SWPT Stats & Results

2020 SWPT Statistics

	SWPT 2020				2020				#
	PPA	Stroke	POY	ASA	Money	#	#	TTL	Rds
	Thru 17May	Avg	Pts	Index	won	Tm	W	Str
1	Wade Sahmel	28.41	383	-0.64	$493.00	8	4	682	24
2	Geoff Mosk	28.37	304	-0.68	$392.50	8	1	681	24
3	Brice Bergesen	28.75	262	-0.30	$292.00	8	2	690	24
4	Danny Tatum	29.29	157	0.24	$195.00	8	1	703	24
5	Olivia Prokopova	29.95	128	0.90	$110.00	8		719	24
6	Lee Messinger	30	110	-0.31	$115.00	4		360	12
7	Jeffrey Smith	30.4	101	0.03	$107.00	5		456	15
7	Chance Marett	31	89	-0.06	$102.50	3		279	9
9	Jody Kimble	31.33	85	0.28	$74.50	3		282	9
10	John Kropinak	28.83	58	-0.53	$70.00	2		173	6
11	Don Parker	30.5	58	-0.19	$80.00	4		366	12
12	Joe Lea	28.5	42	-0.87	$62.50	2		171	6
13	Mason Spradlin	31.55	37	0.51	$20.00	3		284	9
13	Tom Adair	31.66	36	0.61	$25.00	3		285	9
15	Matt Bellner	33.5	12	2.25		2		201	6

	SWPT 2020				2020
	APA	Stroke	POY	ASA	Total	#	#	Total	Rn
	As of 17May	Avg	Pts	Index	Money	Tm	W	Strokes	ds
1	Chris Conradi	30.45	328	-1.65	$189.00	8	3	731	24
2	Alan Sahmel	31.08	265	-1.02	$126.00	8	2	746	24
3	Dwain Willett	31.75	193	-1.78	$72.00	4	2	381	12
4	Trevor Lewin	33.33	100	-0.17	$36.00	5		500	15
5	Gary Plain	33.11	96	-0.29	$54.00	3	1	298	9
6	Charles Cox	28	91	-1.77	$54.00	3		252	9
7	Jay Salyer	33	79	-0.41	$36.00	3		297	9
8	Adam Sahmel	31.6	78	0.78	$45.00	5		474	15
9	Mike Huckaby	33.11	77	-0.29	$36.00	3		298	9
9	Mickey DeLucca	33.29	72	1.19	$45.00	8		799	24
11	Steven Yancey	32.16	68	-1.50	$36.00	2		193	6
12	Charles Tarbell	30.22	56	0.46	$18.00	3		272	9
13	Jack Ramsey	33.6	41	2.27	$18.00	5		504	15
14	Greg Simpson	30.55	39	0.79	$18.00	3		275	9
15	Ken Stanfill	33.44	35	-0.14	$9.00	3		301	9
16	David Greenup	39.83	13	6.17		2		239	6

2020 SWPT Results

Another Sahmel Sweep 2x

After 8 weeks off and 3 missed tournament weekends, the Southwest Putting Tour was the first to return to normal competition. This weekend was originally scheduled for Dallas at the Coit Road location, but due to Covid-19, that course has not yet re-opened. Kat Adair at the Tyler Putt Putt Course agreed to host the weekend and the SWPT was all set to begin play!

Weather was going to be an issue on Saturday with scattered storms projected throughout the day. We caught a break and there was only a slight drizzle at the start and at the very end of the tournament. Wade Sahmel, who drove up the morning of the event after working all night and getting next to zero sleep, did what he normally does with no sleep and was the first round leader at 27. Don Parker and Jeffrey Smith were the only other players able to break 30 shooting a 28 and 29 respectively. Sahmel slowed down a bit in round 2 with a 30 that dropped him into a first place tie with Parker at 57. Chance Marett and Geoff Mosk were just 3 strokes back at 60 with several other players shortly behind. He again played solid his last round with another 30 to finish at 87. Mosk and Marett both played well, but not quite well enough as they both finished 2 strokes back at 89. Other players to cash were Parker (90), Tom Adair (91), Jody Kimble (93), Smith (93), and Brice Bergesen (93).

