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DRIVERS FOR SALE OR RENT You Can't Buy Distance John Daly and Freddy Couples arc contributing to growing sales figures for bigger and longer drivers. These two professionals and an ever in creasing number of other PGA mem bers are blistering the ball farther and farther. Most of them attribute their added length to some kind of new driver. The variance in the field of BY available materials used to propel the WILL I golf ball for long distances is swell- WVD[: , , WILLGOLF frv" ??jmhivvo PHPtfOET! I ing almost by the day. Some of the luiNncLL I warclubs feature large to jumbo driver heads made with new light materials. Others arc designed with a variety of slots and humps in the driver heads. Most of the new heads for drivers are sonic form of cavity club that also proclaim special secret formulas for the substance used to fill the interior space in the clubhead. Others reserve their special concoctions lor insert ma terials. Their specialty is to hold the ball on the clubfacc longer in order to increase the compression of the ball and produce more spin to stabilize its flight. If you believe that, I would like to sell you a place on the Democratic ticket this fall. Club Shafts Are More Diverse Next comes the most frustrating and confusing aspect of modern club designs. The shafts used in golf clubs today must number somewhere around a hundred. You can get lightweight shafts, countertorque shafts, shalLs with a dozen different flexes, and shafts of all colors and descriptions. Somewhere there is a firm which makes money just thinking up the names for uolf shalts. There is the Boomer, the Bomber, the Big Bertha, the Big Gun, the 747. the Super Suck, the Fire Stick, the "J." the "J:;" an;! the Cryptonite. Those are some of the less creative names. I think someone should write down the names some of us call those same ch<hs when they do not behave as we expect they should. Then we should send those endorsements to the company which made them. I will have to admit thai I will try anything that someone offers as the ultimate weapon to put the ball in play. 1 will also admit that I still play a wooden headed driver with a low torque graphite shaft. 1 just cannot become accus tomed to the sound of metal on ball, and I don't care how much farther the ball goes. In my case it would simply mean that the kill ends up farther in the woods or deeper in water. Yesterday one of my fellow golf coaches asked me whether 1 would prefer a low torque shaft or one with a low "flex point." I don't know why he fell he had 10 chixise between those two shaft characteristics. I am confi dent he can find Kith in a single shaft. What 1 really wanted to tell him, but did not, was t S|)cnd his SI 50 on a few golf lessons and someone just might talk him into changing his grip. That alone would produce better and faster results for him than any shaft on the market. No Instant Cures For Poor Mechanics 1 remain convinced that there are more errors to be corrected by better swing mechanics than could ever be accomplished with some revolutionary new piece of equipment. I do believe that there are clubhcads and shafts on the market which will produce almost any variation in ball trajectory which one desires There are even some that will increase distance and accuracy il you have a fundamentally sound swing. I once owned a driver which allowed you to adjust the weight along the heel to toe axis by adding or removing small washers from two holes bored in the sole plate of the wood. It was made out of compressed bamboo by some elephant herder in Southeast Asia who had firsthand experience w i'h the strength of bamboo. 1 learned somewhere that bamboo was a symbol of ultimate strength to many Asians. Bamboo bends to the ground during the most violent monsoon wind and rain. It remains bent for a few days, but because it's rixn sysicm is so deep, w ill always right itself and continue to prosper. I liked the ability to adjust the weights in the clubhead and settled on a touch more weight in the toe of the club. It gave me a feeling of having the toe of the driver square up just at the moment of impact, producing notice ably better results. Unfortunately, after about three months the compressed bamboo head split right down the heel and toe axis. I took it to the only two people I knew at the time who repaired clubs and got the same look from both of them. Scowls To Rival Coach 'K' Their expressions answered the question before it had been asked and, as a side effect, they both seemed to squinch up their noses as if they smclled something unpleasant. You know the look, one like the Duke bas ketball coach has when he is disagreeing with a referee. The pleasant surprise was that when I went back to my old driver, the same swing thought of squaring the clubfacc at impact continued to produce the same good results that I had found with the bamboo driver. So you sec there is room for experimentation with your equipment so long as you settle