LEARNING FROM THE PROS CONWAY WHERE SHE BELONGS LA REINA GOLFER TAKES TIPS FROM GIL MORGAN, AIMS FOR CIF TITLE.Byline: NATHAN BROWN Nathan Brown may refer to:
Sometimes a moment or an event can solidify one's interest, grip their lives and pave a road to success. For La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. golfer Kelsey Conway, that moment came this past Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend at the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach The Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in August/September in Monterey Peninsula, California at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and Del Monte Golf Course. Wal-Mart is the main sponsor of the tournament. . The annual tournament paired Champions Tour golfers with upstanding youths and amatuers who had to play through three regional qualifiers. Conway made it, and the experience of playing golf with Gil Morgan and Jim Thorpe during a televised event on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and the Golf Channel affirmed that she belonged in the game, and in that type of atmosphere. ``She sees things from another perspective,'' La Reina coach Bob Sisco said of Conway's experience. ``When I came back from that,'' Conway said, ``I knew I could play well. It gave me the confidence to do whatever I set my mind to.'' As they walked the picturesque fairways that have since been scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. by the likes of Tiger Woods, finessed by Phil Mickelson and played host to countless others, Morgan shared golf tips, joked around and put a wicked draw on an approach shot for an eagle on hole 17. ``It was amazing,'' Conway said. Tomorrow at the Diamond Bar Golf Club, the junior will have a chance to do some amazing things on her own when she competes in the CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). Individual Final and Women's Southern California Golf Association Qualifying Tournament. ``I've never gotten past there,'' Conway said of her previous two tries. ``It would be nice to make it and then come back next year.'' Conway is certainly on track. She is more experienced and finely tuned, and has already met two of her goals this year -- to have a scoring average in the 30s (36.6) and lead her team farther than they have gone before (she shot a two-under 70 last Monday at the Southern Section team qualifyer in Oxnard). ``We really wanted to get past the team regionals,'' Conway said. ``We (La Reina) haven't done that in 10 years.'' ``Playing golf with her is relaxing,'' teammate and best friend Kristina Cheung said, ``because of her positive attitude. She's uplifting and that helps the team.'' La Reina got eliminated as a team days later in Ojai, but Conway and fellow captain Samantha Katz helped the Regents (12-2), ranked sixth by the Daily News, win the Tri-Valley championship. Conway will now get to test her individual meddle med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. against USAJGA first-teamer Jenny Shin from Torrance -- a player Conway is already familiar with. ``I thought she was going to be cocky,'' Conway said of Shin. ``But she was really nice. That kind of competition elevates my game.'' nate.brown@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: La Reina's Kelsey Conway watches a drive Monday at Los Posas Golf Course. She will compete in the CIF Individual Final today. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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