In the APA, Alan Sahmel looked to make it a Sahmel Sweep. He started off the weekend with a 32 which was good for 3^rd place behind Jay Salyer and Mickey DeLucca who both tied the APA low round of the day with a 31. In round 2, Chris Conradi tied the low APA score with a 31 to be at 65. That pulled him to within 1 shot of Salyer. Sahmel and DeLucca were just 2 and 3 strokes back setting up an exciting finish. Papa Sahmel tied the APA low round of the day with a 31 in the final round to be in at 67. Salyer was able to shoot a 33 which forced a tie and an 18 hole playoff. In the playoff Sahmel took an early lead and was able to hold off Salyer to collect his 1^st win of the 2020 season and complete the sweep. The weather wasn’t great, but the players were more than happy to be back out on the course and among friends more than anything else

	SWPT					Tyler		SWPT					Tyler
	2020					16May/12		2020					16May/12
	PPA							APA
1	Wade Sahmel	27	30	30	87	$125.00	1	Alan Sahmel	32	34	31	97	$36.00
2	Geoff Mosk	33	27	29	89	$65.00	2	Jay Salyer	31	33	33	97	$18.00
2	Chance Marett	31	29	29	89	$65.00	3	Chris Conradi	34	31	35	100	$18.00
4	Don Parker	28	29	33	90	$40.00	3	Mickey DeLucca	31	36	33	100	$18.00
5	Tom Adair	31	31	29	91	$25.00	5	Trevor Lewin	36	32	33	101
6	Brice Bergesen	30	33	30	93	$7.00	6	Dwain Willett	36	36	31	103
6	Jeffrey Smith	29	32	32	93	$7.00	6	Mike Huckaby	33	36	34	103
6	Jody Kimble	33	29	31	93	$7.00	8	Gary Plain	38	34	33	105
9	Danny Tatum	33	30	31	94
10	Mason Spradlin	35	31	29	95
11	Olivia Prokopova	33	32	33	98

The Southwest Putting Tour went PRIME TIME on Saturday 5/16 with a tournament starting at 7pm. This was done to allow the course to have more customer players as they are limited to 36 total players on the course. Unfortunately, due to bathroom breaks and a late rain storm, only 2 rounds were able to be completed Saturday night with the last round being played early Sunday morning. Wade Sahmel, after a short nap, continued to play well and was 1 of only 2 players that was able to shoot below a 30 the first round with a 29. The other was Geoff Mosk who was in the lead with a 28. The second round saw 4 players under 30 and they weren’t named Mosk or Sahmel, Olivia Prokopova had the low round with a 27 to get her to within 3 shots of the lead. Danny Tatum had a 28 to also pull within 3. Lee Messinger shot a 29 to pull within 1 stroke of the lead. Brice Bergesen had a 29 to tie Mosk for the lead at 59. It is always close at Tyler and this event would not be different with 6 players within 3 strokes of the lead. The players tried to play the last round but the rain quickly picked up and it was decided to restart the round the next morning. With the much improved playing conditions, score improved and it quickly became a 2 man battle with Messinger and Mosk both playing very well. Messinger started his round on hole 11 and was able to shoot a 13 on the back half of the half of the course. Mosk, starting on hole 1, shot a 13 on the front 9. Both players finished their remaining holes at 4 under allowing Mosk to squeak out a 1 stroke victory for his first win of the 2020 season.

