Todd Barfield Wins South Carolina Tournament in Rock Hill to Open His 2001 Season

Todd Barfield at the 2000 PPA National Championship.

28 April 2001 - Rock Hill, S.C. - Former Rock Hill player Todd Barfield returned to action as he played his first PPA event of the 2001 season. The former South Carolina State Champion used a second round 23, capped by a ten on the back nine, to share the lead with three others at 52. Barfield's final round of 26 earned him his first win of the season on the South Carolina tour.

In the early going, it would be another local player, Jimmy Mott, taking the first round lead of 24, good enough to lead by one stroke over Jonathan Reid. Barfield would be five back of Mott after the first round, but would quickly respond on the back nine of the second round. Barfield missed one hole on the back (hole 12) to cap off a sensational round of 23 to go in the house tied for first with Mott, Tony Pack, and Vance Randall.

As the final round was winding down, four players walked in the clubhouse at 82, a group that included Mott, Greg Ward, Todd Fowler, and Frank Warren. Randall had four holes left to play and made them all to finish at 81 to take over the temporary lead at this point. By then, Barfield had six holes left and only needed to make two to win. By the time he got to hole 15, he was sitting atop the leader board and only made one of the last three to secure a two-shot victory over Randall. Barfield completed a perfect day with rounds of 29, 23, and 27 to wind up at 79. Randall ended up in second at 81.

Brian Hutchins cruised to an easy victory in the APA Division for the first time this year. Hutchins took the lead after the second round at 56, leading by three shots over Chris Hudson. Hutchins would extend the lead to a decisive margin of eight when he fired a final round 24 to end up at 80. The win for the 1999 State Champion is his first of the season. Jimmy Comer fired a final round 28 to edge out Hudson for second at 88. Hudson would end up third at 90. There were 15 players in the APA field on a beautiful but warm Saturday afternoon.

Barfield accepted the South Carolina State Qualifying spot from this event. Randall grabbed the South Carolina Match Play spot after his best finish since coming out of retirement last year. There were 13 money spots paid out in the Pro Division with the score of 88 being the cash line. Three spots were paid back out to the amateurs, with Hudson's 90 being the line there.

The two tours will compete again this Sunday, April 29, at 10:00am in Rock Hill as Barfield looks to make it two in a row on his home course.

Recap and APA Scores provided by Opie Roberts PPA Scores provided by Rick Rybaczek

Professional Division of Rock Hill, S.C. Event (28 April 2001)

Round

SC Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money

1

Barfield, Todd

29

23

27

79

30.00

$120.00

2

Randall, Vance

27

25

29

81

29.00

$80.00

3

Ward, Greg

29

29

24

82

26.50

$58.00

Fowler, Todd

27

26

29

82

26.50

$58.00

Mott, Jimmy

24

28

30

82

26.50

$58.00

Warren, Frank

29

27

26

82

26.50

$58.00

7

Burton, Lewis

29

27

28

84

23.50

$43.00

Rybaczek, Rick

30

25

29

84

23.50

$43.00

9

Benfield, Gary

28

29

28

85

22.00

$40.00

10

Varnadore, Tony

27

30

29

86

21.00

$40.00

11

Johnson, Robert

26

30

31

87

19.50

$35.00

Pack, Tony

26

26

35

87

19.50

$35.00

13

Reeves, Randy

28

30

30

88

18.00

$35.00

14

Hitt, Michael

32

28

29

89

16.00

Newport, Greg

29

28

32

89

16.00

Reid, Jonathan

25

31

33

89

16.00

17

Jackson, Bob

28

32

30

90

14.00

18

Wall, Allen

31

27

33

91

12.00

Chambers, Kevin

31

31

29

91

12.00

Kirby, Bobby

34

30

27

91

12.00

21

Bunting, Chris

28

31

33

92

10.00

22

Hester, Gary

30

31

32

93

8.50

Gill, Nick

32

30

31

93

8.50

24

Jackson, Tony

33

29

32

94

7.00

25

Britt, Darrell

29

32

34

95

6.00

26

Klapper, Jay

30

34

35

99

5.00

27

Orr, Randy

37

39

32

108

5.00

Amateur Division of Rock Hill, S.C. Event (28 April 2001)

Round SC Prize
Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money

1

Hutchins, Brian

28

28

24

80

15.00

$10.00

2

Comer, Jimmy

30

30

28

88

14.00

$10.00

3

Hudson, Chris

29

30

31

90

13.00

$5.00

4 Hutchinson, Tommy 30 32 30 92 12.00
5 Smith, Adam 32 33 31 93 11.00
6 Coffey, J. L. 35 28 31 94 9.50
Waters, Keith 35 28 31 94 9.50
8 Helton, Steve 31 34 30 95 7.50
Walters, Billy 29 34 32 95 7.50
10 Trent, Todd 33 32 31 96 6.00
11 Waldrop, Calvin 32 32 33 97 5.00
12 Trent, Robin 31 36 33 100 4.00
13 Brigman, Keith 35 35 39 109 3.00
14 Waldrop, Robbie 37 38 35 110 2.00
15 Moist, Linwood 42 32 37 111 1.00
16 Mathews, Chance 41 42 35 118 1.00
 
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