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Top Image: Carstairs Community Golf Club
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Removing Loose Impediments (Rule 23)
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Know Your Pro: Joseph Busetto
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Golf Show Preview: Are You Getting The Golf Itch?
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Loonie Love Continues For Canadians In Scottsdale
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The World's Coolest Golf Car
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PGA Of Alberta Spring Seminar
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2017 Board Nominees
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Exclusive Top Quality Resort Golf: Four Seasons Resort on Lana'i
Canada's Golfers of the year: Brooke Henderson, Mackenzie Hughes
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Anderson Honoured By U.S. Kids Golf
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Know Your Pro: Greg Johnson
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PGA Of Alberta News & Notes
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Alberta's Jennifer Ha Enters The Big Leagues
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FTF Video: The European Tour Brings Us 'The Awkward Reporter '
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Golf In Alberta Mourns The Loss Of Betty Stanhope-Cole
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Performance Club Fitting
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Two-Time Major Champion John Daly Is Now Teeing Off Using A Driver With Vertical Grooves Birdies, A Bride And Maybe A Win In Hadwin?s Plans For 2017
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The Top Three Rule Benders
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Alberta Golf Shows Teed Up And Ready To Go
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Video: Celebrities In Golf Carts Kunal Nayyar (Raj From The Big Bang Theory)
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Golf By The Numbers: Going On A Hot Streak
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Hot Deals at the Shows
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Know Your Pro: Jordan Fenwick
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Beachfront Golf At Nicaragua?s Luxury Resort
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Tee It Forward
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Parting Shot: Target Practice
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Take The Club Chuck Challenge
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Carstai rs Communi ty Gol f Cl ub (Shown Here In An Aerial Drone Shot ) Is Just One Of More t han 75 Courses Across The Province Who Are Offering Som e Great Deals At The Golf Shows In March. TO SEE ORI GI NA L I M A GE FROM FA CEBOOK CLI CK HERE
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When I am not golfing I am spending my time in the mountains snowboarding or I am in the gym working on my golf fitness.
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Current Golf Facility: RiversideGC Member Classification: CandidateFor Membership
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Edm on t on Golf Sh ow - M ar ch 11 & 12, 2017 - Edm on t on Expo Cen t r e, Hall H
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Bri ng th e w h ol e f ami l y to th e PGA of A l b erta Gol f Sh ow s i n Edmonton and Cal gary!
2017 TICKET PRICES: Gen er al Adm i ssi on (13 & Up): $10.00 St uden t Pr i ci n g (Must pr esen t vali d st uden t ID): $8 Sen i or s (65+): $8.00 Chi ldr en (12 & Un der ): FREE Ti cket s ar e avai lable t hr ough Ti cket m ast er i n advan ce (Edm on t on on ly) or on si t e, day of . See n ext page on how an en t i r e f am i ly can go f or $15.00 ! Cl i ck HERE t o pur ch ase y our Edm on t on t i ck et s n ow .
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Whether you?re looking to buy a membership, find somewhere new to play, book a vacation, or pick up your free K i dz Z one giveaway, there is something for every member of the family!
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First 50 paid people through the doors each day will receive a FREE Canada Golf Card
There will be j uni or cl i ni cs at 1pm both days, not to mention a jumpy castle & other activities. For the parents, there is a Cl earance Centre, Long Drive, Chipping, Putting and Closest to the Pin contests and many prizes to be given away (including a ?Play Edmonton? Prize Pack).
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Don?t forget the long list of Sh ow Speci al s that our exhibitors will be offering. See Next Page For A Complete List Of Activities. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHTS NEW PRODUCTS Callaway Golf, Cobra Puma Golf, PING, Krank, Mizuno and Wilson Sports will all be on the dri v i ng range showcasing their new 2017 product. FREE LESSONS Make your 2017 golf season start off right. Stop by the lesson area where PGA of Canada Professionals will be offering FREE 15 ? mi nute l essons. FREE JUNI OR CLI NI CS PGA of Canada Professionals will be running free j uni or cl i ni cs for kids of all ages, 1-2pm Saturday & Sunday CONTESTS
Wat ch out f or t h e Pr i ze Pat r ol ! Th ey ar e on t h e l oose an d ar e ar m ed w i t h over $50,000 w or t h of gr eat pr i zes! Th i s i n cl udes gr een f ee pack ages, gol f equi pm en t an d even gol f vacat i on s! Fol l ow us on Tw i t t er or ?l i k e? us on Facebook t o get t h e ch an ce t o w i n pr i zes an d passes t o t h e sh ow !