In the APA, 3 time 2020 Winner Chris Conradi had the lead after 1 round with a 31. Just 2 strokes back were a host of players including local legend Gary Plain, multiple time SWPT Player of the Year Mike Huckaby, former APA Western open champion Mickey DeLucca, and former National Senior Champion Alan Sahmel. Plain, looking to avenge his last place finish from the tournament earlier in the day, had his best round of the day with a 29 that propelled him to a 3 stroke lead over Conradi and 4 over DeLucca and Trevor Lewin. In the last round, as has happened so many times before on Plain’s home course, Plain was able to hold off the other players and finish with a 4 stroke victory, shooting a 94. Jay Salyer, Conradi, and Huckaby all tied for 2^nd at 98. It was time for a short break to repair and then on to the final event of the weekend.

	SWPT					Tyler		SWPT					Tyler
	2020					16May/7		2020					16May/7
	PPA							APA
1	Geoff Mosk	28	31	27	86	$140.00	1	Gary Plain	33	29	32	94	$36.00
2	Lee Messinger	31	29	27	87	$90.00	2	Jay Salyer	35	33	30	98	$18.00
3	Brice Bergesen	30	29	31	90	$50.00	2	Chris Conradi	31	34	33	98	$18.00
3	Danny Tatum	33	28	29	90	$50.00	2	Mike Huckaby	33	34	31	98	$18.00
5	Wade Sahmel	29	32	31	92	$30.00	5	Alan Sahmel	33	34	35	102
5	Jeffrey Smith	30	33	29	92	$25.00	5	Mickey DeLucca	33	33	36	102
7	Don Parker	34	31	28	93	$20.00	5	Trevor Lewin	35	31	36	102
8	Mason Spradlin	34	33	28	95		5	Dwain Willett	35	34	33	102
8	Olivia Prokopova	35	27	33	95
10	Chance Marett	35	32	31	98
11	Jody Kimble	32	31	35	98
12	Tom Adair	34	34	31	99
12	Matt Bellner	32	34	33	99

To start off the last event of the weekend, no less than 3 pro players had a 4 in the first round of the event. None of them went to Wade Sahmel who only had 2 bogey strokes the entire weekend as he did his best to shed his nick name of the Bogey Man. Sahmel was leading by 1 over Tom Adair with scores of 28 and 29 respectively. Don Parker was the only other player within 2 strokes of the lead. Sahmel continued his solid play with scores of 30 and 32 his last 2 rounds. Adair was only 1 stroke back going into the final round but as can happen on the Tyler Course, he went dry and was not able to contend. Two-time USPMGA Masters Champion, along with a bazillion other titles, Olivia Prokopova made a bit of a charge her last 2 rounds with a 31-28 finish to move up to a second place tie with Jody Kimble, who was a model of consistency with scores of 31-30-30. Geoff Mosk and Chance Marett tied for the 2^nd time during the weekend, this time for 4^th place 1 more stroke back. Sahmel had the tournament wrapped up with just a few holes to go. The only drama left was who was going to win the 3 event total stroke average. With only hole 4 to go, he needed an ace to tie Mosk. Just has he did in the semi-finals of the SWPT Tour Championship the last time the event was held in Tyler, his putt was just a bit off, and Mosk was able to take a little consolation in winning the weekend stroke competition, even though Wade won 2 events, more POY Points, and more money.

In the APA, if Wade wins in the pros, the Alan Dada Sahmel will be in it trying for another Sahmel Sweep. And he also came out guns-a-blazing and was the leader after 1 round with a 31. Mike Huckaby was able to stay close with a 32 and several other players were able to stay within striking distance as well. In round 2 both players separated themselves from the pack with each shooting a 30. They were in at 61 and 62 respectively with no other player within 3 strokes of the lead. Sahmel, playing very consistently like his son Wade, had a final round 31 and cruised to a 5 stroke victory over Huckaby and Trevor Lewin who had the low score of the last round with a 30. Other players cashing were Gary Plain at 99, Chris Conradi at 101, and Ken Stanfill at 101.

