Danny McCaslin Holds Off Field to Win the Barbara Nance Memorial
High Point, NC - Earlier in the day, Danny McCaslin finished in a tie for 22nd shooting 66 for his last two rounds. After the one hour break, the Cary, NC resident led wire-to-wire with the exception of the first round when he was tied with Andy Coradini at 26, and cruised to victory by three strokes over four other players to win his second NCPPA tournament of the season.
Local APA player Jimmy Comer got his winning ways back in High Point capturing his first APA tournament title of the season by finishing with a total of 82, including one penalty stroke at the end of the tournament for a scorecard error which did not affect the outcome. The victory for the 1996 and 1997 NCAPA State Champion was by three strokes over Tommy Barbour, Graham, NC, with rounds of 29, 29, and 27 for a score of 85. Billy Caudle, Harrisburg, NC, finished third at 86.
McCaslin's win is his first win since May 5th at Burlington at the Howard Loy Classic. Finishing in a four-way tie for second were Dan Anders, Columbus, GA, Andy Coradini, Loganville, GA, Gary Hester, Thomasville, NC, and Thomas Rawles, Newport News, VA, all finishing at 84. Hester received the NC State Qualifying spot by defeating Anders and Rawles in an 18-hole playoff. Hester also received the first match play spot available from the event. The other match play spot went to Tony Jackson, Spartanburg, SC.
Bart Bason, Gibsonville, NC, who defended his earlier victory here, finished sixth at 85. There were fifteen money spots available with the last money spot being at 89 with three players receiving a split for the final spot.
Comer's score of 82 coupled with the 91 he posted in the first tournament of the day gives him the two-day low score of 173 and with that gives him a spot in the NCAPA State Championship to be held in Durham in October.
The next NCPPA scheduled event is Wednesday, July 7, at 7:30pm in Winston-Salem. The next scheduled weekend on the NC tour is a combined weekend with the Virginia tour at Lynchburg, Va. on July 10 and 11.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Rick Rybaczek.
Professional Scores from the 1999 Barbara Nance Memorial (19 June 1999)
Round Prize NC Player
1 2 3 Total Money Points 1 Danny McCaslin
26 25 30 81 $150.00 40.00 2 Dan Anders
28 28 28 84 $88.75 32.50 Gary Hester*
28 30 26 84 $88.75 32.50 Andy Coradini
26 28 30 84 $88.75 32.50 Thomas Rawles
27 29 28 84 $88.75 32.50 6 Bart Bason
27 30 28 85 $70.00 30.00 7 Randy Reeves
27 28 31 86 $62.50 28.50 Jay Klapper
28 30 28 86 $62.50 28.50 9 Tony Jackson**
29 28 30 87 $50.00 26.00 Michael Hitt
26 32 29 87 $50.00 26.00 Bob Haizlip
29 28 30 87 $50.00 26.00 12 Peter Neumann
28 30 30 88 $41.67 23.00 C. L. Jones
30 29 29 88 $41.67 23.00 Darrell Britt
29 29 30 88 $41.67 23.00 15 Robert Johnson
27 30 32 89 $13.33 20.00 Rick Baird
30 32 27 89 $13.33 20.00 Chris Bunting
30 31 28 89 $13.33 20.00 18 Greg Newport
30 32 28 90 17.00 Gilbert Sharpe
31 31 28 90 17.00 Brad Lebo
26 36 28 90 17.00 21 Bill Kirby, Jr.
29 32 30 91 14.00 Rick Rybaczek
30 33 28 91 14.00 Rodney Ashley
32 29 30 91 14.00 24 Fred Hallaman
31 27 34 92 11.50 Bobby Jackson
33 31 28 92 11.50 26 Glenwood Arrington
30 32 31 93 10.00 27 Opie Roberts
32 31 31 94 9.00 28 Jimmy Mott
30 30 35 95 8.00 29 Bill Walsh
35 32 31 98 7.00 30 David Abshire
35 33 34 102 6.00
* Accepted the NC State Medal Play and Match Play spot.
** Accepted the NC State Match Play spot.
Amateur Scores from the 1999 Barbara Nance Memorial (19 June 1999)
| Round | Prize | NC | |||||
Player |
1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Money | Points | |
| 1 | Jimmy Comer* |
28 | 25 | 29 | 82 | $20.00 | 20.00 |
| 2 | Tommy Barbour |
29 | 29 | 27 | 85 | $20.00 | 19.00 |
| 3 | Billy Caudle |
29 | 30 | 27 | 86 | $20.00 | 18.00 |
| 4 | Donnie Carpenter |
29 | 30 | 30 | 89 | 17.00 | |
| 5 | Ray Guthrie |
29 | 33 | 28 | 90 | 16.00 | |
| 6 | Brian Hutchins |
30 | 28 | 34 | 92 | 15.00 | |
| 7 | Gil Logan |
32 | 33 | 29 | 94 | 14.00 | |
| 8 | Steve Helton |
31 | 33 | 31 | 95 | 12.50 | |
Russell Johnson |
33 | 31 | 31 | 95 | 12.50 | ||
| 10 | Keith Waters |
31 | 33 | 33 | 97 | 11.00 | |
| 11 | Chuck Nance |
32 | 32 | 34 | 98 | 10.00 | |
| 12 | Tommy Hutchinson |
38 | 33 | 31 | 102 | 9.00 | |
*Accepted NC State Medal Play Spot - Low 2 Tournament Qualifier
Pro Team Scores from the 1999 Barbara Nance Memorial (19 June 1999)
| Round | Prize | NC | |||||
Players |
1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Money | Points | |
| 1 | Hitt - Hester |
54 | 62 | 55 | 171 | $20.00 | 15.00 |
| 2 | Baird - Coradini |
56 | 60 | 57 | 173 | $10.00 | 14.00 |
| 3 | Bason - Bunting |
57 | 61 | 56 | 174 | 13.00 | |
| 4 | Anders - Mott |
58 | 58 | 63 | 179 | 12.00 | |
| 5 | Roberts - Rybaczek |
62 | 64 | 59 | 185 | 11.00 | |