Nate Nichols Opens Northern Putting Tour with Victory in Louisville, KY
22 April 2006 - Louisville, KY - The Northern Putting Tour kicked off its 2006 season in Louisville, KY with clear skies and warm weather. Columbus, Indiana’s Nate Nichols jumped out of the gate early, shooting an opening round 11 under par 25 that left him sitting alone in first place, 2 shots ahead of Robb Titchell and 4 shots ahead of Jerry Pinotti and Mark Hasty. Round 2 saw Nichols struggle to the tune of only 5 aces and a mediocre round of 31. This allowed Paul Johns to sneak into a first place tie with Nichols at 56 while Roger Beckerman and Mark Hasty sat 2 shots back with one round to play. Nichols began round number 3 by making 4 of the first 6 holes, but a double bogey 4 on the 7th, ensured that the event was still very much up for grabs. That would change in a hurry. Nichols followed up hole #7 with 8 aces in the next 9 holes to pull ahead and secure a 5 shot victory. Paul Johns wound up in a 2nd place tie with Mark Hasty, while Roger Beckerman, Jerry Pinotti and Tim Greenert finished in a 3-way tie for 4th. In the amateur division, Louisville, Kentucky’s Anthony Russell played lights out all day long. Anthony began the day with a 13 under par 23 and never looked back, leading wire to wire. Anthony would finish his day with the overall top score of 77, while youngster Brandon Davis sat 5 shots back in 2nd place at 82. Zach Smith wound up 3rd, and the combination of Kyle Poole and Jeff Brown rounded out the top 5. Scores and tournament recap provided by Robb Titchell and Nate Nichols. |
Professional Division of the 2006 Kentucky Open
(Louisville, KY - Course # 1 - 22 April 2006)
Round Prize Match NPT Player 1 2 3 Total Money Play Spot 1 Nate Nichols 25 31 26 82 $ 100.00 0-1 2 Mark Hasty 29 29 29 87 $ 60.00 1-1 Paul Johns 30 26 31 87 $ 60.00 0-1 4 Roger Beckerman 32 26 31 89 $ 48.00 3-1 Tim Greenert 32 29 28 89 $ 33.00 0-1 Jerry Pinotti 29 31 29 89 $ 33.00 1-1 7 Robb Titchell 27 33 30 90 1-1 8 Charlie Greenwalt 33 31 27 91 $ 30.00 4-0 Spot 9 Paul Pastilong 33 29 30 92 0-1 10 David Jones 32 30 33 95 0-1 11 Tony Cross 33 31 33 97 0-1 Amateur Division of the 2006 Kentucky Open
(Louisville, KY - Course # 1 - 22 April 2006)
Round Expense Match NPT Player 1 2 3 Total Money Play Spot 1 Anthony Russell 23 26 28 77 $ 52.00 2-1 2 Brandon Davis 26 28 28 82 $ 50.00 3-0 Spot 3 Zach Smith 28 28 27 83 $ 25.00 1-1 4 Jeff Brown 28 28 30 86 $ 20.00 2-1 Kyle Poole 29 28 29 86 $ 15.00 0-1 6 Scott Copeland 32 29 26 87 0-1 7 Tom Russell 27 31 32 90 1-1 8 Josh Garrison 33 33 28 94 0-1 Terry Sanner 31 31 32 94 1-1 10 Karen Raizor 31 31 34 96 0-1 11 Barb Mingo 34 31 33 98 1-1 12 John Roberts 34 33 32 99 0-1