Stop by the Contest A rea to play the ?Long Drive?, ?Closest to the Pin?, ?Chipping Challenge? and the ?Putting Challenge? to win great prizes! All proceeds go to a local charity! SPECI A LS All the booths at the Shows are offering Ex cl usi v e Speci al s including discounts on green fees, memberships, and stay and play packages. See More On Page 39.
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Caddysh ack Gol f Cars in Palm Springs customizes replica golf cars in models ranging from Ford Mustangs to Chevy Camaros but the of f i ci al l y l i censed Sh el b y Cob ra is the one that is guaranteed to turn heads. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Standard are v i nyl & ul trasuede uph ol stered seats w i th th e Cob ra Logo & Sh el by Si gnature on th e back rests and ori gi nal styl e Sh el by 12? w h eel s w i th w i nged k nock -of f s.
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THEPGA Board Of Di rectors Nomi nees (Top L-R) Greg McGarry, Head Pro Glendale G&CC Trevor Goplin, Head Pro Derrick G&WC (The) Tahlon Sweenie, Head Pro Jasper Park Lodge GC
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Jeremy Tanner, Head Pro Highlands GC
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Bi r di es, A Br i de An d May be A Wi n In Hadw i n ?s Pl an s For 2017 Personal l y and prof essi onal l y, A dam Hadw i n f i gures 2017 i s goi ng to be a great year. The form er seem s a given, as Hadwin will m arry his fiancee, Jessica Dawn (shown right ), in a lat e March cerem ony in t he Arizona desert . But Hadwin was also expect ing 2017 t o be a significant year on t he golf course. Now in his t hird year as a PGA TOUR regular, t he 29-year-old Canadian pro is adam ant t hat he is ready t o win on golf ?s biggest st age and said so before his recent success. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Hadwin?s second year on Tour was better than his first. He finished 85th on the FedEx Cup points list last year after being 105th in his rookie season. He was a much more consistent player last year, making 20 of 27 cuts. A hot putter helped. His putting average of 1.730 per hole was fifth best on Tour. He was hoping 2017 would start as well as 2016 ended and it has. A tie for 10th at the OHL Classic at in Mexico was followed by a team effort with
Adam also host s an annual charit y golf event at Morgan Creek GC Th e A dam Hadw i n Ch ari ty Cl assi c in support of t he CH.I.L.D. Foundat ion. Funds raised support research effort s around I.B.D., and in part icular children st ricken wit h Crohn?s Disease, Ulcerat ive Colit is, and liver disorders. Wit h Adam ?s younger brot her, Kyle, having lived wit h Crohn?s Disease since he was a child, I.B.D. hit s very close t o hom e for t he Hadwins. 2015 saw Adam and his fam ily raise $75,000 and 2016 saw t hat record shat t ered when m ore t han $134,000 was collect ed. ?Every year we wonder how we?ll t op t he previous event in funds raised, and each year t he com m unit y just blows us away by t heir show of CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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?If it doesn?t happen this year it will happen soon,? Hadwin said in an interview with Brad Ziemer in early January.
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Ontario?s David Hearn for an 11th-place finish at the World Cup in Melbourne, Australia in late November. Hadwin began his true 2017 schedule Jan. 19 at the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, Calif. where he made history becoming the first Canadian to shoot that elusive 59 taking eventual winner Hudson Swafford to the final hole before conceding. A 12th place finish at the Waste Management in Phoenix now puts him in 10th spot on the Fedex Cup rankings with over $900,000 USD in winnings Don't want to jinx it but that win may not be too far away...
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Click below to see the expanded story that includes what Adam thinks he must do differently to close out his first victory. Click HERE To See Th e Com plet e St or y
BY JEFF SUTHERLAND
Th e Top Th r ee "Rul e Ben der s"
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Bendi ng th e rul es h as b een part of gol f ? w el l si nce gol f started. Wit h t h e U.S. pr esiden t h avin g been accu sed of r u le ben din g by ? w ell, by a lot of people, w e decided t o cou n t dow n ou r t op t h r ee of all t im e bot h f r om f ict ion an d r ealit y (TV). CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
#3 A uri c Gol df i nger In the 007 thriller by Ian Fleming from 1959, Bond sets-up a high-stakes game of golf with the world?s top gold smuggler, and treasurer for the Soviet assassination agency SMERSH, who cheats in their match by switching golf balls. In the end however, Bond beats him at his own game and wins the match. Click above to watch a video clip of the scene from the movie.
