Ward Captures $10,000 Eastern Open (19 July 1998)

Ward Captures the $10,000 Eastern Open

Lynchburg, VA - 18-19 July 1998 - PPA National Touring Pro Greg Ward of Loganville, Ga., captured the title after an eight round total of 210, 78 under par, Sunday, at the 1998 Professional Putters Association $10,000 Eastern Open in Lynchburg, Va.

The 36 year old salesman, sponsored by Moss Distributors, edged out his "neighbor", Andy Coradini, also of Loganville, Ga. by one stroke. Ward and Coradini battled through the last four rounds with Coradini firing 29, 27, 26, 27 and Ward answering him back with 27, 26, 27, 26. Coradini, 1993 PPA¨ National Champion, finished in second place with a two day total of 211, 77 under par.

"I knew that Andy and I were leading the field, and it brought the whole competition to a new level," said Ward. "We weren't more than two strokes away the entire tournament. If I let my guard down, it could have been him. I was fortunate, but I also made a few great shots."

National Touring Pro Kevin Lacey of Cincinnati, Ohio and winner of the $10,000 Southern Open moved into third position with a two day total of 215, 73 under par. Lacey, who shot a nearly perfect round of 19 at the Southern Open, shot rounds of 27, 28, 26, 26.

In the APA Division, Saturday's leader Kevin Garrett of Richmond, Va., fell by twelve strokes to Jim Cruse of Baltimore, Ohio. Cruse shot impressive rounds of 23, 26, 24, 25 for a two day total of 213, 75 under par. Garrett shot rounds of 26, 30, 27, 30 for a two day total of 225, 63 under par.

		Round									Prize
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money	Points
1	Greg Ward	26	22	28	28	27	26	27	26	210	$2,000.00	100
2	Andy Coradini	25	26	25	26	29	27	26	27	211	$1,200.00	98
3	Kevin Lacey	25	28	26	29	27	28	26	26	215	$700.00	96
4	Cliff Matthews	27	27	27	29	24	27	26	29	216	$500.00	92
	Rainey Statum	28	26	28	26	24	32	23	29	216	$500.00	92
	Gary Hester	29	23	29	27	27	27	27	27	216	$500.00	92
7	Mike Brown	30	23	29	27	28	26	25	29	217	$400.00	87
	Lewis Burton	25	28	30	28	26	25	28	27	217	$400.00	87
	Brett Saucer	29	26	31	27	25	30	27	22	217	$400.00
10	Danny Dore	23	26	31	29	30	24	26	29	218	$350.00	84
11	Dan Anders	29	25	29	27	27	27	28	28	220	$275.00	82
12	Paul Johns	30	30	30	27	25	28	27	24	221	$237.50	79
	Bill Kirby, Jr.	30	27	24	28	27	29	27	29	221	$237.50	79
14	Bob Davis	28	30	31	25	26	25	28	29	222	$208.33	74
	Todd Barfield	29	23	26	26	30	27	30	31	222	$208.33	74
	Tom Butler	30	23	29	30	27	29	29	25	222	$208.33	74
17	Brad Lebo	24	28	29	29	31	28	27	27	223	$173.00	66
	Danny McCaslin	26	29	31	25	31	27	29	25	223	$173.00	66
	Bart Bason	28	28	27	28	25	30	25	32	223	$173.00	66
	Peter Neumann	26	28	28	28	30	26	29	28	223	$173.00	66
	Dave Taylor	27	28	30	28	27	29	24	30	223	$173.00	66
22	Todd Fowler	26	31	29	31	29	25	27	26	224	$165.00	60
	Thomas Rawles	26	28	33	28	24	27	28	30	224	$165.00
24	Greg Newport	28	27	31	28	22	28	31	30	225	$66.00	57
	Frank Warren	27	29	31	28	26	33	24	27	225	$66.00	57
	Gary English	30	31	27	25	29	26	28	29	225	$66.00
	Manfred Stewart	31	28	28	31	27	27	26	27	225	$66.00
	Dan Kerth	28	28	30	25	25	29	29	31	225	$66.00
29	John Ventura	26	28	27	29	29	27	30	30	226		52
	Robert Johnson	27	25	34	28	28	29	26	29	226		52
	Jimmy Mott	29	34	30	25	26	30	26	26	226		52
	Michael Hitt	25	28	30	28	31	27	30	27	226
33	Bo Luthie	26	34	30	24	27	31	24	31	227		48.5
	Rick Alessi	32	31	26	28	26	30	25	29	227		48.5
35	Tony Varnadore	26	29	32	33	25	27	27	29	228		46
	Darrell Britt	27	32	32	28	30	27	25	27	228		46
	Rick Baird	27	27	30	31	29	27	29	28	228		46
38	Bill Thompson	31	30	30	30	27	29	25	27	229		43.5
	Jay Klapper	25	30	31	29	27	29	30	28	229		43.5
40	Mark Hasty	28	28	27	31	29	28	33	26	230		41.5
	Rusty Taylor	29	26	33	28	32	26	26	30	230		41.5
	Paul Sample	31	26	30	28	26	30	29	30	230
43	Barb Mingo	27	33	27	26	32	28	29	29	231		40
44	Dary Cliche	31	30	24	28	30	25	30	34	232
45	Paul Pastilong	31	26	32	30	31	30	24	29	233
46	Randy Reeves	31	30	33	28	27	28	31	26	234		38
	Buddy Taylor	28	30	33	28	28	30	30	27	234		38
	Jim Heikkinen	29	29	29	28	31	29	27	32	234		38
	Arthur Diamond	29	36	29	28	30	30	28	24	234
	Jocelyn Noel	30	29	26	29	27	30	31	32	234
51	Mike Damsky	31	31	30	28	31	28	27	29	235		36
	Tony Wright	34	28	28	29	29	29	30	28	235
53	Jeffrey Smith	27	32	28	34	29	26	29	31	236		35
	Dave Nutini	26	31	37	28	28	28	26	32	236
55	David Lynch	30	25	30	36	27	29	32	28	237		33.5
	Rodney Ashley	32	26	29	30	33	26	33	28	237		33.5
57	Larry Simpson	30	30	31	31	33	30	27	26	238		32
	Jim LeBlanc	24	29	31	30	30	30	33	31	238
59	C. L. Jones	30	28	30	37	27	28	29	30	239		31
60	Eric Theroux	29	31	32	28	30	29	28	33	240
61	Gene Reams	31	28	34	31	26	29	33	29	241		29.5
	Bob Haizlip	34	28	32	31	31	29	28	28	241		29.5
63	Michael Rutledge	29	28	33	35	27	32	28	30	242
64	Bill Baus	28	33	33	29	31	33	28	30	245
65	Rick Rybaczek	30	32	29	29	31	32	29	34	246
66	Randy Orr	38	34	28	29	28	29	27	35	248		28
	Chris Bunting	33	31	35	33	32	28	30	26	248
68	Martin Ayotte	32	32	31	31	32	31	31	30	250
69	Greg Roberts	35	31	32	32	32	31	31	29	253		27
70	Opie Roberts	29	35	31	33	31	33	30	31	253
71	Andre' Dugas	33	33	33	32	30	35	29	32	257
72	Lionel Beaulne	32	35	32	30	30	34	32	33	258

