Golf Tournaments Across Local Clubs for Independence Day
Local clubs North Augusta, Highland Park and Houndslake host 18 hole Fourth of July events with best ball and Mexican four ball format. Highland Park draws 15 teams for pick your partner. morning groups tee at 9 a m with 5 p m afternoon round. Houndslake runs 18 holes while junior clinic concludes. Midland Valley hosts father son event with 74 entries. Two SC juniors qualify for US Junior Amateur after Johnsonville playoff.
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North Augusta Country Club
Highland Park Country Club
Houndslake Country Club
Highland Park
Aiken County
Ralph Egan
Houndslake
Midland Valley
Midland Valley Country Club
South Carolina Golf Association
Palmetto State
United States
Moss Creek
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Aiken Standard column item invites golf news submissions from club or group representatives. Contact Rob Matwick at Aiken Standard Box 456 for reader tips, event coverage, and feature ideas.
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Rob Matwick
Aiken Standard
Box 456
Aiken
King Says Evert Lloyd Most Psyched Up Of Semifinalists
Billie Jean King analyzes Wimbledon women’s semifinalists after losing to Tracy Austin. She says Chris Evert Lloyd is the toughest mentally, with Martina Navratilova strongest physically, Evonne Goolagong Cawley caring and well suited to the courts. Austin edged King in two hours.
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Wimbledon
England
Billie Jean King
Tracy Austin
Billie Jean
Chris Evert Lloyd
Lloyd
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Martina Navratilova
Austin
Hills
Calif
Chris
King
Tracy
Martina
Evonne
Navratilova
Dianne Fromholtz
Wendy Turnbull
Navratilova,Evert Rival For Wimbledon Semifinals
Tracy fights back from 0-2 in final set as Navratilova routs Fromholtz 2 6, 6 3, 6 0. Lloyd defeats Turnbull 6 3, 6 4 echoing confidence for a possible clash with Evonne Cawley who beat Wade 6 4, 6 0 on center court.
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Eastbourne
Cawley
Britain
Virginia Wade
Turnbull
Lloyd
Evonne
Chrissie
Knight Ejected As Americans Dominate Pan Am Games
The United States sweeps seven swimming golds and dominates with two basketball routs at the Pan American Games in San Juan. Coach Bobby Knight is ejected in a 136-88 win over the Virgin Islands as the U S team jumps to a rapid lead. Tracy Caulkins leads swimming with two golds and targets a third after a record efforts.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Bobby Knight
U.S
Tracy Caulkins
Nashville
Tenn
Ambrose
Ken Sutton
Muskegon
Mich
Denise Curry
Virgin Islands
Knight
Irmo tops Aiken Post 26 3-2 on ninth inning single
Irmo defeats Aiken Post 26 3-2 as a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth plates Steve White. Abney and Nettles led Aiken with two hits each while Danny Migliorisi earned the win for Irmo. Post 26, now 4-9, visits Camden at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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Irmo
Brian Strother
Danny Migliorisi
Abney
Nettles
Aiken
Camden
Soccer Field and Track Funded for Virginia Acres Park
Aiken Recreation Department gains final approval for a $30,000 project to build a regulation soccer field with lights and bleachers and a one mile asphalt jogging track at Virginia Acres Park. The $15,000 Heritage Conservation and Recreation Services grant plus $15,000 in city matching funds fund the effort.
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Ciolo
Virginia Acres Park
Facciolo
Citizens Field
Recreation Department
Allen Riddick
Riddick
Virginia Acres
Aiken Track Club
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Department
Hopeland Gardens
Visions Aiken Recreation Department
Mike Facciolo
Greg Pitts
USC Aiken lands North Augusta star in baseball signing
North Augusta High standout Robert Hardy signed with USC Aiken, staying local to build a rising program. Hardy hit .351 with 19 RBIs and 14 steals for coach Rod Greenway, earning Aiken County Player of the Year and MVP honors as a Yellow Jackets starter.
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Robert Hardy
Aiken County
Usc-Aiken
Samuel B. Hardy
Pacer
Randy Warrick
Greg Pitts
North Augusta High
Robert
Warrick
Hardy
Rod Greenway
North Augusta
Yellow Jackets
Pacers
USC
USCA
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Evert Lloyd
Australia
Jerry Garrett
Bob Jackson
San Jose
Gaines
Linda Jezek
Los Altos
Cynthia Woodhead
Riverside
Denise Christensen
Janet Ely Thorburn
Dallas
Miss Christensen
Tucson
Ariz
Coat Cane Beaubeugy
Alf
Post
Kenny Kirkland
Jeff Clark
Darry Meyers
Brad Johnson
Terry Nettles
Kenny Criswell
Thomas Smith
Roger Abney
Myron Bell
Charles Parrish
Johnny McGee
Steve White
Billy Minger
Cas Danieleski
Tommy Watson
Billy King
Eddie Sturgeon
Kevin Davidson
Mark Padgett
Danny Migiliorisi
Aike Irmo
Grant
Aiken Recreation Department
Mike Fac
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