Dan Anders Wins Barbara Nance Memorial With a Classic Opening of Last Round
25 May 2002 - High Point, N.C. - The elements involved for the sixth annual Barbara Nance Memorial in High Point featured hot and sticky conditions, with temperatures hovering in the mid to upper 80's throughout the day on Saturday. One featured that changed from the last time High Point had played on the schedule was that the carpet was played at a very much slower rate. Nonetheless, the scoring pace remained the same throughout day as 11 players broke 80 for the tournament.
Greg Newport playing the 18th hole in High Point, N.C.Andy Coradini tried his best to win his first PPA event since winning the 2001 North Carolina State Championship in Lumberton last season. He was well on pace after taking the opening round lead at 24. As usual, scores were tightly packed as the cash line was three shots of the lead. Coradini continued his strong play with a second round 25 placed him at 49 for a one-shot lead on Dan Anders.
As Coradini maintained his putting stroke for his final round 25, Anders would go on a mission. He started the round acing the first ten, including a very difficult to ace 10th hole. Anders would jump out to make 12 of the first 13, but then sat quietly for the last five as he made only one of the last five (hole 17), but the ace there was enough to clip Coradini for his second North Carolina win this season.
In the end, Anders became the sixth winner of the Barbara Nance Memorial with a final score of 73, while Coradini settled for second at 74.
The Barbara Nance Memorial is in the memory of the mother of longtime APA player Chuck Nance. Barbara came out and, although never an official member of the PPA, supported Chuck during his tenure on the tour and also played several Novice events in her time. Chuck presented his annual dedication award this season to Billy Caudle. Although Caudle was a loss for words, he was described as a player who fully supported Putt-Putt for the last 15 years.
Coming from four down to win for the amateurs was Bear Landin, who posted a final round 25 to clip Lance Perdue by one shot after he was leading at 53 through 36 holes. Landin went on a torrid pace in the final round to win for the third time this season on the North Carolina program. Landin fired a final score of 82, while Perdue finished at 83. Russell Sigmon, Jr. and Adam Smith finished tied for third at 85.
Finishing tied for third in the Pro Division was Ray Guthrie and Opie Roberts, each playing strongly to a score of 77. Seven players rounded out the top five and top ten at 79. Those players include Vince Batten, Darrell Britt, Bob Haizlip, Michael Hitt, Peter Neumann, Rick Rybaczek, and Larry Simpson.
There were 36 pros and 14 APA's in this event, the highest turnout this season on the North Carolina tour, not including combined events. Eighteen money spots were paid out in the Pro Division, with the score of 83 receiving a two-way split of the last cash spot.
Guthrie took the World Match Play, North Carolina State and Match Play spots available in this event. The win for Anders makes him the fourth player from the state of Georgia to win the Barbara Nance Memorial, joining Lewis Burton, Greg Ward, and defending champion Gary English.
The North Carolina tour will resume its action on Sunday, May 26, at 10:00am on Course 1 in High Point for the 10th annual Wayne Hancock Memorial.
Scores and tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Barbara Nance Memorial
(High Point, NC - 25 May 2002)
Round N.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1 Anders, Dan 25 25 23 73 40.00 $ 150.00 2 Coradini, Andy 24 25 25 74 34.00 $ 110.00 3 Guthrie, Ray 29 23 25 77 32.50 $ 85.00 Roberts, Opie 26 27 24 77 32.50 $ 85.00 5 Simpson, Larry 27 25 27 79 28.00 $ 60.00 Haizlip, Bob 25 27 27 79 28.00 $ 60.00 Neumann, Peter 28 25 26 79 28.00 $ 60.00 Rybaczek, Rick 28 23 28 79 28.00 $ 60.00 Britt, Darrell 25 27 27 79 28.00 $ 60.00 Batten, Vince 29 26 24 79 28.00 $ 60.00 Hitt, Michael 27 27 25 79 28.00 $ 60.00 12 Jackson, Tony 27 26 27 80 23.50 $ 43.00 Randall, Vance 25 30 25 80 23.50 $ 43.00 14 Hester, Gary 27 28 26 81 22.00 $ 40.00 15 Ward, Greg 29 24 29 82 20.00 $ 40.00 Witcofski, Lee 27 27 28 82 20.00 $ 40.00 Moore, Gary 29 25 28 82 20.00 $ 40.00 18 Rawles, Thomas 29 26 28 83 17.50 $ 20.00 Caudle, Billy 29 28 26 83 17.50 $ 20.00 20 Johnson, Robert 28 26 30 84 14.00 Newport, Greg 30 28 26 84 14.00 Taylor, Buddy 27 28 29 84 14.00 Carter, Randy 29 26 29 84 14.00 Sharpe, Gilbert 28 28 28 84 14.00 25 Culverhouse, Rick 27 29 29 85 11.00 26 English, Gary 27 31 28 86 9.50 Griffin, Mike 31 27 28 86 9.50 28 Kirby, Bill 34 28 25 87 7.00 Jones, CL 28 26 33 87 7.00 Baird, Rick 29 29 29 87 7.00 31 Barbour, Tommy 30 31 27 88 5.00 32 Arrington, Glenwood 28 31 30 89 5.00 Thompson, Don 28 32 29 89 5.00 Bunting, Chris 27 31 31 89 5.00 35 Jackson, Bob 31 33 32 96 5.00 36 Cardwell, Michael 30 34 33 97 5.00 Amateur Division of Barbara Nance Memorial
(High Point, NC - 25 May 2002)
Round N.C. Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Points Reimbursement 1 Landin, Bear 29 28 25 82 23.00 $ 15.00 2 Perdue, Lance 29 24 30 83 19.00 $ 15.00 3 Smith, Adam 33 27 25 85 17.50 $ 8.00 Sigmon Jr, Russell 30 27 28 85 17.50 $ 8.00 5 Waters, Keith 29 26 31 86 16.00 6 Gregor, David 29 28 30 87 14.50 Nance, Chuck 31 29 27 87 14.50 8 Helton, Steve 29 30 29 88 13.00 9 Goin, Kenny 26 30 33 89 12.00 10 Kolb, Walter 31 28 31 90 11.00 11 Hutchinson, Tommy 30 32 34 96 9.50 Alley, Christopher 34 33 29 96 9.50 13 Helton, Betty 32 33 34 99 8.00 14 Rinker, Mark 32 36 35 103 7.00
Professional Teams Division of
Barbara Nance Memorial
(High Point, NC - 25 May 2002)
| Round | N.C. | Prize | |||||
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Points | Money | |
| 1 | Jackson - Roberts | 53 | 53 | 51 | 157 | 15.00 | $ 20.00 |
| 2 | Anders - Culverhouse | 52 | 54 | 52 | 158 | 14.00 | $ 10.00 |
| 3 | Caudle - Guthrie | 58 | 51 | 51 | 160 | 12.50 | |
| Hester - Hitt | 54 | 55 | 51 | 160 | 12.50 | ||
| 5 | Baird - Coradini | 53 | 54 | 54 | 161 | 11.00 | |
| 6 | Neumann - Rawles | 57 | 51 | 54 | 162 | 10.00 | |
| 7 | Newport - Rybaczek | 58 | 51 | 54 | 163 | 9.00 | |
| 8 | Moore - B Taylor | 56 | 53 | 57 | 166 | 8.00 | |
| 9 | Barbour - Bunting | 57 | 62 | 58 | 177 | 7.00 | |