BCC To Field Golf Team
Brunswick Community College is looking for students interested in
playing on a college golf team, the first intercollegiate team to be field
ed by the school.
Joe Moorcfield, who is coordinating the team's schedule, said that in
August, BCC joined the Eastern Carolina Community College Athletic
Conference. At present the conference has 12 members and offers com
petition in softball, volleyball, basketball, golf and tennis.
BCC may try to Held a volleyball team this year as well, after field
ing a team this past fall in a Brunswick County Parks and Recreation
Department League.
To play on the golf team, students must be enrolled in at least six cur
riculum credit hours in the spring quarter, said Moorcfield. Registration
for the spring quarter is Wednesday, March 6, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
The team will play a six-week schedule, starting March 18. BCC is
looking for a course at which to host its first conference match April 19.
Golf team members will be able to play free at courses near each of
the other conference colleges.
Moorcfield said he anticipates matches with Bladen Community
College, Sandhills Community College and Sampson Community Col
lege. Division tournaments and ptey outside of the conference are ex
pected also.
Any student who is interested in becoming a member of the BCC
golf team should call Moorcfield at 754-6900. He is also recruting com
munity volunteers to work with and/or travel with the team to matches.
SHORT GAME INSTRUCTION
Chipping And
Approach Putts
Can Lower Score
The putter is the undisputed MVP of your golf game. Half the shots in
a routine par round of golf arc made
devoted to getting on the green and
36 putts produce the standard score
of 72 for 18 holes of golf.
Unfortunately for most of us we
rarely, if ever, approach that stan
dard. We whack our drives in the
rough and either come up short on
our approach shots or dump them in
hazards around the green. We don't
get to play often enough or we
refuse to practice enough to ever re
alize those standard 36 shots to reach the putting surface in routine figures.
Fortunately, however, ail cf us possess the potential to manage the
short strokes around the green well enough to shoot a putting par. With just
a estra effort we can learn to shoot four to eight strokes under our
putting par of 36 strokes. If that seems far fetched, just remember how
many times you have missed the green and are left with a pitch or chip shot
which provides an opportunity for a one-putt green. If you consider a one
putt green a putting birdie you can comprehend a putting par of 36.
Take My Round, Please!
My round recently at Oak Island was a good example. My putting
score was three under par, 33. Good pitching and chipping set up three tap
in putts of three feet or less for putting birdies (one-putt greens). I also had
a chip shot drop in for a putting eagle or no-putt green. A couple of brain
less three-putt greens produced the putting score of 33. The rest of my
game was not very inspiring. Scattered drives and indifferent approaches
kept my overall score at 80.
I played the par fives as if I was braindead, two over par. I didn't even
come close to a birdie on them. I hit only 8 of 14 fairways with my drives a
poor 8 of 18 greens in regulation. The most confounding part of the round
was my inability to make any of the four birdie putts (10 to 15 feet) which
the good approach shots set up. If I make two of those birdies and don't
three-putt, my putting score would be 29 putts or seven under par and my
scorecard would read 76 strokes.
The information which I have referred to came from the coded data
which I record on the scorecard. I helps me to review my round and better
understand why I shot that score and realize what that score could have
been with better play and better putting. You may say that I am just dream
ing of what could have been. That would be true if I do nothing to improve
on my mistakes and poor play. If I record the results of this round in my
notebook and structure my practice around reducing the number of putts I
take, then the extra effort to record and review my stats will be well worth
the effort
I can combat three-putt greens by working on my approach putts and
chip shots. Today the chip shots worked like a charm, but frustration with
my inability to make the birdie putts led me to be too aggressive on two ap
proach putts and the ensuing disgust interrupted my concentration on the
four to five foot comebackcrs. It was a clear case of mind over matter, in a
very negative sense.
Chips and Approach Putts Should Finish Close
I forgot that chip shots and approach putts are intended to finish close
to the hole and not go in the hole. When they do drop in the hole it is usual
ly the result of good luck or that rare perfect stroke on the ball. The desired
mental image for approach putts is one of curling to a slop within three feel
of the hole. Putting to a six foot circle instead of a four and one half inch
hole is a much more attainable goal. It tends to relax and smooth out the
stroke.
The same is true of chip shots. There should be no thought of trying to
make the shot, just get it close. I consider the chip shot as an approach putt
with a lofted club. By setting up, gripping the club, and stroking the shot
exactly as you do with a putter the stroke is greatly simplified and tends to
produce a smoother stroke and solid contact with the ball.
