Mike Brown Wins Again at Rock Hill, SC on SC Tour
Rock Hill, SC - A perfect back nine proved to be the difference as Mike Brown opened up the first 36 holes at 49 and a two-stroke lead over Gary English and Edgar Hollifield and held on by laying up 17 and 18 to win the lead-off tournament for the third NC/SC combined weekend by one stroke over English and Hollifield.
Hollifield was the first round leader at 23 despite the perfection posted by Brown to only trail by one. Then, the 1996 PPA National Champion grabbed the lead when Hollifield posted a 28 in the second round while Brown fired a 25 to lead by two.
Brian Hutchins posted his second win of the season in the APA Division coming back from five strokes down in the first round shooting 51 in the last two and finish at 82, five strokes better than Todd Trent, first round leader, at 87 and Ray Guthrie finished in third with an 88. Temperatures of 95o at the noon tee-off time made conditions unbearable as it was last week in Memphis. However, due to the extreme heat, scores were considerably lower than the course had indicated.
Closing out the top five in the Pro Division were Randy Reeves, 1997 PPA Champion at 81, followed by Jay Klapper and Randal Smith tied for fifth at 82. A seven-way tie for seventh at 83 included Rick Baird, Todd Barfield, Bart Bason, Andy Coradini, Michael Hitt, C. L. Jones, and Jimmy Mott to round out the top ten of this 37-player field, most in NC or SC since the Carolinas' Open. There were seventeen money spots available with 85 getting the last spot. Qualifying spots received from this tournament were as follows: Brown, NC Match Play; English, SC State; Reeves, NC State; and Smith, SC Match Play. Both tours will be at it again on Sunday, July 25, at 11:00am in Forest City.
Scores and tournament recap courtesy of Rick Rybaczek and Opie Roberts.
Professional Scores from the 1999 Rock Hill, SC Event (24 July 1999)
Round Prize NC Player 1 2 3 Total Money
Points 1
Mike Brown* 24
25
29
78
$150.00
40 2
Gary English** 25
26
28
79
$100.00
33.5 Edgar Hollifield 23
28
28
79
$100.00
33.5 4
Randy Reeves*** 26
26
29
81
$80.00
32 5
Jay Klapper 29
26
27
82
$72.50
30.5 Randal Smith**** 27
26
29
82
$72.50
30.5 7
Rick Baird 25
30
28
83
$51.43
26 Todd Barfield 24
30
29
83
$51.43
26 Bart Bason 27
29
27
83
$51.43
26 Andy Coradini 31
27
25
83
$51.43
26 Michael Hitt 32
24
27
83
$51.43
26 C. L. Jones 28
27
28
83
$51.43
26 Jimmy Mott 28
28
27
83
$51.43
26 14
Gary Hester 29
29
25
84
$40.00
21 Robert Johnson 26
30
28
84
$40.00
21 Opie Roberts 27
29
28
84
$40.00
21 17
Tony Jackson 27
29
29
85
$40.00
19 18
Lewis Burton 29
28
29
86
17 Kevin Chambers 28
25
33
86
17 Todd Fowler 29
30
27
86
17 21
Greg Newport 27
32
28
87
15 22
Brian Martin 29
30
29
88
13 Rob Smarzik 30
31
27
88
13 Tony Varnadore 29
29
30
89
13 25
Chris Bunting 29
30
30
90
11 26
Darrell Britt 30
30
30
90
8.5 Tony Pack 31
32
27
90
8.5 Rusty Taylor 26
31
33
90
8.5 Frank Warren 29
31
30
90
8.5 30
Nick Gill 31
29
31
91
5.5 Bob Jackson 31
32
28
91
5.5 32
Gilbert Sharpe 34
29
30
93
5 33
Buddy Taylor 30
31
33
94
5 Bill Walsh 30
33
31
94
5 35
Gary Benfield 33
32
30
95
5 Robby Bryant 34
33
28
95
5 Bobby Kirby 34
33
31
98
5
* Mike Brown qualified for the NC State Match-Play Championship.
** Gary English qualified for the SC State Championship.
*** Randy Reeves qualified for the NC State Championship.
**** Randal Smith qualified for the SC Match-Play Championship.
Amateur Scores from the 1999 Rock Hill, SC Event (24 July 1999)
| Round | Prize | NC | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Money |
Points | |
1 |
Brain Hutchins | 31 |
24 |
27 |
82 |
$20.00 |
20 |
2 |
Todd Trent | 26 |
32 |
29 |
87 |
$20.00 |
19 |
3 |
Ray Guthrie | 28 |
30 |
30 |
88 |
$20.00 |
18 |
4 |
Billy Caudle | 34 |
32 |
25 |
91 |
$10.00 |
16.5 |
| Gil Logan | 29 |
30 |
32 |
91 |
$10.00 |
16.5 | |
6 |
Jimmy Comer | 32 |
32 |
28 |
92 |
13.5 | |
| William Glisson | 31 |
33 |
28 |
92 |
13.5 | ||
| Mason Harkey | 30 |
31 |
31 |
92 |
13.5 | ||
| Chuck Nance | 31 |
30 |
31 |
92 |
13.5 | ||
10 |
Steve Helton | 34 |
28 |
32 |
94 |
10.5 | |
| Stan Seethoff | 28 |
35 |
31 |
94 |
10.5 | ||
12 |
Tommy Hutchinson | 33 |
32 |
30 |
95 |
9 | |
13 |
Tommy Barbour | 35 |
35 |
27 |
97 |
8 | |
14 |
Billy Walters | 35 |
34 |
31 |
100 |
6.5 | |
| Keith Waters | 36 |
34 |
30 |
100 |
6.5 | ||
16 |
Zeb Head | 34 |
31 |
37 |
102 |
5 | |
17 |
Lester Helms | 33 |
40 |
32 |
105 |
5 | |
Professional Team Scores from the 1999 Rock Hill, SC Event (24 July 1999)
| Round | Prize | NC | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Money |
Points | |
| 1 | Baird - Coradini | 56 | 57 | 53 | 166 | $20.00 | 15.00 |
| 2 | Hitt - Hester | 61 | 54 | 52 | 167 | $5.00 | 13.50 |
| Johnson - Barfield | 50 | 60 | 57 | 167 | $5.00 | 13.50 | |
| 4 | Newport - Smith | 54 | 58 | 57 | 169 | 12.00 | |
| 5 | Jackson - Fowler | 56 | 59 | 56 | 171 | 11.00 | |
| 6 | Bason - Bunting | 56 | 59 | 57 | 172 | 10.00 | |