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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Rocco tries to bounce back
By GERRY DULAC
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When he was a
senior at Florida
Southern
University, Rocco Mediate
did a term paper on Ben
Hogan and focused on his
comeback from serious inju
ries from a car accident.
Among the things Mediate
remembers from his research
is Hogan won six major cham
pionships after his accident,
and he did it with the help of
a player named Sam Byrd.
Byrd, a former major
league baseball player who
won 25 events on the PGA
Tour, showed Hogan how to
alter his swing to compen
sate for the injuries from the
accident in 1949.
Byrd also taught those
same mechanics to Jimmy
Ballard, who went on to
become one of the leading
Waterford to host Milt Brand Memorial
The Milt Brand
Memorial Golf
Scramble is set for
March 12 at Waterford.
The cost is $45 and
includes cart, lunch and
range balls. For an addition
al $5, competitors can also
get two mulligans.
The format is a four-per
son scramble.
Lunch is slated to begin at
11:30 a.m. with a shotgun
start at 1 p.m.
NICE MILITARY: Waterford Golf
Club sponsors a military
appreciation day the first
Thursday of each month.
The cost is $12.84 for mili
tary members. That is half
the usual price.
Waterford Goff Club
328-7533
Perry Country Club is
hosting the Gene Bowman
Scholarship Fund for
Ministers Tournament for
Truett-McConnell College
March 14.
The fund is named in
honor of the Rev. Gene T.
Bowman, former minister
of First Baptist of Perry
and current interim pastor
at Unity Baptist Church in
Bonaire.
Last week, Bowman said
$36,000 had already been
raised and the tournament
was designed to add to the
cofers.
The four-person scramble
is scheduled for a 1 p.m.
shotgun start.
A noon luncheon is slated
to precede the event. The
cost for the tournament is
SSO per person and includes
lunch and cart.
Perry Country Club
987-1033
International City is
sponsoring its Glow Ball
Tournament March 19. It is
a four-person scramble and
costs $35 per person and
includes cart.
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golf instructors in America
and the so-called Pioneer of
Connection.
So guess who Mediate con
tacted to help save his PGA
Tour career?
“If Ben Hogan learned to
play again after an accident
that nearly killed him and
he came back with Sam’s
help, and Sam taught Jimmy,
then Jimmy should help me,”
Mediate said about his rela
tionship with Ballard, whom
he began working with in
October in an attempt to
keep from losing his playing
privileges on the PGA Tour.
Mediate, a five-time win
ner in 19 seasons on the PGA
Tour, has nearly reached the
end of his professional rope.
After an injury-filled sea
son in which he made just
eight cuts in 19 tournaments,
he is playing on a one-time
exemption as a top-50 career
NOTEBOOK
Compiled by Joe Sersey
Play is scheduled to begin
on the first nine holes at 4
p.m.
A cookout is slated to fol
low and then the final nine
holes, to be played after
dark. Both are scheduled to
begin with shotgun starts.
International City Golf Club
322-0276
The Landings still has two
spots for 11 and up in its
after school golf program.
The program is scheduled
to run Tuesday through
April 29 and costs SIOO per
person for members and
sllO for nonmembers.
For more information, call
or visit goggingolf.com.
BASEBALL AND GOLF: The
Warner Robins American
Little League Golf
Tournament is scheduled for
March 12 at 8:30 a.m. at the
Landings.
The cost is SSO per play
ers, S2OO per team and is
formatted for a four-person
shotgun start.
To sign up a team or to
help sponsor this year’s
event go to www.WRALL.
org. Print the form and mail
it to: WRALL, PO. Box 6562,
Warner Robins, GA 31095.
Entry deadline is Friday.
WHAT! TENNIS?: Landings ten
nis pro Kerry Bacon has
opened registration for the
course's tennis leagues. For
more information, call Bacon
at 988-3221.
Also, the Landings has been
selected to host the Banana
Open Tennis Championship,
April 29-May 1.
Entry applications will be
available in the pro shop and
from Bacon.
Landings Golf Club
923-5222
A couples outing is sched-
money winner.
If he does not finish in
the top 125 on the money
list this year, he will have to
go back to qualifying school
for the first time since he
originally gained entry to the
PGA Tour in 1985.
Mediate’s two-year exemp
tion for winning the 2002
Greater Greensboro Open
expired last season.
So far, Mediate latest come
back is on the right track. He
has played in two events and
won $93,472, putting him
108th on the money list.
“I’m starting to hit more
shots back-to-back,” Mediate
said. “The consistency is
starting to come back. Los
Angeles was a big week for
me.
“That’s my favorite course
in the whole world and it’s
been awhile since I played
that well.”
uled for March 12, from
9:30-10:15 a.m. at Pine Oaks
Golf Club.
The cost is S2O per couple
and includes cart.
FOUND LINK: Pine Oaks
Golf Club's Link UP 2 Golf
includes eight hours of
instruction, complimentary
club rental, free shirt and
ball mark repair tool.
