C. L. Jones Wins Orange Classic Open (9 September 1997)

C. L. Jones Winner of the 1997 Orange Lake Classic

Orlando, FL - We now know the "C" in C. L. Jones stands for Classic. Jones, National PPA Touring Pro from Danville, VA, came from behind to win Tuesday's $2,000 tournament and claim the $300 first prize money. Jones defeated second place finisher, Kevin Lacey, by two shots and Regional Pro, Michael Hitt, from Greensboro, NC by three shots.

Jone put together two final rounds of 24 each to claim the title. Jones said ,"I knew when I shot the first 24 I had to stick to my guns. After I shot the second 24, I knew I had it in the bag."

In APA action, Jeff Brown, from North Olmsted, Ohio recorded a 29, 27, 25 for a total of 81 to narrowly take the victory by one stroke. Brown held on to defeat challenges from Jim Russell from West Lake, Ohio and Jim Cruse from Baltimore, Ohio.

A total of 66 pros competed in the Classic, which was a warm up lead-in to the 1997 National Championship.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	C. L. Jones	28	24	24	76	$300.00
2	Kevin Lacey	28	26	24	78	$200.00
3	Michael Hitt	25	26	28	79	$150.00
4	Dan Anders	22	26	32	80	$125.00
5	Roger Beckerman	26	26	29	81	$97.50
	Bob Davis	25	27	29	81	$97.50
	Todd Fowler	27	26	28	81	$97.50
	Greg Newport	27	26	28	81	$97.50
9	Angelo Korogianos	27	27	28	82	$85.00
	Danny McCaslin	29	27	26	82	$85.00
	Randall Orr	29	25	28	82	$85.00
	Dave Taylor	26	28	28	82	$85.00
	Bob Haizlip	30	26	26	82	$85.00
14	Jimmy Mott	26	25	32	83	$45.00
	Lewis Burton	25	26	32	83	$45.00
	Andy Coradini	28	26	29	83	$45.00
	Jay Klapper	28	29	26	83	$45.00
	Danny Dore	28	24	31	83	$45.00
19	Mike Culligan	28	32	24	84
	John Napoli	27	28	29	84
	Larry Simpson	29	27	28	84
22	Thomas Rawles	30	28	27	85
	Greg Ward	28	25	32	85
	Rainey Statum	27	26	32	85
	Paul Johns	26	28	31	85
	David Lynch	29	28	28	85
27	Bart Bason	30	28	28	86
	Rick Baird	29	26	31	86
	Tony Jackson	31	25	30	86
	Don Parker	32	24	30	86
	Manfred Stewart	29	31	26	86
32	Jay Hadsell	28	27	32	87
	Jim Heikkinen	33	28	26	87
	Randy Reeves	28	27	32	87
	Peter Neumann	27	28	32	87
	Gene Reams	28	30	29	87
37	Ron Frederick	30	29	29	88
	Todd Barfield	29	28	31	88
	Bill Kirby, Jr.	31	29	28	88
	Jeffrey Smith	33	26	29	88
41	Alan Cox	31	29	29	89
	Tim Jones	32	28	29	89
	Robby Bryant	30	28	31	89
	Darrell Britt	31	30	28	89
	Greg Roberts	30	30	29	89
46	Lee Messinger	25	34	31	90
	Brad Lebo	32	26	32	90
	Rick Alessi	31	28	31	90
49	Chris Morrison	32	30	29	91
	Charlie Greenwalt	29	30	32	91
	Jeff Garrison	31	29	31	91
	David McCaslin	9	32	30	91
	Mike Damsky	29	30	32	91
54	David Barnett	33	30	29	92
55	Gary English	32	32	29	93
	Jeff McDonald	28	31	34	93
	Bo Luthie	32	32	29	93
	Buddy Taylor	30	33	30	93
59	Bill Smith	32	30	32	94
60	Tony Varnadore	31	32	32	95
61	Barbara Mingo	34	29	34	97
	Bobby Jackson	34	30	33	97
	Matt McCaslin	29	35	33	97
	Mark Hasty	33	30	34	97
65	Bill Walsh	35	33	36	104

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Jeff Brown	29	27	25	81	$25.00
2	Jim Russell	30	29	23	82	$25.00
	Jim Cruse	29	27	26	82	$25.00
4	William Glisson	27	30	27	84	$25.00
5	Clayton Craft	29	29	28	86
	Andy McCoy	29	29	28	86
7	Craig Smith	30	26	31	87
8	Dave Nutini	31	27	30	88
9	Robb Titchell	28	28	35	91
10	Mike Conklin	30	30	32	92
11	Randy Shreve	31	31	32	94
	Scott Buddie	29	31	34	94
13	Mike Huckaby	28	35	32	95
	Tony Davenport	33	32	30	95
15	Dom Perry	31	33	33	97
	Justin Taylor	34	33	30	97
17	Rick Rybaczek	32	35	33	100
18	Rusty Taylor	36	31	34	101