pro
golf [Updated
October 2006]
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2006 WBC Report |
2007 Status: pending 2007
GM commitment |
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Bruce Reiff, OH |
2006 Champion |
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Event History |
1994 |
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Dave Walrath |
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29 |
1995 |
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Bruce Reiff |
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45 |
1996 |
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Tom Pavy |
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43 |
1997 |
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Dave Metzger |
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65 |
1998 |
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Kevin Wojtaszczyk |
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61 |
1999 |
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John Coussis |
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71 |
2000 |
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Adam Gugliemini |
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74 |
2001 |
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Dennis Nicholson |
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76 |
2002 |
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Terry Coleman |
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86 |
2003 |
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Ken Gutermuth |
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80 |
2004 |
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Devin Flawd |
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75 |
2005 |
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Nathaniel Hoam |
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54 |
2006 |
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Bruce Reiff |
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67 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Ken Gutermuth TX 06 70
2. John Coussis IL 05 38
3. Devin Flawd PA 04 24
4. Bruce Reiff OH 06 20
5. Nate Hoam OH 05 20
6. Terry Coleman BC 02 20
7. Dennis Nicholson NY 01 20
8. Adam Gugliemini PA 00 20
9. John Shaheen MA 06 12
10. Chris Kamm NY 04 12
11. David Metzger NY 03 12
12. Jason Levine NY 02 12
13. Dan Dolan Jr NJ 05 10
14. Seth Kirchner KY 03 10
15. Paul Risner FL 02 10
16. Davyd Field CA 06 8
17. Mark Yoshikawa CA 04 8
18. George Sauer OH 03 8
19. Robert Eastman NV 02 8
20. Henry Richardson VA 01 8
18. Bill Beckman SC 00 8
19. Harry Flawd PA 99 8
20. Charles Squibb PA 05 6
21. Bruce Maxwell VA 04 6
22. Lee Presser NY 03 6
23. Jeff Mullet OH 01 6
24. Kevin Brown GA 06 4
25. Richard Meyer MA 06 2
26. Lisa Gutermuth TX 05 2
27. Ann Cornett FL 04 2
28. Vincent Collura PA 99 2
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2006 Laurelists |
John Shaheen, MA
2nd
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Davyd Field, SC
3rd
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Ken Gutermuth, TX
4th
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Kevin Brown, GA
5th
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Richard Meyer, MA
6th
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Past Winners |
Dave Walrath, MA
1994
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Bruce Reiff, OH
1995, 2006
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Tom Pavy, OH
1996
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Dave Metzger, VA
1997
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Kevin Wojtaszczyk, NY
1998
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John Coussis. IL
1999
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Adam Gugliemini, PA
2000
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Dennis Nicholson, NY
2001
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Terry Coleman, BC
2002
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Ken Gutermuth, TX
2003
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Devin Flawd, PA
2004
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Nate Hoam, OH
2005
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Golfers abandoned the stadium seating
of Hopewell for more conventional links - like the 19th hole
at Good Spirits bar.
Fore! ... for Reiff!
Pro Golf surged in attendance to 67 participants this
year, perhaps as word got out that you no longer needed to stay
up until 3 AM to win the event. For the second year with
the 18-hole format the event finished before 1:30 am, a more
palatable result for those of us duffers who require a little
more sleep than in our younger years.
After receiving their instructions, the players scattered to
play their 18 holes on the 2002 version of the Augusta course
and report back their scores to the clubhouse in the plush Hopewell
room (as you can tell, it is a grueling event to GM). New
this year was the use of golfers from 2003, 2004 and 2005, which
meant there were three Ernie Els, Vijay Singhs, Phil Mickelsons
and, yes, three Tiger Woods.
John Shaheen used David Toms to obtain the qualifying round lead
at 9 under par, followed by Ken Gutermuth (Jay Haas) and Davyd
Field (Sergio Garcia) at 7 under par. One last golfer appeared
to be a lock for the last spot at six under par, until he bogeyed
the last hole to drop into a three way tie for fourth place. Kevin
Brown, Richard Meyer and Bruce Reiff proceeded to the first sudden
death hole at Pebble Beach where Reiff's golfer, Tiger Woods,
birdied the first hole to move on to the Skins game Final.
