Not only was Randy Reeves one of the 40 that broke 80, he was the only one under 70 and he had a round no worse than 23 in his effort to win for the first time this season on the PPA circuit. After sharing the lead with John Bambling in the opening round with a 22, Reeves continued his dominating performance with a 23 and was now tied with Manfred Stewart at 45. Stewart did the reversal of Reeves' two-round scoring by carding rounds of 23 and 22. After the second round was fully completed, there were 18 players in the 40's and the worst score was 56. Down the stretch, Reeves would outlast Stewart in the final round by firing another 23 that would end his day at 68 and would win by two shots over a quartet of players. The 68 shot by Reeves ties the all-time Virginia tour record set just six weeks ago in Lynchburg by defending state champion Gilbert Sharpe. Darrell Anderson, Brad Lebo, Wade Sahmel, and Greg Ward all shot 70 to finish tied for second on Sunday. The cash line was at 76 and it garnered a split. But also winning again was Michael Foster for the group of 31 APA players. Foster came back from a two-shot deficit in the first round and would wind up in a playoff with the player who finished in second on Saturday. Foster shot 22 in the final round to walk in the clubhouse at 73, but Mike Mathews tied him in the final round by posting a 23 to send it to a playoff. Foster won the playoff by three shots for second consecutive win of the weekend. Malcolm Shumaker was third at 74. Bambling would finish alone in sixth at 71, three shots off the pace. There were six players tied for seventh that included Stewart, Daryl Freeman, Randal Smith, Buddy Taylor, and Gary Watson. The Virginia tour will be back in action on the weekend of August 7 & 8 in Martinsville. Their weekend will be a combined tour stop with the North Carolina tour. Play will be on Course 2 starting on Saturday, August 7 at 12:00 p.m. and on Sunday, August 8 at 10:00 a.m. Scores and Article provided by Opie Roberts. |
Professional Division of Richmond, VA Tournament
(Richmond, VA - Course # 1 - 18 July 2004)
Round Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Randy Reeves
22 23 23 68 $ 225.00 2 Darrell Anderson 25 22 23 70 $ 125.00 Brad Lebo 25 22 23 70 $ 125.00 Wade Sahmel 23 24 23 70 $ 125.00 Greg Ward 23 24 23 70 $ 125.00 6 John Bambling 22 27 22 71 $ 95.00 7 Daryl Freeman 26 23 23 72 $ 80.00 Randal Smith 27 23 22 72 $ 80.00 Manfred Stewart 23 22 27 72 $ 80.00 Buddy Taylor 24 26 22 72 $ 80.00 Gary Watson 23 25 24 72 $ 80.00 12 Bill Baus 24 25 24 73 $ 66.67 Thomas Rawles 25 25 23 73 $ 66.67 Rusty Taylor 23 24 26 73 $ 66.67 15 Charlie Greenwalt 27 24 23 74 $ 57.50 Rick Rybaczek 27 23 24 74 $ 57.50 Russell Sigmon, Jr. 23 25 26 74 $ 57.50 Matt Summey 23 23 28 74 $ 57.50 19 Jay Hadsell 24 23 28 75 $ 50.00 Greg Newport 27 22 26 75 $ 50.00 Dave Taylor 24 25 26 75 $ 50.00 22 Bart Bason 26 24 26 76 $ 40.00 Scott Broaddus 26 23 27 76 $ 40.00 Lee Messinger 25 26 25 76 $ 40.00 Dave Nutini 27 25 24 76 $ 40.00 Jeff Spainhour 30 22 24 76 $ 40.00 27 Vince Batten 24 26 27 77 Bill Kirby 24 23 30 77 Nate Nichols 27 26 24 77 Tom O'Brien 26 24 27 77 31 Ed Grajewski 27 26 25 78 Mark Hasty 26 26 26 78 David Lynch 25 27 26 78 Steve Lyon 27 27 24 78 Gary Moore 26 24 28 78 Justin Taylor 26 24 28 78 37 Hans Oloffson 27 25 27 79 Gilbert Sharpe 26 26 27 79 John Ventura 24 28 27 79 James Weber 26 27 26 79 41 Mike Brown 28 25 27 80 Tim Greenert 26 28 26 80 Karl Moe 32 23 25 80 44 Gil Logan 27 29 25 81 Paul Sample 30 24 27 81 46 Darrell Britt 26 29 27 82 Gary Hinshaw 26 28 28 82 48 Ricard Lockner 27 28 28 83 James White 27 29 27 83 Amateur Division of Richmond, VA Tournament
(Richmond, VA - Course # 1 - 18 July 2004)
Round Expense Player 1 2 3 Total Money 1 Michael Foster**
26 25 22 73 $ 20.00 2 Mike Mathews 24 26 23 73 $ 20.00 3 Malcolm Shumaker 24 25 25 74 $ 20.00 4 Marty Handschuh 26 25 25 76 $ 20.00 5 Jeff Brown 24 25 28 77 $ 20.00 Ricky Schults 27 26 24 77 $ 20.00 7 Barry Moore 25 25 28 78 $ 20.00 8 Chuck Dibbs 26 26 27 79 $ 6.66 Wayne Saunders 25 27 27 79 $ 6.66 Bonnie White 25 28 26 79 $ 6.66 11 Dennis Biesma 26 27 27 80 Larry Hoover 28 24 28 80 Barb Mingo 25 25 30 80 Brandon Whitton 27 28 25 80 15 Jeff Carr 27 25 29 81 Chuck Cyr 29 29 23 81 Steve Helton 28 23 30 81 Terry Sanner 27 27 27 81 19 Mickey DeLucca 27 26 29 82 Bill Garrett 28 26 28 82 James Walker 25 27 30 82 22 Conway Coffey 28 27 28 83 Bill Coombs 31 24 28 83 Walter Kolb 33 25 25 83 Jonathan Koo 29 27 27 83 26 Amy Smith 29 27 28 84 27 Steven Jones 27 27 32 86 Adam Sahmel 32 27 27 86 29 Wade Driskill 30 30 29 89 30 Gerald Vick 31 29 30 90 31 Scott Biesma 27 27 37 91
** Michael Foster won an 18 hole playoff against Mike Matthews after both players tied at 73.