GOING BY THE BOOK; RULES OF THE GAME INTRIGUING TO VISTA VALENCIA'S SCHMIDT.Byline: Kristen Davis Daily News Staff Writer Maxine Schmidt is 70 years old, but she knows the type of stress that comes with university entrance exams. Schmidt isn't tested in English or math competency, however. Golf rules rack her brain. Schmidt, a Northridge resident and member of Vista Valencia's women's golf club, is an expert on golf's rules. She is on the Western American Golf Association's (WAGA WAGA Western Amputee Golf Association WAGA Western Action Group on AIDS WAGA Western America Golf Association WAGA Williamsburg Area Golf Association (Williamsburg, Virginia) ) rules committee and has attended several PGA/USGA workshops, four days of instruction and a 100-question final exam Noun 1. final exam - an examination administered at the end of an academic term final examination, final exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of . ``The rules themselves are intriguing,'' she said. ``I learn something new every time I'm at a rules workshop or teaching a workshop. The rules are plays on words, too, and you have to figure out what the rules say. When you go (to a workshop), you don't get out to do anything. You're in session from 8 a.m. to 5:30. We went to dinner and then went to study.'' Schmidt also has been teaching workshops for WAGA since 1991. She has served on the rules committee for women's U.S. sectional qualifying rounds since 1994. ``We're out observing play and if golfers need help in relief situations like a proper drop from a water hazard, we're there to give it to them. . . . When you're applying them, you feel like you're helping a player improve their number of strokes,'' said Schmidt, who began golfing in 1981. Valencia's women's club Women’s clubs first arose in the United States during the post-civil war period. As a result of increased leisure time due to modern household advances, middle class women had more time to engage in intellectual pursuits. is one of about 85 in 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, area that belong to WAGA. The club's B and C net flights qualified for the WAGA team-play championship earlier this month. They will compete against two other teams in the Nov. 3 event at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Maxine Schmidt of Northridge is on the Western American Golf Association's rules committee and attends PGA/USGA workshops. John Lazar John Lazar was Mayor of Adelaide from 1855 to 1858. John LaZar (born May 22, 1946) is a classically trained American actor of both stage and screen. / Special to the Daily News |
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