Great Golf Weather;
Local Courses Thriving
It is really g?xxl to see the loca
weather we have had recently. If the
number of rounds being played is
any indication, we must surely be
pulling out of the recession.
I made a lour of the golf courses
this past weekend and they were real
ly stacking up the traffic. Many of
tnv mvfc cciTiiu^ back for re
plays in the afternoon. Thanks to the
recent rain the courses all look great
and the excitement of the chatter in
the clubhouscs, bars and restaurants a
really enjoying themselves.
VV est Golf In Preseason
The West Brunswick High golf team took advantage of the teacher
workday last week to be the guest of Lion's Paw for a team tournament last
Monday. The youngsters really enjoyed the challenge of this new course.
They were warned in advance that the greens were fast, but it took most of
them three or four holes to get speed of their putts matched the Lions Paw
putting surfaces.
When I called Lion's Paw to schedule the tournament, I was delighted
to hear Eddie Pratt answer the phone. Eddie was a member of the first golf
team I coached at West back in the late 70s. He went on to play golf at
UNC-Wilmington and is now the assistant professional at Lion's Paw. The
pro shop was so busy that I did not get much time to talk to Eddie, but when
1 do I supcct there will be a story worth telling.
Jeremy Grainger was the winner of the tournament with a solid 80 for
the day. Joey Stadick came in second and Tony Shrevc was third. The
course was new to most of the players and they shot a few strokes above
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During preseason preparations the team is alternating between range
practice and playing nine holes after school each day. There just is not
enough daylight to get in 18 holes after school. Most of the team manages to
play a couple of full rounds each weekend.
Short Gome For Lower Scores
The team devoted lots of practice last week to the short game. We
worked on a variety of wedge shots and run-up shots around the greens and
spent some time in bunkers. This old coach is trying to instill in them the
need to master the short shots to take pressure off of their drives and ap
proach shots.
Putting and putting drills are also getting some emphasis as we ap
proach our first scrimmage against Whiteville. Most of the players have long
since settled on their favorite putter, but too many of them have yet to de
cide on their putting strokes. This week they will be looking at drills on
three, four and five foot putts which must finish either in the hole or no more
than three feet beyond the hole. If any of their putts finish up short of the
hole, the drill must be repeated.
Woe Be Unto A Careless Putter
All of the players know that these short putts will save many strokes in
medal play over 18 holes. During the team tournament, one of our players
suffered the misfortune of backhanding a two-footer and missing it. I say
misfortune because we have a very special putting drill for players who putt
in any careless fashion and miss.
Incidcntly, all members of the team have finally passed their rules test.
None of them passed the first time, one passed on the second go around, and
five of them had to take it four times. Until they passed the test they were
not allowed to play a practice round. What they really learned on the test
was to have a strong working knowledge of the definitions, and keep a rule
book in their bag.
The Carolinas Golf Association rules workshop at Sea Trail Plantation
for the PGA Professionals was most interesting. 1 learned a few new wrin
kles on how to make a ruling and a lot about how to properly mark a golf
course for a professional tournament.
North Golfers To Play In Waccamaw
I golf courses thriving with the nice
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North Brunswick's golf learn will
participate in its first Waccamaw 2
A Conference match next Monday,
March 16, at Old Fort Golf Club.
Coach Randy Roberts said all
seven conferencc schools with golf
teams will compete in the season
opening tournament, which starts at
2 p.m.
Roberts said this will be North's
first year competing in conference
golf matches. The team was started
last year.
"We're really looking forward to
it," he said. "We're really excited
about it."
Old Fon, located on N.C. 133
near Winnabow, will be North
Brunswick's home course.
College Golf Team Loses First Match
Brunswick Community College
lost its season opener last Wednes
day by three strokes to Horry
Georgetown Technical College,
327-330.
John Dosher led the BCC team
with a round of 74, followed by
Chris Bland with 80, Julia Hayes
with 85 and Ray Andrews with 91.
The match was played at Sandpiper
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Foxy Ladies Team Shoots 7 08 At Sandpiper
kosc Kcitcr, Joanna Lang, Pier
rette Tompkins and Betlilou Baync
teamed up for a 108 and won the
Foxy Ladies tournament last Thurs
day at Sandpiper Bay.
Finishing three shots back in sec
ond place in the best ball event was
the foursome of Jan Loflin, Ellic
Scutt, Bobbyc Cordisco and Martha
Warchcim.
Ann Causer, Margaret Wood, Lou
Akcrs and Moiiy Hoke finished
third with a score of 1 1 5.
The Foxy Ladies' next event will
be held April 23 at Land O' Lakes
Golf Course near Whitcville.
CS Travel League
Al Wright, Gene Miltner, Frank
Stcincr and George Turns shot 53 to
win the Carolina Shores Men's Tra
vel League best ball tournament last
Friday al Colonial Charters.
On a match of cards, the team of
Fritz McCabc, Leo Jarmusz, Jack
Baumeister and Frank Torgcrscn
took second with a net 55.
John Farley, Bob Murphy, Char
ley Abarno and Ken Singleton
placed third with 55, followed by
the team of Tom Brendgord, George
O'Conncll, Frank Eckcrt and Bernic
Anderson with 55.
Placing fifth with a round of 56
was the foursome ol Don Kedding,
Phil Nardocci, Chuck Jann and To
ny Basilc.
Brierwood Ladies
Marge Roach fired an 82 to earn
low gross honors in the Brierwood
Ladies Golf Association tournament
last week.
Mary Schaack and Bobbi Maples
tied for low net in the first flight
with rounds of 65. Schaack also had
low putts with 26.
