Haizlip and Simpson Win North Carolina Team Championship in High Point, NC
High Point, NC - 25 September 1999 - Bob Haizlip and Larry Simpson won the North Carolina Team Championships for the second time in four seasons, ironically both times in High Point, by taking a one-stroke lead after the fourth round, trailed by three through five rounds, and closed out the final round with a combined score of 53 to win the championship by three strokes over Dan Anders and Jimmy Mott.
The winners who come from the Burlington course won the title in High Point back in 1996 by one stroke. The team used a little magic in the final round to come from behind, after trailing by three shots themselves to Rick Baird and Andy Coradini.
Anders and Mott led or shared the lead the first three rounds and stayed in contention throughout the tournament. In the first two rounds of best ball, the team shot 19 through an 18-hole stretch of the back nine of the first round and the front nine of the second round, including a perfect nine on the front in the second round. There were 11 teams in the tournament, its lowest since the format.
The North Carolina Team Championship format includes two rounds of better ball, two rounds of alternate shot, and then two rounds of individual play where the scores of both players on the team are counted. The total for the event is eight rounds of play with par being 288. The winning total for this year was 213, 75-under par. The NCPPA resumes in High Point on Sunday, September 26 at 10:00am for the NCPPA Match Play Championship.
Tournament recap and scores provided by Opie Roberts.
1999 North Carolina Team Championship
(25 September 1999 - High Point, NC)
Better Ball
Alternate Shot
Individual
Prize
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Money
1 Bob Haizlip/Larry Simpson 25
25
27
26
57
53
213
$500.00
2 Dan Anders/Jimmy Mott 23
21
32
28
54
58
216
$400.00
3 Rick Baird/Andy Coradini 23
24
31
26
53
61
218
$350.00
4 Todd Fowler/Tony Jackson 25
25
28
30
56
56
220
$250.00
5 Todd Barfield/Robert Johnson 26
24
28
28
61
56
223
$150.00
Gary Hester/Michael Hitt 26
24
31
27
54
61
223
$150.00
7 Greg Newport/Randal Smith 23
25
28
30
59
59
224
$100.00 8 Bart Bason/Chris Bunting 27
24
29
29
57
63
229
$100.00 Edgar Hollifield/Allen Wall 27
22
27
30
60
63
229
$100.00 10 C. L. Jones/Mark Rainey 28
26
33
27
63
55
232
$100.00 11 Opie Roberts/Rick Rybaczek 24
27
33
34
58
61
237
$100.00