Newspapers / The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, … / July 7, 1988, edition 1 / Page 19
Part of The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
3 High Tech Golf? Who Needs It? While watching the Wimbledon Tennis Championships last week a couple of things stnick me as being non-traditional in the valley of all tennis tradition. The tennis attire and the grass surface of the Wimbledon courts were once based upon the highest standards and traditions of the game. Wimbledon lias long set the standard of tennis apparel and for years required plain while shorts, skirts ana ? tops for all participants. I can recall 1 when the collars and sleeves of the | Mft ->-??!?? ! _ .4. i- ? * Ismris oegan to snow small colors in ..... . ... _ pipings and stitchings. Then McEnroe Will GOLF or somebody showed up with red and y W." blue inserts in the shoulders of their gy V shirts. Tradition slipped to WILL "predominantly white" uniforms. COCKRELL jN ^ A From that point on, the "Give 'em an v- -v A I inch and they will take a mile" syn- '*<<& I drome took over. Now the costumes (not uniform by any stretch of the imagination) have exploded with color, design and individuality as well as stitched on and printed logos and advertisements for tenuis equipment and clothing. Furthermore, Jim Lampley of ABC suggested that the long held jS preference for grass courts at Wimbledon may be the next tradition to go. The I mutilated grass courts gave evidence of bad bounces and a few slips and tumbles that would not have occured on a clay court or an artificial composition court. Although Arthur Ashe gave an eloquent defense of grass surfaces, g one can image that the day may not be long coming when the tennis prima Jj donnas will insist on a more reliable and consistent surface for play. After all, who would want to lose a quarter million dollars to a bad bounce? That includes the lucrative commercial endorsements that go to the ja winners and the finalists. Football and baseball have succumbed to the siren's sound of true, smooth surfaces. Even though, it is statistically proven that jl these surfaces cause more injuries. Can Golf Be Far Behind How soon will we be seeing a golf course with astroturf fairways and jjf s Iincioor-ouiaoor carpet greens? We already see other inroads in commer- ' cialism. Almost all the professional tournaments and many local events are now named after their primary sponsors: The Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic, The Hardee's Golf Classic, The Buick Open. , Golfers are already laden with logos and commercial endorsements. The Silver Pages, Sea Palms, Titleist, Spalding, Ping, and gosh knows what else ( appears on their clothing, their caps, visors, bags, shirts, trousers and shoes. I There is an ongoing competition between golf equipment companies to add ! successful golfers to their advisory staffs and have them carry their bags, play their clubs and balls. On any given golf telecast you can see Ping bags, Hogan bags, MacGregor bags, etc. In fact, it may be said that televised golf tournaments have been the source of much of the commercialism on today's Pro Tour. The big bucks of television have attracted the large corporate sponsors even though golf telecasts do not usually garner a large share of the viewing audience. It was discovered that the people who do watch golf telecasts spend a lot of money, not only on golfing equipment and paraphernalia, but on stocks, bonds, insurance, real estate, etc. In short, the golf viewers were a select group of spenders that advertisers wanted to reach. Artificial Courses a! Owners, operators and maintenance personnel for football and baseball stadia with artificial surfaces claim that maintenance costs for grass have tl become prohibitive. They also claim that footing and drainage is remarkably si improved on the artificial surface. ft The costs of operating and maintaining a golf course has risen almost as N fast as the demand for play. The two combine to make course maintenance a bi f 1' .... nuns uj uonuex ii iur an course superintendents ana greens keepers. Certain pi kinds of maintenance can be postponed until the slow season of the year, but the basic maintenance of