Mike Brown wins the 1996 Orange Lake Open (Orlando, FL)

Mike Brown Wins the $2,000 Orange Lake Open

brown.jpg (7694 bytes) Orlando, FL -Trailing the leader, Brad Lebo, by three-strokes entering the third and final round of the 1996 Orange Lake Open, Mike Brown fired his second consecutive round of 26, 10-under par, for a total of 80, 28-under par. Brown's three round score proved to be good enough to win the 1996 Orange Lake Open and the $250.00 first place purse.

Leader after two-rounds, Brad Lebo, struggled in his third round with a 31, 5-under par, and had to settle for a tie for fourth place with Greg Newport at 82. Tied for second at 81 were Todd Barfield and Robert Johnson. Rounding out the top ten were Dean Dwiggins, Roger Beckerman, and Bob Haizlip tied for sixth place with scores of 83 and Peter Neumann, Jim Christina, Danny McCaslin, David McCaslin, Andy Coradini, and Angelo Korogianos all tied ninth place with scores of 84.

In the amateur division, Clayton Craft dominated the APA field shooting rounds of 27, 28, 27 for a three round total of 82, 26-under par, and a five stroke victory over his nearest APA competitor, Brian Martin of Spartanburg, SC. Rounding out the top five in the APA field were Craig Smith, Chris Morrison, and Jim Cruse, Jr.

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money	Points
1	Mike Brown	28	26	26	80	$ 250.00	34.00
2	Todd Barfield	24	30	27	81	$ 147.50	33.00
	Robert Johnson	26	26	29	81	$ 147.50	30.00
4	Brad Lebo	25	26	31	82	$ 90.00	27.00
	Greg Newport	28	26	26	82	$ 90.00	26.00
6	Dean Dwiggins	27	27	29	83	$ 70.00	22.00
	Roger Beckerman	28	27	28	83	$ 70.00	22.00
	Bob Haizlip	28	25	30	83	$ 70.00	23.00
9	Danny McCaslin	30	27	27	84	$ 60.00	17.50
	Peter Neumann	26	28	30	84	$ 55.00	17.50
	Jim Christina	30	28	26	84	$ 50.00	17.50
	Angelo Korogianos	27	26	31	84	$ 50.00	17.50
	Andy Coradini	27	28	29	84	$ 50.00	17.50
	David McCaslin	26	30	28	84	$ 50.00	17.50
15	Roland Block	28	25	32	85	$ 50.00	13.50
	Marc Portugal	28	29	28	85	$ 50.00	13.50
17	Rick Alessi	29	26	31	86	$ 25.00	9.50
	Manfred Stewart	32	28	26	86	$ 25.00	9.50
	Gene Reams	30	26	30	86	$ 25.00	9.50
	Brice Bergesen	31	28	27	86	$ 25.00	9.50
	Danny Dore	29	28	29	86	$ 25.00	9.50
	Rick Baird	31	28	27	86	$ 25.00	9.50
23	Jay Klapper	30	29	28	87		3.60
	Greg Ward	29	29	29	87		3.60
	Gary Hester	30	29	28	87		3.60
	Jeff Garrison	31	28	28	87		3.60
	Rodney Ashley	29	30	28	87		3.60
	Greg Roberts	27	31	29	87		3.60
	David Lynch	28	29	30	87		3.60
	Dan Anders	28	31	28	87		3.60
	Kevin Lacey	31	28	28	87		3.60
	Bill Kirby, Jr.	29	28	30	87		3.60
33	Larry Simpson	26	30	32	88		3.00
	Randy Orr	29	31	28	88		3.00
	Jim Heikkinen	29	31	28	88		3.00
	Edgar Hollifield	27	29	32	88		3.00
	Rainey Statum	29	29	30	88		3.00
	Darrell Britt	29	31	28	88		3.00
	Alan Quinnelly	30	31	27	88		3.00
40	Tony Jackson	30	29	30	89		3.00
	Lee Messenger	24	33	32	89		5.00
	Don Parker	28	32	29	89		3.00
43	Frank Warren	32	28	30	90		3.00
	Bobby Ward	30	31	29	90		3.00
	Lewis Burton	29	31	30	90		3.00
	Randy Reeves	31	27	32	90		3.00
	Dave Taylor	28	32	30	90		3.00
	Michael Hitt	30	28	32	90		3.00
49	Jeff Smith	29	29	33	91		3.00
	Todd Viau	31	32	28	91		3.00
	William Glisson	31	30	30	91		3.00
	Bob Davis	31	31	29	91		3.00
	Bob Jackson	29	32	30	91		3.00
	Steve Tanton	30	31	30	91		3.00
55	C.L. Jones	30	30	32	92		3.00
56	Buddy Taylor	29	33	31	93		3.00
	Mike Damsky	33	31	29	93		3.00
	Nick Gill	33	29	31	93		3.00
	Tony Varnadore	32	28	33	93		3.00
	Richard Zack	32	30	31	93		3.00
61	Paul Johns	30	30	34	94		3.00
	Mark Rainey	31	28	35	94		3.00
	Paul Pastilong	30	32	32	94		3.00
	Mark Hasty	28	33	33	94		3.00
65	Bruce Boulden	32	34	29	95		3.00
66	Al Simpson	35	30	31	96		3.00
	Chuck Nance	29	33	34	96		3.00
68	Jimmy Harritos	34	31	32	97		3.00
	Bo Luthie	30	34	33	97		3.00
	Robby Bryant	32	32	33	97		3.00
71	Barb Mingo	37	32	29	98		3.00
	Earl Fritts	27	35	36	98		3.00
73	Thomas Rawles	33	33	34	100		3.00
74	Earl Brabb	34	32	35	101		3.00
75	Bill Walsh	32	34	37	103		3.00
	Enid Klapper	33	37	33	103		3.00
77	Don Thompson	36	35	35	106		3.00

		Round				Prize
	Player	1	2	3	Total	Money
1	Clayton Craft	27	28	27	82	$25.00
2	Brian Martin	29	27	31	87	$25.00
3	Craig Smith	24	32	32	88	$25.00
4	Chris Morrison	34	30	27	91	$12.50
	Jim Cruse, Jr.	31	30	30	91	$12.50
6	Jim Conner	32	29	32	93
7	Jeff Brown	31	30	33	94
8	Kim Brabb	33	32	30	95
9	Bryan Higgins	30	34	32	96
	Scott Buddie	29	33	34	96
11	Rick Maitland	35	33	29	97
	Rusty Taylor	34	33	30	97
13	J. L. Coffee	27	39	33	99
	Jeff Studer	34	34	31	99
15	Tom Sweeney	31	32	37	100
	Wayne Saunders, Jr.	36	30	34	100
17	Brian Mundey	31	33	37	101
18	Keith Chambers	36	32	35	103
19	James Chastain	36	42	44	122

		Round
	Player	1	2	3	Total
1	Scott Sammons	30	31	36	97
2	Rodney Rogers	33	33	35	101
3	Lonnie Howard	37	33	35	105
4	Justin Taylor	38	33	35	106
5	Dwight Plum	46	34	44	124