Brad Lebo Wins his Second Title of the 2004 Season on the PPA Virginia State Tour
16 May 2004 - Abingdon, MD - Overnight rain fell through Abingdon, MD Saturday night warranting play to be more difficult in terms of scores on Sunday. Players would have to work hard to break 80. Saturday's cash line was at 80 for a full share. On Sunday, 80 would be good enough to win.
Brad Lebo
Winner of 2004 PPA Virginia State Tour Event in Abingdon, MDIronically, the first to miss cash at 81 on Saturday would win Sunday's tournament. Brad Lebo held in check and fought off a field where only nine strokes separated the entire 20-player field and the top ten, which was the cash area, was only separated by a mere three strokes.
Drizzle and early morning fog lifting way to sunshine at the end of the tournament were the major elements in northeastern Maryland on Sunday. Scores did jump high as opposed to the average on Saturday, except for Justin Taylor, who posted an opening round 23 to lead by three shots. Somehow, he was reminded that the course was playing in difficult shape. Taylor only shot two under in the second round to drop all the way down to a tie for seventh.
Bill Baus, making the six-plus hour drive from Cleveland, took the second round lead at 53, nine shots worse than the second round leading score on Saturday, with Mike Brown, who was the leader after two rounds Saturday before falling out of victory lane, and Lebo both one shot back at 54. Down the stretch, it would be Lebo pulling away with a win. Lebo shot 27 to overtake Baus and finished with a score of 81. Baus fired a final round 29 to fall out by one shot at 82.
There would be a playoff for first in the APA Division as Bonnie White and Chuck Dibbs fought off after both finishing with a score of 81. White was down four shots after the first round and fought back to force a playoff against Dibbs. In the playoff, White would be the winner by firing 28 to Dibbs' 31. The win was White's first win of the season on the Virginia tour.
Justin Taylor and Mike Brown both finished tied for third at 83. There was a six-way tie for fifth at 84, good enough to complete the 10-player cash line. Amongst those in the tie were Vince Batten, Gilbert Sharpe, Ed Grajewski, Jonathan Moore, Rick Rybaczek, and James White.
The Virginia tour returns to action next weekend, May 22 & 23 in Charlottesville for a pair of events. There is a tournament on Course 2 on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. and the sixth annual Dogwood Festival Open will be played on Sunday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m. with Greg Newport defending his title.
PPA Scores provided by Jonathan Moore, APA scores by Dennis Biesma and Article provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Abingdon, MD Tournament
(Abingdon, MD - 16 May 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Brad Lebo
28 26 27 81 $ 200.00 2 Bill Baus 26 27 29 82 $ 140.00 3 Mike Brown 30 24 29 83 $ 105.00 Justin Taylor 23 34 26 83 $ 105.00 5 Vince Batten 30 28 26 84 $ 63.33 Ed Grajewski 27 31 26 84 $ 63.33 Jonathan Moore 30 28 26 84 $ 63.33 Rick Rybaczek 30 25 29 84 $ 63.33 Gilbert Sharpe 27 29 28 84 $ 63.33 James White 29 28 27 84 $ 63.33 11 Wayne Cheatham 32 27 26 85 Tom O'Brien 28 27 30 85 Dave Taylor 33 26 26 85 14 Darrell Anderson 30 27 29 86 Buddy Taylor 32 26 28 86 16 Gary Moore 29 31 28 88 17 Rusty Taylor 30 30 29 89 18 Bart Bason 29 33 28 90 Thomas Rawles 30 28 32 90 Matt Summey 31 28 31 90 Amateur Division of Abingdon, MD Tournament
(Abingdon, MD - 16 May 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Bonnie White**
29 26 26 81 $ 20.00 2 Chuck Dibbs 26 28 27 81 $ 20.00 3 Chuck Cyr 26 27 33 86 $ 20.00 Amy Smith 25 30 31 86 $ 20.00 5 Bill Garrett 26 32 30 88 Malcolm Shumaker 29 29 30 88 7 Dennis Biesma 29 30 31 90 Barry Moore 33 27 30 90 9 Walter Kolb 32 31 31 94 10 Liz Shumaker 37 36 38 111
