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THE HURON EXPOSIT
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'ed out very "well•far ,Birt ,dttt the past The idea . et t0ui1ing Acta had never
few y �, ffously °ci ur3ed to' Ian Doig unbl the op
Doig, a'Seaforth natlye, s been span- parttuiitylwas practically•thrown m iu .lap,
'ding=the past three atiVe;ra on the Slat► had just come orf of a round O l44.
pro .golf tour,' working the, t+r is le-Aeli0 feta io nhent' fin ,ghee m Elwida ...end ar:- ,
ways 10:#0h exotic :locales as Thailand, 414da�wltezt a fatend'in Florida, Tann Scar.
'Bangkok and Hong Kong And while he horotour to Watt and of
points out that the golfing conditions Itaye feted him sponsorship for the trip,
been at best •+dubious on a few of toe
•courses, the eapaitpli4'e 0 he%ng able {tq "I hatit'yt tog done
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travel and complete illi the far East has visa,'evetytiung done m four days when I
made every rough green more titan worth 'deed to go;' Doig Malt,' was a
ft •whirlw�lnd"dt parhire,;and tbae fttp thrust of
what It 'd gotten himself into didn't hit
Hedot ;;thunk so: in February 1988, Win until a: bit latae When it__did;,.it hit
when he r joined'the Asian�Tour square betweeen•:the-eyes.
"I absolutely hated it," he saya.si gply.. .
He had heard of the Asian-• pro circuit "I, swore x. was never going. batik: there
through a number Of. other North American again,'n he sa
golfers who had,,spent some -time On it and use month'
done fairly well for theptselves. The Asian which ntlfp Y b in J and
pro tour has been operatingsoot anvil the end of; Ajs a w ey just.
,for about 22 *Ottter, poi" iftp It wao a journey„ into
years,, and a number of, the U.S. golfers - new cultures . and the Third World, and it
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Shanty homes line the streets of Calcutta. Itis estimated that over half of the ci-
ty's 10 million inhabitants live in shacks like these. Note the cow on the street.
Just outside of the golf course in Calcutta, this watering hole served the shanty
town population as a bathing, laundry and washroom facility.
HOME TURF - Ian Doig is back on the Seaforth greens again - for a little while
at least - after winding up his 1990 Asian Pro Tour. This is the third year that
he has journeyed to the East to compete. Elliott photo.
was unsettling - in more ways- than one,
and especially in India.
"You can't eat the food, and you can't
drink the water," Ian Doig grimaces.
"I've known players who've eaten
nothing but peanut butter sandwiches for
the whole week."
Doig only played in India once, during
the 1988 Indian Open. The tournament was
held in Calcutta that year, and he recalls
the city with poignancy, and not 'a little
revulsion.
"You have to turn very cold," he notes
sadly, or the plight of the teeming city's 10
million or so inhabitants will drive you
mad. Over half of the population, he ex-
plams, live in "shanty towns", camps of
thin wood, cloth or cardboard lean-tos with
dirt floors that line the streets, no running
water ia• sight.._ •
Doig recalls a walk that he and fellow
gblfe'r; Rick"Gibson; teak that led therm
through the infamous "City of Joy" in
Gutta, a leper colony of sorts where the
ci 's incurably sick and dying live and'
where Mother Theresa did much of her
work. "Death carts" were not an uncom-
mon sight, and Doig explains that, as
foreigners, they had between ten and 50
beggars surrounding them at all times.
1988 was the first and last time that he
played the Indian Open.
Getting around in Hong Konwas no
problem at all!
The golf course in Calcutta, India on the Asian Pro Tour, complete with goats freely
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Seaforth 4-H Calf Club gets together
The 9-H Calf Club might not have their
calves picked out yet, but they do have
their executive chosen. Members voted for
these officers at the May 9 meeting at
Allan Carter's, and the executives are:
President - Pam Carter; Vice -President
Barbara Wynja; Secretary and Treasurer
- Cindy Carter, and Press Reporter - Lisa
Wynja.
