Gailey

Whoever suggested that charity begins at home must not have been a golfer.Some of Carroll's major contributions to charity come from golfers and tournament sponsors.Consider this year's tournament schedule at Wakefield Valley GolfClub. There are five tournaments listed solely for the purpose of raising money for charitable organizations: May 15, Westminster Rotary $6,000 to $10,000; June 19, Kiwanis Team Classic $5,000 to $7,000; July 10, Seventh Multiple Sclerosis Classic, $15,000 to $20,000; Sept.

The Gailey brothers -- according to a Piney Branch joke -- may have decided to split the golf club's tournament spoils.Considering their records, the quip has some substance. Between the three of them -- Carol, Wayne and Steve -- they have captured 14 of Piney Branch's major championships, all within the last dozen years.Origin of the joke came from the manner in which Carol and Wayne won the last two match play titles.Last year, Wayne, 53, edged Carol, 50, one up in a scheduled 36-hole final that went 37 holes.

The Gailey brothers continue to keep championship golf a family affair at Piney Branch.Among the three of them -- Wayne, Carroll and Steve -- the Gaileys have captured 14 of the club's major championships.Records show that Wayne won the stroke play crown four times and the match play title three times, Carroll is a three-time winner at both stroke and match play, and Steve is a former match play winner.Just as it had been many times in the past, the field for the 1991 stroke play championship narrowed in the stretch run to Wayne and Carroll.

Label it Carroll County's most resounding golf shot.The battle scene was the 1986 Maryland State Amateur golf championship at Elkridge Club and the trigger was pulled by Piney Branch's Carol Gailey.There was Gailey, only a once-in-a-while competitor at state level competitions, taking on Marty West, a former U.S. World and Walker Cup player who had won the state crown seven times. West, at the top of his game for this tournament, admitted having never met Gailey either on or off the golf course before.