#2 Judge Smai l s The judge from Caddy Shack?s judicious use of ?Winter Rules? was the start of a primer on how to get around the course in less shots without playing any better. His #2 ranking reflects his representing the number of golfers whose ?grasp? of the rules could be termed shaky at best. For a good review of Smails' skills with the hand and foot wedge, see the associated clip from the movie above. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
#1 Th e Donal d
The Prez' has been branded a rule bender by quite a few people but here are a few of the more prominent (in no particular order): - Academy Award Nominated Actor - Sam u el L. Jack son - Oscar de la Hoya - Champion boxer in six weight divisions - Past managing editor of Sports Illustrated - M ar k M u lvoy - Sportswriter Rick Reilly, (who caddied for Trump while doing research for the book ?Who?s Your Caddy??) Donald's alleged indiscretions range from having balls magically re-appear in the fairway courtesy of complicit caddies to taking chip-in gimme?s that were not offered. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
After Samuel L. Jackson called him a "cheat" during an interview, Trump took to Twitter first claiming that he did not know Jackson and then later deriding him for having a "not athletic" golf swing (which would be hard to do if he had not at least seen let alone played with him). Rocker / Golfer Alice Cooper was only slightly more circumspect in commenting on Trump's transgressions. Asked who was the biggest cheat in celebrity golf, he responded,
" Th e w orst cel eb ri ty gol f ch eat? I w i sh I coul d tel l you th at. I t w oul d b e a sh ock er. I pl ayed gol f w i th Donal d Trump one ti me. Th at's al l I 'm goi ng to say.? For a more complete history of Trump?s shenanigans Click HERE
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Al ber t a Gol f Sh ow s Teed Up An d Ready To Go
Th e tw o-day sh ow s i n Edmonton and Cal gary, M arch 11-12 and M arch 25-26 respecti v el y, w i l l f eature a w i de v ari ety of v endors and l ots of gi v eaw ays and product demonstrati ons, sai d th e sh ow s?co-ch ai r, M urray M cCourt. ?Every golf course is looking for new customers? so we?ll be happy to bring any new people to the shows to see what golf in Alberta, in Western Canada and the States is all about.?
In early February, the Edmonton show was already sold out and Calgary was getting close to that number, perhaps showing larger spaces are needed. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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But, the one thing that holds back that idea, McCourt said, is the present space the shows have in both Centres. While there is good response
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Sh ow Dates A nd Locati ons Edmonton M arch 11 & 12 Edmonton Ex po Centre, Hal l H Cal gary M arch 25 & 26 BM O Centre, Hal l B
with the spaces we have, knowing we?ll sell it out or come close to selling out. If we were to get into bigger spaces we don?t know if there?d be the demand to sell the booths. Absolutely, we?d love to but it is a concern for us to make the commitment to get into bigger halls,? McCourt replied to that.
And while the number of courses and clubs showcasing their offerings is about as large as it can get at both venues, McCourt did note there is always the hope that more golfers, both experienced and newbies,
than ever before will show up. ?We?re always looking to grow the game; get kids interested,? said McCourt.
?Every golf course and every business in golf right now is looking for new customers, new ways to get new customers through their doors so we?ll be happy to bring any new people to the shows to see what golf in Alberta, in Western Canada and the States is all about.? For the Full Story that includes thoughts on switching the event dates? Click HERE For Fu ll St or y
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St r eak I t seems to h av e been somew h at f orgotten b ut i t w as onl y si x month s ago th at now Ryder Cup Captai n Ji m Furyk posted th at 58 at th e Trav el ers Ch ampi onsh i p.
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Furyk?s 58 started with a birdie at the second, an eagle hole-out at the third followed
by what would be his only par over an 11-hole stretch. Over the last six holes, he managed the five pars and one birdie required to shoot a record 58 on the par 70 layout. More recently, in early January Rory M cI l roy posted eight consecutive one-putt birdies at the BMW South African Open Championship at Glendower Golf Club. This run actually has only been bettered once ever on the PGA Tour.
