Browning, Crawford, and Jones Capture National Titles

Fayetteville, NC - Thirty-two year old Ray Browning of Cleveland, Ohio won his second National Championship, while 27 year old John Crawford was winning the Regional Pro Division, and Austin Jones, a 15 year old from Springfield, Ohio took the top honors in the APA division.

Browning, who won the 1975 National Championship in Columbus, Ohio became the third person in PPA history to win the National Championship twice. Vance Randall (1967 and 1969) and Robert Smith (1972 and 1974) only waited two years to claim their second title, but Browning decided to wait five. Ray won the 1975 Championship with a score of 92 under par and had an identical 92 under to win Sunday - only it took an additional 72 holes.

Browning, tied for 15th place at 27 under par after Friday's play, moved into second place, 3 shots behind Gary English of Orlando, Florida, with a solid 36 under on Saturday, and fired 29 under par on Sunday to hold a one shot margin over Jim Borchelt of Cincinnati, who was also trying to win his second Nationals. English finished third at 89 under and Marc Portugal of Waco, Texas, the first day leader was fourth at 87 under.

Crawford, from Burlington, North Carolina, finished Friday's four rounds with a 3 stroke lead over the field of 31 regional pros and finished the final four rounds on Saturday with the same three stroke margin over second place finisher Jim Manning of Orlando, Florida. Roger Freeman, Gastonia, North Carolina and Bryon Oakley from Burlington finished third with totals of 236 - 52 under par for the eight round Championship.

In the APA division, Austin Jones picked up 8 shots on leader Nick Gill of Gretna, Louisiana, to win by a two shot margin 357 - 75 under par. Jones had a score of 30 on his 12th and final round, while Gill was struggling to a 38 on the very difficult #3 course in Fayetteville. Terry Phillips of Gastonia, North Carolina finished with a 9 under 27 to tie Gill for second place.

