Stan Stopa

[Tom Bartlett]

Stan Stopa is the head professional at Audubon Park and one of the people responsible for my being able to play golf professionally. He provided the facility for me to play and practice since I was 13 and still to this day. He is playing in the Senior Tour Q School and after three rounds in the regional qualifier, he is in 21st place. They take 24. He is playing at the same course where 30 years ago he doubled the 18th hole to miss his TOUR Card by a shot. As Brian has mentioned on this site before, Stan is one of the best ball strikers ever, not to have played the tour full time. Good luck Stan!
Third-round scores from the Champions Tour Q-school regional qualifying event in Orlando, Fla.
1 Mike San Filippo - 67 - 70 - 71 -- 208
2 John Ross - 71 - 71 - 68 -- 210
3 Mike Blackburn - 73 - 67 - 70 -- 210
4 Joe Gutterman - 68 - 72 - 72 -- 212
5 Roy Vucinich - 70 - 75 - 69 -- 214
6 Brian Sharrock - 68 - 76 - 71 -- 215
7 Gordon Brand - 67 - 73 - 76 -- 216
8 Nick Job - 75 - 72 - 69 -- 216
9 Delroy Cambridge - 72 - 74 - 70 -- 216
10 Joe Stansberry - 72 - 72 - 72 -- 216
11 Graham Gunn - 71 - 75 - 71 -- 217
12 Kip Byrne - 72 - 73 - 72 -- 217
13 Adam Adams - 74 - 74 - 69 -- 217
14 Rob Herron - 71 - 75 - 71 -- 217
15 Bob Lendzion - 73 - 72 - 73 -- 218
16 Mo Guttman - 74 - 75 - 69 -- 218
17 Cary Hungate - 70 - 75 - 73 -- 218
18 Jerry Tucker - 71 - 73 - 74 -- 218
19 Victor Tortorici - 72 - 77 - 69 -- 218
20 Michael O'Connor - 70 - 75 - 75 -- 220
21 Stan Stopa - 74 - 73 - 73 -- 220
22 Kim Young - 72 - 75 - 73 -- 220
23 Jim Chancey - 70 - 76 - 74 -- 220
24 Jeff New - 73 - 76 - 71 -- 220
25 Tom Herzan - 69 - 79 - 72 -- 220
26 Rick Rhoden - 70 - 78 - 72 -- 220
27 Jon Corliss - 74 - 78 - 68 -- 220
28 Rod Spittle - 70 - 79 - 71 -- 220
29 Randy Nichols - 76 - 76 - 69 -- 221
30 Eddie Mudd - 73 - 75 - 73 -- 221
31 John Traub - 72 - 79 - 71 -- 222
32 Brian Hebb - 77 - 72 - 73 -- 222
33 Peter Walz - 74 - 80 - 68 -- 222
34 Craig Watson - 70 - 81 - 72 -- 223
35 Jose Alvarez - 73 - 73 - 77 -- 223
36 Keith Wightman - 72 - 78 - 74 -- 224
37 Beau Baugh - 74 - 77 - 73 -- 224
38 Larry Miller - 75 - 76 - 74 -- 225
39 Inwhan Oh - 73 - 77 - 75 -- 225
40 Doug LaCrosse - 71 - 78 - 76 -- 225
41 Phil Ambrosy - 75 - 74 - 76 -- 225
42 Mark Houser - 76 - 78 - 71 -- 225
43 Peter O'Hagan - 71 - 80 - 75 -- 226
44 Gregory Renfroe - 75 - 79 - 72 -- 226
45 Terry Florence - 80 - 77 - 69 -- 226
46 Eddie Sherlin - 74 - 77 - 76 -- 227
47 Mark Black - 72 - 78 - 77 -- 227
48 Mark Aebli - 77 - 77 - 74 -- 228
49 Keith Gockenbach - 75 - 74 - 79 -- 228
50 Dave Bell - 78 - 79 - 71 -- 228
51 Gregg Swift - 73 - 80 - 76 -- 229
52 Joe Shaktman - 77 - 78 - 74 -- 229
53 George DeSear - 78 - 77 - 75 -- 230
54 Charles Blake - 76 - 79 - 76 -- 231
55 Daniel Simpson - 77 - 81 - 74 -- 232
56 Terry Miskolczi - 77 - 79 - 77 -- 233
57 Ed Sanford - 80 - 78 - 75 -- 233
58 Kent Smith - 77 - 75 - 82 -- 234
59 Clarence Hardison - 78 - 81 - 75 -- 234
60 Bob McChesney - 78 - 77 - 81 -- 236
61 Earl Riffle - 77 - 82 - 77 -- 236
62 Dusty Dobyanski - 77 - 82 - 79 -- 238
63 Art Booth - 79 - 80 - 79 -- 238
64 Ed McFee - 75 - 85 - 78 -- 238
65 Greg Underwood - 80 - 80 - 78 -- 238
66 Tom Inskeep - 78 - 84 - 76 -- 238
67 Bob Munoz - 76 - 80 - 83 -- 239
68 Chuck Waltz - 82 - 85 - 72 -- 239
69 Tom Foster - 84 - 79 - 77 -- 240
70 Bob Pressner - 83 - 82 - 79 -- 244
71 Mike Keelan - 82 - 84 - 83 -- 249
72 David Bierbrauer - 88 - 83 - 79 -- 250
73 Brent Millis - 85 - 86 - 80 -- 251
74 Robert Strong - 89 - 79 - 84 -- 252
75 Al Lupis - 76 - WD - WD -- WD
76 Pat Ross - 76 - 90 - WD -- WD
77 Ben Sledge - 91 - 83 - WD -- WD

 

[Perfect Impact]

Joe Gutterman, 4th on the list, is a Palm Coast pro who holds the course record on about every course here. What is the next level of competition after this regional?

