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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 56

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12C Jilt CUARLOn OBSERVER Sun Jan 30 1977 W- Dunaway Finds His Game And Dollars Coif Richard Sink Wake Forest No 5 Dick Siderowf of Westport Conn the British Am winner and a Duke graduate and No 9 Curti Strange of Virginia Beach Va a Wake Forest All-America the last three years Sigel 33 is up from No 8 Siderowf 39 was fifth in 1973 seventh 1968 Strange 22 now a pro after winning the North and South two years straight was third in 1975 second in 1974 The rest of the top ten consists of No 1 Scott Simpson of San Diego Calif 20 the NCAA champ No 3 Bill Sander of Kenmore Wash 20 the US Amateur winner No 6 John Fought of Tualatin Ore and No 7 Mike Reid of Seattle both 22 and co-low amateurs in the US Open No 8 John Stark of San Antonio 20 and No 10 Fred Ridley of Winter Haven Fla 24 down from No 2 after finishing second in the North and South Reid is now a PGA Tour rookie Dunaway won with rounds of 10 under par a good feeling not like winning the City Amateur you get good players in it but out here you know you shoot 74 75 and he said no comparison You go see an amateur tournament and 10 under will win by a lot "I knew I had to shoot 72 to win and I hit it better than 72 a lot of putts just came up (Three assistants from the Charlotte area Ben Balentine of Myers Park Country Club Tommy Ducey of River Hills Plantation and Tom Bingley of Cedarwood Golf Club also played at San Marcos but found much less success than Dunaway Balentine was tops among the three with Bingley the straggler) Dunaway won on a day not suited to him It was raining the worst condition possible for a glasses-wearer with it wet the there and played real well the first three rounds (all 74s) Then I had an 83 and said good-bye I already had my flight Dunaway shot another 83 the next day and missed the 90-hole cut in the six-round tournament But be back in the Spring Qualifying at Pinehurst Country Club "The guys who made it there (Brownsville) really deserved he said Fergus winning by 10 was really amazing when got it going you notice just as Dunaway showed a month later at San Marcos Tying UpThe Links Byman the only Carolinas-affiliated player rated in Golf Digest list of top 10 men women and senior amateurs Byman 21 a consistent high finisher in 1976 is joined by No 4 Jay Sigel of Berwyn Pa formerly of Skip Dunaway is learning the facts of life about pio golf and evidently learning them well In four months as a pro the 24-year-old Charlottean has already won a mini-tour event (the third of a series of four San Marcos Open tournaments) and has placed seventh and in ties for seventh and 16th in the other three His victory was worth $5000 and also picked up checks of $1450 $1550 and $900 At an entry fee of $600 per event (mini-tour members put up their own money then play for it) made a mound of money Yet to hear him talk think he was in awe of his competition at San Marcos The field included among 120 or so pros 15 former PGA Tour members who have lost their playing credentials and former Wake Forest All-America Bob Byman of Raleigh who was ranked as the No 2 amateur for 1976 unbelievable how good these guys Dunaway said from Phoenix guys make their living doing this They back course was even longer and so short he said Dunaway saw similar conditions a month before in tne PGA Tour Qualifying School at Brownsville Texas His only pro experience before that was the San Marcos fall series with his best finishes around the top 25 was disappointed about the whole environment at he said was miserable weather and the courses were good but for having the PGA Qualifying better not say anything It was me I took a pretty good game down Skip Dunaway hot in Arizona We aim to please with values that spell ECONOMY! 67-200 Leads By 2 Sh ots SHOP THE EASY WAY 1 USE YOUR BANKAMERICARD OR MASTER CHARGE! 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