Barfield Captures the $10,000 Northern Open

Willoughby, Ohio - PPA National Touring Pro Todd Barfield of Fort Mill, S.C., captured the title after an eight round total of 207, 81 under par, at the $10,000 Northern Open on Sunday, August 16th.

The 26 year-old graduate student and 1997 South Carolina Player of the Year pulled away from Saturday's leader by two strokes when he shot a 24, 12 under par during the fifth round of tournament competition. Barfield held his lead, distancing himself further away from the field, by shooting 26, 26, 27 in the sixth, seventh and eighth rounds respectively.

National Touring Pro Darrell Britt of Loganville, Ga., came from behind to finish with 209, 79 under par, to claim the runner-up position. Britt, who was tied for fifth in a three-way split after the first day, shot rounds of 29, 24, 25, 25.

"The whole key was consistency," said Barfield of his first major tournament victory. "I shot pretty much the same low rounds the whole way and that's what pushed me through. It surprised me, though, since I really have been under the weather lately." With a chuckle he added, "I guess I need to get sick more often."

In the APA Division, a surprising comeback, from Saturday's sixth place putter, Jim Cruse of Baltimore, Ohio, enabled him to capture the APA title with a 223, 65 under par, followed by Tony Davenport of LaVergne, Tennessee with a 225, 63 under par. Cruse's victory is his second national title of the season.

Professional Scores for 1998 Northern Open

 

Round

 Total Prize Point
 

Player Name

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score Money Points
1 Todd Barfield 24 27 27 25 25 26 26 27 207 $2,000.00 100
2 Darrell Britt 24 29 26 27 29 24 25 25 209 $1,200.00 98
3 Tom Butler 27 25 24 27 29 26 24 28 210 $700.00 96
4 Dave McCaslin 25 26 27 26 28 28 25 28 213 $465.00 92
  Danny Dore 27 28 26 25 27 29 26 25 213 $465.00 92
  Kevin Lacey 25 28 28 30 24 27 27 24 213 $465.00 92
  Roland Block 25 28 24 28 28 26 27 27 213 $465.00
  Charlie Greenwalt 27 28 27 25 25 26 26 29 213 $465.00
9 Cliff Matthews 27 28 31 28 23 24 26 27 214 $362.50 87
  Bart Bason 25 25 24 28 27 25 30 30 214 $362.50 87
11 Rick Baird 29 25 26 30 28 28 22 28 216 $262.50 83
  Greg Ward 30 29 25 24 25 28 28 27 216 $262.50 83
13 David Lynch 29 26 30 28 26 25 25 28 217 $216.66 79
  Rainey Statum 24 30 27 28 27 26 23 32 217 $216.66 79
  Joel Baker 25 26 28 29 30 26 29 24 217 $216.66
16 Dan Anders 26 29 28 30 26 27 26 26 218 $183.33 75
  Jay Klapper 29 26 24 27 31 27 27 27 218 $183.33 75
  Dave Nutini 29 24 29 30 28 26 25 27 218 $183.33
19 Dave Taylor 24 28 25 26 32 27 30 27 219 $171.66 70
  Greg Newport 27 25 25 27 30 29 29 27 219 $171.66 70
  Mike Brown 27 30 27 28 26 27 28 26 219 $171.66 70
22 Roger Beckerman 29 30 25 29 30 31 22 24 220 $165.00
23 Bill Thompson 25 32 32 26 26 25 29 26 221 $165.00 66
  Ron Frederick 29 29 29 25 26 28 30 25 221 $165.00
25 Lewis Burton 26 24 28 29 31 27 29 28 222 $23.57 59
  Todd Fowler 30 27 30 26 25 31 27 26 222 $23.57 59
  Bill Kirby, Jr. 29 28 29 26 27 27 25 31 222 $23.57 59
  Paul Johns 29 27 26 32 28 29 27 24 222 $23.57 59
  Randy Orr 32 25 23 25 32 31 24 30 222 $23.57 59
  Andy Coradini 31 28 26 27 25 30 27 28 222 $23.57 59
  Michael Hitt 29 29 28 26 28 27 27 28 222 $23.57
32 Jeffrey Smith 29 31 27 28 26 26 27 29 223 49.75
  Brad Lebo 25 29 26 32 25 29 30 27 223 49.75
  Robert Johnson 27 29 27 25 28 32 28 27 223 49.75
  Bo Luthie 29 26 27 32 27 27 27 28 223 49.75
  Paul Pastilong 28 28 25 32 29 26 29 26 223
37 Randy Reeves 29 31 28 27 27 25 32 25 224 45.5
  Jimmy Mott 29 29 28 29 25 29 26 29 224 45.5
  Rusty Taylor 26 29 26 34 31 26 23 29 224 45.5
  Danny McCaslin 27 28 31 24 32 27 28 27 224 45.5
41 Gary Hester 24 29 31 30 29 27 27 28 225 42
  Peter Neumann 29 27 28 29 28 27 28 29 225 42
  Greg Roberts 27 27 28 27 28 28 30 30 225 42
44 Mike Damsky 30 30 30 31 29 24 23 29 226 40
45 Bob Davis 28 25 29 29 30 29 28 29 227 38.5
  Gene Reams 32 27 27 27 29 30 29 26 227 38.5
  John Napoli 25 30 28 34 28 29 25 28 227
48 Mike O'Rourke 28 28 27 30 25 29 29 32 228
49 Mike McCormack 27 31 30 32 27 25 27 30 229
  Jay Hadsell 33 28 34 27 28 27 26 26 229
51 John Ventura 28 28 26 27 29 30 32 30 230 36.5
  Jim Heikkinen 29 29 25 28 30 30 29 30 230 36.5
  Todd Viau 29 33 31 30 28 26 27 26 230
  Lee Messinger 28 29 27 29 26 31 29 31 230
55 C. L. Jones 32 26 28 28 35 28 27 27 231 35
56 Buddy Taylor 29 29 30 26 31 32 31 26 234 34
57 Larry Simpson 27 28 28 33 32 29 30 28 235 33
  Bill Baus 30 29 27 29 29 33 31 27 235
59 Bob Haizlip 27 31 32 29 30 30 29 28 236 32
  Thomas Rawles 31 28 31 30 31 28 30 27 236
61 Rick Alessi 29 29 29 29 32 29 28 32 237 31
62 Barb Mingo 29 31 32 34 28 24 33 32 243 30
63 Mark Hasty 31 30 31 32 32 25 30 33 244 29
  Opie Roberts 28 32 30 31 32 29 31 31 244
65 Rick Wohlgemuth 35 33 31 35 28 28 29 35 254
  Rick Rybaczek 36 35 29 32 34 28 33 27 254