Top finishers in the second flight
were Ruth Linder with a gross 97
and Ellic Scutt with net 67. Ester
Smith had low putts with 27.
In the third flight, Joan Cowie
fired the low gross of 99 and had
low putts with 30. Pierrette Tomp
kins had the low net of 64.
Louise Blizzard fired the low
gross of 103 in the fourth flight.
Evelyn Wuthrich had low net with
64, and Edith Wilkens had low putts
with 30.
Schaack chipped in for birdie at
the 16th hole. Other chip-ins were
carded by Wuthrich at the sixth
hole, Joanna Lang at the seventh,
Doris Dunfce at the 12th and 16th
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and Smith at the 18th.
Birdies were recorded by Molly
Hoke at the third hole. Roach at the
sixth and Lois Bcato at the 1 5th.
Sea Trail Men
Dave DcFcrie, Winston Stephens,
Augic Douglass and Bill Kushner
fired a 64 to win the Sea Trail Men's
Golf Association captain's choice on
March 3.
The threesome of Don Lowcn
stcn. Bill Morris and Bern Dawlcy
placed sccond with a round of 65.
The tournament was played on
the Maples coursc, with a record
number of 50 golfers competing.
Five teams tied at 66. On a match
of cards, the team of Gene Bilz,
Gene Williams, A1 Cambria and Bob
Moore was awarded iiiiiu place.
Brick Landing
Alicc Grossman had low gross
and Martha Cullen shot low net in
the first flight of the Brick Landing
Ladies Golf Association tournament
last week.
Second flight winners were Ginny
Hohing with low gross and Sue
Nelson with low net.
Betty Squire had a chip-in at the
16th hole and Cullen birdied the
17th.
Nifty Niners
Charlotte Martin fired the low
gross of 56 in the Carolina Shores
Nifty Niners tournament last Thurs
day at Ocean Isle Beach Golf
Course.
Runncrs-up were Ellen Miltncr
with 60 and Marge Marcyes with
61. Elien Erickson and Edna
O'Conncll each had chip-ins during
the round.
Brierv/ood Men
Hal Schuler fired a 47 to win the
Brierwood Men's Golf Association
tournament last Thursday.
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Golfers used their lull handicaps
and dropped stores on ihe four
worst holes. Ed Aslcn and Paul
Kcclcy tied for second place with
rounds of 49.
Jim Crosby. Charlie Stransky.
Dave Harper and Roy Havcnga tied
for third place with scores of 50.
On March 2, Bob Hoik won a
points tournament at Brierwood
with five points. Ncal McCall fin
ished second with four.
Each golfer received two points
for an eagle, one for birdie, zero for
par, minus one lor bogey and minus
two for double bogey.
Jerry Smith and Howard Scutl
tied for third with three points each.
Hank Culp was fourth with two, fol
lowed by Paul Keeley with one.
Two teams tied for first in the IX
holc captain's choice mixed scram
ble March 1 at Brierwood.
Jack Baker, Joe Reiter, Priscilla
Shoemaker and Rulhinary Buz/ell
shot 68 to lie the foursome of John
Martocci, Ed Aslcn, Marian Rock
siroh and Lois Beato.
The team of Bob Brooks, Pincy
Hcrshbcrgcr, Pat Narazinski and
Audrey Salmon finished third with a
thrcc-undcr-par 69.
Ruth's Renegades
Members of Ruth s Renegades
counted even-numbered holes only
and used half of their handicaps in
the weekly tournament last Thurs
day. Twenty-four women competed
at Carolina Shores and 10 played at
Brierwood.
Top finishers at Carolina Shores
were Jenny Briggs with net 29,
Arlene Singleton with 30 and Blan
chc Johnson with 34.
Evelyn Wuthrich had the overall
low gross of 10X and low net of 6X.
Marie Tcr/o had a chip-in at the
fourth hole.
Jennie Ward led the way at
Brier wood with net 38. Phyllis
Harding shot 40 and took second
place on a match of cards over Toni
Kobos.
Barbara Pointer had the low gross
of l(X) and low net with 69.
Carolina Shores Ladies
Mary Johnson shot net 37 to lead
the first flight in the Carolina Shores
Ladies Golf Association tournament
last Thursday.
Golfers counted scores on holes
starting with the letters "i" and "f
and used half of their handicaps.
Top finishers in the second flight
were Jean Sperry with net 34, Ruth
Radcliffc with 34.5 and Alice Ab
benc with 39.5.
Joan McNamara led the way in
the third flight with net 36. Mary
Shafer finished second with a round
of 37.
In the fourth flight, Kay Kennedy
placed first with 36.5, followed by
Claude Kykcr with 37.5. Kykcr
chipped in for birdie at the third
hole.
Gloria Lucas chipped in at the
16th and had low putts for the tour
nament with 29. Grace Thorpe also
chipped in at the eighth.
Tourney To Benefit
Bradley Foundation
The Fred Bradley Foundation will be the beneficiary of a captain's
choice golf tournament Sunday, March 22, al Lockwood Golf Links near
Holden Beach.
The four-man event starts at 1:30 p.m. and will be limited to 25
teams. It will feature ciosest-to-the-pin and "beat the pro" contests.
The S50 per person entry fee covers golf, snacks and beverages and a
pig pickin* following the tournament.
Trophies will be awarded to the top three teams in each flight. Parti
cipants aiso wiii be eligible to win door prizes.
The Fred Bradley Foundation is named in honor of a former West
Brunswick assistant football coach who died last year of cancer.
Its goal is to provide a partial scholarship and trophy each year to a
West Brunswick football player.
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