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o O . .... - ,-wg.E?a3g.MU'iJ;iIPr) MEDFORD. OREGON TUKSUAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1983 g J Ashman, Robinson, Hill Capture Southern Oregon Links Mantles Bellevue Youth Second 18-Year-Old To Capture Title In Men's Division Rob Ashman. BRllevue. Wash. yesterday became the second 18-year-old player ever to win the men's titular trophy in the Southern Oregon Amateur Golf championships at M e d f o r d's Rogue Valley Country club. Ashman, the 1962 Pacific Northwest Junior champ, was conceded an inches-long birdie putt on the 36th hole to nip past SO champion Lynn Creason, c s SENIOR CHAMPION Dave Hill, above, Grants Pass, won the senior championship Mon day in the Southern Oregon Golf tourney. He beat Carl Schmidt, Medford, in the holiday finale. (UPI) Medford, 1 up in the finals of the 35th annual tourney. Two other championship matches also went the full dis tance. Miss June Robinson, Al bany, the 1961 winner, edged Miss Pam Stacey, Medford, the defending titlist, 1 up over 36 holes for the women's division crown. Dave Hill returned the senior men's championship to Grints Pass for the first time since 1959. He defeated past cham pion and 1963 medalist Carl Schmidt, Medford, 2 up over 18 holes. First Since 1934 Ashman's game was shaky on the early backstretch yesterday afternoon. Creason appeared on his way to his second title. Bui the young Washingtonian pull ed his game together. Down two holes with three to play, he won all three to subdue the 1958 winner. Youthful talent triumph ed over experience in this case. Not since Medford's Eddie Simmons won his first of oix titles 29 years ago in 1934 has an 18-year-old won the men's Southern Oregon laurels. No one younger has won it. Miss Robinson, the women's medalist, rolled out and up to as much as a four-hole lead as the afternoon play in her match got underway. On the final nine, however, Miss Stacey stole the show and thunder. With two holes to play Miss Robinson's lead was just 1 up. The adver saries halved the 35th hole with pars. June hit a poor drive on 36 but fought back to tie the hole with a bird and take the match. Hill Never Down Hill, who chipped and putted well, was never down in his match. He took the lead for keeps on No. 13 green but was just one hole down going into the 18th. He took the final hole with a conceded par. Creason saw leads come and go in the before lunch 18 with Ashman. In the afternoon Ash man took early command, chip ping in a 27-footer and sinking a 12 foot putt. Creason appeared to tire and his putting failed him on a couple of occasions. Then the veteran steadied to erase a 2 hole deficit and gain a 2 up lead as Ashman en countered tree problems with his drives and ditch and trap troubles. Door Opened The 34th hole of the match then opened the door for the Washingtonian. Creason was over the green into some thick grass on his second shot, while Ashman got on the lower green on his approach. "I felt an urge to win, then," said the Bellevue player. He putted up to within 15 inches of the hole and sank the second putt for a par. A 12-foot putt by Creason rolled by the cup for a bogey. On par three 35 (17th green actually on the fairway), Ash man just missed a 35-foot putt and was given a conceded par. Creason was six feet short on a 37-footer and missed his sec ond putt. Ashman was just short of the green on his second shot on the 36th. Creason landed farther back. The Washington youth putted some 50 feet up to with in inches of the cup. Creason chipped about eight feet from the pin. He overshot on his putt for a par five. Even for Morning The two men went into after noon action all even although Creason stroked a match play card of 76 to Ashman's 77. Both had 76s for the afternoon. Par is 72. Ashman drew a roar from the onlookers on the first hole of the afternoon and the 19th of the match when his 27 footer dropped in for a bird. A 25-foot putt by Creason rolled over the hole. Both men were steady with pars on the next two holes and with hits or near hits on the greens. They clouted drives short of the green on 22. Ash man chipped 12 feet from the cup and sank his putt for a par. Creason chipped nine feet by the hole and missed coming back. That put the younger player 2 up. The next two holes were parred. Creason hit over the green on 22 but saved a half with a 12-foot putt. Ashman's 11-footer stopped on the