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2009 Schedule of Events Monday, August 24 8:30 a.m.: Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic This new event will bring together friends from the sports and entertainment industries to “tee it up” for charity, as foursomes will be matched with a celebrity for a day of golf on the championship-caliber TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Golfers will compete for prizes from start to finish, enjoy great food options on the course, and be treated to a BBQ & Awards Bash that evening. Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Tournament benefits the Jim Mora Count on me Family Foundation and The Nutrition and Fitness for Life program at Virginia Mason Medical Center Tuesday, August 25 12:00 p.m.:Charles Schwab Youth Clinic featuring Fred Funk and his 13 year-old son, Taylor An annual tradition on the Tuesday of tournament week, kids participating in programs such as The First Tee of Greater Seattle, the Nutrition and Fitness for Life Program at Virginia Mason, Encompass and other community groups will have the unique opportunity to learn some of the finer points of golf from Fred and Taylor Funk. A new element to this year’s clinic, participants will be invited to return to the tournament on Saturday to use the skills they’ve learned and hit balls on the driving range alongside Champions Tour players Wednesday, August 26, 7:45 a.m.: Seahawks Pro-Am, Day One (Morning Shotgun) 1:30 p.m.: Seahawks Pro-Am Day One (Afternoon Shotgun) Thursday, August 27 7:45 a.m.: Seahawks Pro-Am, Day Two (Morning Shotgun)
Friday, August 28 11:20 a.m.: Boeing Jet Flyover* 11:30 a.m.: Boeing Classic, Round One Saturday, August 29 8:30 a.m.: Walk with the Wives for Charity Join PGA TOUR wives and Seahawks wives on a 3k walk around part of scenic TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Participants will receive a pedometer to track their steps, as well as heart screenings from The Heart Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center. Each participant is asked to pay a $20 donation to the charity, and the donation will include a free ticket to the tournament for the day. We are working on a title sponsor to underwrite a heart healthy breakfast for each participant at the end of the walk. 11:30 a.m.: Boeing Classic- Round Two 6:00 p.m.: Grapes on the Green This new event will take place at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge and feature an evening of wine tasting followed by a live and silent auction with unique golf, travel, wine, and football themed items. 7:00 p.m.: Volunteer Party- On the 19th hole Sunday, August 30 11:30 a.m.: Boeing Classic Championship Sunday 6:00 p.m.: Awards Ceremony on the 18th Green * Subject to change All events to take place at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge unless otherwise noted.
1:30 p.m. Seahawks Pro-Am Day Two (Afternoon Shotgun) 6:00 p.m. Seahawks Pro-Am Awards Party
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Dairy Cows And Now…Green Mountain Golf Course by CAMERON HEALEY During a period of six years from 1994 to 2000, Clark County in SW Washington built three quality public golf courses for SW Washingtonians to choose from. Green Mountain Golf Course, interestingly, born from one of Washington State’s first dairy farms, opened its first nine holes in November 1999 and completed the remaining nine in July 2000. Located at the southern base of Green Mountain, a dormant volcano now heavily forested (hence the green), in SW Washington on the Vancouver / Camas border, Green Mountain Golf Course offers area golfers an 18 hole, 6170 yard course with a 70.4 rating and 127 slope from the “green” tees. While Green Mountain is not long by any means, it was designed with others in mind offering a family friendly environment that encourages junior and beginner play with PGA Family Tees installed on every hole in 2008. You could say that this makes Green Mountain three courses in one: a regulation, executive, and par-3 course all on the same layout. Beginners can use the PGA Family Tees, play the holes at regular par, and be in the hunt for plenty of birdies and pars. “GMGC came about from the realization that when the National Golf Foundation said many more golf courses were needed, they didn’t mean for all of them to be hard,” says General Manager Kevin D. Coombs, PGA. “Green Mountain provides an enjoyable golf experience
for players of all abilities at a price the average golf consumer can afford.” At a little over 6000 yards, the course layout offers the average player plenty of opportunities to reach greens in regulation and birdie opportunities with a variety of holes ranging from long and wide to short and tight, five par-5s, five par-3s, and excellent putting greens that play firm and fair. In fact, Green Mountain’s first hole teases you into thinking that the course record might just be up for grabs with a very playable 466 yard, par 5. Play smart off the tee with a wide open fairway you’ll need to avoid the OB on the left and the water hazard short and to the right on the second shot. While the moderately sloping green runs left to right, a birdie is probable and a regulation par a high percentage result for the first one out of the gate. From there, Green Mountain tightens up, particularly on the back nine, requiring smart club selection to ensure you remain in the fairways. Green Mountain has a few engaging holes to test your spirit. My favorite is hole #8, a par 3, 161 yard hole defined by water hazards and a prevailing wind that can rule the roost on this one. With a narrow 22 yard green extending 33 yards deep, the smart shot is to the left of the flag using the gentle sloping left to right contouring green to good effect, but watch out for high and right where you can expect the lateral water hazard to swallow your ball or duff the tee
shot way short and you’ll need a snorkel or waders for that matter. From the ladies tee, your shot to the green is only 89 yards, so the water hazards shouldn’t be a concern, but watch out for the bunkers front and left of the green if you decide to pull it. Green Mountain is a course bordered by forested mountains and flat rural lands, yet background noise is limited to little more than the odd car or a light aircraft buzzing overhead. Yes, the dairy cows are long gone, but if you daydream for just a moment, you can almost imagine a heifer or two rambling on to the fairway, looking up to give you a disapproving “moo” before continuing on its way. After the round, golfing patrons can enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with a modest and comfortable club house offering light refreshments and a cozy bar area for a beverage or two. In these budget-conscious times, Green Mountain offers a ton of specials for area golfers with early bird rates starting from $20 during the week to $37 on weekends and holidays (not including cart). Want to warm up first? The driving range offers buckets of 90-95 balls for only $7 from the mats or $10 from the grass area. As GMGC celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2010, look for new and innovative events coming soon! For more information, give manager Michael Wolthausen a call at 1-888-GLFGMCC or visit www.golfgreenmountain. com for more information. Yes, their motto
Kings High School Boys Golf Conquers State Congratulations to the 2009 Kings High School Boys Golf team who recently won the Class 1A State boys golf championships. The Knights won every match during the season except a one stroke loss to the Charles Wright Academy at the Tacoma Country Club. “We won the Cascade League Championship held at Snohomish GC, the Tri-District Championship at Ft. Lewis, and for the first time in history we qualified six players from Tri-Districts for the State WIAA 1-A Championships held in Richland, WA,” says Head Coach Myrle Warner. On the first day of competition, six Knights qualified to continue to day two of the State Championships, which according to Warner is another first in the school’s history. The Knights had a total of 159.90 team points to win the State WIAA 1-A Championship, and just as impressive, all six players finished in the Top 22.