The cost is S3OO, a savings
of $99 per person.
Registration has begun for
the March 22 class.
Link Up 2 Golf is slated to
conclude with a three-hole
graduation scramble.
SPRING HAS SPRUNG: Pine Oaks
has scheduled a junior golf
clinic March 28-31 from
8:30-10 a.m. for 7-9-year
olds; 10:30 a.m. to noon for
10-12-year olds and 1 to 2:30
p.m. for ages 13 and older.
The cost is S6O per stu
dent.
Pine Oaks Golf Club
926-4103
Houston Lake Country
Club held its 17th Annual
3-Man Scramble this past
weekend and head pro
Rodney Lamberth extended
his appreciation to the play
ers and sponsors who made
it a success. The results are
as follows:
Championship Flight: 1.
Hilton/Segars/Wolfe, -17; 2.
Womack/Standard/Gasaway,
-15; 3. Chaney/Nichols/
Lasseter, -15.
Flight One: 1. Hiley/Young/
Ellerbee, -12; 2. Strawn/
Lee/Meyer, -11; 3. Garrett/
Stephens/Herring, -11.
Flight Two: 1. Wynne/
Simmons/Lamar, -10; 2.
Burford/Parham/Sides, -10;
3. Arnold/Ellis/Smith, -9.
Flight Three: 1. Barbour/
Barbour/Lamberth, -8; 2.
Wilson/Smyth/Crosby, -7; 3.
Tumlin/Tynan/Gunn, -6; 4.
Hentz/Greene/Garbutt, -6.
Houston Lake Country Club
218-5252
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Westfield's Marissa McGehee, center, recently signed a letter of intent to play soft
ball for Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon. From left, is her mother, Lee, Lady
Barons head softball coach Jason Bryant, brother Nicolas and her father, Ira.
FINALE
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tournament. They swiped
four against the Cavaliers.
“We didn’t expect to be
this successful,” Sellers said.
“At any one time, we’re play
ing two eighth-graders, a
freshman and four or five
sophomores. They’re play
ing hard.”
To give some idea of
Barfield’s dominance, twice
Mount de Sales had oppor
tunities to score.
In the top of the second,
Travis Peyatt doubled to
open the inning. Barfield
proceeded to strike out the
TORCHIAS
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come out from the goal line.
Kelsey took the shots but
couldn’t get the angle.
On the opposite end, the
Lady Bears didn’t get many
shot opportunities.
Northside’s goalie, Tiffany
Corley had to save only four
shots. Wynn credited Alex
W’alker for denying Griffin
shot opportunities.
“Alex does a great job,”
Wynn said. “She is the key
to our defense.”
The few times Griffin was
able to drive, Walker would
strip the offensive player of
the ball and send back to
midfield.
“We didn’t play like we
should,” said Griffin head
coach Terry Baxter. “We
didn’t pass the ball the way
we can.”
Griffin had eight players
back on defense and sent
two to attack.
Despite their numerical
superiority, the Lady Bears
could not control the ball at
their end.
“We have (several) good
ball handlers,” Wynn said.
“Tanner really works to our
advantage. Most teams play
on football fields. Tanner
is seven yards wider and
Brewton bound
side. The Cavaliers Micah
Pherson went 3-for-3 at
the plate and in the third
inning, his second hit of the
game was a double with two
outs.
Pherson advanced to third
when the throw-in was
mishandled but Barfield
coaxed a week grounder to
the mound, and he got the
assist for the final out of the
inning.
Pherson’s third hit opened
the sixth but Barfield solved
that problem by picking him
off. The next two batters
were struck out.
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Lady Eagies' win over Griffin Thursday at Tanner Field.
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playing on this field.”
SCOREBOARD
NORTHSIDE 2, GRIFFIN 0
NS - Hillary Torchia (Courtney Hoffman)
Houston Healthcare
Houston Medical Center • Perry Hospital
SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2005 ♦
“We learned something
even from our 7-0 loss (ear
lier in the tournament),”
Sellers said. “We found out
we’re going to have to play
some of our younger kids
more.”
In the early game, Windsor
defeated Central Fellowship
5-2.
SCOREBOARD
WESTFIELD 3, MT. DE SALES 0
MS: 000 000 - 0 6 2
WF: 011 100-3 6 1
WP: Jeff Barfield (2-0). LP: Bryan Jones.
Leading hitters: (MS) Micah Pherson 3-3,
Travis Peyatt 2-3; (WF) Brandon Jones
2-3 28. Records: (WF) 4-0. Next: (WF) at
Fullington, Tue., 4 p.m.
31:00
NS - Kelsey Torchia (Shanteria Dennis)
75:00
Shots: (G) 4; (NS) 18. Saves: (G) Kim
Harmon 16; (NS) Tiffany Corley 4
Records: (G) 2-2; (NS) 4-0. Next: (NS) vs.
Central, Wed., 4:30 p.m.
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