, the PPA will schedule no PPA State Tour events during the weekends of May 7th and 8th and October 8th and 9th and the USPMGA will schedule no tournaments events during the 2005 PPA Week of the Nationals. Local Player Sponsorship The 2005 PPA tournament season will also see a policy on individual player sponsorship. Individual players will be allowed to secure sponsorship within the guidelines set forth by the PPA. Limitations on individual player sponsorship will include allowing a sponsor's name to appear on specified areas of a player's PPA shirt. Only PRO memberships may have local sponsorships and only those shirts that are included with the Pro memberships may be used for local sponsorship names or logos. More details on this rule change are found in the 2005 rule book.
Please send your PPA Player's Sponsorship Forms to the
following address: Please do not send your application with a return signature receipt required as this will significantly delay the delivery of your application. PPA National Tournaments for 2005
The "2005 PPA Week of the Nationals" will feature the 46th Annual PPA National Medal-Play Championship, the most prestigious tournament in the organization's history, to be contested over 12 rounds of play on July 27th through the 29th, 2005, at the Putt-Putt Golf & Games in Louisville, Kentucky. The PPA will also contest the PPA World Match Play Championship with 128 spots available through the membership application process, PPA sanctioned state tour events and the $5,000 ProPutters.com Classic. Other highlights of "PPA National Championship Week" include the PPA National Seniors Championship, the PPA National Doubles Championship, the $5,000 PPA ProPutters.com Classic, and the PPA Banquet. General
Information on the Greens Fees: Greens fees of $10 (PPA) and $5
(APA) per player per day will be charged for practice prior to Saturday,
July 23rd, for all players at the Louisville, Kentucky Putt-Putt Golf
Course. Beginning on Saturday, July 23rd, a player can practice the day
before and the day of any PPA National event that he/she has paid their
entry fee. Any player practicing without paying proper greens fees will
assessed a $25.00 fine.
There are two recommended hotels for the 2005 PPA National Championship Week in Louisville, Kentucky.
Holiday Inn The Holiday Inn Hotel in Louisville, KY is offering a rate of $49/night for the PPA. The Holiday Inn Hotel in Louisville can be reached at (502) 426-2600 and is located at 1325 S. Hurstbourne Parkway, Louisville, KY 40222. The Holiday Inn will the site of the 2005 PPA banquet which will be held on Wednesday, July 27th. The 2005 PPA National Awards banquet will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Homestead Studio Suites Hotel The Homestead Studio Suites Hotel in Louisville, KY is offering a rate of $39.99/day for a minimum 7 night stay for the PPA. The Homestead Studio Suites Hotel in Louisville can be reached at (502) 267-4454 and is located at 1650 Alliant Drive, Louisville, KY 40299. $5,000 PPA
ProPutters.com Classic
The 2005 PPA ProPutters.com Classic will begin the
"Week of the Nationals" in Louisville, Kentucky. 2005 PPA
Seniors National Championship
The PPA National Seniors
Championship is scheduled for July 24 and is open to PPA Pros who are 50 years or older.
The 2005 PPA Senior National Championship
will be played in conjunction with the ProPutters.com Classic.
The competitors in the 2005 PPA Senior National Championship
will be paired together at the end of the field so they will
finish last, allowing all other players to watch the conclusion
of the 2005 PPA Senior National Championship. The PPA National Seniors Champion will be honored at
the PPA National Championship and PPA Banquet. 2005 JPA
National Championship The 2005 JPA Team and
Individual National Championship will be held on
Sunday,
July 24, 2005, at the Putt-Putt Golf Course in
Louisville, Kentucky. The JPA team from
Lynchburg, Virginia
will be out to defend the title it won in
2004 over the team
from Burlington, North Carolina. $20,000 PPA
World Match Play Championship
The PPA World Match Play
Championship returns to the PPA National Tournament Program for
the 2005 season. The list of past PPA World Match Play Putting
Champions reads like a "Who's Who of the PPA, with past
champions Rick Smith, Indianapolis, Ind., 1969 and 1972; Dick
Florin, Fayetteville, Ga., 1970 and 1976; Vance Randall,
Asheville, N.C., 1971; Mike Baldoza, Fort Worth, Texas, 1973;
Gary Miller, Columbus, Ga., 1975; Eugene Carter, South Africa,
1977; Buddy Taylor, Gambrills, Md., 1978; Greg Ward,
Lawrenceville, Ga., 2002; James
Heikkinen, North Olmsted, Ohio, 2003; and Darrell Anderson,
Mechanicsville, Virginia. Randall, Taylor and Ward, all members
of the PPA Hall of Fame, are still active on the PPA Tour. 2005 PPA/APA National Doubles Championship The PPA /APA National Doubles Championship is
scheduled for July 25, consisting of two-man teams competing
in separate
divisions. 2005 APA
National Championship
The 46th Annual APA National Amateur Championship is
scheduled for July 27-28, bringing the top amateurs in
the nation together in a
144-medal play competition. Participants will tee-off
last on July 28th to allow all players the
opportunity to see the conclusion of the APA National
Championship. $25,000 PPA
National Championship
The 46th Annual PPA National
Championship is scheduled for July
27-29, bringing the top professionals in the nation to
battle in a 216-medal play marathon. Contestants will
play 72 holes each day. The PPA National Champion is the
organization's most prestigious title.
Cliff Matthews of
Euless, Texas, earned the title in 2004
in Richmond, Virginia. Summary of Entry Fees for 2005 The following is a summary of the entry fees and prize money for the 2005 National Tournaments. Please note that entry fees have not been increased for the 2005 PPA National Tournament Program. A PPA professional member may earn up to two spots in the 2005 PPA World Match Play Championship.
* Qualification spots for the 2005 PPA World Match Play Championship earned through a PPA sanctioned state tour event or through the 2005 ProPutters.com Classic have a $100 qualification fee. Each PPA Pro may purchase one qualification spot at the time of application (up to February 27th, 2005) for $125. A player may earn up to two spots in the 2005 PPA World Match Play Championship. ** Entry fees listed for the 2005 APA World Match Play Championship are the entry fee for tournament. Spots will not be awarded for the APA division of the APA World Match Play Championship. *** Entry fees listed for the 2005 PPA Senior National Championship are for just the Senior National Championship. A PPA Pro who is 50 or older may play in both the Senior National Championship and the $5,000 ProPutters.com Classic but must pay an entry fee for each of these events. There is no amateur division in the 2005 PPA Senior National Championship. **** Entry fees listed for the 2005 National Doubles Championship are per player with each player on a doubles team required to pay the listed entry fee. Summary of Prize Money for 2005 The following is a summary of the prize money for the 2005 National Tournaments excluding the 2005 PPA World Match Play Championship which is shown in its own table below. Prize money for the 2005 PPA Senior National Championship and 2005 PPA National Doubles Championship will be determined at the tournament site. The professional prize money for these two tournaments will be equal to the total of all the professional entry fees. Please note that all entry fees and qualification fees for 2005 PPA National Tournaments are non-refundable.
Prize Money in the 2005 PPA World Match Play Championship
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