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of “Consistently Exceeding Expectations” is no bull! Enjoy! Oh, if you have time, be sure to check out their sister course, Beacon Rock further up the Columbia River Gorge in North Bonneville. It’s worth the extra drive.
Carnation Golf Course Labor Day Classic-2 Person Best Ball Event Saturday, September 05, 2009 7:00 AM Sunday, September 06, 2009 10:00 AM PDT This is a two day event with a “fun” day planned for Monday, Labor Day. FORMAT: Four Ball stroke play (2-person best ball). HANDICAPS: 10 stroke limit between partners, if John is a 9 handicap and Jim is a 25 handicap, Jim would play to a 19. TEES: Men play from the Black and Women from the white. ENTRY FEE: $70.00 per team will cover both days and will be due on Saturday September 5th at the sign in table. Payment can be cash, check or certificate. No credit cards please. TEE TIMES: You make your tee times for the first day by calling the Pro-Shop 425-333-4151. The second day tee times will be based on your first day scores. PAYOUTS: Payouts will be based on turnout.
(left to right) Asst. Coach Nelson Knight, Calvin McCutchin (finished third place), Zac Watts, Ryan Hoff, Spencer Coston-Woods, Nick Hardy, Dairy Farmers Princess (name unknown), Price Coshow and Head Coach Myrle Carner.
2009 KINGS Boys Golf Team
TROPHIES: Trophies will be awarded to low gross and low net of the field. SIDEGAMES: Daily side games will be available. Side games are for tournament players only.
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Coshow, Price Dang, Jonathan Hardy, Nick Hoff, Ryan Johnson, Colton
Lyon, Chris McCurdy, Drew McCutchin, Calvin McCutchin, James
Watts, Zach Welfringer, Nolan Woods, Spencer-Coston Young, Ryker
For more information, please contact Dave White, Tournament Director at 4253334151 or email TheClub@CarnationGolf.com.
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Fitting to Nth Degree by LEITH ANDERSON There are many levels of “club fitting”. The key to a positive outcome is matching a player’s talent, goals and budget with time and expense. A golfer who plays occasionally and shoots in the nineties and higher can’t have a consistent swing. The goal with that player is to figure out what swing will come next? Do we fit the best good swing or the average swing? The greatest challenge for a club fitter is the very good player. The very good player has the hands to “feel” the club and the eyes to “see” the ball flight. He will make his club choice by what he feels and sees. The ultimate question is “how do we find the right clubs for that player’s hands and eyes?” True “Tour” Fitting The advent of launch monitors has lulled amateur golfers into thinking that they have access to all of the technology and services available to PGA Tour Professionals. Every club fitter today advertises “Tour” fittings. The scenario: You hit a bunch of balls. The launch monitor records your “launch ballistics”. The club fitter plugs those numbers into a software program that spits out a list of “recommended” shafts and flexes. They expect you to buy the one on the top
of the printout. They call that a “fitting”. It is a huge mistake to believe that you have received a “Tour” fitting if you rely on launch monitor data and computer software to make the choice for you. Every Tour Players has a cadre of professionals who know their game and watch every swing, every shot, day after day. The caddy is the most committed critic since he only gets paid if his player does well. He’s “fitting” his player every day. Then, there are the “tour reps”. Most are former Tour players – well known and skilled. Credible. Their job? Get their company’s product into the hands of a player who makes the cut. They are motivated. There’s a lot of money on the line if their “in the bag” numbers go up. Those statistics get published weekly. They have a bag full of “Tour Only” shafts just in case the standard product doesn’t feel quite right. Imagine you’re a Tour Pro and you’re on the range at a PGA Event. You’re hitting your driver and the Fujikura rep comes up and says: Please, please, please try our new Motore driver shaft. You say, “OK, bring me one.” Fifteen minutes later he’s back with a driver head from your private drawer in “your” Tour Van set up with the new Fu-
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jikura Motore set to the flex you’re known to favor. You hit a few drives. You’re not happy. You turn around to the Rep and say, “feels soft”. He says “sorry, no problem”. Fifteen minutes later he’s back. This time with a brand new Motore shaft tip trimmed an extra half an inch. “Sahib, does that combination satisfy your Royal requirements?” If not, fifteen minutes later . . . And so on . . . And so on. . . The Tour Reps also have a “business development budget”. How about a caviar lunch for your caddy? The Tour Player himself is no novice. He has been “fitted” dozens of times at the Taylor Made “Kingdom”, the Nike “Oven” or Callaway headquarters. He probably has a launch monitor in his back yard. There’s a long list of Tour players who have bought the $25,000 Trackman just to check their yardages in practice. He knows his “launch ballistics” and carry distances by heart. Tour Professionals don’t trust a computer and software to recommend their “best fit”. Ask a Tour Professional how he’s going to pick a shaft, or a golf club, and he’ll say: “Hit it”. If he hits it well, if it feels good and if the ball flight is correct, then he might
