Kevin Lacey Coasts to His Second-Career Tournament Players Championship Title
15 September 2010 - Lynchburg, VA - On a sunny and pleasant late summer morning, the PPA National Tour gathered to contest the 72-hole PPA Tournament Players Championship on the cleverly-designed course # 1 and # 2 layouts at the picturesque Lynchburg, VA Putt-Putt Fun Center. The tournament featured closed fields in both the professional and amateur divisions limited to players who had qualified for the event through tournaments held on the 2010 PPA National Tour schedule.
In the amateur division, 51-year-old University of North Carolina-Greensboro sophomore Randal Smith of Stoneville, NC was pushed to the limit by Lynchburg, VA local standout Wade Driskill, but escaped with a hard-fought one-stroke win, his sixth of the 2010 national tour season. Rounds of 24, 24, 29, and 25 gave Smith a 72-hole total of 102 and a wire-to-wire triumph. Smith's grand catalog of 2010 national tour amateur division victories includes the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Opens; the ProPutters.Com Classic; the Senior National Championship; and now the Tournament Players Championship. "I played my best in the Tournament Players Championship," noted Smith. "It was a great effort on the part of Wade Driskill. I feel fortunate to get the win over such a great competitor." Driskill crept within a stroke of Smith's lead after three rounds, but a final-round 25 left him a stroke short of a playoff, alone in second position at 103. A two-way, third-place tie at 107 included perennial amateur division contender Joey Graybeal and PPA Western Tour Director Danny Tatum, who continued his strong week of play. 2010 PPA Western Open APA Champion Pat Simpson completed the event in fifth position at 109. The final of the fifteen amateur division expense reimbursement spots distributed in the event came at a 72-hole score of 121. Article provided by Brad Lebo |
Professional Division
(Lynchburg, VA - Course Order 2-1-2-1 - 15 September 2010)
Round Points Prize Player Name 1 2 3 4 Total Earned Money 1 Kevin Lacey 26 23 22 24 95 100.00 $ 550.00 2 Frank Warren 26 27 23 23 99 98.00 $ 475.00 3 Jeff Carr 24 23 28 25 100 96.00 $ 400.00 4 Brad Lebo 23 25 24 29 101 93.00 $ 325.00 Ricky Schults 29 23 22 27 101 93.00 $ 325.00 6 Robert Johnson 24 28 25 27 104 90.00 $ 275.00 7 Rick Baird 27 24 26 28 105 86.00 $ 230.00 Greg Newport 26 30 25 24 105 86.00 $ 230.00 Michael Hitt 23 28 27 27 105 86.00 $ 230.00 10 Andy Coradini 25 28 28 25 106 80.00 $ 190.00 Charlie Greenwalt 25 28 26 27 106 80.00 $ 190.00 Jeffrey Smith 26 27 26 27 106 80.00 $ 190.00 13 Greg Ward 24 28 30 25 107 70.00 $ 147.15 Tony Varnadore 24 28 28 27 107 70.00 $ 147.15 Jay Klapper 26 25 27 29 107 70.00 $ 147.15 Ken Hastings 23 28 26 30 107 70.00 $ 147.15 Joe Lea 29 26 25 27 107 70.00 $ 147.15 Olivia Prokopova 23 32 26 26 107 70.00 $ 147.15 Stan Seethoff 26 25 28 28 107 70.00 $ 147.15 20 Jerry Pinotti 30 25 28 25 108 61.00 $ 122.50 Brice Bergeson 28 27 24 29 108 61.00 $ 122.50 22 Jeff McDonald 26 28 27 28 109 57.00 $ 117.50 Danny McCaslin 26 28 26 29 109 57.00 $ 117.50 24 Daryl Freeman 22 30 27 31 110 52.00 $ 111.65 Dennis Biesma 26 29 26 29 110 52.00 $ 111.65 Matt McCaslin 26 27 31 26 110 52.00 $ 111.65 27 Rick Culverhouse 25 30 26 30 111 49.00 $ 105.00 28 Nate Nichols 26 32 27 27 112 45.00 $ 45.00 Bill Kirby 23 27 31 31 112 45.00 $ 45.00 Lee Messinger 28 26 27 31 112 45.00 $ 45.00 Rainey Statum 30 24 25 33 112 45.00 $ 45.00 Joel Baker 30 27 23 32 112 45.00 $ 45.00 Manfred Stewart 25 29 27 31 112 45.00 $ 45.00 Gary Watson 28 27 30 27 112 45.00 $ 45.00 35 Bill Baus 28 27 29 29 113 40.00 Mark Hasty 31 26 28 28 113 40.00 Bob Haizlip 28 25 31 29 113 40.00 38 Randy Reeves 27 31 27 29 114 38.00 39 Rick Rybaczek 26 28 28 33 115 35.50 CL Jones 29 30 29 27 115 35.50 James Walker 27 29 29 30 115 35.50 Tim Greenert 26 33 30 26 115 35.50 43 Randy Orr 31 30 33 22 116 33.00 44 Paul Johns 26 34 30 29 119 31.00 James Weber 29 28 30 32 119 31.00 Tim Jones 30 29 27 33 119 31.00 47 James White 30 32 28 30 120 29.00 48 Ed Grajewski 25 31 30 35 121 27.50 Lewis Burton 27 33 29 32 121 27.50 50 Gary Hinshaw 29 29 28 37 123 26.00 51 Tony Jackson 34 35 27 30 126 25.00 52 Mark Ross 35 29 35 30 129 24.00 53 Greg Roberts 39 40 26 36 141 23.00 Amateur Division
(Lynchburg, VA - Course Order 1-2-1-2 - 15 September 2010)
Round Points Expense Player Name 1 2 3 4 Total Earned Money 1 Randal Smith 24 24 29 25 102 100.00 $ 50.00 2 Wade Driskill 27 24 27 25 103 98.00 $ 50.00 3 Joey Graybeal 28 25 28 26 107 95.00 $ 50.00 Danny Tatum 25 27 31 24 107 95.00 $ 50.00 5 Pat Simpson 29 27 26 27 109 92.00 $ 50.00 6 Larry Smith 30 27 28 25 110 90.00 $ 50.00 7 Matt Male 29 30 26 27 112 88.00 $ 50.00 8 Bonnie White 26 26 29 33 114 85.00 $ 50.00 Malcolm Shumaker 24 31 31 28 114 85.00 $ 50.00 10 John Kropinak 30 27 29 30 116 82.00 $ 50.00 11 Chris Alley 35 26 32 24 117 78.00 $ 50.00 Tony Newcomb 30 30 26 31 117 78.00 $ 50.00 Lance Perdue 27 29 31 30 117 78.00 $ 50.00 14 Bill Petrie 30 29 32 27 118 74.00 $ 50.00 15 Keith Waters 34 27 32 28 121 72.00 $ 25.00 16 Conway Coffey 33 30 29 31 123 70.00 17 Lynn Self 31 32 34 29 126 66.00 Rodney Ashley 33 29 32 32 126 66.00 Alan Sahmel 37 27 36 26 126 66.00 20 James LeBrun 29 31 30 37 127 62.00 21 Barb Mingo 34 29 38 27 128 60.00 22 Mickey DeLucca 33 32 34 30 129 58.00 23 Terry Sanner 39 31 32 33 135 55.00 Adam Smith 38 29 36 32 135 55.00 25 Herb Hull 37 35 32 35 139 52.00 26 Don Niznik 41 35 39 35 150 50.00