Members then played a game entitled
r civic
1 CORNER
THE B.I.A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
will meet Tuesday, May 15th at 7:30 p.m.
in the Council Chambers, Town Hall.
THE STREETSCAPE COMMITTEE will
meet Wednesday May 16th at 7:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers, Town Hall.
SEAFORTR L.A.C.A.C. will meet Thurs-
day May 24th at 7:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, Town Hall.
SEAFORTH RECREATION COMMIT-
TEE will meet Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:30
p.m. in the Seaforth & District Communi-
ty Centre.
"Mr. 0". Afterwards, they got together in a snack of pop and doughnouts. A fun and
groups and picked out four most important interesting time was had, and 4-1:1
points in an article called "Cows, Milk and members thank their leaders Liz Becker,
Us." Allan Carter, Dave Townsend and Gerber
Wynja.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 with
4-H judging set for Seaforth
Over 100 Huron County 4-11 members are
expected to gather at the Seaforth
Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 26 when the
annual 441 Judging Competition gets
underway for another year.
The judging will -begin at 10 a.m.
SHARP, with registration taking place at
9:15 a.m. 4 -Hers will be testing their skills
judging beef and dairy cattle, swine, draft
horses, eggs, hay and first aid kits.
Reasons will be given beginning at 12:45
p.m., and each member wifl be choosing
four out of the seven classes to give
reasons on placing the class the way that
they did.
An added feature to the Judging Com-
petition will be an open class for any 4-H
leaders, parents Junior Farmers are in-
terested spectators.
.4-H members are asked to contact their
club leaders for further information. All
leaders, parents and friends are invited to
attend on the 26th.
Error in fashion show credits
Th lighting for the Seaforth and District more and Don Jones, and ivas installed by
Ringotte Association's fashion show, Put- the above along with Ralph Wood. The
ting on the Ritz, was not manned by BM spotlights were run by Roy Gingerieh,
Teall.and Bruce Whitmore, as last week's Seaforth and Doug Smith, R.R. 4, Clinton.
Expositor reported. The Expositor would like to apologize for
The lighting was supplied by Bruce Whit- this misunderstanding.
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.Malaysia has been a story''in itself' over
few Yeas for Ian Doigg 04 most
of his favorite atlee0oleS come ;from that
co4ntiy. ,
Monkeys, for instance, are . a known
haiard..on the golf courses of Malaysia,
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A� good fifty monkeys were rennins .around
the course and the Taiwanese was putting
.pn the green, nonplussed, while .Doig .and
a U.S. golfer looked on. It was a t0
shot,' and while the Taiwan golfer `,tied
line_it 1p, Doig- rid his friend noticed :a
monkey perched:right behind, him, cocking
his head and earnestly watching the golfer.
,Finally, the golfer putted - poorly - and the
wily monkey Must into shrieks of laughter.
Doig and, his friend were soon helpless
with laughter themselves, and the
Taiwanese golfer was livid, thinking that
they were modkng his shot. The language
barrier was just too high to, leap, and of
course the monkey had long since fled the
scene.
Snakes are another reality on the golf
courses of Asia, and players on the tour
recall with a shudder the shock that U.S.
player Harold Twitty got in the 1975
Malaysian Open, when he reached into his
golf bag going into the tenth hole and pull-
ed out his driver to find a cobra wrapped
around the shaft. His one-shot lead deflated
,shortly afterwards.
Ian Doig reports. seeing lizard -like
creatures, a good five feet in length, roam-
ing the fairways at will. The greens, he
notes, are another story altogether.
"In North America, we're spoiled by the
conditions of the golf courses," he
remarks, looking out onto the well-groomed
Seaforth Golf Course. In Asia, "..we were
playing $500,000 golf on courses I would
have otherwise walked off of."