grass and turf does not allow such intermittent at- th tention. It dehiands constant attention. Some of the lush layouts cost between lo $25,000 and $50,000 per hole each year to keep their immaculate playing condi- tu tions. v to Courses which host PGA Tour events often close their courses for several weeks or more to prepare the landscape for the tour events. Under these cir- th cumstances, it seems a foregone conclusion that the day is not far away when wi someone will venture to construct a course with artificial greens as a dt minimum or even fairways as a possibility. It will be Putt Putt Golf on a large th scale. ar Talk about slick greens. Have you ever putted on outdoor carpet? The ball rolls from here to Calabash with just a touch of the putter. Can you imagine th what some of the contours will do tn the hall'' It may evpn hp neeessarv to flat- lv ten out the existing contours in greens or develop a synthetic surface with se more closely approximates grass. B; And if that sounds like fun, imagine the kind of spin you could get off of a synthetic surface without the interference of grass between the ball and the in clubface. Those shots would make box or square grooves unnecessary. What Is would they use for rough? How about shag carpet? Now that would really ha make the game interesting. pi Let's hope this is all a pipe dream and someone will soon develop an extra ar hardy turf grass which will be easy to maintain. We have had about all the ge High Tech and commercialism we need in golf for a while. | IT ShollotteGloss & Mirror u fg has moved , ^ || to a larger location! \ B m P i/2 mile north of former location, i SH Hwy. 17, turn right at Collier Gas. p- ^ ge j| 754-9950 | \ ; J ov Becaus / - . - \ m^ssmai^ vstSMihSk(Ml I I ONG fWNC.E I gg? wvwwitugg NtuiuuN TRAP LOADS * SHF" * $<J,99 $H" 0 B ^5^ S COASTAL GU ? OPEN 1 TUt?}?5M 754-5135 ; I -* 1* ' -J/ "f^ .ijjfc v^-: \ H STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG RUT TFP Hewett Wins Drawing iVanda Hewett of Supply and her son. Rusty, won this computer system in a Irawing by the Shallottc Babe Ruth League last Friday at Shallotte Municipal Park. League President Homer Andrews, the presenter, said the sroject earned about $1,200 for Shallotte's Tee-ball, minor and major league earns. Mrs. Hewett said she bought five tickets earlier Friday. Wildlife Commission Warns Against Feeding Alligators Stale and local wildlife enforce- The news release said inquiries inlent officers, concerned with the to the status of alligators in this state ifety of many well-wishers, are ad- was prompted by the death of a child sinp nonnlp not to fooH o 1Urro ore ?> ? ? -14 1 " o r~"i"w '?" WU150VU10 ui who was auacKeu uy an alligator last iy other wildlife species that live in month in Florida. Although wildlife eas where alligators are found. biologists recall no incident in recent According to a news release from history in which an alligator attacked le N.C. Wildlife Resources Commis- someone, they warn against feeding on, alligators are most commonly alligators, tund in the southeastern part of orth Carolina and are considered to Persons should also avoid feeding : a threatened species in the state ducks in areas where alligators live "otected by federal law. because alligators feed on ducks and Feeding alligators, however, turns are attracted to the feeding area. iem into tame creatures who will Biologists also recommend against se all fear of people and can even- cleaning fish in areas known to be ally display aggressive behavior gator habitats, ward humans. "Brunswick County's loaded with m ? ? < em," said Fred Taylor, local g op ildlife enforcement officer, who ad- mg /"I 1 / f ft ft id that the alligator population in li/Hf is county is as high or higher than iy other county in the state. 0 ?