Friday, July 30, 2010

“Golf Camp Coming: Sports Briefs” plus 3 more

“Golf Camp Coming: Sports Briefs” plus 3 more

Golf Camp Coming: Sports Briefs

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Updated 1 day ago

GOLF CAMP COMING SOON

(STAFF) -- Snow Valley Adventures Day Camp is offering a golf camp at Tangle Creek Golf Club from Aug. 9 to Aug. 13.

The golf camp will be run by Barrie-based golf instructor Murray St. Onge, coach of top-ranked Canada amateur Stephanie Sherlock, a Barrie native.

The camp consists of golf for junior-aged participants in the morning, where they'll be taught about the fundamentals of the game, as well as proper course etiquette.

The camp shifts to Snow Valley in the afternoon, where children can take part in a number of activities, including swimming, rock climbing, boating and a rope course.

On the Friday morning, the golfers will play a round at Green Acres, where they can test their knowledge and skills.

For more information, or to register, call Trudy at 721-7669, ext. 2.

EQUIPMENT SWAP ALL SET

(STAFF) -- The Barrie Minor Hockey Association's annual hockey equipment swap and barbecue is just around the corner.

The event, which will benefit a Barrie boy battling leukemia, will take place Saturday, Aug. 14 at the National Training Rinks, located at 120 Big Bay Point Road.

Equipment is being accepted at the hockey association's office at 80 Bradford St., Unit 321, as well as at National Training Rinks on Thursday, Aug. 12 and Friday, Aug. 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A team challenge has also been organized. The team that donates the most items will win a team lunch, provided by A&W Restaurant on Yonge Street. Items must be dropped off at one time.

The team challenge drop-off is slated for Thursday, Aug. 12, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at NTR.

Items being accepted include skates, sticks, pants, shin pads, elbow pads, shoulder pads, gloves, neck guards, blockers, trappers, chest protectors, goalie pads, hockey shirts and socks. Helmets and jocks will not be accepted.

All proceeds will be donated to nine-year-old Damien Buckley and his family.

For more information, e-mail patty.jackson@rogers.com, or visit www.barrieminorhockey.net.

LEAGUE TOURNEY HELD

(STAFF) -- The Keg Monday Night Golf League got swinging with a 12-hole tournament at Bear Creek Golf Club earlier this week.

Stephen Patterson and Bob Hamilton claimed top spot on the Central Course, followed by Ron Spencer and Terry Brown, and John Widdes and Tom Widdes.

Winning over on the Island Course were Will Dehnke and Reuben Orr, followed by Brian Smout and Ian Ashton, and Faron Archer and John Arts.

Winning the closest to the pin contest on the Central Course were Paul Chambers on No. 2, Dale McGale on No. 5, and Spencer on No. 8.

Winning on the Island Course were Bill Hiltz on No. 3 and No. 6, and Smout on No. 8.

Ron Ness and Mark McCauley were draw winners.

BAYCATS POSTPONED

(STAFF) -- The Barrie Baycats and Mississauga Twins will have to wait another day to resume their Intercounty Baseball League series.

The squads were scheduled to meet Wednesday night in Mississauga for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series, but the game was called off late in the afternoon after downpours in the GTA.

The Baycats, who lead the first-round series 2-0, are scheduled to return to Mississauga on Thursday night at 7 p.m.

If necessary, Barrie was to host Game 5 of the series on Friday night, however that game has been pushed back due to Wednesday's postponement.

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Golf tournament to benefit Mansfield Animal Shelter

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Willowdale Golf Course in Mansfield will host a fundraiser golf tournament on Saturday, Aug. 7, starting at 7:30 a.m. There will be specialty holes, cash prizes, and lunch and a raffle in the clubhouse after the tournament. Proceeds will go towards completing the New Mansfield Animal Shelter.

To play in the tournament, call Carl Pruell at 508-339-9955. Information is also available at www.mansfieldshelter.org.

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Golf not just a sport, but science lesson

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 10:13 AM PDT

By Lindsey Ward
Published: July 30, 2010
Updated: July 30, 2010

For some golf is a sport.  For others it's considered a hobby.  However, inside one of the many campers that line the Old White Course you'll find the folks who see it as a science.
   
Professional golfer, Ricky Barnes is checking up on his clubs after a golf technician tweaked a few things.
   
The greens on the Old White Course are a little soft, so when the ball hits the ground it doesn't roll very far and kind of stays put.
   
That kind of characteristic has players asking the shop guys to make changes to the clubs.
"It is not a thing like it used to be, the old pros used to travel around with lead tape and hammers and just beat on their old stuff and just do it themselves.  It literally is down to quarters of degrees and lofts and lies and lengths," said Barry Lyda, a PGA tour representative for Callaway golf.
   
That may sound like a foreign language to some, but the idea is simple … hit the ball farther and control where it lands.

"I'm on the broader side of things.  I'm not a very technical guy.  I don't like change a lot, but there's a lot of guys out here that are in the trailers a lot, because they do like tinkering with there equipment," explained Barnes. 

The traveling golf shops are only at the PGA stops during the practice rounds.  Once the tournament begins they skip out of town.
   
