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Lee Messinger Wins 2005 Oklahoma Open 18-19 June 2005 - Lawton, OK - The first day of the Oklahoma Open, found the putters playing in a wind. The wind helped with reducing the heat of the day, but helped to keep the aces away. Lee Messinger started with a one stroke lead over Steve Armstrong and Mike Chisum. After the second round Steve Armstrong caught Lee Messinger and Mike Chisum was still one stroke back. In the third round Lee would shoot a 28 that would give him the lead for what would be the rest of the 2-day event. Lee finished the day in first with a 151. Second place was in a little tighter race with Steve Armstrong at 157, Mike Chisum at 158 and James Taylor at 159.
In the APA, Danny Hoel took and early lead by firing a 29 in the first round, but it was a third round 27 that gave Jason VanBuskirk the lead for the day. Jason finished the day with a 156. Mike Huckaby was in second with a 163. The second day would find the putters with the same wind to deal with a course 2 for the final 4 rounds of the Open. It did not take long to determine that there was going to be a two man race in the pros. Lee Messinger started the day with a 26, but Steve Armstrong was trying to stay up with a 28 of his own. Every time it seemed Steve Armstrong would get close, Lee Messinger would put down a streak of aces to keep his lead. Lee won the event with a 271 and Steve Armstrong finished in second with a 277. Steve Armstrong had only one bogey for the entire rounds. James Taylor received the world spot. In the APA, there was a race to be ran. David Chisum moved all the way from 5th place challenge for the lead and John Lozier worked all the way from third to challenge the lead as well. Jason some how managed to keep the win by finishing with a 283, a one stroke lead over David Chisum and John Lozier. David Chisum shot the low for the day of 118 and John Lozier was right behind him with a 119. They were tied for second at the end of the 9 rounds at 284 and had to go to a play off for the hardware. John Lozier won the playoff to get APA runner-up. Scores and Article provided by James Taylor. |
Professional Division of
the 2005 PPA Oklahoma Open
(Lawton, OK - Courses #1
and #2 - 18-19 June 2005)
| Round | |||||||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |
| 1 | Lee Messinger* | 30 | 31 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 271 |
| 2 | Steve Armstrong* | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 277 |
| 3 | Mike Chisum* | 31 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 287 |
| 4 | James Taylor* | 34 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 288 |
* Earned 2005 PPA Oklahoma State Championship qualification spot.
Amateur Division of the
2005 PPA Oklahoma Open
(Lawton, OK - Course #2 -
18-19 June 2005)
| Round | |||||||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |
| 1 | Jason Van Buskirk | 30 | 33 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 283 |
| 2 | John Lozier* | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 284 |
| David Chisum | 32 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 284 | |
| 4 | Danny Hoel | 29 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 286 |
| 5 | Scott Schuler* | 35 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 297 |
| 6 | Mike Huckaby* | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 31 | 35 | 300 |
| Jimmy Van Buskirk | 31 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 300 | |
| 8 | Greg Cole | 37 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 307 |
* Earned 2005 APA Oklahoma State Championship qualification spot.