HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-05-02, Page 6A8 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 2, 1984
SPORTS
Score cards are important in golf
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BY CAROLANNE DOIG
There's one sure way to tell how busy the
golf course has been without ever looking
out the window, Just check jhe scorecards
piled neatly in the proshop. They have been
going down rapidly and at the same time the
scorecards in the handicapping box are
increasing at a great rate.
The scorecard is a very important Dart of
'the golfing scene. At our club 1000's of
scorecards are used each summer but only a
fraction of that number are ever turned in,
The first thing most golfers ask for in the
proshop is a scorecard and they study it with
care as they head for the first tee.
Although there is space for four names
almost every foursome that comes in takes
four cards with them. Of course no one
wants to keep score and the excuses are
many. "1 don't have a pencil" or "1 forgot
my glasses" are the two most common,
Mind you the golfer who forgot his specs is
the first to spot the eight that should really
be a six on the card.
Unlike many other sports golf has no
referees, scorers,' or scoreboards to record
how the game is going except in professional
or international events. If you golf alone,
only you will know what score is on the card:
Just imagine the embarrassment' of taking a
12 on a hole and then having a huge
computerized scoreboard flash it all over the
course for all to see! Most of us can be
thankful to keep our scores to ourselves.
The card, just a simple piece of paper, is
an important piece of the golfer's equip-
ment. The most expensive technically
advanced clubs, a color co-ordinated outfit,
and all the lessons in the world are all for
nought if the final number on the scorecard
is a disaster. The bottom line is literally "the
bottom line" when it comes to golf.
Scorecards are different for every course.
They are unique and original and many avid
golfers have been known to collect cards
from various clubs.
Some cards are miniature billboards
advertising everything from local fast food
places to used car lots. Other cards have
quotable quotes, and trivial questions and
answers about the game of golf. There are
even scorecards at some courses with 20-25
pages of advertising, tips on play, and
extensive information on the golf course.
Maps of the courses are very popular and
these maps are especially helpful when you
have a bad game at a strange course. Then,
if you quit halfway through you can find the
bar without getting lost.
Although scorecards are as different as
the courses they represent, they do have a
number of things in common. As well as the
space for each golfer's name there are 18
small spaces for you to record the number of
strokes taken on each hole. The key word
here is "small". You have room for a
number only. Whether it is 3, 5, 9, or 13. It
doesn't matter how you arrived at the
number. All golfers are familiar with the
expression, "It's not how, it's how many,"
but there isn't a golfer alive who will let the
scorecard tell the whole story. That 13 will
be the topic of conversation for the next 5
, holes as well as in the clubhouse and all the
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Sunday, May 6 begins HuIly Gully's
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sanctioned race. Riders from all parts of
Ontario have already registered in all classes
to race in this event.
Friday And Saturday, May 4 and 5 Honda
Canada gives riders a start with a special
motocross school. Hully Gully has conducted
their own clinics for riders, and track builder
and race director, Chuck Collins has prepared
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spectators.
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Practice for competitors at the Season
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