make sure it’s OK with launch monitor verification. For a Professional, the launch monitor is employed after he “feels” and “sees”, not before. Tiger Woods Fitting A couple of years ago a story hit the wire services. Nike wanted Tiger to play a Nike driver. Nike didn’t pick one driver from launch monitor data and say “This is the one”. No sir! They sent Tiger 120 drivers for him to hit, feel and see. 120 drivers “all the same”. Did Tiger hit them all? Probably. He was searching for his “Magic Driver”. He must have found the one he liked best. That’s testimony for “always buy the demo”. Recently I reported a James Achenbach article about Tiger Woods testing irons. The story was that he had eight sets, some SST PUREd ™, some not. He picked the PUREd ™ irons out of the bunch. A very good player has a highly developed sense of feel. When he chooses his clubs, it won’t be because a launch monitor told him which ones are “right”. No two golf clubs are exactly alike. The Tiger Woods examples illustrate that there is no such thing as identical when it comes to golf clubs. Shafts and heads are continued on page 12
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Play Bend!—Central Oregon “Must Plays” by TONY DEAR Exposed, out on the high, central Oregon desert, Bend is suffering economically like everywhere else. Actually, considering its median home price has crashed 34% since March 2007 (compared with about 15% in Seattle) and that Deschutes County’s unemployment rate increased 12% between May 2007 and May 2009 (roughly 4% in Seattle), it’s probably doing quite a bit worse than most places. The Bend bubble has well and truly burst. It inflated so quickly at the start of the century thanks to countless articles in local, regional, and national publications naming it one of the best places in the country for boomers to retire. USA Today called it the next Boulder (a reference to Colorado’s ‘athletic mecca’) and as the population soared past the 50,000 mark (it has now reached an estimated 80,000) it lost the ‘rural’ tag and became the quintessential boom town. Nearly 300 days of sunshine and only eight inches of rain a year, plus a wealth of outdoor activity possibilities were the attractions and second home-buyers lapped it up. Of course, house prices could continue dropping and unemployment figures might go on rising (though one hopes they don’t certainly), but the sun will continue to shine and the opportunity to participate in any number of relaxing or exhilarating pursuits never changes. There may be fewer operations offering mountain biking, ATV, or horseback riding tours, not quite so many hiking, rafting, and kayaking outfitters and a drop in the number of ski tours. But the desert still thirsts, the snow still falls, the rivers still flow, and the mountains still rise. And the golf still continues to confuse anyone who wonders how a town of this size could possibly possess quite so many good, very good, and great courses. Bend and its neighbors offer one golf course for every 8,043 inhabitants or thereabouts. Phoenix and Chicago, both of which are admittedly somewhat larger than Bend but which also possess reputations for great golf, have over 17,000 and 27,000 people to every course, respectively. Bend may be behind Myrtle Beach (about 2,500) and the evidently golf-potty Naples, FL (250!) but there are plenty of courses to go round. The house-building surge is on hold as is construction of new golf courses, but Benders (Bendites, Bendans?) and those visiting the area to tee it up have absolutely no cause for complaint. The Central Oregon (Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville, La Pine) golf scene got its start in 1925 when the Bend Golf AUGUST 2009
and Country Club opened its first nine Chandler Egan-designed holes on land it had purchased for $1 from Brooks Scanlon, a Minnesota lumber company that
Run, and Meadow Lakes appeared before the end of the century and by the time the economy nose-dived in 2007 five more world-class layouts; Nicklaus and Fazio
and Peter Jacobsen/Jim Hardy’s Brasada Canyons were in play. Many people’s pick for best public-access course in Central Oregon would be the
Photo courtesy of Aspen Lakes started operations in Bend in 1916 but which went out of business in 1994. The ‘Old Mill District,’ an upscale retail center on the banks of the Deschutes, was built on the old mill site. Nine more holes, designed by William Hanley, were added in 1971 and today the club bills itself as the “only full-service, member-owned 18-hole golf course in one of the world’s great golf regions.” Not a lot, well nothing actually, happened until 1969 when the Sunriver Resort opened the Meadows Course designed by Fred Federspiel who also built Salishan Links in Glendenen Beach. In the ‘70s Crooked River Ranch, with its incredible canyon-side hole (5th) opened ten miles north of Redmond and Black Butte Ranch’s first course—the Gene Mason-designed Glaze Canyon—came aboard eight miles northwest of Sisters. The ‘80s saw the introduction of Sunriver’s Woodland Course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, Robert Muir Graves’ River’s Edge, Gene Mason’s Resort Course at Eagle Crest, and Black Butte Ranch’s second course; Big Meadow, also by Graves. By the start of the 1990s, the region still offered fewer than ten golf courses. Then the bulldozers got busy. Nine more courses; Ridge at Eagle Crest, Widgi Creek, Lost Tracks, Broken Top, Crosswater, Awbrey Glen, Aspen Lakes, Quail
Courses at Pronghorn, David McLay Kidd’s Tetherow, John Harbottle’s Juniper,
Nicklaus Course at Pronghorn. When the 640-acre development (surrounded by a
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Finding The Right Club Takes Time! by DOUG WISNESS
Many golfers enjoy the search for the right clubs. Rarely is it a hardship to lay one’s hands on the rows of shiny new clubs. You know the brands; you have committed to memory the exact clubs your favorite and most noteworthy icon uses win after win. It takes a mere second to grab a club and quickly endorse it—if it worked for Tiger than it will certainly work for you! Just as quickly as you see yourself on Tiger’s heels, reality hits and you realize that the wedge he hits 135 yards only goes 90 yards for you—it also tends to go right. Hmm, could it be that Nike has fit Tiger’s swing to a tee?
