Greg Newport wins at White Lake, NC (18 April 1999)

Greg Newport Uses Final Round of 24 to Win by 4 at White Lake, NC

White Lake, NC - Greg Newport followed the pattern set in the first 3 NC State Events of the winners finishing strong and shooting in the 70's. Greg Newport's final round of 24 matched the final round of the winners at both Lumberton and Durham and was 3 strokes worse than the 21 carded by Kevin Lacey to win the Roxboro, NC event. The winning score of 76, 32-under par, also marked the fourth consecutive NC event won with a score in the 70's in 1999.

Newport entered the final round tied with Brad Lebo at 52, 20-under par, but was able to open up his eventual four stroke margin of victory when Lebo fired a closing round of 33, 3-under par. Larry Simpson finished in second closing with a 25, 11-under par, final round for a total of 80, 28-under par. Bill Kirby, Jr., the 1998 NC State Champion, also finished strong with a 24, 12-under par, for a total of 81, 27-under par, and third place.

The NC State Tour next plays at the Old Pro Classic in Fayetteville, NC on Friday, April 23rd, teeing off at 9 AM. The first National event of the year, the 1999 Eastern Open, will be played in Fayetteville, NC on Saturday and Sunday, April 24th and 25th. Greg Ward will be defending his title that he won in Lynchburg, VA last year in a hard fought finish over his close friend Andy Coradini.

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Greg Newport	25	27	24	76	$ 150.00	40
2	Larry Simpson	26	29	25	80	$ 110.00	34
3	Bill Kirby Jr.	27	30	24	81	$ 90.00	33
4	Todd Fowler	31	26	25	82	$ 72.50	31.5
	Rick Rybaczek	26	27	29	82	$ 72.50	31.5
6	Danny McCaslin	29	28	26	83	$ 65.00	29
	Mark Rainey	26	29	28	83	$ 65.00	29
	Michael Hitt	27	25	31	83	$ 65.00	29
9	Tony Jackson	31	29	24	84	$ 55.00	27
10	Rick Baird	30	28	27	85	$ 42.50	24.5
	Brad Lebo	27	25	33	85	$ 42.50	24.5
	Andy Coradini	29	30	26	85	$ 42.50	24.5
	Todd Barfield	30	25	30	85	$ 42.50	24.5
14	C. L. Jones	25	29	32	86	$ 10.00	20.5
	Gary Hester	28	30	28	86	$ 10.00	20.5
	Kevin Lacey	27	29	30	86	$ 10.00	20.5
	Fred Hallaman	29	29	29	87	$ 10.00	20.5
18	Opie Roberts	26	31	30	87		16
	Robert Johnson	28	30	29	87		16
	Mike Brown	28	31	28	87		16
	Chris Bunting	33	27	27	87		16
	Bart Bason	28	32	27	87		16
23	Randal Smith	29	30	29	88		13
24	David McCaslin	31	30	29	90		12
25	Bob Haizlip	28	34	29	91		11
26	Tony Varnadore	31	31	31	93		9.5
	Peter Ansbacher	28	35	30	93		9.5
28	Bobby Jackson	34	28	33	95		8
29	Barry Wyatt	32	33	31	96		7

		Round				Prize	NC
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Tommy Hutchinson	28	30	26	84	$ 20.00	20
2	Donnie Carpenter	30	28	28	86	$ 10.00	18.5
	Billy Caudle	27	31	28	86	$ 10.00	18.5
4	Keith Waters	27	30	31	88		17
5	Ray Guthrie	35	28	32	95		16
6	Steve Helton	35	29	32	96		14.5
	Gil Logan	28	33	35	96		14.5
8	Tommy Barbour	29	42	29	100		13

		Round				Prize	NC
	Players	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Newport - Smith	54	57	53	164	$ 20.00	15
2	Fowler - T. Jackson	62	55	49	166	$ 10.00	14
3	Brown - Kirby	55	61	52	168		13
4	Roberts - Rybaczek	52	58	59	169		10.5
	Jones - Rainey	51	58	60	169		10.5
	Hester - Hitt	55	55	59	169		10.5
	Lacey - Danny Mc.	56	57	56	169		10.5
8	Coradini - Baird	59	58	53	170		8
9	Haizlip - Simpson	54	63	54	171		7
10	Barfield - Johnson	58	55	59	172		6
11	Bason - Bunting	61	59	54	174		5