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Features

8 Forethoughts

Sidebets

12 Century Links

Mercantile Dining & Provision.

By Gary James

Fitting Your Top Club.

By Jon Rizzi

The AJGA returns to Colorado with the Hale Irwin Junior.

21 ’Net Score

Backstage at CAG. 23 The Gallery

Ironbridge forges ahead, EyeLine Golf, Adam’s Mountain sells, more.

80 The Games of Golf

Mothers and Other Strangers.

Player’s Corner

29 The Back 40

Colorado golf predates by four decades the creation of the Colorado Golf Association.

By Scott Gardner

On The Cover

35 Fareways

38 Tapping In

Bright Beers, Big City.

By Cody Gabbard

42 Risk/Reward Captive Insurance Companies.

By Chris Ravsten

44 Nice Drives

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15th Club : Health & Fitness Special 54 58 60 62 64 65 66 68 70 71 72 74

Emily Talley’s Confidence Game. By Jon Rizzi Golf Fitness Fundamentals. By Dillon Johnson The Importance of Glutes. By Dee Tidwell Strengthen Your Follow-Through. By Curt Pesmen Feeding Your Game. By Dee Tidwell Just Add Water. By Neil Wolkodoff Can Beer Help Your Game? By Taska Campbell Do Your Eyes Have It? By Curt Pesmen Beware of Not Being Aware. By Elena King Is Your T Too Low? By Curt Pesmen Massage Rubs You Right. By CG Funk Why Are Golfers Always Getting Hurt?

By Curt Pesmen 76 Getting Relief: A Guide to Options.

By Ted Johnson 78 From Apps to Apparel. By Ted Johnson 79 Where to Find Help.

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Emily Talley at Dal Ward Center, University of Colorado.

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t the risk of sounding defensive, we photographed Emily Talley in January, long before a topless Lexi Thompson muscled her way onto the cover of Golf Digest. And with all due respect to The Great One and Dustin Johnson, last year’s GD cover girl, Paulina Gretzky, is no Emily Talley.

Talley, one of the best golfers ever to play for the University of Colorado, has commanded plenty of attention since graduating in 2012. She’s appeared on The Big Break three times, winning the “NFL Puerto Rico” version in 2013 and coming in second in last year’s inaugural Big Break Invitational. She made all but one Symetra Tour cut last year, catapulting to within eight places of earning her next big break—an LPGA card.

For our purposes, she makes the perfect cover subject for our first health and fitness issue. As you’ll learn on page 54, the Napa native’s fierce commitment to exercise and wellness propels her physically, emotionally and psychologically. She embodies—in more ways than the obvious—the 21st Century “golf athlete.”

That term comes courtesy of Nike. It’s a bit awkward, but it represents what the paunch-less players in its stable—chief among them Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Suzanne Pettersen and Michelle Wie—consider themselves.

It’s not just those who wear the Swoosh, of course. Across all golf ranks, bellies are flatter than a laser-leveled tee box and shoulders, biceps and thighs strain against form-fitting fabrics that would make a pro cyclist stare.

We live in Colorado, perpetually atop lists of “fittest states” in the country. So it only follows that we view golf as an athletic activity—a “sport” rather than a “game” (despite frequent invocational references to “the Game of Golf ” among the sport’s leadership).

It’s that perspective that informs this issue, our first to focus primarily on what we call the 15th Club: you, the golf-athlete.

The section starts on page 53. For some perspective on the subject, I turned to Curt Pesmen, whom I’ve known since my salad days at Esquire magazine 30 years ago. At that time, he’d just written a book, How a Man Ages, and has existed on the leading edge of health and fitness ever since.

As health/features editor of SELF magazine, he helped develop the internationally recognized pink-ribbon breast cancer awareness campaign. He chronicled his successful fight against advanced colon cancer in an awardwinning, seven-part feature in Esquire in 2001 and 2003.

Curt’s fingerprints appear throughout the section, as do those of many others. You’ll find workouts to strengthen your body and accelerate your swing, as well as advice on vision, concentration, nutrition and hydration.

Injuries are also part of golf, so you’ll learn how to avoid and treat the most common ones, as well as what options exist when surgery seems inevitable.

Is it an encyclopedic body of knowledge about golf fitness? Of course not.

It’s just the first of what will become an annual edition that celebrates golf as a sport. At the very least, it will give you another club to blame—the 15th—for those fat and thin shots. —JON RIZZI

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• David Oraee of Greeley holds the national record for the largest margin of victory ever in an AJGA event.

He won the 2009 AJGA Junior All-Star in Aspen by 18 strokes, shooting 16-under par for the three-day tournament.

• Leif Olson of Golden ranks fourth all-time in individual AJGA victories with six.

• Castle Rock’s Jordan “Digger” Smith became a lifelong advocate of the AJGA after his daughters, Shannon and Christine, competed in a 1978 event in Georgia.

Now 80, the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame member remains the AJGA chairman and the inspiration behind its J. R. “Digger” Smith Award, which for 25 years annually honors individuals for longtime service and dedication to junior golf.

• Among the golf courses to host AJGA events are Aspen (1989-2002; 2007-2012), Eisenhower (1991), Flying Horse (2009), Fox Hill (2012), Legacy Ridge (1995-2000), Meridian (1986-1987) Pelican Lakes (2001), Saddleback (2002) and Walking Stick (2003). Inverness welcomed the Junior Solheim Cup in 2013; and in addition to hosting a tournament from 2003 to 2005, Hiwan hosted the 2006 Rolex Tournament of Champions and 2007 Rolex Girls Junior. —JR

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he good news keeps flowing out of Ironbridge Golf Club in Glenwood Springs. The club’s PGA Director of Golf, Doug Rohrbaugh, earned conditionally exempt status on the PGA Champions Tour and in April qualified for his first tournament. Course Superintendent Eric Foerster reported the installation of subterranean sensors—which gauge soil moisture, salinity and soil temperature—reduced water usage by 20 million gallons in one year. And the course’s ownership group, which took over in late 2013, relates that in its first full year in charge rounds were up 39 percent, revenues jumped 25 percent and membership nearly doubled, from 57 to 110.

And to think, this club bobbed along in bankruptcy for nearly five years. The new owners—an investment group principally consisting of longtime Roaring Fork Valley residents Jim Light, John Schneider and John Young, as well as member Ken Kendrick—purchased it at auction and enlisted Tom Lehman to “soften” a course that was as brutally difficult as it was stunningly beautiful.

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Lehman removed 34 bunkers, reworked numerous holes and brought in Brian Horgan, a Ph.D. in turfgrass management, to work with Foerster on cultivating “playable native” in the form of different strains of fescue.

The changes resulted in faster, more enjoyable rounds for the average golfer, while still challenging the better ones. “We no longer have people saying, ‘This is the first and last time I’m playing here,’” Young says. “We’re attracting more groups from Denver, some of which have played six rounds in four days.” One of the country’s top resort towns, Glenwood Springs abounds with lodging options, and Ironbridge has arranged stay-and-play packages for this season. Unlike most mountain courses, Ironbridge rounds never exceed $100. Twilight rounds run $49, and kids play free after 2 p.m.

Opening last season, the Ironbridge Grill boasts indoor and outdoor dining areas—as well as a “Bloody Mary Shrimp Cocktail” appetizer with an optional shot of vodka. One of the more popular new features, the 10,000-square-foot putting area adjacent to the clubhouse, hosts putting contests, picnics and other social events. “It’s a great gathering place for the neighborhood,” Light says. “It brings everyone together. That was Tom Lehman’s idea. Thanks to him, Eric and the staff here, we’re balancing environmental issues, playability and the bottom line. We’re hitting on all cylinders.” ironbridgeclub.com May 2015 | Colorado AvidGolfer

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The professional tours have always been a big part of EyeLine’s story as well as a tested proving ground. Being accepted and utilized by tour players gave the Froggattes the confirmation necessary.

Each year, players on the PGA, Web.com, LPGA, and Champions tours, among others, request and practice with their products. A total of 321 tour players and 14 Ryder Cup players requested and practiced with their training aids in 2014.

Among the most popular: the Speed Trap, which promotes solid iron play by training you to “trap” the ball, creating a nice divot—and phenomenal shot; the Groove Putting Laser, a putter attachment that visually shows your line; the

Putting Mirror, for which Rory McIlroy had a special lined pocket added to his bag to prevent scratching; and the Slot Trainer, developed with Jim McLean, which hones the path and aim of the putter at impact.

