Danny McCaslin Wins Atlanta, GA Open $2,000
Suwannee, GA - Danny McCaslin of Melbourne Beach, FL, defeated longtime pro Dan Anders in an 18-hole playoff on July 22, 1997 to win the $2,000 Atlanta Open, one of 11 events on the $105,000 1997 PPA tour.
McCaslin claimed a 1-stroke victory with a 27 in the playoff over Anders, the 1975 World Champion runner-up from Columbus, GA. McCaslin and Anders were tied after regulation at 76, 32-under par, after three rounds on the recently opened facility owned by Rick and Leslie Herbert.
Winner of the 1996 PPA Commissioner's Cup title, McCaslin posted regulation scores of 26, 22, and 28. He earned $300 and 50 points toward the $36,000 PPA skins television series elimination playoff. Anders had regulation scores of 25, 25, and 26 and won $200. Andy Coradini, Jay Klapper, Kevin Lacey, and Bo Luthie each scored 77 and won $118.75 each.
Professional Scores for 1997 Atlanta, GA Open
Round Player 1 2 3 Total Prize Money 1 Danny McCaslin 26 22 28 76 $300.00 2 Dan Anders 25 25 26 76 $200.00 3 Andy Coradini 25 22 30 77 $118.75 Jay Klapper 24 27 26 77 $118.75 Bo Luthie 27 25 25 77 $118.75 Kevin Lacey 25 27 25 77 $118.75 7 Lewis Burton 27 24 27 78 $95.00 Bob Davis 26 24 28 78 $95.00 9 Randy Reeves 26 28 25 79 $86.00 Gary Hester 28 24 27 79 $86.00 Todd Barfield 27 26 26 79 $86.00 Mike Flavin 26 27 26 79 $86.00 Bart Bason 32 26 21 79 $86.00 14 Peter Neumann 27 26 27 80 $80.00 15 Mike Brown 29 24 28 81 $28.12 Brad Lebo 29 25 27 81 $28.12 Greg Newport 26 31 24 81 $28.12 Randy Orr 27 25 29 81 $28.12 Tony Jackson 26 30 25 81 $28.12 Frank Warren 30 25 26 81 $28.12 Todd Fowler 28 26 27 81 $28.12 Edgar Hollifield 28 28 25 81 $28.12 23 Mark Rainey 30 28 24 82 Darrell Britt 27 27 28 82 Greg Roberts 26 29 27 82 Gene Reams 28 29 25 82 27 Rick Baird 29 26 28 83 28 David McCaslin 30 27 27 84 Michael Hitt 29 28 27 84 Robert Johnson 28 28 28 84 31 Greg Ward 30 29 26 85 32 Tony Varnadore 22 33 31 86 Alan Quinnelly 27 30 29 86 34 Mike Damsky 29 28 30 87 35 Jimmy Mott 30 29 32 91 36 C. L. Jones 32 31 31 94 37 Enid Klapper 34 30 31 95
Amateur Scores for 1997 Atlanta, GA Open
| Round | Prize | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Money | |
| 1 | Donnie Carpenter | 31 | 36 | 31 | 98 | $25.00 |
| 2 | Tony Davenport | 35 | 34 | 29 | 98 | $25.00 |
| William Glisson | 33 | 31 | 34 | 98 | $25.00 | |
| 4 | Tim Rohren | 33 | 35 | 31 | 99 | $25.00 |
| Gary Gracely | 33 | 30 | 36 | 99 | ||