Andy Coradini Wins 1999 Northern Open in Charleston, WV (August 14-15, 1999)

Andy Coradini Wins 1999 Northern Open in Charleston, WV by Three-Strokes

ward.jpg (9530 bytes) Charleston, WV - Greg Ward, of Loganville, Ga., started the Northern Open trying to become the only PPA player to win three straight national titles. But it was Andy Coradini, also of Loganville, Ga., who claimed the title, preventing Ward from taking the third consecutive event.

Coradini's first day score of 108, 36 under par, with rounds of 26, 31, 26, 25 put him three shots back from leaders Kevin Lacey and Rainey Statum. Coradini took advantage of the cool temperatures on the second day of tournament competition to fire hot rounds. But it wasn't until the last 36 holes that the championship was determined. "I knew if I fired good scores in the last two rounds, I had a great chance of winning," said Coradini, and he was Center. Shooting back-to-back rounds of 25 in the last two rounds, 22 under par, gave Coradini the edge he needed to finish the tournament with 73 under par, 215.

If Coradini needed any additional incentive, all he had to do was look over his shoulder. Six players finished in a tie of 70 under par with an 8 round total of 218. Kevin Lacey of Cincinnati, Ohio; Rainey Statum of Kingwood, Texas; Greg Newport of Liberty, NC; Randy Reeves of Montgomery, Ala.; Lewis Burton of Lawrenceville, Ga.; and Rich Gillooly of Canton, Ohio all chased Coradini through the final rounds to claim $637.50 each for their effort. The log jam in the runner-up position was followed by Mike Brown who held 7th position with a total of 219 (the best second day effort of 40 under par, 104).

In the Amateur Putters Division, Tony Davenport of LaVergne, Tenn., won his first national event since joining the APA in 1971. Davenport was able to ward off Robb Titchell of Columbus, Ohio in the final round of competition to claim the championship by a single stroke. Davenport had a five stroke lead going into the last round of the tournament and had to shoot 29 to win by one. "Over the last 28 years, I've dreamed of winning one of these tournaments. It's taken a long time to get here and it sure feels good," said Davenport. Wesley Pollard of Durham, NC, was able to take third place in the APA with a 60 under par, 228 total score. Jeff Brown (North Olmsted, Ohio), last year's National APA Champion took fourth place with 56 under par, 232. Don Ferrell (Columbus, Ohio), returning to action in the Amateur Putters Association was able to claim fifth spot with eight excellent rounds totaling 234, 54 under par.

In the Novice Division, Adam Smith traveled from Salisbury, NC, to win the event. Smith was able to put together eight rounds totaling 24 under par, 264 to win the event by one stroke. Smith came from behind to defeat Tracy Logan from Chesterfield, Va. Logan took a six shot lead into the final round before stumbling and allowing Smith to take the win.

The medallist round in the tournament was 23. Four players shared the honor of recording that score: Rainey Statum (Kingwood, Texas), Lee Messinger (Addison, Texas), Danny McCaslin (Cary, NC) and Tony Davenport (LaVergne, Tenn.).

Congratulations to all the players who competed in the Northern Open. We look forward to having every member of the Professional Putters Association competing in Orlando, Florida at Orange Lake Resort & Country Club, September 13th-18th, for the upcoming National Championship tournament week.

Leaders of 1999 Northern Open by Round

First Round Leader	Rainey Statum	23 (13-under par)
Second Round Leaders	Rainey Statum and Manfred Stewart	52 (20-under par)
Third Round Leader	Rainey Statum	78 (30-under par)
Fourth Round Leaders	Rainey Statum and Kevin Lacey	105 (39-under par)
Fifth Round Leaders	Rainey Statum and Kevin Lacey	134 (46-under par)
Sixth Round Leader	Lewis Burton	161 (55-under par)
Seventh Round Leader	Rainey Statum	189 (63-under par)

Click here for the story of the opening day of the 1999 PPA Northern Open in Charleston, WV

