Monday, July 10, 2000
Win would make year even better
Lucas defends title on his home course
By Ray Schaefer
Enquirer Contributor
Lance Lucas has enjoyed a fun year.
The 38-year-old Florence attorney defends his Northern Kentucky Men's Amateur golf title beginning today at the Triple Crown Country Club — his home course. It's the latest highlight in a year that includes being appointed to a spot on the Boone Fiscal Court in April.
“It's been pretty exciting; it's been busy,” said Lucas, the son of Kentucky Congressman Ken Lucas. “I've tried to maintain a certain proficiency on the golf course. It's probably suffered a little bit.”
But no more than Lucas did last year. He rolled to the title wearing a brace on his right knee to protect a torn knee ligament he has since had repaired.
Lucas' spot in the Championship Flight is guaranteed thanks to winning the title last year, and he hopes familiarity with Triple Crown's course (he won the club championship in 1993 and 1997) will help him this week.
“There's no bailout areas,” Lucas said. “Every hole requires you to be straight down the fairway. There are a lot of out-of-bounds and hazards.”
Triple Crown is Rob Clarke's home course, too, and like Lucas a year ago, Clarke is looking for his first title. He finished fourth in the Northern Kentucky Amateur last year, won this year's club championship and made it to the final eight of the Cincinnati Met tournament.
Clarke said wisdom comes with maturity. He said he doesn't blow up if he makes a bogey anymore.
“I'm 44, I'm not going to hit it any better,” Clarke said. “It's not getting upset. When you're 24, you hit a couple of bogeys, you press. When you're 44, you understand the game better.”
If playing on a home course helps, Chris Dayton may have an advantage, too. He tied for second in this year's Triple Crown club tournament and won it last year.
TEE TIMES
No. 1 tee
7:30 a.m. - Tim Hartig, Bob McNichol, Jeff Floyd and Terry Long
7:40 a.m. - Sy Mandle, Justin Jolly, Greg Poore and Don Niehaus
7:50 a.m. - Mark Sandford, Steve Kenning, Jack Schepman and Bob Gerde
8 a.m. - Brad Wilder, Rob Clarke, John David and Jim McCausey
8:10 a.m. - Larry Bauman, Jeff Trimpe, Steve Popham and Shannon Hundemer.
8:20 a.m. Mark Erlewine Sr., Doug Danner, Keith Belcher and Sam Falah
8:30 a.m. - David Winterman, Travis Lingrosso, Jerry Testerman and Gary Flannery
8:40 a.m. - Tim Testerman, Stephen Browning, Wayne Michels and Curt Wuellner
8:50 a.m. - Tom Lubbe, Jeff Mullins, Evan Hanser and Mark Embs
9 a.m. - Ed Tranter, Rob Flanagan, Jeff Chadwick and Jason Weidner
9:10 a.m. - Tony Gamm, Jim Warken Sr., Don Scalf and Harry Due
9:20 a.m. - Gary Herfel, Larry Travis, Tony Johnson and Jeff Lehkamp.
12:30 p.m. - Carl Simpson, Jim Allen, George Higdon and Joe Whitford
12:40 p.m. - Lance Lucas, Mark James, Dan Hartig and Ron Foltz
12:50 p.m. - Skip Goley, Tom Goetz, David Radford and Steve Collins
1 p.m. - Charlie Nieman, Scott Hansel, Ed Martin and John Maegly
1:10 p.m. - Mike Trumble, Joseph Meadows, Michael Meadows and Scott Humphrey
1:20 p.m. - Don Salyers, Glenn Litton, Dave Mack and Terry Bray
1:30 p.m. - R. Barry Wehrman Jr., Michael Koehler, Robert L. Rider and Dave Martin;
1:40 p.m. - Mark Cucura, Ken Williams, Rick Toll and Shane Burch
1:50 p.m. - Bill Scheben, Kirk Bachmann, Ken Chevalier and Tom Spritzky
2 p.m. - Russ Safke, Patrick Rozanski, Trent Lucas and Bob Rich
2:10 p.m. - Elige Woodall, Aaron Koenig, Mark Stone and Rob Lynch
2:20 p.m. - Bert Sims, Bob Kohlman, Ron Freking and Mark Givens
No. 10 tee
7:30 a.m. - Bob Meek, Tom Browning, Vic Hauser and Joe Dailey
7:40 a.m. - Jim Menkhaus, John Bain, Ken Roeding and Mark Wendling
7:50 a.m. - Doug Miller, Bill Holocher, Brandon Allender and Ken Johnson
8 a.m. - Phil Harper, Bill Buss, Jonathan Ehlen and Steve Ruehlman
8:10 a.m. - David Scheibly, Dave Gastright, Joe Florence and Robert Wermeling
8:20 a.m. - Walter Dierig, Ron Moore, Don Ahlstrand and Robert Breitling
8:30 a.m. - Nathan Lingrosso, Steve Lair, Mike Swegles and Ronald Miller
8:40 a.m. - Glenn Davidson, Mark McFadden, Chris Dayton and Jason Gabbard
8:50 a.m. - Tony Pfefferman, John Roseberry, Matt Brungs and Nate Burris
9 a.m. - James Jordan, Jim W. Demoissey, Keith Johnson and Anthony Bucher
9:10 a.m. - Norm Blake, Scott Philbrook, Mark Snider and John Bonar
9:20 a.m. - Dan Brown, Brandon Granacher, Dennis Laake and Hugo Serrano
12:30 p.m. - Tim Lonegan, Don Robbins, Kevin Tarnonski and David Riehl
12:40 p.m. - Tom Reeves, Tom Leonard, J.R. Schrand and Randall Ferguson
12:50 p.m. - Glenn Hartig, Jim Warken Jr., Randy Maegly and Scott Kurtz
1 p.m. - Joe Chalfant, Gary Simon, Rick Shumate and Dennis West
1:10 p.m. - Jerry Vaughn, Brian Begnoche, John O'Brien and Curtis Bihl
1:20 p.m. - Tom Fuldner, Mike Schuh, Dan O'Brien and Andrew Spencer
1:30 p.m. - Kevin Faulkner, Brian Moore, Steve Miller and Matt Bowlin
1:40 p.m. - Dusty Needham, Ed Bisher, John Brenning and John Sparks
1:50 p.m. - Michael Hunter, Steve Sorrell, Glenn Briggs and Ron Ashworth
2 p.m. - Ed Sulken, Tom Hater, Bob Getker and Bill Ahlers
2:10 p.m. - Larry Hicks, Joe Archer, Kevin Tierney and Pat Gregory
2:20 p.m. - Tom Leone, Ben Luttrell, Joel Williams and David Schwierjohann
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