Professional Division of 1980 PPA National Championship
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Cash
1 Ray Browning 28 28 31 30 26 24 31 27 31 27 26 31 340 $ 4,000.00
2 Jim Borchelt 29 27 30 28 28 27 31 29 27 29 29 27 341 $ 2,500.00
3 Gary English 31 26 27 29 28 25 29 27 32 28 30 31 343 $ 2,000.00
4 Marc Portugal 26 27 30 27 30 29 31 27 30 30 28 30 345 $ 1,600.00
5 Steve Lyon 27 29 27 29 29 28 31 30 32 30 28 29 349 $ 1,250.00
6 Rick Shelton 29 28 33 26 27 29 28 34 30 26 31 29 350 $ 950.00
Randy Stone 33 26 29 28 28 29 29 28 32 30 27 31 350 $ 950.00
8 Eddie Coy 27 31 30 29 30 24 29 32 31 29 28 31 351 $ 800.00
9 Max Ruhlmann 27 30 32 28 29 29 29 31 29 31 27 30 352 $ 650.00
Bill Kirby 29 28 30 31 26 26 30 30 30 28 31 33 352 $ 650.00
11 Randy Orr 29 28 34 27 29 29 27 30 31 29 30 30 353 $ 500.00
12 Dick Florin 30 30 33 25 32 27 29 28 30 30 30 31 355 $ 475.00
13 Mike Sherrill 35 28 26 31 29 30 28 29 31 28 29 32 356 $ 425.00
Gary Miller 27 30 28 28 30 34 28 30 30 29 29 33 356 $ 425.00
John Bambling 28 29 28 31 30 29 33 26 30 33 30 29 356 $ 425.00
16 Ed Haggerty 28 34 28 31 30 28 26 25 34 32 27 34 357 $ 370.00
Charlie Greenwalt 34 34 27 31 29 27 29 30 28 29 30 29 357 $ 370.00
Jeff Estep 26 31 32 25 30 28 31 28 33 32 31 30 357 $ 370.00
Bobby Gilmore 31 28 29 28 31 28 31 32 27 29 29 34 357 $ 370.00
Bruce Kaiser 30 30 35 29 27 24 28 29 35 28 35 27 357 $ 370.00
21 B. B. Brazelton 28 29 37 29 30 31 28 29 31 27 28 31 358 $ 340.00
22 Vance Randall 32 28 33 28 28 26 32 31 32 32 29 28 359 $ 320.00
Dan Anders 28 29 33 32 29 27 30 27 31 29 30 34 359 $ 320.00
Tom Carter 30 26 29 28 31 28 30 31 30 31 33 32 359 $ 320.00
25 Buddy Taylor 31 30 30 30 28 28 32 33 30 30 30 28 360 $ 290.00
Steve Lange 28 33 28 29 31 26 30 29 34 32 29 31 360 $ 290.00
Carl Stukes 29 28 31 28 31 28 28 30 35 30 31 31 360 $ 290.00
28 Evelyn Florin 31 29 30 32 35 26 28 28 36 29 27 30 361 $ 255.00
Ivan Bick 31 27 35 31 28 28 33 34 29 28 28 29 361 $ 255.00
Ron Frederick 34 27 26 27 29 29 34 30 36 31 28 30 361 $ 255.00
31 Charlie Davis 30 30 32 30 31 31 31 26 31 30 27 33 362 $ 230.00
32 Tommy Godfrey 31 30 32 30 28 29 29 26 32 32 31 34 364 $ 206.00
Danny Edwards 29 27 33 32 32 28 35 27 31 33 27 30 364 $ 206.00
Jay Strutton 33 28 31 31 29 28 34 28 33 30 28 31 364 $ 206.00
Bill Hebert 29 33 31 31 27 28 31 30 30 32 32 30 364 $ 206.00
Rick Gibson 32 30 31 29 31 29 30 28 29 33 30 32 364 $ 206.00
37 Ed Michalko 31 27 33 30 29 33 32 30 30 32 28 30 365 $ 200.00
Rex Thayer 31 27 32 29 29 27 27 29 34 33 32 35 365 $ 200.00
39 Charles Connor, Jr. 28 32 27 30 31 31 31 31 30 32 30 34 367 $ 40.00
Jimmy Harritos 30 29 31 31 32 31 34 31 34 29 29 26 367 $ 40.00
Walter Kolb 32 32 32 32 30 26 30 34 31 30 28 30 367 $ 40.00
Gary Moore 32 27 34 27 29 30 32 29 33 33 30 31 367 $ 40.00
Rick Waldorf 30 30 34 32 30 28 29 29 31 31 29 34 367 $ 40.00
44 David Jones 368
Buddy Fowler 368
Paula Moore 368
Wesley Beck 368
48 Sidney Barnes 369
Colin Hunter 369
50 Sid Harris 370
Tim Rarick 370
Wendell Sikes 370
Duke Wellman 370
54 Neil Connor 371
Fred Rhew 371
56 Bubba O'Geary 372
Dennis Sweeney 372
Jerry Gross 372
59 Robert Smith 373
Rick Anderson 373
Mike Carano 373
62 Greg Roberts 374
63 Neil Buie 375
Tommy Hoag 375
Earl Brabb 375
66 Bob Marcellino 377
67 Mark Greaux 378
John Connor 378
69 Satoshi Nobuhiro 379
Jim Starr 379
71 Gen VonWaldner 380
Bobby Kirby 380
73 Keith Barfield 381
74 Sam Label 382
75 Sonny Heiss 383
Dennis Ashby 383
77 Charles Butler 385
78 Eijler Forsberg 387
79 Kazuo Mishimura 389
80 Ed Hinderberger 394
81 Gary Manuel 442
82 Joe Marrazzito Withdrew
Ronnie Burkhard Withdrew
Gary Goodman Withdrew
Howell Smith Withdrew

Regional Professional Division of 1980 PPA National Championship
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)

