Gilbert Sharpe Fires 68 for Victory and New PPA Virginia Tour Record
6 June 2004 - Lynchburg, VA - Although skies became overcast and the weather at times were less than perfect compared to Saturday, only Gilbert Sharpe showed how it was to be perfect on Sunday as he produced record scores in his final two rounds to win his first title of the 2004 season and first since the 2004 Virginia State Championship he won last season.
Gilbert Sharpe
25-22-21 = 68 for a new PPA Virginia Tour record in Lynchburg, VASharpe would miss just seven holes in the final two rounds, including just four within the final 27 to cruise to a six-shot win over Darrell Anderson. Sharpe shot rounds of 22 and 21 to finish with a final score of 68.
Anderson had the lead after the opening round with a 24, missing just one hole on the back. Sharpe returned the favor by firing a 22 in the second round to take the lead at 47 and led by a stroke on Anderson, who shot another 24. Justin Taylor grabbed third by himself at 49, after a 23 in the second round.
Sharpe continued to blow it open into the final round, missing just three holes and fired another 10 on the back to pull away with a commanding six-shot win. Sharpe aced 18 to finish at 68, which set the modern Virginia tour 54-hole tournament eclipsing the record score of 69 that was set by Brad Lebo back in a 2002 tournament in Richmond. Sharpe also shot that score without making the fifth hole, a relatively automatic hole that was playing inconsistent at times on Sunday.
Anderson finished in second at 74, with Lebo finishing in third at 77, after a final round 23. Taylor and James White finished out the top five at 78.
Conway Coffey swept the field in the APA Division. Coffey fired a second round 21 to lead by three shots over Malcolm Shumaker, and would hang on despite firing a final round 32. Coffey won for the fourth time with a final score of 78. Dennis Biesma fired a final round 27 to jump to second at 80, while third went to Shumaker at 81.
Anderson grabbed his second World Match Play spot in the tournament. Rick Rybaczek grabbed the North Carolina State and Match Play spots, while Greg Newport won the North Carolina two-day low medalist spot.
The next event will be in High Point for the North Carolina tour on the weekend of June 19 & 20. Those weekends will comprise of the Wayne Hancock Memorial and Barbara Nance Memorial that will be on Course 1.
The Virginia tour sees action again on the weekend of June 26 & 27 in Richmond, with the Virginia Open taking part on the 27th on Courses 1 & 3.
Scores and Article provided by Opie Roberts.
Professional Division of Lynchburg, VA Tournament
(Lynchburg, VA - 6 June 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Gilbert Sharpe
25 22 21 68 $ 200.00 2 Darrell Anderson 24 24 26 74 $ 140.00 3 Brad Lebo 28 26 23 77 $ 120.00 4 Justin Taylor 26 23 29 78 $ 90.00 James White 25 27 26 78 $ 90.00 6 Peter Neumann 27 25 27 79 $ 70.00 Greg Newport 26 27 26 79 $ 70.00 Rick Rybaczek 28 25 26 79 $ 70.00 9 Ed Grajewski 27 29 24 80 $ 57.50 Russell Sigmon, Jr. 25 27 28 80 $ 57.50 11 Rick Baird 28 30 23 81 $ 52.50 Andy Coradini 26 28 27 81 $ 52.50 13 Randal Smith 25 29 28 82 $ 50.00 14 Vince Batten 27 27 29 83 $ 16.66 Mike Brown 27 28 28 83 $ 16.66 Thomas Rawles 26 28 29 83 $ 16.66 17 Opie Roberts 26 27 32 85 18 Matt Summey 31 29 26 86 19 Daryl Freeman 27 30 30 87 Gary Hinshaw 29 28 30 87 Gary Moore 27 27 33 87 22 Tom O'Brien 31 30 27 88 23 Bill Baus 30 30 29 89 24 Bart Bason 33 29 29 91 Rusty Taylor 30 30 31 91 26 Wayne Cheatham 30 28 25 93 27 Michael Cardwell 28 32 34 94 28 Buddy Taylor 32 32 32 96 Amateur Division of Lynchburg, VA Tournament
(Lynchburg, VA - 6 June 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Conway Coffey
25 21 32 78 $ 20.00 2 Dennis Biesma 28 25 27 80 $ 20.00 3 Malcolm Shumaker 25 24 32 81 $ 20.00 4 John Petrie 27 26 30 83 $ 20.00 5 Bill Garrett 26 28 30 84 $ 20.00 6 Jason Paljug 31 29 26 86 Bonnie White 29 29 27 86 8 Wade Driskill 27 30 32 89 Mark Lawson 30 28 31 89 10 Chuck Cyr 33 28 29 90 Amy Smith 30 28 32 90 12 Chuck Dibbs 28 32 32 92 13 James LeBrun 32 28 33 93 14 David Gregor 32 32 30 94 15 Ryan Carter 30 30 36 96 16 Frankie Peters 33 31 34 98 Walter Kolb 37 33 28 98 Liz Shumaker 31 32 35 98 19 Barry Moore 29 35 WD
