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Last Week’s Ruling Could Have Been Avoided
Prep Golfers Could Use Some Education On Rules
By now, most of you gait (ana havt probably hoard
about Klnga Mountetn High loalng tht Southweatom
Ocnforenco toumamant last weak whan ona of iU
goirara was assaasad a two-stroka panalty (or an lUagal
drop on tha first hole at Rlvsrband Oolf Oub near
Shalby
Thera’s no doubt In my mind that tha player should
have baan penalized, but tha event has raised several
questions m my mind, as well as In tha mbuta of several
persons I’ve Ulkad to about the matter.
first off, I’d like to know why tournament director
Dick McCleney of Shelby did not carry out his responsi
bility in assigning Judges (SWC coaches and other
parsons. If needed) to be sUtloned across the golf
cfursa In case such matters arose.
According to W. C. Clary, executive secretary of tha
WeiSem N. C, High Schools Actlvltlea Association, It la
the tournament director’s responsibility not only to
assign Judges, but to go over the course and association
rules with the >Jdges and players prior to Ue off Urns.
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Wk’re not putting the blame on anyone. The KM
player did what he thought was right. And the club pro
certainly did adiat he thought was right.
Alt, If rules are going to be strictly enforcednn hole
nimber one, they should be strictly enforced on the
And, the tournament director and coaches should be
reminded that their responsibility during tha con-
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According to KMH8 Coach Bobby Jones. McCleney
did go over some rules briefly with the coaches, but
McCleney did not go over any rules with the par
ticipating golfers.
Just to refresh your memory a little, KM’s Darrell
Austin was assessed a two-stroke penalty on hole
number one for taking what he thought was a free drop
when he hit hU drive within a loot of a highway which
runs along the left aids of the fairway. When club pro
Phil Wallace saw what Austin did, he penalised him two
strokee and KMHS ended up In third place, one shot
behind co-winners Shelby and East Oaston.
Austin and the other pUyera In hla foursome (elt the
KM player should receive a free drop because rules
allow a pUyer a two club length (hop (or relief from a
cart path. Wallace, however, pointed out that the high
way la out of bounds and pUyers cannot receive relief
from out of bounds.
Wallace said he did only what he thought was right in
assessing the penalty, but I wonder how many other
golfers did the same thing on holes away from the
ckibhouae . . . where It could not be seen by any par
ticipating coach or the club pro?
la carried out according to the rules, and that their time
should not be spent around the clubhouse drinking coca
colas and eatl^ hot dogs.
And, while on the subject, we’U gripe Just a bit, too,
about a situation In the Northwestern Conference where
five of that league’s six schools were disqualified
because of the WNCHSAA’s ’’double participation”
The double participation rule states that athletes
cannot participate on two teams at the same time.
The schools were dlequalUled because some of their
golfers had participated In some spring tournaments at
their home courses. Annong those disqualified was the
NWC’s Individual champion. Linden Hite of Alexander
Central, and the AC Cougars, adto wore the NWC team
champs.
1 csn’t quite see why playing In a club tournament
would be considered double participation.
Both of the above situations, however, could have
been avoided had the coaches Involved carried out their
responsibility. In the case of the NWC pUyers, their
coaches hadn’t bothered to tell them about the double
participation rules.
It seems to me that some of the WNCHSAA schooU
are falling In their moat Important Job -education!
Just a few hours at classroom work prior to the
beginning at spring golf practice and none of this would
have hiqtpened.
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Short stories from the world of sports:
Number 10: CARL BEX,L of Kings Mountain doem’t
AB B HBBI AVO. usually hold on to a new se t of goU clubs for too long at a
time. One round, and It’s uaially trade-in time. Last
week at Kln^ Mountain Country Club BeU used one of
his ’’antique” clubs, a two-week old wedge, to ace the
UO-yard 14th hole. He was playing with Darrell Austin,
Bfll Sellers, Danny Shockley and Larry Duim.
71 0 38 B .834
Whitaker
Loftin
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Valentine
Chapman
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Number 11: kEN ALEXANDER !■ h former
newspaper man, and now sports director of a Oaatonia
radio station. For years, Ken, who was my bossman for
years at the Gastonia Gazette, has been Instrumental in
the great success of the Gaston County Chamber of
Commerce Sports Banquet, and the annual Shrine Club
charities, namely the DUtrlct 8 college baseball
tournament and the Shrine 100 stock car race. Ken’s a
hemophiliac and does all of his benefit work despite his
handicap. I feel like next winter, when the C of C
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Gartoma’s next HaU of Fame Inductee, that Ken should
Number 13: Two formsr KMHS basebaU standouU,
pitcher John McOin end second baseman Steve South-
weU, found themselves In unfamiliar positions this year
at Eraltina Collage ... on the bench. McGtU worked 311-
8 Innlnga and had an 04 rsecrd, and SouthwsU went 1-
tac-7 at the plate tor a .U8 average. But both were
playing behind experienced ssnlors and Coach Harry
StlUe says ha’s looking lor big things out of them next
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