Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba 20 Winnipeg free press monday. August z5, 1969 Mann what a finish in tourney of champs it Chip estate Sale 1966 Dodge taxi fully equipped Contact fort Garry Trust h. Thompson 283 Portage Avenue 947-1667 while Carol Mann was hugging Oscar Grubert t of c chairman Norm Cotton had h i s Arm around Simmie Thibou wife of one of Glen Dale s More prominent golfers. Mrs. Thibou was judged the most Warch abbe girl watching the girls play Golf this past week at Glendale and cos Ron president of the Canadian society of girl watchers was Only too Happy to inform her of the prizes she d won. By John Down since Carol Alann changed her putting stroke and her Putter she s accomplished a number of firsts on the ladies profession Al Golf association tour. Sunday at Glendale Golf and country club miss Mann won her first playoff and became no. 1 this season in Money earnings on the 30-event tour. Forcing the 6 3" Buffalo. . Blonde into a sudden death match in the s20.000 tournament of champs was first Day Leader Jan ferraris who blistered around the c.500-Yard Lay out in a 69 to catch the pre tour Narcih favorite. The strangest part of it All is that Carol missed a two foot putt at the 18th to slip to a three under Par tally of 216 for i the 54-Hole event. Miss ferraris on the other hand minutes earlier missed a five footer. In the playoff both girls drove within 10 feet of each other. Ferrais runner up to Carol last week at Kansas City then pulled approach shot into the trap on the 357-Yard test while Mann stopped her shot 30 feet below the cup. Ferraris made a great explosion shot out of the trap slopping within four feet of the cup but ended up two putting. Mann meanwhile ran her first putt to within 18 inches of the Hole and tapped it in for Par and first place Money. For the 22-year-old san franciscan second place was Worth and boosted her earnings for the year to More than s8.000. Mann in marking her 25th career Triumph raised her Money to to take Over no. 1 spot from Kathy Whit Worth. Miss Whitworth who gained the Lead after 36 holes saturday by firing a 71 for a three under a total 143, seemed headed for Victory until she met the hazardous 143-Yard, ninth Hole sunday. The texan even Par at the time pushed her tee shot into a trap at the right of the Green chipped out and then three putted for a double bogey five. It must have got to her As she then advanced to the 10th and proceeded to double bogey it and blow out of Contention. Mary Mills a pert 29-year-old from Mississippi carded the tournament s Best score sunday to Nab a share of third place Money with Sandra Spuzich who also mounted a last Day rally. Miss Mills ran in a 40-foot Birdie putt at the 590-Yard, Par 5, fifth Hole and then went on a sub Par Binge to Register a scorching six under Par. Spuzich who admitted she j attacked from the fired a 70 and like Mills picked up si.650. Mann said she should have putted out at the 18th in referring to her two footer for a Par but i walked away and tried to get comfortable i did until i got Over the Ball she left the putt several i inches Short of the Hole. But she claims her new putting game has injected new j life and considerable Money into i her Success. I used to putt wit i almost a completely Verti j Cal stance but it began to 1 bother my Back so i now. Carol uses an angled Mallet headed Putter and a rather unique stance in which she glands a Good distance away from the Ball. This caters More to her Back condition caused by a degenerative disc. Since the switch she s won four tournaments. She figures my body should stand the tour for another two years if i continue to keep Good care of during the Winter she goes for therapy every other Day and does a Good Deal of swimming. The Back condition also prevents her from travelling by car on the tour so she flies. Sometimes added Carol ill stand up on Tine i plane and do exercises if my Back starts miss ferraris who Whitworth rates As the most potential threat on tour played Par or Birdie Golf from Start to finish until she missed a Green. Tied for the Lead after die first round Friday Jan missed a number of greens saturday and slipped to 77 for 147. Four shots behind Whitworth and three Back of Mann. Sunday however she finally beat the bogey Jinx on missed greens when she chipped to the 13th and canned a Par putt. It was the Only time 1 saved Par on a missed Green 1 never had a three putt the entire Jan particularly pleased her driving Sun Day. "1 was t hitting it Well but everything went i indeed it did. She was two under Par for the four Par 3 holes a feat not matched by any of the other 47 pro ettes. Besides sunday s two rounds in the 60 a maim marked her Loti game in the 60 s this season when she carded a 34 saturday. Peggy Wilson of Baton Rouge. Fla. Chipped in for an