Rangers monitor play, interpret rules on the course
Ralph
Gaillard
Golf-N
Around
What have Rangers, Marshals
and Ambassadors got to do with
the game of golf? During the
1950s and 1960s the construction
of public golf courses far out
numbered the building of private
courses in the United States.
; Public courses' lower, rates
made playing affordable for mid
dle-income people, and they
took up the game in large numT
bers. This along with public
courses' not requiring golfers to
play with caddies (another
expense) and the advent of the
golf cart changed golf forever.
The golf cart increased the
speed of play, allowed more
golfers on the course, and of
course, brought more profit to
the courses. Out of these begin
nings the Rangers, Marshals or
Ambassadors on a golf course
was born. The three titles differ
by course, depending on designa
tion by golf course management.
However, no matter what the
title, job duties usually are the
same.
The Ranger rides the course
in a golf cart with a flag or sign
on the cart and ensures golfers
are following course rules and
regulations. The Ranger also
monitors play and asks slow
playing golfers or speed up.
At some courses the Ranger
ensures on-course water coolers
are kept filled and picks up
trash. Perhaps a little-known
fact is that the Ranger's primary
responsibility is to interpret the
rules of golf for players, if/when
asked.
Rangers are usually not paid
for their services but are allowed
free play at the course'during
certain times/days.
It has been observed that
Rangers have a great love for the
game, know the rules of golf and
have a great sense of pride in the
golf course.
The Rangers at Winston Lake
Golf Course are: Don "Hound"
Adams, James Dixon, Walt Fos
ter, Sam Puryear, Joe Thompson,
Lonnie Wellman and this writer. '
Next time you play remember
the Ranger, Marshal or Ambas
sador is proud to be there serv
ing you.
l^ocal happenings
Seems as though Quincey
"Beaver" Spurgeoiv,got his nick
name from the "Red Rider &
Beaver" cowboy and Indian
movies of the 1950s. When Spur
geon and his childhood friends
would play cowboys and Indians,
he would have to play Beaver,
Red Rider's sidekick. His friends
started calling him Beaver, and
the nickname has been with him
ever since.
The Monday Morning
Golfers playing at Pudding
Ridge recently had James Lind
say, Dave Meadows, Earnest
Morris and "Butch" Wheeler
each winning a "skin." James
Dixon, Walt Foster, Leonard
"Jack" Jackson and David "The
Good Doctor" Peay all beat
Lonnie Wellman in a recent
match at "The Lakes."
Wellman has demanded that
this writer stop reporting on him
in this column. I don't think so.
Sam Puryear recently won a
match with Harold "The Masked
Man" Hairston. Hairston
returned the next day for a
rematch and Puryear didn't
show. As expected. The Masked
Man is now saying that Puryear
is dodging him. It's on, y'all.
Harvey Jones and George
Phillips won a two-man team
match against Bobby Garrett
and Roy Phillips. Amos Lewis is
recuperating from recent surgery
but has been seen practicing his
chipping and putting at The
Lakes. Amos, glad to see you up
and around, and in great spirits.
Until next time - keep it in
the fairway.
If you have ideas for Golf-N
A round call The Chronicle a I
(336) 723-8428 or e-mail Ralph
Gail lard at ralphg@tfellsouth.net.
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Golf marvels at Tiger Woods, the million
dollar showman who keeps on winning
BY JIM LUKE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A golfing season few people believed could
get much better just did. And the really unbe
lievable part? Tiger Woods might still be
improving.
His victory Sunday in the American
Express Championship in Sotogrande, Spain,
was Woods' fourth in a row and eighth this sea
son. No golfer has strung that many wins
together since Ben Hogan in 19S3. No one has
won eight in a single season since Johnny
Miller 25 years ago.
"The changes I've made in my swing over
the last couple of years - finally I've started to
reap the benefits of"t," Woods said after com
ing from behind to win the tournament in a
playofT Sunday. "It hasn't been an easy road."
The streak included the second major tour
nament win in Woods' career, two years and a
thousand doubts after his ground-breaking vic
tory at the Masters.
The last time anyone enjoyed a better sea
Son perhaps was 1945, when a slim Texan
named Byron Nelson beat up a tour depleted
by wartime service to win a DiMaggio-like 11
Straight and 18 altogether.
; When asked whether those records are pos
sible against today's deeper, stronger tourna
ment fields, Woods answered: "Hopefully, next
?Jear I'll play the same type of golf, and we'll
1 fee about the number of victories."
