18 June 2000 - Lynchburg, VA - What a difference 24 hours can make. On Saturday, Rick Rybaczek was mired a tie for 27th after finishing the tournament. On Sunday, he began the tournament opening with a 28 making him tied for fifth. The second round was the key in the event as he shot the lowest round of the tournament of 25 to take a three-shot lead over three other players and never faltered in winning his second tournament of the season and career in Lynchburg.
Robert Johnson once again wound up in a three-way tie for second at 85, this time with Greg Newport and Rick Baird, who made the last six to get there. Newport shared the first round lead of 26 with Ed Grajewski. Rounding out the top five in the Pro Division were Andy Coradini, Bill Kirby, and Dave Taylor, all in at 86. Fifteen spots were paid out in this event with the score 91 placing for a three-way split for the final available spots. Coradini took the NCPPA Championship spot to be played in Greensboro in September. Randal Smith took the NCPPA Match Play spot to be played in Forest City. Walter Kolb grabbed the two-day APA spot. Special thanks were given out to Joe and Terry Aboid for their welcome to the PPA once again coming to Lynchburg, VA. The next tournament for North Carolina will be this coming weekend in Spartanburg, South Carolina as they will compete with the South Carolina tour on Course 2. The tournament on Saturday will start at 12:00pm, followed by Sunday's tournament starting at 10:00am. Virginia will take time off for the next couple of weeks and will play again in Richmond on July 8 & 9, with the tournament on Sunday being the 2000 Virginia Open. These tournaments will be played on Course 2. Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts. |
Rybaczek ran off strings of five in a row on two separate
occasions, including on the front nine of the second round when he shot 11 on the front by
making the last five of the front. Weather elements remained the same with oppressive
humidity being the key for higher scoring, despite low scores for the first round. 
The same scenario was in place for the APA Division, as Matt
Coghill, who finished tied for 16th out of 18 players on Saturday, emerged victorious for
the first time in his shortened APA career. After taking the lead in the first round of
26, he fell backwards to be in a tie at 59 with Jimmy Comer. Coghill then put forth a
final round 29 that was good enough to grab his first win this year with a score of 88.
Comer tied Steven Jones for second at 90. Professional Division of Lynchburg, VA Event (18 June 2000)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Rick Rybaczek 28 25 29 82 $200.00 2 Rick Baird 28 31 26 85 $90.00 Robert Johnson 27 30 28 85 $90.00 Greg Newport 26 30 29 85 $90.00 5 Andy Coradini 29 29 28 86 $53.33 Bill Kirby 29 28 29 86 $53.33 Dave Taylor 28 28 30 86 $53.33 8 Todd Barfield 29 27 31 87 $40.00 Bart Bason 28 29 30 87 $40.00 10 Bob Haizlip 28 32 28 88 $40.00 11 Thomas Rawles 32 28 29 89 $40.00 Randal Smith 31 31 27 89 $40.00 13 Ed Grajewski 26 32 32 90 $40.00 C. L. Jones 29 32 29 90 $40.00 15 Peter Neumann 28 32 31 91 $13.33 Gilbert Sharpe 27 32 32 91 $13.33 Buddy Taylor 32 26 33 91 $13.33 18 Ray Guthrie 27 31 34 92 Gary Hester 28 33 31 92 20 Matt Summey 32 29 32 93 21 Gary English 27 35 32 94 22 Kevin Garrett 33 32 30 95 Bo Luthie 31 34 30 95 24 Bob Davis 33 33 31 97 Opie Roberts 35 29 33 97 Rusty Taylor 35 32 30 97 27 Ken Cook 33 32 33 98 28 Wayne Cheatham 35 35 31 101 Brad Lebo 33 33 35 101 30 Glenwood Arrington 36 33 34 103 31 David Abshire 38 35 36 109
Amateur Division of Lynchburg, VA Event (18 June 2000)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement 1 Matt Coghill 26 33 29 88 $20.00 2 Jimmy Comer 30 30 30 90 $20.00 Steven Jones 31 28 31 90 $20.00 4 Wesley Pollard 29 34 29 92 $20.00 5 Bob Chetister 33 28 32 93 $10.00 Bill Garrett 34 31 28 93 $10.00 7 Wayne Saunders 30 34 30 94 Amy Smith 31 32 31 94 9 David Sharp 33 30 32 95 10 Donnie Byers 30 34 32 96 Chuck Cyr 33 32 31 96 12 Billy Caudle 36 32 31 99 Malcolm Shumaker 32 31 36 99 Steve Vaughan 36 31 32 99 15 Walter Kolb 35 32 33 100 Jonathan Moore 36 29 35 100 Ken Schooler 36 33 31 100 18 Russell Johnson 34 36 32 102 19 Charles Alexander 35 37 36 108