Mike Brown Wins in Fredericksburg, VA (9 September 200)

Mike Brown Post One-Stroke Victory in Fredericksburg, VA

9 September 2000 - Fredericksburg, VA - Opening rounds of 24 and 24 put Mike Brown ahead by two-strokes entering the final round. Holding a two-stroke lead over Bill Kirby, 1995 National Champion, Mike Brown, 1996 National Champion, fired a final round of 27 to post a narrow one-stroke victory over Kirby and Danny Dore. Brown's three round total of 75, 33-under par, was good for the $200 first place prize money and his third win of the year on the Virginia Tour. In a tie for second were Kirby and Dore at 76, 32-under par, with Wayne Cheatham, Ken Cook, and Ed Grajewski in a three-way tie for fourth. Rounding out the top ten were Andy Coradini at 78 in seventh, Rick Baird at 79 in eighth, Vince Batten at 81 in ninth, and Brad Lebo at 82 in tenth.

In the amateur division, Billy Caudle surged to a two-stroke lead after two rounds opening with 25 and 25. Trailing by two entering the final round was Wesley Pollard who opened the event with rounds of 24 and 28. The final round saw Billy Caudle cool off with a final round of 30 for a three round total of 80, 28-under par, good for a one-stroke victory over Wesley Pollard and David Sharp who tied for second at 81. Rounding out the top five in the amateur division were Malcolm Shumaker at 83 in fourth and Marty Handschuh at 85 in fifth.

The Virginia State Tour returns to action on Sunday, September 10th, at 10 a.m. for the 2000 Virginia State Championship. A field of 30 professional putters is expected for this six-round championship. Randal Smith will be out to defend his professional title with Malcolm Shumaker out to defend his amateur state title.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Mike Brown	24	24	27	75	$200.00
2	Bill Kirby, Jr.	25	25	26	76	$ 97.50
	Danny Dore	25	26	25	76	$ 97.50
4	Wayne Cheatham	28	24	25	77	$ 65.00
	Ken Cook	25	29	23	77	$ 65.00
	Ed Grajewski	26	25	26	77	$ 65.00
7	Andy Coradini	27	25	26	78	$ 45.00
8	Rick Baird	25	27	27	79	$ 40.00
9	Vince Batten	28	25	28	81	$ 40.00
10	Brad Lebo	29	25	28	82	$ 40.00
11	Darrell Anderson	27	25	31	83	$ 40.00
	Ray Guthrie	29	26	28	83	$ 40.00
	Rusty Taylor	28	28	27	83	$ 40.00
	Thomas Rawles	28	27	28	83	$ 40.00
15	Dave Taylor	27	30	28	85
16	Greg Newport	27	26	34	87
	Matt Summey	31	27	29	87
	Rick Rybaczek	32	27	28	87
	Peter Neumann	30	30	27	87
	Gilbert Sharpe	26	30	31	87
21	Bart Bason	33	30	25	88
	Kevin Garrett	31	28	29	88
	Robert Johnson	30	31	27	88
24	Gary Hinshaw	27	31	32	90
	Gil Logan	33	29	28	90
26	Buddy Taylor	32	29	30	91
27	Opie Roberts	31	34	31	96
28	Scott Searcy	32	34	31	97

		Round				Expense
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Reimbursement
1	Billy Caudle	25	25	30	80	$ 20.00
2	Wesley Pollard	24	28	29	81	$ 20.00
	David Sharp	28	29	24	81	$ 20.00
4	Malcolm Shumaker	27	28	28	83	$ 20.00
5	Marty Handschuh	30	25	30	85	$ 20.00
6	Steven Jones	28	30	28	86
	Bill Garrett	27	31	28	86
8	Jonathan Moore	29	31	27	87
	Ken Schooler	30	27	30	87
10	Wayne Saunders	29	29	30	88
11	Bob Chetister	25	32	32	89
12	Amy Smith	31	32	27	90
	Liz Shumaker	29	31	30	90
14	Keith Waters	32	33	26	91
15	Chuck Cyr	31	28	33	92
16	Matt Coghill	32	31	31	94
17	Russell Johnson	38	29	29	96
18	Walter Kolb	34	34	32	100
19	Philip Waggoner	31	36	34	101

		Round
	Player	1	2	3	Total
1	Tyler Proffitt	31	30	24	85
2	Rich Dent	28	32	28	88
3	Gary Moore	30	29	32	91
4	Jesse Scott	30	36	32	98
5	Tracy Logan	34	37	30	101
6	Kristine Wagoner	41	37	36	114
7	Ryan Bowie	50	41	39	132