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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1980
sports
Golf team
Finding the key
By RICK STOLLE
Sports Reporter
What does it take to play golf? A
300 yard drive to the cup? Nerves of
steel to make those 35 foot putts like
the ones on television?
Weekend players sometimes say
the key is a lot of luck. The more
experienced may say it takes a good
eye and a smooth stroke.
Texas A&M golf instructor Les
Saunders said it takes a long time.
Time to learn the skills to play.
The Texas A&M golf team has dit-
fering ideas on what it takes. All
American Steven Bowman said it
takes patience. The senior from Tyl
er, Texas said it takes the patience to
work hard and desire to be the best.
goals to achieve. The team and indi
vidual goals are set, said Ellis, the
team just has to work hard to get
them.
One of the goals is to win the
Southwest Conference, which Ellis
believes is attainable. The top four
teams can win it, he said. Either
A&M, TCU, the University of Hous
ton or the University of Texas can
take the SWC if everything falls in
place, said Ellis. “We have one of the
strongest conferences in the nation,
if not the strongest,” he said. He
went on to say that the SWC will do
well in the NCAA tournament.
Freshman Dan Briggs said, “You
use your entire body to play the
game, you have to have coordina
tion.”
Another All-American, Richard
Cromwell, said it takes confidence.
“So much of the game is mental,” he
said, “You have to be thinking all the
time and have confidence in what
you are doing.”
Jay Kent, a junior, said, “Patience
is the key but you have to want it bad
enough.”
Texas A&M golf coach Bob Ellis
said it takes one thing, dedication. As
in anything anybody wants to excell
in, it takes a great deal of desire and
dedication.
A&M is entered in some of the
most prestigious and difficult tourna
ments in the nation. Ellis sited the
Pan Am, Lamar, Pinehurst and
NCAA tournaments as toughest. “At
the Pan Am tournament, only two of
the top 20 teams will not be there,”
he said.
Ellis said it takes a lot to practice
for an upcoming tournament. He has
them hit 150 range (practice) balls a
day and play 18 holes. “That’s mini
mum,” said Briggs, “You usually hit
more than that if you want to win. ”
Sports Schedule-
TODAY Feb. 1
Women’s Tennis team hosts Tyler
Junior College, 1:30 p.m.
Women’s Track team at Missouri
Invitational, Columbia, Mo.
collegiate, Houston
Men’s Tennis team hosts Lj
1:30 p.m.
Men’s Swimming team at
State College, Pa.
SATURDAY Feb. 2
Women’s Gymnastics at Southwest
Texas Inv., San Marcos, 10:00 a.m.
Women’s Tennis team vs. Texas,
Austin, 1:30 p.m.
Men’s Golf team at Atascosita Inter-
MONDAY Feb. 4
Men’s basketball at Texas I|
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Ellis said the golf team practices
more than any other team on cam
pus. We start about 1:30 in the
afternoon and finish at dark,” he
said. The team practices six days a
week and sometimes even the day
off, if the weather is good, is spent on
the course.
After qualifying for a tournament,
Ellis said the team analyzes the
rounds to see what can be improved
upon before the tournament begins.
Ellis said the team should do well
in the tournaments they compete in
this year. “This is the most talented
team I have coached since coming to
Texas A&M,” he said. David Ogrin
leads the team with a 72.4 average
for the fall. Ogrin and Steve Bowman
tied for second in the individuals di
vision of the Bluebonnet Invitational
and won the team championship.
United Press International
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A
lawyer said he was questioned about
gambling Thursday by a federal
grand jury investigating a sports
scandal at the University of New
Mexico, and that the interrogation
took a direction “I didn’t like.”
Sam Francis, an Albuquerque l/y
attorney, confirmed he was ques- /
tioned about “the general area of /
3- ’ y
Craig Gilbert had received credits
from the school.
Gilbert however said he had never
attended Mercer and it was later dis
closed that Goldstein had an official
Mercer seal.
gambling” during his appearance be-
“The only problem is if someone
doesn’t want it bad enough a certain
day due to bad weather or some
thing,” he said. Ellis favorite ex
pression is “you’ve got to want it bad
enough.” It carries over to his gol
fers.
The team practices in miserable
weather as well as in good. “The past
two days have been miserable in the
rain and all, but if you want it, you
have to work hard,” said Briggs.
“Desire to be the best is an impor
tant part of the game,” Ellis said.
Part of that desire, he said, is setting
“They played well on the tough
course,” said Ellis, their showing
was worth six months of practice. “It
is tremendous confidence builder
and should carry over into the spring
tournaments,” he said.
Jay Kent also said the team will
win. There is more experience on
the team now and leadership as well,
he said. “Besides, we want it bad
enough.”
The team consists of a group quali
ty players, said Ellis. They do what it
takes to win. They are hard workers
and fine people. It is a team to win
with, he said.
fore the panel.
“I didn’t want to take the Fifth and
the assistant U.S. attorney gave me
until 4:15 p.m. to get a lawyer” said
Francis.
It was not immediately clear why
Francis had been summoned before
the panel.
Previous indications were that the
grand jury was limiting itself to an
investigation of alleged bribery and
mail fraud in the incident.
Another topic of inquiry by the
grand jury Thursday concenred a
transcript from Mercer County
Community College.
“We went over the Mercer Col
lege transcript,” said Fred Christ,
director of financial aide for UNM.
The Mercer transcript showed
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