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SUMMER LEAGUE TIME Junior Golf Is On The Scene The rccord-brcaking succcss of the South Brunswick Cougar Golf Team this year is just another signal that high school golf is on a steady climb to the lop in Brunswick County. The unparalleled succcss of the golf industry here could only he a pre cursor of succcss for youngsters who learn to play the game at a very early age. Our numerous courses and the eagerness of the pros to help junior golf produces a happy marriage for ...... _ _ "% ft* the very fortunate junior golfers who WILLvaULr live and go to school in Brunswick 1 V' County. oy North Brunswick High School fielded a golf team for the first time WILL A this year under Coach Randy COCKRELL m Roberts. The Scorpions' home coursc is Oldc Fort, but their players probably played more different courses in the past three months than they had played up until that time. West Columbus High School, based at Land O' Lakes Golf Coursc, also so joined the Wacccamaw Conference golfing ranks this year for the first time. Both of these teams began the year shooting scores well above 400. At the end of the year they were posting some 370 scores. In the parlance of high school golf scoring that means that each of their players have reduced their 18-hole scores by almost 10 strokes, in just three months. South Brunswick plays and practices at Fox Squirrel, Oak Island and The Gauntlet at St James. Although Brick Landing Plantation is the home coursc for our WESTGOLF Team, our player have practice and playing privileges at Ocean Isle Bcach Golf Coursc, Sea Trail Plantation, Lion's Paw Golf Links, Lockwood Golf Links and Bricrwood Country Club. If you can't learn to play golf on courscs like that, then you may need to try track, baseball or tennis next year. Coaches Forming Summer League This summer a number of the golf coachcs in the Waccamaw Conference arc organizing a Summer Junior Golf League. Most of the teams will be based at the same home courscs played by their high school teams. The league will play a round-robin schedule similar to that used in the high school golf season. The home coursc professional will be able to select the week and the day of that week they wish to host their league tournament. The Junior Golf League will be open to any golfer under the age of 17 who wants to play or learn to play. There will be a clinic each week and su pervised practicc at a local coursc. It is an excellent opportunity for boys and girls in the middle schools to get instruction and some cxpcricncc at compet itive golf. If the turnout is sufficient, more than one team may be formed at a given team site. Tournaments for novice golfers may be only 3 or 4 holes played late in the afternoon, but they will serve at the motivation to work on the game and to graduate to the varsity team at that coursc. Those youngsters in the middle schools who already play the game well will have a medium to test their competitive skills. Wc arc still ironing out some of the coordination problems in this fledgling endeavor. When wc sec a green light, details will be announced and youngsters may begin signing up for the local team in the Summer Junior Golf League. Middle School Golf, Perhaps? A proposal has been made to Nelson Besl, athletic supervisor for the Brunswick County Schools, that our middle schools should consider offer ing golf as a spring sport within Brunswick County. Those teams could be composed of as few as four golfers who would compete over nine holes oncc a week. The travel time to the other Brunswick County sites would be short and with just four players, the team could travel in one car and not put a strain on our already extended transportation resources. 1 am fascinated by one particular departure from the norm. I would like for members of our varsity team at West Brunswick to acccpt the responsi bility to accompany each pairing when Shallotte Middle has a home tourna ment. The older players could be authorized to provide advice on play of the course and use the tournament to teach the rules of courtesy and rules of play to the younger golfers. A "Double Par" local rule would help to speed play. That rule says that when a youngcrs has hit a number of shots equal to Double Par, he would pick up his ball and drop it on the pulling green to finish out the hole. This would also reduce some of the frustrations of learning the game and de-cm phasi/e total scores. The competitive young golfer will take pride in the number of holes they play without the help of the Double Par Rule. If you have a youngster in middle school who may be interested in play ing golf for their school give Nelson Best or me a call. GOLF and COUNTRY CLUB AT CALABASH May Golf Special after 1 :00 pm $35 cart included Must be booked day of play. Call 579-9120 or 1-800-356-5827 Old Georgetown Road, Calabash 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 /ttt ^<Ue4 htclucU "Pmwi (?<vU!!! Carolina Shores 803-448-2657 River Oakx 803-236-2222 1-800-762-8813 Carolina Shores Specials River Oaks Specials $25 til 12:00 $20 Between 12:00 & 3:00 $15 After 3:00 $25 Before 12:00 $20 Between 12:00 & 3:00 $15 After 3:00 9 Holes Early Bird Special $10.00 (Back Nine) Call For Tee Times Reservations Carolina Shores Before 8:00-River Oaks Before 7:00 Not valid for tournaments or groups. Tee times no more l.ian 3 days in advance. All Otters Good Only With Coupon Expires May 22, 1992 THE BEACON PHOTO BY JOHNNY CRAIG Planning Chamber Tourney The South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual golf tournament Saturday, May 30, at The Pearl Golf Links near Calabash. The captain's choice event starts at 9 a.m., and the entry fee is $50 per player. Pictured making preparations for the event are Jay Houston (right), co-chairman of the tournament, and Hill Cramer, golf pro at The Pearl. For information, call the cham ber at 754-6644. Lockwood To Host Golf Tour Lockwood Golf I. inks near Hol den Beach will host the Coastal Carolina Golf Tour event June 22 and 23. Approximately 60 pro golfers from around the country are expect ed for the mini-tour event, said spokesman Dara O'Neill. This will be the second time a Coastal Carolina tour event has been held at Lockwood Links. The top finisher will receive at least S2.5(X). Spectators arc welcome for the tournament, and no admission will be charged either day. The event will kick off with a pro-am tournament Sunday, June 21. Twenty local teams will be ac lepted for the pro-am at a cost ol S2(X) per team. Proceeds from the pro-am tourna ment will be donated to a local char ity, O'Neill said. The Coastal Carolina Golf Tour is based in North and South Carolina. O'Neill said events arc planned later this summer at Sea Trail Plantation and Lion's Paw Golf Links, both near Sunset Beach. For more information on the up coming tournament, call O'Neill at 579-9904 or Scott Davis, pro at Lockwcxxl Golf Links, at S42-5666. FANS & ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA The Brunswick County Chapter of the Educational Foundation is seeking new members and announces its... ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, May 21 at St. James Plantation at Southport. 6:30 pm cocktails, 7:15 lavish hors d'oeuvres. Cost $10. Come meet Assistant Basketball Coach Dave Hanners, Assistant Football Coaches Donnie Thompson and Gerald Carr and Carolina soccer player Louellen Poore. Please make reservations by mailing check to: Mike Isenberg Kendall Suh P.O. Box 1 1028 nR P.O. Box 5189 Southport, NC 28461 " Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 or call (9 1 9)457-9506 or call (9 1 9)579-9989 GOLF TOURNAMENT with Carolina coaches and officials. The Gauntlet at St. James Plantation Tee times begin at 12: 15 pm Thursday. Cost $35. GREAT PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT THE TOURNAMENT AND THE MEETING! THE HHUNSWICK BEACON
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