Randy Reeves Wins
$2,000 Hall of Fame Classic6 August 2001 - Lynchburg, VA - Randy Reeves of Montgomery, Alabama won the $2,000 Hall of Fame Tournament in Lynchburg, Virginia defeating Jeff Smith of Dallas, Texas in an 18 hole playoff. Both players finished the 54 hole event with identical 30 under par 78's. Smith earned his spot in the play off with rounds of 27, 26 and 25, while Reeves put together rounds of 24, 23 and 31.
Randy Reeves, winner of the 2001 Hall of Fame Classic (Lynchburg, Virginia).
"The conditions were very hot and a true test for our first tournament of Championship Week, " Reeves said. "It's an honor to win the Hall of Fame tournament against the best putters in the world," he added.
Rich Gillooly of The Netherlands finished one shot off the pace with a 54 hole total 29-under par 79. "The conditions were brutally hot," Gillooly said, "but I was delighted with my play and and a third place finish."
Jeffrey Smith, runner-up in the 2001 Hall of Fame Classic.Sixteen players earned spots in Tuesday's ProPutters.com Match Play Championship. They were Ken Hastings, Jody Comer, Kevin Garrett, Craig Williams, Gary English, Tom O'Brien, Todd Viau, Jim Cruse, David Lynch, Michael Hitt, Peter Neumann, Dave Taylor, Robb Titchell, Alan Quinnelly, Darrell Britt and Rich Gillooly. Sixteen other players were selected to fill the final spots in the Match Play Championship based on their cumulative point standing.
In the amateur division of the PPA Hall of Fame Classic, Wade Sahmel of Deer Park, Texas used a final round of 26 to overtake Malcolm Shumaker and post a one-stroke victory. Sahmel's total of 83, 25-under par, gave him the win over Malcolm Shumaker who finished alone in second at 84. In a tie for third were Jeff Brown and Wayne Saunders at 86 with Alan Sahmel and Danny Holcomb tied for fifth at 87.
Day two of Championship Week features the ProPutters.com Match Play Championship beginning at 8 a.m. The field of 64 putters will be narrowed down to the 4 who will then be featured on Television and play for the $4,000 in prize money.
Professional Division of the $2,000 Hall of Fame Classic
(Lynchburg, VA - 6 August 2001)
Round National Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1 Reeves, Randy 24 23 31 78 100.00 $ 300.00 2 Smith, Jeff 27 26 25 78 98.00 $ 200.00 3 Gillooly, Rich 26 26 27 79 96.00 $ 150.00 4 Guthrie, Ray 26 25 29 80 93.00 $ 112.50 Britt, Darrell 29 25 26 80 93.00 $ 112.50 6 Newport, Greg 28 25 28 81 90.00 $ 100.00 7 Ward, Greg 26 27 29 82 86.00 $ 93.33 Boyd, Bryan 28 25 29 82 86.00 $ 93.33 Barfield, Todd 28 25 29 82 86.00 $ 93.33 10 Quinnelly, Alan 28 27 29 84 79.00 $ 85.00 Johns, Paul 28 28 28 84 79.00 $ 85.00 Titchell, Rob 28 25 31 84 79.00 $ 85.00 Warren, Frank 27 29 28 84 79.00 $ 85.00 14 Taylor, Rusty 34 25 26 85 72.00 $ 76.67 Mott, Jimmy 29 24 32 85 72.00 $ 76.67 Taylor, Dave 27 27 31 85 72.00 $ 76.67 17 Neumann, Peter 30 27 29 86 65.00 $ 18.75 Taylor, Buddy 31 28 27 86 65.00 $ 18.75 Hitt, Michael 29 29 28 86 65.00 $ 18.75 Lynch, David 30 27 29 86 65.00 $ 18.75 21 Cruse, Jim 29 29 29 