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68 days,”

Wednesday, May 17, 1989

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Canadian Tour qualifier

International golfers at Glen

PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS from southern climes warmer than ours found putting on Glen ‘Meadows’ greens

A challenging golf course and.

expected mild weather drew big-
name golfers to the Peninsula last .
~ week.

Glen Mcadows: ‘golf course in
North .Saanich was.-the: scene for

. over 100 international golfers try-
~ ing to qualify for a 1989 Canadian
~ Professional Tour Card.

 1@s the: first time the Canadian

Tour. spring qualifying school was -
~ held at ‘Glen Meadows. Last year it ~
was ‘held: near Toronto.»

“iy $s a-really good: eolf course

and the type of course. that will
spread the: players out and give a~
“ challenge,”’. Canadian’ Professional
Golfers’ Association executive ~

director: Bob. Beauchemin said. '

Oth s difficult for. a mediocre ”

player to: play well for. all four
Beauchemin said.

The school started May 8 and
finished Thursday with Houston,
Tex, golfer J.C. Anderson winning
the championchip, He shot a one-

_ surprised their coach last week.

Although Kurt Eeg has been.

shooting a fine game for the team

all season, all five team members

qme through last weekend to taste
- SUCCESS,

The Parkland high school golf
team combined for a 320 overall
scare to win second place at the

Island Tournament at Uplands —:

finishing only three shots back

from. the Island Champion Mi

Doug team, ;

~ Parkland tennis

lg “The Parkland School, tennis

leam could be the best-on. the

Ishind. It's already nuniber one in,
the Greater Victoria High School,

‘Tennis: League,

“We beat Claremont: in the B
~ Division finals and earned:a berth —
to the Islands," Parkland tennis.

coach Lorne Chan said,

@ The team defeated. c laremont

“7-4 matches Friday to take first

~ place in final league standings for

B: Division teams,

Men's singles player Sean Hern |

was a standout for the teany, “The's
been playing very consistently and
isa very strong player,” Chan said,

The men’s doubles team of Ben
Burns and Mike Wilson pulled out
the erncial tiebreaker, Chan said,
The pair won the first match 6-2,
Wn Claremont’s top team tical it

up Vol Parkland came back i wit

“25 to take the match,

“The girls. were playing very

welb too!" Chany said.
Girls’. singles: player Kirsten

Williamson shone, as did the girls’ -

Vonlles team of Andrea Marshall
and Kristen Jones.

Other top doubles teams were

Klaine Gardam and Leslie Shewr-

- ing, dad Richard Hoole and Craig

Bentham, Singles player Kevin

under-par 71 in the last round to
win the event.

There were 24 Canadians
entered in the school plus 114
entrics from other countrics. Most

_ of the forcign entrants were. from
the United States but others came

from Barbados, Venezucla, New

* Zealand, Japan, Bermuda and.
: England.

Beauchemin, a formes Glen

oe pressure on the Glen" Meadows ©

ROE:

Cool winds and rain showers :
- Wednesday dampened the spirits
“of some golfers, particularly those
‘fromthe deep south and tropical
-tour publicity. co-

countrics,
ordinator Paul. Grant said.

“Alot of then had trouble-deal- «.

ing with the cold and. their scores
went up,” Grant said.

Parkland golfers {0 B.C.s s

Golfers from Parkland School

Both will go to the provincial
final in Salmon: Arm May 29, 30
and 31, coach Kurt Kelly said,

“It was unexpected. I didn’t
think they would. do that well,”
Kelly said, “One Jess bogey. here

and there and. we would have had it Ff

all.”
Mike. Wignor gave the best per-
formance with a two-over-par 72.

Koy shot a 75, Jason Fletcher any

86, Richard Linlejohns an 87 and
Mike Pryor an 88.

_. “We seem to be running into top
form,”

ney “mG

team to Islands

Smith also performed well;
The team’s season record stand

“Qualifying allows thom 10. play.
‘the whole.tour so there’s a iremen-
ts dous amount of pressure, he said.

‘Peninsula,”’
hope it makes the people talking.
about building a golf course do
some thinking.” - os

i | FRI.

Ironically, no Canadians and 33.
Americans. qualified for the 12-..

stop tour, which begins June 1 in:
Victoria.

Jack Nicklaus Jr. of North Palm

Beach, Fla., Griffin Rudolph of
Clarkesville, :Tenn.,

Boros of Fort. Lauderdale, Fla.,’

“were among the notables to qual-

ify. Nicklaus missed qualifying by.

: two strokes ‘last.-year.
“Meadows: member..and- touring.

By professional, recognizcd intense... Mabhovlic : was, excited . about: hav-

ing the second-largest fidld'in*
! history of: the qualifying school
“here.

‘Glen. Meadows head pro: Doug

“They: were just a tremendous |

group. of talented .athIctes,’
- Mahovlic said. “It. makes’ alot oft

sense to. start the Canadian tour
here.

“Tt was: good for: golf 0 on: the:
Mahovlic .said. ‘I

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bers plus 135 professional golfers

at the same time caused a few-. |

hectic: moments but Mahovlic is

"already looking forward to next -

year when the spring qualifying
school returns to.Glen Mcadows.

A fall school has been: held ‘here. Tt

before.

*"T don’t think: péople under-, |
. “stand. the quality of golf: and. the.
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