Ricky Schults Quickly Earns 2nd Professional Title with Win at White Lake, NC
29 April 2006 - White Lake, NC - Despite a three-shot deficit after the second round, Ricky Schults found a way to finish off a sensational run to his second consecutive Southern Tour victory. Trailing two-round leader Vince Batten, Schults fired a final round 24 and capitalized on Batten's final round 30 to take home the crown of Glass Bottom Open Champion on Saturday in White Lake.
Ricky SchultsSchults has picked up his second consecutive win and his third career victory in White Lake (two previous victories were as an amateur). Schults posted a final score of 73, with Batten coming in second at 76. Rick Rybaczek was third at 77. Matt Summey came in fourth at 79, while Jay Klapper and Frank Warren finished tied for fifth at 80. Klapper's score included a record-breaking round of 21 in the second round.
Jeff Carr has put his mastery to the test in the amateur ranks. After a weekend sweep in Martinez last week, Carr claimed his third consecutive victory on Saturday with a playoff win over two of the country's strong players. Carr completed his regulation play at 82 and was tied with Bonnie White and Barry Moore for first after the 54 hole event.
Carr and White were battling each other in the playoff while Moore was nowhere in reach. Carr was up as many as three strokes after a 10 on the front and held the lead by three with five holes remaining. Carr bogeyed hole 14 while White followed it with an ace and then lost the other stroke when White made 15 before Carr missed. Carr was in front one final time after he aced 16 and two more that followed sealed his third win of the season and as many in the last eight days.
Article and scores provided by Frank Warren, Opie Roberts and the PPA Southern Putting Tour.
Professional Division of the 2006 Glass Bottom Open
(White Lake, NC - 29 April 2006)
Round Southern Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Tour Points Money 1 Ricky D. Schults 25 24 24 73 40.00 $ 150.00 2 Vince Batten* 23 23 30 76 34.00 $ 110.00 3 Rick Rybaczek 26 23 28 77 33.00 $ 90.00 4 Matt Summey 26 27 26 79 32.00 $ 80.00 5 Frank Warren 27 24 29 80 30.50 $ 73.00 Jay Klapper 29 21 30 80 30.50 $ 73.00 7 Steve Shively 25 28 28 81 29.00 $ 65.00 8 Ray Guthrie 28 25 29 82 28.00 $ 60.00 9 Rick Culverhouse 27 28 28 83 25.50 $ 49.00 Bill Kirby, Jr. 31 26 26 83 25.50 $ 49.00 Bob Davis 28 27 28 83 25.50 $ 49.00 Greg Newport 29 26 28 83 25.50 $ 49.00 13 James White 27 29 28 84 22.00 $ 40.00 Gary English 32 25 27 84 22.00 $ 40.00 Robert Johnson 30 27 27 84 22.00 $ 40.00 16 Daryl Freeman 27 29 29 85 18.50 $ 10.00 Brad Lebo 28 29 28 85 18.50 $ 10.00 Randy Reeves 30 26 29 85 18.50 $ 10.00 Darrell Britt 27 29 29 85 18.50 $ 10.00 20 Michael Hitt 34 25 28 87 15.00 Bob Haizlip 28 27 32 87 15.00 Mike Flavin 29 31 27 87 15.00 23 Tony Jackson 31 25 32 88 13.00 24 Gary Hester 30 32 27 89 11.50 Rick Baird 28 29 32 89 11.50 26 Lance Perdue 30 29 32 91 10.00 27 Manfred Steward 31 28 33 92 8.50 Randy Carter 28 32 32 92 8.50 29 Opie Roberts 30 33 30 93 7.00 30 Robert Ward 31 31 32 94 6.00 31 Billy Caudle 34 31 31 96 5.00 32 Michael Cardwell 33 32 35 100 5.00 Chris Bunting 32 32 36 100 5.00 * Earned a qualification spot for the 2006 PPA Southern Putting Tour Championship.
Jeff Carr Earns Third Straight Victory in Three-Way Playoff
29 April 2006 - White Lake, NC - Jeff Carr has put his mastery to the test in the amateur ranks. After a weekend sweep in Martinez last week, Carr claimed his third consecutive victory on Saturday with a playoff win over two of the country's strong players. Carr completed his regulation play at 82 and was tied with Bonnie White and Barry Moore for first after the 54 hole event.
Carr and White were battling each other in the playoff while Moore was nowhere in reach. Carr was up as many as three strokes after a 10 on the front and held the lead by three with five holes remaining. Carr bogeyed hole 14 while White followed it with an ace and then lost the other stroke when White made 15 before Carr missed. Carr was in front one final time after he aced 16 and two more that followed sealed his third win of the season and as many in the last eight days.
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Amateur Division of the Glass Bottom Open
(White Lake, NC - 29 April 2006)
Round Southern Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Tour Points Money 1 Jeff Carr 30 28 24 82 23.00 $ 10.00 2 Barry Moore 30 27 25 82 18.50 $ 10.00 Bonnie White 24 29 29 82 18.50 $ 10.00 4 Frankie Peters 28 29 28 85 17.00 $ 10.00 5 Caleb Kennedy 32 28 26 86 16.00 $ 10.00 6 Dennis Biesma 30 29 29 88 14.00 $ 10.00 Larry Hoover 32 29 27 88 14.00 $ 10.00 Amy Smith 28 30 30 88 14.00 $ 10.00 9 Mark Lawson 29 32 28 89 11.50 Steve Helton 30 28 31 89 11.50 11 Brandon Whitton 32 28 31 91 9.50 Keith Waters 30 32 29 91 9.50 13 Walter Kolb 33 33 26 92 7.00 Vanette Block 30 29 33 92 7.00 Todd Trent 28 32 32 92 7.00 16 Chris Alley 32 30 31 93 5.00 Donald Ralph 31 30 32 93 5.00 18 James Walker 31 34 29 94 5.00 19 Adam Smith 35 31 32 98 5.00 Terry Hendrix 33 34 31 98 5.00 Chuck Cyr 32 38 28 98 5.00 22 Chuck Nance 35 35 29 99 5.00 23 Robin Trent 34 35 31 100 5.00 24 Linwood Moist 36 34 36 106 5.00
