The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 14, 1977, Page Page 11, Image 11
Lure of pro
By VINCE MOORE
Gamecock Staff Writer
If you've been keeping an eye on
the pro golf tour this season, you
have probably noticed the relentless
march of the youth paradethose
so-called "young lions" who
have combined to win 11 of the 14
tournaments this season.
New names have cropped up
every week, names like Watson,
Lietzke, Kite, Hayes. And although
none of them are likely to make
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on the tour struggled for years
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check. But not any more. Lietzke,
for instance, who earned his tour
card in 1975, is a two-time winner
this season.
So why are the younger players
ready to win once they arrive on
the tour? The primary reason is
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have improved their skills in
collegiate competition and have
played against some of the best
amateur golfers in the U.S.
Bobby Foster, coach of USC's
golf team, said the financial
promise of the pro tour has filled
college teams with some excellent
golfers.
"College golf is the minor league
| of the tour, and the competition is
mucn lougner man say when I
played ten years ago," he said.
"The golfers can see the big money
on the tour, and they start
preparing themselves early.
Therefore, you have some excellent
golfers at the collegiate
level."
AND BIG MONEY is right. Golf
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professional sports. You can play
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averaged more than $25,000 per
tournament in his first four events
this year.
Although Lietzke's performance
was an exception to the rule, pro
golf can be a financial heaven
which offers plenty of incentive for
college golfers.
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The South traditionally has been
strong in collegiate golf programs.
Most notable is Wake Forest which
produced Arnold Palmer and the
1975 NCAA champion Curtis
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USC's golf team finished second
in the South Carolina Intercollegiate
Championship and
third in the Coastal Carolina
Championship.
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"The team showed .great improvement
this spring from a lot of
organized practice and personal
goal setting," Foster said.
"OUR GOLFERS play at least 18
holes every day and when a player
has a problem with his swing or
something similar, we take time
and work things out."
The members of the team are
Mike Holland, Tim Baker, Tim
Troy, Jim Watson, Bob Cunningham,
Chris Corn, Tim Tyler,
Dirk Maust, Curtis Elliot and Bob
Ricrlov
Holland, the team captain, is the
South Carolina amateur champion
and two-time South Carolina fourball
champion. Watson and Maust
were 1976 high school champions of
South Carolina and North Carolina,
respectively.
Just six of the 10 team members
can compete in a tournament.
Foster has a qualifying round
before each tournament, and the
six host Rrnrfvs pnnrocont I ICr in
that particular tournament.
Not every collegiate golfer's goal
is to obtain the rewards of the pro
tour. Many play for the high level
of competition that college can
offer. But others see the tour as the
ultimate goal.
FOSTER, who is the club pro at
Wildewood Countrv ("Huh caiH
obtaining a pro tour card is no easy
feat. He believes, however, he has
a few players who might compete
against pros like Jack Nicklaus
and Tom Watson.
"It usually takes a golfer two or
three tries to earn a tour card," he
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players, who, with a lot of hard
work, could make the pro tour."
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