Tony Jackson Earns His First Victory of the 2004 Season on His Home Course
Tony Jackson
2004 PPA South Carolina State
Match Play Champion1 August 2004 - Spartanburg, S.C. - Tony Jackson won his first tournament of the season on Sunday and won it on his home course. Jackson held off a charging Randy Reeves down the stretch and won the tournament by one stroke.
Conditions on Sunday were a carbon copy of Saturday's play, warm and humid. Scoring was dropped by almost a stroke per round, but the course was playing relatively the same from just 24 hours prior to playing. Once again, the leading score was 25 and that was turned in by Daryl Freeman.
The second round finally produced some lower scoring. Greg Ward added the tournament's low round of the day of 22 to offset the 30 he shot in the first round to move at 52. But Ward was trailing Jackson after he shot 24 to move into sole possession of the lead at 51. Freeman dropped into a three-way tie for third with Michael Hitt and Todd Fowler at 53.
Jackson had enough of a lead to hold on to the victory. Jackson shot 26 to finish at 77, but Reeves came in with a 23 to finish a stroke off the lead at 78. Ward wound up in third at 79, while Fowler finished alone in fourth at 80. Rick Culverhouse, Randy Orr, and Vance Randall all came in a tie for fifth at 81. Then, 82 was tied for eighth and the last cash spots.
Since winning his APA National Championship last week in Richmond, Ricky Schults has continued to find himself winning State events. Schults rallied from a two-shot deficit to two-round leader Brian Hutchins and shot a final round 24 to take back first place, a position he held after the opening round. Schults posted a score of 78 to win by one shot over Chris Alley and Jeff Carr, each finishing at 79.
The South Carolina will return to Spartanburg at the end of September for the 2004 State Championship on Course 2. The next events for the tour will be on the weekend of August 21st and 22nd in Martinez, GA on the Blue Course.
Tournament recap provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Spartanburg, SC Event
(Spartanburg, SC - Course #2 - 1 August 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Tony Jackson
27 24 26 77 $ 120.00 2 Randy Reeves 28 27 23 78 $ 80.00 3 Greg Ward 30 22 27 79 $ 65.00 4 Todd Fowler 29 24 27 80 $ 55.00 5 Rick Culverhouse 28 26 27 81 $ 45.00 Randy Orr 27 27 27 81 $ 45.00 Vance Randall 27 28 26 81 $ 45.00 8 Daryl Freeman 25 28 29 82 $ 35.00 Michael Hitt 27 26 29 82 $ 35.00 Robert Johnson 28 28 26 82 $ 35.00 11 Opie Roberts 28 29 27 84 Stan Seethoff 27 29 28 84 13 Darrell Britt 29 26 31 86 Allen Wall 28 28 30 86 15 Andy Coradini 33 27 27 87 Jonathan Reid 29 31 27 87 17 Ben Blake 31 30 27 88 18 Frank Warren 31 31 30 92 19 Rick Baird 29 33 31 93 20 Bob Jackson 32 32 30 94 Amateur Division of Spartanburg, SC Event
(Spartanburg, SC - Course #2 - 1 August 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Ricky Schults
26 28 24 78 $ 10.00 2 Chris Alley 27 26 26 79 $ 10.00 Jeff Carr 30 25 24 79 $ 10.00 4 Brian Hutchins 29 23 29 81 5 Larry Smith 27 30 29 86 6 Chris Hudson 27 31 29 87 7 Richard Griffin 32 28 29 89 Keith Waters 29 29 31 89 9 Terry Hendrix 27 30 33 90 10 Barry Moore 30 33 30 93 11 Lynn Self 29 34 31 94 12 Bill Bryson 30 34 31 95 Todd Trent 31 34 30 95