The greens in China were especially bad,
often grassless and peppered with small
clods of dirt, and the fairways were little
more than mud. After coming from
Florida, where he had been playing "the
best golf of my life", golfing on the un-
predictable - to say the least - courses of
Asia proved very frustrating for Doig. He
found that he was missing shots, and los-
ing tournaments, mainly because of the
"luck of the putt". The conditions made
his years of training null and void.
"In Asia, any week, par golf is good
golf...over here (North America), you have
to be very good and make birdies. Over
' there, you have to be very patient and
make par."
"Your whole thought „process is dif-
ferent."
Touring in Asia requires a lot of mind
bending, and not just as far as golf is con-
cerned. Surmounting the language barrier
is a big challenge no matter how many
times he travels to Asia, but plenty of pa-
tience and "a lot of sign language" on the
course have helped Ian Doig get through to
the people of the country, and fellow
golfers. Any given yee'r, there is a
changeover of about 15 or 20 players, but
the tour roster usually consists of around
200 players on the Asian circuit each week.
Of these, 50 are American and 14 are
Canadian, making for a smorgasbord of
nationalities - and languages - left over.
"It taught me a lot," Doig notes of his
first year on the Asian tour. "Just being a
rookie, no experience, not knowing how to
handle it..."
"It taught me a lot of patience."
Ian Doig is back in North America for
the time being, having gotten his dose of
culture shock and patience for, the year.
The C.P.G.A. tour kicks off on Monday,
and after a rest at home in Seaforth, Ian
leaps into the Canadian pro'golf circuit for
the summer. He hopes to qualify for the
U.S. Open in 1990, and is already gearing
up for the first qualifying school slated for
October in Indiana.
If that doesn't pan out for whatever
reason, though, the Australian tour is
another option open to Ian Doig. And the
door to the East, the Asian tour, is open
again as well. It's a prospect that even ap-
peals to him now, three years after his
first bitter reaction to it.
"By the end of the trip, it's like a big
family," Doig smiles. "The camaraderie of
it is excellent."
"The whole thing is a great ex-
perience...and I keep going back to where
I said I'd never go back to."
Wed. May 16 Sun. May 20
10:00 a.m. — Senior Games - Horseshoes at
Arena
7:30 p.m. — Senlor Games - Carpet Bowling at
Arena
1:30-4:00 p.m. — Senior Shuffleboard at the
Arena
7:30 p.m. — Minor Soccer Meeting at Arena
8:00-9:00 p.rn. — Fitness is Fun at Arena
Thurs. May 17
8:30-9:30 a.m. — FItness Is Fun at SDCC
8:00 p.m. — 3rd Annual Celebrity Dinner et the
Seatorth and District Community Centres
7:00 p.m. — Soccer - St. Columban 2 Squirts
vs Grand Bend at the Dublin Field
8:00-10:00 p.m. — Men's Bali Hockey at SDCC
8:00 p.m. — BeachwoOd•Vs Boilersmlth
9:00 p.m. — Topnotch ve Hogs
Fri. May 18.
10:00 a.m. — Senior Games - Tennis at the
High School
8aC. May 19
7:00 a.m. — Super Spring Lawn Sate Continued
Mon. May 21
5:00 p.m. — Seaforth Day at Labatt Park - Bus
leaves Arena at 5:00 p.m. New Britain Red
Sox ve The Tigers
7:00 p.m. — Soccer - St. Columban Atom 3 vs
Grand Bend 1 et the Dublin Field
7:00 p.m. — Soccer - St. Columban 17 & under
vs Nairn at St. Columban Field
Tues. May 22
0:30.9:30 e.m. — Fitness Is Fun at SDCC
8:30 p m. — Kincardine vs Merchants
7:00 p.m. - Soccer -St. Columban Pee Wee 2
vs Exeter et St. Columban Field
Wed. May 23
10:39 a.m. — Senior Games - Golf at Goif
7:00 a.m -+ Hdspltel Super Spring Lawn Stile 1:30-a4:00 Corse p.m. -- Shuffleboard at SDCC
and Meriting Breakfast 8:00-8:00 p.m. Fitness Is Fun at Arena
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