Greg Newport Wins $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Open
31 July 2000 - Fayetteville, NC - Greg Newport, trailing by one stroke to Greg Ward after the first round, put together a second round of 25 to post a two-round total of 46. Newport's total of 46, 26-under par, bettered Ward's total of 47 by one stroke. In a tie for third were Peter Neumann and Randy Reeves who shot 49. One stroke behind at 50 were five players, Lee Messinger, Rick Alessi, David Lynch, John Napoli, and Bart Bason.
Greg Ward provided the highlight of the day as he aced the first sixteen holes to open his first round. Tournament play on the course came to a stop as word spread that Ward was perfect through twelve holes. The gallery grew as Ward aced holes thirteen through sixteen. Ward's ace on the difficult sixteenth hole appeared to put him on track to record just the third perfect round in Putt-Putt history. Ward's putt on the seventeenth hole proved to be too hard and as it lipped on the right side of the cup. Ward finished his round with a deuce on the eighteenth hole for a first round score of 20, 16-under par, and a one stroke lead over Greg Newport, Bart Bason, and Todd Fowler.
In the APA division, Philip Wagoner used rounds of 28 and 24 to post a two round score of 52, 22-under par, and a one stroke victory over Wesley Pollard. Pollard's rounds of 26 and 27 gave him the second place. Jonathan Moore finished alone in third at 54 with Karl Moe alone in fourth at 55.
The PPA begins the $100,000 PPA National Championship on Tuesday, August 1st, at the Fayetteville, NC course. Over 100 players will be competing for the 2000 PPA National Championship over the three days of competition.
Scores provided by the Putt-Putt Home Office.
Professional Division of $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Open
Round Prize Player 1 2 Total Money 1 Greg Newport 21 25 46 $ 300.00 2 Greg Ward 20 27 47 $ 200.00 3 Peter Neumann 23 26 49 $ 137.50 Randy Reeves 24 25 49 $ 137.50 5 Lee Messinger 24 26 50 $ 96.00 Rick Alessi 23 27 50 $ 96.00 David Lynch 26 24 50 $ 96.00 John Napoli 24 26 50 $ 96.00 Bart Bason 21 29 50 $ 96.00 10 Jeffrey Smith 24 27 51 $ 87.50 Alan Quinnelly 23 28 51 $ 87.50 12
Paul Johns 26 26 52 $ 82.50 Dave Nutini 23 29 52 $ 82.50 14 Todd Fowler 21 32 53 $ 76.66 Bill Baus 25 28 53 $ 76.66 Kevin Lacey 22 31 53 $ 76.66 17 Chris Bunting 25 29 54 $ 37.50 Brad Lebo 24 30 54 $ 37.50 19 Gene Reams 25 30 55 Dave Taylor 28 27 55 Andy Coradini 23 32 55 Todd Barfield 27 28 55 Mike Brown 25 30 55 Frank Warren 26 29 55 Jim Engel 25 30 55 Jay Hadsell 23 32 55 Bo Luthie 26 29 55 28 Rainey Statum 26 30 56 Cliff Matthews 28 28 56 Tony Varnadore 27 29 56 Tom O'Brien 28 28 56 Bob Haizlip 27 29 56 Darrell Britt 29 27 56 Danny Dore 27 29 56 Michael Hitt 23 33 56 Tony Pack 27 29 56 Lee Witcofski 27 29 56 Ray Guthrie 26 30 56 39 Randal Smith 26 31 57 Roland Block 28 29 57 Rick Baird 23 34 57 Roger Beckerman 26 31 57 Bill Kirby, Jr. 27 30 57 Mark Hasty 26 31 57 45 Charlie Greenwalt 29 29 58 Paul Sample 29 29 58 Manfred Stewart 25 33 58 Greg Roberts 28 30 58 Rick Rybaczek 27 31 58 Rich Gillooly 26 32 58 Lewis Burton 30 28 58 52 Mike McCormack 27 32 59 Tom Gross 31 28 59 Tim Jones 28 31 59 Iwan Kuriawan 27 32 59 Tony Jackson 27 32 59 Rodney Ashley 29 30 59 Jay Klapper 28 31 59 59 Ed Grajewski 26 34 60 Daniel Price 30 30 60 Craig Williams 27 33 60 Jim Cruse 32 28 60 Rusty Taylor 28 32 60 Wayne Cheatham 28 32 60 John Connor 28 32 60 66 Mike Flavin 32 29 61 Robby Bryant 30 31 61 Tommy Barbour 29 32 61 Bryan Boyd 30 31 61 Randall Willett 30 31 61 71 Daryl Freeman 30 32 62 Mike O'Rourke 29 33 62 Bob Davis 29 33 62 Mike Huckaby 33 29 62 75 Glenwood Arrington 34 29 63 76 Al Simpson 31 33 64 77 Bay Rochliawati 38 36 74 Amateur Division of $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Open
Round Expense Player 1 2 Total Reimbursement 1 Philip Wagoner 28 24 52 $ 25.00 2 Wesley Pollard 26 27 53 $ 25.00 3 Jonathan Moore 28 26 54 $ 25.00 4 Karl Moe 27 28 55 $ 25.00 5 Jeff Brown 27 31 58 David Sharp 27 31 58 Bill Combs 28 30 58 8 Terry Porter 28 33 61 Chris Hudson 30 31 61 10 Steven Jones 28 34 62 Chuck Cyr 29 33 62 Steve Helton 29 33 62 Adam Smith 31 31 62 14 Amy Smith 30 33 63 Robin Ventura 30 33 63 Todd Trent 29 34 63 17 Walter Kolb 36 30 66 18 Robin Trent 35 39 74 19 James Goin 35 39 74 20 Chance Matthews 38 38 76