rim. Par five 25th hole was birdied by each player with Creason putting a chip eight inches from the pin. On 26 Ashman hit into a clump of trees to the right of the fairway then into grass on the side of a trap and took a double bogey six on the hole. Creason won with a bogey. Tree Trouble On 27 Ashman again had to hit onto the fairway from be hind a tree. Creason with less tree trouble bounced his ball over a trap to the edge of the green. Both were on the green in three. Ashman circled the cup with a 20-foot putt and was able to get a half when Crea son's five-foot try rimmed the cup. Creason evened the match on 29 with a three-foot putt for a par. Ashman was in a trap on his approach. His first out try popped up and fell back in. His next almost went into the hole. Both men were steady on 30. On 31 Ashman hit a great shot LStU ... J s , 1: r3 X "v " " I BsaaasasaasssMssssasvs .. .. . 6a&... m -z m. aw BB1MMdlBHHURMnBBBBBHklHBIIBht 1 B w -it .v . 4 CHAMP CONGRATULATED Rob Ashman, left, receives congratulations of his caddy, Doug Olson, and Mike Miller, both of Med ford, after winning the men's division South ern Oregon Golf championship yesterday at Rogue Valley Country club. Eighteen-year-old Ashman, of Bellevue, Wash., defeated Lynn Creason, Medford, 1 up for the title. Hole-In-One Again in Tournament Second hole' in one of the Rogue Valley Country club's Southern Oregon Golf champion ships occurred during the finals yesterday. E. C. Matlson. Columbia Edgcwater, Portland carded the ace on the 203 yard No. 15 hole. Mattson was playing in the eighth flight final and went on to defeat Gail Hartley 2 and 1. The feat duplicated a hole in one on the same green last Fri day by Fred Stevens, a C'E clubmatc. When Stevens got his ace. the hole was being used as No. 6 of the No. 2 course. The old original course was be ing followed yesterday. HAVE SOME CASH V 1 1 1 m Why let unpaid bills gel you down, when a Commercial Credit Plan personal loan is jo easy to arrange! You'll love the warm welcome you'll get at our office, too. Friendly personnel, courteous service, a sincere interest in your problems . . . these are all Commercial Credit ways of saying "Glad to see you! . out of the trees to just above the green and putted up to the hole. Creason was short of the green on approaching but made up for it with 10-foot putt for a par and a halve. Ashman ran into double bogey troubles on 32. He was into the right rough off the tee. His drive was scuffed and bounced alons the ditch bank. The ball fell into the water, costing a one stroke penalty. Creason sank a nine-foot putt for a par four to go one up. Takes Lead Away Creason took 33 with a pat when he chipped to within six inches of the pin and an 11-foot putt bv Ashman , went around the hole. That established the 2 tin gap. Ashman was never up in the morning but took away a Crea son lead three times. Creason won on No. 1 with a par when an Ashman chip ran across the green. The Washingtonian won No. 5 with a par when he hit the green in regulation and put in a four-foot knock. Creason was 15 feet short of the hole on his chip. Creason won No. 6 with a par by almost putting a 40-foot shot down. Both birdied par five No. 7 with 2M.-foot putts. On No. H Ashman made good on a chance to even the count. Creason over shot the green then missed a 1 13-foot putt and Ashman hit up , for a gi'mc par. Creason part ed ; No. 9 with a four-foot par putt and Ashman missed an eight footer for 1 up difference at the turn. Good Roll Rack No. 11 saw an Ashman ap proach drop on the green and roll back to a spot 20 inches from the hole. He missed the try for a bird, however and halved the hole. No. 12 saw Creason go 2 up when he chipped over a trap to 2' feet from the cup and took a gi'me par. Ash man chipped across the green, hit back by the cup then missed a seven-fool putt for a bogey six. After well played halves on 13 and 14, Ashman came up well from back of trees on No. 15 and was able to take the hole with a bogey four on two putts. Creason double bogied. He went from the rough into a trap, hit his third shot onto the green and rimmed an eight-foot putt. Ashman won No. 16 with a par, kitting the green on his approach, while Creason, who was cramped by a tree, was be low the green on his second shot. Creason chipped up well but was short on a six-foot putt while Ashman was left a one- foot putt after clubbing a long one by the hole. That squared it for