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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2000-07-12, Page 2020 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR. July 12. 2000 Sports Mentor nights help new golfers stay with it Golf seems to be one of the more popular sports for the new millennium. We have always considered it a sport for all ages. For many years the national Golf Foundation's slogan was "The Game of a Lifetime." Today more and more people are trying the game. The Tiger Woods influence has encouraged manyyoungsters to take up golf. The aging baby boomers are finding that golf is more suited to their lifestyle and their bodies than many of the racquet sports they enjoyed in their early twenties and thirties. Seniors are revitalized by watching the Senior PGA tour and the ability to use a power cart to get around even after aging joints have been replaced. All in all golf seems to offer something for everyone. In spite of this, there is also a tendency for some golfers to abandon the game. Reasons very. Golf takes quite a bit of time to play especially at busy city courses. Golf can be expensive. Greens fees can range from less than $20.00 for an 18 hole round to well over $100.00. Equipment is required and although many people don't need a complete set of the latest high tech equipment that costs a small fortune, peer pressure, advertising, and keen sales people end up contributing to the high cost of getting started. Finally there are many' areas without access to a reasonably priced, well maintained course. Encouraging golfers to take up the game is important. Encouraging golfers to remain in the game is just as important. Learning golfers tell us that the number one reason they give up the game is because of the intimidation factor. Golf is difficult. After watching the pros on television people expect to go out and hit shots the same way. Hitting worm burners and fishing for balls out of the ponds and creeks is very By Carolonne Doig discouraging. Beginners are always warned by the starter to let faster players play through. The end result is that beginners seldom finish an entire round of golf. Now they have paid the cash and haven't completed the round, so they are doubly discouraged and have real reservations about coming back. Sometimes beginners are confused by the seemingly endless rules and regulations about where to stand, when to be quiet, when to take the flag out, and so on and so on and so on. Truthfully, many are intimidated by a sport that is complex and steeped in tradition. Locally we are trying to encourage golfers to take up the game and stay at it. Every spring there are group lessons geared for new players and then during the remainder of the summer, a mentoring profram is set up to help reduce the intimidation factor and encourage beginners of all ages. Monday evenings are Mentor Nights. One of the nine holes is set aside for beginners to play. This atone takes the heat off beginners because they know that they won't have experienced golfers breathing down their necks all the way around. We have the members acting as mentors. The members are not there to give playing lessons. ' Instead they are there to help the new golfer learn about etiquette, speed of play, how to keep score properly, and the lingo of the game. A mentor who participates in five nights of mentoring receives a golf shirt for their work. The learners receive a special score card and get points ' for each hole completed. They only pay for the holes played and therefore aren't pressured by time and money. The goal is to play in five nights and on one of the nights complete a nine hole round. The learner also watches a video about rules and etiquette and answers a short quiz on rules and safety. The score card is attested by the mentor each Monday night, and when all components are completed the learner receives a specially logoed golf cap. The program is open to the general public and we encourage all who are thinking about taking up gpi. to give it a try. Juniors enjoy a lesson and a fun round of golf each Tuesday morning in the summer. Safety and etiquette are accented just as much as skill. This is a great way for young people to learn about the game and give it a try. You don't have to be a member of the golf club to take part in the junior mornings. They begin at 9 a.m. sharp and youngsters between 6 and 18 are welcome. Proper golf attire is required. Using the practice range, the chipping green, and the putting green 'are also great. ways to prepare for golf. Spending some time with a good teacher can do much to reduce the intimidation factor and encourage you to play golf. Wherever you are located, call the course nearest you and find out what is available for beginners. Then enjoy the "game of a lifetime". Locally the following news: Bobby Mair won the US Sr. Open Pool. C.A. Doig was second and Dick Burgess was third. The matches are moving along well. Many of our Juniors are playing competitive golf now that the summer holidays have arrived. Lindsay McEwin was at the Ontario Junior Ladies tournament in Toronto last week. The Ford Senior Open pool begins this week, followed by the British Open Pool and the LPGA US Ladies Open Pool. Twenty teams bowl in Goderich event held on Seaforth greens on Canada Day Seaforth Lawn Bowling Green saw 20 teams bowling in the Annual July 1st tournament hosted by the Goderich Club and sponsored by Goderich Legion. First prize went to Lionel and Wilma Young of Southhamption. Second was Don and Dorothy Hamilton of Lucknow and in third place were the Seaforth team . of Neil and Donna Beuerman. Fourth prize went to Jack and Audry McDonald of Lucknow. Fifth place was Fred and Betty Tilly of Seaforth and Sixth was Lee Ryan and Carol Carter. Seventh went to the Sarnia entry of Ed and Edna Braichwaite with Consolation prize to Kathy Symington and Don Caswell of the London Fairmont Club. Tuesday evening June 27th was the monthly pot luck supper with bowling and euchre following. Euchre winners were: Green tickets high -Helen McKenzie; Lone Hands -Bessie Boyd; Lawn bowling Consolation -Phillip Thomas; White tickets high -Viola Lawson; Lone Hands -Grace Broadfoot; Consolation - Marian Gordon. The next social will be July 25 and at 6pm and hostess' will be Alice Reid, Grace Broadfoot and Olive Papple. Bowling at Atwood last Tuesday Jack and Marie won seventh prize and on Friday at St. Marys they took sixth. Seaforth Bowlers have been active in out of town tournaments this past week. Sunday July 2nd Jack and Marie Muir won 3rd prize at Stratfrod's Samsonite. On Monday,July 3rd in ladies pairs at Clinton it was Brenda Compey and her mother Mary Finlaybon winning 1st prize. Thursday at Brussells, Lee Ryan and Carol Carter won 4th while Jack and Marie Muir took Consolation. Several teams were at Mitchell on Saturday bowling in their Annual Mr. M Tournament. Jack and Marie Muir and Olive Papple were two game winners with 'Fred and Betty Tilly and Edna Bell willing I game, also Neil and Donna Beuerman and Cheryl McGrath. were 1 game winners. Last Thursday saw Fred and Betty Tilly winning 3rd at the London Thistle Club bowling in the Westview Funeral Home tournament. On Tuesday evening fiteen members were out to the weekly jitney and were treated to ice-cream and cake after. The annual Etue trournament will be held at the Seaforth Greens on Wednesday July 12 starting at 10:30am and on Friday evening there will be optional singles at Seaforth Greens commencing at 7pm sharp. Three Seaforthbowlers ate in Ottawa this week competing in the Ontario Championships playdowns namely Lee Ryan in men's pairs and Diane Terry and Sandra Sonson in ladle's pairs. Last doubles bingo night is July 31 Senior Shuffleboard continues every Wednesday afternoon at the Seaforth and District" Community Centres from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Last week's winners were: Ladies: Ann Van Dooren - 448, Helen MacKenzie - 267 and Catherine DeCorte - 251 Men: Cor DeCorte - 277, Joe Van Dooren - 269 and Ken Lingelbach - 239 Recreation preview Bingo played every week The Seaforth Minor Sports Council would like to remind all bingo players about our weekly bingo at the Seaforth and District Community Centres every Monday evening beginning at 7:15 p.m. The Jackpot is $1,000 on the 2nd and 4th Mondays and $750 on all other Mondays. The last Doubles Bingo will be held on July 31. All prize money will be doubled and the jackpot will be $2,000. Come out and try your luck. For more information please call 527-1272 or 527- 0882. 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