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LOCAL GOLFERS can expect a
perfect year after a mild winter
and an ideal spring nave combined
to inspire duffers to head for the
links, say course officials. A : : :

Capilano Golf Course’s Mike La J 2 TAR: ave ve; West
Prairie said recently that only three : s No debvery on these ttoms
days of frost this winter means : : : eee een
local courses are in good shape for
the coming season.

“Our course this year is in the
best shape it has ever been in,’’ La
Prairie said. ‘‘We’re going to have
a big season this year. It’s going to
be busy.”’

Last season a two-month cold
spell coupled with a popular Expo
86 saw numbers on local courses
fall short as the expected throngs
failed to materialize.

This year golfers will not have
visitors to keep them on the tourist
beat and off the courses. Fewer
visitors means more time for hitting
their golf balls.

Officials expect this year to be a
busy golf season at the many local
public and private courses.

Already a popular sport that
sees several hundred golfers play
the 18-hole Capilano course on a
busy day, the pastime is now rap-
idly growing.

And golfing stereotypes of older
ladies and gents are changing as
the sport opens up to different
groups that have found the
pleasures of the game.

More and more teenagers and
young adults are discovering the
sport and many courses offer
special courses, workshops and
lessons to help sharpen skills.

“*There’s a lot more (younger
players) than before,’’ explained
La Prairie.

“Without the younger golfers
the sport won't grow — who'll
keep playing?”’

At the end of March to the
beginning of April, golf courses
around the Lower Mainland host
opening days and special tourna-
ments to kick off the season.

‘It’s just to tell everybody that
we’re open and just to play a lot,”
La Prairie said. ‘‘We're seeing
more people this time of the month
than last summer.’’:

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North Shore Family Services is
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9:30 p.m. at Seycove Community
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The fee is $35 for individuals or
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