Greg Ward Wins $2,000 Fayetteville Area Convention Visitors Bureau Open
30 July 2000 - Fayetteville, NC - Greg Ward, trailing by two strokes entering the second round, put together a final round of 23 to post a two-round total of 49 for a one-stroke victory. Rod Miller and Kevin Lacey each tied for second place at 50, 22-under par, although each arrived at that score in a different manner. Rod Miller posted a first round of 29 followed up by a 21 in the second round. Kevin Lacey put together two rounds of 25 for his two round total of 50.
Tied for fourth were Jeff Estep, Bill Kirby, and Jeffrey Smith at 51. Rounding out the top ten were Lee Messinger, Rich Gillooly, Tony Jackson, Todd Barfield, Ron Frederick, and John Napoli all tied for seventh at 52, 20-under par.
In the APA Division, Jeff Brown defeated Jonathan Reid in an 18-hole playoff after each firing 54, 18-under par. In a three way tie for third, Terry Porter, Wesley Pollard, and Todd Trent each shot 56, 16-under par.
The PPA is next in action on Monday, July 31st, at the $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Open at the Fayetteville, NC course. Once again the players will be playing 36-holes in preparation for the $100,000 PPA National Championship to be contested on the Fayetteville course on August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Scores provided by the Putt-Putt Home Office.
Professional Division of $2,000 Fayetteville Area Convention Visitors Bureau Open
Round Prize Player 1 2 Total Money 1 Greg Ward 26 23 49 $ 300.00 2 Rod Miller 29 21 50 $ 175.00 Kevin Lacey 25 25 50 $ 175.00 4 Jeff Estep 25 26 51 $ 108.34 Bill Kirby, Jr. 27 24 51 $ 108.34 Jeffrey Smith 25 26 51 $ 108.34 7 Lee Messinger 24 28 52 $ 90.00 Rich Gillooly 26 26 52 $ 90.00 Tony Jackson 27 25 52 $ 90.00 Todd Barfield 28 24 52 $ 90.00 Ron Frederick 27 25 52 $ 90.00 John Napoli 25 27 52 $ 90.00 13 Brad Lebo 28 25 53 $ 78.33 Greg Newport 27 26 53 $ 78.33 Roland Block 24 29 53 $ 78.33 16 Bart Bason 30 24 54 $ 30.00 Rick Alessi 28 26 54 $ 30.00 Robert Johnson 29 25 54 $ 30.00 Ed Grajewski 26 28 54 $ 30.00 Tom Gross 27 27 54 $ 30.00 21 Cliff Matthews 28 27 55 Jim Engel 26 29 55 Ray Guthrie 26 29 55 Rainey Statum 27 28 55 25 Daryl Freeman 30 26 56 Rusty Taylor 31 25 56 Jim Heikkinen 28 28 56 Randy Reeves 30 26 56 Bob Davis 31 25 56 30 Craig Williams 29 28 57 Paul Johns 29 28 57 Jim Palisano 31 26 57 Frank Warren 30 27 57 Gary Hester 28 29 57 David Lynch 30 27 57 Jay Hadsell 26 31 57 Dave Nutini 28 29 57 Gary Benfield 33 24 57 Chris Bunting 30 27 57 40 Manfred Stewart 31 27 58 Charlie Greenwalt 33 25 58 Bill Baus 30 28 58 Paul Sample 29 29 58 Bill Thompson 31 27 58 Darrell Britt 34 24 58 Bryan Boyd 29 29 58 Tim Jones 30 28 58 Jay Klapper 30 28 58 Dom Perry 29 29 58 50 Rodney Ashley 30 29 59 Tommy Barbour 29 30 59 Dan Anders 30 29 59 Kevin Garrett 29 30 59 Al Simpson 31 28 59 Bo Luthie 30 29 59 Greg Roberts 27 32 59 57 Dave Taylor 32 28 60 Andy Coradini 32 28 60 Mike Brown 32 28 60 Lewis Burton 32 28 60 Peter Neumann 27 33 60 David Dingus 30 30 60 63 Mark Hasty 34 27 61 Tom O'Brien 34 27 61 Bob Haizlip 30 31 61 Mike O'Rourke 31 30 61 67 Mike McCormack 33 29 62 68 Vance Randall 32 31 63 Randall Willett 32 31 63 John Connor 32 31 63 Rick Rybaczek 33 30 63 Glenwood Arrington 37 26 63 73 Lee Witcofski 35 29 64 74 Mark Stephens 35 30 65 Buddy Taylor 33 32 65 76 Wayne Cheatham 35 32 66 77 Mike Hopkins 59 40 99 Amateur Division of $2,000 Fayetteville Area Convention Visitors Bureau Open
Round Expense Player 1 2 Total Reimbursement 1 Jeff Brown 28 26 54 $ 25.00 2 Jonathan Reid 29 25 54 $ 25.00 3 Terry Porter 32 24 56 $ 16.67 Wesley Pollard 28 28 56 $ 16.67 Todd Trent 28 28 56 $ 16.67 6 Steven Jones 32 25 57 Karl Moe 29 28 57 Philip Wagoner 31 26 57 9 Robin Ventura 30 28 58 10 Adam Smith 29 30 59 11 Chuck Cyr 35 25 60 Chris Hudson 31 29 60 Billy Caudle 31 29 60 14 Bill Combs 37 25 62 15 Amy Smith 32 31 63 16 Bill Hammons 35 29 64 17 Steve Helton 28 37 65 18 James Goin 37 31 68 19 Robin Trent 32 37 69 20 Chance Matthews 53 45 98