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M ark Cal cav ecch i a made nine birdies in a row during the 2009 RBC Canadian Open. Only three other golfers in PGA TOUR history (Bob Goalby, 1961, Fuzzy Zoeller, 1976 Dewey Arnett, 1981)have reached eight but on the European Tour, 'Rory?s Run' has been matched 11 times before including Seve Ballesteros in 1985.
See a more complete review of Rory's run by clicking HERE (video is embedded in article You can see all eight of Rory?s sub-par holes in under three minutes by going to the European Tour ?s Facebook page by clicking the link below. When you get there, click the arrow at the bottom to see more videos and then select ?McIlroy?s Run.?
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M u k u l Beach is Nicar agu a?s f ir st lu xu r y r esor t boast in g a beach f r on t golf cou r se.
Th e 18 h ol e, par 72 Guacal i to course i s an unusual l ayout i n a number of w ays. Not too many courses see you walking across a hanging bridge to the green or removing your shoes, waves lapping at your feet, as you approach the final hole. This unique golf course was designed by world-famous Scottish golf architect David McLay Kidd to
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embrace and preserve the natural landscape. Holes wind around wise old Guanacaste, Tamarindo and Mango trees. The associated Mukul Beach resort is five
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But just what are we allowed to about that? How far can you go in 'cleaning' the area around your ball so it doesn't cause your next shot to rocket off in a ridiculous direction? Watch the video below as our friends in the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA) Rules Crew demonstrate what's behind Rule 23 - Removing Loose Impediments.
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All golfers encounter leaves, sticks and other debris that sits in, around or on their ball after hitting a shot.
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Jason (Director of Golf - Royal Colwood GC) & Liam (Director of Instruction - King Valley GC & Founder of The Golf Lab) serve the PGA of Canada delivering equipment fitting workshops to CFM?s. Additionally over the past two years, they have conducted Golf Lab Club Fit Certification course for members of the Golf Teachers Association of China in Beijing and Shanghai. Jason & Liam will speak on the topic of Performance Club Fitting and @JasonGiesbrecht @MucklowGolf Ot h er Talk s / Speak er s:
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Brooke Henderson won t wice on t he LPGA Tour in 2016 including her first m ajor cham pionship ? t he KPMG Wom en?s PGA Cham pionship ? in a playoff over Lydia Ko. She also represent ed Canada at t he Olym pics in Rio.
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Mack en zi e Hugh es Canada?s highest ranked m ale golfer in t he OWGR, Hughes won t wice in 2016... once on t he Web.com Tour and t hen on t he PGA Tour at t he RSM Classic.
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Get t o Kn ow Your Gol f Pr of essi on al Q&A Wi th ... Greg Joh nson Wh at do you enj oy most about th e game and th e busi ness of gol f ?
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I love teeing off during an early morning round with the smell of freshly cut grass, but more importantly I really enjoy the look on a junior golfer 's face when they are having fun learning the game. That is the most rewarding feeling as a golf professional.
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NEWS&NOTES PGA Of A l berta Li nk edi n A ccount The PGA of Alberta is excited to announce the launch of its new LinkedIn account. You can now follow the Association on the popular social networking platform under PGA of Alberta. LinkedIn is a great way to stay professionally connected in the golf industry. Click here to view the PGA of Alberta LinkedIn page.
M embers On Th e M ov e Febr u ar y 2017 Feb 3 - Cor ey Beaver (CFM) has transferred from the PGA of Ontario to Sundre GC. Feb 1 - M ich elle Van Slyk e (Class A Professional) Head Professional Country Side Golf Club to Associate Professional At Stony Plain Golf Club Br an don Ryan (CFM) has moved to Eagle Rock GC Cody Yar em ovich (CFM) has moved from the Academy at Golf
Town-Edmonton to Eagle Rock GC Jan u ar y 2017 Tif f an y Gor don has been named Executive Professional at Cottonwood G&CC. St u ar t Kidon (Class A Professional) has transferred from the PGA of Manitoba to The Winston GC. Pat r ick O'Doh er t y (CFM) has moved from the Blue Devil GC to the Carnmoney GC Der ek Sch aef er (CFM) has moved from the RedTail Landing GC to The Links at Spruce Grove Ryan Tof an i has been named Head Professional at Cottonwood G&CC. Tyler Willn er (Class A Professional) has reinstated to the Royal Mayfair GC Decem ber 2016 Taylor Dr olet (CFM) has moved from the HeatherGlen GC to the Carnmoney GC Dave Gr ay has been named Executive Professional at the Trestle Creek GR
M at t M at h eson has transferred from the PGA of BC and been named Head Professional at the Trestle Creek GR. Kasey Tim m s (CFM) has moved from the Drayton Valley GC to the
Highlands GC Sam You n g has completed the Core Competencies of the PACE Program and has obtained Class ?A? status.