Froggatte took a few new prototypes to last year’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst, where PGA Tour rookie Brooks Koepka begged him to let him keep a prototype Slot Trainer. When Sam next saw Brooks at Valhalla, his caddie told him they use it everyday for a few minutes. When asked about his improvement, Sam said wryly, “Based on his recent victories in Turkey and at the Waste Management Open in Scottsdale, I’d say it helped.” eyelinegolf.com —by Jerry Walters

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“We have been fortunate to have been contacted by and have developed products in conjunction with well-respected instructors, such as Hank Haney, Michael Breed, Stan Utley and Jim McLean,” says Froggatte, “They each had a problem that needed a feedback tool. We created training devices that afforded that feedback and helped golfers IN THE BAG: Rory improve. The loves the Mirror EyeLine Team has invented most of the products. It’s imperative the products are fundamentally sound, easy

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History

HATS ON: Golfers at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, circa 1900.

The Back Forty

Thanks to an English lord and other well-heeled visionaries, golf arrived in Colorado four decades before the formation of the Colorado Golf Association.

By Scott Gardner

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cottish transplants introduced golf to the upper tiers of American society in the second half of the 19th century, and it didn’t take long for the game’s appeal to bleed west. From 1875 until the formation of the CGA in 1915, golf in Colorado was inspired by a collection of colorful businessmen, outdoor enthusiasts and a sixtime British Open champion who barnstormed the country.

Estes Park Golf first appeared in Colorado in the Estes Park Valley compliments of Englishman Thomas Wyndham-Quin, the 4th Earl of Dunraven, who made his first trip to the Estes Park area in 1874 to hunt mountain lions, bears and buffalo. He almost immediately acquired 15,000 picturesque acres. Beseeched by his golf-mad British acquaintances, Lord Dunraven constructed a nine-hole golf course in 1875, and needing accommodations to house his growing number of guests, he oversaw—with the assistance of the preeminent Western artist Albert Bierstadt—the construction of

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ing clubhouse, built in 1889, establishing a golf club proceeded quickly.

Together with prominent Denver attorney and golf nut Frank Woodward, Wolcott attracted as many as 300 members to the club, which held its first men’s golf championship the same year (1895) as the United States Open and United States Amateur. In 1896, the club became the first club west of the Mississippi to earn admittance into the United States Golf Association.

Highlighting its growing prestige, Overland welcomed the great English golfer Harry Vardon, who just two months earlier had won the 1900 U.S. Open at Chicago Golf Club. Vardon played his ball against the best ball of members John Russell, Walter Fairbanks and Woodward, who arrived on the first tee dressed identically to Vardon, right down to the vest and tam-o’-shanter.

Playing two loops on the nine-hole

Club (today’s Patty Jewett). He received $500 for the two exhibitions.

At the turn of the century, Overland club members bought property along Cherry Creek and established the Denver Country Club at its present location, hiring 1896 US Open champion James Foulis—an erstwhile assistant to Old Tom Morris—to design the course. Overland would eventually become the 18-hole city-owned and operated course it is today, while DCC—on the steam of Woodward, who ascended to the presidency of the USGA in 1915— would go on to host the TransMississippi Amateur in 1910 and Western Golf Association Amateur in 1912.

In 1908, a mix of members from Denver and the defunct Overland, looking to take advantage of the recently completed trolley line between the Capitol and Golden, founded Colorado Golf Club on an

DENVER Henry Wolcott was headed to California in 1876 to seek his fortune when, besieged by an infected tooth, he sought treatment in Denver and stayed. He soon became the righthand of mining capitalist Nathaniel P. Hill and mingled with men of influence and standing. Wolcott was a force behind the establishment of both the Denver Club—founded in 1880 at the intersection of 17th Street and Glenarm Place—and the Overland Park Country Club in 1895. Located north of Huron Street and East of the South Platte River, Overland played around and within the existing Overland horse racetrack.

Since Overland Park had an exist-

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PRE-PATTY: Colorado Springs’ Town & Gown Golf Club.

track, the Englishman prevailed, 7274. Vardon played a similar round at Colorado Springs’ newly constructed 18-hole Town and Gown Golf

alfalfa field one mile west of Denver.

They hired Tom Bendelow, designer of Medinah’s three courses, as architect. In 1912 the City of Denver

enlisted Bendelow to design its first public course at City Park.

That same year, Colorado Golf Club renamed itself Lakewood Country Club. The following year, 1913, it hosted the Men’s State Amateur Championship and an exhibition with Vardon and Ted Ray (who’d played the foils in Francis Ouimet’s historic victory that year at The Country Club in Brookline).

In 1916, the legendary Donald Ross refined the layout that exists today.

Colorado Springs In 1898, Willie Campbell, a Scottish club professional whose architectural resume included The Country Club in Brookline, authored the first 18 holes at the Town and Gown Golf Club. Two years later, William Jewett, an astute businessman who, among other interests formed the Suburban Land and Water Company, was elected club president and won the club championship in 63 holes. Jewett purchased the Town and Gown Club in 1910 and changed the name of the course to Colorado Springs Golf Club. After his wife, Patty, died in 1915, Jewett deeded the property to the city with the stipulation it would bear her name. It still does.

An exclusive nine-hole course designed by Duncan Chisholm at Cheyenne Mountain Country Club actually predated Town and Gown, opening in 1891 with 100 members from the East Coast, Europe and England. In addition to golf, polo and shooting were the main attractions. The club attracted the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Payne Whitney, William H. Sanford and presidential scion Chester Alan Arthur II. Known as the “Grizzlies,” coloradoavidgo lf e r.c o m

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the Estes Park Hotel in 1877.

The “English Hotel,” as locals called it, was an instant success despite any frustrations guests may have experienced with golf or “pasture pool” as it was often described.

The game fit in so well with the fresh air, scenery and outdoor lifestyle that a second nine-hole course, utilizing sand greens with tin cups, sprang up adjacent to the sprawling Elkhorn Lodge in 1877.

Lord Dunraven departed Colorado in 1884 and sold much of his land to the entrepreneur Freelan Oscar (F.O.) Stanley, owner of the Stanley Dry Plate Company and Stanley Motor Carriage Company. A rugged, eccentric individualist who in 1903 drove his Stanley Steamer— nicknamed the “flying teapot”—from Denver to Estes Park in a recordsetting time of less than two hours, Stanley would design and build his own magnificent hotel in 1909 and add a golf course in the early 1920s.

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they counted among their members Spencer Penrose, who in 1918 would open The Broadmoor just blocks away, effectively extinguishing Cheyenne Mountain’s 3,000-yard layout. The club still exists, but without golf or polo.

PUEBLO Tucked into a quaint neighborhood on less than 100 acres, Pueblo Country Club hosted its first round on a nine-hole course cleared of cacti and sagebrush by its original members. More than six decades would pass before Henry Hughes would add the second nine. CAG Scott Gardner is an Arvada-based writer.

11 Before ’15

These 11 golf courses predate by as much as 40 years the formation of the Colorado Golf Association in 1915.

1875: Estes Park Hotel Course, Estes Park (nine holes)* 1877: Elkhorn Lodge, Estes Park (nine holes)* 1891: Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Colorado Springs (nine holes)* 1896: Overland Country Club (now Overland Park Golf Course), Denver (nine holes, later 18) 1897: Polo Grounds at Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs (nine holes)* 1898: Town and Gown Golf Club (later renamed Patty Jewett Golf Course), Colorado Springs (18 holes, later 27) 1903: Denver Country Club, Denver 1903: Pueblo Country Club, Pueblo (nine holes, later 18) 1908: Colorado Golf Club (renamed Lakewood Country Club), Lakewood 1909: Interlachen Golf Club (now part of Willis Case Golf Course), Denver 1912: City Park Golf Course, Denver (* = No longer in existence.)

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A Targa was the first open-top 911 and was named after the epically dangerous Targa Florio, a race that had over 300 corners and traversed tight, unforgiving public roads in Sicily with almost no crowd control. Porsche won the event, which ran from 1907 to 1977, more times than any other make of car.

This latest model has an engine that’s almost twice as large as the originals and produces—at 400hp—over three times as much power. It takes less than half the time, at 4 seconds, to hit 60 miles per hour. Yet it’s still a 911 in the way it sounds, in its compact size and responsiveness, and in its practicality—something enhanced by the standard all-wheel drive, a light and super-responsive new system that works with the multistage stability control, active torque vectoring and adjustable damping to make this Carrera almost unstoppable no matter road conditions. Porsche will even

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store a second set of wheels and tires to make sure it is equipped for any season.

The Targa may be best expression yet of this latest, 991-generation Carrera, its brushed metal roll hoop emphasizing the voluptuous hips, and adding to rigidity and quietness.

