Lacey Breaks Course Record and Wins Southern Open

Augusta, GA - By coincidence, it has been over 19 years since a score of 19 has been shot in PPA® National Tournament competition. Kevin Lacey fired this course record setting score to take the lead in the first round of the second day of competition in the Augusta, GA PPA® $10,000 Southern Open Championship and never looked back. Lacey captured the title after an eight-round total of 212, 76 under par. Lacey, a 27-year-old computer programmer, sponsored on the PPA® tour by Sureshot Redemption, led the field after shooting a nearly perfect round. The only hole keeping Lacey from a perfect 18 was hole number ten. According to Lacey, "After nine holes I was thinking about getting into contention for the lead, not a perfect score." Lacey held his lead throughout the rest of the day, shooting 28, 27 and 26 in the last three rounds.

National Touring Pro Lewis Burton of Lawrenceville, Ga. and Saturday's leader after four rounds, Greg Ward of Loganville, Ga., trailed by two with 215, 73 under par to tie for the runner-up position. Burton, who won the 1997 $10,000 Commissioner's Cup in Augusta, shot rounds of 27, 24, 26, 26 while Ward shot rounds of 29, 27, 27, 28.

In the APA Division, Saturday's leader Donnie Carpenter of Hickory, N.C. maintained his lead capturing the APA title with a 224, 64 under par, followed by local favorite David Davis of Martinez, Ga., with a 231, 57 under par.

Professional Scores for 1998 Southern Open

    Round   Prize      
  Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Money Points Seed Shootout
1 Kevin Lacey 29 27 29 27 19 28 27 26 212 $2,000.00 100 1 Yes
2 Lewis Burton 29 29 30 24 27 24 26 26 215 $ 950.00 97 2 Yes
  Greg Ward 29 27 24 24 29 27 27 28 215 $ 950.00 97 3 Yes
4 Bart Bason 28 28 27 29 23 26 25 30 216 $ 550.00 94 4
5 Michael Hitt 29 26 29 27 26 25 30 25 217 $ 475.00 5
  Rick Baird 25 28 29 27 31 26 24 27 217 $ 475.00 92 6 Yes
7 Bob Davis 24 27 31 24 30 31 25 28 220 $ 425.00 90 7 Yes
8 Darrell Britt 28 30 26 28 29 24 31 26 222 $ 375.00 86 8 Yes
  Rick Alessi 26 27 30 26 28 30 27 28 222 $ 375.00 86 10
  Tony Varnadore 30 26 31 23 26 27 29 30 222 $ 375.00 86 11 Yes
11 Jody Keppers 27 29 26 26 25 32 30 28 223 $ 262.50
  Todd Barfield 29 27 30 27 26 28 27 29 223 $ 262.50 82 12
13 Tom Butler 29 25 29 24 30 30 29 28 224 $ 225.00 79 13 Yes
  Bill Kirby Jr. 31 26 27 29 29 25 28 29 224 $ 225.00 79 14
15 Robert Johnson 24 29 31 30 28 30 25 28 225 $ 185.00 72 ? Yes
  Andy Coradini 26 28 26 28 30 26 33 28 225 $ 185.00 72 ?
  Jeff Smith 28 29 29 28 27 30 27 27 225 $ 185.00 72 ?
  Rainey Statum 26 31 31 25 27 27 28 30 225 $ 185.00 72 ?
  David Lynch 26 27 29 28 29 29 28 29 225 $ 185.00 72 ?
20 Robby Bryant 29 24 29 25 29 30 31 29 226 $ 168.33
  Dave Taylor 27 29 30 24 28 31 26 31 226 $ 168.33 65
  Jimmy Mott 27 29 29 26 29 24 33 29 226 $ 168.33 65 Yes
23 Frank Warren 30 26 27 27 30 32 25 30 227 $ 165.00 62
24 Danny McCaslin 28 31 30 27 27 27 32 26 228 $ 110.00 58
  Tony Jackson 31 31 28 29 27 27 28 27 228 $ 110.00 58
  Mike Brown 31 31 26 26 32 28 28 26 228 $ 110.00 58
27 Larry Simpson 31 25 31 29 28 28 27 30 229 53 Yes
  Randy Reeves 28 27 27 25 27 32 32 31 229 53
  Rick Rybaczek 25 28 29 27 29 28 32 31 229
  Dan Kerth 32 29 28 27 26 29 30 28 229
31 C. L. Jones 29 25 30 30 29 32 28 27 230 49 Yes
  Greg Newport 29 27 32 27 28 26 28 33 230 49
  Todd Fowler 30 28 29 29 28 29 28 29 230 49
34 Peter Neumann 27 26 36 28 27 26 29 32 231 46.5
  Greg Roberts 31 30 31 29 25 30 26 29 231 46.5
36 Cliff Matthews 29 29 28 26 33 27 28 32 232 45
37 Dave McCaslin 30 33 26 24 26 31 30 33 233 43.5
  Charlie Greenwalt 28 31 27 30 27 29 31 30 233
  Bill Thompson 28 32 28 30 30 29 26 30 233 43.5
40 Mike Flavin 30 25 31 30 33 29 28 28 234
  Dan Anders 24 29 30 31 30 31 30 29 234 42 Yes
42 Jeff Garrison 29 30 27 29 29 28 32 31 235
  Randy Orr 32 28 27 31 29 30 32 26 235 41
44 Jay Klapper 30 33 30 32 25 31 27 28 236 39
  Brad Lebo 29 28 27 30 29 33 28 32 236 39
  Gary Hester 31 31 32 26 28 29 30 29 236 39
  Edgar Hollifield 32 30 29 27 27 30 31 30 236
48 Bo Luthie 33 32 32 31 29 27 28 25 237 36.5 Yes
  Bob Haizlip 28 34 30 33 29 27 26 30 237 36.5
50 Rodney Ashley 32 30 28 29 30 29 29 31 238 34
  Paul Johns 33 31 32 29 29 25 30 29 238 34
  Danny Dore 34 28 31 25 238 34
53 John Ventura 29 32 31 27 29 24 36 32 240 32 Yes
54 Fred Stewart 31 30 33 31 25 30 29 32 241
55 Jim Heikkinen 30 32 33 26 30 29 31 31 242 31
  Enid Klapper 30 31 29 29 28 30 32 33 242
  Brett Saucer 27 32 32 30 33 32 29 27 242
58 Nick Gill 31 33 32 28 30 30 29 30 243
59 Mike Damsky 33 31 29 27 31 32 32 29 244 29
  Gene Reams 32 29 30 31 27 32 30 33 244 29
  Rusty Taylor 27 31 33 34 29 32 30 28 244 29
62 Mark Hasty 33 32 28 28 34 28 30 32 245 27
  Randal Smith 33 37 31 28 32 30 27 27 245
64 Paul Pastilong 31 30 34 28 31 31 31 31 247
  Tommy Hollifield 35 30 33 30 30 30 26 33 247
  Mark Ross 33 32 36 31 29 27 29 30 247
67 Mark Rainey 31 30 32 28 31 36 29 31 248 26
68 Buddy Taylor 31 33 32 32 28 31 32 30 249 25
69 Barb Mingo 33 29 34 29 30 32 30 34 251 24
  Opie Roberts 32 32 32 34 28 31 32 30 251
71 Dave Nutini 33 29 30 34 34 33 34 32 259
72 Peter Ansbacher 33 38 33 31 30 35 35 30 265
73 David Barnett 31 27 35 31 w/d

