Greg Ward Wins 2008 PPA Western Open Title (Lake Charles, LA

Greg Ward Wins
2008 PPA Western Open Title

4 May 2008 - Lake Charles, LA - Greg Ward, of Loganville, Georgia, shot 24 under par for the final 36 holes of the Professional Putters Association's 2008 Western Open Sunday afternoon in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Ward shot a 42 under par, 102, for four rounds and finished first in a field of 26 professionals from all over the country in the first PPA National event of the season. Mike Baldoza of Austin, Texas, finished one stroke behind Ward for 2nd place. Both Ward and Baldoza are members of the PPA Hall of Fame.

In the APA division, 2007 APA National Champion Nathan Anderson also posted a one stroke victory shooting 110, 34 under par. In second were Jack Ramsey and Adam Sahmel at 111 with Alan Sahmel at 112 rounding out the top four in the amateur division.

Scores and Article provided by Rick Rybaczek and Gary Reed.

		Round					National	Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Points	Money
1	*Greg Ward*	27	27	24	24	102	100.00	$ 500.00
2	*Mike Baldoza*	31	22	26	24	103	98.00	$ 400.00
3	*Cliff Matthews*	26	28	26	24	104	94.00	$ 276.67
	*Jeff Carr*	26	25	29	24	104	94.00	$ 276.67
	*Jay Klapper*	27	24	25	28	104	94.00	$ 276.67
6	*Ricky Schults*	24	25	28	28	105	88.00	$ 150.00
	*Dennis Biesma*	26	27	25	27	105	88.00	$ 150.00
	Don Parker	26	25	27	27	105	88.00	$ 150.00
9	*Jeffrey Smith*	27	28	28	23	106	84.00	$ 110.00
10	*Brad Lebo*	23	33	25	26	107	81.00	$ 45.00
	*Wade Sahmel*	27	26	27	27	107	81.00	$ 45.00
12	Greg Newport	31	25	27	25	108	78.00
13	Randy Reeves	28	27	29	25	109	75.00
	David McCollister	25	30	26	28	109	75.00
15	Rick Rybaczek	28	30	26	26	110	72.00
16	Rick Baird	27	27	26	31	111	67.00
	Brice Bergeson	30	27	26	28	111	67.00
	Leon Kirby	31	25	30	25	111	67.00
	Charles Cox	31	26	26	28	111	67.00
20	John Bambling	29	28	27	28	112	62.00
21	Randy Orr	31	25	26	31	113	60.00
22	Tony Varnadore	34	27	30	25	116	58.00
23	Danny Tatum	31	26	31	29	117	56.00
24	Tom Robertson	27	33	27	33	120	54.00
25	Greg Simpson	32	30	32	32	126	52.00
26	Lee Messinger	32	36	31	31	130	50.00

		Round					National	Expense
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Points	Money
1	*Nathan Anderson*	31	26	26	27	110	100.00	$ 40.00
2	Jack Ramsey	28	29	28	26	111	97.00	$ 40.00
	*Adam Sahmel*	24	28	29	30	111	97.00	$ 40.00
4	*Alan Sahmel*	30	28	25	29	112	94.00	$ 40.00
5	*Mickey DeLucca*	27	28	29	29	113	92.00
6	*Mike Huckaby*	28	27	31	28	114	89.00
	*Trevor Lewin*	30	32	28	24	114	89.00
8	Bill Combs	29	31	32	29	121	86.00
9	Steve Berglund	35	29	33	29	126	84.00
10	Ken Stanfill	33	31	33	34	131	82.00
11	Barb Mingo	36	34	30	32	132	79.00
	Paul Logue	30	33	34	35	132	79.00
13	Robert Martin	41	28	30	34	133	76.00