Dore Wins Richmond $5,000 to Gain TV Spot
Richmond, VA - There's an old adage that says "one, two, three times a charm" and that's exactly what Danny Dore was hoping as competition began on Saturday, July 26th, at the Richmond, VA course. Having already won in Richmond, VA twice in the previous years (each time qualifying for a coveted television spot on the National Television Series) Dore had high hopes of doing the same again.
After two days of close competition, Dore and Mike Brown, current National Champion, were tied for first place at the beginning of the final round of competition. Both, determined to win, battled throughout the eighth round exchanging the lead three times before Dore pulled away from Brown on the final nine holes. Acing eight of the final nine holes, Dore finished round eight with a score of 22, putting him six strokes ahead of Brown and matching the course record.
Dore's victory Sunday (July 27th) guarantees him a position in the 1997 nationally televised series - something Dore is looking forward to. "I was on the television show last year and did very well, winning over $10,000 in one day. I'm looking forward to teeing it up."
As Dore prepares for his third televised competition, to be held this year at the Orange Lake Resort & Country Club in September, one can't held but wonder ... will the third time again be a charm for Dore?
Professional Scores for 1997 Richmond, VA Open
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Money
Points
1 Danny Dore 24 24 27 24 23 24 30 22 198 $1,000.00 100.00
2 Mike Brown 25 27 24 24 25 24 27 28 204 $700.00 98.00
3 Paul Johns 26 27 30 28 26 24 23 23 207 $450.00 95.00
Dave Taylor 27 25 24 25 28 24 28 26 207 $450.00 95.00
5 Jeff Smith 24 26 24 27 26 26 28 28 209 $300.00 92.00
6 Greg Ward 27 28 25 23 27 28 27 27 212 $225.00 89.00
Don Parker 27 26 30 30 24 25 27 23 212 $225.00 89.00
Bob Davis 27 27 28 27 24 28 24 27 212 $225.00 9 Frank Warren 25 25 29 28 25 25 30 26 213 $141.67 85.00
Rick Baird 26 25 30 27 25 26 26 28 213 $141.67 85.00
Jimmy Mott 25 26 29 26 25 29 26 27 213 $141.67 12 Randy Orr 27 24 30 27 27 28 23 28 214 $100.00 82.00
Jim Christina 26 26 27 26 29 28 26 26 214 $100.00 14 Larry Simpson 27 24 30 30 24 25 27 28 215 $100.00 79.00
Lewis Burton 26 26 30 29 26 26 27 25 215 $100.00 79.00
Alan Quinnelly 23 28 29 27 24 27 31 26 215 $100.00 17 Greg Newport 25 28 27 27 28 27 27 27 216 $100.00 76.00
18 Dan Anders 28 27 31 25 27 26 30 23 217 $75.00 71.00
David Lynch 26 26 28 25 28 28 29 27 217 $75.00 71.00
Darrell Britt 28 28 26 30 25 23 28 29 217 $75.00 71.00
David McCaslin 30 29 27 27 28 25 24 27 217 $75.00 71.00
22 Todd Barfield 28 27 31 26 28 22 29 27 218 65.00
Rainey Statum 26 26 31 27 26 27 28 27 218 65.00
24 Peter Neumann 32 24 28 28 27 25 28 27 219 62.00
Thomas Rawles 25 24 29 28 31 26 27 29 219 26 Bill Kirby Jr. 29 26 28 27 26 28 30 26 220 58.00
Brad Lebo 28 26 27 28 28 32 24 27 220 58.00
Gene Reams 28 22 33 28 28 27 27 27 220 58.00
29 Kevin Lacey 30 26 25 26 30 25 33 26 221 50.60
Andy Coradini 28 28 28 25 24 30 27 31 221 50.60
Randy Reeves 25 26 29 28 28 28 29 28 221 50.60
Manfred Stewart 25 26 27 28 38 31 30 26 221 50.60
Gary Hester 27 26 27 27 27 28 29 30 221 50.60
Chris Morrison 32 29 25 27 27 29 26 26 221 35 Jay Klapper 28 25 31 29 27 24 27 31 222 47.00
36 Mark Hasty 30 27 31 26 26 28 29 26 223 46.00
37 C. L. Jones 26 28 31 27 27 29 30 26 224 44.00
Greg Roberts 27 24 29 30 25 27 34 28 224 44.00
Tony Varnadore 26 28 30 27 30 27 26 30 224 44.00
Gary English 24 32 26 29 24 32 28 29 224 Bart Bason 30 28 28 28 26 26 28 30 224 Gilbert Sharpe 26 27 28 32 26 27 25 33 224 43 Enid Klapper 27 28 30 32 26 26 30 26 225 42.00
44 Danny McCaslin 28 30 29 28 26 26 29 30 226 40.50
Buddy Taylor 27 31 29 28 27 26 27 31 226 40.50
46 Tom Sweeney 28 27 32 30 27 27 28 28 227 47 Mark Rainey 31 25 31 30 27 30 29 26 229 39.00
48 Rodney Ashley 31 28 28 29 32 28 24 30 230 38.00
49 Bob Haizlip 28 30 26 31 29 30 29 28 231 37.00
50 Mike Damsky 32 26 30 30 27 29 31 28 233 35.50
Tony Jackson 25 29 30 30 31 29 31 28 233 35.50
52 Holden Knight 31 26 30 27 29 30 32 30 235 34.00
53 Earl Brabb 27 34 29 32 24 29 32 32 239
Amateur Scores for 1997 Richmond, VA Open
| Round | Prize | ||||||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
Money |
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| 1 | Kevin Garrett | 27 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 217 | $30.00 |
| 2 | Wesley Pollard | 28 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 220 | $30.00 |
| 3 | Rusty Taylor | 30 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 223 | $30.00 |
| 4 | William Glisson | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 225 | $30.00 |
| 5 | Gilbert Logan | 24 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 226 | |
| Matt Summey | 25 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 226 | ||
| Wayne Saunders | 28 | 27 | 33 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 226 | ||
| 8 | Chuck Dibbs | 26 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 227 | |
| Chris Robertson | 28 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 227 | ||
| 10 | Walter Kolb | 26 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 228 | |
| Bill Garrett | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 228 | ||
| Ed Grajewski | 29 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 228 | ||
| 13 | Wayne Cheatham | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 229 | |
| 14 | Kim Brabb | 30 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 232 | |
| 15 | Clayton Craft | 29 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 233 | |
| 16 | Kenneth Schooler | 28 | 2 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 236 | |
| Martin Handschuh | 29 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 236 | ||
| Chuck Cyr | 28 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 34 | 236 | ||
| 19 | Joseph Conrod | 31 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 241 | |
| 20 | Amy Smith | 32 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 244 | |
| 21 | Justin Taylor | 27 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 246 | |
| 22 | Mike Grant | 29 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 248 | |