Neumann Wins Virginia State Championship (27 September1998)

Neumann Wins 1998 Virginia State Championship

Norfolk, VA - Peter Neumann ended the 1998 Virginia State tour by winning his first Virginia State Championship. The victory at the Virginia State Championship capped off a year that saw him win the 1998 Maryland Open in June and a state event in Newport News, VA in April.

After playing poorly in the warm-up event held the day prior to the State Championship, the victory came as somewhat of a surprise to Neumann. The $550 first place prize money and the points toward Virginia Player of the Year assured that Neumann will be named 1998 Virginia Player of the Year.

In the hotly contested stroke average award for 1998, Brad Lebo, 1997 Virginia State Champion, came into the State Championship with a sizeable lead only to see it evaporate during the first two rounds of play. While Lebo shot 58 over the last two rounds, he was only able to make up one stroke on Neumann.

In 1996, Neumann won the North Carolina State Championship in New Bern, NC. His victory in the Virginia State Championship marks only the second time that a player has won both the North Carolina and Virginia State Championship. The other player being Danny Dore who won the North Carolina State Championship in 1990 at Eden, NC and the Virginia State Championship in 1995 and 1996.

		Round					Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Money
1	Peter Neumann	25	28	28	31	112	$ 550.00
2	Gilbert Sharpe	27	29	30	29	115	$ 350.00
3	Buddy Taylor	35	25	31	26	117	$ 250.00
4	Gary Hinshaw	31	29	28	32	120	$ 150.00
5	Mike Damsky	28	30	33	30	121	$ 100.00
6	Dave Taylor	35	33	26	28	122	$ 75.00
7	Manfred Stewart	32	26	31	34	123	$ 33.33
	Thomas Rawles	27	34	33	29	123	$ 33.33
	Brad Lebo	34	31	30	28	123	$ 33.33
10	Bo Luthie	28	27	37	32	124
	Danny Dore	30	34	29	31	124
12	Rusty Taylor	35	31	40	37	143