David McCaslin Wins $5,000 Columbus, Ohio Open (13 July 1997)

David McCaslin Comes From Behind to Win Columbus $5,000

mc_david.jpg (5406 bytes) Columbus, OH - David McCaslin, Melbourne Beach, FL, came from behind to win the $5,000 Columbus Open held Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, 1997. When tournament play resumed on Sunday, Lewis Burton from Lawrenceville, GA was leading the field by one stroke. Atlanta's Darrell Britt and North Carolinian Larry Simpson were in a tie for second. McCaslin trailed by nine strokes.

Burton and Britt continued to maintain the lead throughout Sunday's competition until the final round with scores of 183 and 185 respectively. McCaslin, however, had closed the gap with a tournament low of 22 to hold third place, just three stroke off the lead.

"Ever since I went to a Ping putter, I've been trying to get my feel back," states McCaslin. By the final round of Sunday competition, McCaslin apparently was back in full force. A sizzling score of 23 won the round and the tournament by one stroke. "It feels good to win again." McCaslin's performance in Columbus nets him a spot on the nationally televised series later this year. For McCaslin, this will be his second television opportunity. "I'm back on TV. That was my game."

Lewis Burton finished the tournament in second place, with Darrell Britt following one stroke behind in third.

		Round									Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money	Points
1	David McCaslin	29	28	30	25	27	22	25	23	209	$ 1,000.00	100.0
2	Lewis Burton	25	27	28	23	27	28	25	27	210	$ 700.00	98.0
3	Darrell Britt	26	24	27	27	27	28	26	26	211	$ 500.00	96.0
4	Tony Jackson	24	33	26	27	25	26	25	26	212	$ 400.00	94.0
5	David Lynch	26	30	25	29	23	27	27	26	213	$ 275.00	91.0
	Randy Reeves	25	27	29	27	30	24	25	26	213	$ 275.00	91.0
7	Kevin Lacey	25	30	25	26	25	29	28	27	215	$ 212.50	87.0
	Todd Barfield	24	27	29	29	28	24	27	27	215	$ 212.50	87.0
9	Rod Miller	25	29	27	27	26	25	28	29	216	$ 175.00
10	Angelo Korogianos	28	27	29	26	25	24	29	29	217	$ 150.00
11	Dan Anders	30	26	27	27	25	27	24	33	219	$ 100.00	83.0
	Brad Lebo	25	29	26	28	30	27	25	29	219	$ 100.00	83.0
13	Peter Neumann	29	29	23	27	29	26	29	28	220	$ 100.00	80.0
14	Gary Hester	26	27	30	31	27	28	27	25	221	$ 100.00	77.0
	C. L. Jones	26	28	28	27	28	28	29	27	221	$ 100.00	77.0
16	Larry Simpson	29	25	25	25	29	30	28	31	222	$ 100.00	72.0
	Rainey Statum	25	33	30	26	25	29	28	26	222	$ 100.00	72.0
	Bo Luthie	26	26	24	32	27	31	27	29	222	$ 100.00	72.0
19	Danny Dore	28	27	31	27	28	27	30	25	223	$ 100.00	68.0
20	Mike Brown	26	27	25	29	27	30	30	30	224	$ 20.00	62.0
	Tony Varnadore	30	32	25	28	22	30	26	31	224	$ 20.00	62.0
	Rick Baird	25	28	31	26	27	30	26	31	224	$ 20.00	62.0
	Greg Ward	28	24	31	27	26	29	29	30	224	$ 20.00	62.0
	Andy Coradini	30	27	28	30	28	28	28	25	224	$ 20.00	62.0
25	Roger Beckerman	27	30	29	28	27	27	24	33	225
26	Don Parker	27	25	28	30	28	31	29	28	226		55.0
	Bob Haizlip	28	31	30	27	28	26	31	25	226		55.0
	Mike McCormack	29	29	25	25	30	29	29	30	226
	Jim Heikkinen	27	28	25	30	28	31	29	28	226
30	Jay Klapper	30	25	29	30	30	28	30	25	227		52.0
	Rick Mathes	27	30	24	32	29	30	28	27	227
32	Gene Reams	29	31	29	29	28	27	26	29	228		48.5
	Danny McCaslin	24	27	30	31	31	28	29	28	228		48.5
	Dave Taylor	27	27	33	28	27	29	27	30	228		48.5
	Paul Johns	26	30	27	29	30	29	30	27	228		48.5
36	Greg Newport	29	27	31	29	30	26	28	29	229		46.0
37	Jimmy Mott	33	26	29	30	30	28	29	26	231
	Jeff Smith	33	26	31	29	26	24	32	30	231		45.0
39	Bart Bason	31	26	27	33	29	26	31	29	232
	Bill Smith	26	27	32	30	26	33	32	26	232
	Mark Hasty	29	29	30	27	31	30	29	27	232		44.0
42	Todd Viau	31	32	26	26	30	29	29	30	233
	Buddy Taylor	31	27	32	27	28	29	31	28	233		43.0
	Earl Brabb	32	29	29	29	31	26	28	29	233
45	Randy Orr	30	27	30	32	31	27	28	29	234		41.5
	Greg Roberts	33	31	26	28	31	30	25	30	234		41.5
47	Gary English	29	29	33	28	36	26	27	27	235
48	Thomas Rawles	29	29	28	32	29	29	30	33	239
49	Enid Klapper	30	31	28	32	30	33	28	29	241		39.5
	Rodney Ashley	29	32	32	31	30	27	27	33	241		39.5
51	Michael Culligan	27	26	31	31	32	32	32	32	243
	Alan Quinnelly	28	30	36	32	31	31	26	29	243
53	Jeff Garrison	33	28	30	31	31	30	31	30	244
	Al Simpson	32	27	31	32	30	29	29	34	244
55	Mike Damsky	26	39	30	34	31	35	36	29	260		38.0
56	Mike Disko	36	34	33	31	34	32	36	36	272
57	Steve Haeseker	28	28	32	30	-WD-

		Round									Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money
1	Jim Cruse	28	31	30	30	26	25	33	30	233	$30.00
2	Craig Smith	31	32	30	31	27	32	28	27	238	$30.00
3	Jeff Studer	28	29	28	28	31	32	30	33	239	$30.00
4	Mike Conklin	30	28	28	31	31	31	31	31	241	$30.00
5	Don Ferrell	33	28	34	27	29	26	32	33	242
	Jeff Brown	31	31	30	32	31	27	28	32	242
7	Bryan Higgins	34	28	29	31	31	30	29	31	243
8	Robb Titchell	31	36	28	27	30	34	29	29	244
9	Tony Davenport	30	38	27	31	27	32	32	32	249
	Michael Bell	36	30	29	33	31	30	28	32	249
	Dann Stupp	33	33	35	27	31	33	29	28	249
12	Rusty Taylor	30	33	27	32	33	33	32	31	251
13	John Kropinak	34	34	30	35	29	30	26	35	253
14	Justin Taylor	27	32	28	32	36	31	35	34	255
15	Andy McCoy	32	32	29	40	27	33	32	35	260
16	Dave Nutini	28	34	33	33	32	35	35	34	264
17	Arthur Potter	38	36	32	33	36	34	34	38	281
18	Anthony Amick	37	27	36	34	-WD-