That they have custom fit him to the best of their abilities? Or is it due to the fact that he works with that wedge more hours in a week than you might in one year? Disciplined practice aside, fitting clubs for golfers takes some time and many things must be considered. We are not all 5’11, 35 years old or well-trained athletes. We want Tiger’s driver swing speed of over 100 mph, 5 iron speed of 94 mph, and every other essential skill to take us to the Master’s as more than a spectator. So, while you envision yourself keeping pace with your golf idol, whomever that may be, you owe it to your own game to invest in the right clubs and the worth of a properly fitted set. Beware the salesman who lets you out the door with the stock set, as is, with little regard as to how your game might end next Saturday. Ask for a fitting and be prepared to show your swing—for better or worse— so that those new clubs keep you in love with the game. The professional golf fitter will have a laundry list of things to address, but this is standard. The club head, shaft, and grip will all be scrutinized with the hope that your game will be enhanced and you will have bragging rights at the 19th hole. Lie and Loft: A matter of personal height is the lie of the club head. A taller golfer needs a larger lie angle; shorter golfers require a lower lie angle. If this component is
not addressed, the clubface will be in a poor position upon impact, resulting in a lackluster shot. If you’re after distance and height, ask your professional fitter about the loft. A quick adjustment will help you get the ball off the green, down the fairway, and closer to the hole. Flex and Torque: The non-golfer might not realize that there is a science to choosing a shaft; however, the shaft requires a great deal of thought. It is a tricky art to match the shaft according to skill and personal swing pattern. The flex is categorized extra stiff, stiff, regular, ladies, and seniors. While we would all like to think our swing is as strong as that of the legendary golfers, most of us do not require an extra stiff shaft. But why is the flex important to understand? Shaft flex impacts the accuracy, trajectory, and distance of your shot. As the shaft flexes, the position of the club head changes. Since the face of the club must be square at impact to get the most out of the shot, your shaft choice needs to be chosen according to your personal swing. The term torque is taken to mean the shaft’s designed resistance to twisting during the downswing. If you want more resistance, you need a lower torque. The torque value is expressed in degrees, so the higher the degrees of torque, the less resistance
the shaft will have to being twisted by the weight of the club head. Grips: Equally important as how you physically hold the club, the grip that lies beneath your hands can have an impact on your game. The grips that come on those shiny new sticks, or even your well-loved existing set, are not necessarily the right one for you. There are a variety of styles and widths to choose from—even grips tailored to suite golfers with arthritis. Knowing that your wrists are a key point in delivering a great strike to the ball, you need to ensure that your physical grip is not affected by a poorly chosen club grip. Finally, keep in mind that as your game improves, your grips will wear and need replacing. Your shaft might hinder your outcome because you are ready to move from regular to stiff. You might need to have the lie adjusted and weight removed. Perhaps you will indulge yourself in a new set like the well-paid pros or simply revisit the golf shop for a new fitting on the old set. Regardless, get your sticks tailored to fit you! Doug Wisness is the owner and resident golf club specialist at Golfstix By Wiz in Puyallup, WA. He can be reached at 253841-8810 or visit www.golfstix.biz for more information.
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“hand made”. A human being wraps plies of graphite fabric on a spinning mandrel to manufacture a graphite shaft. A human being welds titanium clubheads together to manufacture a head. A human being puts them together. The manufacturing process is not precise. The Magic Driver is all about feel and ball flight. Same for the Magic Irons. The launch monitor does a good job of comparing performance between two clubs that you are testing. The launch monitor identifies a range of club specifications that perform well. A launch monitor cannot feel and see. A launch monitor cannot write the “build out blueprint” for your Magic Clubs. “Tour Fittings for Amateurs” It’s a dream to imagine “Tour Treatment” if you’re an amateur golfer. You will never have access to so much professional advice, so many products, and such attention, all at zero cost to you. But, there are things that you can do to approximate the “Tour” experience. You need launch monitor data. There
are two kinds of data. The most common is your “launch ballistics” – ball speed, launch angle and spin rate. Launch ballistics are useful when you’re trying to optimize the performance of your driver. If your launch angle and spin rate match up well for your ball speed, you can progress to “fine tuning” your driver. Your launch ballistics will be compared to “theoretically perfect”. If you’re within a narrow correct range, the only thing you can do is change the physical specifications to increase ball speed. That’s assuming that you’re looking for more distance. The second kind of data is provided by a different type of launch monitor. Think of it as “swing analysis”. Do you know your swing path, face angle at impact, launch angle, clubhead speed and the variation in all of the readings? Those are important technical details that you need to understand the character, consistency and efficiency of your swing. For amateurs, the primary goal of a first fitting is to understand the fundamentals of their swing, to find out the true specifications of the clubs they’re playing and
