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Golf! The word alone has
some · magic qualities.
When one plays golf one
can be transported to the
heights of joy and the
depths of despair. Personally, I have not been
playing the game for long,
dabbling in it for some time
but since retirement I took
to il It offers a way to be in
the open and widen my
circle of friends and
acquaintances.
I don't know what other
people get from watching
golf on TV, I know that
when I get parked in front
of mine on a Saturday or
Sunday, I sit there
mesmerized, watching
every stroke. You know
something, I believe it is
doing something for my
own game. At least, I'm
learning that if I really dub
a couple of shots not to let it
get me down. For instance,
on my last outing at Birchbank, I played in a
foursome with Bart
Dudley, Roly Gariepy and
world-renowned cyclist,
Gino Pagnan. My first
shots off No. 1 travelled a
maximum distance of 20-30
feet apiece, but I pulled it
together, remembering to
keep the head down. When
we reached the green I
amazed everyone, most of
all, myself, by sinking a
putt of about 15 feel
Anyway, that's enough
exposure on my accomplishments for today.
The two games I like to
watch on TV are golf and
hockey.
It seems kind of funny,
because the two games are
so different in tempo. Golf,
which they say was first
played on the moorlands of
Scotland, is probably the
slowest-paced game in the
world (excepting curling),
its appeal is the beauty of
the surroundings it's
played in and the perfect
form and execution of the
players.
Hockey, which I guess we
in Canada can still claim
for our own, has its appeal
in the opposite direction,

speed, dexterity and those
solid, bone-shaking checks.
You never saw or heard
an opposition hockey
player congratulate his
opponent, with "Good
shot" or "Sorry, old chap,"
just as you would never see
a golfer rap his opponent
across the shins with his
nine-iron, a la Billy Smith.
Watching "Gentle Ben"
Crenshaw win the Masters
was probably the most

satisfying few hours I have
spent watching TV in a long
time. When he pitched out
of that trap and holed out
on Saturday afternoon, I
thought, "You're on your
way, Ben."
And then you go to watch
Edmonton and Calgary
battle it out in their series
which was all blazing speed
and heavy body work.
Trying to be impartial in
these games isn't difficult

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for me. The only team I event and on behalf of all of
watch where my im- us I would like to say,
partiality shows signs of "Thanks a lot, Tommy, to
deterioration, is the you and all your people in
Rossland Warriors.
theRFHL."
One thing that happened
And back to golf for a
this past week was a visit moment. We have had a
from Tommy Bruce. Tom, trip over the course and
you will remember, ran the given the weather we have
Rossland Fun Hockey had for the past few da
tournament earlier this we should be pla
year. He brought along a shortly after the Easte
very handsome gift for my weekend.
scorekeeping crew at that
Till next week, _then!