Sports
Thursday, April 1,1993
The Battalion
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Unforgiven,
Uncovered, and
Unintelligent...
WILLIAM
HARRISON
Sports Pool
Dedicated to
Dave.
I t seems that
now that
A&M has
run out of com
pletely every
thing to write
into mail call,
we're back to
the traditions
articles.
I've seen an
infinite amount
of letters des
perately trying
to compel the
campus to say
'Howdy' to each other.
I've read the letters describing
Muster and Silver Taps as incredibly
moving experiences.
Unfortunately, I've also read let
ters regarding a "Bag a Bowhead for
Jesus" t-shirt circulated at A&M.
The letter regarding the emotionally-
charged "Jesus-Bowhead" incident
read:
"This greatly offended me even
though I had no idea what it meant."
The rationale involved in such an
argument goes beyond reason, and
we have no choice but to bow to the
pressure of the easily offended and
convert our traditions so they are
more stream-lined and aerodynamic
for the '90s.
Perhaps it is in this same spirit
that someone wrote in The Battalion
in yesterday's paper asking about
one of the fundamental traditions
here at Texas A&M regarding hat-
wear.
"I have a question that perhaps
one of the Battalion writers or A&M
students can clear up,' The letter
started.
Well, 1 qualify as both, and who
could resist commenting on an issue
See Harrison;/Page 8
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A&M golfer Marco Gortana came
from far away to play at Aggieland
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By DAVID WINDER
The Battalion
It's not what you know, it's who
you know.
That cliche fits perfectly for junior
golfer Marco Gortana.
The Italian national who was born
in South Africa started winning Euro
pean amateur events while still in high
school.
His sucess caught the eye of profes
sional golfer Gary Player who told him
that he should attend
United States.
Player then sent Gor-
tana's credentials to col
leges all over the coun
try.
"A lot of colleges
showed interest, like
UCLA and Houston,"
Gortana said. "I ended
up choosing Texas
A&M because I liked
Coach (Bob) Ellis."
Ellis has not been
disappointed either as
Gortana has brought
home two first place tro
phies while finishing
second twice.
He has also finshed in
the top twenty 14 times.
"My freshman year, I went out and
played my first tournament and fin
ished second," Gortana said. "Then ex
cept for a couple of times my play was
just mediocre."
"I know I can finish in the top ten or
top twenty every time I go out there.
It's just a matter of me playing well
enough to do it."
This year he has played consistent
enough to do it. In his last three tour
naments he has finshed no worse than
second place.
He has scored victories at the Crown
Colony Intercollegiate and the Lou-
For his efforts he was named South
west Conference Male Athlete of the
Month of February along with indoor
track athlete Jimmy Oliver of TCU.
"The personal awards are great but
here at Texas A&M we play as a team,"
Gortana said.
"Our team should be competing in
every tournament."
The Texas A&M Men's team is cur
rently ranked 16th in the nation.
"Since we play the Southwest Con
ference Championships on our home
course (Pebble Creek Country Club) no
one should beat us," Gortana said.
"I think coach
would really be disap
pointed if we lost, I
know I would."
Still after all his
sucess Gortana does
not see himself as the
leader of the team.
"Our seniors are
our leaders," Gortana
said. "They have the
seniority so you have
to respect them.
"The freshman
might look up me be
cause I've won some
tournaments, but I
don't go around blow
ing my horn about it."
His ultimate goal is
to one day play on the PGA tour.
"This summer I'm going to play in
some amateur events in Europe, which
should really help," Gortana said. "I
also know a lot of people who are will
ing to help me financially if I choose to
go the route."
For now though Marco is just con
centrating on collegiate golf.
"It was so hard to win that first
tournament because I never won one
before," Gortana said. "But now that
I've won one, it's just a matter of me
going out there."
"Who knows where my.limit is?"
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