David Lynch Leads 2000 PPA National Championship After First Day
1 August 2000 - Fayetteville, NC - The first two rounds of the Professional Putters Association's $100,000 National Championship were played today at the 36-hole Putt-Putt Golf and Games facility in Fayetteville, NC. David Lynch of Dallas, Texas, put together rounds of 26 and 23 for a two round total of 49 and a two stroke lead over a group of nine players tied for second at 51, 21-under par. With the overnight rain, the scores were higher than in Pepsi-Cola Open with no scores on course 2 lower than 23, 13-under par, after a round of 20 and several rounds of 21 in the $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Open the day before.
Defending 1999 PPA National Champion, John Napoli, struggled in his opening round carding a 31 before firing a second round of 26 for a two round total of 57, 8 strokes out of the lead after two rounds. Greg Ward who won the $2,000 Fayetteville Area Convention Visitors Bureau and finished in second in the $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Open also struggled in his opening round shooting a 30 before firing a second round of 25 to place Ward 6 strokes out of the lead after the opening day.
In the amateur division, William Glisson of Martinez, Georgia leads with a two round score of 52, 20-under par. One stroke behind is Jeff Brown at 53 who finished second in the 1999 APA National Championship behind Robb Titchell who turned professional for the 2000 season.
With the players' two highest rounds being dropped, the 2000 PPA National Championship remains a wide open tournament. Rounds 3 and 4 will be played on Wednesday, August 2nd, with rounds 5 through 8 played on Thursday, August 3rd.
Scores provided by the Putt-Putt Home Office.
Professional Division of 2000 PPA National Championship
($100,000 Purse)
Round Two-Round Player 1 2 Total 1 David Lynch 26 23 49 2 Greg Newport 24 27 51 Brad Lebo 24 27 51 Cliff Matthews 25 26 51 Todd Fowler 27 24 51 Andy Coradini 26 25 51 Ron Frederick 24 27 51 Rick Alessi 26 25 51 John Connor 27 24 51 Jeff Estep 26 25 51 11 Mike Brown 25 27 52 Rick Baird 28 24 52 Tony Pack 28 24 52 14 Mike Flavin 29 24 53 Michael Hitt 30 23 53 Lee Messinger 29 24 53 17 Todd Barfield 28 26 54 Randal Smith 29 25 54 Peter Neumann 28 26 54 Tim Jones 29 25 54 Greg Roberts 27 27 54 22 Jeffrey Smith 29 26 55 Tony Jackson 28 27 55 Kevin Lacey 32 23 55 Rod Miller 29 26 55 Greg Ward 30 25 55 Lewis Burton 27 28 55 Bill Kirby, Jr. 28 27 55 Dave Nutini 29 26 55 Randy Reeves 29 26 55 31 Jim Heikkinen 27 29 56 Bill Baus 28 28 56 Gary Hester 29 27 56 Mike O'Rourke 30 26 56 Jim Cruse 32 24 56 Jim Palisano 31 25 56 Rich Gillooly 28 28 56 Daniel Price 29 27 56 Darrel Britt 29 27 56 40 Rainey Statum 29 28 57 Jay Hadsell 29 28 57 Bill Thompson 28 29 57 Randall Willett 30 27 57 Roger Beckerman 30 27 57 Rusty Taylor 30 27 57 John Napoli 31 26 57 Mark Hasty 28 29 57 48 Bo Luthie 29 29 58 Paul Sample 30 28 58 Robert Johnson 31 27 58 Charlie Greenwalt 28 30 58 Alan Quinnelly 27 31 58 Mark Stephens 29 29 58 Manfred Stewart 31 27 58 Dan Anders 31 27 58 56 David Dingus 29 30 59 Dom Perry 30 29 59 Tony Varnadore 33 26 59 Roland Block 31 28 59 Bob Davis 31 28 59 Bart Bason 29 30 59 Buddy Taylor 31 28 59 Frank Warren 27 32 59 64 Al Simpson 32 28 60 Gary Hinshaw 30 30 60 Danny Dore 35 25 60 Chris Bunting 29 31 60 Dave Taylor 32 28 60 Gene Reams 32 28 60 Robby Bryant 28 32 60 Paul Johns 31 29 60 Daryl Freeman 31 29 60 Bryan Boyd 33 27 60 Bob Haizlip 33 27 60 75 Jim Engel 33 28 61 Jay Klapper 33 28 61 77 Tom O'Brien 34 28 62 Craig Williams 30 32 62 Glenwood Arrington 34 28 62 Ray Guthrie 37 25 62 Vance Randall 33 29 62 82 Mike McCormack 34 29 63 Iwan Kurniawan 34 29 63 Rick Rybaczek 31 32 63 85 Mike Huckaby 31 33 64 86 Rodney Ashley 34 31 65 87 Tommy Barbour 37 29 66 Tom Gross 31 35 66 89 Lee Witcofski 38 29 67 90 Ray Rochliawati 40 36 76 91 Mike Hopkins 41 40 81 92 Derrick McCants 54 36 90 Amateur Division of 2000 PPA National Championship
($100,000 Purse)
Round Two-Round Player 1 2 Total 1 William Glisson 25 27 52 2 Jeff Brown 28 25 53 3 Terry Porter 28 27 55 Jonathan Moore 26 29 55 5 Amy Smith 30 26 56 6 Billy Caudle 29 28 57 Wesley Pollard 28 29 57 Steve Helton 30 27 57 9 Steven Jones 27 31 58 Robin Ventura 30 28 58 Karl Moe 30 28 58 12 Chris Hudson 31 28 59 Michael Fowler 30 29 59 14 Todd Trent 30 31 61 Jonathan Reid 30 31 61 David Sharp 30 31 61 17 Bill Hammons 34 28 62 18 Bill Lunsford 33 32 65 19 Philip Wagoner 33 34 67 20 Bill Combs 34 34 68 21 Chuck Cyr 40 30 70 22 Walter Kolb 43 32 75 23 Robin Trent 35 42 77 24 Chance Matthews 45 41 86