Greg Ward Leads Southern Open by One After First Day of Play

Greg Ward Leads
Southern Open by One After First-Day

ward.jpg (9530 bytes) Albany, Georgia - June 12, 1999 - Greg Ward used a third round of 23, 13-under par, to pass the five players tied after two-rounds at 52, 20-under par and lead the Southern Open after three-rounds with a 76, 32-under par. Ward's fourth round of 27, 9-under par, placed him one-stroke ahead of Tom Butler and two-strokes ahead of Tony Jackson.

Average scores by round were 27.90, 28.67, 28.35, and 28.81 respectively. Scoring on course 1 averaged 28.12 versus 28.74 on course 2. The scores increased slightly in the third and fourth rounds as the temperatures heated up and the winds came up slightly.

William Glisson shot 110, 34-under par, and leads the APA Division of the 1999 Southern Open by three-strokes over Donnie Carpenter and by five-strokes over Ray Guthrie.

			Round				1st Day	Under
	Player		1	2	3	4	Score	Par
1	Greg	Ward	29	24	23	27	103	41
2	Tom	Butler	26	27	28	23	104	40
3	Tony	Jackson	27	25	25	28	105	39
4	Lewis	Burton	28	25	26	28	107	37
	Greg	Newport	27	28	25	27	107	37
	Jeffrey	Smith	24	28	27	28	107	37
7	Todd	Barfield	24	29	26	29	108	36
	Cliff	Matthews	24	28	27	29	108	36
	Brad	Lebo	25	27	27	29	108	36
10	Rainey	Statum	26	28	29	26	109	35
	Tony	Varnadore	26	27	28	28	109	35
	Joel	Baker	28	27	27	27	109	35
13	Peter	Neumann	31	29	24	26	110	34
	Todd	Fowler	30	26	29	25	110	34
15	Bill	Kirby	25	30	26	30	111	33
	Jay	Klapper	28	28	26	29	111	33
17	Bill	Baus	31	27	29	25	112	32
	Lee	Messinger	26	27	30	29	112	32
	Greg	Roberts	27	29	29	27	112	32
	Randal	Smith	25	27	30	30	112	32
21	Mike	Brown	28	27	28	30	113	31
	Dan	Anders	25	28	28	32	113	31
	Charlie	Greenwalt	28	26	30	29	113	31
	C. L.	Jones	27	30	27	29	113	31
	Randall	Willett	29	27	30	27	113	31
	Randy	Reeves	32	28	25	28	113	31
	John	Napoli	28	26	31	28	113	31
28	Jim	Heikkinen	26	31	29	28	114	30
	Michael	Hitt	28	29	27	30	114	30
30	Robert	Johnson	28	30	29	28	115	29
	Jim	Cruse	30	27	28	30	115	29
	Gary	English	30	30	26	29	115	29
33	Rich	Gillooly	28	27	31	30	116	28
	Paul	Johns	27	30	27	32	116	28
	Mark	Hasty	27	30	31	28	116	28
36	Kevin	Lacey	26	33	28	30	117	27
	Thomas	Rawles	28	28	31	30	117	27
38	Bob	Haizlip	29	33	27	29	118	26
39	Bo	Luthie	28	32	31	28	119	25
	Manfred	Stewart	32	31	29	27	119	25
41	Gary	Hester	31	28	29	32	120	24
	Frank	Warren	29	33	29	29	120	24
	Andy	Coradini	30	27	35	28	120	24
44	Dave	McCaslin	29	26	29	37	121	23
	Bart	Bason	29	31	32	29	121	23
46	Rick	Rybaczek	31	29	32	30	122	22
47	Danny	McCaslin	28	38	28	31	125	19
48	Barb	Mingo	31	35	33	35	134	10

			Round				1st Day	Under
	Player		1	2	3	4	Score	Par
1	William	Glisson	29	31	27	23	110	34
2	Donnie	Carpenter	29	25	30	29	113	31
3	Ray	Guthrie	29	30	26	30	115	29
4	Stan	Seethoff	30	30	31	27	118	26
5	Charles	Litrico	30	34	27	29	120	24
6	Billy	Caudle	30	30	28	33	121	23
7	Jonathan	Reid	28	30	33	32	123	21
8	Brian	Fridley	29	31	34	30	124	20
9	Russell	Johnson	31	33	41	33	138	6

			Round				1st Day	Under
	Player		1	2	3	4	Score	Par
1	Tim	Langford	37	32	34	30	133	11
2	Brandon	Draper	34	35	36	31	136	8
3	Chris	Holland	33	34	34	36	137	7