Brad Lebo Wins the
2006 PPA National Championship


Brad Lebo opens the 2006 PPA National Championship with the first of his 198 putts over eight rounds of competition

6-7 July 2006 - Martinez, GA - Brad Lebo opened up a dominating six stroke lead entering the final round of play with rounds of 24, 24 and 22 to open the second day of competition. Lebo entered the final four rounds of play tied with Kevin Lacey at 101 (43-under par). Rainey Statum provided a challenge in the final round shooting a closing round 23 (13-under par) but was still two strokes behind after playing the final hole. Lebo's deuce on the final hole secured the victory and his first PPA National title in his sixteen year PPA career. Lebo posted a final score of 198 (90-under par) with his closing round 27.

Rounding out the top five were John Bambling in third at 205 with a second day score of 99 and Greg Newport and Kevin Lacey in a tie for fourth at 207. Finishing in sixth was 2001 PPA National Champion Greg Ward at 208. Dan Anders finished in seventh at 209 with Vince Batten in eighth at 210 and Vance Randall in ninth at 211. A group of five players who finished in a tie for tenth included the 2005 PPA National Champion Jay Klapper at 212.

Leaders of 2006 PPA National Championship by Round

1st Round Leaders Jay Klapper and Wade Sahmel 23 (13 under par)
2nd Round Leaders Wade Sahmel, Brad Lebo, Tom O'Brien, Rick Culverhouse and Andy Coradini 51 (21 under par)
3rd Round Leader Rainey Statum 74 (34 under par)
4th Round Leaders Kevin Lacey and Brad Lebo 101 (43 under par)
5th Round Leader Brad Lebo 125 (55 under par)
6th Round Leader Brad Lebo 149 (67 under par)
7th Round Leader Brad Lebo 171 (81 under par)

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

PPA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ace's 99 164 37 205 63 38 165 156 107 62 135 32 151 159 40 77 129 77
Par's 129 58 175 23 155 169 63 71 120 160 92 186 76 66 168 148 82 146
3's 0 6 13 0 10 21 0 1 1 6 1 10 1 2 13 1 11 5
4's 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 0
5's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
Other's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Avg. Score 1.57 1.31 1.92 1.10 1.77 1.93 1.28 1.32 1.54 1.75 1.41 1.90 1.34 1.32 1.96 1.68 1.55 1.68

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

PPA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ace's 146 132 173 72 89 193 71 113 128 94 66 197 117 124 224 163 28 210
Par's 74 93 55 141 114 34 157 110 87 130 132 23 108 96 4 65 189 11
3's 7 3 0 13 20 1 0 5 9 3 29 8 3 8 0 0 10 7
4's 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5's 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other's 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Avg. Score 1.40 1.43 1.24 1.76 1.75