This means that—roof-up—the Targa has the stiffness and quietness of the coupe, while allowing for more interaction with the environment when the top stows itself after a 19-second mechanical ballet. This also emphasizes the traits that make the Carrera such an amazing sports car: electric throttle response, perfect shifts from the PDK twin clutch gearbox, epic brakes. Yes, the steering has lost some feel compared to earlier generations, but the chassis it controls has improved by a staggering amount.

The Targa’s handling is astonishing; Porsche moved the engine forward within this generation’s longer wheelbase, meaning it feels almost as neutral as a mid-engine machine, decreasing unwanted weight transfers and making the 4S more transparent to drive near the limit. Equally as amazing is the Targa’s ride quality, which, thanks to slightly softer springing and reengineered active shocks, negotiates crater-strewn paths without sending shivers through the structure.

The Targa Florio demanded more of the car—and driver—than almost any other race ever run; this Porsche inherits its spirit: it will do anything

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MOUNTAIN MASTER: The Carrerra 4S Targa.

As a division, GMC is one of General Motor’s shining stars, with terrific sales numbers, enviable buyer demographics and excellent profits. The Denali trim level has become a huge success too, accounting for a quarter of the vehicles on which it is offered.

GMC wants to up that to one-third, and based on the excellence of the Denali-trimmed Sierra 1500 pickup and Yukon XL SUV, that goal is not far fetched at all.

Both look great with their big riginspired, blocky, chamfered GMC aesthetic. Detailing like polished metal trim is substantially more upmarket, too, and both Denalis have wheels that are large enough for their bodies.

Interior quality has taken a quantum leap, and though Infiniti QX80 and various Rovers may have nicer cockpits than the Yukon XL, overall these are great cockpits. There are no hard plastics at eye level, the faux wood trim isn’t objectionable, miles of accent stitching cross the lovely heated and cooled leather seats and there is real brushed metal trim.

The corporate infotainment system and configurable instruments screens look great, though the former is prone to crashing when used with various Apple products. Both trucks are very quiet, with low levels of wind and road noise—all the better to let you

HARD-WORKING LUXURY: The Sierra 1500.

hear the lovely V8 soundtrack.

GMC has slightly reduced the Yukon XL’s cargo room, sloping the floor so that the third row folds even with it. But it’s still gargantuan and the second row seats give greater support. The back seat in the Sierra pickup is more comfortable than that of many luxury sedans.

Wow, do both GMCs drive well, with superb magnetic damping meaning excellent primary and sec-

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Both GMCs are laggy under a light foot, yet more pressure makes them feel like there’s actually a 460lb-ft V8 under that huge hood. A firm push through the kick-down detent by your right foot makes the new 8L90

eight-speed tranny drop multiple gears and unleashes the 6.2-liter’s 420 horses—and off the Denalis rocket, with 0-60 available in just about six seconds.

In the Yukon XL Denali we get an Escalade for more discreet types, with the Cadillac’s monster motor and performance and now with the kind of quality never before apparent in predecessors. In the Sierra 1500 Denali we have just about the nicest half-ton

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When today’s best golfers go looking for 10 more yards off the tee, they don’t go looking for a new driver. They go to the gym.

You won’t find golf’s most indispensible club among the 14 in your bag; you’ll find it in the mirror. It’s what you eat, how you train, how you live.

Strong, lean and athletic, the flat-bellied paradigm has finally ended the grillroom debate over whether golf is a game or a sport. It’s also brought a welcome health-consciousness to a recreational activity more associated with a different kind of six-pack than you’ll find on Rory McIlroy.

The following pages aren’t about getting ripped. They’re about helping you function better.

They’re about preventing you from getting hurt—and about helping you recover quickly if you do. They aim to improve your vision, energy and mind.

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n a dreary winter morning in Boulder, Emily Talley’s vivacity illuminates the weight room at the University of Colorado’s Dal Ward Center, the place where she spent countless hours and gallons of sweat during her four years on the women’s golf team.

Her hard work has paid off. When she graduated in 2012, she was CU’s Female Athlete of the Year and an honorable mention All-America. She held 45 school records and led the Buffaloes to their first-ever NCAA Nationals appearance.

“If she did badly in a tournament, she was first one in the weight room the next day,” remembers

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Assistant Speed, Strength and Conditioning Coach Steve Englehart. “If she did great, she wanted to be greater. It was crazy.” Englehart says Talley’s “competitiveness, charisma and attitude made her one of the best athletes I’ve had, hands-down.”

Golf Channel viewers got to see Talley’s athleticism on The Big Break NFL Puerto Rico. Paired with football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice and contestant Isaac Sanchez, she sank the winning putt, punching her ticket to a berth in the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

In two years on the Symetra Tour, she improved from 45th to 18th on the money list. She came in second in the inaugural 2014 Big Break Invitational, winning $50,000—an amount that would have secured an LPGA card via either the Symetra (eighth

on the list) or LPGA Tour (118th).

Instead, she went to LPGA Qualifying School, where she started strong but stumbled to a 78 on the last day, finishing 59th overall. Undaunted, Talley—who currently lives in San Francisco with her boyfriend, former CU cross-country ski team member Andreas Hoye—is full-on committed to playing her way onto the LPGA Tour this year. That requires technical, mental and physical commitment.

All of which begins, she says, in the gym.

She’s working on swing changes with CU Women’s Assistant Golf Coach Brent Franklin. “For years my swing has been mainly arms, so we’re looking to do more dynamic movements with my lower body. That means strengthcoloradoavidgo lf e r.c o m

“You never regret a workout ”

Plyometric Jumps

Lower-body strength plays a pivotal role—literally and figuratively—in generating power. In these jumps, the ankles, knees and hips all go into triple extension, becoming stronger and more flexible.

Strength. Explosiveness. Endurance. Above all, Emily Talley’s fitness routine is about building one thing: Confidence.

By Jon Rizzi | Photography by Jamie Schwaberow/Clarkson Creative

Dumbbells with FitBall

A big stability ball engages your entire core—lower core, abs and obliques—while you press skyward with the dumbbells.

ening my core, my legs, my butt. A lot of squats, back-squats and plyometric jumps. When your first movement in your downswing needs to be a transition left with your thighs, you’ve got to have them engaged, moving and strong.”

Team Talley is in place. In addition to Franklin, Talley works with California-based fitness trainer Judy Lowrey and sports psychologist Erika Carlson. The latter has helped her set goals and a plan to reach them. So this year’s goal is obviously to finish top 10 and get the LPGA card? “No, it’s top two,” she says. “If you shoot for the moon and you miss, you’ll wind up among the stars. I shot for top ten last year. I missed it, but just by a little. If I miss top-two by just a little, I’m still in the top 10.” co l o r a d o a v i d g o l f e r. c o m

And, speaking of The top two. Aside from The Big Break, Talley has not won an individual tournament, either collegiately or professionally, which questions her ability to close. “Number two is just fine in my mind,” she says. “Would I rather go down in history for winning the U.S. Women’s Open or finishing Top-10 in 20 events? I’d rather have the Top-10s, because I’m bound to finish first in one of them. I want a consistent occupation.”

Listen to a legend. “Jerry Rice said, ‘I learn more from my losses than my wins.’ But I haven’t had that many losses. I’m doing pretty darn good.”

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again without feeling fatigued, it breeds confidence.

When I feel I’m stronger or less tired than the girl next to me, it gives me an advantage. Also, when you feel fit, you feel good about yourself. That’s especially important in golf because it doesn’t matter how many others believe in you. If you don’t believe in yourself, you’re not going to get anywhere.” there’s another motivation…

“I’m a foodie. I grew up in Napa. I love my food and wine. If you work out hard, you can enjoy the delicacies of life and not feel guilty about it.” …and another…“Every golfer has to supplement their income with sponsorships, and it helps to be fit. Nobody wants to support someone who’s overweight, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer—unless it’s a cigarette or beer company.

I mean, I’m sponsored by Bandit Wines, but that’s different. They’re from Napa.” …and yet another. “I want to be a fitness model, which is odd, because I’m not a bragger. I like seeing other people’s online fitness photos, their successes, but I don’t like posting photos of myself. I want to be a model for regular people.”

Love conquers all. “My boyfriend, Andreas, is a competitive endurance athlete and my biggest supporter. A lot of time he wants to be my strength coach, my mental coach, everything.

I love that he pushes me hard, but I don’t want to resent him for waking me up at 5:30 to go for a run. I don’t want tough love from my boyfriend.”

