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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1971
Page
8
The Lompoc Record launches a daily golf tip series by Frank Beard, a top touring pro and former PGA Player of the Year. Beard, praised by Ken Venturi as “Steady Eddie,” will provide about 75 installments to help readers improve their game.
This column urges constant practice to lower handicaps, citing Jack Nicklaus’s winter PGA win as proof. It notes Nicklaus improved by two weeks of focused practice, echoes Don Finsterwald on no substitute for work, and promotes Frank Beard’s tip book with a mailing offer.
A. J. Foyt wins the Atlanta 500 by 1.8 seconds over Richard Petty. The triumph adds 19,200 to Foyt’s earnings, bringing his four Nascar race total to 86,350. Foyt credited his Woods Brothers prepared 1969 Mercury and a strong pit crew for the win.
The Village Country Club launches its 1971 season with an April 10 spring mixer. Five man teams compete for top honors as 140 plus entries are expected. A $5 entry includes breakfast with 8:30 shotgun start and 7 a.m. breakfast. May 1 brings the WCC Scots Foursome two man event with a $15 entry and handicap limit of 27.
UCLA edges Tennessee 100 40 as James McAlister hits a 26 ft 6 1 2 in long jump and John Smith wins the 440 and 220. USC also trounces Occidental 110 35 in a double dual as Pacific-8 action looms with Stanford and California upcoming.
Brian Bud Allin, a Santa Barbara native, captured the Greater Greensboro Open in a playoff with Rod Funseth and Dave Eichelberger after tying at nine under par. He earned $38,000 and will skip Augusta for the Magnolia Classic at Hattiesburg.
East results Sunday show 120 Floridians 110 Va 114 New York 108 Utah 113 Texas 101. Monday's schedule lists Indiana at Memphis.
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