Dennis Hatch won the Pro Event at the Super Billiards Expo a few years ago, defeating Mike Davis. It was a nail-biter. Dennis got the most beautiful trophy I've ever seen. He got emotional accepting the trophy. It was a tear-jerker for a sentimental railbird like me -- :sad: -- but they were happy tears. 
You're right, Joey, and CrownCityCorey is right, too! :grin-square:
Here's the BC Open Keith won -- not to be confused with BCA Open. It paid out $25,000 first place. This was the largest first-place money payout at that time. It was a pretty weighty field.
There were a bunch of golf pros there at the venue, as well as some rock and roll star -- [can't remember name now] -- and all of them partied to the wee hours of the morning celebrating Keith's win.
The closest Keith came to a major was in 2003 when he came in third place at the U.S. Open Nine-Ball Championship. If they had played the finals the night before, he would have won it. He was on fire. The night before the semi-final matches went long, until 4 a.m., trying to make up for lost time due to Tropical Storm Isabel. The semi-finals began sharply at noon. Keith just couldn't catch a gear the next day. :sorry:
I had never seen him so happy as when he came close to the U.S Open title. We had people calling us on our cell phone from around the country sending their good wishes for him to do well. It just wasn't in the stars, as they say!
Here's the BC Open roster Keith won in 1985, the same year as the filming of "The Color of Money." It was a good year for Keith! :wink:
I guess it's how one define's "major." In the '70s and '80s, so-called "majors" were a wee bit different than they are today in the year 2010.
Here's a list of Jim "King James" Rempe's wins:
1971 Invitational Nine-Ball Arlington, Virginia
1971 U.S. Masters 14.1 Arlington, Virginia
1971 Hustlers World One-Pocket Johnson City, Illinois
1972 U.S. Master's 14.1 Arlington, Virginia
1972 World's Nine-Ball Dayton, Ohio
1972 Maine State 14.1 Scarborough, Maine
1972 Minnesota Fats Classic 14.1 and All-Around Arlington, Virginia
1973 Ohio Open Nine-Ball Cleveland, Ohio
1973 New York State 14.1 Newburgh, New York
1973 World's Nine-Ball Dayton, Ohio
1975 World Nine-ball Association Tournament
1975 U.S. Master's 14.1 Arlington, Virginia
1975 Eastern Invitational Nine-Ball Elizabeth, New Jersey
1975 World's Nine-Ball Burlington, Iowa
1976 Master's Invitational All-Around Norfolk, Virginia
1976 Indiana Open 14.1 South Bend, Indiana
1976 International Brunswick Open Rotation Tokyo, Japan
1977 Mako World Nine-Ball Association Invitational Tournament, Irvine, California
1977 Q-Masters Invitational All Around Norfolk, Virginia
1977 Miami Open Nine-Ball Miami, Florida
1977 International World Invitational Nine-Ball and 14.4 Grand Championship Osaka, Japan
1990 Classic Invitational Straight Pool Championship, Rochester, New York
1998 World Pool League
1999 World Pool League
You are correct he beat Efren in 1993 for the win.