Lesson learned. “He’s caddied for me in my best events. Last year I thought I needed a professional caddie at Q-School, and the whole time I’m out there I’m thinking, Why didn’t I have Andreas caddie for me? That was such a great learning experience. I know how to read greens. I know my course management. I know my game and my distances. I can have my boyfriend as moral support.”

Words to live by. “One of my favorite quotes is, ‘Whether you believe you can do it or you believe you can’t do it, you’re right.’ I come out of the gym, and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I feel good.’

I may be really tired but I feel like I can do anything. You never regret a workout.”

Jon Rizzi is CAG’s editor. Follow Talley at emilytalley.com

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Golf Fitness Fundamentals Stability, Mobility & Muscular Endurance

By Dillon Johnson

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s with all sports, golf places specific demands on the body. The golf swing requires targeted areas to be mobile, others to be stable, and solid movement mechanics and coordination. If any of these fitness requirements are not up to par, your body still finds a way to swing a golf club, but this results in swing compensations—flaws that often lead to pain in some shape or form.

The basis of golf fitness development begins with increasing stability and mobility in the correct areas. Starting with our ankles and moving up, our body should have an alternating pattern of mobile and stable joints:

ankle-mobile, knee-stable, hip-mobile, lower back (lumbar spine)-stable, mid back (t-spine)-mobile, cervical spine-stable.

All too often, however, this pattern is not the case. Muscles and/or joints are forced to handle movements/ranges/loads they were not designed to handle. Without corrective exercise to restore the integrity of your joints, it’s just a matter of time before an improperly used body part will give out.

We have found these Phase 1 exercises to be helpful for players of all levels and ages. Once you have built ideal joint integrity—stable where they need to be stable, mobile where they need to be mobile—and muscular endurance, you will be ready for your next phase of golf-specific fitness training. ***If you have any health concerns/issues please contact your physician before attempting these exercises.

Mobility Exercises (T-spine/mid back mobility): • Lie on your right side in the fetal position.

• Using your right hand, hold your knees firm to the floor, extend your left arm out in front of your chest, open your chest to the sky and reach your left shoulder blade and hand towards the ground.

• Keeping your arm straight, hold for a two-second count and then return your left-hand back to the floor.

• Repeat for 12 repetitions per side.

2. Windshield Wipers

(Internal and external hip mobility) • Lie on your back with bent knees.

• While keeping your knees bent, widen your feet as far as possible and take your arms out to your side to keep your upper back stable to the floor.

• Slowly take your knees side to side together, getting them as low to the ground as possible. Hold for two seconds at the bottom of each repetition.

• Alternate sides for 10 per side.

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1. Open Books

3. Horse Stance Golf Turns

(T-spine/mid back mobility) • Positioning yourself on hands and knees, take your right hand and place it firmly behind your head.

• While keeping your left arm straight, slowly rotate your right elbow and chest towards the sky until you find your end range of motion.

• Hold for two seconds, then take your right elbow back down and connect it with your left elbow.

• Repeat for 12 repetitions per side

Stability/Balance ExerciSeS

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1. Birddog

(Core and back stability) • Position yourself on your hands and knees.

• Lift your right arm and left leg, elevating them until they are flat and in-line with your spine, • Hold firmly in this extended position, then slowly connect your right elbow to your left knee in a crunching motion.

• Repeat for 10-12 repetitions per side.

2. Step-back Lunge with Rotation (Balance/lower body stability) • With arms out to your side, step back with your right leg and let your right knee bend towards the ground.

• Slowly rotate your spine and arms, reaching your right hand toward your left foot and your left hand/arm reaching behind you.

• Slowly uncoil your rotation and return to a standing position with your feet back next to each other.

• Repeat for 10 repetitions per side.

3. Single Leg Lateral Floor Reaches (Balance/lateral stability) • Stand on your left leg with your right leg off the ground in a balanced position.

• Slowly hinge at your hip and bend your left knee and reach your right hand towards the floor on the left side of your left foot.

• Return upright but continue to keep your right foot off the ground, now repeat but reach your left hand towards the ground on the right side of your left foot, return back upright.

• Continue this alternating reach pattern until you have completed 10-12 reaches per leg.

Co-Owner of RallySport in Boulder (rallysportboulder.com), Dillon Johnson is Level 3 Certified by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) and Certified by the Personal Training Academy Global (djohnson@rallysportboulder.com; 303-928-9007). Phase 2: Strength Development will appear in an upcoming issue.

For a list of resources, Golfers interested in golf-specific training should meet with a Titleist Performance Institute Certified Golf Fitness Professional and complete a see page 79.

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Return of the Glutei

Why and how strong buttocks can help your game. By Dee Tidwell

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emember when Tiger Woods withdrew from this year’s Farmer’s Insurance Open, citing lower back problems caused by his glutes “shutting off ”?

Call it “broken booty syndrome,” “flabby butt” or “weak cheeks.”

It’s actually an epidemic. In my 15 years of testing and screening hundreds

of golf clients, I have found that almost 96 percent of them have weak, dysfunctional glutei (the correct term for what most of us call glutes).

Don’t laugh. The Gluteus Maximus is your largest hip extensor. It works with the Glutei Medius and Minimus to maintain posture and rotate your hips and legs through the swing. Neglecting this muscle group results postural inconsistency, lower back pain and and diminished leg drive.

In addition to laziness and lack of exercise, the most common reasons for weak glutei are the seated workplace, slouched posture and training focused on the “seen” muscles (chest, abs, thighs) as opposed to posterior (glutes, lats, hamstrings and shoulders).

other day. If you are consistent, in a matter of weeks you will notice stronger glutei that will contribute to better posture, stability and strength. This will also create more consistency, decrease or eliminate back pain and help you regain lost distance off the tee.

1. Bridges Sets 1 and 2 – Hold for up to 10 seconds x 10 reps • Lying flat on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the ground, extend your arms out to your side with your palms facing down.

• Push your heels into the ground and lift your pelvis up.

• Perform reps of this focusing on using your glutes to lift and minimizing your legs (hamstrings).

• To make this harder, you can cross your arms over your chest.

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2. Chops (No Rotation) Half-Kneeling with bar Perform 1-3 sets of 10-12 repetitions

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• Using an FMT band or a cable cross machine and a bar attachment (a Tricep rope can be an alternative to the bar), get into a half kneeling position with your down knee away from the machine or the door.

• Grab the bar or the tubing with both hands on top of the bar and keep your posture as tall as possible.

• Perform a chop diagonally across your body keeping your hands and the bar close to your chest throughout the movement.

3. Duck Walks

1-3 Sets of 10-15 steps each direction

• Place exercise band around your ankles and get into a good golf posture.

• Maintaining a stable posture, begin to side step to the left for the prescribed number of reps.

• Repeat to the right.

4. Exercise Ball Squats 1-3 sets of 12-15 reps • Grab an exercise ball or medicine ball and hold your arms out in front of you so your arms are parallel to the ground.

• Place your feet shoulder width apart.

• As you perform the squat, draw your navel to your spine and make sure your knees track over your second toes.

Dee Tidwell owns Colorado Golf Fitness Club in Denver. He has obtained all of the TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) certifications and has coached two PGA Tour winners and countless amateur, high school and college golfers (coloradogolffitnessclub.com; 303-883-0435). co l o r a d o a v i d g o l f e r. c o m

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How To Strengthen Your Follow-Through

Turns out generating swing speed is only half the story. By Curt Pesmen

PED days), who knew a few things about swing. “It’s the point where your body has to disperse that speed and energy generated through the impact zone.”

For golfers, dedicating a bit of swing time and prep to deceleration moves once or twice a week is about more than avoiding injury. It’s about improving your swing plane and follow-through. And while the power reaches up high—arms, shoulders, lats—it emanates from the core (see moves, below). And swing speed and acceleration cannot peak without a stable cradle of hip and pelvis muscles, plus the spine.

“The point is, you need to work on how you are rotating,” says Warren. Tremendous downward force followed by a choppy finish is a trait that suggests trouble ahead. “Each of our vertebrae rotates about a degree and a half. The more athletic you are, the more likely you can rotate freely—and athletically.”

THE MOVE : Using a ViPR trainer (shown here), which mimics and improves upon some of the wide range-of-motion swing exercises done with kettle bells or the TRX Suspension Trainer, you are able to build a more complete turn and follow-through based upon solid swing technique.

Through repetition, resistance and flexibility moves, you work to smooth and strengthen both sides of contact. While you may not be able to actually feel each of your thoracic vertebrae stretching out a millimeter here or there, that’s exactly the aim here. When performed regularly, top trainers agree, working on deceleration as a sweeping focal point; not a stopping point, is sure to increase turn angles while shoring up your quads, hips (psoas muscles) and abdominals (obliques).