on a given set of specifications and then get back to groining your swing. You may think as you please. It has been my cxpcricncc that the "BAM" doesn't last very long and the "BOO" may last for a lifetime. Golf Tournament Moved To Tuesday This week's Waccamaw 2-A event leading the season-long con Conference high school golf tourna- ferencc standings. The Cougars had ment was switched from Monday to a 38-suoke lead over second-place Tuesday because of the Easter holi- West Brunswick and a 73-shot lead day. over third-place Whitcvillc. The tournament was U) have been West Brunswick hosts the confer playcd at Land O' Lakes Golf Club cncc championship tournament near Whiteville, with West Colum- Monday, April 27, at The Gauntlet bus serving as host. at Sl James Plantation near South South Brunswick entered the port. ilk Tom RABON District Four Commissioner Retired Postmaster, Lifelong Resident, served on Social Services Board. Hospital Board and Election Board, member of New Hope Presbyterian Church. 11 I X G 0 Thursday Nights ? Doors Open 6:15 pm at Calabash VFW Post 72SS Carter Rd., Trader's Village, Calabash, 579-3577 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Games begin at 7:30 PM nimum "Buy In" $5.00 Minimum Pay Out $600.00 Snacks Available ? No Children under 12 / Reid Leads Ton Flight In Sea Trail Tourney Pat Rcid racked up 58 points lo lead Ihc lop (light in the Sea Trail I -at I ics (.oil Association tournament last Wednesday. Rtinners-up Janet Rick with 57 points and Hetty Halloran, Lynn Nichols, Janet Llewellyn and Robin Walters with 54. Marge Stokes led the way in the second flight wiih 63 points. Betty Slroci and Nancy Williams tied with 5(>. and Betty (ieesey had 55. 1 bird flight winners were Pam Allen with 46 points, Jerri Moore with 45, and Marie Blanda with 44. Birdies were carded by Rcid at the I irst hole. Rick at the seventh, Joan Llewellyn at the 12th, Nin n ? ? t. , t g_ . | I if if in uiv iv?ui uhvj . .alio ran ui the seventh and 12th. Brierwood Men I w o teams tied for first place in the Brierwood Men's Golf Asso ciation two best hill tournament last Thursday. Dave Harper, Jerry Lula, John Majtocci and Paul Kcclcy fired a 24 undcr-par round of 120 to tic the foursome of Jim Bryant, Don Redding, Burley A than and A1 Hicr man. On Wednesday, the team of Jim Roach. Ann Causer and Ncarle Eillstein shut a 33 to win the nine hole mixed scramble at Brierwood. Finishing one shot buck in place w as the foursome of A! Hicr man, J i in Bryant, Marilyn Athan and Marje Roach. On April 13, Jim Vermccrsch won the points tournament with sev en points. Dave Harper and Jim Kellcher lied for second with five points each Tied lor third with three points apiece were Jim Pulliam, Don Red ding and Bob Warchcim. Carolina Shores Ladies Ginny Dorshimer shot net 38 to lead the I irst flight in the Carolina Shores Ladies Golf Association tournament last week at Cypress Ba> . Golfers countcd scores on holes starting with the letters "T' and "F" and used hall of their handicaps. Pal Reardon finished second in the top I light with net 43. Second llight winners were Joan O'Neill with 28.5 and Marylin Scarby and Edith Gricc with rounds of 30. Ruth Ricc won the third flight will1, a score of 28.5. Second place went to Pat Soulc with net 3 1. In the fourth llight, Helen Tyson ux>k first on a match of cards over Cynthia Omundscn after both wo men shot 31.5. Dorshimer had low putts with 28 and chipped in for birdie at the 12th hole. Gerry Burdick chipped in for birdie at the fourth, and Doertha Ncedham chipped in for birdie at the eighth. Other birdies were carded by Ann Hicrman and the fifth hole and Dorcen Spearin at the sixth. Chip ins were recorded by Scarby at the second hole, Ducky Rice at the 10th and Dot Meaderatthe 17th. Sea Trail Men Dick Zinscr fired a net 62 to take first place in the Sea Trail Men's Golf Association tournament last Tuesday. Second place went to Winston Stephens with net 64 on the Maples r BRlERwdoD^l gdlf'cluri Oldest Course in the South Brunswick Islands I SPRING PRICE BUSTERS" c< I SO A GOOD ALL DAY OHh green fees & cart Caii 754-4660 for starting times Locals & Senior Citizen Discounts Available Anytime Afternoon Special (After 1 2 pm) $24 (green !<?es A carl) Twilight^ Special s19 (After 3 PMJ (green fees & cart) Hwy 179, Shallotte at the city limits, George Gallop with 66. Howard Van Duscn with 67 and Ray Washam with 68. Stephens was closest to the pin at the sccond hole and John Pointer was closest at the 1 1 th. On April 7, the team of Buzz Chadwick, Stan Risch and Dick Zinser won a best ball event with a score of 61 on the Byrd course. The Sea Trail men's group held a points tournament March 31 on the Jones course. Dave Llewellyn won the event with 53 points. Runncrs-up were Ron Schadle with 50, Ray Washam with 47, Dick Mathcny with 45 and Gene Bilz with 43. Closest to the pin winners were Mathcny at the sccond hole, Wayne Ruff at the fifth, John Pointer at the 1 3jh unci John Walker tit ilic 1 Brick Landing