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Show Mother Nature foils the best laid plans of local golfers last weekend Saturday morning, the men's club woke up to a great day for golf as they prepared to open their 1990 Vernal Men's Club Championship at Dinaland. Sunshine and warm weather prevailed throughout the day and that led to some great rounds of golf led by Club Champion Craig Hart who fired a four under par 68 to open his defense of the title. In A Flight Gary Cutler fired a two over 74 to lead that flight, and generally all scores were good solid rounds. The average score on the course was just over 85 strokes with 18 of the 61 golfers finishing with rounds of 79 and under. Only four scores came in over 100, and only 16 shot 90 or higher on the day. Only a few strokes prevailed in any one flight between the leaders and the field. Enter Mother Nature and our Golf Pro. Ever wonder what affect wind, overcast skies with light periodic showers, and some adjustments by the course professional can do to a round? After all what's a few pin placements, a few yards on the tee box, or a sprinkle of rain? On Sunday, those conditions were present and the affect was significant signifi-cant on. the 61 players battling for top finishes in the Championship. The average score on the course increased by four shots. The number num-ber of pars total droprjed from 425 to 321. The sub-par holes dropped from 63 to 51. Scores of bogey, or worse, increased from 510 to 672. Scores of 7, "snowman", or worse increased by 16 over Saturday. Hole number 9 with the blue tees moved back across the pined saw the average score on the par 3 increase from 3.62 to 4.17. Twenty-five, Twenty-five, or 43 of the field, scored 90 or higher. Craig Hart, who successfully success-fully defended his title as Club Champion, saw his score balloon by seven over Saturday. Gary Cutler who shot 74 to lead A Flight on Saturday, held on to win but with 9 more strokes. The answer, just right. If a club or flight championship is to mean anything any-thing it has t j be hard to gel. The wind blew on everyone equally and the course conditions, which are arguably the best ever under McCurdy's stewardship, were tough, difficult, and most of all fair to all who played. Golf is alive and well in Vernal, and with mother nature and arguably the best pro at Dinaland ever, PAR is save from most of the local club. i i t; i 1. -r r. mM fVA ' Tl s.. . - X ' . . ' ,...- 4 , c-, y j Vernal Expren Wednesday. Sept 19, 1990 23 JOE HOBBS shown here teeing off in the Men's Club Championships last weekend. Hobbs finished first net in the championship champi-onship division and won the low handicap derby in a shootout which pitted him against the club champion on the final hole of the event. Utes take win in Colorado Tourney The Uintah golf team, fresh off their third straight region win at Emery, travelled to Grand Junction for a repeat matchup against 13 Western Slope Schools and came home with their first non-region tournament win of the year. Matched against 13 schools including Fruita, Durango, Grand Junction Central, Grand Junction," Cortez, Montrose, Aspen, Delta, Glenwood Springs, Craig, Palisades, Rangcly, and Rifle for the second straight week, the Utes got a medalist round from Corey Monscn (74, 2 over par) and added Ryan Mou's 78 and Brock Pope's 80 for a team total 232 which was beat the runner up Fruita and Durango team by 13 shots for the impressive win. Monscn was the tournament medalist by three shots over Tom Smcy, of Durango, and Molt came in third with his 78. Brock Pope's 80 was good for fifth which gave the Utes three of the top five scorers s " "I iwmmm Vernal BigO ijj? &0- if V Whc(h rou I On ,1' 'i A fli muh k CO WHclhK you'' W highway Ut . tile whwrf inj h. od Ifr1: (o hn yowl f Genera dmer T All Season Radiats s T starting at 29.95 f I nl IvV :'! ir:'1" ' '" ,? ; .' II. Ill I.I. . . i -u I Mud King ifi xr9995 General Grabber AP JQC flj O frrs f tduiive Warrant Heavy Duty 9 Ga Ch.veo Pa'.irrcrf 19 Truck Gfl? Cfif ... Cool, crisp air leads to good fishing in the tournament. This young high school team which features 6 of 8 varsity members mem-bers who arc cither freshmen or sophomores is emerging on the local golf scene with a vengeance. In the club championship last