	SWPT					Tyler		SWPT					Tyler
	2020					17May		2020					17May
	PPA							APA
1	Wade Sahmel	28	30	31	89	$140.00	1	Alan Sahmel	31	30	31	92	$36.00
2	Olivia Prokopova	32	31	28	91	$67.50	2	Mike Huckaby	32	30	35	97	$18.00
2	Jody Kimble	31	30	30	91	$67.50	2	Trevor Lewin	34	33	30	97	$18.00
4	Geoff Mosk	31	32	29	92	$37.50	4	Gary Plain	35	32	32	99	$18.00
4	Chance Marett	32	29	31	92	$37.50	5	Chris Conradi	33	33	35	101	$9.00
6	Lee Messinger	32	30	31	93	$25.00	5	Ken Stanfill	33	32	36	101	$9.00
7	Mason Spradlin	32	32	30	94	$20.00	7	Jay Salyer	34	35	33	102
8	Danny Tatum	33	32	30	95		8	Mickey DeLucca	39	36	31	106
8	Tom Adair	29	30	36	95		9	Adam Sahmel	40	35	33	108
10	Brice Bergesen	34	31	31	96
10	Jeffrey Smith	35	30	31	96
12	Don Parker	30	34	33	97
13	Matt Bellner	36	32	34	102

Sahmel Brothers, Conradi Shine in Lake Charles

The winners in Lake Charles, Danny Tatum, Chris Conradi (3), and Wade Sahmel (2)

There were thirteen brave souls that braved the Coronavirus and played in the three tournaments in Lake Charles on March 14th and 15th, the second weekend of the 2020 Southwest Putting Tour season. Only five PPA members, but all have the highest credentials,and they had a great time battling it out. In the noon start tournament on Saturday, former National APA champion in 2012 Danny Tatum had the first round lead with a 26, closely followed by Team USA member Geoff ( Groff) Mosk and Wade Sahmel, National Championship runner-up in 2016, both at 27. Hall of Famer Brice Bergesen was at 28 and international star player Olivia Prokopova was still learning the course and was at 30. Wade took total command of the tournament the last two rounds with a 23-24 finish and a 74 total, winning by four over Danny.

In the APA. eight talented players competed, including Mickey DeLucca, who declared the "fear is not going to run my life", a sentiment felt by all the players. Chris Conradi led by one over the two dominating long time locals, Charles Cox and Greg Simpson, with a fine 26. Chris then did his Wade impersonation and blew away everyone else with a 29-23 finish for a 78 and a four shot win over Cox.

Everyone grabbed a bite to eat, washed their hands for 20 seconds, and were ready for the 3pm tournament. Wade led the PPA divison with a 24 by two over Mosk, but Mosk came back with a second round 25 and enjoyed a slim one shot lead over Wade, 51 to 52, the other players out of it four or more shots back. The two leaders, playing together, battled back and forth for 17 holes, even with the very easy 18th hole left. Geoff putted first and got a super nasty lipout, and Wade made the simple putt for the ace and another victory, 77 to 78.

After shooting his career low 54-hole score of 78 in the noon tournament, Chirs Conradi comes back in the 3pm event and shoots 27-26-26 =79 and a easy three shot win over Charles Tarbell, who had his best finish in a SWPT event at 82, four ahead of Cox in third place.

Almost all the players went next door after the tournament to Walk-On. a sports bar that is a favorite place for the players to go, shame it was not there when the Nationals were in Lake Charles in 2014. Some of the players had more shots than others, everyone told lies, and everyone was in a good mood for the 10am start on Sunday for the final PPA tournament for the duration.

