Danny McCaslin wins Howard Loy Tournament in Burlington, NC (5 May 1999)

Danny McCaslin Fires a 23 in His Third Round to Clip Bason by One-Stroke

mc_danny.jpg (7246 bytes) Burlington, NC - Danny McCaslin trailed local pro, Bart Bason, by one-stroke entering the third round of play in the Howard Loy Memorial tournament. McCaslin's final round of 23, 13-under par, was good enough to pass the second round leader, Bason, and secure a narrow one-stroke victory. Danny McCaslin's total of 74, 34-under par, continues to tear of low winning scores on the North Carolina State Tour in 1999.

With the exception of the Old Pro Classic played in Fayetteville, NC, each tournament has seen at least scores after three rounds in the 70s. Danny McCaslin's score of 74 marks the lowest score posted on the North Carolina tour in 1999 and comes just weeks after Mike Brown broke the long standing world record for four-rounds on the covered course in Fayetteville with an amazing score of 90, 54-under par, for 72 holes of play.

The win placed Danny McCaslin at the top of the NC points race clipping Greg Newport by 0.5 points with a total of 164.5 points to date. Finishing tied for third at 78, 30-under par, were Randal Smith and Rick Baird.

In the Amateur Division, Tommy Barbour claimed his first ever state level victory in the amateur division. Barbour was the leader at 54 after two rounds of play, which brought out the question if Barbour could close it out to claim his first victory. Things became interesting, however, when Barbour could only get it to 30 in the last round to end at 84. Ray Guthrie, who was in at 57 after two, fired a 27 to force a playoff to determine the victor. The question if Barbour could close it out though was quickly answered in the playoff when Barbour fired a 26 to beat Guthrie by eight strokes.

The North Carolina State Tour is next in action on May 15 and 16 in Rock Hill, SC. The event on Sunday, May 16, is the Carolinas' Open and will count toward the minimum tournament requirement on the South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia tours. The Carolinas' Open begins at 9 AM and is a six round event. The defending champion is Greg Ward who devastated the field in Asheville, NC at last years Carolinas' Open with a 16 stroke victory for the six round event. Plan on playing in this event to see if Ward can defend his title in this major event.

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Danny McCaslin	25	26	23	74	$ 150.00	40
2	Bart Bason	24	26	25	75	$ 110.00	34
3	Randal Smith	27	24	27	78	$ 85.00	32.5
	Rick Baird	27	26	25	78	$ 85.00	32.5
5	Greg Newport	24	29	26	79	$ 68.00	30
	Fred Hallaman	24	26	29	79	$ 68.00	30
	David McCaslin	26	28	25	79	$ 68.00	30
8	Opie Roberts	26	26	28	80	$ 50.00	28
9	Michael Hitt	28	27	26	81	$ 45.00	26.5
	Robert Johnson	27	26	28	81	$ 45.00	26.5
11	Rodney Ashley	26	32	24	82	$ 40.00	25
12	Bob Haizlip	26	29	28	83	$ 20.00	23.5
	Todd Barfield	29	28	26	83	$ 20.00	23.5
14	Mike Brown	26	30	28	84		22
15	Larry Simpson	28	29	29	86		19.5
	Chris Bunting	27	30	29	86		19.5
	Tony Wright	30	29	27	86		19.5
	C. L. Jones	26	32	28	86		19.5
19	Don Thompson	27	31	29	87		15
	Rick Rybaczek	29	31	27	87		15
	Tony Varnadore	28	31	28	87		15
	Peter Ansbacher	26	29	32	87		15
	Gary Hester	29	29	29	87		15
24	Bill Walsh	27	31	30	88		12
25	Michael Cardwell	33	33	34	100		11

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Tommy Barbour*	29	25	30	84	$ 20.00	20
2	Ray Guthrie	29	28	27	84	$ 20.00	19
3	Donnie Carpenter	26	30	29	85		17.5
	Billy Caudle	27	28	30	85		17.5
5	Jimmy Comer	29	28	29	86		16
6	Keith Waters	30	26	31	87		15
7	Russell Sigmon Jr.	29	30	29	88		14
8	Jamie Martin	31	27	33	91		13
9	Chuck Nance	33	35	29	97		12

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	McCaslin - McCaslin	51	54	48	153	$20.00	15
2	Newport - Smith	51	53	53	157	$10.00	14
3	Bason - Bunting	51	56	54	161		13
4	Barfield - Johnson	56	54	54	164		12
5	Roberts - Rybaczek	55	57	55	167		11
6	Hester - Hitt	57	56	55	168		10
7	Haizlip - Simpson	54	58	57	169		9