Bart Bason Captures Morning Tournament in High Point, NC (19 June 1999)

Bason Uses Final Round of 26 to Win Wayne Hancock Memorial

bason.jpg (13383 bytes) High Point, NC - The 13th NCPPA tournament of the 1999 season was held in High Point as a doubleheader tournament on Saturday, June 19th. Cool temperatures and fair skies throughout the early morning greeted the players for the 9 AM start of this event.

Bart Bason, Gibsonville, NC, coming off a disappointing performance in the 1999 Southern Open trailed by one shot after the second round to Thomas Rawles, Newport News, VA, who was in the clubhouse at 54. Bason then proceeded to shoot a final round 10-under par 26 to win the Pro Division by one shot over Andy Coradini, Loganville, GA, and Michael Hitt, Greensboro, NC. Bason finished the tournament with a total of 81; Coradini, who won the May 23rd tournament held here, and Hitt, finished tied for second at 82. Peter Neumann, Midland, VA, finished fourth at 83, while Rawles and Greg Newport, Liberty, NC, rounded out the top five tied at 84.

Donnie Carpenter became the third APA player to win his second tournament of the season by shooting rounds of 28 each to finish at 84. The Conover, NC native notched his first win since the first tournament of the season held in Durham on March 20. The win was by three shots over Keith Waters, Raleigh, NC with rounds of 27, 30, and 30 to finish at 87. Third place went to High Point local favorite Ray Guthrie at 90.

Neumann's fourth place finish earned him the spots for NC State Championship and the Match Play as well while Rawles received the second play spot available from this tournament. The cash line was at 88 with three players splitting for two spots.

Scores and tournament recap provided by Rick Rybaczek.

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Bart Bason	27	28	26	81	$150.00	40.00
2	Andy Coradini	31	25	26	82	$100.00	33.50
	Michael Hitt	26	30	26	82	$100.00	33.50
4	Peter Neumann*	26	30	27	83	$80.00	32.00
5	Greg Newport	29	28	27	84	$72.50	30.50
	Thomas Rawles**	25	29	30	84	$72.50	30.50
7	Dan Anders	26	31	28	85	$65.00	29.00
8	Gary Hester	29	28	29	86	$57.50	27.50
	Bob Haizlip	29	27	30	86	$57.50	27.50
10	Brad Lebo	28	30	29	87	$43.33	25.00
	Robert Johnson	28	28	31	87	$43.33	25.00
	Rick Baird	27	29	31	87	$43.33	25.00
13	Randy Reeves	29	30	29	88	$26.67	22.00
	Gilbert Sharpe	31	30	27	88	$26.67	22.00
	C. L. Jones	32	28	28	88	$26.67	22.00
16	Bill Kirby, Jr.	31	28	32	91		19.50
	Opie Roberts	29	31	31	91		19.50
18	David Abshire	29	30	33	92		16.50
	Jay Klapper	31	32	29	92		16.50
	Chris Bunting	30	30	32	92		16.50
	Bobby Jackson	29	33	30	92		16.50
22	Danny McCaslin	27	32	34	93		13.00
	Glenwood Arrington	33	31	29	93		13.00
	Rodney Ashley	28	32	33	93		13.00
25	Fred Hallaman	33	32	29	94		11.00
26	Darrell Britt	32	34	29	95		9.50
	Rick Rybaczek	31	31	33	95		9.50
28	Tony Jackson	34	31	31	96		7.50
	Bill Walsh	29	32	35	96		7.50

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Donnie Carpenter	28	28	28	84	$20.00	20.00
2	Keith Waters	27	30	30	87	$20.00	19.00
3	Ray Guthrie	33	28	29	90	$20.00	18.00
4	Jimmy Comer	31	30	30	91		16.50
	Brian Hutchins	30	31	30	91		16.50
6	Chuck Nance	33	30	29	92		15.00
7	Billy Caudle	31	30	32	93		14.00
8	Gil Logan	31	30	34	95		13.00
9	Steve Helton	35	33	28	96		12.00
10	Tommy Barbour	33	31	34	98		11.00
11	Tommy Hutchinson	34	32	35	101		10.00
12	Russell Johnson	35	35	32	102		9.00

		Round				Prize	NC
	Players	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Hitt - Hester	55	58	55	168	$20.00	15.00
2	Baird - Coradini	58	54	57	169	$10.00	14.00
3	Bason - Bunting	57	58	58	173		13.00
4	Roberts - Rybaczek	60	62	64	186		12.00