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to test the performance of their clubs with their swing. An experienced club fitter then evaluates possible areas for improvement. A first fitting looks for obvious mismatches. Are the clubs too long or too short, too heavy or too light? Are the shafts too stiff or too soft? That’s the “low hanging fruit”. The player’s current clubs are then compared by launch monitor testing with test clubs, looking for MEASURABLE performance improvements: higher ball speed, better trajectory, more consistent swing path and face angle at impact and better center face contact. For most amateur golfers, that’s enough. If you get the shaft length, weight and flex right. If the head style matches your swing. If you’re making solid contact and controlling the club, your equipment will “take you to the next level”. But there’s always a player who is not satisfied with a “good fit”. He’s got talent, experience, training and the desire to be as good as he can be. That player knows that he’s looking for the “magic”. He knows that the only way he will find it is a lengthy
search, constantly refining his feel by hitting dozens of combinations of heads and shafts until he finds the one that’s better than all others. He will need the help of launch monitors as well as a club fitter who can supply him with a steady stream of test clubs, each built to known specifications. In the end, the very good player will choose his clubs the same way as the Tour Professionals. His hands and eyes will make the choice. Dan and Alan Nishiguchi Alan called from Chicago one afternoon. He explained that he was on a quest to “figure out” golf clubs – helping his son Dan – a very serious plus three handicap. I asked: was Dan on the road to the PGA Tour? Alan, a committed supporter, but also a realistic observer said: “I’m not sure he has the talent, but he’s very good and I’m going to find out”. Dan had just finished an intensive six month program at the IMG Golf Academy in Florida. That was “all golf all the time”. The day started at 6:30 with a round of golf. Finish before lunch. After lunch, continued on page 24
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Keeping Your Left Arm Straight and Other Myths by ERIN SZEKELY
If you read my ďŹ rst column in the May issue, then you know that I teach my students to swing the club and allow your body to respond to what you do with the club. That, however, is not what I was taught. Have you ever been instructed to “keep your left arm straight?â€? That was one of the ďŹ rst things I was told when I started playing this game. The other instruction was: The left arm and hand do everything
and the right arm and hand just hang on. Yikes...I remember questioning the wisdom of that piece of advice, as I am right handed and can’t do anything with my left hand. I couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t use my right hand and arm in the golf swing. After many years of trying to perfect keeping my left arm straight and getting as frustrated as I see my students and other players, I knew that it was a ridiculous idea. The reality is that the left arm is straight at impact, but not because we start out with it sti and tension ďŹ lled. It is that way as a result of the centrifugal force caused by the swinging motion. Trying to keep it straight adds tension to the arm which prevents a smooth
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and free swing, so you lose distance. Seems counter productive to what you are trying to accomplish doesn’t it? Well, it is. Both arms need to be tension free so you can swing them as fast as you want in the forward swing. It’s no different than when you are walking along and you want to go faster. You don’t tighten your leg muscles. If you did you would move more slowly. Next time you practice or play, try to get all the tension out of your arms and see if that doesn’t help your swing speed. Yo u r a r m s should feel strong but not tight. To achieve the optimum swing, just swing the club head backward with your hands making the widest circle you can. Your desti-
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nation is over your shoulder. Then just swing the club freely with your arms to the target, maximizing your distance because your arms are tension free. Remember, you are trying to swing the club, not hit the ball. See if you can feel the weight of the club as you swing. If you are holding on too tight or have too much tension in your arms, it will be diďŹƒcult to actually feel the club swinging. As far as the other myth of holding on with just the left hand, that is an equally bad piece of instruction. As I tell my students: Your grip pressure should be equal and constant in both hands throughout the swing. You do nothing, just hold the club! The pressure does change during the swing, but it happens because of centrifugal force not because you are trying to do something. With the misinformation that is out there, it’s no wonder people have such a hard time getting better at this wonderful game. If you want a good book to read that has this information and more, check out Manuel de la Torre’s book, Understanding the Golf Swing. Have fun and keep swinging. Erin Szekely is an LPGA teaching professional. She can be reached at 425-398-0443 or visit www. golfingwitherin.com for more information.
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Air Apparent: The View From My Couch by DON CARLSON Time Running Out For Some Nationwide And Q-School Grads The completion of the US Open seems to be a good point at which to assess the performance of those graduates of last year’s Nationwide Tour and Q-school fortunate to find themselves toiling on the 2009 PGA Tour. An additional assessment can be made of their chances of keeping their cards for the 2010 version absent, of course, a Ricky Barnes-like performance in a tournament during the last third of this season’s Grade A+ (100% sure of keeping their card) Only one grad in this category: Y.E. Yang based on his winning this year’s Honda Classic. Grade A (pretty much a lock to keep their cards) Jason Dufner (3 top-10’s out of 13 cuts
made); D.A. Points (3 top-10’s); Jeff Klauk (14 cuts made); James Nitties (only 10 cuts made, but he usually cashes a big check). Grade B (75% sure IF they continue to make cuts) Ted Purdy, Webb Simpson, Scott Piercy, Marc Leishman, Bryce Molder, Bill Lunde, Matt Bettencourt and, of course, Barnes on the strength of his Open week. He moved up the Money List 119 spots (to #78) after that week alone; only David Duval made a bigger move (from #204 to #82) in a single week. Grade C (50-50 whether they’re back in 2010) Harrison Frazer, Chris Stroud, Robert Garrigus, Brenden DeJonge, Greg Chalmers, Greg Owen, Aron Price and Matt Weibring.
