1977 PPA World Finals

[@MMMarvelous]

I wasn't there, but I remember this tournament & its outcome. 1977 was my last year of being an amateur. My local Montgomery, AL playing partner & friend Randy Reeves had 3 years on me & was runner-up in the 1976 APA World Championship & turned pro in 1977 & was playing very good as a pro. I had won 3 APA Regionals over a 12-month span & was ready to turn pro for 1978.

[@rickszabo4312]

This is Gold. No cell phones , no non stop mention of sponsors or endorsements , this was all real and not reality .

[@DJmemoriesPlaylists]

Don was a fine man and a great boss when I was night manager at his Bragg Blvd in Fayetteville NC course back in the mid seventies.

[@ShelbyWatson]

I'm just now getting into mini golf and love watching this. This rules!

[@garyjustus3081]

Thank you Shelby! a "lifetime" ago :-)

[@davidbarnett8617]

Hi Gary! Stumbled here through a link from one of Brock Gillespie's channels. He is promoting all the PuttingWorld/Popstroke/National Putting Tour stuff. We played for Q spots in the finals two consecutive days. I think it was the year you made tv. I won the first day. You beat me the second. Memories...

[@garyjustus3081]

Hi David!! Memories is right! (wish I had some from way back then!! lol) - thanks for info!!

[@petruscvolschenk5695]

Awesome! Wish they have this here in South africa ❤

[@JimManeri]

I was at this. God we were nerds.

[@garyjustus3081]

LOL AGREE!!!

[@MMMarvelous]

Putters were nerds, but we were the better-looking ones. Some of the pros I met & played against could've been GQ models. Dan Anders & Randy Stone definitely didn't look like nerds, although they (and all of us) were by default.

[@ProdByClockwerk]

Pardon my French but this is fucking amazing Gary. Also, the wind looked brutal here.

[@garyjustus3081]

Thank you!! and from what I remember (which isn't much lol), it was!!

[@mikemontgomery8407]

80 mph winds!

[@eigenvectorjon5861]

I started playing in Rockville during your heyday I was 12 and you were one of my idols. I was in awe especially after the one of your city champtionships when you shout 162 for six rounds on courses that by the standards of the sport did not yield scores easily. I eventually won back to back cities in 87-88 and choked away matching a threepeat by blowing a 4 stroke lead with starting two under after two and than making 18 straight deuces on course 3. Thanks for the memories!

[@garyjustus3081]

Hard to believe it's been over 40 years! and congrats on the back-to-back city championships!!

[@klunkytown9288]

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[@johnzink3309]

Thx

[@tshank6871]

These guys have such beautiful strokes, that it's making her hands wet!

[@Newtonbaseball12]

I think Gary was piping her. She sure was excited to give him the trophy and money

[@w.keithmcdonald8461]

DAMN that wind !!

[@mikecampbell4890]

Wish I could go back in time

[@Reedlbrace]

Except for those gas prices YEESH!

[@garyjustus3081]

I hear you...as my memory fades (and it IS!!) I'm glad this was available on video!

[@garyjustus3081]

@@Reedlbrace LOL true!!

[@charlesdibbs7609]

Dr. Jim Christina used to tell me stories about you Gary, all with high regards.

[@garyjustus3081]

Hi Charles - "Dr" Jim Christina...wow!!! lol Jim was a terrific friend "back in the day"...thanks for the comment!! memories... :-)

[@SnoopyGolf]

Who watching this 2024

[@JDTee79]

I am. Please don’t tell anyone. 😬

[@andrewbruno267]

Corum here!

[@patrickpatterson6592]

anybody know which specific putt putt location this was at in Columbus ohio? I played the refugee rd, Hamilton Rd and I believe georgesville rd. locations as a kid but cannot tell which location this was played at and it's driving me nuts!

[@brianmclaughlin7780]

Patrick Patterson THIS WAS THE GORGESVILLE ROAD COURSE. COURSE #3

[@JimManeri]

Brian is correct. Georgesville course #3. Played it stoned at 3AM often.

[@andrewottaway9405]

@@JimManeri lol hahahaha have a few Hong Kongs then putt so glad I read this. From Melbourn

[@eggy68]

Just found this and I'm loving it. I played in a league there in the early 80s - good, nerdy times. Thanks for posting Gary.

[@Poundcakebowler]

Is this the stadium course? Or was that another location?

[@garyjustus3081]

Hi Bill - sorry, don't know the answer but hopefully somebody else does

[@SfoglinoNASA]

5:25

[@klunkytown9288]

gary I would love to interview you regarding something I am writing

[@garyjustus3081]

Sorry for the "a little late" reply!! Haven't been on here in ages (obviously!)

[@Thelongmanable]

@@garyjustus3081 *_I am new to your site but how do you have access to videos like this..._*

[@garyjustus3081]

@@Thelongmanable Hello! I requested it from someone associated with Putt-Putt 10 or 15 years ago but don't remember exactly who...sorry

[@Thelongmanable]

@@garyjustus3081 *_I'm not probing to get you in trouble but were you ever connected to the Put-Put series in anyway..._*

[@garyjustus3081]

@@Thelongmanable No I wasn't...just a decent putter when I was a teenager lol :-)

[@dcconstruction676]

300,000$ thats insane. Here we are 50 years later and making not even a fraction of that. We know whos pockets are getting deeper. Thats why this sport is not what it used to be. The selfish rich are ruining it for everybody. Try watching a putt putt chalenge from. 2023 its the worst fookin thing i have ever endured. Worse then watching paint dry.

[@untexan]

Get lost comrade, you have that same photo of San Francisco as so many other troll bots

[@JDTee79]

America was so good in those days! MAGA!

[@cat19david]

I notice the head of maga is known for lying, and cheating, there is no room for that on Putt Putt. Oh not only lying to his wife's and children, to the American people, but also on his own golf course.

[@JDTee79]

Are they wearing gold shoes? 🤣

[@cheesygorditacrunk]

this has brought joy to my heart. do you have any other ppa matches to post? If so, please post them. #wewantmore

[@garyjustus3081]

Unfortunately I do not - think (I honestly can't remember) I requested this from the Putt-Putt web site. For some reason (not sure where I got it, I have a copy of "Putt-Putt World Volume 20 Number 4" (a .pdf) .. date on the cover is "Fall 1978" if you're interested, let me know, I can send it to you.

[@klunkytown9288]

@@garyjustus3081 I would love this too

[@klunkytown9288]

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[@garyjustus3081]

@@klunkytown9288 Well did a little research and a wealth of info can be found here: ppadatabase.com/media.html ... had no idea and a nice walk down memory lane!!