Danny McCaslin Captures AfternoonTournament in High Point, NC (19 June 1999)

Danny McCaslin Holds Off Field to Win the Barbara Nance Memorial

mc_danny.jpg (7246 bytes) 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.

		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

		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

		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