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Time To Take It Easy
Jones: Now he'll have time to pfay golf
Winston Lake's
He's leaving wit!
By SAM DAVIS
Chronicle Sports Editor
When E. Jerry Jones steps down as director and
golf pro at the Winston Lake Golf Course Sept. 1,
he'll leave behind a legacy of achievement . While
he has had to weather many storms personally and
professionally during his tenure at the course, Jones
says he is satisfied with what he has done there.
Twenty-two years ago, when Jones first came to
Winston Lake, the course was probably the worst in
Forsyth County. Today, however, he's proud that
he helped mold it into one of the area's finest.
"When I came to Winston Lake, the course was a
nine-hole tract built to keep blacks from going to
Reynolds Park," says the outspoken Jones. "It was
built so poorly that you had to almost thread a needle
just to play a round of golf.
"In fact," he says, laughing, "we used to put
chicken wire down the side to keep the ball in play.
We didn't have sand traps when I first came. There
weren't even any correctly-built tees on the
course."
Opportunities for black professional golfers in
Jones' early days were also limited. Yet, of the few
black golfers around, Jones was able to lure the na
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uon s dcsi 10 me course lor nis tournaments.
Among the players Jones has attracted to
Winston Lake are current PGA touring professionals
Calvin Peete, Lee Elder, Chuck and Jim
Thorpe, George Johnson and Pete Brown.
In fact, Jones was one of the first to recognize the
talent of Jim Thorpe, who won the U.S. Open
recently, and his brother Chuck. Both Thorpe
brothers worked under Jones' direction at Winston
Lake.
Jones also managed to attract more local golfers
to the course during his 22 years at the helm, using
new ideas to bring new business.
I've always tried to do things to help build
Black College Briefs
Florida A&M |
BY BARRY COOPER But, for
Syndicated Columnist complishments
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Florida A&M University Presi- ,roversy a, fAp
dent Dr. Walter L. Smith, who Recently h
was largely responsible for behind h|; a
millions of dollars worth of Roosevelt wi)s
athletic facility renovations and sion ,0 djscomj
additions at the school, has riva, Bethune.(
resi.8"ed- in football.
Smith, 49, told supporters and
aides that he will remain on the That decision
job for the next academic year, or public relations
until a successor can be named. Rattlers, who <
The Florida Board of Regents, the matter be!
who oversee state-supported believed that th
universities in Florida, has named affected fund-r
a search committee. could have an
Smith will thus end a seven- attendance for
year tenure that saw him secure ball season.
some $3 million to renovate and
expand the Rattlers' Bragg *so w
Stadium and acquire money for * ers ?
other sports and projects as well, ?sle[n * '
, .. . . ,, .. That has cause
including a new baseball dia- , , ,
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mond, swimming pool, women s , . ,
women s baske
complex and softball diamonds. Rattlers' team:
He managed to get those things p,ay as many ,
from the Florida Legislature even on the roacj t^j
though the state does not general1
ly fund university athletic pro- One thing al
grams. tain, however
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Winston Lake," says Jones. "About 13 years ago, I
suggested that seniors be allowed to play without
green fees. 1 also recommended that students from
Winston-Salem State, Wake Forest and Salem College
be allowed to play for only $2.00. It paid off
for the city because ithelped to bring in more funds
to improve the course."
At the same time, Jones has honed his skills
periodically to keep pace with other course pros. In
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17/ i, iiv. was mt uiuy uiacft. hi a cirt>s ui iiiuic man
300 at the PGA school in San Francisco. He also
participated in a PGA school in Orlando, Fla.
As for his brushes with the law, Jones, who most
recently was arrested and charged with~buying a
-pair of stolen designer jeansr says the time and
money investigating him could have been much better
spent.
"I've had to deal with some aggravation, accusations
and investigations," Jones says. "A lot of the
taxpayers' money has been used to investigate me,
but they have never found me guilty of anything.
"I don't know why I've been the target of these
things," Jones continues. "This latest thing was
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pure ana simple enirapment ana was in no way
related to my job."
Still, when Jones leaves his post in September, he
says, he will leave with peace of mind.
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"1 have never really had any time off since I took
the job," says Jones. "Now I'll have time to be
with my family and to play golf. I'll leave proud of
the things that we have accomplished at Winston
Lake Golf Course ? not only for myself, but also
for the people that have worked with me because we
work as a team."
Jones says he also will continue to run the E.
Jerry Jones Amateur and Professional Open, which
was held last Saturday and Sunday. The tournament,
formerly known as the Winston Lake
Amateur and Professional Open, was founded by
Jones 20 years ago and is held annually.
president resigns
all his ac- skinned and unafraid to make
- he also secured tough decisions. In the end,
tau&u ion academic. harassment and declining support
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a subject of con- and Smith announced his resignatfU.
tion.
e stood solidly . ,
thletic director. It is uncertain what the Rattlers
on, on the deci- wi" do as far as the Bethune"
nue playing arch- Cookman scries or conference afrookman
College filiation is concerned- Most 'ikf"
ly, both areas will be put on hold
until Smith's successor is named.
i has turned into a
nightmare for the NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Ten:an't
seem to put nessee State s 1984 football
hind them. It is schedule: Sept. 1 -- at Hampton
e controversy has Institute, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 8 ? vs.
aising efforts and Jackson State in Memphis, 7:30
adverse affect on P-m., Sept. 15 -- vs. Alabama
the coming foot- A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 22 ? vs.
. . . , . ? Florida A&M, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 6
as behind the Rat- ^ ... _ ~ ,
. , . . -- at Grambhng, 7:30 p.m. Oct.
p tr\ povp (hp \/11H
13 - at Tennessee Tech, 1:30
site Conference. . 0c, 2Q .. vs Kentuck
d other problems S(a|e a( Loujsvil|e> p m ;
'u^ii'nDmt.n Sf3u ^Cl 27 " vs- Southern University
1 Bolh of,lhe (homecoming), 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 3
' ^ t0 " vs- Bethune-Cookman College
15 20 of 28 8ames at Tampa, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 10 s
season. at L0ujsvj||ei 1:30 p.m.; Nov. 17
Dout Smith is cer- - vs. North Carolina A&T, 1:30
. He is thick- p.m.
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