lunch. Lovely Latlies The crowd-pleaser tussle for the women's prize was de scribed as a "battle of lovely ladies" whose "booming drives and crisp shots are for most of us (men) to envy." June's steady long game and the ac curate close game by Pam were features of the morning round. Miss Robinson, 19S1 Oregon State university graduate and now a secretary of that school had a 79 card and a 2 up lead after morning contention. Miss Stacey, who finished University ol Oregon this spring, shot an 81. Each had a 79 in the after noon. Ladies' par is 76. June made her margin 3 up on the 20th hole. She and her adversary were equal on their tec and second shots but June chipped up to 3'i feet from the pin and made her putt for a birdie. The Albany miss fol lowed with a birdie three putt of six feet to go 4 up on 21. A nine-foot par try by Pam faded. Both parred on the next two holes. On 22 June chipped five feet from the pin after booming a shot over the green. Deficit Cut On 24 Pam reduced her defi cit with an easy par. Miss Robinson hit a bad lie behind a tree and took a bogey when her 30 foot putt did not quite go in. The gap was hacked to two holes on No. 2li. Both were on the green in two shots and about 15 feet from the pin. June three putted and Miss Stacey got a par. Miss Robinson won 28 for 3 up by two-putting for a par. She made it 4 up on 29 when Pam ran into tree troubles, then just missed a 17-foot putt. Pam dropped it to 3 up again when she one-putted for a par on 30. June had tree and trap woes. The girls bogied on 31 but came back on 32 with sure-played pars. On par three 33 both missed the putting surface off the tec. June chipped long. Miss Stacey set up a three-foot downhill putt and nailed it for par. Score was midway break with her three- foot bird putt on 18. Hill and Schmidt were all even after Schmidt won N. 11 hole with a par. Hill went 1 up with a par on 13 and two up on 15 when Schmidt three put ted. The Medtord player three putted again on 16 but Hill was unable to take advantage of it. On 18 with Hill needing just a half. Schmidt had a bogey six and conceded a par putt to Hill. The Grants Pass plaver had a 2 up lead at the turn. Schmidt grabbed No. 10 with a par. Hill won No. 2 hole with a bogey and lost No. 4 to Schmidt's par. Hill then won Nos. 5 and 9 with pars. Match play medal cards were 40-39 79 for Hill and 42-39-81 for Schmidt. I can't believe it," said Ash man following his victory. The youthful irons expert appears destined to greater heights. He agreed that tne lf.tn note was the turning point for him. He indicated that he felt he played good and had no urge to look back on the bad holes of the last nine. "I'm happy. It was a close one," said Miss Robinson of her match. On his way to the tourney finals Ashman defeated Harold Bailey, Klamath Falls; Cliff Goldman, Tualatin; George Mack, Portland, and Harvey Woods, Ashland. Miss Robinson beat Mrs. Miles Munson, Eu gene; Mrs. Helene Root, Red mond, and Mrs. Helen Davies, Medford. Hill scored decisions over John Dasher, Portland; Vera Hallin, Eureka, and Marvin Clark, Grants Pass. Bob Atkinson, Portland, three limes Southern Oregon victor, i beat Dick House, Medford, 6 and 5 for the first flight laurels. Mrs. Robert Templeton, Med ford, won from Mrs. Munson for the women's first flight trophy. Score was 2 up. Karl Bennett, Grants Pass, a past champ, won the senior first flight. He defeated Iver Isack son, Areata, Calif., in the final. Klrtt Flltlit Bob Atkinson Jr. def. Dick Houae, 6-S. Second l-lli:ht Dennis Soran del Jim Woods, 19th hole. .. second Flight consolation Dean Lambert def. Homer Cooper, 2-1. Third FliKht Warren Deakins Jr. def. Jack Beckwlth. 3-3. Third Flight Consolation Jack Six def. Jim Gill. 19th hole. Fourth Flight Craig Miller def. Norm Hllyer. 4-3. Fourth Fllcht Consolation Bill Bratton def. Este Morrison, 10th hole. Fifth Fllehl Larry Austad def. George Swcnrilman, 2-1. Fifth Flifht Consolation Wayne Chitwood ef. Jim Vranizan. 1 up. Sixth Fllcht Tom Hamlin def. Lute Clement, fi-5. Sixth Flllht Consolation Bill Thorndlke def. Phi Scttecase. 2-1. seventh Ficht Duane Roisen def. Bruce Cullison. 7-Y Seventh Fllcht Consolation Dr. Don Michaeson def. Bob Dickey. 4-3 Fichth Fllcht Steve I-ovegren def. Robert Walberg. 2-1. Fichth Fllcht Consolation Bob Van Dtlker del. Jack Dumas, 1 up. Ninth Fllcht Robert Frlnk def. Gene Cosst'ttc, 4-3. Ninth Fllcht Consolation Al bert Rcen def. Jack Rocheld. 