Gilbert Sharpe Wins Virginia State Event in Richmond, VA by Three Strokes
26 March 2000 - Gilbert Sharpe opened the first round with a 24 and trailed by one shot to Darrell Anderson. The local from Richmond then shot 25 in the second round to take the lead at 49, in the house by one shot over Brad Lebo, who carded a 23 in the second round that included a 10 on the back. Sharpe then fired a final round of 26 to win his first Virginia event for the this season by three strokes over Anderson. The score of 75 tied the lowest score shot on any tour this season, set by Mike Brown, who did it in Durham just one week ago in the North Carolina opening event. Anderson shot 78 to finish second in the pros. A three-way tie for third included Mike Brown, Brad Lebo, and Ken Cook to finish at 79, rounding out the top five.
Two Richmond players appeared in the playoff in the APA division. Malcolm Shumaker, who was the co-leader at 51 with Jonathan Moore after two rounds of play, shot a 28 to finish at 79. Coming from out of the pack was Mike Grant who fired a final round 24 to erase a four-shot deficit and force the playoff. In the playoff, Shumaker dominated after Grant got into some early trouble with a five on hole 2 and a bogey on hole 7. Shumaker, the 1999 Virginia APA State Champion, was five up after the front nine and cruised to his first win of the season. The APA rounded out its top five with Jonathan Moore at 80, and Bob Allen and Steven Jones finishing four strokes back at 83.
There were 22 pros and 19 amateurs in this tournament with 81 splitting last cash in the professional division and 83 getting last cash again for the APA.
The next event on the Virginia schedule will be in two weeks when they join the North Carolina tour in Durham on Saturday, April 8 at 12:00pm, and on Sunday, April 9, in Roxboro at 10:00am.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Richmond, VA Event (26 March 2000)
| Round | Prize | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Money | |
| 1 | Gilbert Sharpe | 24 | 25 | 26 | 75 | $200.00 |
| 2 | Darrell Anderson | 23 | 28 | 27 | 78 | $110.00 |
| 3 | Mike Brown | 25 | 28 | 26 | 79 | $75.00 |
| Ken Cook | 26 | 26 | 27 | 79 | $75.00 | |
| Brad Lebo | 27 | 23 | 29 | 79 | $75.00 | |
| 6 | Greg Newport | 25 | 27 | 28 | 80 | $50.00 |
| Buddy Taylor | 30 | 25 | 25 | 80 | $50.00 | |
| 8 | Rich Gillooly | 27 | 26 | 28 | 81 | $32.00 |
| Ed Grajewski | 30 | 25 | 26 | 81 | $32.00 | |
| Robert Johnson | 26 | 27 | 28 | 81 | $32.00 | |
| Dave Taylor | 26 | 29 | 26 | 81 | $32.00 | |
| Rusty Taylor | 26 | 27 | 28 | 81 | $32.00 | |
| 13 | Wayne Cheatham | 27 | 27 | 28 | 82 | |
| 14 | Thomas Rawles | 30 | 26 | 27 | 83 | |
| Rick Rybaczek | 29 | 28 | 25 | 83 | ||
| Manfred Stewart | 26 | 29 | 28 | 83 | ||
| 17 | Bart Bason | 25 | 30 | 30 | 85 | |
| 18 | Gil Logan | 32 | 29 | 25 | 86 | |
| 19 | Opie Roberts | 25 | 27 | 35 | 87 | |
| 20 | Matt Summey | 29 | 29 | 31 | 89 | |
| 21 | Gary Hinshaw | 29 | 28 | 33 | 90 | |
| 22 | Kevin Garrett | 28 | 32 | WD | ||
Amateur Division of Richmond, VA Event (26 March 2000)
| Round | Expense | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Reimbursement | |
| 1 | Malcolm Shumaker** | 25 | 26 | 28 | 79 | $20.00 |
| 2 | Mike Grant | 28 | 27 | 24 | 79 | $20.00 |
| 3 | Jonathan Moore | 25 | 26 | 29 | 80 | $20.00 |
| 4 | Bob Allen | 26 | 28 | 29 | 83 | $20.00 |
| Steven Jones | 28 | 27 | 28 | 83 | $20.00 | |
| 6 | Wayne Saunders | 29 | 29 | 27 | 85 | |
| Amy Smith | 27 | 30 | 28 | 85 | ||
| Phillip Wagoner | 29 | 29 | 27 | 85 | ||
| 9 | Bill Garrett | 28 | 29 | 29 | 86 | |
| Walter Kolb | 31 | 29 | 26 | 86 | ||
| 11 | Wesley Pollard | 28 | 26 | 33 | 87 | |
| 12 | Russell Johnson | 28 | 32 | 29 | 89 | |
| 13 | David Sharp | 32 | 31 | 27 | 90 | |
| 14 | Matt Coghill | 30 | 32 | 30 | 92 | |
| 15 | Bob Chetister | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 | |
| 16 | Ken Schooler | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | |
| 17 | Liz Lane | 33 | 37 | 28 | 98 | |
| 18 | Nat Morva | 34 | 32 | 33 | 99 | |
| 19 | Chuck Cyr | 35 | 32 | 35 | 102 | |