*' At just 23, the kid will not put a limit on his
;ppside. Every time it seems Woods can't get '
?bigger, he does.
I He began Sunday's final round in Spain one
'stroke behind local hero Miguel Angel
^Jimenez, who had already won twice on home j
"soil. A pack of Woods' fellow pros were also
I within striking distance of the lead. And await
*ing him at almost every hole were spectators
-who behaved as though they had stopped off
Ion the way home from the bullfights.
* Still resentful over the behavior of the U.S.
;team and its fans in a last-day rush to victory
lover Europe at the Ryder Cup, the Spanish gal
Ileries treated most Yanks rudely, but saved
;their worst for Woods.
* Woods took command of the tournament
Iwith an eagle at the 11th hole. But at the 17th,
;he hit his third shot onto a severely sloped
?green, then watched helplessly as the ball
Isnaked slowly down a bank and into a pond.
! The gallery roared.
i ???
Wood?
? "It was disappointing to hear the sounds,
but understandable," Woods conceded. "They
obviously wanted him (Jimenez) to win."
But it was not to be. Not in the year of the
Tiger.
Woods' triple-bogey at 17 let Jimenez back
into the match, but only for so long. The
Spaniard bogeyed the 18th to set up a playoff
in the fading light. On the first extra hole,
floodlights were needed to illuminate the green
and the Spanish Civil Guard was called to keep
fans at bay in the fairway.
Woods calmly stroked a 12-foot birdie putt
for the match, and didn't seem the least bit sur
prised to see it drop. When it was over, he gave
a quick fist pump to the few still supporting
him. Everybody else got a cold-eyed stare.
In late August, Woods renegotiated a five
year endorsement deal with Nike reportedly
doubling his pay to between $80 million and
$90 million. The new deal was struck, in part,
because of a clever commercial few people
believed was shot "live."
In the ad, Woods bounces a ball on the face
of a club - between his legs and behind his
back - for nearly 30 seconds before whacking
it, like a baseball, into the distance. It turns out
he needed only four takes for a wrap.
There is no more doubting Woods' abilities
as a showman, or his ability to deliver as the
odds-on favorite, no matter where or when.
The question now is whether, like golfing
greats Hogan and Jack Nicklaus, he can rise to
the occasion often and long enough to make
the comparisons stick.
Early though it is. Woods looks like some
one built for the long haul. And not just
because of his celebrated run-up, or the ease
with which he's segued from prodigy to world
beating teen-ager, to young pro respectfully
measuring every accomplishment against
Nicklaus at the same age.
It's the way he's always answered the ques
tion, "What's next?"
"It can still get better," he says.
... Isaiah
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and the previous season Parkland
managed only three wins.
I "We've turned the program
ground," Isaiah said. "I wanted to
go out in my last season with a
good year and it's happened for me
(his year.
I "Coach Bell told me that he was
going to ride me," Isaiah added.
When he started calling my num
ber I took the challenge."
Isaiah did some of his best work
last Friday night during the Mus
tangs' battle with Glenn for the
Piedmont Triad 3-A's final playoff
berth. Isaiah's 54-yard touchdown
run jumpstarted the offense and the
Mustangs took a 19-6 victory.
"Going into the season I didn't
know how this offense would affect
me," he said. "But I looked at it like
this. Art Brown got a lot of yards in
this offense (at Mount Tabor, where
Bell was the assistant head coach
before accepting the Parkland job).
So I figured there had to be some
thing to it."
The newness of the Bell regime
and the momentum from the bas
ketball team's 3-A state champi
onship helped push the Mustangs
during the preseason. Parkland
came out of the gate quickly and
hasn't really let up. Their 7-3 finish
is the school's best this decade.
"I think that gave us a boost
and gave us the desire to work
hard." Isaiah said. "I think all of
that has really paid off because
we've been in a groove since basket
ball season."
Isaiah
Right now Isaiah said it doesn't
matter to him how long the football
season will continue. If the Mus
tangs continue to win it will delay
his participation on the basketball
team, where he's slated to be a
starter.
"This is a new experience and I
want to enjoy it," he said. "I don't
know what the atmosphere is like,
but I'm looking forward to it."
So are the rest of Isaiah's team
mates.
But unlike most of them Isaiah
has a lot of decisions to make
regarding what he'll be doing next
year. He's being recruited in both
basketball and football but isn't
sure yet just which way he will go.
For now. he said he's content
with his team's football success and
is hoping that will take he and the
Mustangs far.
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