DATE: Wednesday, September 24, 1997         TAG: 9709230454

SECTION: SPORTS                  PAGE: C8   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: Profile 

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GOLPHER OF THE WEEK: APRIL BUNN - VIRGINIA BEACH

April has only been playing seriously for a year, but it's been an intense year. She says she played four or five times a week this summer, and lowered her best round from a 102 to an 85. April is one of two girls on her high school golf team.

Age: 14.

School: Freshman at Kellam High School.

Handicap: Not established yet; I average around a 90 or 92.

Favorite area course: Red Wing, because I usually play pretty well there.

Lowest score: 85 from the men's tees at Red Wing.

Clubs: Contender irons and woods, Odyssey putter.

Shot I dread the most: Sand shots. I'm always afraid I'll mess up.

My dream foursome: Annika Sorenstam, my best friend Kelli Lindsey, Arnold Palmer and myself.

Biggest golf gripe: People who can't keep the score correctly.

Most memorable shot: When I chipped in for a birdie on No. 8 at Red Wing.

Funniest thing I ever saw on the course: When I was in the woods hitting a ball, it hit two trees and wound up bouncing back behind me. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by Ting-Li Wang/The Virginian-Pilot

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