Brad Lebo Wins on VA Tour in Richmond, VA (8 July 200)

Brad Lebo Wins in Playoff in Richmond on the Virginia State Tour

8 July 2000 - Brad Lebo opened the three round Virginia State Tour event with rounds of 23 and 23 to open up a four stroke lead on his nearest competitor with one round to go. Gary Hinshaw, who entered the final round in second at 50, 22-under par, could do no better than 30 for his final round and ended up in third place. Manfred Stewart who trailed the leader Lebo by six strokes entering the final round posted a final round of 24 for a three round total of 76, 32-under par. Lebo, after posting tournament best rounds of 23 in each of his first two rounds, could only post a final round of 30 to tie Stewart after the regulation 54-holes.

The playoff saw Lebo open up a commanding four stroke lead after the first hole when Stewart mistakenly picked up his ball on the first hole of the 18-hole playoff assuming that the playoff was match-play and not medal-play. Stewart was assessed a one stroke penalty and hit four from the tee mat on his way to a five on the first hole. Stewart was unable to mount any considerable challenge to Lebo in the 18-hole playoff after this blunder on the first hole.

Five professionals, Rick Baird, Vince Batten, Ed Grajewski, Robert Johnson, and Wayne Cheatham, tied for fourth in the event at 81, 27-under par. Scott Searcy, Danny Dore, and Thomas Rawles tied at 82 for ninth place and the last full shares of prize money.

Local amateur Steven Jones opened the tournament with a first round 24, 12-under par, and lead the rest of the way. Jones score of 79, 29-under par, was good enough for a one-stroke victory over Amy Smith who posted a total of 80 for the three rounds. Rounding out the top four in the amateur division were Wesley Pollard at 81 and Jonathan Moore at 82.

The next event on the Virginia schedule will be August 12 and 13 in Fredericksburg, VA. The North and South Carolina tours will be in action on July 15 in Forest City, NC and on July 16 in Gastonia, NC.

Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Brad Lebo **	23	23	30	76	$200.00
2	Manfred Stewart	27	25	24	76	$110.00
3	Gary Hinshaw	27	23	30	80	$85.00
4	Rick Baird	28	26	27	81	$56.00
	Vince Batten	26	28	27	81	$56.00
	Ed Grajewski	28	26	27	81	$56.00
	Robert Johnson	26	29	26	81	$56.00
	Wayne Cheatham	29	28	24	81	$56.00
9	Scott Searcy	23	28	31	82	$40.00
	Danny Dore	26	29	27	82	$40.00
	Thomas Rawles	27	28	27	82	$40.00
12	Kevin Garrett	28	27	28	83	$13.33
	Gil Logan	27	29	27	83	$13.33
	Matt Summey	30	27	26	83	$13.33
15	Darrell Anderson	29	27	28	84
16	Dave Taylor	29	27	29	85
17	Randal Smith	27	34	25	86
18	Gilbert Sharpe	29	30	28	87
	Bo Luthie	29	28	30	87
	Greg Newport	28	31	28	87
21	Andy Coradini	26	30	32	88
22	Rusty Taylor	29	31	29	89
23	Buddy Taylor	31	29	31	91
24	Rick Rybaczek	30	31	33	94

		Round				Expense
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Reimbursement
1	Steven Jones	24	27	28	79	$20.00
2	Amy Smith	28	25	27	80	$20.00
3	Wesley Pollard	29	25	27	81	$20.00
4	Jonathan Moore	28	28	26	82	$20.00
5	Matt Coghill	29	29	27	85	$6.66
	Nat Morva	29	27	29	85	$6.66
	Marty Handschuh	27	28	30	85	$6.66
8	Malcolm Shumaker	26	28	32	86
	David Sharp	32	24	30	86
	Bill Garrett	29	30	27	86
11	Chuck Cyr	28	31	28	87
	Bob Chetister	32	26	29	87
13	Philip Wagoner	28	32	29	89
14	Walter Kolb	34	28	29	91
15	Liz Shumaker	29	30	34	93
	Donnie Byers	32	32	29	93
17	Bill Swindells	28	35	31	94
18	Russell Johnson	33	29	34	96