I recently completed a 45-player, four-round tournament at Congressional (Metro D.C.) using the Game Caddie. All players were from the APBA 1971 season card set. Here is a round-by-round summary of the event:
Rd 1 – DeWitt Weaver led after the first day with a 68 followed closely by George Archer.
Rd 2 – The second round was a miserable day with a heavily soaked course holding down many scores. But Jack Nicklaus did not find it much of a hindrance as he stroked a 69 to rise to third place.
Lee Trevino matched the Golden Bear’s 69 to move into second place, with Bruce Crampton leading the field after a round of 70. This was also cutdown day and only 22 of the 45 golfers advanced to the next round. Big names missing the cut included Don January, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, and Bob Charles.
Rd 3 – The third round started with much better weather, and the scores showed it. Jack Nicklaus had the lowest round of the tournament to that point with a 67 to take the lead. Trevino’s 69 held him in second place.
Rd 4 – The day began with Nicklaus at -7 and Trevino at -6. No one else is any better than -1. Old pro, Billy Casper, made a huge move in the final round, shooting a tournament-low 63 and hitting 17 greens in regulation. Casper’s big push put him into contention, one stroke behind Trevino and two strokes behind Nicklaus.
First-round leader, DeWitt Weaver had a good final round of 68 to tie Casper at -5. Casper and Weaver waited for the leaders, Nicklaus and Trevino to finish their final round.
After the front nine Nicklaus was shooting par, while Trevino was two under for the round–giving Trevino the lead by one stroke. On hole 11, Nicklaus trickled his second shot into the water, while Trevino birdied to take a three-stroke lead. Trevino three-putted 12, allowing Jack to get back within two strokes.
Then Trevino hit a sand trap on the 15th and lost another stroke. Nicklaus birdied 17 to tie things up. Trevino drove the green on his second shot on the 18th, but he left himself a 66-foot putt. Nicklaus scrambled out of the sand trap and faced a 12-footer. Both men par the 18th and we are tied!
The two-man play-off consisted of an18-hole aggregate round. The scorecard is shown in the PDF viewer below. (Click in the upper right-hand corner to enlarge.)
Aggregate Round – Trevino had a rough front nine (+4) with a double bogey on 7. Nicklaus was one-under after the front nine. The day didn’t get any better on the back nine. Trevino never got closer than 2 strokes after the 5th hole, giving Nicklaus the easy win.
Here are the leaderboard and round conditions for the entire tournament.