As Warren explains, “When I hear golfers say: ‘It hurts to turn, I can’t finish,’ what we do in functional fitness training is to fix their left-to-right side balance [when right-handed], and show them how to finish athletically.”

Boulder-based writer Curt Pesmen is the author of How a Man Ages, What She Wants, When a Man Turns 40, Your First Year of Marriage and The Survivor's Guide to Colon Cancer. His writing has appeared in Esquire, GQ, SELF, Glamour, Redbook and Outside magazines. An award-winning, seven-part For a list of resources, series of his successful fight against colon cancer appeared in Esquire magazine in 2001 and 2003. see page 79.

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econd things first.

Now that speed and athleticism have become coin-of-the-realm in golf fitness and modern training, there remains an often-overlooked component of getting stronger and longer—while also remaining injury-free: deceleration.

And no, we’re not talking about the dreaded deceleration that precedes short putts and weak shots.

We’re talking about the deceleration that naturally occurs after you’ve struck the ball.

Consider: Your car’s not in tune nor highway ready

if you feel the brakes tug right or you hear them start to squeal. Same goes for your golfing musculature. On the course or on the range, it turns out, most injuries occur after the ball strike, according to Denver-area Master Trainer and fitness consultant Jim Warren, founder of the Center 4 Champions in Highlands Ranch. “Hips and legs plus knees are where most of the injuries happen,” he says.

And yet, Warren says, “Up to 90 percent of amateur golfers train exclusively on building strength and flexibility aimed at the first 50 percent of the swing.”

This is not all wasted time and effort, he explains, just somewhat shortsighted.

“The follow-through, the finish, is as important as your takeaway or downswing,” says Warren, 58, who has trained more than 200 NFL players over the years, as well as home run legend Barry Bonds (in his pre-

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Feeding Your Game

What to eat to live and play better.

By Dee Tidwell

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he old chestnut that you are what you eat holds true in golf. If you grab a “dog at the turn,” you’ll more than likely play like one on the back nine.

Your on-course dietary choices begin with your daily eating behavior. I recommend eating every two or three hours, and each meal should include: • One protein (grass-fed meats, poultry, organic eggs or wild fish). Protein promotes lean muscle, high metabolism and maximum performance on and off the course. It will also help to control your blood sugar levels and leave you feeling full and energetic throughout the day.

• One healthy fat source (extra virgin olive and coconut oils, nuts except for peanuts and cashews, raw organic butter, avocadoes and the fats naturally found in whole organic eggs and meats).

These actually help your body burn fat.

• One Fibrous Carbohydrate (all fruits and vegetables, but not in juice form). These provide energy, vitamins and minerals and the added benefits of fiber.

There are also proscriptions: • Only eat complex carbohydrates (brown rice, potatoes and other natural grains) on workout days.

• Avoid all processed foods (what I call “nonfoods”).

• Eliminate all processed sugar and wheat.

• Do not microwave your food.

So how do you bring all this to the course?

Whatever you do, make sure you eat as specified above one to two hours before you play—even if you have an early-morning tee time. A quick breakfast with some protein—a hard-boiled egg, yogurt, cottage cheese or meat leftover from the previous night’s meal—along with some fruit,

granola, etc., will make for a better start to your round.

And speaking of the night before, it’s always wise to pack your own food to eat on the course every few holes: • Sandwiches: An organic turkey or tuna sandwich with a piece of cheese on two pieces of sprouted wheat bread. If you can’t do that, make a PB&B with bananas and a good amount of nut butter.

• Fruit and nuts: Easy-to-eat items like apples and raw almonds.

• Ants on a Log: That’s celery with nut butter and raisins.

• Organic food bar: Choose ones high in protein, such as a Paleobar.

I always recommend bringing two of the above so that you have extra food just in case there’s a weather delay, you’re extra hungry that day or you’re paired with an unprepared golfer.

And, above all, stay hydrated! Drink a minimum of 1/2 of your bodyweight in ounces of clean water each day, and if you drink coffee, add eight ounces of water for every cup you have.

Dee Tidwell owns Colorado Golf Fitness Club in Denver. He has obtained all of the TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) certifications and has coached two PGA Tour winners and countless amateur, high school and college golfers. coloradogolffitnessclub.com; 303-883-0435.

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Just Add Water

The turf isn’t the only thing on the course that benefits.

By Neil Wolkodoff

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hen we think of the impact of hydration on athletes, we don’t think about golfers. Those television commercials showing the bright-colored electrolytes oozing from sweat-drenched athletes don’t exactly apply. Not surprisingly, no research has specifically been conducted on golf and hydration, so we’ll apply other studies with what we know about golf and the Colorado climate.

Golf is about five miles of walking at an average pace of 2.6-2.9 mph and uses anywhere from 800-1500 kcal per 18 holes depending upon if you walk or ride. And, that is over a 4.5-hour period.

Contrast this to full-court basketball, where the energy needed for one game will likely range from 500-900 kcal.

Golf requires energy, but you will probably get most of that from your regular meals and a few snacks on the course.

The loss of electrolytes, essential compounds to cellular function, is based on heat and the intensity of the activity. Golf has a wide variety of temperatures, even though the sport is typically played at 60° F or higher. Rising temperatures, longer rounds and undulating terrain—these factors all make accurate hydration strategies necessary.

But the most compelling reason of all is that dehydration influences two of the biggest factors in golf performance: cognitive skills and coordination. It’s therefore important to maintain fluids so you stay focused and can execute the shots you want. Even 2 percent dehydration will affect your performance.

So, what’s an accurate hydration strategy?

four carrying a marked water bottle indicating how much to drink at a given spot.

Water rules. However, golf is probably an activity where the “light” version of sport drinks work well. Most regular sport beverages are too concentrated in both sugar/energy and electrolytes to be readily absorbed, so dilute with water 2:1 or use a lighter concentration.

Don’t drink them until the back nine, however.

Up to that point, you are likely to have enough electrolytes in your system from food and water.

And, if you regularly eat bananas and oranges, your need for electrolytes in golf is even lower.

How much is too much?

round dehydrated, you should take in 25 percent of your daily total by 9 a.m., and another 40 percent by 1 p.m.

How Often?

Pick a BPA-free bottle, mark with three 6-ounce marks, and refill as needed to get 25% of your total water needs during the round. Then just pick the holes where you need to drink that amount of fluid.

Every three holes is an optimal schedule for most golfers.

How Much?

Water or Sport Drink?

A safe amount of initial fluid intake is one-half your body weight in pounds equaled to ounces.

So, if you weigh 200 pounds, then you should have about 100 ounces of fluid a day. If it’s hot, and you are sweating more than normal, increase your intake by at least 20 percent. In order not to start a

The research is mixed. At last year’s BMW Championship players drank plain water about 90 percent of the time. Granted, they are not carrying their bags. However, they are super-competitive and have tried all sorts of combinations before settling on a routine. Interestingly, I only observed

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Over-consumption of water can lead to hyponatremia, which occurs when the level of sodium in the blood is too low. As you sweat, salt leaves the body, and as excess plain water gets absorbed, the bloodstream becomes diluted resulting in a decrease in sodium and potassium levels, impairing function.

This condition often results when people wait until they’re thirsty and gulp down huge amounts of water. Yet another reason why it’s better to maintain a steady influx of fluid.

That’s what the pros do. At last year’s BMW Championship, most received a water bottle on every other tee box and drank average amounts. Zach Johnson tried to hit every rest room to make sure his water intake was adequate. He notes that some days he “needs to continually force water down…”

And remember, even if it doesn’t feel as though you’re perspiring, Colorado’s arid climate and wind will evaporate sweat almost instantly. It’s called “insensible sweat loss.” It can cost you up to a full liter of body fluid per hour—and who knows how many shots per round?

Neil Wolkodoff, Ph.D., is the medical program director at the Colorado Center for Health & Sport Science (cochss.com; 303596- 6519). He’s the author of Core Powered Golf, Physical Golf and Body Logic.

For a list of resources, see page 79.

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“ I Always Play Better After a Few Beers”

By Taska Campbell

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e’ve all been there. You’re a few holes into a middling round and the beverage cart rolls up near the green. After downing a cold one, you stripe your next drive, shoot a dart at the flag and sink a birdie putt. Next hole, same thing.

Gotta be the “swing lube,” right?

Well, yeah, kinda, according to an informal study conducted with a dozen average golfers (ages 25-64, 0-25 handicaps) that appeared in New York’s Westchester Magazine.

