Mike Brown Wins the $2,000 Orange Lake Open

brown.jpg (7694 bytes)Orlando, FL -Trailing the leader, Brad Lebo, by three-strokes entering the third and final round of the 1996 Orange Lake Open, Mike Brown fired his second consecutive round of 26, 10-under par, for a total of 80, 28-under par. Brown's three round score proved to be good enough to win the 1996 Orange Lake Open and the $250.00 first place purse.

Leader after two-rounds, Brad Lebo, struggled in his third round with a 31, 5-under par, and had to settle for a tie for fourth place with Greg Newport at 82. Tied for second at 81 were Todd Barfield and Robert Johnson. Rounding out the top ten were Dean Dwiggins, Roger Beckerman, and Bob Haizlip tied for sixth place with scores of 83 and Peter Neumann, Jim Christina, Danny McCaslin, David McCaslin, Andy Coradini, and Angelo Korogianos all tied ninth place with scores of 84.

In the amateur division, Clayton Craft dominated the APA field shooting rounds of 27, 28, 27 for a three round total of 82, 26-under par, and a five stroke victory over his nearest APA competitor, Brian Martin of Spartanburg, SC. Rounding out the top five in the APA field were Craig Smith, Chris Morrison, and Jim Cruse, Jr.

Professional Scores from the 1996 Orange Lake Open

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money Points
1 Mike Brown 28 26 26 80 $ 250.00  34.00
2 Todd Barfield 24 30 27 81 $ 147.50  33.00
Robert Johnson 26 26 29 81 $ 147.50  30.00
4 Brad Lebo 25 26 31 82 $ 90.00  27.00
Greg Newport 28 26 26 82 $ 90.00  26.00
6 Dean Dwiggins 27 27 29 83 $ 70.00  22.00
Roger Beckerman 28 27 28 83 $ 70.00  22.00
Bob Haizlip 28 25 30 83 $ 70.00  23.00
9 Danny McCaslin 30 27 27 84 $ 60.00  17.50
Peter Neumann 26 28 30 84 $ 55.00  17.50
Jim Christina 30 28 26 84 $ 50.00  17.50
Angelo Korogianos 27 26 31 84 $ 50.00  17.50
Andy Coradini 27 28 29 84 $ 50.00  17.50
David McCaslin 26 30 28 84 $ 50.00  17.50
15 Roland Block 28 25 32 85 $ 50.00  13.50
Marc Portugal 28 29 28 85 $ 50.00  13.50
17 Rick Alessi 29 26 31 86 $ 25.00  9.50
Manfred Stewart 32 28 26 86 $ 25.00  9.50
Gene Reams 30 26 30 86 $ 25.00  9.50
Brice Bergesen 31 28 27 86 $ 25.00  9.50
Danny Dore 29 28 29 86 $ 25.00  9.50
Rick Baird 31 28 27 86 $ 25.00  9.50
23 Jay Klapper 30 29 28 87 3.60
Greg Ward 29 29 29 87 3.60
Gary Hester 30 29 28 87 3.60
Jeff Garrison 31 28 28 87 3.60
Rodney Ashley 29 30 28 87 3.60
Greg Roberts 27 31 29 87 3.60
David Lynch 28 29 30 87 3.60
Dan Anders 28 31 28 87 3.60
Kevin Lacey 31 28 28 87 3.60
Bill Kirby, Jr. 29 28 30 87 3.60
33 Larry Simpson 26 30 32 88 3.00
Randy Orr 29 31 28 88 3.00
Jim Heikkinen 29 31 28 88 3.00
Edgar Hollifield 27 29 32 88 3.00
Rainey Statum 29 29 30 88 3.00
Darrell Britt 29 31 28 88 3.00
Alan Quinnelly 30 31 27 88 3.00
40 Tony Jackson 30 29 30 89 3.00
Lee Messenger 24 33 32 89 5.00
Don Parker 28 32 29 89 3.00
43 Frank Warren 32 28 30 90 3.00
Bobby Ward 30 31 29 90 3.00
Lewis Burton 29 31 30 90 3.00
Randy Reeves 31 27 32 90 3.00
Dave Taylor 28 32 30 90 3.00
Michael Hitt 30 28 32 90 3.00
49 Jeff Smith 29 29 33 91 3.00
Todd Viau 31 32 28 91 3.00
William Glisson 31 30 30 91 3.00
Bob Davis 31 31 29 91 3.00
Bob Jackson 29 32 30 91 3.00
Steve Tanton 30 31 30 91 3.00
55 C.L. Jones 30 30 32 92 3.00
56 Buddy Taylor 29 33 31 93 3.00
Mike Damsky 33 31 29 93 3.00
Nick Gill 33 29 31 93 3.00
Tony Varnadore 32 28 33 93 3.00
Richard Zack 32 30 31 93 3.00
61 Paul Johns 30 30 34 94 3.00
Mark Rainey 31 28 35 94 3.00
Paul Pastilong 30 32 32 94 3.00
Mark Hasty 28 33 33 94 3.00
65 Bruce Boulden 32 34 29 95 3.00
66 Al Simpson 35 30 31 96 3.00
Chuck Nance 29 33 34 96 3.00
68 Jimmy Harritos 34 31 32 97 3.00
Bo Luthie 30 34 33 97 3.00
Robby Bryant 32 32 33 97 3.00
71 Barb Mingo 37 32 29 98 3.00
Earl Fritts 27 35 36 98 3.00
73 Thomas Rawles 33 33 34 100 3.00
74 Earl Brabb 34 32 35 101 3.00
75 Bill Walsh 32 34 37 103 3.00
Enid Klapper 33 37 33 103 3.00
77 Don Thompson 36 35 35 106 3.00

Amateur Scores from the 1996 Orange Lake Open

Round Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Money
1 Clayton Craft 27 28 27 82 $25.00
2 Brian Martin 29 27 31 87 $25.00
3 Craig Smith 24 32 32 88 $25.00
4 Chris Morrison 34 30 27 91 $12.50
Jim Cruse, Jr. 31 30 30 91 $12.50
6 Jim Conner 32 29 32 93
7 Jeff Brown 31 30 33 94
8 Kim Brabb 33 32 30 95
9 Bryan Higgins 30 34 32 96
Scott Buddie 29 33 34 96
11 Rick Maitland 35 33 29 97
Rusty Taylor 34 33 30 97
13 J. L. Coffee 27 39 33 99
Jeff Studer 34 34 31 99
15 Tom Sweeney 31 32 37 100
Wayne Saunders, Jr. 36 30 34 100
17 Brian Mundey 31 33 37 101
18 Keith Chambers 36 32 35 103
19 James Chastain 36 42 44 122

Novice Scores from the 1996 Orange Lake Open

Round
Player 1 2 3 Total
1 Scott Sammons 30 31 36 97
2 Rodney Rogers 33 33 35 101
3 Lonnie Howard 37 33 35 105
4 Justin Taylor 38 33 35 106
5 Dwight Plum 46 34 44 124

 

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