Greg Newport Wins Third Annual Palmetto Classic in Four-way Playoff
Spartanburg, SC - Greg Newport won an exciting 4-way playoff to win the 3rd Annual Palmetto Classic in Spartanburg, SC. This year's major state event for the South Carolina Tour involved a dramatic finish. Two-time winner in 1999, Todd Fowler, posted a final round 30 for a 111, then sat back and watched the last 3 players on the course, Andy Coradini, Edgar Hollifield, and Greg Newport, all ace the difficult 18th hole to tie him at 111, 33 under par.
Coradini and Fowler played well in the playoff, but were out of contention at the 16th hole after Hollifield aced it to go to 9 under, one ahead of Newport at that point. Hollifield, seeking his first victory on the SC tour since 1995, then bogeyed the 17th hole after receiving an unfortunate kick off of the right rail to fall back into a tie. Newport then aced 18, and when Hollifield's putt lipped the right edge of the hole, Newport joined Allen Wall and Dan Anders as winners of the Palmetto Classic.
This marks the second straigh year that a playoff was needed to determine a winner, as last year Anders outdueled Bart Bason. Greg Ward rounded out the top five at 114. Former Champions Anders and Wall each finished 6th at 115.
After 12 events on the SC tour, Robert Johnson now holds a very slim lead on Newport in the player of the year standings. The next South Carolina events will be held in Rock Hill, SC and Forest City, NC on July 24th and 25th.
Professional Scores from the 1999 Palmetto Classic (27 June 1999)
Round
SC
Prize
Player
1
2
3
4
Total
Points
Money
1
Newport, Greg
30
26
29
26
111
30
$ 200.00
2
Fowler, Todd
28
28
25
30
111
28
$ 120.00
Hollifield, Edgar
32
27
28
24
111
28
$ 120.00
Coradini, Andy
25
29
31
26
111
28
$ 120.00
5
Ward, Greg
31
33
24
26
114
26
$ 95.00
6
Anders, Dan
33
27
26
29
115
24.5
$ 83.00
Wall, Allen
29
28
27
31
115
24.5
$ 83.00
8
Barfield, Todd
30
31
30
25
116
22.5
$ 73.00
Varnadore, Tony
31
33
26
26
116
22.5
$ 73.00
10
Baird, Rick
31
29
32
25
117
20.5
$ 63.00
Johnson, Robert
30
30
30
27
117
20.5
$ 63.00
12
Bason, Bart
28
29
34
27
118
17
$ 31.00
Burton, Lewis
28
27
32
31
118
17
$ 31.00
Jackson, Tony
29
34
29
26
118
17
$ 31.00
Martin, Brian
29
31
29
29
118
17
$ 31.00
Roberts, Opie
27
33
31
27
118
17
$ 31.00
17
Garrett, Kevin
33
32
24
31
120
14
18
Britt, Darrell
31
33
32
25
121
12.5
Warren, Frank
26
36
29
30
121
12.5
20
Brown, Mike
33
31
28
31
123
9.5
English, Gary
28
33
29
33
123
9.5
Hitt, Michael
31
27
33
32
123
9.5
Smith, Randal
27
34
32
30
123
9.5
24
Flavin, Mike
30
34
32
29
125
7
25
McCaslin, Danny
34
31
32
29
126
6
26
Jackson, Bob
32
31
30
34
127
5
Pack, Tony
34
30
35
28
127
5
28
Rybaczek, Rick
33
33
32
32
130
5
29
Bryant, Robby
33
34
33
33
133
5