After blitzing the field both tournaments on Saturday, confident Wade was ready to do it again. That did not quite happen as he shot a front nine 18 to start out and shot 33-30 his first two rounds to be in last place by seven strokes, no threepeat for Wade this weekend. Olivia was brilliant her first round with a 24 and a one shot lead over Tatum. She slipped a little the second round but was still tied at 52 with Tatum, and Mosk only one back at 53. Olivia played great the final round on the front nine, shooting an 11, then made number ten to go eight under for the round, then boom, what has happened to all of us at some tournament, the bottom fell out. She got a bad kick on hole 11, missed 12, hit what looked like a great putt on hole 13, but it came back over the hill and her deuce putt lipped out and put her in a unmakeable spot, and she had a crushing four, followed by a bogey on the easy "Y" hole number 16, and she finished the round with a 29. Danny took advantage, fired a solid 26 for a 78 and beat Mosk by two, Olivia by three. Wade, by the way, did what Wade does. In the final round he made the first eight holes, missed number nine then made 7 of the first 8 on the back and missed the easy 18th hole for a 21!!! He still came in last, to maybe be the only person to shot a final round 21 and not beat anyone.

Wade was not able to get a threepeat, could Chris Conradi do it in the APA? He was the first round leader again with a 26, one ahead of the resurgent Adam Sahmel, back playing again after missing two complete seasons with hip problems Adam is back and stroking it smooth again, so good to see him playing instead of just posting the scores. Chris continued his brilliant solid play for the last two rounds with a 27 and a 28 for a 81 and a two shot win over Adam, who cut Charles Cox by one.

Danny Tatum has been off work for a few weeks and he spearheaded the complete refurbishing of all the rails at the Lake Charles course. The course looked brilliant and really helped add to the enjoyment we all had. The original owner, Hall of Fame member Al Simpson, had a all time favorite singer, Vera Lynn, who became famous for singing the great inspiring WWII song "We'll Meet Again", when no one knew when they would see each other again. Guess we should have sang a verse of that song before we all departed to go home.

Bergesen Sweeps First Events of 2020
Seven Decades with a PPA Victory

Brice Bergesen picked up where he left off Saturday and raced out to an early lead with a 26. Including his final 2 rounds on Saturday, he had now shot a 74, in his last 3 rounds, which if shot in a single event would break the 3 round tournament record on the course of 75. He was followed closely by Jeffrey Smith and Don Parker who were only 1 stroke back. Brice stayed hot in round 2 by shooting a 27 and had built up a 3 stroke lead. Several players were bunched up from 56-59 but it wouldn’t matter if Brice kept playing the way he was. Brice was in the 1^st group on this day and had his worst round since round 1 the previous day, a 31 that opened the door for other players to catch him. Joe Lea shot a 29 his last round to come up 1 stroke short. Geoff Mosk finished with a 26 to also come up 1 stroke short. Jeffrey Smith needed an ace on his 54^th and final hole to tie Brice and he made it forcing an 18 hole playoff. In the playoff the wind played havoc with the players shots and neither could get any momentum going. Brice eventually survived and won the playoff with a score of 34 to sweep the weekend.

In the APA there was a major comeback. Adam Sahmel played in his 1^st event since playing early in the year in Lake Charles where he was able to play from his Wheelchair. Today there would be no playing from his Chair. Instead Adam had figured out how to play from his knees. In one of the most inspiring performances there has ever been on a Putt Putt Course, Adam was able to make it thru all 3 rounds. Not only did he make it thru, but he shot a 99 which got him into the money! He was breathing very hard the last round and fought thru the pain to Finish. The rest of the APA Players had better watch out for Adam as he works to be able to play more as he will be a force to recon with. In the Sunday Tournament Dwain was able to sweep the weekend. He started off slowly with a score of 32 but finished with scores of 28-27 to come in at 87. Alan Sahmel fell just 1 stroke shy of catching Dwain and finished with a fine score of 88. Other players finishing under 100 and getting into the money were Steven Yancey (98) and Chris Conradi (99). Overall it was a great weekend with some outstanding performances. We will do it again in 2 weeks in Lake Charles and we hope to see everyone there.

