Greg Newport Wins in Spartanburg, SC
3 June 2000 - Spartanburg, SC - The tournament in Spartanburg on Saturday greeted many people to new carpeting and temperatures into the 90's at the start of the event. The carpeting for the event also
players with much lower scoring than in the past where upper 80's usually won the tournament on Course 1.
Greg Newport opened the tournament having the first round lead at 25 and led by one shot over four players. He found himself trailing by four shots to Darrell Britt when Britt shot a 23, course record, in the second round to take a three shot lead over Rick Baird. Newport found himself back into the lead when Britt took a five on the fifth hole, and Newport calmly walked into the clubhouse with a score of 80 (-28) to win by one over Britt.
For the reigning South Carolina Player of the Year, it was his second win of the season in South Carolina, the other being the morning event in Anderson back in April. Newport also reached a milestone when he aced the first hole to officially make the 700,000th stroke recorded in South Carolina history.
Jonathan Reid found himself in the win column for the first time this season with a pair of 27's in the last two rounds for an easy three-shot win over fellow local player Tommy Hutchinson. After being in third after the first round, Reid carded front nines of 12 and 11 in the final two rounds to capture his first win and retains his lead in the points race in the APA race. Hutchinson finished second at 87. Keith Waters took third with a score of 92.
Opie Roberts continued his hot streak within the competition by finishing in a tie for third with Gary English and Greg Ward at 82. The low round went to Britt and Robert Johnson with 23, new course record on Course 1. Fifteen spots were paid out in this event with a score 87 placing for the last available spot.
English took the qualifying spots in this event for the South Carolina PPA State to be played on Course 2 in Spartanburg later this year, and the Match Play spot to be played in Anderson in August. He received those after he defeated Roberts in a playoff for those spots.
The next South Carolina tournament will be Sunday, June 4, at 10:00am on Course 1 in Spartanburg. After that, they will head back to Rock Hill the following weekend on Course 2 for the upcoming Palmetto Classic on Sunday, June 11. The major is South Carolina's second of the season.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Spartanburg, SC Event (3 June 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Greg Newport 25 29 26 80 $125.00 2 Darrell Britt 27 23 31 81 $80.00 3 Gary English 29 28 25 82 $64.00 Opie Roberts 26 29 27 82 $64.00 Greg Ward 30 27 25 82 $64.00 6 Tommy Barbour 27 29 27 83 $54.00 Michael Hitt 28 29 26 83 $54.00 Robert Johnson 32 28 23 83 $54.00 9 Rick Baird 28 25 31 84 $48.00 Gary Hester 30 26 28 84 $48.00 11 Edgar Hollifield 26 31 28 85 $40.00 Tony Pack 33 27 25 85 $40.00 13 Mike Flavin 29 28 29 86 $35.00 Randy Reeves 28 29 29 86 $35.00 15 Tony Varnadore 28 32 27 87 $35.00 16 Tony Jackson 28 30 30 88 17 Dan Anders 30 27 33 90 Todd Barfield 29 31 30 90 Robby Bryant 30 30 30 90 Andy Coradini 26 33 31 90 21 Todd Fowler 32 29 30 91 22 Nick Gill 26 32 34 92 Jay Klapper 31 33 28 92 24 Bobby Kirby 30 34 29 93 Brian Martin 31 27 35 93 26 Chris Bunting 37 28 31 96 Tommy Hollifield 31 32 33 96 Rob Smarzik 31 30 35 96 29 Allen Wall 30 33 35 98 30 Bob Jackson 35 35 32 102 Amateur Division of Spartanburg, SC Event (3 June 2000)
Round Player 1 2 3 Total 1 Jonathan Reid 30 27 27 84 2 Tommy Hutchinson 27 28 32 87 3 Keith Waters 29 32 31 92 4 William Glisson 29 29 35 93 5 Jimmy Comer 31 34 29 94 6 Chris Hudson 33 33 32 98 Todd Trent 33 35 30 98 8 Billy Caudle 32 36 33 101 9 Steve Helton 33 32 37 102 10 Adam Smith 39 32 32 103 11 Robin Trent 33 35 39 107 12 Chance Mathews 43 46 41 130