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behind. The lowest round of the day was 22 – shot the last round by

Rick Baird, but it would not be the lowest round of the tournament.

By the end of day one, it was determined by the PPA Committee that

there should be a delay of one day for the remaining 4 rounds due to

the hurricane making its way to Florida. Within a few hours of making
the decision to delay the tournament, Hurricane Floyd made an abrupt

turn to the north and skimmed along the east coast until it made
landfall near Cape Fear, NC with 105 mile per hour winds. Napoli, with

an analytical mind, now had one day to rest his hip and review his play.

He determined that the holes he should have made twice per course,
that he only made once, were the holes he needed to work on. The hip

may have needed the rest, but the shot adjustments would be the

difference. The difference between day one and day two would be 10
shots.

Day 2 of the National Championship saw sunny weather, a slight breeze
and more importantly, no hurricane on the horizon. Napoli, tied with

Darrell Britt at 108, would shoot a 27 for round five and find himself

behind Britt by five strokes. Britt would open with a 22. The first day
leader, Andy Coradini, would find trouble throughout his morning

round and shoot a 32 and relinquish the lead to Britt, who now had a 3-
stroke lead over Danny McCaslin. Round 6 would see McCaslin and

Napoli shooting 24s and Britt shooting a 29. The lead had once again

changed. Danny McCaslin now had a 2-stroke lead over Britt and
Napoli. Then came the “moving round” – round 7. Napoli returned to

the Magnolia course where he opened the day with a 27. He started
round 7 with pars on holes one and two. He would watch playing

partner, Rick Baird would shoot a 10 on the front nine, but Napoli shot

an 11. Baird closed the round with a 15 on the back-nine, however, the