Greg Roberts wins at Old Pro Classic in Fayetteville, NC (23 April 1999)

Tracy Logan

Roberts Wins 1999 Old Pro Classic in Fayetteville, NC

roberts.jpg (7009 bytes) Fayetteville, NC - Texan Greg Roberts of Pasadena set a new course record with an opening round 22 and finished with a four round total of 107 to take a one stroke victory over former national champion Mike Brown in the North Carolina Tour's Old Pro Classic. Greg's win in this very prestigious event was not as easy as it might look on the surface as Brown, play just ahead of Roberts, fired a final round 24 and was in the clubhouse tied for the lead. That left Roberts, having aced 4 of his last 5 holes going into the treacherous 18th, needing an ace to win. He then calmly stroked his putt into the bottom of the cup amidst high fives from his playing partners Rick Baird and Todd Barfield.

"Today is certainly one of the greatest thrills of my putting career" said Roberts, whose win was his first ever in a North Carolina Tour tournament. "With the level of competition here today (the field included four recent national champions plus Greg Newport going for a three-peat in this event) and what this event (created by Bill Kirby, Jr.) means just makes winning it something very special".

Mongomery Alabama's Randy Reeves, the 1997 PPA National champion, was tied for third place at 111 along with Jay Klapper of Loganville, Ga. Finishing another shot back at 112 and in a four way tie for fifth place were 1998 PPA player-of-the-year Greg Ward, 1998 PPA National champion Lewis Burton, 1998 ESPN TV series contestant Bart Bason, and 1997 Spartanburg Open champion Robert Johnson.

The APA division 1998 National Champion Jeff Brown's final round 27 gave him a four round total of 117 and a one stroke victory over Keith Waters and Terry Porter. Pre-tournament favorite Donnie Carpenter finished another shot back at 119 and in a fourth place tie with Billy Caudle.

Tournament recap provided by Greg Roberts

		Round					Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Money	Points
1	Greg Roberts	22	29	29	27	107	$300.00	40
2	Mike Brown*	26	29	29	24	108	$175.00	34
3	Randy Reeves	30	26	29	26	111	$137.50	32.5
	Jay Klapper	29	28	28	26	111	$137.50	32.5
5	Lewis Burton	25	28	28	31	112	$89.00	29.5
	Bart Bason	30	27	29	26	112	$89.00	29.5
	Robert Johnson	31	26	27	28	112	$89.00	29.5
	Greg Ward	26	28	29	29	112	$89.00	29.5
9	Cliff Matthews	30	29	24	30	113	$72.50	26.5
	Bill Baus	28	26	28	31	113	$72.50	26.5
11	David McCaslin	28	33	27	26	114	$56.00	23.5
	Bo Luthie	30	29	27	28	114	$56.00	23.5
	Peter Neumann	30	27	30	27	114	$56.00	23.5
	Andy Coradini	30	28	29	27	114	$56.00	23.5
15	Thomas Rawles	27	31	29	28	115	$50.00	20
	Michael Hitt	27	31	27	30	115	$50.00	20
	Gary Hester	26	27	29	33	115	$50.00	20
18	Rusty Taylor	29	32	30	25	116	$50.00	18
19	Tony Jackson	31	29	29	28	117	$17.00	16
	Tony Varnadore	32	27	28	30	117	$17.00	16
	Brad Lebo	30	29	31	27	117	$17.00	16
22	Rick Rybaczek	30	33	27	28	118		14
23	Greg Newport	30	28	29	32	119		12
	Jeffrey Smith	26	30	28	35	119		12
	Danny McCaslin	32	31	27	29	119		12
26	Paul Sample	32	29	28	31	120		9.5
	Rick Baird	29	28	32	31	120		9.5
28	Randal Smith	33	27	28	33	121		8
29	Jimmy Mott	30	33	31	28	122		5.75
	Randall Willett	29	28	32	33	122		5.75
	Todd Barfield	27	32	30	33	122		5.75
	C.L. Jones	29	29	30	34	122		5
33	Bob Haizlip	31	32	31	29	123		5
	Darrell Britt	31	34	29	29	123		5
35	Charlie Greenwalt	31	32	30	31	124		5
36	Gilbert Sharpe	28	36	31	30	125		5
	Todd Fowler	30	31	34	30	125		5
38	Chris Bunting	31	33	32	32	128		5
	Daniel Price	29	37	30	32	128		5
40	Rich Gillooly	30	30	34	35	129		5
	Bill Walsh	36	31	30	32	129		5
	Paul Johns	35	28	33	33	129		5
	Larry Simpson	34	30	33	32	129		5
44	Mark Hasty	34	28	32	37	131		5
	Buddy Taylor	36	31	33	31	131		5
46	Opie Roberts	34	38	32	37	141		5

		Round					Expense	NC
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Reimbursement	Points
1	Jeff Brown	27	34	29	27	117	$20.00	20
2	Keith Waters	32	29	29	28	118	$10.00	18.5
	Terry Porter	33	29	28	28	118	$10.00	18.5
4	Donnie Carpenter	28	32	30	29	119		16.5
	Billy Caudle	30	31	29	29	119		16.5
6	Mark Stephens	30	27	32	31	120		15
7	Ray Guthrie	29	30	31	35	125		14
8	Jimmy Comer	38	28	34	27	127		13
9	Tommy Barbour	29	30	35	34	128		12
10	Randy Carter	32	34	32	34	132		11
11	Walt Warfel	32	35	34	32	133		9.5
	Mike Porter	33	34	34	32	133		9.5
13	Gil Logan	35	31	32	40	138		8
14	Russell Johnson	34	38	35	37	144		7

		Round					Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Money	Points
1	David McCaslin - Neumann	58	60	57	53	228	$ 20.00	15
2	Hester - Hitt	53	58	56	63	230	$ 10.00	14
3	Danny McCaslin- Ward	58	59	56	58	231		13
4	Coradini - Baird	59	56	61	58	234		11.5
	Barfield - Johnson	58	58	57	61	234		11.5
6	Bason - Bunting	61	60	61	58	240		9.5
	Newport - Smith	63	55	57	65	240		9.5
8	Fowler - T. Jackson	61	60	63	58	242		8
9	Haizlip - Simpson	65	62	64	61	252		7
10	Roberts - Rybaczek	64	71	59	65	259		6