The only decision you have to make with this "chip-putt" technique is
what club to use. Ideally you would choose the club which will land the
ball just on the putting surface to allow maximum roll on the shot. We have
imminently more control over a ball rolling on the surface of a green than
that of a ball in the air.
If you are a golfer who has trouble with chip shots, I strongly suspect
that you are making that shot with a miniature swing. Accordingly, you are
probably breaking your wrists which creates the need to time the clubface
through the ball. A mini-swing may encompass all sorts of variables which
you would never consider using in your putting stroke.
May I suggest that you consider the "chip-putt." You will immediately
notice fewer flubbed and skulled chip shots. You will quickly learn how far
each club carries the ball in the air before it lands on the green and starts to
roll. Once that information is in the "feel" file of your computer, your mar
gin of error will be dramatically reduced. One-putt greens will increase
with the happy effect of saving more pars, keeping your putts closer 30 for
a round and lowering your overall score.
with the putter. Thirty-six strokes are
Westgolf Tourney Postponed
Frozen greens and severe weather caused the Westgolf
Tournament, scheduled for last Saturday, to be postponed.
"We apologize for any inconvenience to players and spon
sors," a booster of the West Brunswick High School golf
team said.
A new date for the tournament is being negotiated and
details regarding rescheduling may be found in next week's
issue of the Beacon.
"Thanks for your understanding and support," Westgolf
Boosters said this week.
Zinzer Shoots 68 To Win
Sea Trail Tourney
Dick Zinzer shoi a net 68 and
won the Sea Trail Men's Golf Asso
ciation tournament last week.
Runncrs-up were Gene Connelly
and George Rowe with scores of net
69. The event was played on the
Maples course at Sea Trail Planta
tion.
Winners of the closest-to-the-pin
contest were Bill Morris at the third
hole and Connelly at the 1 1th.
Brierv/ood Ladies
Jan Loflin fired gross 85 and
Hilda Hall shot net 63 to take first
place in the top flight of the Brier
wood Ladies Golf Association tour
nament Feb. 12.
Second flight winners were
Marie Brown with gross 95 and
Marian Corbin and Maureen Farley
with matching net scores of 70.
Winners in the third flight were
Janice Owens with gross 101 and
Lou Akcrs with iict 74.
Low putts winners were Mrs.
Hall in the first flight, Mrs. Corbin
in the second flight and Jean Lacer
enza in the third flight.
The only birdies during the tour
nament were cardcd by Doris Dun
fee at the ninth hole and Mrs. Loflin
at the 14th.
Chip-ins were recorded by Mari
an Johnson at the fourth hole and
Mrs. Akcrs at the ninth.
GOLFING ACTION
Sea Trail Ladies
The Sea Trail Ladies Golf Asso
ciation held a Nassau tournament
last week with winners named for
low net scores on the front nine,
back nine and all 18 holes.
Winners on the front nine were
Gail Schagle and Nancy Mehnc
with scores of net 37. Shirley
Helmke placed second with net 38.
Freddie Kimball had low net on
the back nine with a 31. Eloise
Lucas was second with net 31.5.
Heni Moulton had the low net for
18 holes with 72. Jane Bye was the
runner-up with a 73.
Carolina Shores
Betty Kibblchousc shot net 28.5
to win the first flight in the Carolina
Shores Ladies Golf Association
crossover tournament last Thursday.
Second place in the top fiigh: wen*,
to Jean Krisher witii net 30.
Second flight winners were
Gladys Bowcn and Lynn Jerr with
matching scores of 28.5. Mrs. Bo
wen took first place on a match of
cards.
Sue Greiner won the third flight
with a net 28, followed by Joan
O'Neill with net 29. Ruth Rice took
third place on a match of cards over
nine-hole mixed scramble last Wed
nesday.
Two learns tied for second place.
Nick Lacerenza, Ai Butler, Ann
Causer and Ginny Anzelone shot 34
to lie the team of Howard Scult, Al
Hierman, Hilda Hall and Jean La
ccrenza.
On Feb. 1 1 , Morris Hall won the
full-handicap individual match play
versus par tournament. He Finished
at 4 up on par.
Other top Finishers were Gary
O'Conncll at 3 up on par, Hal
Schulcr at 2 up on par and Barney
Martin at 1 up on par.
