GOLFING KIDS

SIXTEEN YEAR OLD VERNON CARR OF POPLAR BLUFF,WON THE PRESTIGIOUS OZARK CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST WEEKEND AT POPLAR BLUFF.HE WAS COMPETING WITH MEN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,BECAUSE THIS IS A TOURNAMENT ALL THE AMATEURS WANT TO WIN.FIRST OF ALL IT GETS YOU A AUTOMATIC EXEMPTION INTO THE MISOURI AMATEUR,PLUS IT GETS YOU IN SOME OTHER TOURNAMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.THERE WERE PLENTY OF BIG NAMES THERE,AND THIS SIXTEEN YEAR OLD KID BEAT THEM ALL.THESE KIDS NOW DAYS HAVE NO FEAR,AND WHAT WITH ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT,GREAT BIG HEADED DRIVERS,AND BALLS THAT WILL FLY,THEY GO FOR IT.VERNON WAS PLAYING WITH SKIP BERKMEYER SUNDAY.BERKMEYER HAS WON THE MO.AMATEUR FOUR TIMES,AND HE SAID THIS SIXTEEN YEAR OLD KID MAKES A BIG SHOULDER TURN,AND JUST KILLS THE BALL.ACCORDING TO BERKMEYER,THIS KID WILL GO PLACES IN THE GOLF WORLD,REMEMBER THAT NAME.GOOSE