Grade D (all have shown their potential, but all need a big check) Casey Wittenberg, Jarrrod Lyle, Spencer Levin and Glen Day. Incomplete Arjun Atwal, who only played in four events to this point, will probably be granted a medical exemption for 2010 because of health issues. Grade F Everyone else! That includes a number of golfers who were expected to do much better than they have, if only because they’d been there before: Notah Begay, Chris Riley, Jay Williamson, Mathias Gronberg and John Huston. It also includes rookie pros with storehouses of potential based on prior successes: Derek Fathauer, Colt Knost and Peter Tomasulo. This process of being continuously tested, week in and week out, with rewards
Tyler Matthews Wins The 108th PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship
Medalist Tyler Matthews of Redmond, Wash. can add his name to the elite list of champions as he captured the 108th PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship title over Josh Anderson of Murrieta, Calif. recently at The Home Course in Dupont, Wash. Matthews also joins the rare list of players to have won both the championship title as well as taking home 36-hole stroke play qualifying medalist honors. Teeing off under clear skies and in the shadows of Mount Rainier, Matthews got off to a rough start on his first hole of the 36-hole championship match with a lost ball on his tee shot to let Anderson grab a quick 1 up lead. The match went back-and-forth from there as both players played great golf the rest of the morning and ended the first 18 holes all square with each player being well under par in their respective stroke play scores. After lunch, the two continued the match and Matthews was able to make birdie on three of the first eight holes to take a four stroke advantage with just ten holes to play. A bogey on the difficult par-4 9th hole cut his lead to three going into the final nine holes. The pair would halve holes ten-twelve until Anderson
was unable to convert an up-and-down on the 13th hole to give Matthews a four stroke lead with five holes to play. After Matthews made a routine par on the 195-yard par-3 14th hole, Anderson was unable to make his five-foot par putt to extend the match, crowning Tyler
Matthews as the 108th champion of the PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship. Matthews joins an impressive list of recent champions that includes Tiger Woods, Ben Crane, Jeff Quinney, Nick Flanagan, and Danny Green. The PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship has a rich and storied tradition that dates back to the turn of the century. It’s played in the same format as the U.S. Amateur Championship with 36-holes of stroke play qualifying to determine the 64-man match play bracket. The championship has always been a springboard for talented stars entering into the next level of competition. This year’s host club, The Home Course, will eventually house the offices of the WSGA, PNGA, and USGA activities in the Northwest, as well as other allied golf associations. In following the association’s vision, The Home Course will also serve as a home for junior golf programs, caddie programs, environmental stewardship, and turf grass research. Each year, The Home Course serves as the venue for some WSGA and PNGA championships and USGA national championship sectional qualifiers.
based solely on individual performance, proves that REMAINING on the PGA Tour is even more difficult than qualifying in the first place! All of these guys can play, but it can disappear so quickly: just ask Riley or Jesper Parnevik or Brandt Snedeker.
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as a resort community. “ This product lays out very nicely, based on the number of ‘keys’ we need to have for the county, around the Nicklaus course,” Clark adds. The Pronghorn experience begins with a four-mile drive through rocky, arid, sagebrush-covered desert to an entrance gate where you are welcomed and, if your name’s on the list, allowed to pass. You then proceed to the clubhouse, which you walk through trying hard not to let the staff and other visitors see how low your jaw has dropped. Designed by Denver’s MAI Design Group, the building is not excessively large or gratuitously opulent, just beautifully conceived and exceedingly sophisticated. It probably isn’t the sort of 19th hole in which you expect to see four sweaty males knocking back Coronas and anything covered in melted cheese. After a few looseners on the range, you head for the 1st tee and are immediately struck by the quality of the presentation and condition of the turf—immaculate is a fair description. There’s not a single misfit on the front nine (the Par 5 8th is particularly memorable), but as you progress around the second nine, you observe a very good course develop into a great one. The 10th is a fine dogleg right Par 4, the 11th, 12th
Eagle Crest Resort: Ridge Course Hole #10 and 13th exquisite short to medium-length two shotters that beguile and bewilder as every great golf hole should. The 14th is a lovely Par 3 surrounded by rocks, sand and twisted junipers. And then you arrive at the uphill, Par 5 15th. Unless you’ve played the 18th at Pebble Beach, the 3rd at Durban Country Club, the 14th at St Andrews, or the 13th at Augusta National, it’s doubtful you’ve ever played a better Par 5 than this. Brushcovered ridges with bunkers at their base cut into the left and right sides of the fairway at various stages giving the hole a zigzag shape that appears to call for every type of shot imaginable, except a shank perhaps. The tour pro might bomb a drive straight (very straight) up the middle and loft a 3-wood over the island of sand, rocks and trees in the center of the fairway 100 yards short of the green, but for 99.9% of the world’s golfers, this is a three, four, or even five-shot hole that they’ll remember for a very long time. On leaving the club, the first thing the gatekeeper asked was how I’d fared on the 15th. “Not well,” I said. “But it’s one of the greatest holes I’ve ever seen.” The word is that Nicklaus knew Pronghorn would turn out well as he built it, but he didn’t appreciate just how good it
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was until he had finished. Among its most appealing characteristics is the shaved turf on the sides of, and approaches to, the putting surfaces. Twenty, even ten, years ago, Nicklaus might have opted to put in ponds or bunkers. But they cost a lot to build and maintain and don’t provide the range of shot options that shaved turf does. From cropped turf, a player can choose to putt the ball, hit a hybrid chip, bump-and-run it with a 7 or 8-iron, or chip-and-fizz one with a sand-wedge like Tiger. Another course that visitors usually list among their favorites is Aspen Lakes, about four miles east of Sisters, a quaint city of about 1,700 people named after the Three Sisters, a prominent trio of Cascade peaks 15 miles southwest of town. Developed by the Cyrus family which has farmed this part of Central Oregon, (hay, potatoes, and mint mainly, though they also have 250 head of cattle) for over 100 years, Aspen Lakes was born in the early 1990s when family patriarch, Keith Cyrus, began having doubts over the prolonged success of his farm. “We had the agricultural background, but I couldn’t see a future in it in Central Oregon with our climate,” he told the Bend Bulletin in January.“We were looking for ways we could diversify and still continued on page 30