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When all was said and done at t he 2017 edit ion of t he LPGA 's Q-Sch ool race, it looked like Calgary?s Jennifer Ha easily m ade it across t he finish line t o earn exem pt st at us on t our for t he 2017 season. But , looks can be deceiving... CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
Aft er all, t ournam ent placings can be alt ered drast ically as a result of t he pressures of t rying t o qualify for t he biggest show in t he world in wom en?s golf and wit h only 20 full t im e spot s open and 156 players aft er t hose spot s, t here was plent y of t ension t o go around.
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Ha, who played t he Sym et ra circuit for m uch of 2016, also had t hree LPGA st art s on exem pt ions and was ready for t he challenge. She had said in an earlier int erview wit h Inside Golf,
?I l ov e f eel i ng pressure and I real l y do l ov e b ei ng put i nto th ose si tuati ons.? Well, t here was plent y of pressure on her for five rounds at t he Jones and Hills courses at LPGA Int ernat ional in Florida.
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Only t he t op-20 finishers (no t ies) would be grant ed full st at us on t he t our next year. Aft er t he first day Ha was T14 (2-under 70) but t hen dropped t o T41 (2-over 74) aft er day t wo.
That left her com plet ing t he m arat hon event in a t ie for eight h at 8-under par. The event winner, Jaye Marie Gree, finished only five shot s clear of Ha. Via em ail, Jennifer shared in her experiences at Q-School, and t he delight of m aking t he grade.
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Aft er t hat second round fall back, Ha t hen reeled off rounds of 69-67 t o be T7 aft er four days before finishing wit h an even par 72 final round.
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FTF Vi deo: Th e Eur opean Tour Br i n gs Us ?Th e Aw k w ar d Repor t er ? Th e European Tour h as been great ov er th e years putti ng togeth er some v ery entertai ni ng v i deos. Showcasing their willingness to have a good time and
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enjoy themselves while promoting the game at the same time. In this latest instalment they?ve ambushed some top pros with a fake interviewer being prodded on by other ?behind the scenes?players who are in on the ruse.
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MEMORIAM Gol f In Al ber t a Mour n s Th e Loss Of Bet t y St an h ope-Col e Gol f i n Canada, and A l b erta i n parti cul ar, h as l ost one of i ts most rev ered and di sti ngui sh ed amateur pl ayers. Betty Stanh ope-Col e passed aw ay recentl y af ter b attl i ng cancer. Long regarded as the best player to ever come out of Wild Rose Country, the awards and honours she earned are astounding. During her sterling amateur
career, Stanhope-Cole was a three-time Alberta junior and a Canadian junior champion; she captured an unprecedented 17 Alberta provincial women?s titles and four senior Alberta championships; won 25 Edmonton Amateur (later named in her honour) titles; was Canada?s top female CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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for the competitive end of the game: ?I hated to lose more than I wanted to win,? she is quoted as stating.
