Greg Ward Wins ProPutters.com Classic for His Third National Win of the Season


Greg Ward

15 September 2008 - Richmond, VA - The 2008 PPA National Championship week kicked off with the contesting of the 72-hole PPA ProPutters.com Classic on course # 3 at the Richmond, VA Putt-Putt Fun Center.  Despite baking sunshine and tricky winds, 2001 PPA National Champion Greg Ward continued his 2008 dominance of the PPA National Tour, earning his third PPA National victory of the season with a dramatic final-hole ace to edge a duo of players by one stroke.  After opening the event with lackluster rounds of 26 and 26, Ward charged into the clubhouse with finishing rounds of 23 and 23 for a 72-hole total of 98.  2007 PPA Tournament Players Champion Vince Batten and PPA Hall of Fame member Roger Beckerman shared runner-up honors at 99.  A six-way, fourth-place logjam at 100 included Ricky Schults, Rick Culverhouse, Rick Rybaczek, Darrell Britt, David McCollister, and Rainey Statum.  The cash line in the tightly-bunched t


Larry Smith

ournament fell at 104.
 
In the amateur division, 2007 APA Seniors National Champion Larry Smith emerged victorious by carding rounds of 27, 28, 24, and 24 for a 72-hole total of 103.  2005 APA National Champion Walt Kizzie and Richmond, VA local amateur standout Malcolm Shumaker tied for second place at 106.  Grouped in a three-way, fourth-place tie at 107 were 2003 APA National Champion Bonnie White and Virginia Tour amateur heavyweights Mike Matthews and Chuck Dibbs.  The final amateur division expense reimbursement spot fell at a score of 111.
 
Action will continue in the 2008 PPA National Championship week with the contesting of the PPA and APA Tournament Players Championship and the PPA and APA Seniors National Championship on courses # 2 and 3 at the Richmond, VA Putt-Putt Fun Center.  Play in the 72-hole events, which will be held simultaneously as part of the same tournament, will commence at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
- Article provided by Brad Lebo

 

Professional Division of the 2008 ProPutters.Com Classic
(Richmond, VA - Course # 3 - 15 September 2008
)

