ATLAS HOLDS UP HOLING 100.Byline: Patrick Hipes Daily News Staff Writer With a healthy dose of retrospection, Larry Atlas Larry Atlas is the author of eight produced plays, among them Sonnetteer, Sweet Talker, Subject Animal, Permanent, and Total Abandon, which was produced on Broadway starring Richard Dreyfuss and John Heard. figures he could have played more golf. Under the circumstances, that is saying a mouthful. On July 20, armed with a bag of clubs, a few boxes of balls and good soles in his spikes, the Woodley Lakes golf pro played 100 holes at his home course for charity as part of the PGA's National Golf Day. In a little over seven hours, Atlas and assistant pro Brady Riggs raised $5,000 for L.A.'s junior golf program, which promotes the game to the growing number of children flocking to neighborhood courses to become the next Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. or Annika Sorenstam.
``We would've played a little faster,'' admitted the 36-year old Atlas, a former hockey player who took up golf just 12 years ago. ``There was a point there when we started hitting it sideways and we spent time looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. balls. There seems to be a wall somewhere around 80 holes.'' Wall or no, the twosome's money total was tops in the section, and the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Professional Golf Association raised $65,000 of the nearly $500,000 national total, the best mark of any area PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. . The money has helped Woodley Lakes form a Junior Club, which began less than a year ago and already has 50 members. They are considered the future of golf - counted on to keep pace with the booming industry that until the past 20 years was reserved for retirees and members of the social elite. ``There's been a real explosion (in junior golf) the last couple of years,'' said Woodley Lakes assistant pro Ken Fletcher This article is about the tennis player. For information on the former Australian rules footballer (father of Dustin Fletcher), see Ken Fletcher (footballer) Kenneth Norman Fletcher , who has seen much from his post at the course pro shop. ``In the past, it's been more football and basketball, but now this has become a big-money sport.'' It is a notion grasped early on by Atlas, who grew up in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of with a hockey stick in his hand rather than a 6-iron. He first read about the charity golf event three years ago in a PGA publication. In 1996, he participated in his first 100-hole day. Since then, he figures, he's raised $16,000. ``We've put together a travel team, gotten them T-shirts and balls, and we're able to sponsor kids that can't necessarily afford to play,'' Atlas said. ``We think it's all pretty amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. .'' The Day The day started for Atlas and Riggs at 7 a.m. with the first drive. On a cart, they screamed through the course, stopping just long enough to point themselves in the general direction of the cup before firing away. ``It's not the way you'd earn a tour card, but in a way it teaches you not to be a Swiss watch on the course,'' Atlas said. ``You learn to stay focused for a long period of time. To be honest, it's a good way to play.'' The twosome would play so quickly they would pass up groups that started in front of them. By the second time through, most on the course got wind of what was going on and began cheering. ``They were saying, `Keep going, you're doing a great job,' '' Atlas remembered. ``The fifth man in the foursome.'' Playing that fast suited Atlas, who shot a tidy 408 and had two rounds - a 69 and a 71 - under par. It was only the last 10 holes, when he shot a 44, that he started feeling the burn. Riggs, 30, himself a product of the junior golf program while growing up in Burbank, shot a 412. ``Those guys are really into the program,'' Fletcher said. ``They really hustle hus·tle v. hus·tled, hus·tling, hus·tles v.tr. 1. To jostle or shove roughly. 2. To convey in a hurried or rough manner: hustled the prisoner into a van. to get things done.'' On this day, with temperatures reaching the 90s by early afternoon, Atlas hustled so much he didn't even stop for a bathroom break. ``After a while, it does test your intestinal fortitude intestinal fortitude n. Courage; endurance. and your love for the game,'' he said. ``The cause gets you out of bed in the morning, but it's the perseverance Perseverance See also Determination. Ainsworth redid dictionary manuscript burnt in fire. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 752] Call of the Wild, The dogs trail steadfastly through Alaska’s tundra. [Am. Lit. that tells you to finish.'' Which, to the benefit of all, he did. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Woodley Lakes golf pro Larry Atlas helped raise $5,000 for L.A.'s junior golf program by playing 100 holes on July 20. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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