Vince Batten Wins VA State Event in Lynchburg (Lynchburg, VA

Both Anderson and Batten would match themselves up for the final round as they would both fired a final round 25. That would be enough for Batten to claim his third win of the season. Batten would walk away with a final score of 78, while Anderson closed out with an 80 for second. Daryl Freeman finished in third at 82.

The APA Division found themselves in a playoff for first between Jonathan Moore and a former National Champion in Jeff Brown. Brown would be in early command as he fired a 26 to lead by one over Virginia Open APA champion Jonathan Koo. Brown found danger in the second round with a 32 to fall into third, but Tyler Proffitt would find himself atop the leader board after a 27 gave him a one-shot lead over Moore as Proffitt was in at 56, and Brown was two back at 58.

Proffitt's final round was proven deadly for him as he, too, found out Course 3 was not as easy as it seems. Proffitt managed a final round 36 to close at 92, while Brown and Moore each ended the afternoon tied at 88, with Brown winning the playoff for his first win on the Virginia tour. Steven Jones and Wade Sahmel ended up tied for third at 90, while Proffitt's 92 still had him finishing in the top five.

Dave Taylor fired a final round 26 to finish fourth for the Pros at 83, while Mike Brown, Brad Lebo, and Randy Reeves rounded out the top five at 84. Danny Dore and Greg Ward wound up tied for eighth at 85, and a four-way tie for tenth at 86, that included Roger Beckerman, Lewis Burton, David Lynch, and Rick Rybaczek.

The Virginia tour will conclude their weekend play on Sunday, August 5, at 11:00am on Course 2. This will be the first time they will play on that course since 1998, when Ward blistered the competition in that event.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Vince Batten	28	25	25	78	$ 200.00
2	Darrell Anderson	27	28	25	80	$ 150.00
3	Daryl Freeman	28	28	26	82	$ 120.00
4	Dave Taylor	28	29	26	83	$ 100.00
5	Mike Brown	27	28	29	84	$ 71.67
	Brad Lebo	27	32	25	84	$ 71.67
	Randy Reeves	27	28	29	84	$ 71.67
8	Danny Dore	28	27	30	85	$ 57.50
	Greg Ward	24	36	25	85	$ 57.50
10	Roger Beckerman	28	30	28	86	$ 43.75
	Lewis Burton	26	30	30	86	$ 43.75
	David Lynch	32	26	28	86	$ 43.75
	Rick Rybaczek	28	28	30	86	$ 43.75
14	Bob Davis	27	31	30	88	$ 40.00
	Rich Gillooly	31	29	28	88	$ 40.00
	C. L. Jones	29	27	32	88	$ 40.00
	Jeff Spainhour	29	26	33	88	$ 40.00
	Bill Thompson	32	30	26	88	$ 40.00
19	Gary English	28	31	30	89	$ 40.00
	Ray Guthrie	31	29	29	89	$ 40.00
	Peter Neumann	26	31	32	89	$ 40.00
22	Dan Anders	31	28	31	90
	Rodney Ashley	27	33	30	90
	Robert Johnson	33	29	28	90
25	Mike Flavin	30	27	34	91
	Kevin Garrett	31	29	31	91
	Jay Klapper	31	33	27	91
	Gary Moore	32	26	33	91
	Thomas Rawles	30	29	32	91
30	Tony Varnadore	31	30	31	92
31	Darrell Britt	32	32	29	93
	Mike O'Rourke	31	30	32	93
	Manfred Stewart	33	29	31	93
34	Tom O'Brien	34	30	30	94
	Vance Randall	29	32	33	94
	Matt Summey	36	25	33	94
37	Bill Baus	34	29	33	96
	Wayne Cheatham	33	32	31	96
	Rusty Taylor	27	34	35	96
40	Rick Alessi	34	33	30	97
	Ed Grajewski	34	32	31	97
	Gilbert Sharpe	28	35	34	97
43	Frank Warren	36	33	29	98
44	Barb Mingo	33	31	36	104

		Round				Expense
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Reimbursement
1	Jeff Brown	26	32	30	88	$ 20.00
2	Jonathan Moore	29	28	31	88	$ 20.00
3	Steven Jones	30	30	30	90	$ 20.00
	Wade Sahmel	29	31	30	90	$ 20.00
5	Tyler Proffitt	29	27	36	92	$ 20.00
6	Ken Schooler	31	32	31	94
7	Bill Garrett	28	35	33	96
8	Jonathan Koo	27	37	33	97
9	Donnie Byers	32	33	33	98
	Malcolm Shumaker	30	34	34	98
	Steve Sims	33	34	31	98
12	Amy Smith	36	31	32	99
13	Bob Chetister	38	32	30	100
	Adam Sahmel	34	34	32	100
15	Bill Combs	32	32	38	102
	Wayne Saunders	32	37	33	102
17	Chuck Cyr	35	33	36	104
18	Chris Konrad	38	35	35	108
19	Walter Kolb	38	38	34	110
20	Alan Sahmel	39	36	36	111