Greg Newport Grabs Fourth Win - Second in Anderson in 2000
26 August 2000 - Anderson, SC - The last doubleheader played in Anderson back in April featured Greg Newport winning the morning event. The same scenario applied this time around as he won again there after carding a second round 27 to pull away from the field. Newport was the only player in the 80's during this tournament, thus making him a four-time winner on the South Carolina Tour in 2000.
Newport trailed first round leaders Andy Coradini and Bob Haizlip by one stroke as he was in at 30. The second round score of 27 put him up two over Coradini with one round to go, and held ground to finish at 88. Newport finished the tournament with a two-shot win over Gary English, who shot the last two rounds of 28 and 29 to pull him into second by himself. The win for Newport, with wins also in Spartanburg and Rock Hill, is a tour leading fourth of the season with only two events left, one of those being here in Anderson. Ironically, the rounds Newport shot (30, 27, 31) were the exact same rounds shot by him earlier this year in his April win in Anderson.
Players learned that newer fast carpeting was placed on five holes of the back nine, including the very difficult hole 16. With that, scores generally were lower on average than in the past. In fact, the cash line was at 96, its lowest since August 5, 1990 when the line was at 95.
William Glisson had an easy time the first two rounds of the morning, but ran into trouble in the third and final round. Hovering with a four-stroke lead over Chris Hudson, Glisson only shot a final round two-under 34 which included a four and a five that round, but it was just enough to escape with a two shot win over Hudson and Billy Caudle. Glisson shot 94 for his first win of the season in South Carolina. Hudson and Caudle each shot 96 for a tie for second.
English ended up with his best finish of the season, second at 90 for the 29-player field. Todd Barfield used a final round 27 to finish tied for third with Randy Reeves at 91. A slew of five players finished tied for fifth at 93, which include Darrell Britt, Edgar Hollifield, Tony Jackson, Robert Johnson and Tony Pack. There were 14 spots paid out in this event with an that score of 96 placing as Bob Jackson was the only player who shot it.
The qualifying spots from this tournament went to Coradini, who received only the State Championship spot into Spartanburg, and Barfield, who took the Match Play spot, to be played on Sunday.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Anderson, SC Event (26 August 2000)
Morning Event
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Greg Newport 30 27 31 88 $125.00 2 Gary English 33 28 29 90 $80.00 3 Todd Barfield 30 34 27 91 $65.00 Randy Reeves 31 30 30 91 $65.00 5 Darrell Britt 31 30 32 93 $49.00 Edgar Hollifield 32 30 31 93 $49.00 Tony Jackson 30 31 32 93 $49.00 Robert Johnson 33 32 28 93 $49.00 Tony Pack 30 30 33 93 $49.00 10 Andy Coradini 29 30 35 94 $38.00 Michael Hitt 33 31 30 94 $38.00 Rick Rybaczek 35 32 27 94 $38.00 13 Bobby Ward 31 37 27 95 $35.00 14 Bob Jackson 32 31 33 96 $35.00 15 Todd Fowler 29 34 34 97 Bob Haizlip 29 35 33 97 Mark Ross 34 29 34 97 19 Kevin Chambers 34 33 31 98 Greg Ward 34 31 33 98 20 Lewis Burton 32 32 35 99 Jay Klapper 34 30 35 99 22 Bobby Kirby 31 36 33 100 23 Mike Flavin 33 28 42 103 Vance Randall 36 31 36 103 25 Tony Varnadore 36 34 34 104 26 Robby Bryant 34 39 34 107 27 Opie Roberts 38 37 33 108 28 Nick Gill 38 32 39 109 29
Rob Smarzik 33 37 42 112 Amateur Division of Anderson, SC Event (26 August 2000)
Morning Event
Round Player 1 2 3 Total 1 William Glisson 28 32 34 94 2 Billy Caudle 29 34 33 96 Chris Hudson 32 32 32 96 4 Steve Helton 29 34 35 98 Jonathan Reid 34 32 32 98 6 Tommy Hutchinson 36 31 33 100 Adam Smith 36 33 31 100 8 Jimmy Comer 30 41 32 103 9 Keith Waters 32 36 37 105 10 Todd Trent 36 35 40 111 Stan Seethoff 38 37 37 112 12 Robin Trent 40 42 43 125 13 Darren Harvey 43 42 43 128 14 Chance Mathews 48 42 49 139