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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 25 Oct 1989, p. 32

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no: S2 Jam 'MMM" Spryt_ts Tour card opensdoors for lllllt,l,,l,,,,_,,i_s!_I,t,I_,,i,I, Waterloo golfer preparing T for 1990 professional tour cttimaitsaNieiannam-niiGodkn-11'amlC1titnaMeuen bopesGodisanavidgolfet. "Ai24,%uan,sdiiotwtor1ooMPandrmttrteriantnin_iatatWrlta1r Mann. has earned his tour-playing rights in preparation for the 1990 CanadianNiionalGolfAmoeutioettour. TheKitchener-Waterlooareaisandhubeenamewaforpmfeuimalgolfen andeAnWMyhisnamewinbemtionedintheaam breathasGary 'GuaMade,Ntremttudhr,MiteNorattutandJerrr Kanelnng' . overttt--t-m.Meuanha-hanpttitudratihttstmewtteeyit comeetohisgameJusthetseasonheblewhischanoeofobtaininghistmrina eardwithapowfinalroundatagalifyingmeetwhichsawhimahoota shoekirtgfinalrourtdot84,uuWutg etitttr%teatmke.Heblamodtttudttd hispokfinalrrsundonlaekoftnitaritrandtrtmtmtionorttlte1inka. ’I'hiapastseaaomhowever,McLeaneeoreda307inthefourdayfall qualityiitgaehoolattheThurtderbimuotreh*inAahtntm,ont.withrmtm" 7lr77mr79,euminginjuaturtderthemtt_ko6808. Lto-nth-iotiusingurt-hotputtotthequtuifier,trlatrtirtgttttme ofhiawoeaonthepreasure,weatherandthe‘§ipe". "l went 71-74-78 and was still in second plaee,'NeUan said in reference to laatyear'sfisthreerounds."1hadaeardloekedup.Ienuldaltootttn88and still get mycard .... I shotan84. "I've curled and done a lot ofskipping, so I thought I knew how to handle pressure. Acoupleoftimeel wontheclub championship at Westmount h,','tt to draw the button twice in a row. I thought knew what pressure was about." irttttattirtalmundMcuansawtnorebunkers,roughandmrenhithufoototr adrive. Todayhelaughs about it, butbaekthenit waa no laughing matur.it tookhimohouyeartoreachthequalifyingroundandbyahootirtgan84,his whole year went down the drain mostly because of the yipe. 'mGyear-atthequalirter--rtngtauingttttu17thandueeanotficitt1 andlthinktoinyaelf.shouldlorshouldn'tlaakhim-whatseoreheneededto maketheeardLand1though,naw,I'mnotHiuathadtoaasumerhadtoparto qualifyAnd,aaittumedoutImadeit.Ibirdiedthe17thandpamsdtu 18th." It was painfully obvioustoMcLean thatlastyear he wasn't ready for thepro circuit. Butsince last yearhehasimprovedandlearned from the experience. Hisfeelshisewingis100pereentbetterthanlastyearnndhiaputtinghas improved200per cent. “The experience thatltook with me (tothiayear’s qualifier) washead and heels over last year. I just knew I wasn’t going to blow this. I made a miraculous birdie on 17 and 18 wasjust a walk in the park." AlthoughMeuan,theaeamd oldest of tour boys, firatheeame interested in golf whileeaddringforhitsfatherasayoungster, hehasnothingbutrespectfor Eamdian pro Gary Cowan. whom he feels, has been more than patient with im. "How has Gary intl-d me? I learned from him by watching him play; wtstehigitthemsrhetqreci-veryettoe,watehing the wayheappnaehas hispractisedmecwatehinghowheputahiagamefaoeon...justeverythin¢he doeaiseoprofeaeional. 'Sometimes out of the blue when you're hitting balls he'll come over and say 'look, this(swing)hasgottochange’. When Garytalks. you listen. “He’sjustthebeethall striker around." "A lot of what he taughtmewas howtotautUgtu idity, macho 'I'm going tothehittheballaltaraspouihle'outofmygaine.That’anotwhatgolfisall about. Golf is about control, moving the hall horn point A to point B accurately." AndwhileCowttnhasbeenMeu.n'io-otstuhtirwar,hitsparenta, WaNrandBarbara,havet-tbeltintihi-imeitotoidtttemttbout ,mntirtgtoquithiofinal_misittrtoqaugttlfhia1ife. - Am.iisglaittet-.lfm-.tt.r1tte.t.euioat,ytuekntmstls.at qtrtittgoittyy.t.h-eimaitetat'titt1-andkmtrttortmortthe "1tkrthirtgiitrltdehrqropttmryttteh1tt-rrmieipreuttk atmmtthdhrirsutangootrtatsdtkattrtltintpThelmtt-0-r1setrnts tx-tant-tqi-tWat-and-dt-tretire-haves/n 'rr-hirriti-.'utiitt-tte'sinth-e_ttirtgttomtrqroettsorahip iiliUAtsi iviiiu'r 'r.'utdt-tiointh, dawns" m mmmumumv’mmw uh. ggEtmEattATOtrtrMER2tk

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