University Daily Kansan
Friday. April 20. 1956.
Page 11
Golf Coach Predicts Good Season
Although the Kansas golf team lost its first three meets to Tulane, Houston, and Southern Methodist, Coach Mike Chalfant expects his team to finish with a successful season.
Not discouraged with the first three losses, Chalfant said, "Those southern teams are all good. They have a chance to play and practice all year round. Our boys played well for early in the season and they really should have beaten Tullane."
Bob Richards, team captain, won the Big Seven individual championship last year when the tournament was played at the Lawrence Country Club. Kansas finished fourth, but was only two strokes behind Oklahoma, the Big Seven team champions.
Competition Keen
"Intersquad competition is really keen this year with five returning lettermen and a host of other good players," Chalfant said.
Mark Nardyz, Sayler, Ed MacGee, and Noel Rooney are the other four lettermen. Jim Davies who led last year's freshman golf
team is another top contender for a team berth along with Lloyd Klaus, who played No. 1 man for the Kansas City Junior College last year.
Chalfant expects that Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M, both of whom Kansas is playing this weekend, will be two of the toughest teams KU will play this season. In its first meet of the spring, each of the first four Oklahoma A&M players were not only under par, but also shot under seventy. They recorded a 67, two 68's, and a 69 in that meet.
The Big Seven tournament will be played at the Manhattan Country Club and Kansas State will have the role as "home course favorites." The Kansas State team will be paced by cousins Dave and Jerry Smith and two other home town boys, Ron Young and Dave Pfuetz. Dave Smith has shown himself as a real contender to steal Richard's crown. He has shot consistently under par over his home course this spring.
K-State Team To Beat "Kansas State will be the team to beat for the Big Seven championship this year," Richards commented, "but with the returning lettermen, Jim Davies and Gene Elstun, we should be able to win the meet."
Kansas will play eight more meets before the Big Seven tournament. With continuing good weather, Chalfant expects the team to be in top playing form for the meet.
Team Of Champions
The Kansas team is truly a team of champions. Richards has won the Lawrence Country Club title twice, the Estes Park, Colorado Open and several other junior championships besides his win in the Big Seven last spring.
His best round so far this season is a three under par 69. He holds the course record with a five under par 67 which he shot last spring in practice.
Jim Davies came into his own during his high school years when he won the Wichita Invitational high school tournament. He also won the Dodge City Invitational tournament last summer competing against some of the state's finer golfers.
Gene Elstun, who is not yet out for competition, is expected to give the team a definite boost. He won the Kansas City match play championship last summer. Elstun is a four-time winner of the Kansas City junior title. In 1954, he won the Birchmont International tournament at Benmidj, Minn.
Another Dodge City product, Noel Rooney, won the city match play tournament last summer.
Best Freshman Team Coach Chalfant says this year's free-hman team is the best he has
ever seen at Kansas in his five years on the campus. Chalfant is a first year law student and was a three year golf squad member.
Pacing the freshman team is a third Dodge City product, Bill Toalson. Toalson won the Dodge City match play tournament when he was only 15 years old. He won several invitational tournaments in high school competition.
Don Wilson shot the best round by a freshman with a one over par 73. Wilson won the Kansas Jaycee championship in 1853. He won the Kansas City junior championship five out of the six years that he competed.
Bob Wood, 1955 intramural golf champion has also been playing well this spring. He has carved a 77 over the tough Lawrence Country Club course. Other outstanding freshmen include Wanne Manning, Naylor, and Lynn Kindred. Kindred won the Emporia city match play tournament last summer.
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