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NOTAH Bejay from Santa Ane, New Mexico lines up a putt during the 1996 B.C. Tel Pacific Open. The 1997.tour- |
nament starts Thuraday and continues to Sunday, when a cheque for $22,500 will be presented to the winner. |

Pacific Open brings back Canada’s best

a THE Canadian Tour’s most popular
'. tournament gets under way at the

6,641-yard Mayfair Lakes golf
course Thursday.

The fourth annual $128, 000 B.C. Tel
1, Pacific Open is being billed as'a family event,
ith kids under 18 getting in free and junior

clinics being g conducted as part of the weekend:

activities.

* “Admission to. many of today’s sports
events is so prohibitive, youngsters can’t afford
to.attend,” said Brad Pelletier, general manag-

er. of, the B.C, Tel Pacific Open and -

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other sponsors, we're pleased to invite people
of all ages in the Lower Mainland to our tour-
nament.”

Pelletier said spectators will get to see some

of the game’s most, promising young profes-
sionals tee it up. The Canadian Tour has
proven to be a stepladder to the PGA tour, he
added.

Recent Canadian Tour graduates who have
succeeded on the big, circuit include Scott
McCarron, Steve Stricker and Guy Boros,
Local tour veterans Dick Zokol and Ray
Stewart will compete at Mayfair Lakes,

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Along with the $22,500 top prize, the win-
ner of the Pacific Open will get an invitation to

play in the GVO, a second-year’ stop on. the

PGA tour,

For youngsters and parents at the B. C. Tel
Pacific Open, there will be clinics presented on
Saturday and Sunday by touring pro Zokol of
the Eaglequest Golf Centres and several other
tour players.

The 72-hole tournament will be preceded
by a charity pro-am event on Wednesday,

Following the first nvo rounds, the field of
156 will be trimmed to the low 60 and ties for

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weekend play on the often- avindy. course,

Leaders will start their weekend rounds
between lt “am. and noon Saturday and
Sunday.

The last two hours of each weekend round.

will be broadcast on BCTV, with the prize pre-

sentations’ scheduled immediately following’

final round play. -

Last year, Guy Hill of Florida battled his
way to a 20-under-par 264 at Mayfair Lakes,
good for first place and the lowest four-day
total posted in the rournament’s short history.

Among players confirmed for this year's

_ tournament are Trevor Dadds of Namibia and

See Leader page 22

until October 13/97