Scores and tournament recap courtesy of the Putt-Putt Home Office

			Round									Prize
	Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money	Points
1	Andy	Coradini	26	31	26	25	27	30	25	25	215	$ 2,000.00	100
2	Lewis	Burton	31	27	26	28	24	25	31	26	218	$ 637.50	93
	Randy	Reeves	29	26	27	29	26	28	26	27	218	$ 637.50	93
	Rich	Gillooly	30	29	28	25	25	25	28	28	218	$ 637.50	93
	Kevin	Lacey	25	29	27	24	29	32	25	27	218	$ 637.50	93
	Greg	Newport	27	29	24	29	29	28	26	26	218	$ 637.50	93
	Rainey	Statum	23	29	26	27	29	29	26	29	218	$ 637.50	93
8	Mike	Brown	30	30	27	28	27	25	24	28	219	$ 400.00	86
9	Greg	Ward	28	28	26	30	26	26	30	26	220	$ 362.50	83
	Cliff	Matthews	29	26	25	28	28	27	27	30	220	$ 362.50	83
11	Charlie	Greenwalt	31	27	28	28	27	26	26	28	221	$ 243.75	78
	Tony	Varnadore	29	24	29	26	27	28	30	28	221	$ 243.75	78
	Darrell	Britt	29	29	26	27	26	31	28	25	221	$ 243.75	78
	Ken	Hastings	29	31	27	25	27	30	28	24	221	$ 243.75
15	Manfred	Stewart	25	27	30	30	28	28	27	27	222	$ 200.00	73
	Randall	Willett	27	30	25	28	30	26	29	27	222	$ 200.00	73
17	Danny	McCaslin	31	27	27	28	30	28	29	23	223	$ 175.00	68
	Brad	Lebo	31	25	27	28	30	29	28	25	223	$ 175.00	68
	Lee	Messinger	33	25	28	28	28	23	28	30	223	$ 175.00	68
	Dave	Taylor	28	29	27	30	29	28	27	25	223	$ 175.00
21	Peter	Neumann	27	27	28	30	29	26	30	27	224	$ 165.00	64
22	Jim	Heikkinen	29	29	24	32	28	29	26	29	226	$ 165.00	60
	Todd	Fowler	28	27	27	28	27	31	30	28	226	$ 165.00	60
	Gary	English	27	26	28	33	26	27	31	28	226	$ 165.00	60
25	Tom	Butler	30	27	27	29	31	29	29	25	227	$ 41.25	55
	Gary	Hester	32	29	25	27	28	28	28	30	227	$ 41.25	55
	Roger	Beckerman	26	29	25	30	32	28	29	28	227	$ 41.25
	Craig	Williams	31	27	27	28	27	31	29	27	227	$ 41.25
29	Todd	Barfield	31	27	29	29	29	30	27	26	228		50.33
	Rick	Baird	33	27	26	31	32	26	27	26	228		50.33
	Bart	Bason	28	26	29	32	30	28	27	28	228		50.33
32	Bill	Baus	30	25	28	30	29	27	30	30	229		48
	Mike	O'Rourke	28	30	28	30	29	27	28	29	229
34	Jim	Cruse	30	32	30	25	26	31	26	30	230		47
35	Bob	Haizlip	29	30	28	29	28	28	28	31	231		45.5
	Tony	Jackson	28	29	32	29	28	26	33	26	231		45.5
37	Rusty	Taylor	29	27	29	28	31	31	32	25	232
	Dave	Nutini	28	31	27	29	30	30	28	29	232		44
39	C.L.	Jones	29	27	30	30	32	28	30	28	234		42
	Jeffrey	Smith	30	27	29	29	30	30	30	29	234		42
	Robert	Johnson	30	31	28	28	31	29	28	29	234		42
	Robby	Bryant	32	27	33	28	27	29	27	31	234
43	Bill	Kirby	29	30	30	30	30	25	31	30	235		40
44	Michael	Hitt	29	33	30	27	27	34	29	27	236		38.5
	Jay	Klapper	32	28	32	31	29	27	29	28	236		38.5
	Jim	Engel	30	29	26	29	28	30	34	30	236
47	Buddy	Taylor	32	28	28	27	30	31	34	28	238
48	Scott	Buddie	30	27	28	28	31	35	31	30	240
49	John	Ventura	26	31	32	31	34	29	27	32	242		37
50	Rick	Rybaczek	32	32	26	30	29	30	34	30	243		35
	Mark	Hasty	31	26	30	31	35	31	31	28	243		35
	Thomas	Rawles	31	31	31	30	33	32	27	28	243		35
53	Gene	Reams	29	31	32	35	26	31	30	31	245		33
54	Dave	McCaslin	31	30	26	31	33	34	29	32	246		32
55	Paul	Pastilong	34	31	29	33	32	31	31	28	249
56	Greg	Roberts	31	28	33	31	34	29	30	35	251		31
57	Jim	Phillips	34	29	32	33	30	35	30	30	253
58	Tom	Gross	30	31	33	29	34	35	34	28	254
59	Barb	Mingo	36	35	32	35	30	32	31	31	262		30

			Round									Prize
	Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Money
1	Tony	Davenport	23	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	222
2	Robb	Titchell	26	27	30	27	29	31	28	25	223
3	Wesley	Pollard	27	32	25	33	30	26	28	27	228
4	Jeff	Brown	24	32	30	27	31	27	32	29	232
5	Don	Ferrell	29	29	29	26	31	33	31	26	234
6	Michael	Bell	26	31	30	27	33	28	30	31	236
	Robin	Ventura	30	29	27	28	32	34	29	27	236
8	Matt	Summey	30	29	28	27	31	33	31	30	239
	Harry	Sykes	29	30	28	29	32	28	31	32	239
	Terry	Sanner	26	29	29	34	27	32	33	29	239
11	Joe	Gallagher	29	27	29	31	32	29	30	33	240
12	Todd	Trent	31	28	29	30	32	32	29	30	241
	Karl	Moe	31	34	28	32	29	28	30	29	241
14	Amy	Smith	26	33	30	33	30	30	33	28	243
15	Jonathan	Reid	31	31	28	31	33	31	32	27	244
	John	Kropinak	30	31	33	29	28	32	28	33	244
17	Mike	Conklin	32	31	31	28	29	28	33	33	245
	Jonathan	Moore	35	33	29	30	30	31	28	29	245
	Ken	Schooler	32	31	35	31	29	26	30	31	245
20	Steven	Jones	27	29	27	31	32	36	30	35	247
	Gil	Logan	33	27	29	33	33	30	30	32	247
22	John	Tuite	35	34	31	29	29	32	27	31	248
23	Dom	Perry	30	32	27	31	31	33	33	32	249
24	Bill	Garrett	30	32	26	31	32	34	31	36	252
	Bill	Combs	30	31	34	32	32	30	30	33	252
26	John	Darst	31	36	31	29	34	30	29	35	255
27	Karen	Hastings	30	33	30	33	31	32	32	35	256

			Round
	Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Adam	Smith	34	34	38	32	31	31	34	30	264
2	Tracy	Logan	29	38	28	32	31	37	33	37	265
3	Robin	Matthews	38	38	32	34	37	31	36	36	282
4	David	Dorsett	37	37	42	33	35	40	35	36	295
5	Jennifer	Powell	40	37	38	37	36	38	40	34	300
6	Monty	Henry	34	36	44	39	35	37	38	38	301