Darrell Britt Earns
Second Victory of the 2005 Season2 April 2005 - Forest City, N.C. - Darrell Britt notched his second win in just four tournaments played in this 2005 season and did so this time with a two-shot victory over Todd Fowler. The difference in the first of two events this weekend in Forest City was decided in the second round when Britt shot 25 to grab a two-shot lead and held on for the victory.
Forest City has hosted many South Carolina events over the years, but it was the first time that the facility was played with a brand new face lift. At the end of the 2004 season, rails was replaced from aluminum to wood and the carpet had to be resurfaced from the regular green to an array of different colors from hole to hole. The carpet was thicker than it was the old carpet, somewhat similar to the first generation of carpet laid in 1996. Scores were projected to be much higher than in the past, but an abundance of rain that fell through the area for a couple of days prior to this weekend's tournaments made a difference on the scores. Britt was the only player under 80, and 15 out of the 24 players in the Pro Division broke 90.
Darrell Britt playing the 16th hole on Course #3 against Gary English in the 2004 PPA World Match Play Championship (19 July 2004).Britt shared the opening round lead with Fowler with a 26 and then shot 25 to grab the outright lead at 51. Fowler and local Brian Hutchins were two back of the lead at 53 and fourth was three back in Rick Baird, who rebounded from an opening round 31 to shoot the day's best score of 23. Britt would hang on to win for the second time this season. Shooting a final round 28, it would be enough to capture the win and break 80 on the day. Britt finished the tournament with a score of 79.
Chris Hudson placed in the win column for the first time this season by pulling out from a second round deadlock with two-time winner Barry Moore. Hudson was tied with Moore at 59 and took advantage of Moore's mishaps in the final round. Hudson gained that advantage with a final round 28 and won by four shots over Dennis Biesma and Jeff Carr.
Hudson finished the tournament as the only APA player that broke 90 and shot 87. Carr and Biesma both were at 91, and fourth was Ricky Schults at 92.
Fowler finished in second at 81 and earned the South Carolina State spot. Hutchins finished tied with Ray Guthrie for third at 82, and fifth went to Randy Reeves at 83. Britt grabbed the World Match Play spot from this event.
The South Carolina Tour resumes its weekend at 10:00 a.m. on Course 1 in Forest City.
Tournament score provided by Frank Warren and recap by Opie Roberts..
Professional Division of Forest City, N.C. Event
(Forest City, N.C. - Course #1 - 2 April 2005)
Round S.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1 Britt, Darrell* 26 25 28 79 40.00 $ 140.00 2 Fowler, Todd** 26 27 28 81 37.00 $ 100.00 3 Hutchins, Brian 27 26 29 82 35.50 $ 75.00 Guthrie, Ray 27 31 24 82 35.50 $ 75.00 5 Reeves, Randy 28 28 27 83 34.00 $ 60.00 6 Klapper, Jay 27 28 29 84 32.00 $ 50.00 Baird, Rick 31 23 30 84 32.00 $ 50.00 Johnson, Robert 29 26 29 84 32.00 $ 50.00 9 Freeman, Daryl 29 28 28 85 30.00 $ 45.00 10 Hitt, Michael 30 28 29 87 28.50 $ 40.00 Wall, Allen 31 27 29 87 28.50 $ 40.00 12 Varnadore, Tony 29 31 28 88 26.00 $ 14.00 Coradini, Andy 32 26 30 88 26.00 $ 14.00 Ward, Greg 29 32 27 88 26.00 $ 14.00 15 Randall, Vance 28 30 31 89 24.00 16 Reid, Jonathan 29 32 29 90 22.50 Jackson, Tony 30 29 31 90 22.50 18 Caudle, Billy 31 32 28 91 20.50 English, Gary 30 32 29 91 20.50 20 Barbour, Tommy 32 30 30 92 18.50 Culverhouse, Rick 31 29 32 92 18.50 22 Warren, Frank 32 30 31 93 17.00 23 Newport, Greg 30 34 31 95 16.00 24 Ward, Robert 29 36 31 96 15.00 * Earned 2005 PPA World Match Play Championship qualification spot.
** Earned 2005 PPA South Carolina State Championship qualification spot.
Amateur Division of Forest City, N.C. Event
(Forest City, N.C. - Course #1 - 2 April 2005)
Round S.C. Prize Player 1 2 3 Total Points Money 1 Hudson, Chris 29 30 28 87 20.00 $ 10.00 2 Biesma, Dennis 30 34 27 91 16.50 $ 10.00 Carr, Jeff 31 31 29 91 16.50 $ 10.00 4 Schults, Ricky 29 31 32 92 15.00 $ 10.00 5 Trent, Todd 32 32 29 93 13.00 Kennedy, Caleb 34 29 30 93 13.00 Lawson, Mark 31 31 31 93 13.00 8 Peters, Frankie 31 34 30 95 10.50 Moore, Barry 29 30 36 95 10.50 10 Hendrix, Terry 34 33 30 97 9.00 11 Hoover, Larry 32 32 34 98 8.00 12 Lawson, Aaron 36 34 32 102 7.00 13 Moist, Linwood 36 33 35 104 6.00 14 Ralph, Donald 36 35 34 105 5.00
