Caleb Kennedy Wins 2006 APA National Championship (Martinez, GA

Caleb Kennedy Wins the
2006 APA National Championship

Caleb Kennedy opens the 2006 APA National Championship
6-7 July 2006 - Martinez, GA - Caleb Kennedy defeated Larry Smith in an 18 hole playoff for the 2006 APA National Championship after both players tied at 214 (74-under par) after eight rounds of medal play.
Kennedy opened up a commanding four stroke lead in the playoff on the back nine on his way to the playoff victory shooting 26 (10-under par) to Smith's 30 (6-under par). The victory was Kennedy's first APA National title in just his second year of APA competition.
Jeff Brown, the 1998 APA National Champion, finished alone in third place one stroke behind Kennedy and Smith at 215. A group of four players, Jeff Carr, Vanette Block, Brandon Davis and Dennis Biesma, finished in a tie for fourth at 221. Rounding out the top ten were Bo DeBruin and Chris Alley in a tie for eighth at 223 and Larry Hoover in tenth at 224.
Leaders of 2006 APA National Championship by Round
1st Round Leaders Larry Smith, James Walker and Malcolm Shumaker 24 (12 under par)
2nd Round Leaders Malcolm Shumaker and Caleb Kennedy 52 (20 under par)
3rd Round Leader Caleb Kennedy 78 (30 under par)
4th Round Leader Larry Smith 106 (38 under par)
5th Round Leader Larry Smith 132 (46 under par)
6th Round Leaders Larry Smith and Caleb Kennedy 161 (55 under par)
7th Round Leader Larry Smith 185 (67 under par)

Hole by Hole Averages from the 2006 APA National Championship
Blue Course

APA	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ace's	71	125	31	148	35	19	103	107	66	37	86	15	107	90	22	55	59	41
Par's	111	51	131	32	133	139	75	72	113	136	90	157	63	89	141	122	101	131
3's	0	6	15	2	12	22	3	3	2	9	5	9	12	3	15	5	11	6
4's	0	0	4	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	4
5's	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Other's	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Avg. Score	1.61	1.35	1.97	1.20	1.89	2.04	1.46	1.43	1.66	1.85	1.57	1.98	1.48	1.52	2.03	1.73	1.88	1.85

Hole by Hole Averages from the 2006 APA National Championship
Red Course

APA	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ace's	97	75	113	61	39	140	48	75	93	61	58	133	67	70	175	115	15	159
Par's	75	95	67	102	95	39	130	104	74	100	95	37	112	92	6	67	149	15
3's	8	12	2	15	30	2	4	2	12	14	27	10	3	19	1	0	14	5
4's	2	0	0	3	14	0	0	1	2	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
5's	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other's	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
Avg. Score	1.53	1.65	1.39	1.80	2.20	1.26	1.76	1.61	1.59	1.82	1.85	1.35	1.65	1.74	1.04	1.37	2.06	1.20

Easiest hole marked in light blue, hardest hole in yellow (courtesy of Frank Warren).

Scoreboard from the 2006 APA National Championship
(Martinez, GA - 6-7 July 2006)

		Round									Expense
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money
1	Caleb Kennedy	26	26	26	32	25	26	25	28	214	$ 80.00
	Larry Smith	24	29	27	26	26	29	24	29	214	$ 80.00
3	Jeff Brown	29	28	26	28	24	27	24	29	215	$ 80.00
4	Jeff Carr	29	28	25	27	30	27	25	30	221	$ 80.00
	Vanette Block	30	30	28	29	27	26	25	26	221	$ 80.00
	Brandon Davis	26	32	31	25	26	29	28	24	221	$ 80.00
	Dennis Biesma	26	31	26	32	27	29	22	28	221	$ 80.00
8	Bo DeBruin	27	26	29	31	28	28	28	26	223	$ 80.00
	Chris Alley	28	32	27	25	27	28	27	29	223	$ 80.00
10	Larry Hoover	33	27	25	31	26	29	24	29	224	$ 80.00
11	Donald Halpain	30	29	29	30	28	29	23	27	225
12	James Walker	24	33	24	33	25	28	29	30	226
13	John Petrie	29	26	28	29	27	30	28	31	228
	Robby Bryant	28	29	25	28	31	28	28	31	228
15	Michael Foster	29	28	28	32	26	32	27	28	230
	Barry Moore	30	28	28	31	28	29	26	30	230
	Malcolm Shumaker	24	28	33	31	30	25	29	30	230
	Lynn Self	28	29	27	30	31	29	26	30	230
19	Walter Kizzie	33	29	31	27	26	29	25	31	231
	Paula Gay	30	30	27	31	29	28	28	28	231
	Bonnie White	28	29	26	32	31	29	29	27	231
	Ken Stanfill	28	35	23	29	29	31	28	28	231
23	Kyle Poole	33	27	27	30	30	30	28	27	232
24	Frankie Peters	28	29	29	32	33	28	28	26	233
25	Todd Trent	26	29	32	29	28	29	29	32	234
	Blake Ross	29	33	28	28	26	26	29	35	234
	Terry Hendrix	29	25	31	29	32	32	28	28	234
28	Mark Lawson	27	32	21	33	27	33	28	36	237
	David Chisum	31	32	25	31	32	27	29	30	237
	Bill Petrie	30	30	30	30	28	28	29	32	237
31	Alan Sahmel	30	33	29	34	28	29	28	27	238
	Chris Hudson	34	29	27	30	30	31	26	31	238
33	Amy Smith	29	29	30	30	26	29	37	29	239
34	Adam Sahmel	31	30	30	33	29	33	29	30	245
35	Adam Smith	30	30	30	31	31	31	34	30	247
	Bill Combs	33	35	29	35	29	29	27	30	247
37	Mickey DeLucca	30	35	28	31	32	30	32	33	251
38	Dennis Carter	29	33	32	33	34	30	33	30	254
	Robert Gay	34	34	29	36	26	32	29	34	254
40	Ryan Carter	33	30	30	33	30	32	31	36	255
41	Chuck Cyr	30	39	32	35	29	26	33	38	262
42	Will DeBruin	25	36	36	34	36	35	31	34	267
43	Donald Ralph	29	39	34	37	33	35	30	35	272
44	Darren Harvey	35	33	36	36	37	36	38	36	287
45	Mike Newman	37	42	36	39	28	39	34	34	289
46	Linwood R. Moist	34	38	34	35	99	99	99	99	537