$1,000 Richmond Open
Richmond, VA
August 20, 1960
Frank Holt Retains Leading Money Winner Title
For the first time in the history of the Putt-Putt Professional Golfers Association, a playoff was held to determine top money winner, as Frank Holt, of Savannah, Georgia and Ron Nixon, pro from Columbus, Georgia finished the 108-hole route of the $1,000 PPPGA tournament on the Putt-Putt Golf Course in Richmond, Virginia with an identical score of 192 each. In an additional 18 holes of play to determine top money man, Holt finished 2 up with a 30 for an aggregate of 222, with Nixon trailing with a 32, for a 224 total.
For first place, Holt won $500, bringing his 1960 earnings thus far in the circuit to a total of $4,096.66, leading money winner in the PPPGA. Nixon earned $250, bringing his total to $2,688.32 thus far in the season.
Third place money of $100 was won by Bob Williamson of Jacksonville, Florida, with fourth place of $50 going to Asheville, North Carolina pro, Vance Randall.
On August 27, the final tournament of the 14 tournament circuit for 1960 will be played on the Putt-Putt Golf Course in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Prize money will total $1,000, with top money being $500.
| PROFESSIONAL DIVISION | ||||||||||||
| Place | Player | City | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Cash | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Holt | Savannah, GA | 29 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 192 | $ 500.00 | ||
| 2 | Ron Nixon | Columbus, GA | 33 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 192 | $ 250.00 | ||
| 3 | Bob Williamson | Jacksonville, FL | 33 | 32 | 27 | 38 | 30 | 34 | 194 | $ 100.00 | ||
| 4 | Vance Randall | Asheville, NC | 32 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 196 | $ 50.00 | ||
| 5 | Earl Fritts | Houston, TX | 34 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 198 | $ 25.00 | ||
| 6 | John Connor | Greenville, SC | 33 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 35 | 202 | $ 18.33 | ||
| Roy Collinsworth | Macon, GA | 35 | 37 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 202 | $ 18.33 | |||
| Buddy Taylor | Baltimore, MD | 34 | 34 | 27 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 202 | $ 18.33 | |||
| 9 | Earl Capps | Roanoke, VA | 30 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 203 | $ 10.00 | ||
| 10 | Bill Seibel | Richmond, VA | 35 | 32 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 204 | $ 5.00 | ||
| Bob Rudas | Allentown, PA | 34 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 34 | 204 | $ 5.00 | |||
| 12 | Neil Connor | Greenville, SC | 37 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 37 | 205 | |||
| 13 | Lee Weldy | Savannah, GA | 34 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 206 | |||
| 14 | Lloyd Wood | Charlottesville, VA | 37 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 35 | 210 | |||
| 15 | Charlie Connor Jr | Greenville, SC | 37 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 40 | 211 | |||
| 16 | George Clements | Richmond, VA | 34 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 39 | 38 | 216 | |||
| 17 | George Boahn | Fayetteville, NC | 34 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 217 | |||
| Ralph Lloyd | Richmond, VA | 36 | 34 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 217 | ||||
| 19 | Harry Shelor | Colonial Heights, VA | 35 | 38 | 32 | 37 | 36 | 42 | 220 | |||
| Charles Heiss | Baltimore, MD | 33 | 40 | 36 | 43 | 33 | 35 | 220 | ||||
| Dave Merricks | Lynchburg, VA | 39 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 32 | 36 | 220 | ||||
| Ed Currcui | Wilmington, DE | 34 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 220 | ||||
| Charles Fagan | Richmond, VA | 37 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 220 | ||||
| 24 | Dick Tribow | Wilmington, DE | 37 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 36 | 40 | 221 | |||
| Fred Arborgast | Allentown, PA | 38 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 221 | ||||
| 26 | Boyd Ashwell | Washington, DC | 224 | |||||||||
| Terry Fitzgerald | Charlottesville, VA | 224 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Earnest Kaulfuss | Allentown, PA | 225 | |||||||||
| 29 | Curtis Eggleston | Charlottesville, VA | 227 | |||||||||
| 30 | Richard Krone | New Castle, DE | 230 | |||||||||
| 31 | Jim Williams | Chapel Hill, NC | 233 | |||||||||
| MC | Dick Souders | Baltimore, MD | 152 | MC | ||||||||
| Bill Koch | Wilmington, DE | 154 | MC | |||||||||
| Laurence Hogan | Wilmington, DE | 154 | MC | |||||||||
| Robert Jones | Charlottesville, VA | 156 | MC | |||||||||
| Norm Crickenberger | Wilmington, DE | 157 | MC | |||||||||
| Charles Sygowski | Wilmington, DE | 157 | MC | |||||||||
| Bob Divver | Washington, DC | 159 | MC | |||||||||
| Harvey Martin | Baltimore, MD | 159 | MC | |||||||||
| Bill Blanchard | Wilmington, DE | 159 | MC | |||||||||
| Bill Taylor | Baltimore, MD | 160 | MC | |||||||||
| Dick Reed | Wilmington, DE | 160 | MC | |||||||||
| Bob Ellis | Roanoke, VA | 160 | MC | |||||||||
| R Fitzgerald | Charlottesville, VA | 163 | MC | |||||||||
| Grattan Coldin | Charlottesville, VA | 163 | MC | |||||||||
| David Plumb | Charlottesville, VA | 163 | MC | |||||||||
| Jesse Stevens | Wilmington, DE | 165 | MC | |||||||||
| John Sentman | Wilmington, DE | 165 | MC | |||||||||
| J Sturdiviant | Chapel Hill, NC | 165 | MC | |||||||||
| Warren Welks | Charleston, WV | 166 | MC | |||||||||
| Lewis Lindsay | Roanoke, VA | 168 | MC | |||||||||
| Cal Skidmore | Washington, DC | 171 | MC | |||||||||