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Richmond course site of
the B.C. Tel Pacific Open

DEFENDING champion
Nick Goetze and
Namibia's Trevor Dodds,
top money winner on the
1995 Canadian Tour,
headline a strong field for
the third B.C. TEL
Pacific Open champi-
onship June 6-9 at
Mayfair Lakes Golf and
Country Club in
Richmond

Goztze, of Florida, defeat-
ed South Africa’s Ian
Hutchings on the fifth hole in
a sudden-death playoff for the
title last year in the $125,000
tournament. He earned
$22,500 while Hutchings,
who is also returning to
Mayfair Lakes, received
$12,500. They had tied at 14-
under 270 after the regulation
72 holes.

total at Mayfair Lakes.
DiMarco, who plays out of
Florida, Jed the Canadian
Tour's Order of Merit in 1992
and earned exempt status to
the 1994 PGA Tour after plac-
ing ninth on the Nike Tour.

Also in the 156-man field
are Perry Parker, the 1992
B.C. Open champion, and a
host of leading Canadians,
including Dick Zokol. Jim
Rutledge, Ray Stewart, Brent
Franklin, Dan Halidorson and
Remi Bouchard.

Jim Nelford, a Canadian
making a comeback after a
boating accident 10 years ago
shredded his right arm and
fractured it in 10 places, will
also tee off at Mayfair.

Nelford has been playing
the PGA-satellite Nike Tour
in the United States and doing
television commentary. He
turned pro in 1977 and carded

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LAST year's B.C. TEL Pacific Open champion Nick Goetze (above) will again tee
it up at this year’s event at Maylair Lakes In Richmond. Joining Goetze on the:

course. .
+. Dodds, endeavoring to
play his way back to the PGA
Tour, topped the Canadian
Tour's Export “A”
Leaderboard ‘last year by
banking $78,460 in 10 starts.
He won the Manitoba Open
and Canadian PGA title and
had five other top-10 finishes.
“” Other former PGA players
Brian’. Mogg. and Chris
DiMarco also have entered

the B.C. TEL Pacific Open. ©

Mogg, of Orlando, Fia., tied

two second place finishes on
the PGA tour before the boat-
ing accident. In 1983, his best
year, Nelford finished 50th in

$112,000. He won. close to
$500,000 during his PGA
career.

In 1984, he nearly won at

water-iaden course will be Canadians Ray Stewart, Dick Zokol and Jim Nelford,
who's trying to come back after a boating accident shredded his right arm.

Irwin's last hole drive, which
was drifting into the sea, hit a
rock and bounced back to dry
land. Irwin birdied the hole
and beat Nelford in a playoff.

The final Canadian Tour
regulars were determined in
the tour's spring qualifying
test at Morningstar . in
Parksville, where the top 30
players and ties get exemp-
tions to follow the cross-

from the fall qualifying
schoo! was Jeff Kraemer of
Whistler, the 1991 Canadian
Amateur champion.

The 1996 B.C. TEL
Pacific Open kicks off on
Monday, June 3, with tourna-
ment qualifying for non-
exempt players and the ‘B.C.
TEL Pro-Am. There’s also
the double shotgun pro-am on
Wednesday. ,

Stewart and Dick: Zokol will).

be conducting clinics at 5:30 -
p.m on Thursday and Friday”

. respectively after their first

and second rounds. Leaders .
for the weekend rounds will -
be teeing off between Il am. -
and noon each day. _

For further information or,
requests cal] Brad Pelletier or
Rob. Read at 683-8800 or

Mayfair Lakes pro shop at’, ;

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