Round Prize
Player City 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Cash
1 John Crawford Burlington, NC 29 30 27 27 32 31 29 27 232 $ 700.00
2 Jim Manning Orlando, FL 31 29 34 29 28 27 28 29 235 $ 400.00
3 Roger Freeman Gastonia, NC 33 32 32 25 25 28 29 32 236 $ 275.00
Byron Oakley Burlington, NC 32 25 29 31 29 29 30 31 236 $ 275.00
5 John Napoli Columbus, OH 32 25 33 33 28 30 29 28 238 $ 200.00
6 Gary Benfield Charlotte, NC 28 32 30 28 29 29 31 32 239 $ 180.00
7 Howard Bryan Augusta, GA 29 28 36 27 31 31 30 30 242 $ 160.00
8 Randy Brown Charlotte, NC 31 33 29 30 32 33 32 28 248 $ 120.00
Sid Hardy Dallas, GA 28 31 34 28 31 34 31 31 248 $ 120.00
Kim Taylor Baltimore, MD 29 31 29 32 33 31 35 28 248 $ 120.00
11 Randy Dickerman Asheville, NC 33 28 34 32 30 29 31 32 249 $ 90.00
12 John Wilder Williamsburg, VA 35 32 30 26 35 33 31 28 250 $ 80.00
13 Warren Botnick Burlington, NC 30 35 33 35 28 30 31 29 251 $ 57.50
Kevin Pennington Chester, VA 35 34 29 28 32 31 32 30 251 $ 57.50
Jeff Nibali Cantonsville, MD 29 29 32 33 37 30 35 26 251 $ 57.50
David Dingus Fayetteville, NC 31 28 31 31 34 35 30 31 251 $ 57.50
17 David Thompson Fayetteville, NC 37 28 33 32 31 32 28 31 252 $ 25.00
Don Sheets Springfield, OH 29 34 32 32 31 30 30 34 252 $ 25.00
19 Glenwood Arrington Martinsville, VA 253
Robert Johnson Clemson, SC 253
21 Bob Lucas Greensboro, NC 256
22 Andy Porder Brockton, MA 258
23 Tony Cameron Richmond, VA 259
24 Darrell Anderson Richmond, VA 260
Scott Campbell Orlando, FL 260
26 Steve Corbin Richmond, VA 261
Craig Williams Monroeville, PA 261
Don Melvin Tar Heel, NC 261
29 Michael Cicerchi Jacksonville, FL 271
30 Randy Duvall Richmond, VA Withdrew
Sam Baucom Charlotte, NC Withdrew

Amateur Division of 1980 PPA National Championship
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)

Round
Player City 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
1 Austin Jones Springfield, OH 34 29 29 28 30 31 33 30 28 29 26 30 357
2 Nick Gill Gretna, LA 27 29 29 28 31 29 30 29 32 29 28 38 359
Terry Phillips Gastonia, NC 32 25 31 33 37 27 30 29 30 28 30 27 359
4 Greg Ward Cleveland, TN 34 30 28 29 27 30 28 33 32 29 32 29 361
5 Dean Dwiggins Winston-Salem, NC 31 30 30 34 32 28 28 32 29 29 28 31 362
6 Wayne Pullen Rome, GA 34 30 29 29 32 31 29 29 32 28 28 32 363
7 Mark Coup Columbus, OH 31 34 31 28 33 26 29 29 30 29 31 33 364
8 Walter Shipman Ann Arbor, MI 32 27 30 34 29 32 33 30 32 29 27 30 365
David Hinkamp Fayetteville, NC 29 31 33 36 30 27 31 34 31 28 23 32 365
10 Danny McCaslin Memphis, TN 27 31 30 27 33 32 32 30 31 34 26 35 368
Matt Delpha Fayetteville, NC 30 28 33 33 32 28 33 30 32 33 29 27 368
Bill Humbert Mebane, NC 31 34 29 32 32 33 29 27 35 28 31 27 368

 

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