Kevin Lacey Wins Combined VA/NC
Tournament in Lynchburg
21 July 2001 - Lynchburg, VA - Rounds of 26, 25, and 27 were enough
for Cincinnati player Kevin
Lacey to notch his first win of the season on the North Carolina
and Virginia tour programs. Winning in these combined tour events is
no stranger for Lacey, as he won two previous tournaments under the
format. He won the 1999 opening weekend sweep in Durham and Roxboro
and he did it for the third time in three years as he came from behind
to win by one over first two round leader Greg
Ward. Ward would be the one who got off to a blazing start as he
opened with the Saturday afternoon low round of 22 for a commanding
three-shot lead over Brad
Lebo. That round included a perfect back nine. But, Ward would
start to show signs of faltering. Despite a 28 in the second round,
Ward maintained his lead by just one shot over Lacey. Lacey trailed by
four shots after the opening round, but got three of those back with a
second round 25 to go in at 51.
Ward continued to falter despite firing a final round 29 to go in
at 79 with Lacey yet to start his final round. Knowing what he had to
shoot to win, he got off on a fast start with a front nine 12 and made
three more on the back to win by one. Lacey's final round 27 edged out
Ward, who won two previous regionals in Lynchburg in 1998 and the 1998
Eastern Open on top of that, by one stroke as Lacey finished with a
final score of 78. Ward would finish in a tie for second with Robert
Johnson at 79. Andy
Coradini, who won in Lynchburg in 1999, and Matt
Summey both finished in a tie for fourth at 81
Malcolm
Shumaker took his slim lead into the final round and held on to
win by two shots in the APA Division. Shumaker trailed first round
leader Steven
Jones by three shots before he carded a second round 28 to lead
Jones and Robin
Ventura by one shot. The three would go neck-in-neck down the
stretch, but it would be Shumaker holding on and extended his margin
to a final of two shots.
Shumaker's final round 28 was enough to win with a final score of
86. Jones, who is the runner-up of the 2000 National Championship, and
Ventura, who won the 2001
Southern Open a few weeks ago, had to settle for second at 88. Russell
Sigmon, Jr. finished in fourth at 91.
With the National Championship coming up in Lynchburg in just three
weeks, there were 47 professionals involved in this event. This was
the most amount of entries this year on the Virginia tour, but just
the third highest turnout for the North Carolina tour. North Carolina
had an all-time record 64 players for the Howard Loy Memorial before
the PPA National Invitational, and also had 48 players in the season
debut in High Point back in March.
Lebo began the second five finishers from this event as he fired a
score of 82 for sixth place. Darrell Anderson, Vince Batten, Danny
Dore, and Gilbert Sharpe rounded out the top ten with a tie for
seventh at 85. There were 21 money spots for the Pros with the score
of 89 receiving a full share. Five reimbursement spots were paid back
in the APA field as the score of 94 getting a two-way for the final
spot. There were North Carolina qualifying spots from the tournament
on Saturday. Randy Reeves grabbed both of the State Qualifying and
Match Play spots.
These two tours will return to action this Sunday, July 22, at
11:00am as they will tangle on Course 3 for the first time ever.
Scores and tournament recap provided by
Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of
Lynchburg, VA Event (21 July 2001)
|
|
| Round
|
| Prize
|
|
| Player
| 1
| 2
| 3
| Total
| Money
|
| 1
| Kevin Lacey
| 26
| 25
| 27
| 78
| $200.00
|
| 2
| Robert Johnson
| 26
| 28
| 25
| 79
| $135.00
|
|
| Greg Ward
| 22
| 28
| 29
| 79
| $135.00
|
| 4
| Andy Coradini
| 29
| 27
| 25
| 81
| $102.50
|
|
| Matt Summey
| 26
| 29
| 26
| 81
| $102.50
|
| 6
| Brad Lebo
| 25
| 30
| 27
| 82
| $85.00
|
| 7
| Darrell Anderson
| 26
| 28
| 30
| 84
| $63.75
|
|
| Vince Batten
| 29
| 28
| 27
| 84
| $63.75
|
|
| Danny Dore
| 28
| 30
| 26
| 84
| $63.75
|
|
| Gilbert Sharpe
| 27
| 28
| 29
| 84
| $63.75
|
| 11
| Randy Reeves
| 27
| 29
| 29
| 85
| $47.50
|
|
| Rusty Taylor
| 27
| 30
| 28
| 85
| $47.50
|
| 13
| Gary English
| 29
| 28
| 29
| 86
| $45.00
|
| 14
| Tommy Barbour
| 28
| 31
| 28
| 87
| $40.00
|
|
| Kevin Garrett
| 28
| 30
| 29
| 87
| $40.00
|
| 16
| Rick Baird
| 31
| 29
| 28
| 88
| $40.00
|
|
| Darrell Britt
| 30
| 28
| 30
| 88
| $40.00
|
|
| Peter Neumann
| 30
| 28
| 30
| 88
| $40.00
|
|
| Vance Randall
| 29
| 31
| 28
| 88
| $40.00
|
| 20
| Greg Newport
| 29
| 28
| 32
| 89
| $40.00
|
|
| Randal Smith
| 32
| 26
| 31
| 89
| $40.00
|
| 22
| Glenwood Arrington
| 29
| 29
| 32
| 90
|
|
|
| Ray Guthrie
| 27
| 31
| 32
| 90
|
|
|
| Opie Roberts
| 32
| 29
| 29
| 90
|
|
|
| Dave Taylor
| 30
| 31
| 29
| 90
|
|
| 26
| Lewis Burton
| 31
| 27
| 33
| 91
|
|
|
| Wayne Cheatham
| 34
| 27
| 30
| 91
|
|
|
| Ed Grajewski
| 30
| 32
| 29
| 91
|
|
|
| Gary Hinshaw
| 30
| 32
| 29
| 91
|
|
|
| C. L. Jones
| 29
| 34
| 28
| 91
|
|
|
| Thomas Rawles
| 30
| 28
| 33
| 91
|
|
| 32
| Bill Kirby, Jr.
| 30
| 29
| 33
| 92
|
|
|
| Gary Moore
| 28
| 32
| 32
| 92
|
|
|
| Larry Simpson
| 28
| 34
| 30
| 92
|
|
| 35
| Jeff Spainhour
| 28
| 34
| 31
| 93
|
|
|
| Buddy Taylor
| 34
| 27
| 32
| 93
|
|
|
| Tony Varnadore
| 32
| 32
| 29
| 93
|
|
| 38
| Chris Bunting
| 30
| 34
| 30
| 94
|
|
|
| Rick Rybaczek
| 32
| 32
| 30
| 94
|
|
| 40
| Mike Brown
| 30
| 31
| 34
| 95
|
|
| 41
| Bob Haizlip
| 31
| 33
| 32
| 96
|
|
|
| Jay Klapper
| 29
| 35
| 32
| 96
|
|
| 43
| Bart Bason
| 30
| 31
| 37
| 98
|
|
|
| Billy Caudle
| 37
| 30
| 31
| 98
|
|
| 45
| Lee Witcofski
| 33
| 38
| 33
| 104
|
|
| 46
| Michael Cardwell
| 37
| 33
| 35
| 105
|
|
|
| Scott Searcy
| 33
| 39
| 33
| 105
|
|