“Accuracy actually improved a bit for the group after they’d had a few, at least as measured by how far the ball landed—two yards closer— from an imaginary target,” according to Titleist Performance Institute-certified chiropractor Phil Striano, who conducted the study at an indoor range with PGA Professional Keith Melnik.

Before you start packing the cooler, however, Striano cautions that when they combined distance and accuracy, average player performance went down by 4 percent when alcohol was involved.

Striano and Melnik utilized a K-VEST, which plots the movement of the body during the golf swing, and the TrackMan radar system, which measures swing speed, shot distance, accuracy and other metrics. They discovered that drinking affected alignment, and, Striano says, “most of the guys got a lot looser, and there was more turn in their hips and shoulders.”

That’s good, right? Wrong. “That made their swings longer, which actually reduced how far they hit the ball,” Striano says. Using a 6-iron, the golfers averaged a loss of 8.2 yards in carry, although three of the 12 dropped more than 20 yards.

Writer Dave Donelson reports that the golfers in the study consumed “anywhere from three to eight beers and hit 229 balls. By the time they finished, five of them were over the DUI limit of 0.08 percent blood alcohol, and most of the rest were really, really close to it.”

Of course, if you’re like West Virginian Chuck Stump, you might want to know exactly where your “tipping point” is. After playing lights-out during an admittedly wet round, Stump and his golf buddy Brent Pauley came up with the Gol-

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falyzer ($20; golfalyzer.us), a portable breathalyzer for “social athletes.” Stump, a 15 handicap, says he has discovered he seems to play his best when he’s blowing a .04, the number at which he knows he’s hit his limit—and over which a driver is considered legally impaired.

Colorado’s DWAI laws start at .05 percent.

Given the presence of higher-ABV (Alcohol

by Volume) craft beers on Colorado courses,

the tipping (or tippling) point for the average golfer here might be two beers—at most— in a round. Factor in your 19th-hole intake and you might find the Golfalyzer even more valuable.

Taska Campbell is a regular contributor to Colorado AvidGolfer.

For a list of resources, see page 79.

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Eyes Witness

Improving your vision can turn 3-putts into 2s.

By Curt Pesmen

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The Aging Eye (and how to outsmart it) While LASIK surgery and bifocals have battled distortions and the age-related condition of presbyopia for years now (LASIK was approved by the FDA in 1999), some sports vision doctors have

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HERE WAS THE BREAK?! ” is too often the putter’s creed when leaving it it three cups wide of the hole— plus half-a-club length short.

Where, indeed? Maybe the more important question is, What did you truly see when lining up that putt? Is your 20/20 vision at home—corrected via glasses, contacts, or LASIK—also 20/20 when out on the course? Especially on a hilly course, on a sloping green, and particularly if you’re a midlife golfer—when a harsh glare enters the picture? Not likely.

“One of the things that happens with age is that the lens of the eye gets harder,” says Gary Heiting, O.D., a Minnesota-based ophthalmologist who prescribes sports vision eyewear to client athletes and acts as a senior editor of the national website, AllAboutVision.com. “The lens loses clarity.” It also loses flexibility, potentially making approach shots and putts less clear.

“When the lenses get opaque it’s a cataract,” Dr. Heiting says. “I’m 60 and I just had cataract surgery. When seeing a flag on a green far, far away—you’re still going to see the flag without the surgery. But I notice color saturation of the flag much better now. It’s something that may not show up in an office setting looking at an object 20 feet away, but out on a course it’s different.”

Turns out, there are at least three key seeing-eye reasons why many club-level golfers three-putt when they needn’t: • Aging changes in the eyes (presbyopia, or farsightedness); • Faulty depth perception; and • Dominant eye diversions.

If you’re approaching (or older than) age 40, it may be time to stop giving short shrift to vision practice or work-ups. In fact, sports vision skills, “hybrid” glasses, or minor vision training may well outplay your newest club while surmounting agerelated declines. Here, then, are a few sports docapproved ways to up your game, both visually and therapeutically.

come to recommend trifocals for serious golfers— with three distinct lens patterns. The trifocals for sports contain a “middle distance” correction, one that ostensibly helps focus on the exact length from a putter’s eyeline in a hunched stance down to the Sharpie-stripe focal point on the ball while setting up on the green. This third grind accompanies the normal “split screen” pattern of two prescriptive lens shapes.

Going a step further, the Adlens company from England recently introduced to the U.S. FOCUSS, a variable power prescriptive lens that would work well on the fairway or the green. A tiny dial is embedded and hidden in the frame, allowing for “instant” magnification when and where it’s needed.

Of the 54 million Americans who wear prescriptive lenses, some 60% say they are not satisfied with their current lenses, Adlens reports. The purpose of these “variable power optics” is to enable vision correction to be at once more fluid and more responsive. The only drawback to the lenses to date, pre-release, may be its fashion component. Stuffing all that technology into an eyeglass

frame means the eyewear isn’t exactly designerdeft-touch dainty.

Depth Perception’s Deep Dive In simple terms, depth perception is the ability to see things in three dimensions and also to perceive distance. If either one is slightly out of sync, shots and putts may—and will—go awry. So when we judge the distance of a chip, a sand shot, or a putt, we may think we’re looking at one “line,” one length from eyes to hole. Yet things are not that simple. In reality, each eye “computes” its separate distance to process the look; then each retina processes the 2-D estimate before sending it on to the brain. Then the two images are blended, averaged, and you have your 3-D estimate, or “read.”

There’s math going on here! (The official term of the different distances we record from each eye is: binocular disparity.)

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(continued from page 68) shoulders to the hole behind the ball, as many pros do before they square to the ball (but from the same height as your putting stance). This way, each of the depth or distance estimates of each retina is equal. It’s a more precise way to gauge your line. Or at the least, the proper length of the line.

Know Your Dominant Eye Whether or not you’ve ever tested for it, you possess one dominant eye, much as you have a dominant hand. Yet this physiological dominance is far less known and appreciated. In sports, the notion of eye dominance was popularized by many pro athletes in the 1980s and 1990s who worked with Donald Teig, O.D., of Ridgefield, Conn.

Once you know your dominant eye, it helps to have that eye take the lead in lining up short shots or putts. Or—in sports like baseball or hockey—that move more quickly than golf, it helps to alter your batting or fielding postures so that your dominant eye is closer to the approaching pitch or moving puck.

“The big thing you want to do is develop peripheral awareness,” says Heiting. “It’s almost like a meditative thing.” It’s also a confidence builder of sorts, because once you become aware of your dominant eye leading your execution on and around the green, you know you’ve added one more component of “a good read.”

To find your dominant eye in less than one minute, do the following: 1) With arms outstretched and palms facing forward, bring your hands together, sliding one most of the way over the other, forming a small triangle (a “keyhole” to view through), with your thumbs as the base and index finger bottoms forming the top point of the triangle.

2) Choose a target or object to view—a picture on a wall, say—approximately 15 feet away.

3) Slowly bring the triangle toward your face, keeping the view on the object until your hands (and the triangle) are just sixinches or so away from your face.

Whichever eye you are still using to view through the keyhole is your dominant eye.

This is the eye that should take the lead on the putting green or on the fringe. You don’t want to close the other eye; just lead with your strength. You know, the strength you didn’t realize you had, just a moment ago.

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Beware of Not Being Aware

By Elena King

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ew sports get in your head the way golf does.

You spend less than 10 minutes of a four-hour round addressing and hitting the ball. Those long stretches between shots allow your mind to entertain thoughts it potentially shouldn’t: the missed two-footer on the last hole; the pond you have to avoid on the next shot; the snotty remark your playing partner just made; the personal-best you’ll card if you just finish with pars …

All that mental interference prevents you from being present, ready and focused when it’s your turn to hit. But how do you quiet the noise?

The key is emotional resilience. That was the message consistently conveyed during the nine years I collaborated with the late Dr. Denise McGuire. Our programs successfully integrate psychology and mind/body skills for individuals, groups, golf teams and executives.

Emotional resilience is as important a golf skill as driving, chipping and putting. It’s more than just “shaking off ” a bad hole or taking “one shot at a time.” It requires an awareness of your mental, emotional and physical condition when you play your best golf—your own optimal state of being—and choosing to recreate it time and again.

An easy way to get started is to write down what’s happening mentally, emotionally and physically when you are playing well and when you’re not. Remember: Your skill doesn’t change from day to day or hole to hole; your state of being does. And that affects your performance.

Denise and I used to joke that golf would be great if the scorecard had never been invented.

