Brad Lebo Aces Final Ten Holes for
23 May 2004 - Charlottesville, VA - Brad Lebo took matters in his own hands during the final round of the 6th annual Dogwood Festival Open. Lebo was in the driver's seat after the third round, leading by three strokes, but fired a final round course record 21 to pick up his fifth career Virginia major win.
2004 Dogwood Open Title
Brad Lebo
2004 Dogwood Open ChampionAlready one of two players in the Virginia tour history to complete the Virginia slam, Lebo's victory in Charlottesville began a run to a second slam. Lebo was sharing the first round with Russell Sigmon, Jr. and Jeff Spainhour. Then, Lebo took the outright lead for good as he posted a 26 to lead by three shots over Bill Baus.
Lebo still played consistent during the third of the four rounds by firing a 27 to go in the clubhouse with the lead at 79. Sigmon shot his second 26 of the day to move into second at 82 and was three off the lead, while Baus was in third at 83.
Lebo saved his great play for the final round. After aces on five of the first eight holes, he closed out the final round with 10 consecutive aces. The stretch run garnered him a final round 21 and would win the Dogwood Festival Open by 10 shots over Gilbert Sharpe and Randal Smith. Lebo's round of 21 became the new course record and the 10-shot win in Charlottesville has happened for the second time in the last three years. Greg Newport won the 2002 Virginia State Championship in dominating afternoon fashion.
For the day, Lebo also set the four-round Dogwood Open record with a score of 100, while Gilbert Sharpe and Smith was second at 110. Mike Brown, in search of a win here to complete his Slam on the tour, finished in fourth at 112, while Sigmon ended up in fifth at 113.
Dennis Biesma trailed Barry Moore by five shots through the second round in the APA Division and rallied to tie Moore before pulling away in the final round. Moore had the lead after two rounds at 56, with Conway Coffey four back at 60 and tied for second with Shayne Shiflett and Biesma at 61 in fourth. Biesma would put the charge on in the final two rounds as he put in a 27 to place him in a tie with Moore of 88 and then would take control from there with another 27 in the final round to win out by five shots.
Biesma claimed his first major win in Virginia with a final score of 115. Moore did finish alone in second at 120, while third went to Coffey at 121. Chuck Dibbs and Walter Kolb were tied for fourth at 124.
Special thanks goes out to Lloyd Wood, course owner, for hosting another great weekend in Charlottesville.
The Virginia tour returns to action on the weekend of June 5 & 6 in Lynchburg. This weekend will be a joint weekend with the North Carolina tour and action on Course 2 gets underway at 12:00 p.m. on June 5.
PPA Scores provided by Jonathan Moore, APA scores by Dennis Biesma and Article provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of 2004 Dogwood Festival Open
(Charlottesville, VA - 23 May 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 4 Total Money 1 Brad Lebo
26 26 27 21 100 $ 300.00 2 Gilbert Sharpe 28 28 28 26 110 $ 187.50 Randal Smith 28 29 28 25 110 $ 187.50 4 Mike Brown 31 25 31 25 112 $ 160.00 5 Russell Sigmon, Jr. 26 30 26 31 113 $ 150.00 6 Bill Baus 28 27 28 31 114 $ 135.00 Rick Rybaczek 34 25 26 29 114 $ 135.00 8 Darrell Anderson 29 28 32 26 115 $ 105.00 Vince Batten 29 28 29 29 115 $ 105.00 Greg Newport 31 28 29 27 115 $ 105.00 Dave Taylor 28 28 31 28 115 $ 105.00 12 Ken Schooler 32 30 25 29 116 $ 80.00 Matt Summey 29 28 30 29 116 $ 80.00 14 Scott Broaddus 32 31 26 28 117 15 Ed Grajewski 28 28 31 31 118 Tom O'Brien 28 29 30 31 118 Jeff Spainhour 26 34 30 28 118 Rusty Taylor 31 30 29 28 118 19 Jonathan Moore 33 29 29 31 122 Thomas Rawles 26 33 33 30 122 21 Daryl Freeman 34 28 32 30 124 22 Manfred Stewart 31 31 32 31 125 Buddy Taylor 32 31 30 32 125 24 Bart Bason 30 33 32 31 126 25 Gary Moore 29 29 36 33 127 26 Justin Taylor 29 36 31 32 128 27 Gary Hinshaw 31 27 33 39 130 28 Wayne Cheatham 30 36 36 30 132 Amateur Division of 2004 Dogwood Festival Open
(Charlottesville, VA - 23 May 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 4 Total Money 1 Dennis Biesma
32 29 27 27 115 $ 25.00 2 Barry Moore 29 27 32 32 120 $ 25.00 3 Conway Coffey 31 29 30 31 121 $ 25.00 4 Chuck Dibbs 30 32 33 29 124 $ 25.00 Walter Kolb 31 34 29 30 124 $ 25.00 6 Wade Driskill 33 31 30 33 127 7 Bill Garrett 34 31 29 34 128 8 Malcolm Shumaker 28 34 33 34 129 9 Shayne Shiflett 30 30 30 40 130 Amy Smith 29 32 32 37 130 11 James LeBrun 31 36 34 32 133 12 Ryan Carter 34 33 36 32 135 13 Bob Chetister 31 35 34 37 137 John Petrie 35 37 32 33 137 15 Chuck Cyr 38 33 32 35 138
