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Saturday, July 3, 1999
Getting in swing of things
The Colorado Avalanche goaltender shot a 90 at the Alexander of Tunis tournament at the Hunt Club, the first of Quebec amateur golf's Big Three tournaments, and missed the cut by 11 strokes.
An unruly driver left him among the Hunt's towering pines for much of the afternoon.
"The season just started a couple of weeks ago for me. I still need to work on a few things," said Roy, who helped backstop the Avs to the Western Conference final, which they lost in seven games to Dallas. "I was only 2-over after six holes, but then I screwed up a short putt on seven and double bogeyed eight and nine."
Roy, who counts PGA Tour star Fred Couples among his friends, said his play this year has also been curtailed because he's been renovating the 100-year-old home he recently purchased on Lac Beauport, Que.
Roy is usually out most days at the Royal Quebec golf club.
"I have a good wife, I guess," he joked. "It's a game I really love. I really enjoy it."
Roy took up the game 13 years ago and is now ready to push himself to a different level. Tournaments like the Tunis feature the top amateur players in this part of the country and Roy earned his spot in the field like everyone else, with some solid play in qualifying events.
"I came for the experience. Like all the guys here, I like the competition. It's fun to see where you stand. I realize I have a lot of work to do."
Roy said there wasn't any comparison between how he felt playing in the Tunis and playing in the NHL.
"It's not at all the same thing. I won't have to read about it in the papers (oh yeah?) and in hockey you have teammates and fans. I have no fans in golf. I came here to enjoy it."
