Randy Reeves Wins His First South Carolina Tour Event Since August 2000
2 June 2001 - Spartanburg, S.C. - With a wins on the Texas and Great Lakes tour this season, Randy Reeves made South Carolina his second tour to pick up a victory. Reeves made the trip to Spartanburg on Saturday and was battling Frank Warren throughout the afternoon before pulling it out at the end.
Randy Reeves at the 2000 PPA National Championship.
Reeves started off strong with an opening round 24 to lead by two shots over Greg Ward and Andy Coradini. Reeves would back up in the second with a 30 to drop to second behind Warren by one shot. Warren fired a 24 in the middle round to lead at 53 with 18 holes remaining. Reeves and Ward each went in at 54.
Warren was gunning for his first win in almost four years, and almost had it. He fired a respectable final round 28 but it would not hold as Reeves outplayed him in the final round with a 26 to capture his first tour win since August 27, 2000 in Anderson. The win for Reeves is his fifth career on the South Carolina tour.
Spartanburg APA local player Tommy Hutchinson last played on this course in the State Championship last year and won by one shot. He kept his streak alive in Spartanburg by narrowly defeating Chris Hudson by one shot. Hutchinson trailed surprise first round leader Keith Brigman by five shots and was in the bottom half of the 12 player APA field.
Then, he takes the lead after the second round with a 26 (APA best round of the day) and held on to win his first event of the season in South Carolina. Hutchinson shot 86 to maintain his lead in the APA points race, while Hudson ended up at 87. Steve Helton, another local from Spartanburg, finished in third at 92.
Ward and Coradini each ended up tied for third at 82, while Todd Fowler and Robert Johnson rounded out the top five at 83 in the 29-player Pro Division field.
With his win, Reeves took the Match Play spot that was available to him, while Warren accepted the state qualifying spot. Fourteen spots were paid out from this tournament with the score of 89 receiving a two-way split for the final spot. In the APA, the score of 92 was the last reimbursement line.
South Carolina will return to action on Sunday, June 3, at 10:00am as they head north across the border to Forest City. The tournament is played on Course 1.
Recap and Scores provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Spartanburg, S.C. Event (2 June 2001)
Round S.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1
Reeves, Randy
24
30
26
80
30.00
$ 125.00
2
Warren, Frank
29
24
28
81
29.00
$ 80.00
3
Ward, Greg
26
28
28
82
27.50
$ 65.00
Coradini, Andy
26
29
27
82
27.50
$ 65.00
5
Johnson, Robert
30
27
26
83
25.50
$ 53.00
Fowler, Todd
28
27
28
83
25.50
$ 53.00
7
Baird, Rick
28
28
28
84
24.00
$ 50.00
8
Jackson, Tony
29
28
28
85
23.00
$ 45.00
9
Randall, Vance
30
27
30
87
21.00
$ 42.00
Barbour, Tommy
28
31
28
87
21.00
$ 42.00
English, Gary
30
29
28
87
21.00
$ 42.00
12
Varnadore, Tony
29
33
26
88
18.50
$ 35.00
Flavin, Mike
28
31
29
88
18.50
$ 35.00
14
Burton, Lewis
32
29
28
89
16.50
$ 18.00
Britt, Darrell
29
31
29
89
16.50
$ 18.00
16
Rybaczek, Rick
32
29
29
90
15.00
17
Hollifield, Edgar
31
28
32
91
13.50
Guthrie, Ray
29
31
31
91
13.50
19
Hester, Gary
30
32
30
92
12.00
20
Hitt, Michael
27
34
32
93
10.50
Caudle, Billy
31
27
35
93
10.50
22
Jackson, Bob
28
34
32
94
8.50
Kirby, Bobby
31
30
33
94
8.50
24
Reid, Jonathan
32
32
31
95
6.50
Chambers, Kevin
33
31
31
95
6.50
26
Wall, Allen
31
34
31
96
5.00
Gill, Nick
32
29
35
96
5.00
28
Pack, Tony
32
34
32
98
5.00
29
Hollifield, Tommy
28
37
34
99
5.00
Amateur Division of Spartanburg, S.C. Event (2 June 2001)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Reimbursement 1
Hutchinson, Tommy
32
26
28
86
10.00 2
Hudson, Chris
31
29
27
87
10.00 3
Helton, Steve
29
32
31
92
5.00 4
Trent, Todd
33
31
29
93
Brigman, Keith
27
34
32
93
6
Hutchins, Brian
31
31
32
94
7
Helton, Betty
30
33
32
95
Coffey, J. L.
31
31
33
95
9
Moist, Linwood
33
33
31
97
10
Trent, Robin
32
38
34
104
11
Waldrop, Robbie
39
33
37
109
12
Matthews, Chance
39
37
43
119