Studies show people perform their best when they focus on processes, not outcomes. Emphasizing outcomes often dredges up fear and doubts based on past experiences, which creates anxiety

and tension that shows up in your swing.

The process of becoming emotionally resilient isn’t complicated; it’s continual. It begins and ends with every shot. We call it the Performance 360˚ Methodology.

It goes like this: EVENT: Good shot, average shot, awful shot.

REACTION: Is your immediate response positive, neutral or negative?

AWARENESS: Take your emotional temperature. Ask, “Where am I now?” “Am I how I want to be?” “Is this my optimal state of being?”

CHOICE: You choose whether to stay in your current state or use tools to transform your state of being.

TRANSFORMATION: Among the tools that help you approach your optimal state of being: • Breathing to elevate or lower your heart rate.

• Changing body language.

• Singing a song, repeating an affirmation or expressing joy.

• Focus on something you can sense (see, hear, feel) instead of think about.

OPTIMAL STATE OF BEING: This is your own best state—mentally, emotionally and physiologically. You’re free of distractions and interference and 100 percent present and committed to your next shot.

And once you hit the shot, the process immediately begins again.

One of the nation’s elite LPGA golf professionals, Elena King is the founder and president of ExperienceGolf. She teaches at both CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora and Meridian Golf Club in Englewood. 303-503-0330; experiencegolf.biz.

For a list of resources, see page 79.

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Is Your T Too Low?

Elevate it and your drive may improve.

By Curt Pesmen

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hen your drive falls short on the last par 5 of the day, it’s a lot easier to blame your clubface than your balls, your testicles, your personal production centers of testosterone. But truth is, beginning in one’s late 30s or early 40s, secretion of the primary “male” hormone (although women produce it as well) into the bloodstream begins to dip a bit each year, resulting in less muscle strength, slightly weakened bones and less responsive sexual organs.

This physiological fact of life can also diminish the virile self-confidence men bring to the boardroom, the bedroom

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and, yes, the golf course.

All of which has led to a spate of “Low T” ads and marketing campaigns aimed at convincing mature men they can pump up the volume (more muscle, more energy, better sex) by taking FDA-approved testosterone supplements, applying gels or affixing Rx patches.

All well and good for those who truly need the anabolic steroid supplements. But at last count, in early 2014, when more than 5 million men in the U.S. were using testosterone supplements, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was “investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking FDA-approved testosterone products….”

In addition to those serious possible side effects, testosterone supplements have been linked with: enlarged prostate glands, fluid retention and some breast development in men.

Studies also suggest the drugs can encourage prostate cancer to grow.

The FDA went on to remind consumers that the drugs are approved “only for use in men who lack or have low testosterone levels in conjunction with an associated medical condition.”

As for what’s normal for men: The Endocrine Society has issued “normal” guidelines that span approximately 300-to-1,000 (ng./ dl.). But again, these aren’t hard-and-fast num-

bers for prescribing steroid supplements. Your doctor, who also may measure the percent of “free” testosterone that is available to your target organs, should weigh in.

Thankfully, there are a number of natural alternatives to taking testosterone. Although none have been FDA-approved as a drug, these nutrient supplements or “precursor hormone” substances are often sold alone or combined into anti-aging, “muscle-boosting” formulas. They include: • DHEA, a precursor hormone that helps spur your own body to produce more testosterone • Tribulus Terrestris, a substance shown to boost muscle growth and energy, though mostly tested to date in animals • Horny goat weed, a nutrient shown to increase nitrous oxide, exercise performance, and erectile function • Fenugreek, a nutrient shown to help build muscle and increase testosterone.

• D-Aspartic Acid, an ingredient that has exhibited testosterone-boosting properties in studies of men.

An alternative to asking your M.D. about these naturally derived products, is to consult a registry or database of naturopathic doctors—licensed health care doctors who study medicine for fourplus years, en route to gaining an “N.D.” degree. naturopathic.org For a list of resources, see page 79.

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Where’s the Rub?

Massage brings a body of knowledge to golf-related aches and pains. By CG Funk

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he golf swing puts unnatural stress on our bodies. It contracts the muscle fibers, causing compression, pain and discomfort. Massaging the fibers takes the pressure off the nerves surrounding the muscles, increasing blood flow and allowing the body to start a natural restorative process. Get off the course and onto the table regularly.

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Elbow

Why it hurts: Strain from the gripping and rotation of the club can cause inflammation.

Why Massage helps: Trigger-point therapy and passive stretching reduces pain and contracted muscle knots. It also increases range of motion.

Shoulders

Why it hurts: Repetitive motion and/or poor technique can injure the deltoid muscles and the rotator cuff area.

Upper Back

Why it hurts: The rhomboids and trapezius create much of the force of the full swing. The moving torque can further stress these muscles.

Why massage helps: Cross-fiber friction techniques break up scar tissue and release adhesions. Myofascial release benefits other muscle areas compromised from shoulder injuries.

Why Massage Helps: Swedish techniques, like deep Petrissage and Effleurage, can increase circulation and relax muscular tension.

Hand/Wrist

Lower Back

Why Massage helps: Stretching techniques relax the wrist and hand, allowing deeper muscle work to reduce swelling and ease pain.

Why massage helps: Deep tissue and targeted sports massage techniques decompress and stretch muscles, reducing tension and stiffness.

Why it hurts: A golf stance creates stress in the muscle groups of the lower back. The rotation of the swing exacerbates it.

Why it hurts: Tendinitis can develop from repeated gripping of the club. Also when hitting from thick rough or striking rocks, roots or hardpan.

Hamstrings

BELOW THE BELT Knee

Feet

Why it hurts: Repetitive planting the front leg to generate power for the downswing can strain the hamstring muscle group.

Why it hurts: The constant twisting of the golf swing puts tremendous strain on the ACL and MCL of the lead knee.

Why it hurts: The constant shifting of weight, pressure from planting for the shot, and, for some, walking 18 holes.

Why massage helps: Heat therapy (warm towels, topical analgesics, hot stones, etc.) combined with deep-tissue massage relaxes larger muscle groups and calms spasms and tightness.

Why massage helps: Deep tissue massage & friction on muscles surrounding the knee can relieve pain & swelling.

Why massage helps: Reflexology targets pressure points on the anterior and posterior foot and ankle areas. Massage increases circulation, loosens muscles and relieves soreness.

CG Funk, a 2013 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Inductee, is vice president of industry relations and product development for Massage Envy (massageenvy.com), which has 850 locations nationally, including 28 in Colorado.

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A Most Dangerous Game

Why are golfers always getting hurt?

By Curt Pesmen

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act i s, there is nothing inherently natural about the golf swing. It’s a beautiful thing when uncorked smoothly and effortlessly, and even more so at times in ultraslow motion on Sunday last round championships.

All fluid arcs and loads and torques and uncorks… and yet it’s hell on an un-prepped or under-prepared body. The mighty swing, don’t we know, can create musculoskeletal havoc without warning—even when performed perfectly, rhythmically, by a low-handicapper who’s done his or her proper warm-ups. Here are a few reasons why that’s so.

The following injuries were below 5%: neck, hip, ribs, ankle, foot, head, thigh, face, abdomen, calf and forearm.

1) LOWER BACK (35% of injuries reported): The first and most common source of complaint and injury among pros and amateurs is low back pain, of several varieties and causes. Overuse and excessive rotation are key reasons for the high count (see chart, opposite). Also, the average amateur swing packs 50 percent more torque than a pro’s. Perhaps surprisingly, thinner golfers tend to report low back pain more often than those with higher (on average) Body Mass Index (or BMI). One reason for the thin player disadvantage, offers Maurie Steinley, a physical therapist who trained at the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Utah, may be that excess torque is distributed unevenly—in more of an “S”

shape—upon the spines of those who weigh less.

ALERT: Epidural steroid injections, while quite popular, can over time weaken bone tissue and increase the risk of fractures along the spine, according to pain specialist Christopher Centeno, M.D., of Centeno Schultz Clinic of Broomfield/ Denver.

2) ELBOW (33%): Even if they never set foot on the court between rounds, painful recurrent “tennis elbow” can afflict golfers of all skill levels due to overuse, or simply from hitting too many balls on the range just once a week or even less frequently. (There are reasons touring pros often limit pre-round practice to between 30 and 45

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swings.) Then too, slight imperfections in mechanics, or seemingly obvious corkscrew mechanics that cause swing faults, can also impinge the joint that’s critical for proper swings—and for mighty fist-pumps after elusive birdies or eagles.

