McCanless Golf Club is losing its popular pro, Bob Timm, after almost a decade. His
resignation is effective Thursday. Timm, a 38-year-old native of Appleton, Minn., has been pro at the public
course for nine and a half years, starting in 1990. He came to McCanless after assistant
pro positions at two courses in Florida and Stanly County Country Club in Badin.
Timm and partner Mike Apone are in
a partnership at Carolina Golf Mart and Practice Center, which opened eight months ago.
Timm will devote all of his time to the new business.
‘‘I’ve had good
friendships with the staff and people that play out there,’’ said Timm of
McCanless. ‘‘It’s kind of like a second home to me. It’s a tough
decision.’’
Timm started playing golf as a
youngster in Minnesota, then went to Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich.
‘‘At that time, it was
the only school in the country directed toward becoming a member of the PGA. Now
there’s four, soon to be six,’’ Timm pointed out.
After graduation, he worked in
Florida before coming to North Carolina.
Timm said of going into the new
business full-time, ‘‘I’m excited. It’s fun working for yourself and
enjoyable. I’m just trying to help other people enjoy the game of golf and get
started in the game of golf. I’ll be giving lessons and be involved in every aspect
of the business.’’
There are other driving ranges in
the county at the Country Club of Salisbury, Corbin Hills Golf Club and Crescent Golf
Club, but Carolina Golf Mart is the only one open at night. Timm says he’s been
amazed at the nighttime business.
‘‘I think it’s
something that Salisbury needed. It’s evident at night, if you see how many people
are hitting balls, especially beginners and people that don’t even play golf. ... The
range business is getting bigger. More and more people are coming out that we’ve
never seen before. In the shop, sales have gone further than we expected in the first
year. We’ve increased inventory tremendously,’’ he said.
‘‘There’s still a lot of stuff that we’re looking into doing that will
make it a more enjoyable place for everybody.’’
As for working with Apone, his
friend since 1994, he said, ‘‘I think Mike and myself complement each other in
good ways.’’
Timm’s replacement has not
yet been named.
Cobb, Sprinkle top seeds
in McCanless Four-Ball
The 345th annual Grady B.
McCanless Four-Ball Tournament got under way Saturday, when the first round of match play
began.
The teams of Todd Eller-Jonathan
McCullough and Joey Boley-Chad Clayton shared medalist honors with 3-under-par 67s.
Richard Cobb and Thad Sprinkle,
defending champions, are top-seeded, while Eller and McCullough are No. 2 and Boley and
Clayton No. 3.
The first round of match play ends
July 4, the second round July 18, the third round July 25 and the finals Aug. 1.
HOLE IN ONES: Randy Aigner
of Salisbury aced the par-3, 178-yard No. 5 hole at Corbin Hills with a 5-iron. He was
playing with Steve Wyatt, Charles Lockert and Dan Doiron. ... Bud Hulsey of Granite Quarry
traveled to Iowa for his hole in one, making it at the Des Moines Country Club, which will
be the site of the 1999 U.S. Senior Open. Hulsey, who has a new job in Wisconsin, was on a
business trip. He hit a 7-iron to ace the par-3, 157-yard No. 9 hole. Witnesses were Steve
Dolezel and Dale Humisted. The rest of Hulsey’s family plans to move to Wisconsin
later.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: The
Country Club of Salisbury’s men’s club championship and Men’s President Cup
will be held July 3-5.
John Henderlite will be going
after a record 14th club championship. He’s won four of those titles in the 1990s
– 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1998. Either Elliot Gealy (1994, 1996 and 1997) or Henderlite
has won during the past six years.
The women’s club
championship, with three-time champion Patti Glassgow defending, isn’t scheduled
until Aug. 17 and 19.
THIRD IN NATIONALS: Catawba
Valley Community College’s golf team recently finished third in the National Junior
College Athletic Association Division II Golf Championships at Riverwood Golf Club in
Clayton.
Ryan Honeycutt of Salisbury is a
member of the CVCC team, along with Sterlyn Mitchell of Wilkesboro, Sumner Alford of
Fuquay-Varina, Joe Warren of Lenoir and Doyle Wyant of Vale. Alford and Warren earned
second-team All-America honors, finishing seventh and 13th, respectively.
‘‘I am very proud of
these players and their accomplishments at the national tournament as well as through the
year,’’ said CVCC coach Mark Poarch. ‘‘They deserve to be considered
one of the best teams in the country.’’
