Bason Uses Final Round of 26 to Win Wayne Hancock Memorial
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.
Professional Scores from the 1999 Wayne Hancock Memorial (19 June 1999)
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
* Accepted the NC State Medal Play and Match Play spot.
** Accepted the NC State Match Play spot.
Amateur Scores from the 1999 Wayne Hancock Memorial (19 June 1999)
| 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 | |
Pro Team Scores from the 1999 Wayne Hancock Memorial (19 June 1999)
| 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 | |