| m nip a | He said most are found locally in B KSBiSuMftai e Green Swamp and Lockwood Fol- | River lie nrlrleH that there are 111 C 111 OSsSllSDS veral living in the lakes at Oyster _ iy Golf Links. $250 Per Person Taylor also said there is one living ^ p. p- 1 a canal at the west end of Ocean B $4UU Per v^OUple le Beach which has become used to | indouts and has lost its fear of peo e. Those alligators, he explained. id not the wild ones, pose the big- * 3-Dav Pass st threat to humans. j,' He said an easy way to tell a wild ? !p6v ligatcr from one which has no fear iricSudCo Qrccnc ? humans is to approach it slowly. If does not dive into the water, it's not raid and is likely to attack. S 'Group rates available Alligators are deceptively fast on on request. nd, added Taylor, and can catch I "Local rate $13 greens fee ost people if they get within 15 feet | iw.th eruns? ick- or Horry County driver'* licen&e) them. fauBBBnanEiiBBain "The biggest problem we have is tting people not to feed them," he II I VW///A id. '"Hie alligators get used to that sy meal and stop feeding on their m. They associate the food with \\ \\ imans, and when they get hungry ? 1 ey go looking for humans." \\g- ^ ie Every Round Counts || ;V , ^ \v. wMMzim vp J )ft*ERT I \"iu-i | ?bbb^ ^%#?it:?^, . : < jsps*. "^r0?~ \g &df I GOLF EQ Taylor Made*Wilson*Sounder*Bi |jc IcDnmnQ foJXcE ST. i G?lf Sh?eS BV ' (behind joe's bbq) i Tennis Shoes By shallotte THE BRUNSWICK BEACON, Thursday, July 7. 1988- Page 9-B Brierwooci Women Piay Odd And Even Golf Holes The Briei wood Ladies Golf Marion Corbin and Maggie O'Mara Association played an individual tied for third in that flight, tournament last week, using scores Low putt honors for the event, from odd holes on the front nine and which saw action from 33 members, even holes on the back nine with half went to Ann Causer with 29. the handicap. Other chip-ins during the event Though she shot birdies at the sixth were recorded by Joanna I .ang at the and 11th holes and a chip-in at the fifth hole, Toni Iossi at the fourth, eighth, Ann Hierman finished in a tie Mary Schaack at the 13th and Lucille for first place with Claire Aston in the Martin at the sixth, top flight. Birdies were also carded by JoanOther first flight winners in the na l,ang at the first hole, Mary June 28 event were Nel Justice, who Schaack at the 17th and Maggie added a birdie at the sixth hole, and O'Mara at the ninth. Claire Aston, Nearle Einstein. (linger Sugrue and Toni Iossi each In the second flight, Lucille Martin birdied the fifth hole, and Edith Grice tied for first place, while Kay Quackenbush finished se- ( 1 Zd and D.reen Sncrtn cnc ^ 10?k WQF ill Olive Seitz was the only golfer in Causeway Plara*Holden Beach the tournament to claim first-place ?pcn honors by herself, with a victory in TOP 10 BEST SELLERS the third night over Dot Frey. Paperbacks / traded .,[K ^ Amateur Magic ?% / Hardbacks \Lr DQC WADDELL'S f *Maqazines Magic &"run Co. HeiskeM^TN J COPYING J^llllr 37754 :"V SERVICE se^ S??jpr sptc,flL ^ ^ CATALOG ^^^^^)?RDERS MYRTLE BEACH'S 2 PREMIER GOLF COURSES HCAROLINA SHORES GOLF CLUB BSRIVER OAKS GOLF PLANTATION ...ARE OFFERING... "MORE GOLF FOR LESS $GREEN$" | 2 PLAYERS FOR ^40 REG. $64.00 J I ^ INCLUDES: I ! ( POWER GOLF CART I ? W$S?%5&, 'CAROLINA SHORES t VVl 4a (919 579-2181 '(803)448 2657 , . \ B -RIVER OAKS J 1/?T (803)449-4044 ' I ll CALL NOW F0R RESERVATIONS 1 II * ^ OFFER VALID WITH COUPON , I \\\ GOOD THRU AUG. 31, 1988 i 1 ~ gfey OWNED & OPERATED by i ' AMERICAN I BB-1 GOLF CORPORATION * L . ? . . J BMW DOM BBBBBOiaaHIMBiaBHEIOaBHI a Tradition of 2 Players ' sir i <t^n / i ; ' includes greens fee / / ( y> \? " f J/ ( I WITH THIS AD! offer good thru August '88 I B Call our Pro Shop | liO^NDPIPfRBdy for more iniormo,ion i^ Niik. ^:l wo,oi-)n ]j.-A i HHHmnBMMflHiHiBHHj Enjoy dining in GOLF and COUNTRY CLUB "p<"? Open for breakfast & AT CALABASH ,unch 6:30-3:30 p.m. B BB ? BB MB BB BB BB BB M BB I Bi 1988 E BRUNSVV,CK BtACON J RVV >||^f if II ^ ty|j Play o round (ffjffijf, i r?M of golf with our ^EvjjHA fl l ? 4r?&/ TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! ~ I BRUNSWICK SQUARE VILLAGE?754-5335 HWV. 17. SHALLOTTE-2 BLOCKS SOUTH OF LIBRARY ? AL & BETTY BUTLER. OWNERS %$S?p^ COMPETITIVE PRICES ON ALL ITEMS! | ^V | ^ /, ,'j', , f ,y. _ USPMENT BY v ^ 4\ 1 irfgestone*Chicago Classic & Callaway t- Your Golfing -Ladies' & Men's Clothing ! wSurt! ? | "ootjoy & Pro Stag L Brunswick Isles 5 f FootJoy & Wilson 4\a<a?j^\ Jj * i
The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 7, 1988, edition 1
19
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75