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days are over. Friday afternoon I took part in a full fledged golf
tournament. And here's the kicker -- I liked it.
My partner Sue and I took to the course with another pair and
proceeded to hack and chop our way through nine holes of absolute-
ly unimpressive golf:
I could begin this column with a little treatise on the Canada
Cup final series and how good it is to be the best in the world at
something, even if we do tend to wave our flags upside down. I
could talk about the way, our nationalidentity is being carved out
on the ice rinks of the world and about the excitment I felt when
Gretzky ancj Lemieux clicked in front of the Soviet net.
Byt let's face it. This is a weekly paper and the Canada Cup
is old news.
How about those Jays/Tigers (depending on your allegiance).
I could talk about them, but let's face it again -- nobody knows
what's going to happen. It's impossible to say. The whole thing is
going to come down to that seven game stretch between the two
teams.
The NFL strike, you say'? The only statement I have to make
,on that subject is that a strike will probably save thousands -of mar-
riages and at the very least it will save me a few bucks a week.
No, ladies and gentlemen, what I would really like to relate
to the six people who are still patiently looking for some meaning
in this article, ( Hi Mom), here are a few brief thoughts on the game
of golf.
Yes golf.
lip until this week, I admittedly; was a golf illiterate. But those
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Sue started the game by losing one of the golf clubs her sister
had unwittingly loaned out. It seemed for a while as it that would
cast a shadow over the entire event, but we soon discovered that
the loss fit perfectly into our game plan.
As we passed people on the course, 1 would say things like:
"You haven't seen Sue's sister's three wood, have you? "and when
they said they had not, I would shake my head and say: "She's
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IRONWOOD INVITATIONAL
CHAMPS — These gentlemen
(left) took top honours at the
Ironwood Men's Invitational
\tourney on the weekend. Back
row, left: Dave Holtzmonn (low
net, A flight), Gino Giannandrea
(low gross, B flight), Robert
Drummond (a representative of
Ironwood men's club, presenting
trophies), Mike LaCroix (low net,
C flight), Mike Brintnell (low net,
B flight). Sitting, left: Ray Webb
(low gross, C flight) and Brad
Walsh (low gross, A flight).
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lost it and it seems to be affecting our game."
By the time we teed -off for the third hole, we had amassed
about 23 strokes on holes with pars of four or five. Not so bad, I
thought to myself, considering.we've lost Sue's sister's three wood •
The excuse held up under pressure.
Under Sue's guidance, (she had golfed at least two times
before) I began to understand the finer points of the game. I learn-
ed that, after.using a sand trap, you are expected to rake it smooth.
That knowledge came in handy a number of times as the game
progressed.
I discovered that the charming little creeks which meandered
gently through the course were not there for their asthetic value.
Rather they were strategically placed in order to promote the sale
of golf balls.
And I finally understood the magic of a 'gimmie'. That was.
explained to me on the fifth hole after I had putted myself all over
the green and occasionaly, near the hole.
The 'gimmie' has to be golf's one great contribution to socie-
ty. I'm still trying to figure out a way to apply it to every day life.
With the help of the 'gimmie', Sue and I managed to keep our
score in the three digit range.
As far as 1' now, no one has seen Sue's sister's three wood
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IN THE SWING -- Dave Holtzmonn exhibits winning form while tee-
ing off at the Ironwood Men's Invitational tourney on the weekend.
Holtzmann captured A flight low net.
Holtzmann wins A championship
IRONWOOD WINNERS — The stakes were high at the Ironwood
Men's Invitational tournament on the weekend. Jack Taylor, of Stoney
Ridge Developments, presents Brian Taylor with a trip to Port a Plata
for coming closest to the pin on number seven. Don Cowan (second
from left) came closest to the pin on number four and won a one
year membership at the golf course. Gib Dow presents the member-
ship to Cowan. The prize for closest to'the pin on number four was
open only to Ironwood golfers. Ellison Travel also sponsored a prize
trip for a hole -in -one, but no one was able to manage the feat dur-
ing the course of the tourney.
Ironwood men wrap up season
Sunday. Ironwood Men's Club con-
cluded the season's golf with a cham-
pionship tournament. The group en-
joyed a record number of golfers and
some good scores were recorded.
Dave Boltzmann won 'A' flight
gross championship with a 76. Ile had
to score a victory on a play-off hole
to do so. Also with a fine score of 76
and winner of second low gross was
Ken Bergman.
Close on the heels of the leaders was
Don Gifford's 77 which won him low
net champion with a 68 net.
Runnerup to Gifford was Randy
Evans with a net of 70.
Gino Giannandrea shot his best
score of the year to post a victory in
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B flight. His score of 80 pushes out
Mark Cronyn and Don Cowan.
Bill Steele got things going on the
course and came in with a 65 net, good
for 'B' net champion.
Dennis Rowe and Al Taylor were
runnerup to Steele. Top honours in 'C.
flight were captured by Jim Gilchrist
with an 87 followed by Scott Pincombe
and Steve Sutton. John Maurer won
divisional low net championship with
65 followed by Jeff Lamonde and Bill
Hodge.
Gary MacLean closed out a
memorable day with a 97 and '1)'
championship for low gross. Ron
Dawe was second at 100 followed by
Barry Mills. Low net of the day went •
to Bob Osgoode, the net championship
with a 64. Runnersup to Osgoode were
Peter Czypyha and Craig Webber.
The 1987 match play champion was
decided in favour ofOrvilleltinn who
beat Dave Frayne.
Nearest to the pin honotjrs at the
tournament went to: Jan Van
Haarlem (number one), Bill Hodge
(number two), Jan Vanlfaarlem
(number four), and Will Chisholm
(number six). Al Taylor got closest on
number seven while Mark Cronyn
took number eight and Dave
Holtzmann captured number 10.
Longest drive honours on Number
three went to our resident Australian
Bill Steele and Randy Evans on
number five.
The\vrap-up tournament was a suc-
cess because of significant contribu-
tions by Veal Meat Market, Nabisco,
and the supporting artists of fine
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