2019 Grand Prix Update

THREE STRAIGHT FOR CARDO Powered by his singles victory at the 2019 USCA 6-Wicket National Championship in November, Randy Cardo went on to claim his third straight USCA Grand Prix Open title, which also comes with three straight men’s titles as well. The three-peat is the first since John C. Osborn took three straight titles from 1991-1993. Osborn also won four straight titles from 1984-1987 and Cardo will now have the chance in 2020 to try to match that feat.

Cardo’s win now puts him in a select group of five players that have won the USCA GP three times or more overall. He joins Osborn (9), Ben Rothman (3), Jeff Soo (3) and Danny Huneycutt (3).

While Cardo finished with a solid gap, just more than 6,000 points, second place through seventh featured a range of just more than 5,000 GP points. Stephen Morgan made the late push to reach 26,585 GP points and snag second place from his previous position of fourth at the start of November. Sherif Abdelwahab closed from eighth in the same time frame to snag the final “podium” spot and third place just 985 points off Morgan’s pace.

FAST MOVERS: Several other players surged as well in November with Matt Griffith moving from 11 th to reach a spot in the top 10 with fifth place. Rick Sheely was just a bit better as his single and doubles Seniors wins helped him move from 12th to grab a fourth-place finish. Notably, Griffith helped the cause as Sheely’s partner in for the Seniors doubles title. Former GP Champion Doug Grimsley (2008) jumped from 19th in November to claim ninth place.

WOMEN’S GP: SUDDERBERG HOLDS OFF RUGART Lynda Sudderberg led the Women’s GP pretty much from the start in 2019, but a couple of players continued to keep just close enough to make it interesting. In the end, it was defending champion Jodie Rugart positioned in third place at the start of November that claimed a big batch of points in the Seniors singles event with a second-place finish. Sudderberg tied for fifth in the event and that was just enough to hold on as she tallied 16,180 GP points. Rugart was just 192 points off that pace. Notably, the GP rivals were partnered together in the Seniors doubles event, so neither player gained an advantage.

Beverley Cardo was strong enough to hold on for third place at 12,629 points as the top three were the only women’s players to finish above 10,000 points.

