US NATIONWIDE TOUR REPORT, SCORES
Riegger declared winner after Sunday wash-out
RALEIGH, North Carolina - John Riegger collected his second career Nationwide Tour title, winning the Rex Hospital Open without having to hit a single shot on Sunday. Riegger, the 54-hole leader, was declared the champion when thunderstorms prevented the final round from being completed and forced tournament officials to revert back to the third-round results.
Riegger fired an 8-under 63 Saturday and bolted to a five-stroke advantage over Chris Nallen.
"A win's a win. I'm not going to complain," said Riegger, who finished at 20 under par, collected $99,000 for his efforts this week and jumped to No. 10 on the 2010 Nationwide Tour money list. "I would have rather had it with a normal routine today and played. I knew what the forecast was for today. I've been through this before so I was mentally prepared for whatever Mother Nature threw at us today."
The start of the final round was delayed three hours in the morning when a heavy thunderstorm rolled through the area and dumped an additional 7/10ths of an inch of rain on the TPC Wakefield Plantation course that received the same amount the night before.
Riegger's original 11:00 a.m. tee time was pushed back to 2:00 p.m.
"I was still on the putting green. I still had almost 20 minutes when that storm started rolling in. I was ready," said Riegger. "I had probably my best warm-up today. Every other day I just hit it horrible on the range and I get on the golf course and it was pure. I don't know if I was even more focused today or what."
Another storm popped up and forced officials to suspend play at 1:45 p.m.
"We have a regulation on this Tour that doesn't allow us to play on Monday unless half the field finishes," said Nationwide Tour Tournament Director Jim Duncan. "We can't start or re-start a round just to get half the field finished. So we pretty much had a 'go' point that we needed to be playing golf again by 3:25.
"Obviously with the last rain we got out of the most recent batch we just weren't going to be able to continue," he added. "We were looking at another 2 1/2 hours before we could have gotten the golf course playable again."
As a result, the tournament was called, leaving Riegger in the winner's circle for the first time since the 2007 LaSalle Bank Open.
"It's a crazy game," said Riegger, who broke the tournament's 54-hole record by four strokes with his rounds of 66-64-63. "You never know when you're going to come out and play the way I did this week."
Final-Round Notes: The last time a tournament was reduced to 54 holes was the 2005 Oregon Classic, where the fourth round never got underway. Jeff Gove was the winner. ... The last time a tournament was reduced to 54 holes after the fourth round had begun was the 2002 Nationwide Tour Championship. The scores on that Sunday were wiped out and the tournament reverted back to the 54-hole standings, where Patrick Moore held a two-stroke lead. Moore was declared the winner.
High school sophomore Grayson Murray finished tied for 55th, posting scores of 73-66-72?211 (-2) and became second-youngest player ever to make a cut in a Nationwide Tour event (16 years, 7 months, 20 days).
FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
*Thunderstorms prevented the final round from being completed and forced tournament officials to revert to the third-round totals
193 John Riegger 66 64 63
198 Chris Nallen 67 65 66
201 Adam Bland 68 67 66, Dustin Risdon 70 64 67, B.J. Staten 68 67 66
202 Scott Brown 62 72 68, Troy Kelly 65 71 66, Ron Whittaker 67 67 68
203 Ted Brown 68 68 67, Michael Clark II 67 68 68, David Mathis 69 66 68, Alistair Presnell 71 67 65, Kyle Stanley 68 69 66
204 Brian Smock 69 70 65, Andrew Svoboda 68 66 70, Tjaart Van der Walt 68 68 68
205 Daniel Barbetti 70 66 69, Jonas Blixt 70 68 67, Josh Broadaway 72 65 68, Andrew Buckle 66 70 69, Jeff Gallagher 69 69 67, Jim Herman 68 67 70, Andre Stolz 67 71 67, Daniel Summerhays 68 69 68
206 Jeff Brehaut 67 70 69, Bubba Dickerson 68 69 69
207 Joe Affrunti 75 64 68, Craig Barlow 70 67 70, Kevin Chappell 69 69 69, Todd Fischer 67 72 68, Kevin Fortin Simard 71 67 69, Kelly Grunewald 69 66 72, Clint Jensen 68 67 72, Chris Kirk 65 70 72, Jamie Lovemark 68 69 70, Bob May 67 70 70, Chris Mundorf 73 65 69, Nathan Smith 67 70 70
208 Jess Daley 70 68 70, Tommy Gainey 67 70 71
209 Mark Anderson 72 67 70, Miguel Carballo 71 68 70, Bryan DeCorso 72 66 71, Nick Flanagan 72 67 70, Scott Gutschewski 68 70 71, Neal Lancaster 68 71 70, Stephen Leaney 70 69 70, Jin Park 70 67 72, Stephen Poole 64 74 71, Geoffrey Sisk 71 68 70
210 John Douma 66 70 74, Barrett Jarosch 68 70 72, Jonathan Kaye 70 69 71
211 Bradley Iles 68 69 74, J.L. Lewis 69 69 73, Grayson Murray 73 66 72, Justin Peters 69 68 74, Dave Schultz 68 71 72, Darron Stiles 67 72 72, Jason Enloe 71 68 72
212 Brad Elder 69 70 73
213 David Branshaw 68 71 74, Hunter Haas 71 67 75, Luke List 70 69 74
214 Ewan Porter 68 70 76
DQ: Ryan Armour 69 70 74
RALEIGH, North Carolina - John Riegger collected his second career Nationwide Tour title, winning the Rex Hospital Open without having to hit a single shot on Sunday. Riegger, the 54-hole leader, was declared the champion when thunderstorms prevented the final round from being completed and forced tournament officials to revert back to the third-round results.