 

[blehnhard]

Where to Next?

Next phase is Finals. Things have changed for this year. There will no longer be 7 fully exempt (used to be 8) and 8 conditional exempt cards available at the finals.

Instead, the top 30 (I believe this is the correct #) finishers will be eligible for "Associate Membership" that will allow them to qualify each week for up to 9 available spots for that weeks tournament (open field events only).

Winners on the Champions Tour only get a 12 month exemption (if they are not otherwise exempt) from the date of the win. If a non exempt player wins, he would reduce the 9 available spots to 8. A new twist this year, is that if a non exempt player finishes in the top 10 one week, he is exempt the following week, again reducing the available qualifying spots each week by 1.

I believe that they will also be doing the "2 spot" qualifiers for each week (used to be 4 spots a while back).

Bruce

 

[Tom Bartlett]

Pretty close to the way the tour worked before Gary McCord and the all exempt tour. I like it!

 

[Tom Bartlett]

At last!

He made it! Shot a 73 with two putts missed under 3 feet and making a 20 footer for bogey on the 16th. He was in a playoff...5 for 3 spots. Up and down on first hole and then a walk off birdie on the second to be the first to make it in the playoff.
Final scores from the Champions Tour Q-school regional qualifying event in Orlando, Fla. (those in bold qualify for the Final Stage; *-denotes alternates):
Mike San Filippo 67-70-71-70--278
Mike Blackburn 73-67-70-71--281
Roy Vucinich 70-75-69-70--284
Joe Gutterman 68-72-72-73--285
John Ross 71-71-68-75--285
Jim Chancey 70-76-74-67--287
Kip Byrne 72-73-72-71--288
Adam Adams 74-74-69-71--288
Delroy Cambridge 72-74-70-72--288
Brian F. Sharrock 68-76-71-73--288
Graham Gunn 71-75-71-72--289
Victor Tortorici 72-77-69-71--289
Joe Stansberry 72-72-72-73--289
Gordon J. Brand 67-73-76-74--290
Nick Job 75-72-69-74--290
Doug LaCrosse 71-78-76-66--291
Michael O'Connor 70-75-75-71--291
Rick Rhoden 70-78-72-71--291
Rod Spittle 70-79-71-71--291
Jerry Tucker 71-73-74-73--291
Randy Nichols 76-76-69-71--292
Stan Stopa 74-73-73-73--293
Mo Guttman 74-75-69-75--293
Cary Hungate 70-75-73-75--293
*Bob Lendzion 73-72-73-75--293
*Tom Herzan 69-79-72-73--293
*Jon Corliss 74-78-68-75--295
Phil Ambrosy 75-74-76-70--295
Jeff New 73-76-71-77--297
Rob Herron 71-75-71-80--297
Mark Houser 76-78-71-73--298
Peter O'Hagan 71-80-75-72--298
Gregory Renfroe 75-79-72-72--298
Beau Baugh 74-77-73-74--298
Eddie Mudd 73-75-73-77--298
Mark Aebli 77-77-74-71--299
John Traub 72-79-71-77--299
Brian Hebb 77-72-73-77--299
Peter Walz 74-80-68-77--299
Kim Young 72-75-73-79--299
Gregg Swift 73-80-76-71--300
Keith Gockenbach 75-74-79-73--301
Terry Florence 80-77-69-76--302
Keith Wightman 72-78-74-78--302
Craig Watson 70-81-72-79--302
Clarence Hardison 78-81-75-68--302
Inwhan Oh 73-77-75-78--303
Mark Black 72-78-77-78--305
Jose Alvarez -73-73-77-82--305
Larry Miller 75-76-74-81--306
Joe Shaktman 77-78-74-77--306
Dave Bell 78-79-71-79--307
Charles R. Blake 76-79-76-76--307
Terry Miskolczi 77-79-77-74--307
Eddie Sherlin 74-77-76-81--308
George DeSear 78-77-75-79--309
Daniel Simpson 77-81-74-77--309
Kent Smith 77-75-82-75--309
Earl Riffle 77-82-77-75--311
Ed Sanford 80-78-75-80--313
Tom Inskeep 78-84-76-75--313
Dusty Dobyanski 77-82-79-80--318
Art Booth 79-80-79-81--319
Greg Underwood 80-80-78-81--319
Ed McFee 75-85-78-82--320
Tom Foster 84-79-77-80--320
Bob McChesney 78-77-81-85--321
Chuck Waltz 82-85-72-84--323
David Bierbrauer 88-83-79-76--326
Bob Pressner 83-82-79-86--330
Brent J. Millis 85-86-80-82--333
Robert Strong 89-79-84-85--337
Al Lupis 76-WD--WD
Pat Ross 76-90-WD--WD
Benn Sledge 91-83-WD--WD
Bob Munoz 76-80-83-WD--WD
Mike Keelan 82-84-83-WD--WD

 

[birdie_man]

Well congrats to Stan....as we know he's come close many times.

 

[Jared Willerson]

Congratulations!

 

[Steve Khatib]

I love Stan's hat ''STOP A'' with a stop sign on it..

Tom do the announcers still pronounce his namked Stooopa and does he still order the Nike sneakers by the dozen?

Well done Stan!