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Vince Batten – which also placed Batten in the lead with a 49 total. The

blustery conditions remained during round three with 24 being the

lowest score again – shot by Gilbert Sharpe and Thomas Rawles;
however, Batten maintained a one stroke lead going into the final

round of the day after shooting a 28. By the end of day one, the

players were exhausted, and the scores reflected the tough conditions.
Vince Batten maintained his lead with a total of 103 and held a two-

stroke lead of two over Andy Coradini, Gilbert Sharpe, Bill Baus, Rick
Rybaczek, and Jeff Smith. Lurking just a few more strokes back were

Mike Brown and Lewis Burton. The most consistent player of the day

was Bill Kirby – shooting rounds of 27,27,27 and 27.

Sunday provided calmer weather, sunshine, and pleasant warmth – but

more importantly, a soft breeze. The scores for the day were much

lower – with the lowest scores reaching 21 and 22. However, the
leader, Vince Batten, dropped to second place with a 26 while Gilbert

Sharpe took the lead with a 23. Continuing to closely lurk was Mike

Brown with a 23 – which put him two strokes out of the lead and Lewis
Burton with a 24 – which put him three strokes away from the leader.

Billy Kirby continued to play his consistent game with shooting another
27 for round 5. Round 6 was the round of which the players started to

separate. Burton and Brown set the pace with each shooting a 24 and

Brown continued to maintain his lead over Burton by one stroke;
however, he was now the leader of the tournament. Sharpe would

finish his tournament with 27s the rest of the way, Baird placed himself

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in 3 with a round of 25 and Coradini would slip to a 29 to remove
himself from contention but made a valiant comeback with closing

rounds of 23 and 24 to finish in third place. Billy Kirby would continue
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his consistent play with his 6 straight 27. Brown and Burton would
start to pull away from the field in round 7 by shooting 23 and 24 – but

Brown’s 23 gave him a two-stroke lead over Burton. Billy Kirby would