DATE: Wednesday, November 5, 1997           TAG: 9711040515

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GOLFER OF THE WEEK: ART EDWARDS - VIRGINIA BEACH

Edwards is a teacher at Plaza Middle School, where he also coaches softball.

Age: 46.

Occupation: Eighth-grade math teacher.

Handicap: 17.

Favorite course: Hell's Point. Great design and challenging.

Lowest score: 78 at Bow Creek. Hit it straight, kept it in play, putted well.

Clubs: Taylor Made iron copies; Big Bertha woods copies; Mizuno putter.

Shot I dread the most: Bunkers; hit it thin or chunk it.

My dream foursome: Fred Couples, Greg Norman, John Daly and me.

Biggest golf gripe: Slow play.

Most memorable shot: Hole-in-one at No. 17 at Ocean View. The pin was on the right side. I hit a big fade that rolled across two-thirds of the green and into the hole. It was ugly.

Funniest thing I ever saw on the course: In February 1996, three friends and I were at Ford's Colony. I was about 20 yards in front and 90 yards left and one member hit a shot dead left and hit me above the ankle. About a month later at Broad Bay as I was on the green to the right, and another member shanked out of a greenside grass bunker and turned looking for the ball as it came at me. We couldn't locate it as it ended up in my left pocket. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

MARK MITCHELL/ The Virginian-Pilot

Edwards

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