Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:29 AM PDT

by Matthew Fahr
Armada Times Reporter

Armada head varsity golf coach John King will continue the building process he began last season with a young, raw group of golfers. His girl's team will look to improve on a 1-1 start to the season with another set of up-and-comers and two solid captains.

Seniors Haley Waterstraat and Elizabeth Crawford will lead the Tigers this fall and helped them to a record start two weeks ago.

In a match versus Imlay City at Castle Creek Golf course, Armada posted their lowest score ever - 193. Their effort was not rewarded with their first win of the season as the Spartans posted a score of 179.

"Their number one shot was an amazing round for them, but I was proud of our girls to come out like that in the first match," said King.

Sophomore Samantha Tarakoff led the Tigers with a round of 41 followed by Waterstraat with a 43 and a 48 from Crawford. Sophomore newcomer Jill Reuter rounded out the four Tiger scores with a 61.

Reuter will add to a list of young players, some who made appearances last season and some who are taking to the course for the first time in 2010.

Last year's sophomores, Stephanie Eichkholt, Tia Godin, Sarah Sowinski and Katie Bubel were first time players for King. This year, freshmen Elly Karam, Jamie Penzien and Kelsey Motoligin will try to make their mark along with sophomore Lauren Geodtel.

"Jill will be a solid member of this year's team and for years to come," King said of the sophomore. "Some of them are beginners though and are going to take some time to mature and learn the game."

As the younger players learn their game, both mentally and physically, the Tigers will lean heavily on co-captains Waterstraat and Crawford.

"Haley is our leader out there spiritually," King said. "Liz is still learning, but she is a great leader and always getting better. The biggest key for any golfer, and they are not different, is consistency, and that will be the key to our season."

The Tigers evened their season record with a win over Women's Independent Thumb League foe Lutheran Northwest on Thursday. At the Hamptons Golf Course in Rochester Hills, Armada posted a score of 212 compared to 246 for Northwest.

"All of our girls are fast learners, but a consistent number four starter is what I am looking for right now, and it is up for grabs," said the coach.

With only three other teams in the league, King has had to put some tough competition on his schedule. The Tigers will face Romeo and Lutheran North in the coming weeks and wrap up their season with Mount Morris.

The season holds a stiff learning curve for King's team, but he is confident they are up for the challenge.

"They are all becoming believers," he said. "Now it is a matter of what they can put together out on the course."

Contact Matthew Fahr at (586) 716-8100, ext. 300 or at matt.fahr@voicenews.com.

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Golf developers eye Cuba

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:27 PM PDT

Hoping to lure golf-playing tourists to Cuba - and eventually even U.S. golfers - the government will allow foreign investors to lease state lands for 99 years instead of the previous limit of 50 years.

The extension is expected to make Cuba a more attractive place for foreign developers, who already have detailed plans for at least four golf resorts with seven courses - including a $1 billion project.

Some foreign investors have been reluctant to commit to the projects because the 50-year limit was too short and risky, said Antonio Zamora, a Miami lawyer who researches Cuban real estate issues.

"I think most of them will be OK with the 99-year leases, although others have told me they will not do it" unless they can have full ownership rights to the properties, Zamora added.

Cuba's communist government has kept tight controls on foreign investments, but a withering economic crisis is forcing it to seek new financing abroad and expand its tourism industry, one of its sources of revenue.

The Official Gazette recently published Decree Law 273, signed by Raul Castro on July 19 - allowing 99-year leases on properties for foreign investors though the government continues to own the land. The previous limit set in 1987 was 50 years, though renewals were allowed.

Still unclear are many issues, such as the right to sell or inherit the properties built on the leased state lands.

The Cuban government owns the overwhelming majority of the land on the island, though some Cubans who owned small properties before the Castro revolution in 1959 have been allowed to keep them.

But the decision by Castro, who also has been allowing small but growing doses of private enterprise by Cubans in hopes of improving the economy, could give a quick boost to tourism development plans.

The U.S. Congress is considering legislation that would lift the ban on tourism travel to Cuba, and the Obama administration is expected to allow a growing number of educational and cultural trips to the island.

Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero announced in August that the government had approved the creation of 16 golf resorts, ringed by thousands of condos and villas to be sold only to foreigners. Cuba has only one 18-hole course and one nine-hole course, while the Dominican Republic has two dozen.

Foreign developers are already well along on proposals for four golf resorts on Cuba's north coast, including the estimated $1 billion La Altura mega-project in Bahia Honda west of Havana.

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Golf course man had head injury

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:34 AM PDT

6 September 2010 Last updated at 06:27 ET

A young man whose body was set alight and dumped at an East Sussex golf course died from a head injury, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

The badly-burnt body was found by golfers in undergrowth at the Dyke Golf Club on the outskirts of Brighton just before noon on Saturday.

The victim was in his late teens or early-20s, and had two large tattoos on his upper arms, one of them unfinished.

The tests showed the man had five false teeth fitted into a plate in his mouth.

DNA sample

The body was found between the 17th and 18th holes of the course.

Sussex Police said he had probably died from a blow to the head, but it had not yet been established what may have caused the injury.

Officers are still trying to identify the man and have been trawling missing person reports. He is described as about 5ft 4in tall, very slim, with dark hair.

Det Ch Insp Trevor Bowles said a DNA sample had been submitted for analysis but it would only confirm an identity if the man had previously had a DNA sample taken.

Search teams

It is believed the man had been killed elsewhere and that his body had been at the course for no more than two days.

Det Ch Insp Bowles said on Sunday that initial suspicions that the victim had been mutilated and had a foot removed proved false.

He said experts now believed the man's leg below the shin had been eaten by animals.

Police want to hear from anyone who may have seen a fire or smoke near the golf club at any time between Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning.

Search teams and scenes of crime officers are continuing to work at the scene where the body was discovered.

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