4 October 2003 - Lynchburg, VA - Earlier in the day, Andy Coradini was hanging on to a lead that he would relinquish and lose by two strokes to Mike Brown. In the afternoon event on Course 1 in Lynchburg, Coradini separated himself from a tie with Dave Taylor and would take in his first win on the Virginia tour since winning the PPA Virginia State Championship in 2001.Andy Coradini Rebounds to Pick Up Win in Afternoon Tournament in Lynchburg
Andy Coradini
PPA Touring ProCoradini did jump out to a two-shot lead with a 23 through the first round, with Darrell Anderson and Opie Roberts tied for second. Coradini continued to play solid. A second round 26 maintained his lead, but it would be a share of it. Taylor shot a 23 in the second round to make up a three-shot deficit and joined Coradini for the lead at 49, and Anderson a shot back in third with Vince Batten at 50.
This time, Coradini did not back away from a victory. Coradini shot 24 in the final round to pull out a two-shot win. Coradini shot 73 for his first Virginia win of the season, and for his sixth overall PPA win of the 2003 season. Anderson finished in second for the sixth time in the last seven Virginia events with a score of 75. Taylor finished in third at 76. Mike Brown, who won the earlier event, finished tied with Rick Baird for fourth at 79.
John Petrie, a local player from the Lynchburg area, fired a final round 24 to come from behind and post his first ever APA win. Petrie denied Chuck Dibbs of a Saturday sweep as he defeated Dibbs by one shot. Petrie shot a score of 79, while Dibbs finished at 80. Third went to Bill Garrett at 85, and fourth went to Dennis Biesma at 86. Amy Smith finished in fifth at 87.
The Virginia tour season will wrap up on Sunday, October 5, with the Virginia State Championship, being defended by Greg Newport in the Pro Division, started at 9:00 a.m. It will be a six-round event.
Scores provided by Rick Rybaczek with Article by Opie Roberts .
Professional Division of Lynchburg, VA Event - 4 October 2003
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1
Mike Brown
26
24
25
75
$200.00
2
Andy Coradini
24
24
29
77
$125.00
3 Brad Lebo
27
25
26
78
$100.00
4 Robert Johnson
24
27
28
79
$80.00
Justin Taylor
25
25
29
79
$80.00
6
Matt Summey
26
26
28
80
$65.00
7 Daryl Freeman
25
27
30
82
$60.00
8 Rick Rybaczek
30
27
26
83
$55.00 9 Kevin Garrett
28
28
29
85
$48.75 Greg Newport
30
28
27
85
$48.75 Jeff Spainhour
25
31
29
85
$48.75 Dave Taylor
27
28
30
85
$48.75 13 Vince Batten
28
26
32
86
$22.50 Thomas Rawles
27
30
29
86
$22.50 15
Darrell Anderson
28
30
29
87
Rick Baird 31 28 28 87 17 Ed Grajewski 32 27 30 89 18 Jonathan Moore 27 32 31 90 19 Gary Moore 30 33 28 91 Manfred Stewart 31 30 30 91 Buddy Taylor 31 31 29 91 Rusty Taylor 28 33 30 91 23 Opie Roberts 31 29 32 92 24 Gilbert Sharpe 32 27 34 93 25 Ken Schooler 31 32 36 99 26 Gary Hinshaw 35 31 34 100 Amateur Division of Lynchburg, VA Event - 4 October 2003
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Chuck Dibbs 29 30 26 85 $20.00 2 Bill Garrett 25 32 29 86 $20.00 John Petrie 28 32 26 86 $20.00 4 Chris Kern 31 28 28 87 $20.00 5 Bob Chetister 32 24 32 88 $20.00 6 Mike Matthews 28 29 32 89 7 Chuck Cyr 31 28 31 90 8 Larry Hoover 29 33 30 92 Amy Smith 27 33 32 92 10 Walter Kolb 28 35 30 93 Shayne Shiflett 30 30 33 93 12 Duane Johnson 31 30 34 95 13 Dennis Biesma 33 31 32 96 14 Wade Driskill 36 31 31 98 15 James LeBrun 32 41 44 117
