SBC SENIOR CLASSIC HEAVY RAIN CANCELS FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer VALENCIA - Gray skies and relentless rain greeted pro golfers Monday arriving at the Valencia Country Club for the SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Senior Classic. For the first time in nearly 30 years, heavy rain cancelled the qualifying round in Ojai at the flooded Soule Park Golf Course, said Peter deYoung, director of the SBC Senior Classic tournament. ``I've been here three weeks, and I've seen the sun twice,'' said deYoung, a Chicago resident. ``I thought it was 80 degrees and sunny here all year-round.'' The qualifying round, in which 130 golfers are vying for the last four openings in the tournament, was rescheduled for today, but deYoung said with more rain coming it will probably be canceled. In that case, the top four money-winners among the remaining candidates will be selected to compete in the tournament, he said. This is the first year the SBC Senior Classic will be played in Valencia. In prior years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time tournament was played in October at the Wilshire Country Club. That golf course, however, had limited space and parking for the tournament's 70,000 to 80,000 spectators, deYoung said. Valencia Country Club, a 200-acre course, is nearly twice the size of the Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. club. ``We try to make the golf course into a stadium with all of the amenities of Dodger's Stadium or the Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. ,'' he said. ``The other thing is, people are hitting farther now. Our equipment is better and our balls are livelier. And this golf course is 500 yards longer than Wilshire. For true championship golf, this course is a better test.'' Joe Inman Joseph Cooper Inman, Jr. (born November 29, 1947) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Inman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and is the eldest of six children. , 53, a three-time winner and defending tournament champion, said the change of venue A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. In high-profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and/or defendant(s) has created a completely different tournament. ``I don't even know where the holes are,'' he said. ``It's a new golf course and a new time of year. It's like a totally different tournament.'' As he prepares to shoot for his fourth tournament win, Inman said he is still recovering from a pulled back muscle and isn't feeling like a three-time defending champ. He does plan to spend plenty of time icing his back, sitting in the whirlpool and stretching before the tournament begins, he said. ``The line between good and bad is about this thin,'' he said, pinching his fingers together tightly. ``I've had some of the worst games ever in the last few weeks. But everyone's dealt a hand, and some hands are better than others. I'm just going to play my hand as well as possible.'' Inman is among 78 golfers who will compete for a share of the $1.4 million winnings. The tournament's top winner will receive $210,000. Some proceeds will go to the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. , the City of Hope National Medical Center City of Hope is one of 39 NCI-designated Cancer Centers and is located in the city of Duarte, California. City of Hope comprises an ambulatory and in-patient cancer treatment center as well as a biomedical research facility known as the Beckman Research Institute and the City of Hope and the Explorer Scouts, deYoung said. Tournament activities begin at 2 p.m. today as eight pro golfers demonstrate their shot-making skills at the 18th hole, where Tiger Woods lost the 1998 Nissan Open to Billy Mayfair, deYoung said. On Wednesday and Thursday, 96 teams composed of one pro and four amateur golfers - who paid between $2,500 and $2,000 per day to participate - will compete in the ProAm. The SBC Senior Classic will begin at 8 a.m. Friday and conclude late Sunday afternoon. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Caddie Keith Cornwell calculates yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. to the eighth hole as rain falls at the golf course. (2) A maintenance crew member works in the rain Monday to get the course ready for this week's SBC Senior Classic. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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