87 53.38 Baird, Rick 27 28 32 87 53.38 Viau, Todd 31 26 30 87 53.38 Varnadore, Tony 28 31 28 87 53.38 O'Brien, Tom 28 31 28 87 53.38 English, Gary 31 26 30 87 53.38 Williams, Craig 32 25 30 87 53.38 Brown, Mike 29 28 30 87 53.38 29 Beckerman, Roger 28 27 33 88 42.50 Garrett, Kevin 31 27 30 88 42.50 Matthews, Cliff 27 27 34 88 42.50 Comer, Jody 31 29 28 88 42.50 Baus, Bill 28 29 31 88 42.50 Coradini, Andy 27 29 32 88 42.50 Jackson, Tony 28 31 29 88 42.50 Lacey, Kevin 29 30 29 88 42.50 Hastings, Ken 29 24 35 88 42.50 Nutini, Dave 30 26 32 88 42.50 39 Lebo, Brad 33 28 28 89 34.50 Greenwalt, Charlie 28 29 32 89 34.50 Alessi, Rick 31 29 29 89 34.50 Moore, Gary 31 31 27 89 34.50 Johnson, Robert 28 31 30 89 34.50 Stewart, Manfred 29 30 30 89 34.50 45 Hasty, Mark 32 26 32 90 28.50 Rawles, Thomas 28 29 33 90 28.50 Dore, Danny 32 27 31 90 28.50 Sharpe, Gilbert 34 27 29 90 28.50 Randall, Vance 32 27 31 90 28.50 Anders, Dan 29 30 31 90 28.50 51 Freeman, Daryl 28 32 31 91 22.50 Simpson, Al 31 28 32 91 22.50 Thompson, Bill 31 27 33 91 22.50 Pack, Tony 30 32 29 91 22.50 Ashley, Rodney 29 27 35 91 22.50 Davis, Bob 33 27 31 91 22.50 57 Perry, Dom 33 29 30 92 15.00 Burton, Lewis 32 28 32 92 15.00 Klapper, Jay 32 28 32 92 15.00 Moe, Karl 31 25 36 92 15.00 Hadsell, Jay 30 31 31 92 15.00 Mingo, Barb 32 33 27 92 15.00 Bambling, John 29 30 33 92 15.00 Roberts, Opie 33 27 32 92 15.00 Barbour, Tommy 29 32 31 92 15.00 66 Rybaczek, Rick 32 29 32 93 9.50 Gross, Tom 31 28 34 93 9.50 68 O'Rourke, Mike 32 29 33 94 7.00 Messinger, Lee 30 32 32 94 7.00 Sample, Paul 30 31 33 94 7.00 71 Heikkinen, Jim 33 30 32 95 5.00 Bryant, Jim 32 30 33 95 73 Arrington, Glenwood 31 31 34 96 3.50 Grajewski, Ed 32 33 31 96 3.50 75 Ventura, John 33 30 34 97 2.00 76 Jones, CL 34 29 36 99 1.00 77 Abshire, David 36 33 35 104 1.00
Amateur Division of the $2,000
Hall of Fame Classic
(Lynchburg, VA - 6 August 2001)
| Round | Expense | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Reimbursement | |
| 1 | Wade Sahmel | 31 | 26 | 26 | 83 | $ 20.00 |
| 2 | Malcolm Shumaker | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | $ 20.00 |
| 3 | Jeff Brown | 30 | 28 | 28 | 86 | $ 20.00 |
| Wayne Saunders, Jr. | 31 | 26 | 29 | 86 | $ 20.00 | |
| 5 | Alan Sahmel | 28 | 29 | 30 | 87 | $ 10.00 |
| Danny Holcomb | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | $ 10.00 | |
| 7 | Bill Combs | 32 | 30 | 27 | 89 | |
| Wade Driskill | 31 | 27 | 31 | 89 | ||
| 9 | Tyler Proffitt | 31 | 31 | 28 | 90 | |
| 10 | Robin Ventura | 28 | 31 | 32 | 91 | |
| Jonathan H. Moore | 32 | 29 | 30 | 91 | ||
| Steve Tanton | 33 | 25 | 33 | 91 | ||
| 13 | Steven Jones | 31 | 30 | 32 | 93 | |
| Terry Sanner | 34 | 28 | 31 | 93 | ||
| Bill Garrett | 31 | 30 | 32 | 93 | ||
| 16 | Bill Hammons | 32 | 32 | 30 | 94 | |
| 17 | Charles W. Cyr | 32 | 33 | 32 | 97 | |
| Adam Sahmel | 32 | 33 | 32 | 97 | ||
| Donnie Byers | 34 | 30 | 33 | 97 | ||
| 20 | Amy M. Smith | 33 | 32 | 33 | 98 | |
| 21 | Trevor Lewin | 32 | 36 | 35 | 103 | |
| 22 | Bill Hudson | 34 | 34 | 37 | 105 | |
| Alex Boyd | 36 | 31 | 38 | 105 | ||