
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, May 6, 1990                   TAG: 9005060218
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

ROANOKERS LEAD 2-MAN TOURNEY

First-time partners Jack Tuttle and Mike Smith of Roanoke Country Club shot a 6-under-par 65 at Hidden Valley to take the lead Saturday after the first round of the Virginia State Golf Association two-man championship.

Tuttle and Smith had no bogeys and six birdies, including three in a row at Nos. 15-17, to take a two-shot lead against the teams of Rick Ives and Bill Profitt of Hidden Valley and J.W. Entsminger and David Brogan of Lexington Country Club.

There were three teams at 68 and eight at 69, including defending champions Frank Driver and Emmett Clougherty. Also at 69 are Dicky Linkous and John Newton from Hunting Hills in Roanoke.

Two-time Virginia golfer of the year David Partridge and partner Gill FitzHugh were at 71.

The tournament is being played under a format in which both players play their own ball and take the lower score. Tuttle, participating in the event for the first time with any partner, said neither he nor Smith made any putts longer than 20 feet. Swirling winds made for difficult playing conditions.

"We were both around par," Tuttle said. "I can only think of two holes where we were concerned about making par, but we ended up making 4- or 5-footers. Mike's a real horse."

FIRST-ROUND LEADERS

Tuttle and Smith; Hunting Hills Country Club, Roanoke; 65.

Brogan and Entsminger; Lexington Golf and Country Club, Lexington; 67.

Profitt and Ives; Hidden Valley Country Club, Salem; 67.

Teachey and Allison; Waynesboro Country Club, Waynesboro; 68.

Turner and Allara; Hidden Valley Country Club, Salem; 68.

Riley and Lareau; Ivy Hills Country Club, Lynchburg; 68.

Nicely and Burkholder; Lexington Golf and Country Club, Lexington; 69.

Linkous and Newton; Hunting Hills Country Club, Roanoke; 69.

Wirt and Gliniecki; Hunting Hills Country Club, Roanoke; 69.

Driver and Clougherty; Shenvalee, New Market; 69.

Caldwell and Wagner; Hidden Valley Country Club; Salem; 69.

Sexton and Patterson; Wytheville Country Club, Wytheville; 69.

Chalmers and Swain; Virginia Tech Country Club, Blacksburg; 69.

Kern and Powers; Hidden Valley Country Club, Salem; 69.

by CNB