Charlie Greenwalt Sweeps Final Event on 2000 Indiana State Tour Schedule
10 September 2000 - Southport, IN - Charlie Greenwalt survived the heavy rain and an 18 hole play-off with Shawn Gilliland to capture the final 2000 Indiana Professional Putters Tour (IPPT) event at Southport, Indiana. Rain postponed the start of medal play by 20 minutes but that didn't effect Greenwalt who fired an 8 under par 28 in his first round, followed by rounds of 26, 29 & 29 for a 72 hole total 112 (-32). Gilliland put together rounds of 30, 27, 30 and 25 for a 112 total and an 18 hole play-off. Greenwalt was able to shoot an 8 under par 28 in the play-off defeating Gilliland by 1 shot. Greenwalt won the Match Play event defeating Tom Gross 1 up 19 holes in sudden death and Gilliland 4 and 2 in the 36 hole final.
Scott McCutcheon of Southport fired a 72 hole total 123 to win the final amateur event of the 2000 IPPT. McCutcheon carded rounds of 28, 33, 30 & 32 to defeat Points Champion John Howard of Terre Haute. The win is McCutcheon's first of the year.
John Howard won the Southport Match Play Title defeating Klint Gentry of Southport 1 up 40th Hole in Sudden Death. Howard advanced to the final by defeating Nate Nichols of Columbus 1 up 18 holes.
Professional Division of Southport, IN Event (10 September 2000)
Round
Prize Match Play Player 1 2 3 4 Total Money Points Won Lost Cash 1 Charlie Greenwalt* 28 26 29 29 112 $70 180 2 0 $35 2 Shawn Gilliland* 30 27 30 25 112 $40 188 2 1 $20 3 John Watkins 31 32 26 29 118 $30 0 1 1 $10 4 Tom Gross* 28 31 32 28 119 $20 145 1 1 $10 5 Tom Morrison* 32 31 27 32 122 $20 126 0 1 $0 6 Jim Bryant* 31 32 26 33 122 $0 116 0 1 $0 7 Jim Garrison* 30 32 32 30 124 $0 100 0 0 $0 8 Dave Hager 34 35 31 34 134 $0 0 0 1 $0 9 Darren Clayton* 35 34 35 31 135 $0 59 0 0 $0
Amateur Division of Southport, IN Event (10 September 2000)
Round
Match Play Player 1 2 3 4 Total Points Won Lost Cash 1 Scott McCutcheon 29 32 30 32 123 TR-$10 x 0 0 x 2 John Howard* 35 30 32 27 124 $10 140 2 0 TR 3 Klint Gentry 32 31 32 31 126 $5 x 2 1 $5 4 Mike Lebeda* 31 33 31 32 127 $5 114 0 1 x 5 Nate Nichols 33 34 32 31 130 x x 1 1 x 6 Michael Hancock 32 36 41 29 138 x x 0 1 x 7 Steve Moon 32 38 35 35 140 x x 0 1 x 8 Sean Clark* 40 35 39 35 147 x 50 1 1 x