Andy Coradini Leads 2000 PPA National Championship After Second Day
2 August 2000 - Fayetteville, NC - The third and fourth 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. Andy Coradini, trailing the first day leader David Lynch by two strokes entering the day, fired rounds of 23 and 26 to post a two day total of 100, 44-under par. Coradini leads two players, David Lynch and Rick Alessi, by three strokes. Another group of five players are at 104, 40-under par, four strokes behind Coradini.
In the amateur division, Jeff Brown takes a three stroke lead into the final day after rounds of 24 and 28 gave him a two day total of 105, 39-under par. Brown is trailed by William Glisson and Wesley Pollard who are tied for second at 108, 36-under par.
With the players' two highest rounds being dropped, the 2000 PPA National Championship remains a wide open tournament. Rounds 5 through 8 are played on Thursday, August 3rd.
Scores provided by the Putt-Putt Home Office.
Professional Division of 2000 PPA National Championship
($100,000 Purse)
Round 72-Hole Player 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Andy Coradini 26 25 23 26 100 2 David Lynch 26 23 29 25 103 Rick Alessi 26 25 24 28 103 4 Mike Flavin 29 24 24 27 104 Michael Hitt 30 23 24 27 104 Greg Newport 24 27 26 27 104 Ron Frederick 24 27 23 30 104 Jeff Estep 26 25 27 26 104 9 Todd Fowler 27 24 27 28 106 Mike Brown 25 27 28 26 106 Rick Baird 28 24 27 27 106 12 Mike O'Rourke 30 26 21 30 107 13 Dave Nutini 29 26 26 27 108 Randy Reeves 29 26 25 28 108 Lewis Burton 27 28 27 26 108 John Napoli 31 26 25 26 108 Roland Block 31 28 25 24 108 Brad Lebo 24 27 29 28 108 Greg Ward 30 25 26 27 108 20 Bart Bason 29 30 24 26 109 Bill Kirby, Jr. 28 27 27 27 109 Peter Neumann 28 26 27 28 109 John Connor 27 24 28 30 109 Rod Miller 29 26 25 29 109 Tony Pack 28 24 27 30 109 Cliff Matthews 25 26 25 33 109 Rusty Taylor 30 27 27 25 109 28 Charlie Greenwalt 28 30 24 28 110 Alan Quinnelly 27 31 26 26 110 Jeffrey Smith 29 26 27 28 110 Jim Cruse 32 24 25 29 110 32 Danny Dore 35 25 25 26 111 Kevin Lacey 32 23 26 30 111 Darrell Britt 29 27 26 29 111 Frank Warren 27 32 24 28 111 36 Roger Beckerman 30 27 28 27 112 Lee Messinger 29 24 31 28 112 Rainey Statum 29 28 26 29 112 39 Vance Randall 33 29 28 23 113 Tony Varnadore 33 26 27 27 113 Jay Hadsell 29 28 26 30 113 Gary Hester 29 27 31 26 113 43 David Dingus 29 30 26 29 114 Paul Sample 30 28 26 30 114 Robby Bryant 28 32 26 28 114 Dave Taylor 32 28 26 28 114 Tony Jackson 28 27 27 32 114 Paul Johns 31 29 28 26 114 Mark Stephens 29 29 25 31 114 Bob Davis 31 28 27 28 114 Todd Barfield 28 26 35 25 114 Manfred Stewart 31 27 26 30 114 Jim Heikkinen 27 29 30 28 114 Craig Williams 30 32 25 27 114 55 Bill Thompson 28 29 30 28 115 Robert Johnson 31 27 29 28 115 Jim Engel 33 28 25 29 115 Daryl Freeman 31 29 27 28 115 Jim Palisano 31 25 27 32 115 60 Greg Roberts 27 27 32 30 116 Dan Anders 31 27 28 30 116 Bo Luthie 29 29 26 32 116 Mark Hasty 28 29 29 30 116 Tommy Barbour 37 29 24 26 116 Bryan Boyd 33 27 26 30 116 66 Bill Baus 28 28 28 33 117 Glenwood Arrington 34 28 24 31 117 Tom Gross 31 35 23 28 117 Randall Willett 30 27 30 30 117 Ray Guthrie 37 25 23 32 117 Buddy Taylor 31 28 30 28 117 72 Mike McCormack 34 29 26 29 118 Randal Smith 29 25 34 30 118 Dom Perry 30 29 28 31 118 Bob Haizlip 33 27 26 32 118 Rich Gillooly 28 28 29 33 118 77 Jay Klapper 33 28 28 30 119 Tim Jones 29 25 30 35 119 Chris Bunting 29 31 28 31 119 80 Gene Reams 32 28 28 32 120 Rick Rybaczek 31 32 28 29 120 Tom O'Brien 34 28 27 31 120 83 Lee Witcofski 38 29 29 26 122 Daniel Price 29 27 31 35 122 85 Iwan Kurniawan 34 29 31 29 123 Gary Hinshaw 30 30 29 34 123 Mike Huckaby 31 33 25 34 123 88 Al Simpson 32 28 31 35 126 89 Rodney Ashley 34 31 34 28 127 90 Ray Rochliawati 40 36 32 36 144 91 Mike Hopkins 41 40 43 35 159 92 Derrick McCants 54 36 39 47 176 Amateur Division of 2000 PPA National Championship
Round 72-Hole Player 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Jeff Brown 28 25 24 28 105 2 William Glisson 25 27 27 29 108 Wesley Pollard 28 29 24 27 108 4 Billy Caudle 29 28 25 28 110 5 Terry Porter 29 28 28 29 111 Steven Jones 27 31 24 29 111 7 Robin Ventura 30 28 27 27 112 8 David Sharp 30 31 24 28 113 9 Jonathan Moore 26 29 30 29 114 10 Amy Smith 30 26 30 29 115 Michael Fowler 30 29 26 30 115 12 Jonathan Reid 30 31 25 32 118 Karl Moe 30 28 29 31 118 14 Todd Trent 30 31 28 30 119 15 Chris Hudson 31 28 33 29 121 Steve Helton 30 27 31 33 121 17 Philip Wagoner 33 34 29 28 124 18 Bill Hammons 34 28 32 31 125 19 Bill Lunsford 33 32 32 31 128 20 Bill Combs 34 34 33 30 131 Chuck Cyr 40 30 32 29 131 22 Walter Kolb 43 32 30 30 135 23 Robin Trent 35 42 34 41 152 24 Chance Matthews 45 41 43 36 165