These top four players were then transported to a new course
for this tournament, the Lancaster Host Golf Club, for the 12
hole Skins game. We could not get the PA system going this
year, so the most Reverend Keith Hunsinger did the stroke by
stroke color commentary without amplification, putting serious
golf commentators to shame with his biting analysis of the remaining
golfer's abilities with the giant fuzzy green dice.
As caddie Josh Githens predicted partway through the Final, the
championship came down to a single die roll. The players
halved the first six holes on the course, meaning the first person
to win a skin would be the WBC champion. On the par 4 seventh,
John Shaheen opened with a birdie. The tension built as
first Ken and then Davyd failed to match his score. When
Bruce approached the tee, most of the crowd was rooting for him
to get the tying birdie.
Tiger Woods came through for Bruce by booming a long, superlative
drive down the center of the fairway. Bruce also rolled
high so that his pitch to the green landed within four feet of
the hole. Since he had hit a superlative drive, the ball
was to roll one die roll closer to the hole. In typical
Bruce Reiff fashion, he nonchalantly flipped the die towards
the wall, where it bounced, rolled onto a corner, held there
for a dramatic second, then fell over for a roll of four, thus
scoring an eagle on the hole and winning all seven skins and
the championship. It was also the number - four - of championship
plaques he'd take home this year. So the plaque king becomes
the first two-time champion of Pro Golf - eleven years after
his first victory.
Three holes later John birdied the par four 10th to earn three
skins and second place overall. Davyd won the dice roll
off for third place and perennial bridesmaid Ken finished fourth
in the foursome.
Pro Golf Scorecard:
Qualifying
Round
1st - John Shaheen
2nd - Ken Gutermuth
- Davyd Field
4th - Bruce Reiff
- Kevin Brown
- Richard Meyer
- Gary Schaffers
8th - Brittany Bernard
- Jarrett Weintraub
- Dave Denton
- Cindy Drozd
12th - Luke Koleszar
- Richard Irving
- Jason Levine
- Scott Nerney
- Josh Githens
17th - Paul Risner
- Charlie Brosius
- Bill Rohrbeck
- Nate Hoam
- Devin Flawd
- Bill Alderman
- Seth Kircher
- Bob Menzel
- Robert Hahn
- Vassily Krykos
- Mark Mitchell
- Jennifer Drozd
- John Reiners
30th - Charles Squibb
- Keith Hunsinger
- Justin Thompson
- Mike Coomes
- Jordan Flawd
- Lisa Gutermuth
- Jeff Mullet
- Eric Brosius
- Carrie Lewis
- Verity Hitchings
- Lauren Vessey
- Arthur Field
42nd - Brendan Coomes
- Rick Kirchner
(1077
- Peter Stein
- Chris Palermo
- Kaarin Engleman
- Malinda Barnes
- Patrick Shea
49th - ChadGormly
- Mark Yoshikawa
- Brian Kirchner
- Tom Browne
53rd - Bruce Monnin
- Brian Stone
- Dave Gantt
- Jeff King (
57th - George Sauer
- Chuck Foster
- Jim Bell
- Robert Drozd
- Christina Hancock
62nd - Tom Pavy
- Anna Marie
Palermo
64th - J. Gifford
65th - Dennis Nicholson
66th - Rebecca Hebner
- Nick Henning
Sudden Death Playoff
1st - Bruce Reiff
2nd - Kevin Brown
3rd - Richard Meyer
Final
1st - Bruce Reiff
2nd - John Shaheen
3rd - Davyd Field
4th - Ken Gutermuth
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GM |
Bruce Monnin [3rd Year] |
177 South Lincoln
St, Minster, OH 45865 |
monninb@bright.net |
419-628-3332 |
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