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Nathaniel Hoam, OH |
2005 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 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Ken Gutermuth TX 05 64
2. John Coussis IL 05 38
3. Devin Flawd PA 04 24
4. Nate Hoam OH 05 20
5. Terry Coleman BC 02 20
6. Dennis Nicholson NY 01 20
7. Adam Gugliemini PA 00 20
8. Chris Kamm NY 04 12
9. David Metzger NY 03 12
10. Jason Levine NY 02 12
11. Dan Dolan Jr NJ 05 10
12. Seth Kirchner KY 03 10
13. Paul Risner FL 02 10
14. Mark Yoshikawa CA 04 8
15. George Sauer OH 03 8
16. Robert Eastman NV 02 8
17. 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. Lisa Gutermuth TX 05 2
25. Ann Cornett FL 04 2
26. Vincent Collura PA 99 2
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2005 Laurelists |
John Coussis, IL
2nd
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Ken Gutermuth, TX
3rd
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Charles Squibb, PA
4th
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Dan Dolan Jr, NJ
5th
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Lisa Gutermuth
6th
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Past Winners |
Dave Walrath, MA
1994
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Bruce Reiff, OH
1995
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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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Golfers abandoned the stadium seating
of Hopewell for more conventional links - like the 19th hole
at Good Spirits bar.
Fore! ... No, Three for Hoam!
Due to increased Thursday night competition this year, Pro
Golf fell to 54 participants as this late night WBC tradition
recorded its lowest attendance in nine years. However, with
the new 18 hole format and a firmer hand from the GM, this year's
event was the smoothest in years and much shorter than some of
our prior marathons.
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. Charles
Squibb was the qualifying round leader at 9 under par, followed
by Nate Hoam and John Coussis at 6 under. There were six players
tied for the last Skins game spot, as Dan Dolan, Jr. just barely
reached the room in time for a sudden death playoff with Lisa
Gutermuth, Ken Gutermuth, Richard Irving, Alan Kaiser and Eric
Lenhart.
The father and daughter Gutermuth tandem and Dan Dolan posted
birdies on the first sudden death hole to eliminate the other
three players, then Ken brushed aside his daughter and the young
Dolan by scoring a birdie on the second straight hole at Pebble
Beach to advance to the Skins game Final for the umpteenth time.
After the initial18 holes at Augusta and the two sudden death
holes at Pebble Beach, the top four players were transported
to Muirfield Village in Dublin Ohio, home of the Memorial tournament,
for the 12 hole Skins game. Before the start of the Skins game,
each player was allowed to replace their golfer with one of the
legends of the game. The good Revered Keith Hunsinger, the voice
of Slapshot, did the stroke by stroke color commentary
over the PA system, doing his best Ben Wright impersonation to
heckle the lesser shots achieved by the players.
Nate Hoam's Ben Hogan grabbed an early skin on the first hole
with the only birdie in the field. After the next three holes
were halved, Hoam again birdied hole #5 to accumulate four more
Skins. Hole #6 was halved (fortunately for Nate who bogeyed)
and then hole #7 saw Ken Gutermuth dramatically halve the hole
by matching John Coussis' eagle. Hole #8 was also halved, but
Nate then birdied #9 to obtain his ninth skin and win the tournament
and his third Century Wood of the week.
Arnold Palmer came through for John on the 12th hole as he earned
the last three Skins and second place. It turns out this was
the only hole that John and Ken did not match scores for the
entire twelve holes. Ken then beat out Charles Squabb in a roll
off for third place, as Charles hot dice in the qualifying round
were replaced by the cold cruel fuzzy dice in the Final.
The entire event finished about 90 minutes earlier than normal,
a fact the GM and players surely appreciated when gaming started
Friday morning.
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