e Page 8/CALIFORNIA WOMAN GOLFER/February 1972 Shirley Spork’s Is coom + r-y club LADY-PRO-LADY Shirley Spork’s 10th An­ following play. nual Invitational held Janu­ * Indian word for dried beef ary 25th at Indian Wells and fruit Country Club was competi­ ** Indian word for hasty tive, experimental, exciting pudding and...FUN!!! In the field of (Actually, delicious chicken 32 teams (four lady ama­ was served) teurs plus one lady touring « M. M or teaching professional) were some of the greatest and most famous players in the women’s world of golf. Although the early morn­ ing low temperatures of the desert numbed the fingers, toes and noses, the prac­ SHIRLEY SPORK dressed in traditional garb of tice range was packed with ber Annual Invitational. eager contestants warming up before the shotgun tee- off. By 10:30 the sun was JANE WOOLLEY penetrating the crisp clean air. The golfers were dwarf­ ed by the majestic lavender- hued mountains of the desert, but the Indian Wells Golf Course held its own; sprawl­ WINNING TEAMS WINNING PROS ing over the land with its finely manicured greens, 1ST Sandra Palmer $600.00 stately palms and shimmer­ 35- 33/68 ing lakes. Team #1 127 $600.00 Ruth Jessen $450.00 Shirley Spork Indian Wells Country Club 36- 37/73 can be most proud to have Jane Woolley Jane Blalock $375.00 three of the finest LPGA Juanita Holub lady professionals repre­ Adele Koeneman Pam Higgins $270.00 senting it...Shirley Spork, Toni O’Malley Sandra Palmer and Shirley Sherry Wilder $200.00 Englehorn. In spite of a cast 2ND being removed from Miss Bonnie Bryant $150.00 Team #10 129 $450.00 Englehorn’s foot only a day Jane Huntsberger $100.00 or two previous to the invi­ Gail Denenberg tational, she limped around Helen Knight Gail Denenberg $ 90.00 the course and carded a 77-- Shirley Sachs not bad! Ruth Jessen was Laurene Hollander Noni Schneider $ 75.00 back in the swing and proved Sophie Bernstein Karolyn Kertzman $ 70.00 she was justly selected for 3RD the Ben Hogan Award by Betty Burfeindt $ 60.00 placing second among the Team #31 129 $375.00 winning pros with 36-37-73. Joyce Deese Gwen Bennett $ 55.00 The popular event is prob­ Helen Boeseke Shirley Englehorn $ 50.00 ably best told in the pic­ Sally Deane tures and by Jane Woolley Florence Van Aken Sue Berning $ 40.00 after all had gathered in the Kay Conway “big teepee” for pemmi- Carla Glasgow • $ 35.00 can*, firewater, aspapan** --and scalps” immediately.