4-3. 10th Flicht Chuck Swcnson def. Robert Norris. 1 up. loth Fllcht Consolation Walter Kresse def. Kevin Van Hoomiasen, 1 up. tlth Fllcht Robert Ead def. John Humphrey. 20th hole. Ilth Flicht Consolation Glenn Kclenberc def. Gary Miksche, 2-1. 12th Fllcht Vlrf Parker def. Bill Berber. 3-2 13th Fllcht Consolation J. Ham lin def. Bill Jennings. 19th hole. Uth Flicht Richard Scott def. Tom Cark. fl-5. 13th Fllcht Consolation David Johnson def. Ben Gray, 2-1. WOMKN'S FINALS: Championship Fllcht June Rob inson def. Pam Stacey. I up. First Fllcht Mrs. R. Temple ton def. Mrs. Miles Munson. 2 up. Second Fllcht Mrs. J. T. Pickett del. Mrs. Mahr Reymers, 3-2. Third Fllcht Mrs. Pat Eldswlck def. Mrs. Murray Yates, 4-3. Fourth Fllcht Mrs. John Bi shop def Marge Nave. 6-S. Fifth Fllcht Mrs. Jane Bates def. Mra. W. T. Wright. 5-4. Sixth Fllcht Mary Schel def. Betty Ileyscll. 2-1. Seventh Fllcht Marge Lambert def. Mis. Jeff Ehlen, 6-5. Klclith Fllcht Mrs. J. Morrla def. Mrs. Mark Caldcr. 2 up. Ninth Fllcht Mrs. Harry Pap pas def. Mrs. Jack Six, 4-2. 1 0th Fllcht Mrs. Bonnie O'Don. nell def. Mrs. Mollie Jacob. 5-4. Ilth Fllcht Mrs. Nancy Vranl. izan def. Mrs. Starr Hankls, 4-3, Senior Finals championship Flight Dave, Hill def. Carl Schmidt. 2 up. First Fllcht Karl Bennett def, Iver Isackson. 2-1. Second Flicht Bill TaUif def, Bud Haupert. 3-1, Third Flllht L. S. McLean def. E. W. Tlchenor, 5-4. Fourth Fllcht H. S .Covington def. Jim Marchese. 5-4. Fifth Fllcht Fred Tucker def, Ray Wise, 5-4. Slxih Fllcht Wally Roblnaort def. S. Elliot. 2-1. seventh Flicht Ralph Lawsora def. Stewart Orr. 1 up. F.lchth Fllcht E. C. Mat. ion def. Gail Hartley. 2-1. Ninth Fllcht Wade Parker def. James Dixon. 2-1. stoFORBtJIWrRIBUNB RED FIR LOG ENDS Green Unsplit Tgd0-"- $1900 Also Dry, Split PHELPS FUEL 773-6145 CAINS LADIES' TITLE Miss June Robinson, Albany, above, won the women's division crown in the Southern Oregon Golf tournament here with a 1 up nod yesterday over Miss Pam Stacey, Medford. Miss Robinson was medalist in qualifying. She also won the championship in 19G1. just 2 up. Pam boomed a drive on 34 and Miss Robinson skied hers. Miss Stacey scrambled then to a par five to win the hole. The Albany player was just one up. 10-Koot Putt On the women's 35th Pam kept in the running by downing a 10-foot putt while June tapped in a 10-inch try. Both young ladies were on the green in three strokes on 36. June rap ped an eight-foot putt tlead Con or for a birdie and a half that gave her the crown again. June jumped to a 3 up lead by winning three of the first lour morning holes. She took advantage of her Medford foe's fairway trouble to win No. 1 with a par. A chip 20 inches from the pin enabled Miss Rob inson to win No. 3 with a par. She took No. 4 with another par with a three-foot putt. The two halved the next four holes with fours, each getting birds on No. 7. No. 9 and 10 were split with fives. Pam won 11 by chipping up within in ches of the pin from 30 feet out and getting a par while June three putted. Thrce-up was re stored on 12 with Miss Robin son's four-font birdie putt. But Pam won 13 by chipping up close to the pin and nabbing a par. Even After II Then the margin was narrow ed to one hole when Pam sank a IB foot putt on No. 17. June made it 2 up again for the MATCH CARDS: Men's championship (Morning round) Par out ... 544 344 54437 Creason out 544 345 454 3R Ashman out 554 345 445 30 Pur in 444 443 43535-37 Creaaon in 444 445 535 3R-3B. Ashman in 446 444 433 38-39 77 -72 fAfternoon round) Creason out 344 444 45539 Ashland out 444 344 4115 3R Creason in 444 443 543 37-3976 Ashman in 454 464 43.. 38-38 76 Senior championship Hill out ... 654 444 54440 Schmidt out 644 354 554 42 Hill in 544 443 545 39-4079 scnmldt In 444 544 53639-4281 tvonien'a Championship (Morning round) Par out . 544 344 54438 Robnsn. out 554 344 445 3B Stacey out 655 444 44541 Par In .... 445 433 535 3B-38 76 Robnsn. In 554 334 344 41-38 79 Stacey in 343 454 S35 40-41 81 fAfternoon round) Robnsn. out 543 343 334 3R Stacey out 555 344 544 3!) Itlinsn. n 446 354 634 4I-3R 79 Stacey in 555 533 534 40-39 70 MKN'S DIVISION FINALS: Championship Flight Rob Ash man def. Lynn Creason, 1 up. COMET PLAYS SCROOGE WITH THE FAMILY BUDGET tmsnif .ssw Mf 'A3 Comal rnallu turns "CX- miser with every one of Mercury's famous service-savers ... go Cornell 4-Dr. Sdn. V-8, Standard Trans. 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