Allen Wall Defeats Robert Johnson in a Playoff for Victory in Forest City Open
Allen Wall
2003 Forest City Open Champion23 March2003 - Forest City, N.C. - Scores on Sunday were much improved over the course on Saturday in Forest City as the players contended with beautiful and picture perfect skies. In the end, local pro Allen Wall managed to grab his first win of the season by winning in a playoff over Robert Johnson on Course 2 in Forest City 29-30.
Wall and Johnson each went toe-to-toe during play. Both shared the first round lead with Kevin Lacey at 26. Wall fired another 26 to temporarily separate himself from the pack and was holding a two-stroke advantage over the current state champion in Johnson. With scores that were much improved from the day before, there were eight scores in the 50's compared to just two when the leaders at the point were at 59.
Wall managed to fire a respectable final round of 30 to finish at 82, but Johnson came right back and fired a 28 to tie him at the finish, forcing the playoff in which Wall would take that. Johnson would take second after losing in the playoff, while Saturday's winner Greg Ward tied a charging Tony Jackson, who fired a final round 25, at third with a score of 84. Lacey came in fifth along with Rick Culverhouse at 88.
Donnie Carpenter pulled away from a three-man race in the APA by firing a final round 28 to win by three shots over Brian Hutchins. Carpenter became the only player in that division to break 30 in the tournament as he won his first South Carolina event since he returned from a long hiatus.
Carpenter fired rounds of 27, 29, and 28 to finish the afternoon off at 84. Hutchins finished in second for the second consecutive day at 87, and Todd Trent wound up in third at 90.
Special thanks go out to the Connor family for their hosting of the first South Carolina weekend on the tour. The tour will also return to Forest City in July on Course 1.
The South Carolina tour will resume action in Lumberton, North Carolina on the weekend of April 12 & 13. They will be combining with the North Carolina tour for the first time this season. Action will get underway on Saturday, April 12, at 12:00pm, while Sunday's tournament will be held on April 13 at 10:00 a.m.
Scores provided by Rick Rybaczek and Article provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Forest City, NC Event (23 March2003)
Round S.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1 Wall, Allen* 26 26 30 82 40.00 $ 120.00 2 Johnson, Robert 26 28 28 82 37.00 $ 80.00 3 Ward, Greg 28 29 27 84 35.50 $ 63.00 Jackson, Tony 29 30 25 84 35.50 $ 63.00 5 Lacey, Kevin 26 31 31 88 33.50 $ 53.00 Culverhouse, Rick 28 29 31 88 33.50 $ 53.00 7 Warren, Frank 30 31 28 89 31.50 $ 43.00 Caudle, Billy 28 32 29 89 31.50 $ 43.00 9 Fowler, Todd 29 32 29 90 29.50 $ 40.00 Hester, Gary 29 30 31 90 29.50 $ 40.00 11 Hitt, Michael 29 31 31 91 26.50 $ 27.00 Smith, Randal 30 33 28 91 26.50 $ 27.00 Coradini, Andy 29 33 29 91 26.50 $ 27.00 Anders, Dan 32 25 34 91 26.50 $ 27.00 15 Klapper, Jay 32 30 30 92 24.00 16 Barbour, Tommy 30 33 30 93 23.00 17 Baird, Rick 30 32 32 94 21.50 English, Gary 32 31 31 94 21.50 19 Britt, Darrell 32 34 29 95 19.50 Guthrie, Ray 34 32 29 95 19.50 21 Ventura, Robin 33 28 35 96 18.00 22 Varnadore, Tony 28 35 34 97 17.00 23 Randall, Vance 33 33 33 99 16.00 24 Bryant, Robby 32 33 35 100 14.50 Orr, Randy 36 30 34 100 14.50 26 Rybaczek, Rick 34 34 34 102 13.00 * Won in playoff (29-30) over Robert Johnson
Amateur Division of Forest City, NC Event (23 March2003)
Round S.C. Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Points Reimb. 1 Carpenter, Donnie 27 29 28 84 20.00 $ 10.00 2 Hutchins, Brian 30 27 30 87 17.00 $ 10.00 3 Trent, Todd 31 32 27 90 16.00 $ 10.00 4 Hudson, Chris 28 30 34 92 14.50 Schults, Ricky D 32 30 30 92 14.50 6 Griffin, Richard 31 33 29 93 12.50 Coffey, J.L. 33 31 29 93 12.50 8 Alley, Christopher 35 32 33 100 11.00 9 Hendrix, Terry 38 34 35 107 10.00 10 Helton, Steve 40 37 32 109 9.00 11 Moist, Linwood 39 38 36 113 8.00 12 Waldrop, Robbie 41 40 41 122 7.00