		Round									Prize
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money
1	Jim Cruse	31	30	29	25	23	26	24	25	213	$30.00
2	Kevin Garrett	28	27	32	25	26	30	27	30	225	$30.00
3	Donnie Carpenter	29	31	32	25	30	27	25	30	229	$30.00
4	Wayne Saunders, Jr.	31	31	33	27	27	28	23	32	232	$30.00
5	William Glisson, Jr.	25	32	32	34	29	27	26	28	233	$15.00
	Wesley Pollard	31	28	30	29	28	29	30	28	233	$15.00
7	Billy Caudle	30	28	34	23	30	32	30	28	235
8	Ed Grajewski, Jr.	33	29	31	28	26	30	28	31	236
9	Jimmy Comer	30	30	33	29	27	31	26	33	239
10	Jeff Brown	32	27	30	32	27	33	27	32	240
11	Karl Moe	29	27	33	32	24	36	29	31	241
	Rich Gillooly	31	33	34	30	27	31	27	28	241
13	Brian Fridley	33	30	33	31	28	30	29	28	242
14	Amy Smith	32	31	30	27	29	33	30	32	244
	Malcolm Shumaker	32	31	33	30	34	28	27	29	244
16	Justin Taylor	29	28	28	33	29	37	31	31	246
	Dom Perry	30	30	42	30	26	31	26	31	246
18	Clay Craft	31	32	30	31	28	33	29	34	248
	Walt Kolb	31	28	32	30	34	31	32	30	248
	Jonathan Moore	30	26	33	31	33	34	27	34	248
	Richard Lorenz	35	32	30	30	34	30	26	31	248
22	Gil Logan, III	33	32	33	30	29	30	32	30	249
	Jay Smith	30	35	32	31	29	28	30	34	249
	Keith Waters	27	31	34	32	32	34	30	29	249
25	Tony Davenport	32	33	30	29	29	34	33	31	251
26	Roger Whitaker	32	31	35	31	26	31	33	34	253
	Matt Summey	35	34	32	29	32	32	30	29	253
28	Robin Ventura	33	35	32	29	33	32	26	34	254
29	Ken Schooler, II	37	33	32	30	34	31	28	31	256
30	Jonathon Reid	31	34	38	32	32	31	29	31	258
31	Jared Whitaker	33	32	33	31	29	33	34	34	259
32	Russell Johnson	34	35	33	33	33	30	34	28	260
33	Chuck Cyr	32	28	33	31	31	35	33	39	262
34	Tommy Barbour	41	26	31	31	33	38	30	40	270
35	Liz Lane	37	37	36	32	33	30	33	35	273
36	Tracy Logan	34	33	41	32	31	35	32	39	277

		Round								Total	Prize
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score	Money
1	Chris Konrad	33	31	31	33	32	28	37	30	255	$10.00
2	Ronnie Staton	33	32	35	27	36	28	34	33	258	$10.00
3	Scott Caudle	35	36	36	33	32	27	31	34	264
4	Robin Dyke	38	31	38	30	27	36	33	36	269
5	Beth Jones	35	35	36	38	33	34	28	37	276
6	Sheila Staton	37	36	42	33	34	33	29	37	281
7	Ron Blackwood	38	40	37	41	36	39	28	45	304