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than the original Royal Precision “standard”. The “6.0” on Royal Precision was “7.5” on the Equalizer. That gave me a clue. Some players do well with very stiff shafts, some do better with a little more feedback – provided by softer shafts. I planned to test iron shafts with a little softer flex. Dan’s swing speed with a six iron is 85 MPH with a 165 projected carry distance. Measurements were provided by our Achiever launch monitor. His driver swing speed averaged 105 MPH with a carry of 235. Those are average numbers for a very good player. The driver distance was a little short for a player contemplating the Tour. By swing speed alone, the appropriate shaft flex for Dan’s clubs would be between “Stiff ” and “Extra Stiff ”. At the Golf Lab we don’t rely on swing speed to recommend flex. A far more reliable indicator comes from the Max Out Shaft Max. The Shaft Max is an instrumented club that measures the “load” a player puts on a club and plots that against a timeline. We get a graph that maps a player’s acceleration – a reliable indicator of swing efficiency. We also get a numerical value for load – on a scale of 1-12. Dan’s load factor was “7”. There is no “right or wrong” with shaft load. Some
players with very fast swing speeds don’t load the shaft all that much. Dan’s load factor indicated a flex between regular and stiff. It would be important to test softer flexes. Indoor Testing Some club testing can be completed accurately indoors. We like indoor testing to optimize drivers for spin rate. That is because it is so difficult to find an outdoor venue where a player can hit the balls he plays. It does no good to “optimize” a driver hitting range balls. Comparative club performance is also accurately measured indoors. In addition to “raw” numbers like ball speed, indicating increased carry distance, indoor testing permits subtle comparisons. Does a player control a lighter weight club better? If so, that will be indicated by a more consistent swing path and face angle at impact. These are things that you can’t see in outdoor testing. Dan’s driver proved to be a problem we couldn’t improve. We use the Max Out Launch Max launch monitor, a technology based on high speed photography. The Launch Max takes two photographs of the golf ball, and then, by registering the movement of small colored dots, gives a very accurate estimate of ball speed, launch angle, spin rate and carry distance.
Dan was playing a 10.5* Taylor Made R7 Quad. It’s a little old by today’s standards but it’s not like Dan hasn’t tried the newer versions. He has a swing that produces “high spin” and the R7 Quad is as good as any driver he has tried. In many previous tests, Dan produced spin numbers in the mid 3000 RPM. We confirmed those numbers with the Launch Max. When we find a player who hits his driver with “high spin” we automatically go to our demos. We have the three drivers that we think are the lowest spin heads ever made. We pair them up with the lowest spin shafts ever made. Our view is that if a player can spin one of those, it’s the swing, not the club. We handed Dan the Adams 9015 A4 shafted with a Matrix F7M2. Spin Rate: 3400. We tried the Nike Tour Square shafted with the Diamana White Board. Spin Rate 3400. Finally, the Bridgestone J-33 shafted with the venerable Fujikura 757. Spin Rate 3400. With Dan’s ball speed, we were looking for about 2500 RPM. Combined with a negative “angle of attack”, we concluded that the R7 with the Fujikura Speeder 757 was going to be the “best it could be” – at least until Dan solved his swing issues.
We turned attention to irons. I wanted to see how softer iron shafts tested. Sure enough, a little more flex produced a little more distance with more consistency. Time for outdoor testing. “Hands on” at the Range By Thursday afternoon we were ready for range testing. Working from the “top down” our principal challenge was the long fairway metals. I picked a demo of every head shape available. We worked traditional pear shaped heads against the Nike square heads. I set them up with a variety of shafts, focusing at the beginning of “softer tips” – this year’s “new thing”. Since Dan is not a super-long hitter, I put a couple of fairway metals that are known to produce a little more ball speed in the mix. I included a couple of generations of the Tour Edge “Exotics” and the Wishon 919. There’s a loophole in the USGA rules. The .83 “rebound effect” that limits the resilience of a driver face does not pertain to clubs with 15* loft or higher. Consequently, a couple of manufacturers offered fairway metals with more “pop” in the last few years. The company that set the standard was Tour Edge. They brought out a fairway metal – their “Exotic” which they continued on page 32
Ben Crenshaw, Fuzzy Zoeller Enter The Field For The 2009 Boeing Classic Two of the biggest names in golf return to the Northwest for Seattle’s premier golf event of the season The Boeing Classic announced today that Ben Crenshaw and Fuzzy Zoeller have committed to participate in Seattle’s PGA Champions Tour event, being held August 24-30 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Crenshaw, a two-time Masters Champion and 1999 Ryder Cup Captain, is a legend of the game whose pleasant nature with fans and fellow golfers alike has earned him the nickname “Gentle Ben.” The 57-year-old joined the Champions Tour in 2002 and has played in the Boeing Classic all four years of the tournament’s history, earning his best finish (T14) in 2008. He is currently ranked 32nd on the Champions Tour money list for the 2009 season with two top-10 finishes in ten events played. Prior to joining the Champions Tour, Crenshaw notched a total of 19 victories on the PGA Tour earning more than $7 million. AUGUST 2009
57-year-old Frank Urban “Fuzzy” Zoeller, Jr. became one of only three players to have won the Masters in his first appearance with his 1979 victory at Augusta
son on the Champions Tour, Zoeller continues to be a gallery favorite as he regularly interacts with fans throughout his round. A two-time winner on the Champions
National. He claimed a second major title at the 1984 U.S. Open after besting Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff at Winged Foot GC in New York. In his seventh sea-
Tour, Zoeller won the 2002 Senior PGA Championship and the 2004 MasterCard Championship. He currently has one top10 finish in 11 events played in 2009.
