Ricky Schults Defeats
Randy Reeves in Finals for the
2008 Louisiana State Championship Title
3 May 2008 - Lake Charles, LA -
Ricky Schults
of Spartanburg, South Carolina, defeated
Randy Reeves
of Montgomery, Alabama, after 41 holes of match play to claim the
Louisiana Open PPA Championship, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Schults
defeated Jeff Carr
of Orangeburg, South Carolina, and
Tony Varnadore
of Rock Hill, South Carolina, en route to his victory, before
defeating Reeves on the fifth hole of sudden death.
Cliff Matthews
of Haltom City, Texas, won the 54 hole medal play event with a score
of 74, beating
Rick Baird, of Pineville, North Carolina, and Jeff Carr by two
strokes. Matthews won the medal play qualifying spot for the Texas
State Championship at the end of the year in October in Webster,
Texas, and
Mike Baldoza of
Austin, Texas, won the match play qualifying spot for the Texas
State Championship at the end of the year in October in Webster.
Nathan Anderson
of Lake Charles, Louisiana defeated
Trevor Lewin
of Dallas, Texas, 1 up after 36 holes of match play for the
Louisiana Open Amateur Championship in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Lewin was down three holes with 9 holes left to play and took
Anderson to the last hole before Anderson topped him for the
victory. Anderson won the match play qualifying spot for the Texas
State Championship at the end of the year in October in Webster,
Texas. After 54 holes of medal play,
Alan Sahmel
and Ken
Stanfill were tied at 21 under par, 87. Sahmel beat Stanfill in
an 18 hole medal play playoff for the medal play spot for the Texas
State Championship.