3) HAND/WRI ST (20%): Unfortunately, the most glorious of rescue shots sometimes result in hand or wrist traumas that “reverb” with every swing that follows the round. Or for even longer.

(While “normal” fractures often take six weeks to heal, scaphoid or wrist fractures can take nine to 12 weeks to heal.) What may look like an easy “pick” from behind that veiny tree root can and will stop a rescue club in its tracks—and send shudders into your grip and wrist and hand joints and tendons. All of which are finely tuned and often sinewy, but not built for unexpected shock led by an extra-forceful, TV-worthy attempt that goes

askew in an instant.

ALERT: Hero shots are felt first and foremost in the hands and wrist.

4) SHOULDER (12%): Set-up and posture can go a long way toward protecting your shoulders, especially your lead (left if you’re a righty) shoulder, from impingement or injury. Even absent a proper lesson with a pro, a quick smartphone video shot by your partner on the practice tee, can let you instantly see whether you are starting your backswing from a straight, vector-like address.

If not, you may witness your posture as somewhat C-like in shape, from feet through core, and curving up over a bent spine into slightly slumped shoulders. The shoulder cap and rotator cuff are amazingly resilient ball joint components, to be sure, but they don’t handle excess stress and undue golfing forces very well without proper alignment,

Amateur Golf Injuries

Male Female Total

(n=584) (n=124) (n=708)

Low Back………………………………………………… 35.9% 27.4% 34.5% Elbow……………………………………………………… 32.5% 35.4% 33.1% lateral…………………………………………………… 27.4% 27.4% 27.4% medial…………………………………………………… 5.1% 8.1% 5.6% Hand/Wrist……………………………………………… 21.2% 14.5% 20% Shoulder………………………………………………………11% 16.1% 11.9% Knee……………………………………………………… 8.9% 11.3% 9.3%

Dr. Centeno tells his golf clients. The four (vulnerable) muscles of the rotator cuff are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis.

They need—and appreciate—proper support.

5) KNEE: (9%): While many golf fans remember Tiger Woods’ limping-left-knee victory at the ’08 U.S. Open, fewer recall that he had surgery just eight days later for a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). And far fewer remember that he had undergone three surgeries already on that same knee: in 1992, in 2002 and earlier in 2008.

This is one way to say that in golf, especially highlevel golf, where swing speed accelerates through the ball-strike and follow-through, knees never forget what’s done to them. Especially the lead knee (in Tiger’s case his left). You lock in, press down, press ahead, press through; you drive all your body’s power from core through quad and into and through the strappy architecture of the knee joint. Knees remember like elephants. And far too often they feel as if that’s exactly what’s just stepped on them.

ALERT: In the seven years since Woods’ wobbly win, platelet-rich plasma (drawn from the patient) and stem cell injection procedures into knee (and other) joints have led to celebrated, pain-free, nonsurgical solutions and new legions of related success stories.

For a list of resources, see page 79.

[Sources: Maurie Steinley, PT, PhysicalTherapy.com; Centeno-Schulz Clinic, Broomfield, Colo.]

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Getting Relief What are your options?

By Ted Johnson

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tiffness and pain in joints are signs. So are not being able to make a full turn or to bend over to pick the ball from the hole. This grid includes insight into common medical issues related to golf, as provided by Dr. Robert Thomas and Dr. Mark Fuller of the Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center in Littleton, and Dr. John Barker of the Sky Ridge in Medical Center in Aurora. These professionals know not every sore

Injured Area

Knee

Level of discomfort

Hip

knee needs replacement, nor does every aching elbow or back heal simply with ice, rest and anti-inflammatories. Being aware of treatment options can help us take more preventative measures. Also, old injuries and/or genetic predisposition to maladies like arthritis can influence our recovery time.

That’s why, when it comes to arthroscopy or surgery, doctors often don’t know the full extent of an injury until they get in to repair the damage.

Hand/wrist

Elbow

Shoulder

Lower Back

Persistent pain, aching; Immobility, can't bend locking over; no full rotation

Aching to sharp pain

Instability, pain on contact, persistent aches

Instability, no control & strength, pain

Is it back pain only or back & leg pain below knee?

Initial treatment

Anti-inflammatories, ice, rest 2-6 weeks, brace

Anti-inflammatories, ice, rest 2-6 weeks

Anti-inflammatories, ice, rest 2-6 weeks; wrist wrap

Anti-inflammatories, ice, rest 2-6 weeks; elbow brace

Anti-inflammatories, ice. No rest needed

Anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxers and rehab for back pain only

Cortisone and/or gel

Cortisone for shortterm; meniscus gel works well sometimes

Cortisone has to be applied with fleuroscope but success rate not very high

Cortisone works short-term but damage continues

Cortisone works short-term but damage continues

Cortisone works short-term but damage continues

Cortisone can relieve pain, as can topical gels. If pain extends beyond knee, sending sharp electrical jolts down leg, consider discectomy

Arthroscopy Option

Scope for meniscus trims & ligaments repair

Scope for labrum repair

Scope for ligament repair, tears

Scope for loose bodies, frayed cartilage or repair ligaments

Scope for labrum trim & rotator cuff repair; also clean out bursitis

Scope for herniated disks a major breakthrough.

Discectomy repairs disc to relieve pain into legs, but will not take away back pain

Joint Replacement

Yes and common

Yes and common

Possible, but success rate not high

Success rate higher than that of wrist

90 percent successful

70 percent success rate for lumbar disk replacements

Recovery Time

3 months for scope; 9-12 for new knee

2-6 months; new hip up to 1 year

Scope = 2-3 months; replace = 6 mon.

Scope= 3 months; new elbow 6+

2-6 wks for trim; repair 4-6 months; new 8-12 months

Discectomy 6-8 weeks; fusion 3-4 months

Also

Initial post-op pain & rehab

Initial post-op pain & rehab

Initial post-op pain & rehab

Initial post-op pain & rehab

Have to be very delicate during recovery; very fragile joint

Some discomfort can persist even after effective surgery

Comment

Surgery is now common; if inevitable, do it when younger rather than older

Hip-pointer pain=back; groin pain=hip. Surgery is now common; if inevitable, do it when younger rather than older

Also consider fusing small bones in wrist if needed; learn to "sweep" ball more than take divots

All wrist flexor muscles meet on inside of elbow, so all shock absorbed there

Labrum repair for only those under 45; others can rehab. Rotator cuff injury doesn't affect golf swing. Rehab only.

High incidence of back problems always spurs rapid advancements in procedures

Alternatives

Stem-cell replacement therapy has high success rate but not usually covered by insurance

Exercise to strengthen hip, cane to reduce pressure

Stem-cell and blood platelet treatments

Stem-cell and blood platelet treatments

Stem-cell and blood platelet treatments

Stem-cell and blood platement treatments, regular massages, acupuncture, chiropractic, inversion therapy For a list of resources, see page 79.

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HEALTH & FITNESS

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Stuff to improve your health—and your game.

By Ted Johnson

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Golf Fit, a software program designed by Australians, allows you to build and then track a training schedule— even one specifically designed for your needs like a bigger shoulder turn, longer backswing or faster hip rotation at impact. These programs are downloaded to your smartphone for easy tracking as well as adding or subtracting exercises as needed. $19-$49. golffitapp.com

Wrist Rewards The Apple Watch’s new “Sport” version focuses on activities and encourages you to “put some distance between you and the chair.” This watch includes a heart rate monitor and it connects with the Wi-Fi and GPS features on your iPhone to accurately measure distance and speed during your rounds. Finally, an accelerometer measures your total body movement and steps to calculate the calories you burn during daily activities, like walking to the car or hitting 5-irons on the range. $349. apple.com/watch

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Mothers and Other Strangers

Can you match these moms to their pro golf progeny?

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hen it comes to parent-child relationships in golf, dads get most of the ink: Old Tom Morris, Deacon Palmer, Charlie Nicklaus, Earl Woods, Craig Stadler.

But every biographer credits Ben Hogan’s disciplined determination to Clara “Mama” Hogan, a single-minded single parent with an iron will. Tom Weiskopf ’s mother, Eva Shorb Weiskopf, lost the 1936 U.S. Women’s Amateur, 1-up, to the legendary Patty Berg. It was Greg Norman’s mother, Toini, a single digit handicap, who introduced him to the game as a teenager.

Each of the lovely women pictured is the mother of a well-known professional golfer. They are: Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson, Greg Norman, Jordan Spieth, Michelle Wie and Tiger Woods.

So, in honor of Mother’s Day, see if you can identify the family ties.

A.

B.

G.

E.

C.

D.

H. F.

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