Bill Baus Earns First PPA Career Victory on PPA North Carolina State Tour
20 March 2005 - Burlington, N.C. - Bill Baus, a player representing the Great Lakes tour, made the 9-hour trip from Cleveland to Burlington this weekend to compete and he left Burlington winning the Howard Loy Memorial on Course 1. Baus worked his way from behind to pull out a three-shot victory by using a final round 26 to separate himself from the pack.
Bill Baus
2005 Howard Loy Memorial ChampionThe 11th annual Howard Loy Memorial was being contested under gorgeous playing conditions and very little wind. Despite improvements in conditions, scores were higher than what was turned in on Saturday.
The opening round lead belonged to Robert Johnson, Bear Landin, and Rick Rybaczek, all posting 27's to start the tournament, one shot worse than Saturday's opening round low score set by Landin and several other players. That score was posted a total of nine different times in this event, but Baus posted two of those as it helped him win.
One of the other 26's belonged to Johnson that would give him the lead by one shot on Baus and Rybaczek. Johnson was in at 53, while the other two were at 54. Landin dropped to fourth and was tied with Matt Summey at 55. Baus broke it open and put the tournament out of reach with second his 26 of the tournament and put together a final score of 80. Baus won by three shots over Landin and Summey, each finishing second at 83. The win for Baus is his first career in the state of North Carolina.
Johnson and Rybaczek were tied for fourth at 84. Landin defeated Summey for the low medalist qualifying spot into the North Carolina State Championship and the Match Play spot as well. Johnson won the two-day low spot.
Jeff Carr worked his way to victory by posting a final round 25 to clip Ricky Schults by one stroke. Carr was sitting in third through two rounds and trailed Frankie Peters by three shots heading into the last round before pulling one out for his first APA win of the season. Carr would win his third career NC event since returning to play in 2002, but it was his first win as a NC-only event. Carr's 25 gave him a final score of 84. Schults finished in second at 85. Peters tied Dennis Biesma for third at 87. Schults grabbed the first APA State qualifying spot based on his two-day low score.
The North Carolina Tour returns to action on the weekend of April 16th and 17th. The tour will play in Columbia for the first time in its history as they will compete in joint events with the South Carolina Tour. The first tournament will be on Course 2, starting at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 16th. The 21st Carolinas' Open, also on Course 2 will be played on Sunday, April 17th, starting at 9:00 a.m.
Tournament results provided by Opie Roberts and Rick Rybaczek.
Professional Division of the Howard Loy Memorial
(Burlington, N.C. - Course #1 - 20 March 2005)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Bill Baus
28 26 26 80 $ 150.00 2 Bear Landin 27 28 28 83 $ 100.00 Matt Summey 29 26 28 83 $ 100.00 4 Robert Johnson 27 26 31 84 $ 78.00 Rick Rybaczek 27 27 30 84 $ 78.00 6 Greg Newport 29 29 27 85 $ 70.00 7 Rick Baird 28 30 29 87 $ 63.00 Mike Griffin 30 29 28 87 $ 63.00 9 Ray Guthrie 30 31 27 88 $ 49.00 Randal Smith 31 31 26 88 $ 49.00 Rusty Taylor 31 26 31 88 $ 49.00 12 Randy Carter 31 27 31 89 $ 40.00 13 Tony Jackson 31 28 31 90 $ 40.00 Brad Lebo 29 30 31 90 $ 40.00 15 Ben Blake 28 32 31 91 Daryl Freeman 32 32 27 91 Brian Hutchins 35 28 28 91 Allen Wall 30 31 30 91 James White 28 31 32 91 20 Michael Cardwell 30 30 32 92 Lance Perdue 30 32 30 92 22 Tommy Barbour 31 31 31 93 Bill Kirby 32 32 29 93 Jeff Spainhour 30 32 31 93 25 Jimmy Comer 31 32 31 94 26 Bob Haizlip 31 32 32 95 27 Robert Ward 31 31 34 96 28 Don Thompson 35 30 33 98 Amateur Division of the Howard Loy Memorial
(Burlington, N.C. - Course #1 - 20 March 2005)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Jeff Carr
28 31 25 84 $ 10.00 2 Ricky Schults 30 28 27 85 $ 10.00 3 Dennis Biesma 30 28 29 87 $ 10.00 Frankie Peters 28 28 31 87 $ 10.00 5 Chuck Nance 32 28 29 89 $ 10.00 6 Steve Helton 31 29 30 90 7 Barry Moore 33 30 28 91 8 Larry Hoover 32 31 31 94 Caleb Kennedy 33 33 28 94 Mark Lawson 31 33 30 94 11 Aaron Lawson 30 37 31 98 Bonnie White 36 31 31 98 13 James LeBrun 32 35 34 101 14 Walter Kolb 38 35 31 104
