Greg Ward Wins in Playoff Over Barfield and Coradini
4 June 2000 - Spartanburg, SC - For the second straight South Carolina weekend, temperatures on Sunday were almost 20 degrees cooler from Saturday, and overcast conditions were the key elements in lower scoring from Saturday.
Greg Ward pulled out the tour's leading 40th victory of his career after firing a final round of 24 and watched on as Todd Barfield and Andy Coradini each carded a 76 to tie Ward. Coradini shot 23 in the final round to force the tie, and Barfield had a chance to win outright when his ball on 18 broke and missed just left at the last second to force the playoff.
All three players got off to very respectable starts through the first five holes. Coradini took himself out with a bogey on hole 6 and had problems clawing back as Ward and Barfield were topping putts one after the other. After Ward led by one after nine over Barfield, he broke it open when Barfield missed some good holes down the stretch, and before it was over, Ward extended the margin to four shots after 17 and won by three for his first win of the season.
Redemption was out there for Keith Waters, as on Saturday he lost by eight shots to eventual winner Jonathan Reid. This time, Waters captured the moment in the APA Division as he fired a 26 in the first round, and a 27 in the second, to run in a wire-to-wire victory. Waters closed the event with a score of 84, while Reid and Chris Hudson each tied for second at 86.
After Barfield and Coradini ended up tied for second, Gary English, Todd Fowler, and Tony Varnadore each finished tied for fourth at 78. The score of 23 was the low round of the tournament committed by Coradini, Varnadore, and Tony Pack. Thirteen spots were paid out in this event with a score 82 placing for the last available spot.
Barfield defeated Coradini in the playoff by three shots to take the qualifying spot for the South Carolina PPA State to be played on Course 2 in Spartanburg later this year. Varnadore took the Match Play spot to be played in Anderson in August. Opie Roberts edged out Rick Baird by one shot over the weekend to accept the South Carolina two-day spot. Greg Newport retakes the points lead by one point over Fowler when the weekend came to a close.
South Carolina resumes play next weekend, June 10 & 11, in Rock Hill on Course 2. Sunday's tournament will be the Palmetto Classic, four rounds with a tee-time starting at 9:00am. Saturday's event will start at 12:00pm.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Spartanburg, SC Event (4 June 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Greg Ward** 26 26 24 76 $120.00 2 Todd Barfield 26 24 26 76 $73.00 Andy Coradini 25 28 23 76 $73.00 4 Gary English 26 25 27 78 $55.00 Todd Fowler 27 27 24 78 $55.00 Tony Varnadore 23 27 28 78 $55.00 7 Rick Baird 26 27 28 81 $42.00 Tony Pack 23 30 28 81 $42.00 Randy Reeves 25 28 28 81 $42.00 Allen Wall 29 26 26 81 $42.00 11 Brian Martin 28 29 25 82 $35.00 Greg Newport 29 28 25 82 $35.00 Opie Roberts 26 26 30 82 $35.00 14 Darrell Britt 29 26 28 83 Michael Hitt 26 30 27 83 16 Edgar Hollifield 28 28 28 84 17 Robby Bryant 27 29 29 85 Robert Johnson 27 27 31 85 19 Jay Klapper 29 29 28 86 20 Tony Jackson 31 26 30 87 Frank Warren 26 31 30 87 22 Rob Smarzik 27 31 30 88 23 Dan Anders 30 28 31 89 24 Gary Hester 30 29 31 90 25 Bob Jackson 34 30 28 92 26 Bobby Kirby 32 29 36 97 **Defeated Todd Barfield and Andy Coradini in 18-hole playoff.
(Ward 24, Barfield 27, Coradini 30)Amateur Division of Spartanburg, SC Event (4 June 2000)
Round Player 1 2 3 Total 1 Keith Waters 26 27 31 84 2 Chris Hudson 28 32 26 86 Jonathan Reid 28 28 30 86 4 Tommy Hutchinson 30 29 30 89 5 Jimmy Comer 29 31 31 91 6 Billy Caudle 31 32 32 95 7 Todd Trent 35 34 36 105 8 Chance Mathews 36 41 33 110 9 Mason Harkey 40 35 38 113 10 Robin Trent 37 37 41 115 11 Lester Helms 38 40 42 120