Mike Brown Wins His Third Virginia Open Title

Richmond, VA - Temperatures into the high 90's and high humidity made for sweltering playing conditions and extremely low scores. Mike Brown, winner of the Virginia State event the previous morning on this course, was looking to capture his third Virginia Open title. Brown, winner of the 1992 and 1993 Virginia Opens, had been close to winning the Virginia Open several times but had not been able to capture his third Virginia Open until 1999.

Brown opened with a strong round of 22, 14-under par, to lead Gary Hinshaw by two-strokes and a group of four players at 25 by three strokes. The second round saw 1995 Virginia Open champion Peter Neumann shoot a 22, 14-under par, to put himself into the lead at 47, 25-under par. Neumann continued his hot play in the third round shooting a 24, 12-under par, but Brown made his move shooting his second 22 of the day to move into a tie at 71, 37-under par, entering the final round.

Brown fired a final round of 25, 11-under par, to finish at 96, 48-under par, for a two-stroke victory. Neumann faltered on the front nine missing holes 2, 3, and 4 and then missing the tenth hole to start the back nine. Neumann's final round of 27 gave him a four round total of 98, 46-under par. The 1994 Virginia Open Champion Greg Newport put together a final round of 23 to also finish at 98 along with Rich Gillooly who shot a final round of 24 to finish at 98. Rich Gillooly won the sudden death playoff and took home the second place trophy.

Rusty Taylor, coming off a disappointing opening round of 31, fired a perfect front nine en route to rounds of 23, 24, and 23 to finish tied for fifth at 101 with Ed Grajewski. Tied for seventh were the 1998 Virginia Open winner Manfred Stewart and Dave Taylor. In a tie at ninth and 103 were Gilbert Sharpe and Todd Barfield. Rounding out the money winners was Ken Cook at 104.

In the amateur division, Wesley Pollard and Malcolm Shumaker were tied at 77, 31-under par, entering the final round. Both fired six-under par, 12's, on the front nine to remain tied entering the final nine holes of play. Pollard's final nine of 13, 5-under par, placed him at 102, 42-under par, one stroke ahead of Shumaker for the victory. Finishing in third was Chuck Cyr at 105. Tied for fourth were Wayne Cheatham and Joe Gallagher. Finishing in a three-way tie for sixth were Gil Logan, Jonathan Moore, and William Glisson at 108.

The Virginia tour is next in action on Thursday, August 12th, at the Charleston, WV Putt-Putt Golf Course. The event, co-sponsored with the Great Lakes Tour, will be held as a warm-up event for the 1999 Northern Open. The North Carolina and South Carolina tours are next in action on August 7th and 8th in Spartanburg, SC. The Virginia Tour plays its team championship on Saturday, August 21st, in Newport News, VA and the third major of the year, the Virginia Putting Classic on Sunday, August 22nd, also in Newport News, VA. The next National event is the 1999 Northern Open in Charleston, WV on August 14th and 15th.

Professional Scores from the 1999 Virginia Open (Richmond, VA - 1 August 1999)

Round

VA

Player

 1 2 3 4

Total

Prize Money

Points
1 Mike Brown 22 27 22 25 96 $300.00 25
2 Peter Neumann 25 22 24 27 98 $175.00 19
Greg Newport 28 22 25 23 98 $175.00 19
Rich Gillooly 27 23 24 24 98 $175.00 19
5 Rusty Taylor 31 23 24 23 101 $125.00 16.5
Ed Grajewski 28 26 22 25 101 $125.00 16.5
7 Manfred Stewart 30 24 23 25 102 $105.00 14.5
Dave Taylor 25 27 23 27 102 $105.00 14.5
9 Gilbert Sharpe 25 26 27 25 103 $82.50 12.5
Todd Barfield 25 31 25 22 103 $82.50 12.5
11 Ken Cook 26 27 24 27 104 $75.00 11
12 Kevin Garrett 29 28 23 25 105 10
13 Buddy Taylor 28 28 26 24 106 9
14 Brad Lebo 28 25 25 29 107 6.5
Danny Dore 27 24 28 28 107 6.5
Bart Bason 31 27 23 26 107 6.5
Opie Roberts 31 26 25 25 107 6.5
18 Gary Hinshaw 24 28 28 29 109 4
19 Thomas Rawles 27 26 27 31 111 2.5
Mike Damsky 27 26 29 29 111 2.5
21 Rodney Ashley 30 24 30 30 114 1
Rick Rybaczek 28 29 29 28 114 1

  Amateur Scores from the 1999 Virginia Open (Richmond, VA - 1 August 1999)

Round

VA

Player

 1 2 3 4

Total

Prize Money

Points
1 Wesley Pollard 27 25 25 25 102 $25.00 20
2 Malcolm Shumaker 24 27 26 26 103 $25.00 15
3 Chuck Cyr 28 26 25 26 105 $25.00 14
4 Wayne Cheatham 25 27 28 26 106 $25.00 12.5
Joe Gallagher 28 26 25 27 106 $25.00 12.5
6 Gil Logan 27 29 25 27 108 $8.33 10
Jonathan Moore 28 29 26 25 108 $8.33 10
William Glisson 25 27 30 26 108 $8.33 10
9 Matt Summey 26 31 25 27 109 8
10 Keith Waters 30 27 27 26 110 6.5
Mike Grant 30 25 28 27 110 6.5
12 Billy Caudle 27 28 27 29 111 4.5
Matt Coghill 28 29 28 26 111 4.5
14 Ray Guthrie 29 28 27 28 112 3
15 Steven Jones 26 30 31 26 113 1.25
Walter Kolb 25 30 32 26 113 1.25
Amy Smith 28 30 26 29 113 1.25
Robert Chetister 30 29 26 28 113 1.25
19 Philip Wagoner 28 28 29 29 114 1
Randy Fitzgerald 28 28 31 27 114 1
21 David Sharp 30 29 26 33 118 1
22 Ken Schooler 29 30 29 32 120 1
23 Bill Garrett 28 32 33 31 124 1

Novice Scores from the 1999 Virginia Open (Richmond, VA - 1 August 1999)

Round

Player

 1 2 3

Total
1 Wayne Saunders 28 27 24 79
2 Darrell Anderson 24 28 29 81
3 Kyle Fitzgerald 30 30 32 92
4 Bill Carnohan 30 31 33 94
5 Natt Morva 35 29 31 95
Gary Moore 30 33 32 95
7 Tracy Logan 32 33 32 97
8 Neal Adams 33 33 36 102
9 Kristine Wagoner 37 34 36 107

Professional Team Scores from the 1999 Virginia Open (Richmond, VA - 1 August 1999)

Round

Player

 1 2 3 4

Total

Prize Money
1 M. Brown/B. Lebo 50 52 47 54 203 $20.00
2 G. Sharpe/M. Stewart 55 50 50 50 205 $10.00
3 E. Grajewski/K. Garrett 57 54 45 50 206
4 D. Taylor/B. Taylor 53 55 49 51 208
5 P. Neumann/T. Rawles 52 48 51 58 209

 

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