Glenwood Arrington Wins Twin-Cities Open With Steady Shooting
29 April 2000 - Winston-Salem, NC - With less than 24 hours remain before the annual Carolinas' Open, there was a tournament on Saturday, April 29th, in Winston-Salem to see who would be an early favorite for Sunday. Several players on Saturday had the opportunity, but one player broke 80 on this overcast afternoon on Course 1.
Glenwood Arrington
Winner of 2000 Twin-Cities Open on the PPA North Carolina State TourGlenwood Arrington pulled out a surprise win after he fired steady and consistent rounds of 26, 26, and 27 to card out the tournament best score of 79. The retired truck driver from Martinsville, Virginia picked up his first regular season win on both the North Carolina and South Carolina tours, and grabbed his first win since winning the 1995 NCPPA Championship held in Martinsville. Arrington's victory also marked the seventh different winner on the NC tour in as many tournaments played and the fifth on the SC tour in as many events as well.
Jimmy Comer becomes only the third different first-time winner on the North Carolina APA tour winning by two shots over points leader Keith Waters. Comer opened the tournament with the lead at 26 and led throughout the event. Waters was contesting him round-for-round, but could not catch Comer down the stretch run, thus giving the former two-time North Carolina APA champion his first win of the season.
Arrington won by one stroke over three players including Ray Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Larry Simpson, all finishing at 80. Johnson was the leader after the second round at 51. Gary English, who led the first round at 25, and Todd Fowler each finished in a tie for fifth at 82.
Arrington took both the NC State Qualifying spot and Match Play spot as well for later this year. Johnson defeated Guthrie and Simpson in a playoff for the SC State Qualifying Spot and Guthrie took the SC Match Play spot.
The North Carolina PPA and South Carolina PPA will play again Sunday, April 30, at 9:00am in Winston-Salem for the Carolinas' Open. The pros will be playing six rounds while the APA will be playing four rounds. The defending champion of this event is Kevin Lacey. After that, North Carolina will be playing next weekend in Lumberton and White Lake. The tournament in Lumberton will begin at 12:00 noon on Saturday, and the tournament in White Lake will begin at 10:00am on Sunday.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Winston-Salem, NC Event (29 April 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Glenwood Arrington 26 26 27 79 $150.00 2 Ray Guthrie 28 28 24 80 $93.00 Robert Johnson 26 25 29 80 $93.00 Larry Simpson 30 23 27 80 $93.00 5 Gary English 25 27 30 82 $73.00 Todd Fowler 27 25 30 82 $73.00 7 Gary Hester 28 28 27 83 $63.00 Greg Newport 27 26 30 83 $63.00 9 Lewis Burton 27 29 28 84 $49.00 C. L. Jones 26 29 29 84 $49.00 Bill Kirby 28 26 30 84 $49.00 Thomas Rawles 28 26 30 84 $49.00 13 Andy Coradini 29 27 29 85 $43.00 Michael Hitt 28 28 29 85 $43.00 John Napoli 31 27 27 85 $43.00 16 Bob Haizlip 31 28 27 85 $40.00 Rob Smarzik 32 25 29 85 $40.00 18 Rick Baird 30 30 27 87 $20.00 Gary Benfield 33 26 28 87 $20.00 Tony Jackson 31 30 26 87 $20.00 Kevin Lacey 26 33 28 87 $20.00 Randy Reeves 31 29 27 87 $20.00 Greg Ward 30 28 29 87 $20.00 24 Edgar Hollifield 26 29 33 88 Jay Klapper 30 29 29 88 Brad Lebo 28 33 27 88 Randal Smith 28 34 26 88 28 Bart Bason 31 30 28 89 Gilbert Sharpe 28 34 27 89 30 Dan Anders 30 30 30 90 Opie Roberts 29 29 32 90 Allen Wall 26 28 36 90 33 Mike Griffin 31 29 31 91 Tommy Hollifield 30 30 31 91 Rusty Taylor 31 28 32 91 Tony Varnadore 28 30 33 91 37 Tommy Barbour 35 29 28 92 Bob Jackson 32 31 29 92 Rick Rybaczek 31 27 34 92 40 Kevin Chambers 28 33 32 93 41 David McCaslin 32 32 30 94 Don Thompson 28 34 32 94 43 Bill Walsh 33 31 31 95 Barry Wyatt 32 30 33 95 45 Buddy Taylor 33 32 31 96 46 Peter Ansbacher 36 32 32 100 47 Chris Bunting 36 33 32 101 48 David Abshire 31 37 36 104 Amateur Division of Winston-Salem, NC Event (29 April 2000)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement 1 Jimmy Comer 26 31 27 84 $20.00 2 Keith Waters 27 31 28 86 $20.00 3 Jonathan Reid 31 31 28 90 $20.00 4 Chuck Nance 34 27 31 92 5 Billy Caudle 31 32 30 93 6 Robin Ventura 31 33 30 94 7 Chris Hudson 31 31 33 95 Todd Trent 35 33 27 95 9 Walter Kolb 34 35 32 101 10 Charles Alexander 36 33 33 102 11 Adam Smith 39 33 32 104 12 Robin Trent 40 37 36 113
