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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, Aug. 31,201 1 3C
T YOUR WEEKLY GUZDE TO MANY
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GOLF PROSE
MARC TERRY
Prom the outside, golf does
not appear to be an extreme
sport. Heck, in the world of full-
body bone-crushing blows rel-
ished by spectators, golf i s bare-
ly a game, let alone a sport. But
in what other sport or game do
you experience such maddening
extremes of being so awesomely
god-like on one shot only to fol-
low that with an oh so goat-like
shot? Nothing against goats. I've
never seen one make the turn 3
/under and finish 6 over, but I've
watched me do that. Playing
soccer never made me look as
though I had suddenly forgotten
how to run or kick the ball. But
golf does at times make me ap-
pear as though I have no idea of
what I am doing. No other sport
or game or physical endeavor
makes me feel so much at the
mercy of the gods or the winds
or did I eat my vegetables last
night -- with the possible excep-
tion of marriage.
Even the best golfers in the
world are susceptible to the va-
garies of golf. One day they set ,
a course record 62 and follow
that up with a 78 the next day.
Now that'S an extreme sport --
always has been and always
will be. And that is why I truly
love and hate it, and there's
yet another extreme aspect of
golf. Stupid game.
The first chance I had at an
eagle came when I was still
young and hopeful on Graea-
gle Meadows' 18th hole. After
hitting two perfect shots I had
12 feet for my first eagle. Feel-
ing like Jack Nicklaus, I confi-
dently stared down what was
soon to be my first of many ea-
gles. I hit the first putt four
feet. Same with the second. I
now had the longest four-foot
third putt in my short life. No
one said anything, and I could
sense they didn't want to see
me four-putt from 12 feet, but
sometimes golf can be like a
train wreck: you don't want to
see the worst, but still you
look for it, almost anticipating.
it. So I step up and despite my
pounding heart and swirling
head I somehow coax the ball
over the front lip of the hole.
Nice par. Stupid game. Played
by smart people.
Then there was this short
par four dogleg left. I hit a
good drive down the right side
leaving just a wedge. So I con-
fidently stepped up and chun-
ked the first wedge 20 yards.
Then I followed that by
chunking the next wedge 10
yards. So now tlat I didn't
care, I hit a lovely high soft
wedge that landed on the
green and rolled into the hole
like a perfectly struck putt.
Special, huh? Except that's
not the only time I've made
par that way. Stupid game.
Played by stupid people.
In golf, like life, bad things
happen to good people for no
apparent reason. That makes
golf a sort of training ground
for life. You can learn a lot
about yourself and how you
handle success and failure and
that both are just different
sides of the coin that is golf,
and life. On that note, due to
popular demand I had two ad-
ditional three-day junior golf
camps this year. Each was a
lot of fun, no one got hurt and I
didn't lose anyone. But they
have pretty much run me out
of the donated golf gear I use to
outfit the clubless and bagless
as well as use for tournament
prizes. So if you have some ex-
tra golf stuff gathering dust,
please drop it off at the Graea-
gle Meadows golf shop and I'll
see it gets into some deserving
juniors' innocent hands. I'll
show them how to use the gear
and then set them out to face
the joy and sorrow and beauty
and hm'ror that is golf. And
life. Stupid game. Stupid life:
Sandy Feeney, left, with guest Linda Leyland, kicked up their Marcia Spooner, left, and guest Lynn Bottini won the Filly
heels to the western theme to win the 2011 LACC Women's Race following the golf invitational. Photos submitted
Invitational.
LACC women hold invitational
The annual LACC Sugar
Pine Invitational hosted by
the Lake Almanor Country
Club Women's Golf Club was
held July 30. The field of 68
players were "kicking up
their heels" to a western
theme.
The clubhouse was
adorned with bandanas and
boots arranged with wild-
flowers decorated and hand
picked by Sue Hudson. An-
other beautiful display, made
by Amanda Hosman, incor-
porated bales of hay flanked
with a Civil War saddle, blan-
ket and other tack that was
on loan for presentation by
Kathy Wasson.
A continental breakfast
started the day followed by a
wonderful lunch, both served
by Dianna's at LACC. A very
large cowboy boot, made by
Jan and Paul Vortmann, was
on the first tee box where all
the participants had their
pictures taken. The Filly
Race rounded out the day's
events in the afternoon.
A Poker Run was played
during the 18 holes of golf
with $305 raised and donated
to the Chester Elementary
School. It was a terrific day,
and fun was had by all.
Prizes were awarded to the
following invitational win-
ners. In the first flight, Sandy
Feeney and Linda Leyiand
came in first place. Marcia
Spooner and Lynn Bottini
took second place. Third
place went to Kathy Fuller
and Mary Towns. Toddy Cut-
ler and Karen Holmstrom
came in fourth place. Doris
Kaiser and Maggie Fleming
placed fifth.
In the second flight, Marie
Phillips and Barbara Theiler
came in first place. Karen
Schmidt and Katie Cutler
placed second. Joan Johnson
and Joyce Gronroos came in
third place. Nancy Foote and
Susan Perry took fourth
place. Carol Parish and
Diana Pallari came in fifth
place.
The longest drive winners'
were Madeline Furman and
Maggie Fleming. The most
accurate drive prizes went to
Jessie King and Katie Cutler.
The closest to the pin award
on hole No. 17 went to Mary
Craig.
Finally, the afternoon Filly
Race winners were Marcia
Spooner and Lynn Bottini
coming in first. Joan John-
son and Joyce Gronroos
placed second. Karen
Schmidt and Katie Cutler
took the third spot.
All and all it was a great
day for every one of the gale
"kicking up her heels"!
(;olf Course Locator Map
Chico./
( Bailey Creek
( Diamond Mountain
) Feather River Inn
SUSANVILLE(.. 'i Feather River Park
............ Graeagle Meadows
) Grizzly Ranch
( Lake Almanor
"':% : Country Club
!i::iL: Lake Almanor West
Mt. Huff
(D::Nakoma
/ PiOmaspines
: Whitehk Ranch
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