THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, July 5, 1994 TAG: 9407050155
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY JIM DUCIBELLA, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG LENGTH: Medium: 61 lines
Kingsmill and good luck apparently run hand in hand for Chris Van der Velde.
Last July, Van der Velde was given a sponsor's exemption to play in the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. After making the cut, he played the final 36 holes in 4-under par and took home $4,290.
Monday, he was a late addition to the field of the Orion Burkhardt Charity Pro-Am, named in memory of the Busch Classic's late tournament director. Morris Hatalsky pulled out of the pro-am because of a bad back.
Van der Velde's team - Mike Miller, Rick Niehaus, Rich Esser and Bill Voliva - shot a best-ball score of 15-under-par 56. That tied them for the lead with the team headed by professional Mike Brisky, with Van der Velde's team declared the winner following a comparison of cards.
The teams pocketed $675 each.
Individually, Williamsburg native Mark Carnevale had the low round of the day, a 4-under-par 67, good for $750. Kingsmill touring pro Curtis Strange was second, shooting a 2-under 69 and winning $600.
John Adams, Roger Maltbie, Kelly Gibson, Steve Brodie and Estaban Toledo all shot 1-under 70s, each winning $230.
Brisky's team of Cox Joynes, Gary Strickfaden, Larry Sutton and Bill Rueger did most of the work in fashioning their 15-under par. But Brisky, a Texas native who was a two-time winner on the T.C. Jordan Tour before qualifying for the big circuit, had reason to be off his game.
Moments after he finished his round, he and wife, Judy, scurried to a local hospital. She's pregnant with their first child.
Williamsburg-area hospital officials declined to say Monday night whether Judy Brisky had been admitted.
SHOOTING STARS: Curtis Strange, defending champion Jim Gallagher, Jr., Davis Love III and Ben Crenshaw will headline this afternoon's $20,000 Kodak Classic Shootout.
Ten players - Lanny Wadkins, Mark Carnevale, Hal Sutton, Jay Haas, Joey Sindelar and Roger Maltbie round out of the field - will start play at the 10th hole. One player will be eliminated per hole until just one player is left.
Tee-off is 2 p.m., with Kodak sponsoring an autograph and photo session for the public from 1:30 until play begins.
COURSE CHANGES: Most of them have little to do with the golf or the tournament itself. But one change certainly will add to the spectators' enjoyment of the event. With temperatures expected to hover around the century mark, Kingsmill officials have set up two ``misting'' tents.
Fans walk through and their body temperature is lowered by a fine spray of cool water.
The second-coolest spot on the course may be the new portable clothing concession stand. Izod and Kingsmill entered into an exclusive agreement to set up shop directly behind the clubhouse.
The 1,300-square foot tent, which has a generator-powered air-conditioning unit, will be open to be public beginning this afternoon. Starting Wednesday, the tent will be from 8 a.m. through the end of play every day.
Results/For the Record, C7 by CNB