Amateur Scores for 1998 Northern Open

Round Prize
  Player Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Money
1 Jim Cruse 26 31 33 26 26 27 26 28 223 $30.00
2 Tony Davenport 26 27 30 28 28 28 27 31 225 $30.00
3 Robb Titchell 28 30 27 25 29 30 30 29 228 $30.00
4 Ken Hastings 28 28 29 27 31 23 32 32 230 $30.00
  Scott Buddie 25 30 30 32 31 25 27 30 230 $30.00
6 Jeff Brown 29 29 27 29 29 30 30 29 232
7 Rich Gillooly 31 32 26 29 28 29 26 33 234
  Harry Sykes, Jr. 29 30 28 30 31 29 29 28 234
9 Don Cherry 31 28 29 27 29 27 33 33 237
10 Justin Taylor 26 32 30 33 31 32 27 30 241
  Andy McCoy 31 30 34 30 30 30 28 28 241
12 Brian Fridley 31 31 29 34 30 28 33 27 243
  Bill Wahls 31 31 28 31 29 34 30 29 243
14 Dom Perry 29 36 32 31 31 31 25 29 244
  Tim Bailey 34 32 30 31 31 29 29 28 244
16 John Kropinak 32 34 32 28 28 32 32 28 246
17 Karl Moe 35 35 29 31 31 30 26 30 247
  Mike Conklin 34 32 27 31 30 33 30 30 247
19 Jim Phillips 32 32 29 29 29 32 34 31 248
20 Karen Hastings 34 30 31 32 30 30 30 32 249
21 Jim Engel 33 28 28 30 33 35 33 31 251
22 Robin Ventura 32 31 35 31 31 35 36 27 258
23 Tommy Barbour 32 34 31 31 33 37 33 31 262
24 Al Linhart, Jr. 33 32 34 31 33 34 36 34 267
  Russell Johnson 29 30 33 31 38 35 34 37 267
26 Bill Combs 33 36 32 35 34 36 34 32 272
  Justin Greenwalt 35 35 29 34 34 32 35 38 272

Novice Scores for 1998 Northern Open

Round
  Player Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 James White 29 32 30 31 32 27 26 27 234
2 Ken Shane 31 33 34 29 31 28 30 32 248
3 Michael Shane 38 38 37 38 39 41 40 32 303

 

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