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Get Up & Go: Monday, Feb. 23 ... Car crashes into new south Medford home ... Gold Hill police levy discussions criticized ... Get Up & Go: Monday, Feb. 23 ... Car crashes into new south Medford home ... Golf gives Rosenstein another way to have fun By TIM TROWER,Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By TIM TROWER,Mail Tribune Posted Jul. 3, 2005 @ 2:00 am Updated Dec 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM By TIM TROWER,Mail Tribune Posted Jul. 3, 2005 @ 2:00 am Updated Dec 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM » Social News Shooting his age in golf is one thing for Murph Rosenstein. Acting it is quite another. You be the judge. I've quit chasing girls, he says. I caught a couple two weeks ago but forgot why I was chasing them. — Ba-da-bing. If a sense of humor keeps you young, it's understandable why Rosenstein doesn't show his years. But he also plays racquetball every morning and golf once or twice a week. He works at staying in shape, not just being active. I try, says Rosenstein. Nobody thinks I'm 81 years old. Playing from the white tees at Stone Ridge Golf Course on June 15, Rosenstein shot 80. Five days later, he turned 81. He'd accomplished the feat a couple of times previously, about a dozen years ago. But his game was then put on hold for about eight years for medical reasons. First it was a triple bypass, then pancreas surgery. A former marine who started his own mergers and acquisitions business after the service, Rosenstein returned to the game four years ago and had been trying to shoot his age since. Last year, in the city tournament, he double-bogeyed the final two holes and shot 81. I've taken the gas quite a few times, says Rosenstein. He almost let it get away from him a couple of weeks ago. He had a four-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, then, in the grips of meeting his long-sought goal, still had a three-footer left for par. But he came through. Rosenstein, who also volunteers as a van driver for Rogue Valley Medical Center, took up the game at age 50, when his brother-in-law taught him. He never reached scratch status, and he'd have you believe it was by design. I never got below an 8 (handicap), says Rosenstein. I made sure that handicap stayed up there. You can't win any money if it doesn't. I call it handicap management. I teach that course. Ba-da-bing. It's his proficiency at the short game that allows Rosenstein to score. He seldom misses the fairway, but if he rips a drive ' and hits a sprinkler head ' I can get it out there about 225 yards, says Rosenstein. It's not so easy to get on the par 4s in two. In the best-of category, Rosenstein has a round he'll never forget and a couple memories that stand out. His best round was a 72 at Valencia, Calif., Country Club, site of the SBC Classic on the PGA Senior Tour. Over a month's time, he posted scores between 68 and 76 at various courses, and the scorecards are in his den as reminders. But the 72 on the a track he considers among the most difficult in the country is tops. He has fond memories of going to the 1992 U.S. Senior Open in his hometown of Bethlehem, Pa., and attending the 1993 U.S. Open at Baltusrol in New Jersey. In '92, Rosenstein accompanied a USGA official and watched as Larry Laoretti won at Saucon Valley Country Club, where Rosenstein washed dishes as a child. And here I come back with a VIP badge, he says. In '93, he saw Lee Janzen hit a magnificent 3-iron on the final hole to edge Payne Stewart for the championship. Rosenstein and his wife, Glenda, have been married 40 years. She made a brief attempt at golf, he says but lost interest when she didn't break par after her two rounds. When it's suggested Glenda has high standards, Murph counters, Yes she does ... for golf. Ba-da-bing. As we finish our conversation, he offers to play me. I get 4 a side, he says. Nope, I counter. Maybe I can just get a lesson. Oh, I don't give those, he says. I meant in handicap management. Ba-da-bing. THE CHAD COTA Celebrity Golf Shootout Monday at Rogue Valley Country Club served as a reunion for many celebs who were teammates of Cota's. One reunion was a little different, with former Oregon State football coach Jerry Pettibone dining next to Frank Garcia, a center at the University of Washington before spending 10 years in the NFL with the Panthers, Rams and Cardinals. They talked about their game in 1991, the year Washington shared the national championship with Miami and the Beavers were going 1-10 in Pettibone's first year. The Huskies did it with a defense that reminded Pettibone of the legendary early '70s squad he coached at Oklahoma that featured the Selmon brothers. UW truly had a great defense, says Pettibone, who lives in Jacksonville and is the director of college relations for Jeld-Wen. In that meeting in Corvallis, the Beavers took possession inside the Husky 20 after a turnover on Washington's first possession. OSU went from first-and-10 to second-and-15 to third-and-20-something, says Pettibone. I said, 'We're kicking a field goal right now, he recalls. We weren't going to run another play. They started throwing us for huge losses, and there was nothing we could do. So on third down ' and wanting to avoid fourth down somewhere near the 40 ' OSU kicked and went ahead 3-0. It didn't last. The Beavers lost 58-6. Pettibone was concerned for his team but couldn't help but admire the Huskies' size, speed and ability. Afterward, he couldn't get across the field fast enough to thank Washington coach Don James for subbing early to keep the score down and prevent his team from being maimed. GARCIA WAS quite a sight on the course. At 6-foot-2, 295 pounds ' he looks more like 250 ' he could knock the smile off a cut golf ball. And he's a 2-handicap. Playing in tennis shoes and with a set of Cota's clubs because his equipment was lost in transit, Garcia nevertheless helped Les Schwab to second-place gross and nearly found a way to get a ragtag team in the money. RYAN GIPSON, the Crater alum who helped Oregon State make it to the College World Series, was a late entrant and entertained his group and others with stories about the Beavers' banner season and trip to Omaha. Reach sports editor Tim Trower at 776-4479, or e-mail Golf gives Rosenstein another way to have fun"[email protected]. 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