Gilbert Sharpe wins Virginia Dogwood Festival Open (2 May1999)

Gilbert Sharpe Wins Virginia Dogwood Festival Open in Playoff

Gilbert Sharpe hits the winning putt on the fifth hole of sudden death to defeat defending champion Peter Neumann.

Photo courtesy of Walter Kolb

Charlottesville, VA - Gilbert Sharpe prevailed over Peter Neumann on the fifth hole of sudden death after both players tied during the 18-hole playoff at 31, 5-under par. Both Sharpe and Neumann had finished the regulation 72-hole event at 120, 24-under par, on the difficult and windblown Charlottesville, VA course.

Sharpe opening round of 25, 11-under par, gave him a lead that he held or shared for the rest of the day. After 36-holes, Sharpe held a two-stroke lead over Neumann and a three-stroke lead over Dave Taylor, who eventually finished third at 121. Sharpe shared the lead after three rounds with Neumann at 87, 21-under par, and both players struggled through a difficult final round to each post final rounds of 33, 3-under par, and force the playoff. The 18-hole playoff resulted in a tie at 31, 5-under par, and went into sudden-death with Sharpe winning with an ace on the fifth hole of sudden death.

The scoring in the professional field was grouped tightly as the top eight players finished within three strokes of the winning score. A total of 12 of the16 professionals finished within six strokes of the winnng total making the final round eventful for most of the players in the field.

In the amateur division, Matt Summey posted the best total score of the day at 118, 26-under par, and coasted to an eleven stroke victory over Steven Jones, Wayne Cheatham, and Joe Gallagher who all finished tied for second at 129, 15-under par. The victory was Summey's first of the year on the Virginia tour.

The Virginia tour is next in action on Saturday and Sunday, June 5th and 6th, in Fredericksburg, VA. As a reminder, the Carolinas' Open held on Sunday, May16th, in Rock Hill, SC will count toward the minimum tournament requirement on the Virginia tour but will not count toward the statistics kept by the Virginia tour (points, stroke average, money winnings, etc.).

Professional Scores from the 1999 Virginia Dogwood Festival Open (2 May 1999)

		Round					Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Money
1	Gilbert Sharpe	25	30	32	33	120	$300.00
2	Peter Neumann	30	27	30	33	120	$195.00
3	Dave Taylor	30	28	32	31	121	$150.00
4	Brad Lebo	33	27	31	31	122	$135.00
5	Mike Brown	33	29	30	31	123	$105.00
	Kevin Garrett	29	32	31	31	123	$105.00
	Ed Grajewski	31	31	31	30	123	$105.00
	Danny Dore	29	34	28	32	123	$105.00
9	Bo Luthie	36	30	30	29	125
	Gary Hinshaw	30	32	30	33	125
11	Danny McCaslin	31	33	32	30	126
	Rusty Taylor	31	30	32	33	126
13	Ken Cook	31	30	35	32	128
14	Manfred Stewart	33	32	32	32	129
15	Buddy Taylor	33	35	31	33	132
16	Thomas Rawles	34	31	34	35	134

Amateur Scores from the 1999 Virginia Dogwood Festival Open (2 May 1999)

		Round					Expense
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Reimbursement
1	Matt Summey	30	27	30	31	118	$25.00
2	Steven Jones	31	31	34	33	129	$25.00
	Wayne Cheatham	33	34	29	33	129	$25.00
	Joe Gallagher	37	28	29	35	129	$25.00
5	Bill Garrett	35	30	32	33	130	$25.00
6	Gil Logan	38	30	30	33	131	$12.50
	Jason Kile	35	33	34	29	131	$12.50
8	Wesley Pollard	31	34	34	34	133
9	Chuck Cyr	36	33	34	31	134
	Jonathan Moore	31	36	36	31	134
11	Ken Schooler	32	31	36	37	136
12	Matt Coghill	36	32	37	32	137
13	Malcolm Shumaker	31	39	35	33	138
	David Sharp	34	37	36	31	138
15	Walter Kolb	34	36	38	31	139
	Justin Taylor	35	32	36	36	139
17	Amy Smith	37	34	34	35	140
18	Russell Johnson	39	34	34	35	142
	Liz Lane	33	36	36	37	142
20	Robert Chetister	37	41	37	40	155

Novice Scores from the 1999 Virginia Dogwood Festival Open (2 May 1999)

		Round
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Tracy Logan	32	35	37	32	136

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