St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
later.

The Sterling Club, had a we'll
run and we'll attended tournament
this past weekend The weather
was perfect, the gallery was large
and the golfers turned in the low
est scores Of the year. Thanks to
Woody Mills tournament direc-
tori, James Hughes (score keeper)
and ole Dude Jimmy Lee, every
thing went off like clock work
The winner in the mems division
was our heard from before friend
Ron McGinnis, whose dazzling 6S
beat his fiercest rival, Charles Nc
Kinnis "a cousin Incidentally, by
one stroke. That missed putt is
stin haunting Big Mac this week.
Cgrin) - McGinnis or McKinnts
these two Irish lads shoot the
game. (snile).
The ladies champion was again
our old friend Ruth Landry, who
added to her many trophies with
a fine game Of 80 strokes. How
about a few more Of you gals pick
ing up the sticks and giving Lady
Landry" a bit more competition /?
My hat is off to her two competi-
tors.
The Sterling Club PIayOff
Say, let me tell you about the
Sterling playoff. We had one be-
fitting the us. Open, dad! w.
Mays, C. McKinnis, T. Cook, r.
McGinms, BRO" Shelton and your
correspondent made up the field.
Everybody bumped that long ball
down the fairway. Big Mac pumped
a high 7 iron 20 feet from the stick.
I bumped my best four wood about
IS feet from the stick. The others
were off the green in two. We ar
rived at the green and Mac and I
were feeling good with birdie"
putts staring ait us. Wilson Mays
second shot hit a tree. Ron Nc
Ginnis just missed the green in
two. Cook dubbed his second and
was 25 feet off the green in three.
Shelton pitched in close for three
and the stage was set. The crowd
surged forward and stood patient
ly and expectantly around No. 1,
Old Pro. Cook, about rs yards out
from the green, walked up to his
ball, set himself and executed the
shot" Of the day! You guessed it,
a beautiful pitch and roll shot
which arched lazily in the air, hit
the edge Of the green and rolled
straight into the hole about 80 feet
away! The gallery was delirious,
and the rest of us were dismayed.
However, lined up my birdie putt
and gave it all I had. My putt went
straight and sure to the cup and
while everybody gasped, the ball
hung on the edge Of the cup and
went about a foot and a half past
the cup. 1t was a good try and ]
did get my par TO tie Cook. We
were left for the 2nd hold after
Big Mac missed his birdie putt. On
hole 2, I had honors. I hit a firm
4 iron which hung on the right side
Of the green. Cook fell short. We
both pitched into the green tc
within 10 feet of the stick missed
my par and Cook made his. A wild
finish and a great win for low med
alist Ted Cook. enjoyed every
moment of this match and will be
back next Sunday trying to do 1t
again. OF course we all trooped 30
the Sterling Clubhouse and really
set a course record on their smor-
gasbord table. Big Dan Pothier,
Texas Turner and Bro. Shelton
really became clubhouse champ
tons" on the food and drink, pres.
I'm sure that everyone got more
than their green fees worth. Let's
all give a thanks to the Sterling
Club and their members for a most
delightful tournament. See you
next year Mr.. Mills and Mr..
Hughes.
Now we troop back next Sun
day to Phalen for my Old friend,
"Old Dude" Jimmy Lee and the
st. Peter CIaver Open. Same time,