Mike Flavin Ties Two Course Records on Way to Win in Anderson
23 June 2001 - Anderson, S.C. - It took sharing two course records in Anderson for Mike Flavin to pick up his first victory since May 25, 1996 when he won in Charleston, South Carolina. Flavin tied both the single and three-round tournament records to capture his first win in over five years.
Mike Flavin playing in the 2000 PPA National Championship.
Flavin would get things started off on the right foot by opening play with a course tying record of 23 for a four shot lead over Randy Reeves. The score of 23 is also shared by Greg Ward, which set the record back in May 1999. Despite a second round 30, Flavin still led by four shots over Todd Fowler, who fired a second round 26 (second best score of the afternoon) after opening with a 31.
Flavin won the tournament in a wire-to-wire finish. He fired a final round 29 to end up with the day's best score of 82. The score matched Ward's finish back in 1999 and also tied Enid Klapper for the best score shot for 54 holes in Anderson when she did it in 1989.
Despite the history of high scoring in Anderson, five players broke 90, the first time that has ever happened. Also, Fowler's second place finish at 84 set a new record for the lowest score shot by a non-winner in Anderson. His score came with a pair of double bogey fours in the first round. Flavin's 53 also matched the 36-hole total set by Ward in 1999.
Brian Hutchins now leads the APA tour in victories with four after his second consecutive win in Anderson on Saturday afternoon. Again, the final round was the key factor. After a four-way tie for the lead at 29, which Hutchins was a part of, Hutchins was only down by two to Chris Hudson after a dismal 34 in the second round put him in a tie for third with points leader Tommy Hutchinson.
Hutchins started his comeback run again as he did earlier in the day with a final round 27 to vault to another winning finish by three shots over Keith Waters. Hutchins ended up ten shots better than in the morning when he wound up shooting 90. Waters finished in second at 93, while Hudson was third at 94. The win for Hutchins, coupled with an eight-place finish by Hutchinson during the afternoon, has now given the 1999 APA State Champion a 2 1/2 point lead on the current APA State Champion.
Rounding out the top five for the Pro Division in Anderson were three players finishing third at 88, including Jimmy Mott, Greg Newport and Randy Reeves. Once again, there were 13 money spots paid out in the Pro Division and three were given out in the APA Division. The Pro's cash line was at 95, one shot lower than earlier in the day; the APA's was at 94, seven better than earlier.
Flavin took both the State Qualifying and Match Play spots from this tournament, while Fowler took the 2-day spot. After 12 tournaments this season, Ward has a commanding 36-point lead on Fowler, whose finish moved him ahead of Robert Johnson for second. Ward also became the first player this season on the South Carolina tour program to amass $1,000.00 in winnings for 2001.
The South Carolina tour will continue their season in two weeks as they join forces with the North Carolina tour. They will start the weekend in Gastonia on Course 3, at 12:00pm on Saturday, July 7. After that, they will head over to Charlotte to play on Sunday, July 8, starting at 10:00am on Course 2.
Recap provided by Opie Roberts and scores provided by Rick Rybaczek.
Professional Division of Anderson, S.C. Event (23 June 2001)
Round
S.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1
Flavin, Mike
23
30
29
82
30.00
$ 120.00
2
Fowler, Todd
31
26
27
84
29.00
$80.00
3
Mott, Jimmy
29
31
28
88
27.00
$ 60.00
Reeves, Randy
27
31
30
88
27.00
$ 60.00
Newport, Greg
30
27
31
88
27.00
$ 60.00
6
Guthrie, Ray
31
29
30
90
24.50
$ 48.00
English, Gary
32
29
29
90
24.50
$ 48.00
8
Ward, Greg
31
27
33
91
22.00
$ 40.00
Jackson, Tony
31
30
30
91
22.00
$ 40.00
Reid, Jonathan
34
30
27
91
22.00
$ 40.00
11
Burton, Lewis
33
28
31
92
19.50
$ 35.00
Varnadore, Tony
30
34
28
92
19.50
$ 35.00
13
Barbour, Tommy
36
27
32
95
18.00
$ 35.00
14
Hitt, Michael
33
33
30
96
16.50
Klapper, Jay
31
31
34
96
16.50
16
Johnson, Robert
32
33
32
97
15.00
17
Rybaczek, Rick
30
35
33
98
14.00
18
Martin, Brian
35
31
33
99
13.00
19
Randall, Vance
36
33
32
101
12.00
20
Warren, Frank
34
34
34
102
10.50
Jackson, Bob
30
38
34
102
10.50
22
Pack, Tony
32
36
35
103
8.50
Ward, Robert
36
35
32
103
8.50
24
Britt, Darrell
32
38
35
105
6.50
Bryant, Robby
33
35
37
105
6.50
26
Orr, Randy
34
39
34
107
5.00
27
Anders, Dan
37
38
33
108
5.00
Amateur Division of Anderson, S.C. Event (23 June 2001)
Round
S.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1
Hutchins, Brian
29
34
27
90
15.00
$ 10.00
2
Waters, Keith
29
33
31
93
14.00
$ 10.00
3
Hudson, Chris
29
32
33
94
13.00
$ 5.00
4
Griffin, Richard
34
30
32
96
12.00
5
Smith, Adam
32
36
29
97
11.00
6
Coffey, J. L.
29
36
33
98
10.00
7
Trent, Todd
33
37
29
99
9.00
8
Hutchinson, Tommy
31
32
37
100
8.00
9
Norby, Robbie
37
32
33
102
7.00
10
Brigman, Keith
34
42
37
113
6.00
11
Moist, Linwood
38
32
52
122
5.00
12
Trent, Robin
44
39
40
123
4.00
13
Harvey, Darren
43
42
42
127
3.00
14
Helton, Steve
Withdrew
1.50
Helton, Betty
Withdrew
1.50
