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^ It's not your grandfather's game
anymore. The college crowd has found
a new fairway of fun?the golf course.
Once shunned as a slow game of old
geezers in funky plaid pants, golf
has become one of the hottest leisure
activities of college students.
"Before golf was frowned upon
as a sissy sport," said Jason
Rodenhaver, assistant coach of the
golf team at the University of
) Maryland, "now it's really hot."
Indeed.
With a boost from 21-year-old
golf sensation Tiger Woods and other
celebrities such as Hootie and the
Blowfish, young people are now the
fastest growing segment of golf players
in the United States.
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BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor
Yet another USC softball
pitcher has been honored, this
time it's sophomore Nikki Beers.
The Sacramento, Calif., native
was named SEC Pitcher of the
Week Tuesday by SEC officials.
In three appearances last week,
Beers (9-1,0.69 ERA) did not allow
^ a run, earned or unearned, in 13
? 2/3 innings of work. She
surrendered only eight hits while
not giving up a walk and striking
out six.
Beers, winner of nine
consecutive games, has a 3-0 record
in SEC games with a perfect 0.00
ERA.
In the latest SEC statistics,
. Carolina is ranked at the top of
nearly every category.
Senior Tina Hew is eighth with
a .357 batting average and senior
Chanda Lee is ninth with a .351
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According to the National Golf groov
Foundation the number of 15- to 30- "C
year-old golfers grew 17 percent from hooke
1994 to 1995. fun. L
Across all age groups participation At
increased only about 2 percent.For becon
proof of the phenomenon look no say pi
further than college campuses. comir
"It seems the thing to do is go to "Si
the [driving] range," said Jen time i
Nowitzky, a James Madison playei
University senior who picked up golf male
last semester. "After class you grab increz
some clubs, a few friends and head Mi
on out." a hall
Gary Carpenter, a senior and co- an ex
captain of Maryland's golf team, has the as
been playing since he was 6 years the coi
old, but he's seeing more and more for oth
of his friends gettirtg itito'th'e^olf stress
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batting average.
Hew also leads the SEC in RBI .
with 41 and runs scored with 42.
She is also in the top six in triples,
base hits, stolen bases, slugging
percentage, runs scored per game,
triples per game and hits per game.
L,ee is second in runs scored
with 40 and second in stolen bases
with 20.
The pitching staff is also at or
near the top of the conference.
Senior Trinity Johnson leads
the SEC in ERA (0.26), wins (24),
strikeouts (263), saves (3),
strikeouts per seven innings (11.29)
and hits per seven innings (2.23).
Junior Sky Brown (12-0,1.03
ERA) is ninth in the SEC in wins
(12) and second in hits per seven
innings (4.03).
USC (45-3,17-1 SEC) returns
to the field Thursday for a
doubleheader against East
Carolina. Game time is 3 p.m. ?
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er he realized what an impact his win
ce could have on the game of golf.
"It's going to open up a lot of
an doors," he told reporters. "On this
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it's going to do a lot for the game as
us far as minority golf is concerned."
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job or a game, it's an addiction. "It's
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