Amateur Scores for 1998 Southern Open

    Round  
  Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Carpenter Donnie 29 29 31 28 27 28 22 30 224
2 Davis David 31 30 33 27 27 31 24 28 231
3 Cruise Jim 31 27 31 29 27 31 29 30 235
4 Glisson William 33 31 26 29 29 28 28 33 237
5 Taylor Justin 32 34 30 31 32 31 33 29 252
6 Hudson Chris 34 30 34 29 29 31 31 35 253
7 Perry Dom 37 33 31 31 30 31 31 34 258
8 Logan Gil 34 31 33 38 33 29 30 32 260
  Schooler Ken 34 32 32 36 34 30 29 33 260
10 Caudle Billy 32 35 29 28 36 34 34 35 263
11 Fridley Brian 31 33 34 37 32 31 30 36 264
  Wiley Jason 34 34 34 32 33 31 31 35 264
13 Benton Ryan 33 33 31 35 32 36 33 32 265
14 Gay Paula 36 37 32 31 34 31 32 33 266
15 Summey Matt 34 31 36 26 35 32 35 40 269
16 Johnson Russell 38 35 35 30 37 38 38 36 287
17 Logan Tracy 39 36 40 35 40 38 37 34 299

Novice Scores for 1998 Southern Open

    Round  
  Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Steven Jones 34 38 34 35 38 35 37 32 283
2 Aaron Ashley 32 38 41 38 33 38 33 39 292
3 Rodney Lee Jr. 43 38 34 34 36 33 38 40 296
4 Scottie Williams 37 37 35 41 41 38 34 38 301
5 Brandon Ashley 40 36 42 43 33 38 42 40 314
6 James Gay, Jr. 51 43 43 49 49 44 43 35 357
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