12 August 2000 - Fredericksburg, VA - Danny Dore won his first tournament in Virginia in 2000 by defeating Greg Newport in a playoff for first. Dore had the lead in the tournament until Greg Newport came back with a final round 25 to force the playoff. But Dore won in the playoff continuing to play strong the whole afternoon on this unseasonable and less humid afternoon.
Brown finished third for the 20-player pro division field with a score of 83. Darrell Anderson and Kevin Garrett rounded out the top five in Fredericksburg on Saturday each shooting 84 for a tie for fourth. Ten spots were paid out in the tournament with a score of 88 getting a two-way split for the final spot. Five spots were paid out in the APA Division. The Virginia tour will play again this Sunday, August 13 in Fredericksburg, on Course 3 at 11:00am. After that, their next weekend event will be in Richmond in two weeks on Course 3 for the Virginia Pro/Am Teams Championship and Putting Classic. Scores and tournament recap courtesy of Jonathan Moore and Opie Roberts. |
Dore opened the tournament with a 27 to lead by one shot over Newport and
five other players. Then, he fired a stellar second round 26 to take a one-shot lead over
Mike Brown and by three over Newport. Newport came back with the tournament low of 25 to
tie Dore. 
Amy Smith won her second straight Virginia
tournament, and the first outside of Richmond in her career with a final score of 85.
Smith had to come from one back of second round leader Jonathan Moore in capturing her
third career win and of 2000. Moore ended up second in the field with a score of 86 while
Matt Coghill finished in third at 87. Professional Division of Fredericksburg, VA Event (12 August 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Danny Dore** 27 26 28 81 $200.00 2 Greg Newport 28 28 25 81 $110.00 3 Mike Brown 28 26 29 83 $85.00 4 Darrell Anderson 30 26 28 84 $70.00 Kevin Garrett 28 28 28 84 $70.00 6 Bart Bason 29 28 29 86 $46.66 Ken Cook 30 28 28 86 $46.66 Matt Summey 29 29 28 86 $46.66 9 Brad Lebo 31 27 29 87 $40.00 10 Rick Baird 28 32 28 88 $20.00 Gary Hinshaw 30 28 30 88 $20.00 12 Vince Batten 29 30 30 89 Ed Grajewski 29 31 29 89 Dave Taylor 30 29 30 89 15 Wayne Cheatham 32 28 31 91 16 Gilbert Sharpe 28 33 31 92 17 Rusty Taylor 28 35 30 93 18 Scott Searcy 31 31 34 96 19 Buddy Taylor 33 33 31 97 20
Thomas Rawles 30 39 33 102
** Defeated Greg Newport in 18-hole playoff for first. Professional Teams Division of Fredericksburg, VA Event (12 August 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 D. Anderson - D. Dore 57 52 56 165 $20.00 2 B. Lebo - M. Brown 59 53 58 170 $10.00 3 E. Grajewski - K. Garrett 57 59 57 173 4 R. Taylor - B. Bason 57 63 59 179 5 W. Cheatham - V. Batten 61 58 61 180 G. Sharpe - G. Hinshaw 58 61 61 180 7 B. Taylor - D. Taylor 63 62 61 186 Amateur Division of Fredericksburg, VA Event (12 August 2000)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement 1 Amy Smith 31 27 27 85 $20.00 2 Jonathan Moore 30 27 29 86 $20.00 3 Matt Coghill 29 31 27 87 $20.00 4 Wesley Pollard 30 30 28 88 $20.00 5 Wayne Saunders 29 30 31 90 $20.00 6 Malcolm Shumaker 35 28 28 91 7 Russell Johnson 32 29 31 92 8 Steven Jones 35 29 29 93 9 Chuck Cyr 36 29 31 96 10 Ken Schooler 34 33 32 99 11 Bill Garrett 32 37 31 100
Walter Kolb 35 31 34 100 13 David Sharp 36 36 30 102 14 Bob Chetister
38 36 31 105
Novice Division of Fredericksburg, VA Event (12 August 2000)
| Round | ||||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
| 1 | Tyler Proffitt | 29 | 32 | 27 | 88 | |
| 2 | Steve Wilson | 34 | 35 | 34 | 103 | |
| 3 | Beth Jones | 35 | 36 | 35 | 106 | |