ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, August 22, 1996 TAG: 9608220017
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Chip Sullivan of Hanging Rock Golf Club in Salem made a hole-in-one on the next-to-last hole of the tournament to win the 1996 Hogan Mid Atlantic PGA Section championship Wednesday in Williamsburg.
Along with a check for $6,700, Sullivan earned exemptions to the 1996 National Club Professional Championship, the 1997 Nike Dominion Open, the 1997 Kemper Open and the 1997 Michelob Classic.
Sullivan became the first player ever to win MAPGA's Assistant Pros championship and the Section Pros championship in the same year.
Tied with Glen Miller of Fort Washington (Md.) Golf Range after 52 holes, Sullivan knocked a 4-iron from 210 yards on the 17th hole of the Golden Horseshoe Green Course, bouncing it once and slamming it in the hole. Sullivan finished with a three-round total of 209 (6-under par). Miller was second at 211 (4-under). Jeff Sprinkel of Blue Hills Golf Club finished with a round of 70, his best of the championship by five strokes. He wound up tied for 49th place with a total of 225.
The MAPGA Section Championship includes 100 top professional players from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. This year's field was the largest in the event's history, with 186 entries and a purse of more than $47,000.
In other golf news in the region:
nIt was a rough day for area players in the 46th annual Virginia State Golf Association Seniors championship on the Homestead's Cascades Course in Hot Springs.
Steve Holpe, of Roanoke, is the only player still in contention in the match play tournament. Holpe competes in the 70-and-up Super Senior division. Quarterfinal play begins this morning in both the Senior and Super Senior divisions.
Salem's Charley Turner, Ned Baber of Roanoke and Reggie Clark of Copper Hill were all winners in the first round of match play. Turner beat Bill Irwin of Stafford 4 and 3, Baber beat Don Foster of Salem 2 and 1, and Clark topped McLean's Ian Halkett 1-up.
However, all fell in the next round.
COLLEGES Walk-on, Druckenmiller shine
Quarterback Jim Druckenmiller completed six of seven passes for 153 yards and one touchdown and defensive end Cornell Brown came up with two sacks for 15 yards of losses on Wednesday in Virginia Tech's first fall football scrimmage.
But even Brown was upstaged by walk-on defensive end Jason Buckland, who had six sacks for minus-46 yards and a total of seven tackles.
Druckenmiller threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to flanker Shawn Scales. The only other touchdown came on a 51-yard pass from reserve quarterback Mike Kocicka to transfer Walter Ford. Ford had three catches for 60 yards and Scales caught two passes for 53 yards.
Jimmy Kibble made three field goals (from 22, 37 and 36 yards), while former Pulaski County High School star Shayne Graham made attempts of 34 and 37 yards and missed on 50- and 37-yarders.
nGuard Antoine Bergstrom's driving shot in the lane with 10 seconds left lifted Evereux, a team from the suburbs of Paris, to a 78-77 basketball victory over Virginia Tech.
Hokies guard Troy Manns' miss at the buzzer left Tech with its sixth loss on the seven-game European tour. Center Keefe Matthews and forward Ace Custis led Tech with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Another center, Alvaro Tor, had eight points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
The Hokies return to the United States on Friday after a day of sightseeing in France.
nThe Virginia men's basketball team lost 71-57 to Nancy, a first division team in France, in the fourth game of its European tour. The Cavaliers are now 2-2 on their trip.
Norman Nolan led three Virginia players in double figures with 20 points. Courtney Alexander had 19 and Jamal Robinson 10. Chris Alexander led the Cavaliers in rebounds with eight, and Nolan had seven.
French National Team center Cyril Julian led Nancy with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Former Maryland forward Derrick Lewis had seven points and 10 rebounds. Virginia has two more games on its tour, which concludes Saturday.
ETC. Curry, Coles to speak Wednesday
The Roanoke Valley Sports Club is accepting reservations for Wednesday's dinner meeting at the Salem Civic Center. The guest speakers are scheduled to be NBA guards and former Virginia Tech stars Dell Curry and Bimbo Coles.
The session begins with a 5:45 p.m. social, followed by dinner at 6:15. Annual membership fees are due, at $25, with an additional $10 for dinner. Adult guests are $20, with youths $15. Reservations may be made by writing the club at P.O. Box 1112, Salem, 24153, or by phoning Dan Wooldridge at 389-7373.
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