FAST MOVERS: Overall, the top 10 didn’t have much change in the final segment of the year. Mary Rodeberg moved from eighth place to sixth, but the biggest jump was Linda Huxtable moving from 11 th to eighth to get into the top 10. 2019 US GRAND PRIX OVERALL TOP 60 # Player Handicap Singles Doubles Total Points 01 Randy Cardo -3 20900 12866 33766 02 Stephen Morgan -2.5 13580 13005 26585 03 Sherif Abdelwahab -3 14720 10880 25600 04 Richard Sheely -2 15424 8596 24020 05 Matthew Griffith -2 11790 10962 22752 06 Chris Patmore -2.5 15500 6785 22285 07 Macey W. White -2 11984 9552 21536 08 Richard Sullivan -1.5 13800 6980 20780 09 Doug Grimsley -3 13400 7200 20600 10 Shane Hettler -1.5 16220 3600 19820 11 Danny Huneycutt -4 13564 4958 18522 12 Matthew Essick -1.5 14610 3222 17832 13 Stuart Lawrence -2.5 15100 2400 17500 14 Bob Chilton -1 10750 6348 17098 15 Jeff Soo -3.5 10052 6707 16759 16 Lynda P. Sudderberg -1 8125 8055 16180 17 Jodie Rugart -1 11430 4558 15988 18 Brian Cumming -3.5 12400 3300 15700 19 David Ekstrom -1.5 9000 6180 15180 20 Simon Jenkins -1 8850 6100 14950 21 Webster Bull -1 8556 5808 14364 22 Scott Spradling -1 8280 4791 13071 23 Beverley Cardo 1 5438 7191 12629 24 David McCoy 0 4200 8330 12530 25 James M. Spoonhour -0.5 5290 6868 12158 26 Paul T. Bennett -2.5 9324 2600 11924 27 Chris Barley -1.5 9806 2014 11820 28 Timothy Rapuano -1.5 9110 2100 11210 29 Rich Lamm -2.5 7000 4200 11200 30 Thomas Cooper -1.5 6540 4620 11160 31 Richard G. Curtis -1.5 4500 6570 11070 32 Zack Watson -0.5 9750 1200 10950 33 Mike Taylor -2 7261 3314 10575 34 Thomas C. Balding 3 7374 2557 9931 35 Preston Stuart -0.5 4112 5272 9384 36 Paul Neubecker 1 2210 6750 8960 37 Gene Raymond 0 5430 3460 8890 38 Kevin Hansley 0 5050 3833 8883 39 Conner L. Helms -0.5 3560 4922 8482 40 Bob Worrell -1.5 7800 600 8400 41 Rob Byrd 0.5 4701 3108 7809 42 Mark Fields 0.5 3730 3732 7462 43 George Cochran -2 4123 3330 7453 44 Arthur Olsen -0.5 5420 1960 7380 45 David Isaacs -1 3050 4298 7348 46 Jay Hughes -0.5 5510 1560 7070 47 Conrad Rugart -0.5 4910 1788 6698 48 Loretta Cooper 2 3911 2680 6591 49 Britt Ruby -1.5 5650 912 6562 50 Horace W. Hayworth -0.5 2950 3536 6486 51 John C. Osborn -2.5 3600 2800 6400 52 Michael Albert 4.5 5552 732 6284 53 Norris Settlemyre -1.5 4700 1548 6248 54 Dawn Jupin 1 3870 2340 6210 55 Charles Xavier 0 5900 0 5900 56 William B. Trower 1.5 4840 832 5672 57 William C. Rinaman 0.5 2400 3200 5600 58 Matt B. Smith -2 4000 1568 5568 59 Ron Huxtable -0.5 2950 2401 5351 60 Lee C. Jorde 4 4474 690 5164 Updated January 2020.

2019 US GRAND PRIX TOP 30 MEN # Player Handicap Singles Doubles Total Points 01 Randy Cardo -3 20900 12866 33766 02 Stephen Morgan -2.5 13580 13005 26585 03 Sherif Abdelwahab -3 14720 10880 25600 04 Richard Sheely -2 15424 8596 24020 05 Matthew Griffith -2 11790 10962 22752 06 Chris Patmore -2.5 15500 6785 22285 07 Macey W. White -2 11984 9552 21536 08 Richard Sullivan -1.5 13800 6980 20780 09 Doug Grimsley -3 13400 7200 20600 10 Shane Hettler -1.5 16220 3600 19820 11 Danny Huneycutt -4 13564 4958 18522 12 Matthew Essick -1.5 14610 3222 17832 13 Stuart Lawrence -2.5 15100 2400 17500 14 Bob Chilton -1 10750 6348 17098 15 Jeff Soo -3.5 10052 6707 16759 16 Brian Cumming -3.5 12400 3300 15700 17 David Ekstrom -1.5 9000 6180 15180 18 Simon Jenkins -1 8850 6100 14950 19 Webster Bull -1 8556 5808 14364 20 Scott Spradling -1 8280 4791 13071 21 David McCoy 0 4200 8330 12530 22 James M. Spoonhour -0.5 5290 6868 12158 23 Paul T. Bennett -2.5 9324 2600 11924 24 Chris Barley -1.5 9806 2014 11820 25 Timothy Rapuano -1.5 9110 2100 11210 26 Rich Lamm -2.5 7000 4200 11200 27 Thomas Cooper -1.5 6540 4620 11160 28 Richard G. Curtis -1.5 4500 6570 11070 29 Zack Watson -0.5 9750 1200 10950 30 Mike Taylor -2 7261 3314 10575

