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STORM CENTER: ‘Metro’ center of golf world
Welcome to what’s commonly referred to as the “Metroplex Swing” on the PGA Tour.
See, for the next couple of weeks, the PGA Tour will be making a pair of stops in the Metroplex, and this golf fan couldn’t be more delighted.
The Crowne Plaza Invitational at the Colonial is underway. And after the first round of play, there’s a logjam at the top of the leaderboard.
Jordan Spieth, who won some tournament called The Masters last month, was joined at 6-under par by South Korean Kevin Na and two more accomplished players in Boo Weekley and Charley Hoffman.
Hoffman also played well at The Masters. For the past decade, both Na and Weekley have been common names playing elite level golf on Sundays.
The tournament takes place at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.
I’m so old I remember when the tournament was simply referred to as The Colonial. This is one of five invitational events on the Tour.
The inaugural event took place 69 years ago, so I’m not as old as the tournament itself. Smile.
There are so many great traditions surrounding The Colonial, it’s tough to decide where to start.
But, the most important one involves a piece of fashion. See, the winner of the tournament and committee chairmen wear an official Scottish tartan plaid jacket.
Then there’s the exciting Wall of Champions on the first tee, which is engraved with the name and score of each champion dating back to when the Colonial played host to the 1941 United States Open.
Craig Wood won the U.S. Open that year, firing a 284.
The Wall of Champions is made from Italian marble, and serves as one of the most photogenic parts of The Colonial. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Here’s the famous Wall of Champions board that you can see at The Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. Ben Hogan’s name appears five times, since he’s won The Colonial that much, including the first-ever tournament back in 1946.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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