Hetcher Leads Medalist Honors In Fincastle Golf Tourney
Arman Fletcher of Roanoke shot a 68 to earn medalist honors and set a course record at Fincastle Country Club in the Mem ber-Guest Tournament. He teamed with Elwin Aliff for a 58 best-ball score. other 18-hole leaders posted 74s and 75s as 50 teams prepare for final round today with shotgun starts at 12 30 p.m.
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Roanoke
Elwin Aliff
Princeton
Fincastle
George Cartwright
Doug Shorter
Jim Jones
Hugo Jones
Marion Compton
Troy Chandler
Asie Hylton
John McGhee
Doug Walters
Harry Rosenthal
Art Golstein
West Virginia
Fletcher
Willow Wood
Fletch
Here
Mercer Course
Bluefield
Princeton Elks Lodge
West Virginia State Elks
Princeton Elks golf world buzzes as Kuhn drives upgrades
Joe Kuhn the Princeton Elks pro manager and greenskeeper leads a major club makeover with rebuilt tees new greens and an enhanced clubhouse while juggling hours from dawn to night. Meade falls to Herndon in the club championship as Fletcher dominates the West Virginia Elks tournament with a 206 total.
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Joe Kuhn
Princeton Elks Club
Old Mercer
Joe
Kuhn
Beckley
Black Knight
Huntington
Spring Valley
Gauley Bridge
Gary
Mixed foursome golf tourney ends in ties at Bluefield
Cortez and Hazel Haynes tied Fred Blue and Ruth Ann Meem for low gross with 87. Frank Jones and Anna Mae Stuart led low net at 70 amid 52 players. Three teams tied for second with 72, and several pairs finished with 73. Billy Cooper and Ann Gantzer posted high gross. Don Kersy and Rachel McClaugherty took second.
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Cortez
Hazel Haynes
Fred Blue
Ruth Ann Meem
Bluefield Country Club
Frank Jones
Anna Mae Stuart
Dave Shields
Bish Bowen
Gil Meem
Mary Stone Kelly
Rev. Rouquie
Evelyn Wickham
Jack Persinger
Joan Crickmer
Jack Vallandingham
Ruth Rouquie
Billy Cooper
Ann Gantzer
Don Kersey
Rachel McClaugherty
Shirley Englehorn Leads In Tourney
Shirley Englehorn moved into a two stroke lead after two rounds of the Pabst Women's Golf Classic in Columbus. She shot a one under par 71 to reach the 36 hole mark at 138, six under par.
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Shirley Englehorn
National League New Matchup Recaps Hoag at Le Mas
National League action featured Hoag versus Le Mas with Hoag posting a 2-2 record and Le Mas at 6-7. Scoring and key plays highlighted a tight contest between the clubs as the season progresses.
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Misiro
Hoag
le Mas
Beaver gridster Nicky Colobro pursues VPI football on scholarship
Nicky Colobro a Beaver High standout heading to Virginia Tech on a football scholarship stays in shape by golf this summer. At Beaver last fall he shot in the low 170s and now tops 199 as he nears Blacksburg for training. He stands about 6 ft 2 in and shows no extra weight. Colobro plans to report in late August in peak condition to try out for the Hokies. His father Tony Colobro, a regular low 80s golfer, accompanies him. the two joke about who teaches whom and about beating the school principal Arrington Lambert Avy.
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Washington
Arnie Palmer
Willie Mays
Johnny Unitas
Vince Lombardi
Gary Country Club
Oscar Adams
Buddy Hunt
George Peraldo
Gary
Roy Carson
Doug Spriggs
Carson
Spriggs
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Pipestem
South Carolina
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Greenbrier East High School
Dyche
Concord
Nicky Colobro
Beaver
VPI
Nicky
Fairbanks
Blacksburg
Tony Colobro
Tony
Colobro
Arrington
Lambert
Stewart Victorious In Dutch Grand Prix
Jackie Stewart of Scotland won the Dutch Grand Prix in a Matra Ford at Zandvoort, extending his lead in the 1969 world drivers' championship in a clear victory.
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Zandvoort
Netherlands
Jackie Stewart
Scotland
Matra
Douglass Takes Kemper Open Lead After Third Round
Sean Dale Douglass birdied two of his last three holes to post a four under par 68 and a 54 hole total of 207 to lead the Kemper Open by one stroke over George Archer and Bob Charles. Eleven players, including five foreigners, were within three shots of the lead with one round left.
Golf stars duel as Hebert and rivals chase title at Quail Hollow
Lionel Hebert shot 67 to reach 209 tying Bruce Crampton and Tony Jacklin who posted 70 as the trio contends with Lee Trevino Dan Sikes Julius Boros Gary Player and George Knudson at 210. Arnold Palmer 214 Orville Moody 216 and Sam Snead 213 linger after 54 holes in the sweltering Wilmington area event.
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Lionel Hebert
Bruce Crampton
Tony Jacklin
England
Charles
Lee Trevino
Dan Sikes
Julius Boros
Gary Player
South Africa
George Knudson
Boros
Player
Knudson
Trevino
Sikes
Quail Hollow Country Club Course
Douglass
Wilmington
N. C
Arnold Palmer
Orville Moody
Sam Snead
Dale de Seae
Joel Goldstrand
Hugh Royer Ee
Ates Ase
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Bert Yancey
Tte O
Bob Mu “Ee
Bob Payne
Tom Weiskopf Serene
Bobby Greenwood
Joe Carr
Pete Brown Stese
Larry Ziegler
Jack McGowan
Charles Coody
Jim Colbert
Hugh Snggs
Don Bies Pr
Phil Rodgers
Doug Sanders $A
King Takes Lead In Virginia Open
Claude King forged a one stroke edge at the Virginia PGA Open as third round was marred by wind and tragedy. King posted 54 holes at 221 two over par while Chandler Harper slipped to 222 after a 77. The field saw only a few under par scores amid the death of Tom Strange, a Norfolk figure and former Open champion.
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Keswick
Claude King
Virginia
Norfolk
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Richmond
Mac Main
Larry Wheeler
Newport News
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Melia
Billy King
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Wolftown
Billy Engels
Blacksburg
Tom Strange
Strange
King
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