Dennis Biesma Wins Dogwood Open to Capture His First Career State Tour Major Title07 June 2009 - Charlottesville, VA - The Virginia PPA Tour held its second major championship of the 2009 season, the 72-hole Dogwood Festival Open, on course # 2 on the picturesque and neatly-manicured grounds of the Charlottesville, VA Putt-Putt Fun Center. The tournament's true winner was the course, as excessive heat and baking sunshine caused the course's carpet fibers to stand at full attention throughout the event. The challenging conditions made the already-mercurial course seem angrier than an old man attempting to return soup at a New York delicatessen and wreaked havoc on the scoring of the defenseless field. Patience and some good fortune would prove to be the most important weapons in a player's armamentarium in a tournament which developed into a war of attrition.
The Virginia PPA Tour extends its thanks and great appreciation to long-time course owner Lloyd Wood and his staff for, as always, warmly welcoming the tour to the beautiful Charlottesville, VA Putt-Putt Fun Center for a successful weekend of tour events. The Virginia PPA Tour returns to action on Thursday, June 18, 2009 with a 54-hole event on course # 3 at the Richmond, VA Putt-Putt Fun Center beginning at 7:00 p.m. That event will serve as a tune-up for the 144-hole PPA Eastern Open, which will be hosted by the Virginia PPA Tour on the same course. The first four rounds of the PPA Eastern Open will be contested on Saturday, June 20, beginning at noon. Tee off for the final four rounds of the PPA Eastern Open is scheduled for 9:00 am on Sunday, June 21. Article provided by Brad Lebo |
Professional Division
(Charlottesville, VA - Course # 2 - 7 June 2009)
Round Points Prize Player Name 1 2 3 4 Total Earned Money 1 Dennis Biesma 27 29 30 29 115 30.00 $ 275.00 2 Ed Grajewski 27 26 29 35 117 25.00 $ 175.00 3 Greg Newport 29 34 25 30 118 24.00 $ 165.00 4 Bill Baus 29 30 29 31 119 23.00 $ 140.00 5 Brad Lebo 29 33 29 29 120 22.00 $ 115.00 6 Manfred Stewart 29 33 29 30 121 21.00 $ 115.00 7 Thomas Rawles 32 28 29 34 123 19.50 $ 100.00 James Walker 33 35 28 27 123 19.50 $ 100.00 9 Rick Rybaczek 31 31 33 31 126 18.00 $ 80.00 10 Vince Batten 30 34 33 31 128 17.00 11 Rick Baird 32 33 33 31 129 16.00 12 Matt Summey 31 33 32 34 130 14.50 Jeff Spainhour 34 33 32 31 130 14.50 14 Rusty Taylor 30 37 30 34 131 13.00 15 Stan Seethoff 33 33 32 34 132 12.00 16 Ken Schooler 34 32 33 36 135 11.00 Amateur Division
(Charlottesville, VA - Course # 2 - 7 June 2009)
Round Points Expense Player Name 1 2 3 4 Total Earned Money 1 Bill Petrie 29 29 28 29 115 25.00 $ 35.00 2 Malcolm Shumaker 32 27 28 29 116 20.00 $ 30.00 3 Conway Coffey 28 31 30 31 120 19.00 $ 28.00 4 Clayton Craft 31 28 30 32 121 17.50 $ 23.50 Terry Sanner 29 26 34 32 121 17.50 $ 23.50 6 Mike Matthews 28 32 29 33 122 16.00 $ 20.00 7 Wade Driskill 30 34 33 30 127 14.50 $ 7.50 Marty Handschuh 35 29 30 33 127 14.50 $ 7.50 9 James LeBrun 33 27 31 37 128 12.50 Randy Baldwin 34 27 33 34 128 12.50 11 Geoffrey Boyer 34 33 30 33 130 10.50 Chuck Dibbs 28 34 37 31 130 10.50 13 John Petrie 34 33 31 34 132 9.00 14 John O'Leary 32 31 33 38 134 8.00 15 Mark Smith 37 37 32 30 136 7.00 16 Jerry Sanner 36 33 33 35 137 6.00 17 Amy Smith 36 31 37 34 138 4.50 Art Koerber 35 32 33 38 138 4.50 19 Chris Matthews 36 34 33 36 139 3.00 20 Troy Sarver 37 33 35 39 144 2.00 Bob Chetister 31 35 42 36 144 1.00 22 Chuck Cyr 37 37 34 38 146 1.00