2019 US GRAND PRIX TOP 30 WOMEN # Player Handicap Singles Doubles Total Points 01 Lynda P. Sudderberg -1 8125 8055 16180 02 Jodie Rugart -1 11430 4558 15988 03 Beverley Cardo 1 5438 7191 12629 04 Loretta Cooper 2 3911 2680 6591 05 Dawn Jupin 1 3870 2340 6210 06 Mary Rodeberg 0.5 2460 2224 4684 07 Patricia Spratt 4.5 952 3648 4600 08 Linda Huxtable -0.5 2400 2000 4400 09 Sandra Knuth 2 1218 3158 4376 10 Vickie Johnston 3.5 2200 1520 3720 11 Yen Sullivan 4.5 1482 2040 3522 12 Jeanne Branthover 4 1827 1282 3109 13 Donna Dixon 0 1624 1156 2780 14 Audrey M. Wille -0.5 2080 500 2580 15 Elaine Moody 3 1186 714 1900 16 Martie Ekstrom 6 622 950 1572 17 Arlene Stevens 8 349 1176 1525 18 Roni Brazell 5 1130 364 1494 19 Carla P. Rueck 7 538 947 1485 20 Sam Orleans Hansley 10 32 1395 1427 21 Jackie Jones -2 1363 0 1363 22 Victoria Albrecht 3.5 950 331 1281 23 Missy Chilton 7 616 574 1190 24 Thelma Lyle 5 339 840 1179 25 Brett Stovall 4 1032 126 1158 26 Linda Trifone 6 484 672 1156 27 Linda R. Dos Santos 2.5 1119 0 1119 28 Jane C. Helms 7 140 938 1078 29 Missy Ramey 0.5 456 594 1050 30 Mijai Pagano 4.5 369 654 1023 US GP CHAMPIONSHIP B TOP 15 (3-5H) # Player Handicap Points 01 Thomas C. Balding 3 9931 02 Michael Albert 4.5 6284 03 Lee C. Jorde 4 5164 04 Stephen P. Grassbaugh 3.5 4861 05 Patricia Spratt 4.5 4600 06 Jeff Morrison 3.5 4451 07 Richard Boger 3 4098 08 Vickie Johnston 3.5 3720 09 Yen Sullivan 4.5 3522 10 Lawrence R. Cranfield 3.5 3500 11 Ronald L. Eccles 4.5 3449 12 John L. Schoo 3 3400 13 Merle Berkshire 4 3354 14 David Spivey 3.5 3284 15 Jeanne Branthover 4 3109

US GP FIRST FLIGHT TOP 15 (6-9H) # Player Handicap Points 01 George Saad 6 2160 02 David Kepner 8 1853 03 Martie Ekstrom 6 1572 04 Arlene Stevens 8 1525 05 Carla P. Rueck 7 1485 06 Patrick Dugan 8 1464 07 Quinn Reinhardt 6 1211 08 Missy Chilton 7 1190 09 Linda Trifone 6 1156 10 Jane C. Helms 7 1078 11 Carl A. Archiniaco 7 1063 12 Hal Denton 7 1040 13 William F. Sadowski 7 1005 14 Karl-Heinz Kempfer 8 942 15 Karen Heckman 7 908

US GP SECOND FLIGHT TOP 15 (10-13H) # Player Handicap Points 01 Sam Orleans Hansley 10 1427 02 Noreen Rice 11 679 03 Cynthia Chess 10 365 04 Terry Cassidy 10 290 05 Freear Pollard 10 280 06 Mary Cassidy 10 255 07 John Rice 12 223 08 Leanne L. Rodick 10 204 09 Jeanette Bair Tribby 10 203 10 Charles H. Reynolds 11 200 11 Bill Fraser 10 194 12 Linda Pike 12 180 13 J. Clayton Kingsbery 10 169 14 Rodney Calver 10 140 15 Mary-Stewart Regensburg 10 129

US GP THIRD FLIGHT TOP 10 (14-20H) # Player Handicap Points 01 Cheryl Bromley 20 609 02 Peter Carlin 20 457 03 George O'Neill III 20 375 04 Blake Fields 20 370 05 Jim Teel 20 312 06 Todd Russell 20 234 07 Amr Hamdy 20 206 08 Robert V. Clark 20 136 09 Paige Brown 14 106 10 Priscilla M. Flowers 18 98