week Brock Pope took B flight and Levi Smuin C flight Pope is a sophomore and Smuin a 14 year old freshman. In all the entire junior golf movement is becoming a factor at the local club. Thirteen year old Luke Caldwell played in the tough A flight will) a nine handicap and finished in the top three. He will be eligible for the high school team next year. The individual scores for ihc eight team members playing in Grand Junction beside those of Monscn, Moll, and Pope were: Levi Smuin 91. Scott Monscn 91, David Cox 92, Jason Aycock UK), and Ryan Mortcnsen 110. By Ron Stewart, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Crisp, cool air, leaves turning color col-or and the sound of an elk bugling mark probably the best time of the year to fish for trout. As the summer sum-mer cools, fishing action heats up in Utah's lakes and streams. The combination of cooler, clear water; shorter days and a gradual reduction of aquatic insects and other oth-er forage result in some of the best fishing available. As the water cools the fish become more active and move into the shallow waters where anglers are able to reach them. The fish are also looking for new sources of food due to the reduction in aquatic vegetation and insects. The combination leads to good, fast fishing even during mid-day hours. Where is this good fishing? Anywhere where the water is cooling cool-ing off. The best places are in the mountains in early fall and then drop down to lower elevations as the cooler weather reaches those areas. ar-eas. Trout prefer water temperatures in the fifties so plan to fish areas with temperature ranges above and below. Recommended areas in early autumn au-tumn would be the streams for brown andor cutthroat trout and mountain lakes such as those in the Uinta, Wasatch or Boulder mountains. moun-tains. As the fall progresses, the brown trout will begin to spawn, disrupting the brown trout fishing but the rainbow rain-bow and cutthroat trout fishing should continue to be good. By mid-fall, try the- lower elevation reservoirs as the upper elevation lakes and streams become more inaccessible. in-accessible. Dry flies, lures and most baits should work well for anglers fishing from boats andor the bank. 'ft Shop from your home first! Check the ads in the Yema! Express. NEWS ITEMS call your Hometown Newspaper Vernal Express 789-3511 The Vernal Express and the CityCounty Parks and Recreation Present: Pick the Winners College Football 1990 Win a Chuckwagon Dinner for two at 7-11 Restaurant RULES: 1. Only one entry per person per week. 2. All entries must be received at the Parks and Recreation Office at the Vernal City Office (495 E. Main) by 5 p.m. on Friday. 3. Pick the score of the game designated to be the tie-breakers. 4. Points will be assigned as follows: 1st place 25 pts., 2nd 20 pis., 3rd 15 pts., 4th 10 pts, 5th 5 pts. There will be weekly winners, as well as end of season grand prize winners. 5. Actual entry form from paper must be submitted.Photo copies will not be accepted. 6. All entries must have name, phone , and mailing address. f" EntryToTm foSe pt7 9"pa per. G a m e"s wi?l"be "j I Played 92290 I Air Force vs Wyoming I Mississippi vs Arkansas j Oregon vs Arizona I Alabama vs ,....Georgia I Utah vs Hawaii I Michigan vs UCLA j I Washington vs USC I Colorado vs Texas I I Michigan St vs Notre Dame I I Tie-Breaker I I San Diego St....vs ...BYU I I (score) (score) I 'Name . Phone I Address ; I j Cut Here I I 1 Last Week's Winners: 1 . Jennifer Murray Tony Mele 2. Ed Jenkins 3. Suzanne Jenkins 4. Joe Roberson Vernal's Second Annual Dlsna - Float Hot Air Balloon Festival U'AIAWt t v --, Mir mr r Dina-Float WWW Sept. 22 & 23 Vetnsl irport 7:00 a.m. A Barbecue & Luminary Campground Dina 6 p.m. Sat, Sept. 22 $5 adults $15 a family Sept. 22 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Balloons tol-.c off from airport at 7:30 a.m. Hands on experience (or mtcticrst Bo sure and rcr.lstcr to win a frco balloor ldo. Rci'Jstcr at ttw airport $3 a carload or $1 a person (walker) Plus: !,;- r crcl ' on T shirts Remote Control fil.ir.es Ch.lvIrcn'S flClivil'CS Concessions ScpL23 7:30 a.m. Haro and Hound Competition 5 pen ors; c-r - r l-T - 5 ' ' .- t-'vsi - a Vernal fl.-r f,. -!! At -t 'en 'a (,a (:lKk tr-tJ c West Hv.y, -IP 7HH7?)) (ww i 1 |