Rick Culverhouse Wins Again in Columbia
Rick Culverhouse24 August 2003 - Columbia, SC - Rick Culverhouse accomplished a feat that had not happened on the South Carolina tour since April 2002--win back-to-back tournament on the same course. Culverhouse continued to dominate the field of play by posting a three-shot win and became the first professional player to shoot in the 70's for a 54-hole tournament in Columbia.
Throughout the day, skies were overcast and seasonal temperatures were in order, prompting lower scoring for this tournament. That was the reason why 84 was the cash line, the lowest of the weekend.
Culverhouse started out the day with an opening round 25, good enough to share the lead with Rick Baird. Both players had already won this weekend, with Baird winning the first event and Culverhouse defending this one. Reigning South Carolina State Champion Robert Johnson was tied for third with Dan Anders after an opening round 26. Culverhouse then used the second round to pull away from the competition. His second round 24 gave him a three-shot lead on Baird and was in at 49, the first time ever that a score was in the 40's for two rounds in Columbia.
The lead would hold and Culverhouse would walk out of Columbia with his second straight win. A final round 28 was enough to finish the tournament with a score of 77. Culverhouse grabbed his second straight win and became the fifth person this season to win multiple times this year on the South Carolina tour. Johnson fired his second 26 of the day to vault into second at 80, while Baird wound up tied for third with Tony Pack at 81. Anders rounded out the top five finishing with Tony Varnadore and Greg Ward at 82.
Alabama product Russell Taylor completed a promising weekend by posting his first win in the APA Division and placed his third consecutive top three finish. After losing in a playoff and finished alone in second in both of Saturday's performances, Taylor led wire-to-wire from the opening round and won his first APA tournament by posting a three-shot win over defending champion Brian Hutchins. Taylor shot rounds of 25, 28, and 26 to finish the event with a score of 79. Hutchins finished in second at 82, and Todd Trent placed third on Sunday at 83.
This course will be contested later this season as the tour will be playing its 17th annual South Carolina State Championship in September.
The next weekend on the South Carolina tour is scheduled for the weekend of September 13 & 14 in Augusta, Georgia. Two separate tournaments will be played that weekend and the combined score of the two will be used to determine the Georgia State Championship, being defended this year by Randy Reeves. All action is on the Blue Course and will get underway at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 13 and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 14.
Tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts and scores provided by Rick Rybaczek..
Professional Division of Columbia, SC Event
(Columbia, SC - 24 August 2003)
Round SC Tour Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1
Rick Culverhouse
25
24
28
77
40.00 $ 120.00
2
Robert Johnson
26
28
26
80
37.00 $ 80.00
3 Rick Baird
25
27
29
81
35.50 $ 60.00
Tony Pack
28
25
28
81
35.50 $ 60.00
5 Dan Anders
26
30
26
82
33.00 $ 45.00
Tony Varnadore
27
26
29
82
33.00 $ 45.00
Greg Ward
27
27
28
82
33.00 $ 45.00
8 Gary Moore
29
26
28
83
30.50 $ 38.00
Randy Reeves
30
28
28
83
30.50 $ 38.00
10 Andy Coradini
27
27
30
84
27.50 $ 27.00 Michael Hitt
30
25
29
84
27.50 $ 27.00 Vance Randall
30
25
29
84
27.50 $ 27.00 Rick Rybaczek
31
28
25
84
27.50 $ 27.00 14 Lewis Burton
31
27
27
85
23.50 Todd Fowler 29
27
29
85
23.50 Opie Roberts
31
28
26
85
23.50 Frank Warren
30
27
28
85
23.50 18 Robby Bryant
30
29
27
86
20.50 Steve Lyon
29
27
30
86
20.50 20 Darrell Britt 29 29 29 87 18.00 Jay Klapper 31 29 27 87 18.00 Allen Wall 30 27 30 87 18.00 23 Gary English 28 28 32 88 16.00 24 Tony Jackson 30 34 29 93 15.00 Amateur Division of Columbia, SC Event
(Columbia, SC - 24 August 2003)
Round SC Tour Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Points Reimb. 1
Russell Taylor
25
28
26
79
20.00 $10.00
2
Brian Hutchins
26
29
27
82
17.00 $10.00
3 Todd Trent
29
28
26
83
16.00 $10.00 4 Chris Hudson
28
30
26
84
15.00 5
Christopher Alley
28
27
30
85
13.50 Larry Hoover
30
28
27
85
13.50 7 Walter Kolb
29
29
31
89
12.00 8 Jeff Carr
29
28
34
91
10.50 Terry Hendrix 29 31 31 91 10.50 10 Ricky D. Schults 33 28 32 93 9.00 11 Lynn Self 31 34 29 94 7.50 Larry Smith 29 35 30 94 7.50 13 J. L. Coffey 33 31 31 95 6.00 14 Darren Harvey 37 46 37 120 5.00