Round Money
Player 1 2 3 4 Total Points Earned
1 Greg Ward 26 26 23 23 98 100.00 580.00
2 Vince Batten 26 23 25 25 99 97.00 405.00
Roger Beckerman 25 26 24 24 99 97.00 405.00
4 Ricky Schults 24 23 26 27 100 89.00 240.83
Rick Culverhouse 25 23 27 25 100 89.00 240.83
Rick Rybaczek 24 28 23 25 100 89.00 240.83
Darrell Britt 22 26 27 25 100 89.00 240.83
David McCollister 24 25 23 28 100 89.00 240.83
Rainey Statum 22 28 23 27 100 89.00 240.83
10 Randy Orr 27 23 26 25 101 80.00 175.00
Andy Coradini 27 25 23 26 101 80.00 175.00
Robert Johnson 26 25 24 26 101 80.00 175.00
13 Jay Klapper 24 24 30 24 102 73.00 148.75
Gary Watson 26 27 23 26 102 73.00 148.75
Michael Hitt 29 27 24 22 102 73.00 148.75
Cliff Matthews 25 28 26 23 102 73.00 148.75
17 Greg Newport 27 26 25 25 103 64.00 122.00
James Taylor 27 30 21 25 103 64.00 122.00
Joel Baker 28 26 24 25 103 64.00 122.00
Brad Lebo 26 25 26 26 103 64.00 122.00
Tony Varnadore 27 26 25 25 103 64.00 122.00
22 Rick Baird 26 26 25 27 104 54.00 63.00
Daryl Freeman 25 25 26 28 104 54.00 63.00
Jeff Carr 27 23 29 25 104 54.00 63.00
Dom Perry 25 26 26 27 104 54.00 63.00
Mike Baldoza 26 25 28 25 104 54.00 63.00
27 John Bambling 27 27 25 26 105 48.00
Rick Alessi 28 26 27 24 105 48.00
Frank Warren 26 28 26 25 105 48.00
30 Jerry Pinotti 24 26 27 29 106 43.50
Matt McCaslin 25 28 27 26 106 43.50
Ed Grajewski 31 24 25 26 106 43.50
Bill Baus 26 31 24 25 106 43.50
James Weber 28 23 26 29 106 43.50
Lewis Burton 29 24 26 27 106 43.50
36 Tony Jackson 26 29 24 28 107 40.00
37 Bill Kirby Jr. 27 25 29 27 108 38.00
Rich Handschuh 29 28 24 27 108 38.00
Steve Shively 27 26 27 28 108 38.00
40 Dave Taylor 29 24 26 30 109 34.00
Mark Hasty 28 30 26 25 109 34.00
Danny McCaslin 29 28 29 23 109 34.00
Jeffrey Smith 26 29 26 28 109 34.00
Wade Sahmel 26 27 27 29 109 34.00
45 Stan Seethoff 28 27 28 27 110 29.50
Darrell Anderson 25 30 27 28 110 29.50
Randy Reeves 25 31 26 28 110 29.50
Bob Marcellino 27 28 26 29 110 29.50
49 David Jones 27 26 30 28 111 26.50
Charlie Greenwalt 30 27 29 25 111 26.50
51 Tim Greenert 29 27 30 26 112 25.00
52 Manfred Stewart 30 28 31 24 113 23.50
Paul Johns 27 30 29 27 113 23.50
54 Gary Hinshaw 27 29 28 30 114 21.50
Danny Tatum 28 29 30 27 114 21.50
56 Buddy Taylor 28 30 29 28 115 20.00
57 James White 28 27 31 32 118 19.00

* Players listed in bold and italic font earned a qualification spots into the
2008 PPA Tournament Players Championship

Amateur Division of the 2008 ProPutters.Com Classic
(Richmond, VA - Course # 3 - 15 September 2008
)

Round Money
Player 1 2 3 4 Total Points Earned
1 Larry Smith 27 28 24 24 103 100.00 40.00
2 Walter Kizzie 24 30 26 26 106 97.00 40.00
Malcolm Shumaker 25 28 27 26 106 97.00 40.00
4 Bonnie White 27 25 28 27 107 92.00 40.00
Mike Matthews 28 27 23 29 107 92.00 40.00
Chuck Dibbs 29 26 25 27 107 92.00 40.00
7 Jeff Brown 27 25 30 26 108 88.00 40.00
8 James Walker 28 27 29 26 110 86.00 40.00
9 Michael Huckaby 30 26 26 29 111 83.00 40.00
Mickey DeLucca 25 28 26 32 111 83.00 40.00
11 Phil Kosobucki 30 25 29 30 114 79.00
Lynn Self 32 24 29 29 114 79.00
13 Oneil Mercure 26 31 32 26 115 75.00
Trevor Lewin 28 32 27 28 115 75.00
15 Amy Smith 29 32 29 27 117 72.00
16 Ken Stanfill 31 28 29 30 118 70.00
17 Jeff Studer 32 27 28 32 119 67.00
Terry Sanner 28 30 31 30 119 67.00
19 Michael Foster 32 27 30 31 120 62.00
Bill Combs 29 33 28 30 120 62.00
Art Koerber 31 30 29 30 120 62.00
22 Rodney Ashley 28 28 33 33 122 57.00
Jerry Sanner 33 30 27 32 122 57.00
24 Marty Handschuh 33 31 33 27 124 54.00
25 Adam Sahmel 34 33 32 29 128 51.00
Barb Mingo 34 31 30 33 128 51.00
27 Chuck Cyr 43 36 36 33 148 49.00

* Players listed in bold and italic font earned a qualification spots into the
2008 APA Tournament Players Championship

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