Bo Luthie Wins First State Major at 2000 Virginia Open (Richmond, VA

Bo Luthie and Amy Smith Capture First Major Wins in 2000 Virginia Open

The change from course 3 to course 2 in Richmond, VA did little to slow down to the scoring for the 2000 Virginia Open. In the 1999 Virginia Open, four players shot under 100 for the four round event. Leading after two rounds was Dave Taylor at 49, 23-under par, who fired a tournament low 22 in the second round. Greg Newport was one stroke behind after two rounds at 50 with Bo Luthie two strokes behind at 51.

Luthie's third round of 24, 12-under par, was enough to tie him with Dave Taylor at 75 for the lead after three rounds. Darrell Anderson and Danny Dore were just two strokes behind at 77. Playing in the first group, Dave Taylor posted a final round of 31 leaving the door wide open for Luthie to capture his first state major. Luthie did not disappoint as he fired his second consecutive round of 24 to post a four round score of 99, 45-under par, and three stroke victory over Greg Newport. Newport fired the best final round, a 13-under par round of 23, of the 2000 Virginia Open to move into second place at 102. Rounding out the top five were Darrell Anderson at 105, Dave Taylor at 106, and Ed Grajewski and Vince Batten tied at 107.

In the amateur division of the 2000 Virginia Open, Amy Smith fired a final round of 26 to catch third round leader Wesley Pollard and post a one stroke victory. Smith's score of 108, 36-under par, bettered both Wesley Pollard and Steven Jones by one stroke. Rounding out the top five were Chuck Cyr who lead after the first two rounds and Matt Coghill who tied at 110, 34-under par.

The next event on the Virginia schedule will be August 12 and 13 in Fredericksburg, VA.

		Round					Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	Total	Money
1	Bo Luthie	26	25	24	24	99	$300.00
2	Greg Newport	24	26	29	23	102	$200.00
3	Darrell Anderson	30	24	23	28	105	$175.00
4	Dave Taylor	27	22	26	31	106	$150.00
5	Ed Grajewski	25	28	28	26	107	$125.00
	Vince Batten	25	30	25	27	107	$125.00
7	Thomas Rawles	30	26	27	25	108	$93.75
	Robert Johnson	30	26	25	27	108	$93.75
	Rick Baird	28	27	29	24	108	$93.75
	Danny Dore	25	27	25	31	108	$93.75
11	Manfred Stewart	27	28	26	28	109	$75.00
12	Gilbert Sharpe	28	29	25	28	110	$75.00
13	Mike Brown	31	25	30	25	111	$18.75
	Bart Bason	28	26	27	30	111	$18.75
	Peter Neumann	31	26	27	27	111	$18.75
	Gary Hinshaw	28	28	28	27	111	$18.75
17	Brad Lebo	27	27	29	29	112
	Wayne Cheatham	28	26	30	28	112
19	Buddy Taylor	28	30	29	26	113
	Rick Rybaczek	27	30	28	28	113
21	Ken Cook	28	28	31	27	114
22	Randal Smith	31	29	25	31	116
	Rusty Taylor	26	31	28	31	116
	Matt Summey	30	29	27	30	116
	Andy Coradini	29	28	28	31	116
	Gil Logan	27	30	31	28	116
27	Kevin Garrett	28	28	30	31	117

1	Amy Smith	27	29	26	26	108	$25.00
2	Wesley Pollard	27	26	26	30	109	$25.00
	Steven Jones	27	25	28	29	109	$25.00
4	Chuck Cyr	26	25	28	31	110	$25.00
	Matt Coghill	28	29	27	26	110	$25.00
6	Malcolm Shumaker	29	27	30	26	112
	Wayne Saunders	28	33	27	24	112
8	Walter Kolb	29	30	28	26	113
	Doug Gurney	26	31	29	27	113
10	Philip Wagoner	27	28	26	33	114
11	Jonathan Moore	28	27	28	32	115
	Bob Chetister	29	28	27	31	115
13	Marty Handschuh	28	32	29	28	117
14	Russell Johnson	28	29	30	31	118
15	David Sharp	27	33	29	30	119
16	Nat Morva	32	32	29	31	124
	Donnie Byers	29	29	34	32	124
18	Bill Garrett	33	31	31	30	125
19	Bill Swindells	33	30	30	34	127