Other players who have already committed to this year’s tournament include past champions Tom Kite (2008, 2006), Denis Watson (2007) and David Eger (2005) as well as Gary Player, Fred Funk, Scott Hoch and Jay Haas. The Boeing Classic is an Official Event of the PGA TOUR Champions Tour and in 2009 will celebrate its fifth anniversary. In the tournament’s four-year history, more than 2.9 million dollars has been raised for The Heart Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center and additional Greater Seattle Charities. The 2009 event will be played at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge from August 24-30. Highlights during the course of the week include the Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic (August 24), the Charles Schwab Youth Clinic (August 25) and the Seahawks Pro-Am (August 26-27). Tournament competition will take place from August 28-30. For additional tournament information, log on to www. BoeingClassic.com
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kind of maintain the family base.” Cyrus interviewed a handful of architects for the job of building the golf course, which it is still hoped will one day be part of a resort destination, and eventually picked Bill Overdorf from Lynden, WA. “Bill was just a great fit for our family,” says Grant Cyrus, the general manager and youngest son of Keith and Connie. “He was a pleasure to work with. If we had an idea about a certain tree or green or whatever, he would listen and go have a look. There was no ‘I’m the architect and what I say goes.’” Aspen Lakes’ most recognizable features are, of course, its unconventional bunkers whose volcanic sand appears a dark coffee color in the shade but glows a vibrant reddy-brown in the morning sun.“We have a cinder pit on our farmland,” says Grant. “We simply pulverized the volcanic rock and had the USGA confirm the debris was up to their specifications.” The sand has a wonderfully grainy texture and obviously lends itself to branding. “Everyone identifies Aspen Lakes with the red sand,” says Grant. “It’s kind of our calling card.” Eighteen months ago, Aspen Lakes opened its fabulous, 28,000 square foot, timber frame clubhouse that is home to Brand 33, a restaurant that got its name from the Cyrus family livestock brand first registered in Crook County in 1883. As at Pronghorn, this is no place for scrawny chicken wings and greasy burgers. Here you get ‘contemporary Oregon Trail Cuisine’ ranging from smoked catfish with cheese-stuffed cannelloni or basil tomato sauce and parmesan cheese to an eight ounce Premium Grade Cross Anchor S Ranch Elk Steak. It’s all delicious. The Eagle Crest resort, slightly closer to Redmond than Sisters, on Highway 126, is another extremely popular place. From small(ish) beginnings in 1985, it now covers nearly 1,800 acres comprising a gated community, 100-room hotel, roughly 100 two, three or four-bedroom vacation rentals, three golf courses, a 10,000 square foot conference center, 15 miles of paved biking trails, three sports centers with weight rooms, pools, hot tubs, tennis courts and the like, five places to eat, a spa, and an extensive schedule of activities for individuals (lap swims, aerobics, Pilates, yoga, tennis, dance classes etc.) and the whole family— clearly a high priority at Eagle Crest. One pm on Sunday afternoons is Family Soccer time at the Resort Sports Center, for instance. At six pm, it’s Family Games Night in the Ridge Sports Center Gym. And if it’s a game of wally ball with the family you want, head to the Resort Sports Center at six pm on Saturday evenings. As you can well imagine, Eagle Crest is
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AFFORDABLE GOLF COMMUNITY LOT in Cool Pacific Northwest Home lot for sale in Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club on the Hood Canal in Union Washington. Walk to clubhouse & fairways. Dues only $170 per month & come w/ full privileges for 2 on beautiful 18 hole course consistently ranked among top 25 in the Pacific Northwest. See www.alderbrookgolf.com for community details. 1/3 wooded acre on cul-de-sac. Electric and water in street. Septic required. $85,000. Contact Sharon Roseme at sroseme@garlic.com or 916-663-3450. LAKE LAS VEGAS GOLF RESORT: Live in this beautiful golf community with three golf courses, two major hotels with gaming, plus a wonderful 320-acre lake full of fish. Chose from custom homes or custom lots to build your own dream home. Play a round of golf free, this being our way of saying thanks to qualified people looking for the right location. Call Earl or Anne at 702-460-2192 for an appointment. (Re/Max Pros.) Check our virtual tour at wwww.yourvegashome.com. SEA VIEW HOME SITES, championship golf course, beach club, vacation, retire, affordable, full ownership, title insurance, Baja, Mexico. Free information: bill@terrablaze.com, (408) 690-8429. CA DREA01029353
RV GOLFERS Sun Country golf & RV. Located 4 miles west of cle elum on I90. Take exit 78 and go south 1/2 mile on Golf Course RD. Enjoy affordable, newly opened and remodeled 18 holes, wifi, cable, new showers and bathroom. Accommodates oversized RV’s. Once you experience it, you will come back. Please call 509-674-2226 for reservations.
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fortable lodging and great golf (including cart!) at 10th Green Inn at La Contenta. Visit www.10thgreeninn.com for more information. Or, call 1 (888) 727-8705.
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Affordable Golf Community Lot in Cool PaciďŹ c Northwest Home lot for sale in Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club on the Hood Canal in Union, Washington. Walk to clubhouse and fairways. Dues only $170 per month and come with full privileges for two on beautiful 18-hole course consistently ranked among top 25 in the PaciďŹ c Northwest. See www.alderbrookgolf.com for community details. 1/3 wooded acre on cul-de-sac. Electric and water in street. Septic required.
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