	PPA							APA
1	Brice Bergesen	26	27	31	84	$120.00	1	Dwain Willett	32	28	27	87	$36.00
2	Jeffrey Smith	27	30	27	84	$75.00	2	Alan Sahmel	30	28	30	88	$18.00
3	Joe Lea	29	27	29	85	$40.00	3	Steven Yancey	34	34	30	98	$18.00
3	Geoff Mosk	30	29	26	85	$40.00	4	Chris Conradi	33	35	31	99	$18.00
5	Don Parker	27	30	29	86	$20.00	4	Adam Sahmel	32	33	34	99	$18.00
6	Lee Messinger	30	29	29	88		6	Ken Stanfill	36	30	34	100
7	John Kropinak	30	29	30	89		7	Trevor Lewin	37	32	36	105
8	Wade Sahmel	31	30	33	94		7	Jack Ramsey	34	39	32	105
9	Danny Tatum	30	31	34	95		7	Mickey DeLucca	35	32	38	105
10	Olivia Prokopova	34	34	30	98		10	David Greenup	41	43	41	125

As is always the case at Webster, the weather was perfect to start the SWPT season and 18 players came out on Saturday February 29^th to end their winters and get the 2020 putting season going. 10 years ago when Brice Bergesen won his first event of the year he became the first player to win a PPA event in 6 different decades. He wasn’t sure if he would be able to do it in a seventh decade and his first round score of 32 made it unlikely it would happen on this day with leaders Wade Sahmel and 2014 National Champion Jeffrey Smith tied at 28. Only 1 player in the pro field had a worse opening round than Brice. Wade continued his good play with another 28 in his 2^nd round to have a 1 stroke lead over John Kropinak and 2 strokes over Joe Lea. Brice, playing in the last group was an afterthought, and few saw that he shot a 23 his 2^nd round to vault into the lead at 55, until they had finished their 3^rd rounds. Kropinak had another Solid last round of 27 and was the leader in the clubhouse while the rest of the players waited for Brice to finish. With 7 holes to go Brice only needed 1 ace to win. Being the Hall of Famer he is he kept his foot on the gas to finish the last round at 25 and win by 4 becoming the first player to win a PPA event in an amazing 7 decades. This is an amazing feat that will likely never be duplicated.

In the APA division Dwain Willett was returning to play for the first time in quite a while after battling some medical issues of his own. There haven’t been in weekly tournaments in Webster this year with the course closing at 5pm during the week so Dwain hadn’t had any practice. The 3 time APA Champion showed that practice is overrated and scored 28-28 his first 2 rounds to take a commanding lead of 5 strokes over Chris Conradi. Jack Ramsey and Trevor Lewin were able to stay close after one round with fine scores of 30 but could not keep up with Willett the rest of the way. Lewin did have another 30 his last round that allowed him to pull into a 2^nd place tie with Conradi but Willett, playing in the last group of the day with Brice, strolled in with a 33 to win by 6 strokes. It was a great day for 2 long time Houston players as they both easily defended their home course.

	PPA							APA
1	Brice Bergesen	32	23	25	80	$115.00	1	Dwain Willett	28	28	33	89	$36.00
2	John Kropinak	30	27	27	84	$70.00	2	Trevor Lewin	30	35	30	95	$13.00
3	Wade Sahmel	28	28	29	85	$35.00	3	Chris Conradi	33	28	34	95	$13.00
4	Joe Lea	29	29	31	89	$10.00	4	Steven Yancey	33	32	30	95	$13.00
5	Olivia Prokopova	29	30	27	86	$10.00	5	Alan Sahmel	32	31	34	97	$13.00
6	Geoff Mosk	32	31	27	90		6	Ken Stanfill	32	30	38	100
7	Jeffrey Smith	28	32	31	91		7	Jack Ramsey	30	37	37	104
8	Lee Messinger	32	33	27	92		8	David Greenup	40	39	35	114
9	Danny Tatum	33	29	31	93		9	Mickey DeLucca	37	42	40	119