Alice Grossman birdicd the third hole and finished first in the lop llight of the Brick Landing Ladies Golf Association tournament last week. Terry Ehlcrs was the sccond flight winner. Runncrs-up were Pauli Wa ddle in the first flight and Pat Taylor in the sccond. Pat Sneyers had a chip-in at the fourth hole and Sue Nelson chippcd in at the ninth. C.S. Travel League Bud McCaffrey, Ai Leisey, Pete Tcrzo and Al Dragcr combined for a 116 to win the Carolina Shores Men's Travel League event April 10 at Colonial Charters. Each team counted the one best net on par fives, two low balls on par fours and three balls on par threes. Finishing two shots back in scc ond place was the foursome of Jack Brady, John Miller, Stu Thorn and Bob Hay ward. LABI PRACTI I I DR. ROBIN LABOD (803)249-9787 ^ Why Suffer From Needless Pain? WALK-IN CLINIC IMMEDIATE CARE TOURISTS ? GOLFERS Complete & Professional CHIROPRACTIC CARE We Get Results! Insurance ? Medicare Personal Injury HARBOR SQUARE PLAZA Across from Hardee's LITTLE RIVER, SC The team of George O'Connell, Dirk Merrick, Terry Radcliffe and A1 Siomi placed third with a 120. Finishing fourth at 122 was the team of Bob Johnson, Claude Ty son, Jack Baumcistcr and Henry Michel. Paul Ncal, Bob Roland, Tom Ballenger and Bill Allen teamed up to shoot 123, which was good enough for fifth place. Brierwood Ladies Marie Brown shot 41.5 to lead the first flight in the Brierwood Ladies Golf Association tournament last week. Golfers used half of their handi caps and counted strokes from tec to green only. Putts were not counted toward the score. Runners-up in the top flight in cluded Ann Hicrman with 43.5, Rosa Stadick and Marge Roach with 46 and Doris Dunfcc and Ann Causer with 50. Top scorers in the second flight were True Schmaler with 46.5, Elsie Rickbcil and Bobbye Cordisco with 47, Peg Sawyer with 48 and Sarah Lula with 48.5. Janice Owens led the way in the third flight with net 53. Other top finishers included Marion Corbin with 53.5, Elizabeth Carter with 54 and Sammic Nunn with 55.5. Fourth flight winners were Put Strauss with 53.5, Louise Blizzard with 56, Dot Frcy with 56.5 and Edith Wilckcns with 61. Besides leading the top flight, Mrs. Brown birdicd the fourth hole and chipped in for birdie at the eighth. Causer also chipped in for birdie at the 17th, and Toni Kobos had a chip-in at the fourth. Other birdies were carded by Lois Beato and Mary Schaack at the sixth and Maureen Farley at the ninth. Nifty Niners Members of the Carolina Shores Nifty Niners played at Brierwood and Ocean Isle Beach golf clubs last week. Golfers reduced their two worst holes to par and used half of their handicaps. Top finishers at Occan Isle were Kathy Morfil with net 34, Gladys Doyle with 35 and Marilyn Ander son with 40. Morfit chipped in at the 1 1 th hole. At Brierwood, Helen Spinner led the field with a net 38. She was fol lowed by Jay Arlotta with a 39 and Nancy Bradbury with 41. Carolina Shores Men Bill Marsh, Bruce Kibblchousc, Joe Giamalva and Jack McAlecr shot 126 to win the Carolina Shores Men's Golf Association two best ball event last week at River Hills. Finishing two shots back in sec ond place was the team of Ed Garvey, Pat O'Neill, Art Scarby and Mike Abbene. On a match of cards, they beat out the foursome of A1 Ballenger, John Ward, Jim Gilroy and Murray Pal mer. Fourth place went to the team of Bob Flack, Gib Ball, Bob Lupean and Joe Baran with a score of 129. Winners of the closcst-to-the-pin contest were Jim Gray at the third hole. Boomer Ncedham at the sixth, Vinnie Fitzgerald at the 12th and Lcs Meader at the 1 5th. Captain's Choice To Help Hospice Golfers can help terminally-ill pa tients and their families by compet ing in the Natural Light Golf Tour nament next month at Oldc Point Country Club in Hampstead. Lower Cape Fear Hospice, which serves Brunswick, Bladen, Colum bus, New Hanover, Onslow and Pender counties, will get proceeds from the second annual event Sat urday, May 16, at 8 a.m. The entry fee for the four-person captain's choice tournament is S240 per team. The fee covers breakfast before play, drinks on the course, prizes, trophies for the top three places and a pig pickin' following play. For more information, call Ron Gumm at 919-763-6216. The tour nament is being sponsored by sever al Cape Fear area businesses. MORE GOLF FOR LESS GREEN Presented By: Carolina Shores And River Oaks Both Ranked in Myrtle Beach's Top Five 18-Hole Golf Specials To Suit Your Time and Pocket rfU "fcateA Include. Pou&t &4uUttl Carolina Shores 919-579-2181 803-448-2657 River Oaks 803-238-2222 1 -800-762-88 1 3 Carolina Shores Specials $30 til 1:00 $25 After 1 :00 River Oaks Specials 9 Holes Early Bird Special $10.00 (Back Nine Carolina Shores Only) Tee Time Reservations Before 7:00 Not valid for tournaments or groups. Tee times no more than 3 days in advance. All Offers Good Only With Coupon Expires May 10, 1992 THE BEACON Cabot's Superior Protection Gives You A Break! 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