Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 30, 1995 TAG: 9505020043
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RANDY KING
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Ed Cofino, the new head professional at Mariners Landing, said Green has been spending a lot of time playing and hanging out at the Smith Mountain Lake facility. If Mariners Landing's owners get their way, Green may become a fixture in Huddleston.
``We're trying to cut a deal with Ken to represent us on the PGA Tour,'' Cofino said. ``He represents another club [Breakers West of West Palm Beach, Fla.] now, but that deal is about to run out.''
Green was introduced to the Landing's Robert Trent Jones design during a stay with his father, who has a house on Smith Mountain Lake.
``I think he was impressed,'' Cofino said. ``He really loves the area.''
Green, a native of Danbury, Conn., has won five tournaments and more than $3.2 million in prize money since qualifying for the PGA Tour in 1982.
nAfter enjoying her most successful season in five years on the LPGA Tour, Lynchburg's Donna Andrews has found 1995 to be one large trap.
Beset by back problems - she has a stress fracture in a vertebra - Andrews has made the cut in only three of six starts, won only $7,100 and has a scoring average of 75.88. In contrast, Andrews missed only one cut in 23 LPGA tournaments in '94, winning three times and banking $429,015 with a scoring average of 71.18.
nHow strong is The Virginian Golf Club? The 2-year-old Bristol club will play host to the Virginia and Tennessee state men's amateur championships in 1997.
Although no official records are kept on such things, the U.S. Golf Association and the National Golf Foundation believe this is the first time two states will hold their respective amateur championships at the same location in the same year. It will mark the first time the Virginia Amateur has been held west of Roanoke.
LAKE ATTRACTION: In only its fourth year, the Water's Edge Four-Ball Invitational has become one of the must stops on the tournament itinerary of many of the area and state's top men's amateurs.
The field for next weekend's 36-hole bash at the posh Smith Mountain Lake layout includes reigning State Amateur champion David Brogan of Lexington and former State Amateur titlists Keith Decker of Fieldale, David Partridge of Richmond, Bill Sibbick of Martinsville and Hank Klein of Richmond.
Decker and Partridge are teaming up, making them the instant favorites. Other teams expected to contend include: Brogan and Lexington partner J.W. Entsminger; Klein and Richmond partner Greg Bales; the Lynchburg team of Wayne Harris and John Nichols; Charlottesville's Bob Rotella and Mike Henderson; Sibbick and Martinsville's Frank Richardson; and Roanokers Don Foster and Hunter Morrissette.
Mike Stinnette and Mark Funderburke of Roanoke are the defending champions. Stinnette and Funderburke shocked the field last year, combining to shoot 7-under-par 137.
Sibbick and Tom McKnight of Galax hold the tournament record of 135, set in 1993. Forty-eight teams will compete in the 36-hole, best-ball tournament.
FIVE-PEAT?: Before heading to Smith Mountain Lake, Wolftown's Jim Kite and New Market's Bob Moyers will stop at the Golden Eagle in Irvington, where they will seek their fifth consecutive VSGA Senior Four-Ball title Monday and Tuesday.
Roanoke's Ned Baber, who teamed with Jim Alexander to finish third last year, has two-time State Amateur champion Sam Wallace as his partner this year.
SAND BLASTS: Roanoke's Billy King finished sixth among the 11 club professionals who survived the 36-hole cut at the PGA Seniors Championship, which ended April 16. Overall, 58 PGA club pros competed in the 144-player field. The longtime Blue Hills Golf Club head pro finished 55th overall at 11-over 299, winning $1,750. ... Hanging Rock's teaching professional, Chip Sullivan, led all Virginia players from the Middle-Atlantic PGA sector in money won and tournament points in '94. Sullivan finished third overall in the MAPGA standings. ...
Roanoker Stuart Smith has been hired as the assistant pro at The Waterfront Country Club. Smith, who played at Cave Spring High School and Ferrum College, replaces Chris Gibson, who left to take a non-golf job in Illinois. ... The Hidden Valley quartet of Dot Bolling, Holley Updike, Nancy Shuck and Betty Baker shot 71 at Hunting Hills to win low-gross honors in the recent Roanoke Valley Women's Golf Association Four-Lady Best Ball tournament. The team of Kathy Dodd, Carol Bryant, Sherri McCoy and Judy Ross finished second, at 73. Cindy Musgrove, Donna Pritt, Janice Wimmer and Sue Ketron took low-net honors on a match of cards with Joan Bennings, Spring Cho, Mary Conrey and Rachel Scott.
by CNB