Greg Ward Marks Return to Lynchburg With Victory on Course #2 (Lynchburg, VA

Greg Ward Uses Final Round 23 to Post First Victory in Lynchburg Since 1998 Eastern Open

5 August 2001 - Lynchburg, VA - The last time the Virginia tour was contested on Course 2 in Lynchburg, Greg Ward left the course with a ten-shot victory in 1998. This time around, with a much bigger field, Ward fired a final round 23 to separate himself from Lewis Burton as they erased a three-shot deficit after the second round. Ward won by one shot over Burton after his 23 in the final round gave him a total of 74 in front of the largest turnout of the season on the Virginia tour. Danny Dore held on to the lead after the first round with a 22 to lead by two shots over Mark Hasty. On a course that produces many low scores in the past, Dore had the lead still at 48 and was still leading by two over Hasty. Dore could not hold on to first victory in nearly a full season after Ward, Burton, and Hasty all passed him in the final round.

Ward would come away with his second consecutive win on Course 2 and is heading to the National Championship as a heavy favorite. Ward's score of 74 edged Burton by one shot after Burton fired a 24 to finish tied with Hasty at 75. Hasty recorded his best finish as a Pro with that score.

Jonathan Moore avenged his defeat in the playoff on Saturday after he managed a six-shot win in the APA Division over Tyler Proffitt. Moore had three consecutive rounds of 25 apiece to win at 75. Proffitt finished in second at 81, while Jeff Brown, Saturday's winner over Moore in the playoff, came in third at 82. Steven Jones finished in fourth at 84, while Keith Waters rounded out the top five at 87.

Dore would finish in fourth in the Pro Division with a final count of 76 and Rick Rybaczek finished in fifth at 77. Daryl Freeman and Jay Klapper ended up tied for sixth at 79, while Mike Brown, Greg Newport, and Buddy Taylor rounded out the top ten with an eighth-place finish at 80. The tournament featured 51 professionals, the most in 2001.

The Virginia tour will resume their action on Saturday, August 25, at 10:00am in Fredericksburg for their annual Teams and Pro/Am tournament. Then, they will play the annual Virginia Putting Classic, also in Fredericksburg, with a 10:00am tee time as well on Sunday, August 26.

Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Greg Ward	25	26	23	74	$ 200.00
2	Lewis Burton	26	25	24	75	$ 135.00
	Mark Hasty	24	26	25	75	$ 135.00
4	Danny Dore	22	26	28	76	$ 110.00
5	Rick Rybaczek	25	25	27	77	$ 100.00
6	Daryl Freeman	27	28	24	79	$ 87.50
	Jay Klapper	25	25	29	79	$ 87.50
8	Mike Brown	28	25	27	80	$ 70.00
	Greg Newport	27	28	25	80	$ 70.00
	Buddy Taylor	24	29	27	80	$ 70.00
11	Thomas Rawles	26	29	26	81	$ 60.00
12	Dan Anders	27	31	24	82	$ 45.00
	Todd Barfield	26	26	30	82	$ 45.00
	Ray Guthrie	28	26	28	82	$ 45.00
	Randy Reeves	29	28	25	82	$ 45.00
	Manfred Stewart	28	28	26	82	$ 45.00
	Matt Summey	25	28	29	82	$ 45.00
18	Vince Batten	28	27	28	83	$ 40.00
	Kevin Garrett	25	28	30	83	$ 40.00
	C. L. Jones	27	28	28	83	$ 40.00
	Tony Varnadore	28	29	26	83	$ 40.00
22	Darrell Britt	27	28	29	84	$ 26.67
	Dave Taylor	27	28	29	84	$ 26.67
	Bill Thompson	29	27	28	84	$ 26.67
25	Rich Gillooly	32	26	27	85
	Jim Heikkinen	31	30	24	85
	Brad Lebo	27	29	29	85
	Mike O'Rourke	30	29	26	85
	Randal Smith	29	26	30	85
30	Robert Johnson	31	27	28	86
	Peter Neumann	29	32	25	86
32	Rodney Ashley	30	30	27	87
	Bill Baus	28	31	28	87
	Gary English	27	28	32	87
	Ed Grajewski	30	31	26	87
	Rusty Taylor	30	30	27	87
37	Jeff Spainhour	31	28	29	88
38	Darrell Anderson	30	30	29	89
	Tom O'Brien	29	29	31	89
	Gilbert Sharpe	28	30	31	89
41	Roger Beckerman	29	32	29	90
	David Lynch	29	31	30	90
43	Charlie Greenwalt	32	27	32	91
	Karl Moe	27	32	32	91
	Gary Moore	30	31	30	91
46	Glenwood Arrington	31	30	31	92
	Vance Randall	28	30	34	92
48	Jody Comer	33	27	34	94
49	Paul Johns	31	34	30	95
50	Wayne Cheatham	36	31	29	96
51	Barb Mingo	35	34	34	103

		Round				Expense
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Reimbursement
1	Jonathan Moore	25	25	25	75	$ 20.00
2	Tyler Proffitt	25	29	27	81	$ 20.00
3	Jeff Brown	27	30	25	82	$ 20.00
4	Steven Jones	30	24	30	84	$ 20.00
5	Keith Waters	29	28	30	87	$ 20.00
6	Wayne Saunders	28	30	30	88	$ 10.00
	Russell Sigmon, Jr.	29	30	29	88	$ 10.00
8	Bill Hudson	30	30	30	90
	Jonathan Koo	30	31	29	90
	Malcolm Shumaker	29	31	30	90
	Amy Smith	29	32	29	90
12	Randy Baldwin	27	33	31	91
	Chuck Cyr	28	32	31	91
	Bill Garrett	29	32	30	91
	Chuck Nance	34	27	30	91
16	Bob Chetister	32	30	32	94
17	Bill Combs	30	35	30	95
	Liz Shumaker	32	30	33	95
19	Donnie Byers	32	30	34	96
20	Trevor Lewin	29	34	34	97
	Ken Schooler	32	34	31	97
22	Ron Blackwood	38	36	33	107
23	Walter Kolb	39	41	34	114