The golf notebook ...Crescent
Golf Club’s biggest tournament of the year, the second annual Halloween Two-Man, is
coming up next Saturday.
The field will be limited to the
first 68 teams that enter, and assistant pro Bryan Shepherd said there are still spots
available. The entry deadline is Friday.
The 27-hole tournament, which will
start at 8 a.m., consists of nine holes of best ball, nine holds of captain’s-choice
and nine holes of modified alternate shot.
After the first 18 holes (better
ball and captain’s-choice), prizes will be awarded to the top teams. Teams then will
be flighted for the nine holes of modified alternate shot.
Overall winners will be determined
using a combination of all three scores.
The entry fee is $150 per team.
The first four places in each flight will receive gift certificates. Lunch is included in
the entry fee.
For more information, call the pro
shop at 647-0025.
Crescent will hold a special day
on Sunday, Nov. 14 to benefit the EasternNorth Carolina Flood Relief Fund. Golfers who
bring 20 non-perishable useful items under the big tent will have free greens fees. Carts
will be $10.
Tee times must be made in advance.
The benefit is sponsored by
Crescent and Perdue Farms of Concord.
The Crescent Golfers Club
Association will also hold its member-guest tournament on Sunday and a Turkey Day tourney
on Saturday, Nov. 20.
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MEMBER-MEMBER: Corbin Hills Golf
Club’s 1999 member-member tourney is scheduled next Saturday and Sunday, starting at
10 a.m. each day.
The entry fee is $35 for
CorbinHills Men’s Golf Association members and $65 for non-members — $30 of
which goes toward a CHMGA membership. The entry fee covers cart costs for both days.
Saturday’s first round of 18
holes will be follow a best ball format, after which teams will be flighted.
On Sunday, the first nine holes
will be alternate shot, then the second nine holes will be captain’s-choice.
Prizes will go to the best
combined score for all three formats and to the alternate shot and captain’s-choice
winners. A team can win only one prize.
There will also be prizes for
shots closest to the pin on par-3 holes and longest drive, plus a putting contest after
Saturday’s round.
A cookout will be held after
Saturday’s round.
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ACES: Jerry Smith scored a hole in
one recently at Corbin Hills, using a 5-iron with wind in his face on the par-3, 154-yard
No. 13 hole. Witnesses were Tony Queen, Wayne Kobiska, Sam Miller and Johnny Bruce. ...
Bobby Williams got his second hole in one at Firethorne Country Club. He used an 8-iron to
ace the par-3, 163-yard 15th hole. Ed Snow, Ed Sigmon and Grant Bridges were witnesses.
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CANCER BENEFIT: The Rowan County
Pink Ribbon Golf Tournament to benefit the American Cancer Society will be held Saturday
at McCanless Golf Club. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m., followed by a shotgun start at
1.
The entry fee is $50 per person or
$200 per team of four players.
Proceeds will provide funding for
cancer research, education, advocacy and patient/family services.
For more information, call Lori
Eberly at 633-4666.
McCanless’ Carlton Jackson
Sr. Memorial Tournament got under way today and continues Sunday and the following
Saturday and Sunday.
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MATCH BETWEEN CLUBS: The Stokes
Ferry Cup match is scheduled Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 14.
The match play tournament pits
regular and senior division golfers from McCanless against those from Corbin Hills. Each
course will host one round.
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ROTARY EVENT: The China Grove
Rotary Golf Tournament will be played at Warrior Golf Club at 1 p.m. Thursday.
The tourney will benefit the
club’s high school scholarship fund and the East Carolina Flood Relief Fund.
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Senior sports writer Ed Dupree
covers golf for the Post. |
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