SENIOR COLORS TEES FRIENDLIER.Byline: DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses SHELBURNE Golf Blue tees, white tees, red tees. Brown tees? Distance-challenged area senior golfers might catch a break soon at Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city, Los Angeles County and Ventura County public courses, thanks to the efforts of 77-year-old San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. resident Jerry Brown For the whistleblower, see . Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. (born April 7, 1938), is the Attorney General for the state of California. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971), as California . Like a lot of senior players, Brown found that while he still could hit the ball accurately he was losing yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. with age and wanted to play from tees that would make the game fun again. But he also wanted tees rated appropriately for handicap purposes. The traditional forward red tees were just right for him, distance-wise, but were rated for women. What Brown wanted was alternative ratings on those forward tees and the chance for men over age 65 to play them, and he used three mid-valley L.A. city courses as an example. Woodley Lakes, overwhelming for most men his age from the back-tee distance of 6,803 yards and a par of 72, is a more realistic-for-seniors 6,334 yards and par 76 from the forward tees. Playing the reds at Woodley, Brown said, gives seniors a shot at par. The longest par 4 is 326 yards and the longest par 5 just 491 yards. The numbers are similar moving from blue to red tees on the Balboa and Encino courses at the adjacent Sepulveda Basin complex. Balboa drops in length from 6,359 yards to 5,912 and par jumps from 70 to 72. Encino, which plays to a par of 72 and 6,789 yards from the back tees, changes to 6,192 yards and par 75 from the forward tees. Let the seniors play up front, Brown says, to make golf enjoyable again for his generation. ``It couldn't hurt anything,'' he said before he took his case to the Golf Advisory Committee of the City of Los Angeles
``Nothing else is being done on the public courses for us old golfers,'' Brown said. ``An awful lot of the weekday players are us old guys playing on senior cards. It would sure be nice to have tees to play that would give us a chance at a respectable score.'' To his surprise and appreciation, the Golf Advisory Committee totally agreed with him. ``They unanimously passed an amendment to eliminate the blue, white and red tees as we now know them and they will be re-identified as back tees, middle tees and forward tees,'' Brown said. ``All three sets of tees will be rated for both male and female play.'' The same soon could take place on other area public courses, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Craig Kessler, executive director of the Public Links Golf Association of 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, . Kessler, who teamed with the late Marty Tregnan of the Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. men's club to establish the Golf Advisory Committee and give public golfers a voice, was a big supporter of Brown's recommendation for senior tees and will try to get Los Angeles and Ventura County courses to follow suit. ``We are on our way,'' an appreciative Brown said of his unexpectedly successful campaign to let seniors ``play where it's fun.'' He wants other aging golfers to know what the Golf Advisory Committee is doing for them. ``Now,'' Brown said, ``we'll wait and see how soon it happens.'' --Show of support: Members of the men's club at 42-year-old Verdugo Hills GC in Tujunga aren't certain how long their 18-hole, par-3 course will remain open following the recent closing of escrow on its sale to a land-development company. But they certainly know how to show their appreciation for a former member. When Chris Hemmingway suddenly died last month of cancer at age 43, club members Chad Davis Chad Davis (b. 1981) is an American hacker (or cracker) from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who operated under the alias of Mindphasr. He was the subject of one of the most high-profile prosecutions of cybercriminals of the late 20th century. , Steve Miller The name Steve Miller might refer to:
family. They generated more than $8,300 from a turnout of 120 golfers. The amount of money raised was nearly as surprising to members as how quickly the illness claimed Hemmingway, who died three weeks after he was diagnosed. Fatigue was his only symptom. --Names in the game: Verdugo Hills head pro Bruce Martin expects his facility to remain open at least two more years. ``We're still a golf course,'' he said of the par-54 layout that in the past year has stretched its rated distance of 1,855 yards by an additional 115 yards with the extension of three holes, including the now-160-yard 14th. ... Former Cal State Northridge golfer Paul D'Ambra was one of three area players to earn berths in the Sept. 1-4 Pechanga State Open in a qualifying tournament at par-72 Hunter Ranch in Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
D'Ambra and Brian Fatur of Thousand Oaks (both 70), Michael Dunsmore of Tarzana (71) and Jeff DiTullio of Thousand Oaks (74, then a playoff) advanced to the California championship, which has been conducted since 1900 and will be played this year at SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Golf Club in Murrieta. ... Verdugo Hills men's club member Joe Davies has organized a fund-raising tournament for the Tri-Valley Special Olympics, Aug. 28 at Angeles National Golf Club in Sunland. Information: (818) 383-5755. ... The Sky Course at Pete Dye-designed Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley is one of 12 California courses included in the September ``Golf Magazine'' national list of the Top 100 Courses You Can Play. Sky, which plays to a par of 72 and is 7,250 yards from the tips, is ranked No. 71. ... Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of several well known courses in Pebble Beach, California and probably the most famous golf course in the Western United States. Four of the courses in the coastal community of Pebble Beach, including Pebble Beach Golf Links,[1] is No. 1 for a fifth consecutive year, and the Straits Course at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. - site of last week's PGA Championship - is ranked No. 5. CAPTION(S): box Box: ON THE GREEN |
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