Riegger fired an 8-under 63 Saturday and bolted to a five-stroke advantage over Chris Nallen.
"A win's a win. I'm not going to complain," said Riegger, who finished at 20 under par, collected $99,000 for his efforts this week and jumped to No. 10 on the 2010 Nationwide Tour money list. "I would have rather had it with a normal routine today and played. I knew what the forecast was for today. I've been through this before so I was mentally prepared for whatever Mother Nature threw at us today."
The start of the final round was delayed three hours in the morning when a heavy thunderstorm rolled through the area and dumped an additional 7/10ths of an inch of rain on the TPC Wakefield Plantation course that received the same amount the night before.
Riegger's original 11:00 a.m. tee time was pushed back to 2:00 p.m.
"I was still on the putting green. I still had almost 20 minutes when that storm started rolling in. I was ready," said Riegger. "I had probably my best warm-up today. Every other day I just hit it horrible on the range and I get on the golf course and it was pure. I don't know if I was even more focused today or what."
Another storm popped up and forced officials to suspend play at 1:45 p.m.
"We have a regulation on this Tour that doesn't allow us to play on Monday unless half the field finishes," said Nationwide Tour Tournament Director Jim Duncan. "We can't start or re-start a round just to get half the field finished. So we pretty much had a 'go' point that we needed to be playing golf again by 3:25.
"Obviously with the last rain we got out of the most recent batch we just weren't going to be able to continue," he added. "We were looking at another 2 1/2 hours before we could have gotten the golf course playable again."
As a result, the tournament was called, leaving Riegger in the winner's circle for the first time since the 2007 LaSalle Bank Open.
"It's a crazy game," said Riegger, who broke the tournament's 54-hole record by four strokes with his rounds of 66-64-63. "You never know when you're going to come out and play the way I did this week."
Final-Round Notes: The last time a tournament was reduced to 54 holes was the 2005 Oregon Classic, where the fourth round never got underway. Jeff Gove was the winner. ... The last time a tournament was reduced to 54 holes after the fourth round had begun was the 2002 Nationwide Tour Championship. The scores on that Sunday were wiped out and the tournament reverted back to the 54-hole standings, where Patrick Moore held a two-stroke lead. Moore was declared the winner.
High school sophomore Grayson Murray finished tied for 55th, posting scores of 73-66-72?211 (-2) and became second-youngest player ever to make a cut in a Nationwide Tour event (16 years, 7 months, 20 days).
FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
*Thunderstorms prevented the final round from being completed and forced tournament officials to revert to the third-round totals
193 John Riegger 66 64 63
198 Chris Nallen 67 65 66
201 Adam Bland 68 67 66, Dustin Risdon 70 64 67, B.J. Staten 68 67 66
202 Scott Brown 62 72 68, Troy Kelly 65 71 66, Ron Whittaker 67 67 68
203 Ted Brown 68 68 67, Michael Clark II 67 68 68, David Mathis 69 66 68, Alistair Presnell 71 67 65, Kyle Stanley 68 69 66
204 Brian Smock 69 70 65, Andrew Svoboda 68 66 70, Tjaart Van der Walt 68 68 68
205 Daniel Barbetti 70 66 69, Jonas Blixt 70 68 67, Josh Broadaway 72 65 68, Andrew Buckle 66 70 69, Jeff Gallagher 69 69 67, Jim Herman 68 67 70, Andre Stolz 67 71 67, Daniel Summerhays 68 69 68
206 Jeff Brehaut 67 70 69, Bubba Dickerson 68 69 69
207 Joe Affrunti 75 64 68, Craig Barlow 70 67 70, Kevin Chappell 69 69 69, Todd Fischer 67 72 68, Kevin Fortin Simard 71 67 69, Kelly Grunewald 69 66 72, Clint Jensen 68 67 72, Chris Kirk 65 70 72, Jamie Lovemark 68 69 70, Bob May 67 70 70, Chris Mundorf 73 65 69, Nathan Smith 67 70 70
208 Jess Daley 70 68 70, Tommy Gainey 67 70 71
209 Mark Anderson 72 67 70, Miguel Carballo 71 68 70, Bryan DeCorso 72 66 71, Nick Flanagan 72 67 70, Scott Gutschewski 68 70 71, Neal Lancaster 68 71 70, Stephen Leaney 70 69 70, Jin Park 70 67 72, Stephen Poole 64 74 71, Geoffrey Sisk 71 68 70
210 John Douma 66 70 74, Barrett Jarosch 68 70 72, Jonathan Kaye 70 69 71
211 Bradley Iles 68 69 74, J.L. Lewis 69 69 73, Grayson Murray 73 66 72, Justin Peters 69 68 74, Dave Schultz 68 71 72, Darron Stiles 67 72 72, Jason Enloe 71 68 72
212 Brad Elder 69 70 73
213 David Branshaw 68 71 74, Hunter Haas 71 67 75, Luke List 70 69 74
214 Ewan Porter 68 70 76
DQ: Ryan Armour 69 70 74
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