Ruth's Renegades
Ruth's Renegades golf group
held tournaments at Carolina Shores
and Brierwood last Thursday, with
winners named for low gross and
low net minus scores on the par
Fives.
Jean Caiazzo shot the low gross
of 124 al Carolina Shores. Low net
winners were Jackic Storm with a
45, Mrs. Caiazzo with a 49 and
Betty O'Rourkc with a 51 .
Jennie Ward had chip-ins at the
14th and 15th holes, and Anna
Clute chipped in at the 11th.
At Brierwood, Marion Corbin
had the low gross of 113. Low net
winners were Ruth Jacobs with 48,
June Whipkcy with 51 and Dot Frcy
with 51.
Gerry Burdick after both golfers
shot 30.5.
Fourth flight winners were Mar
tha Paynter with net 25, Jackie Dist
ler with 28, Mac Robertson with
28.5 and Lois Howard with 30.
Joan McNamara had low putts
for the tournament with 27. She also
had one of four birdies at the eighth
hole.
Mrs. Distler birdied the eighth
hole and chipped in at the fourth.
Mary Shafer and Mrs. Greiner both
chipped in for birdie at the eighth.
Other chip-ins were recorded by
Edith Grice at the third hole, Shirley
Vazquez and Pat Reardon at the
fourth, Ginny Derrickson at the
17th and Dottic Russo at the 18th.
Brierwood Men
The foursome of Joe Reiter, Fer
gie Nicol, John Cowic and Bob
Sterner fired a 10-undcr-par round
of 134 to win the Brierwood Men's
Golf Association best ball tourna
ment last Thursday.
Teams counted the two best balls
on each hole and used 80 percent
handicaps. Second place went to the
team of Joe Tymchak, Jim Kellcher,
Don Seitz and Paul Keeley with a
score of 136.
In other recent action at Brier
wood, the foursome of Jan Loflin,
John Martocci, Joanna Lang and
Dede Havcnga shot 33 to win the
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Competed In Rocky Mount
Two winners in the Calabash Elks Hoops Shoot Contest held Jan.
29 at Shallotte Middle School recently competed in Rocky Mount
against students from across the state. Jerome Thomas (middle),
local winner of the boys division for ages 8 and 9, and Darmus
Bellamy (right), who won the boys division for ages 12 and 13,
made the trip with Aram Noorigian (left), exalted ruler of Cala
bash Elks Lodge No. 2679.
State Halts Spanish Harvest
The N.C. Division of Marine
Fisheries has temporarily halted the
commercial harvest of Spanish
mackerel, but it's not expected to
have an impact on local fishermen.
The commercial season for Span
ish was closed Wednesday and will
reopen April 1, said Marine Fisher
ies Director William Hogarth.
Hogarth said the commercial sea
son was closed because Atlantic
coast fishermen reached their quota
for the 1990 fishing year for Span
ish mackerel, 3.14 million pounds.
The closure applies to state wa
ters, which arc within three miles of
the beach. On Jan. 26, federal fish
eries officials halted the commercial
harvest of Spanish mackerel in wa
ters up to 200 miles offshore.
Rich Carpenter, regional manager
with the Division of Marine Fisher
ies, said the closure won't have
much of an effect because fisher
men usually catch Spanish in the
spring and summer.
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"There's not a whole loi going on
with Spanish right now," Carpenter
said. "They're catching very few
Spanish."
This Week's
Tide Table
FEBRUARY
HIGH LOW
Day Date A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
Thursday 21 12:24 12:44 6:49 7:02
Friday 22 1:29 1:56 7:58 8:11
Saturday 23 2:40 3:10 9:08 9:21
Sunday 24 3:50 4:19 10:17 10:27
Monday 25 4:56 5:22 11:17 11:29
Tuesday 26 5:54 6:20 12:09
Wednesday 27 6:47 7:13 12:23 12:57
ADJUSTMENTS
SHALLOTTE INLET? add 17 min.
high tide, add 32 min. low tide.
LOCKWOOD FOLLY? subtract 22
min. high tide, subtract 8 min. low tide.
BALD HEAD ISLAND? subtract 10
min. high tide, subtract 7 min. low tide.
SOUTHPORT? add 7 min high tide,
add 1 5 min. low tide.
LITTLE RIVER? add 7 min. high
tide, add 7 min. low tide.
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