While the pros finish The Greenbrier Classic, the traveling golf shop will start setting up for the next and they'll tweak the clubs again for the next climate change.

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Golf scoreboard

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:13 PM PDT

GOLF

PGA

GREENBRIER CLASSIC
(7,031 yards, par 70
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. )
a-denotes amateur
E. Compton---------------63
M. Every-------------------------63
G. McNeill----------------------64
P. Perez-------------------------64
J. Overton-----------------------64
B. de Jonge -------- 65
C. Howell III-----------65
A. Price-------------------------65
Bettencourt------------65
J. Rollins ------------------------- 65
S. Levin-------------------------66
B. Estes-------------------------66
J. Quinney----------------------66
D. Wilson-------------------------66
J. Williamson-----66
S. Appleby--------------------66
B. Crane-------------------------66
J. Mallinger---------------66
M. Goggin----------------------66
C. Collins-------------------------66
S. Piercy-------------------------66
P. Goydos------------------------66
R. S. Johnson------66
C. Couch-------------------------66
W. Austin-------------------------67
L. Janzen-------------------------67
J. Leonard-----------------------67
J. Singh-------------------------67
A. Baddeley-------------67
S. McCarron---------67
B. Wetterich---------67
B. Weekley-----------------67
Sutherland------------------67
S. Kendall------------------------67
B. Baird-------------------------67
J. Walker-------------------------67
A. Hamilton--------------67
B. Stuard-------------------------67
J. Ogilvie-------------------------68
G. Chalmers-----------68
M. Leishman--------68
B. Snedeker------------68
C. Riley-------------------------68
C. Beckman-------------68
S. Ames-------------------------68
D.A. Points------------------68
J. Driscoll ------------------- 68
J. Bolli-------------------------68
P. Moore-------------------------68
D. Weaver----------------------68
C. Bowden--------------------68
G. Owen-------------------------68
D. Love III------------------------68
S. Flesch-------------------------68
J. Furyk-------------------------68
S. Garcia-------------------------68
J. Senden-------------------------68
A. Atwal-------------------------68
G. Mulroy-------------------------68
Delahoussaye------------68
T. Herron-------------------------69
C. Warren-----------------------69
B. Lunde-------------------------69
C. Stroud-------------------------69
Stankowski---------------69
T. Merritt-------------------------69
M. Wilson------------------------69
D. Lamely-------------------------69
M. Kuchar----------------------69
T. Matteson-------------69
B. Curtis-------------------------69
J. Byrd-------------------------69
J.J. Henry-------------------------69
M. Laird-------------------------69
M. Bradley-------------------69
J.B. Holmes---------------69
J. Daly-------------------------69
C. Wi-------------------------69
R. Tambellini------69
C. Percy-------------------------69
J. Turner-------------------------69
N. Thompson------70
D. Chopra------------------------70
J. Kelly-------------------------70
D. Toms-------------------------70
Wheatcroft---------------70
C. Hoffman----------------70
B. Mayfair----------------------70
R. Barnes-------------------------70
M. Jones-------------------------70
G. DeLaet-------------------------70
J. Durant-------------------------70
J. Merrick-------------------------70
C. DiMarco------------------70
K. Na-------------------------70
R. Mediate-------------------70
a-J. Bartlett--------------70
G. Day-------------------------71
C. Pettersson----71
B. Adams-------------------------71
J. Maggert--------------------71
B. Pappas------------------------71
R. Garrigus-----------------71
R. Pampling------------71
V. Veazey------------------------71
G. Woodland-------71
M. Flores-------------------------71
C. Wilson-------------------------71
A. McLardy----------------71
G. Willis-------------------------71
R. Thatcher---------------71
T. Immelman------71
J. Huston-------------------------71
C. Tidland-----------------------71
J. Lyle-------------------------71
B. Evans-------------------------71
D. Mast-------------------------71
B. Sowards-----------------71
S. Lowery-------------------------72
D.J. Trahan-----------------72
J. Teater-------------------------72
D. Lutterus------------------72
T. Petrovic-------------------72
M. Letzig-------------------------72
B. Quigley----------------------72
R. Imada-------------------------72
Pernice, Jr.-----------------72
T. Gillis-------------------------72
B. Faxon-------------------------73
J. Wagner ----------------- 73
A. Prugh-------------------------73
K. Streelman-------73
S. Saunders-------------73
K. Stadler------------------------73
T. Purdy-------------------------73
O. Uresti-------------------------73
MacKenzie------------------73
T. Hamilton--------------73
H. Bjornstad----------73
Morland IV------------------73
M. Gronberg---------74
W. Simpson-------------74
B. Gay-------------------------74
B. Davis-------------------------74
C. Tringale------------------74
K. Johnson--------------------74
K. Perry-------------------------75
J. Gove-------------------------75
C. Kresge-------------------------76
M. Hensby--------------------76
J. Nitties-------------------------76
M. Connell--------------------76
R. Barcelo-----------------------77
W. Ring-------------------------77
A. Cejka-------------------------77
S. Marino ----------- WD

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