Honeycutt was an outstanding
golfer on Salisbury High School’s state championship teams before going to CVCC.
SALISBURY NATIVE: Tripp
Isenhour of Orlando, Fla., a Salisbury native who starred in golf at Salisbury High
School, will be playing close to home in July.
Isenhour, on the Nike Tour
full-time this season, will be playing in the Nike Greensboro Open July 5-11 at Sedgefield
Country Club.
The field includes 46 players who
have won one or more Nike events and four who have won PGA events. Steve Gotsche, two-time
Nike winner this season, is entered.
The four PGA winners are Stan
Utley (1989 Chattanooga Classic), Fred Wadsworth (1986 Southern Open), Gene Sauers (1986
Bank of Boston Classic and 1989 Hawaiian Open), and Ken Green (1985 Buick Open, 1986 The
International, 1988 Canadian Open and 1989 Kmart Greater Greensboro Open).
JUNIOR WINNERS: Scott
Young, Wesley Love and Jonathan Dwiggins were winners in a Crescent/McCanless summer
junior golf program tournament at McCanless last week.
Young shot an 88 and edged Josh
Garwood with a birdie on No. 1, the first hole of a playoff, in the 15-17 age group. Seth
Ruhlman was two strikes back with a 90.
Love won the 12-14 division with a
79, while Nick Medinger was second at 82 and Michael Gegorek third at 88.
Dwiggins shot a 43 for nine holes
and won the 11&under age group. Andy Smith and Daniel Medley finished second and
third, respectively, at 47 and 48.
The next tournament in the program
will be Monday at Crescent Golf Club.
MYERS TOURNEY: The fifth
annual Adam Myers Memorial Golf Tournament, co-sponsored by Godstock Inc. and Aid
Association for Lutherans, was held at McCanless recently.
Proceeds benefited the
pediatric-oncology clinic at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and the Godstock community
aid fund. Over $12,000 was raised, including $6,400 in matching funds from the Aid
Association for Lutherans.
Jimmy Potts, Jim Wilcox, Ray Love
and Craig Wood won the first flight, while Scott Ireland, Dave Ireland, Bill Ireland and
Edward Eubanks finished second. Eddie Cross, Garret Lowe, Chris Bunn and partner wound up
third.
Randy Foster, Dale Houston, Mike
Deal and Danny Smith won the second flight. Finishing second were Mike Yost, Avery
Cockerl, Bill Hall and Frank Gobble, while Jeff Goodman, Steven Hardy, Tim Cline and Jeff
Brown placed third.
Ron Overcash, Michael Overcash,
Gene Trawick and partner won the third flight, followed by Bob Wise, Tim Wise, Durand
Dennis and David Martin. Third place went to Darryl Casper, Tammy Casper, Neil McKinney
and Curt Gunnerson.
GOLF CAMP: The Salisbury
Parks & Recreation Department is holding registration for the second session of its
golf camp, scheduled July 26-30.
Registration will continue through
July 16 with enrollment limited to the first 16 participants.
Golfers can register at the City
Park center on Lake Drive Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., or at Hall Gym on
West Bank Street Monday through Friday from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Camp hours will be 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. each day at Hall Gym.
The cost of the camp is $50 for
city residents and $100 for non-residents. Campers should bring their own golf clubs and
shoes.
For more information, call Steve
Clark at 638-5289.
INTERCOLLEGIATE EVENT:
Pfeiffer University’s golfers will be competing in the second annual Golf World
National Intercollegiate Match Play Team Championships for NCAA Division II and III men
Oct. 23-25.
The tournament, which will be
administered by the College Golf Foundation, will be played at Jekyll Island Golf Club in
Jekyll Island, Ga.
The event will feature eight
Division II and eight Division III teams competing for separate championships. Five
members of each team will play singles matches against their opponent to determine the
winning team. Winners will advance, while losing teams will go into a consolation bracket.
Each team is guaranteed three matches.
Seven of the eight teams in
Division II and all eight of the Division III teams were ranked in the top 10 in the final
edition of the Division II and III MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings.
West Florida, ranked No. 2, leads
the Division II field. Pfeiffer was ranked eighth, the sixth highest for Division II
schools.
Methodist, a Division III North
Carolina school, was the top-ranked team.
Senior sports writer Ed Dupree
covers golf for the Post. |
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