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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.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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