Eagle on the 476-Yard, Par 5. Seventh and went on to record a while Clif Ford Ann Gordon missed a Short putt at the 18th to end with a 74. By John Down a birthday hug Carol Mann was t the Only big Winner sunday in Oscar Grubert s tournament of champs. Oscar himself received special Atten Tion from the Victor during Post tourney celebrations when miss Mann led the pro ettes in singing Oscar a Happy birthday song. And since Oscar insured the Money for the event a big hug seemed the Only natural thing to do. 00 o save to s2100 on Chrysler of Canada executive driven Dodges Chrysler hurry Down to Century motors and save on these cars today. Most cars have less than 500 Miles. Choose from most makes models and colors at tremendous savings. T of c Sandra Post Oakville oni., surged Over the front nine sunday with birdies at holes no. 4, 5. 6 and 7 missed an eight footer at eight and a 12-looter at nine. She bumped i around the Back Side in 41 shots and managed to pocket 1 Carol Mann who definitely made a lot of friends Here the past six Days would like to get married and become a Golf instructor or break into the press radio to business there s room for women in the Media superstitions Are syn ominous with golfers Carol j Mann found a dime in a China town parking lot Friday night and went out and fired a 68 saturday. She Clung on to it for dear using it for a Ball Marker the final two Days. She also lugs around a 14-Karat Gold four Leaf Clover in her Golf bag and touches it every Day before she tees off it was a present from mom two years ago and Ever since. I be had tremendous Sybil Griffin Alabama Troette for 13 years and an Winner fired a 70 saturday and said it s been her Best round since she injured her Back last january tripped Over a fire she also paid her Caddy s32 for five Days work who said inflation has t bothered the sports Field Patty Berg bless her showmanship gave her Caddy and she just made in the heat infected tournament. We still Don t know How she carries that heavy Black sweater on her Back rain or Shine but we believe it s a trademark something like Sam Snead s fedoras. Incidentally Patty s Mother just recently won her age class Golf championship for the state of Florida. Clifford Ann Gordon was sneezing with authority Satur Day after firing a three under Par 70. It s Hay fever or quipped miss Gordon i be had it Ever since i and. Linda Galloway a Missouri Troette was swallowing pills for an allergy. Sandra eighth ranked Money Winner from the famed racing City of Indianapolis finally beat the Back nine sunday. Miss Spuzich. Who went 32-41 73 saturday went 36-34 70 sunday. I stayed off liquids and it made a difference. Saturday my head was swimming from too much water and too much heat it was like a desert but the revenge was Worth Sharon Miller a cute 29-year-old from Michigan also ran afoul on the Back nine. The first two Days she went out in 33 and scrambled to 41 and 30, respectively. The Flotd Day she went i m not used to this hard ground my legs seemed to tire mid Way through the Home stretch every if Sharon would have donned hush puppies she May have been the Victor As she played super from tee to Green. Learn through sports Boss Maurice Smith that hockey player Jack Gibson recently scored a Hole in one at Windsor Park in the annual metro links tournament. Jack a goaltender for monarchs in the club s 1947 memorial cup Victory won his match on the 12th Hole. Danny Hunter assistant pro i fess ional at Rossmere Golf and country club was shaking his head in disbelief sunday As he watched the pro ettes play the ninth Hole. They re he exclaimed As he watched Mary Mills sink a snaky 20-footer for a Birdie 2. I just can t believe Danny was t alone. The i favorite expression All week i was. Did you see the Way so and so lists that Golf attendance wan fair. No Cial figures available but the general consensus is to watched Friday. 3.500 to 4.000 saturday and 3.500 sunday. The weather was just a Little too warm perhaps but those that missed the tourney should n t forgive themselves. It s difficult to notice the heat when you see a 120-Pound Gal Knock ing the tar out of a Golf course. Jan ferraris hit 45 of the 54 holes in regulation figures Carol Mann s average putting round is 29 or 30 Sybil Griffin does t like using High numbered Golf balls that she says is her pet superstition i Mann s 68 saturday was her first round below 70 since i june Marlene Hagge. 35 i year old South Dakotan had everyone talking about her booming tee shots sunday. The attractive Brunette an easy 74 and picked up s225. Not. Enough to improve her no. 17 ranking. Pre season pro shop Sale Dodges As Low As Jan ferraris misses four foot putt in sudden death playoff Rugby scores 10, wigs 2 Bradford 35, Dewsbury 12. Bramley 9, Keighley 22. 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