"She?s obviously the most dominant female golfer to come out of Alberta. I think her longevity was the main thing." amateur golfer twice and the best senior player in the country once. She played on an astounding 29 Inter-Provincial teams (25 in Alberta and two each in Saskatchewan and Ontario) as well as being a three-time member of Canada?s World Team and a two-time Canadian Commonwealth team member. One of her most memorable quotes showed her passion
In speaking to the legacy Stanhope-Cole leaves behind, Jack Lane from Alberta Golf said, ?She?s obviously the most dominant female golfer to come out of Alberta. I think her longevity was the main thing. Staying an amateur at that time was a more normal thing to do,? adding that his association will use her legacy to show that amateurs can have a wonderful career in the sport. A celebration of life was held at the Highlands Golf Club in Edmonton on Monday, February 13, 2017. In lieu of flowers, donations were made to the Alberta Kidney Foundation. Click HERE For Fu ll St or y
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Th i s M arch I w i l l b e partneri ng w i th f el l ow PGA of Canada prof essi onal and Gol f Lab f ounder, Li am M uck l ow , to present on th e topi c of Perf ormance Cl ub Fi tti ng at th e PGA of A l b erta Spri ng Educati on Semi nar. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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GOLFLABCO-FOUNDERLIAMMUCKLOW Liam and I will be sharing some of the methods we use to help our members, students, and customers shoot the lowest scores possible. What we know conclusively from PGA Tour Shotlink statistics (based on millions of shots from PGA Tour Players) is the closer you get to the hole, the easier it is to score. This starts with performance on tee shots and then
approach shots. Performance Club Fitting is rooted in a scientific approach to determine a golfers optimum equipment set up. A scientific approach is simply a method of inquiry based on empirical or measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. Aided by the use of launch monitor technology such as TrackMan or Foresight, two of the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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protocols we use in our driver fittings are processes called SpeedSet and WeightSet. We know shaft weight has a profound impact on a golfer ?s ability to generate club head speed.
Th ere i s a common mi sunderstandi ng i n th e gol f communi ty th at a l i gh ter sh af t eq uates to greater cl ub speed. Th i s, i n our ex peri ence, i s sel dom th e case. In the WeightSet protocol we are measuring how to maximize Club Head Speed
based on shaft weight. For the WeightSet protocol we ask golfers to hit 5 drivers with 5 different shaft weights (usually ranging from 40 ? 80 grams) and measure their average club head speed for the 5 shaft weights (using the same driver head). There is a common misunderstanding in the golf community that a lighter shaft equates to greater club speed. This, in our experience, is seldom the case. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Once we have determined the shaft weight which creates the most club head speed we go to our second protocol, SpeedSet. In SpeedSet protocol again we ask golfers to hit 5 shots each with 5 shafts ranging from 43 inches to 47 inches to measure the effect shaft length has on average Ball Speed (again with same driver head). As Ball Speed is an outcome of club head speed and
centeredness of strike we can determine the shaft length which optimizes a player ?s ball speed. While other factors need still be addressed in a fitting, by employing an evidence based approach to measuring optimum shaft length and weight we are well on our way to making a performance based recommendation which gets our golfer the additional yardage they are looking for. About the author: Jason Giesbrecht Director of Golf at Royal Colwood Golf Club Click HERE To Visit Th eir Websit e Liam Mucklow (@MucklowGolf)
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entertaining and informative Rules Crew videos, thought it would be a good idea to film a round of golf, including the back and forth banter, involving FOX Sports radio host Mark Willard and a willing FOXSportsRadioHost MarkWillard(L) IsJoinedOnTheGolf celebrity.
CourseFor ARoundByTheBigBangTheory's'Raj Koothrappali' - KnownInReal LifeAsKunal Nayyar Most of us are pretty interested in seeing how public figures, especially celebrities, handle themselves on the golf course. The Southern California Golf Association, the people who regularly bring us those
In this installment, television and film star Kunal Nayyar - Raj Koothrappali to all the Big Bang Theory fans out there - shows us his golf skills along with his dry wit, while also sharing some personal insights.
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I Grew up in the small town of Carlyle, Saskatchewan and graduated from Gordon F Kells high school with honours... Attended the university of Regina and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting degree. In the Spring of 2014 I successfully completed my zone PAT to become a PGA of Canada member. In both 2012 and 2013, I successfully qualified for the Canadian Mens Amateur championships to represent Saskatchewan.
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A t th e upcomi ng PGA of A l berta Spri ng Semi nar i n earl y M arch , Joh n Bryan, w h o w ork s f or U.S. K i ds Gol f , w i l l be tal k i ng ab out h ow to grow th e game i n a new w ay... by trul y " ri gh t si zi ng" th e l ength of h ol e bei ng pl ayed based on ab i l i ty.
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Your young daughter who hits her tee shot 100 yards will hit the 7-iron 64 yards. This basic math has led to some conclusions that blows traditional tee positioning out of the water. Your combined carry for a driver, 7-iron is 328, hers is 164. That In the table above, you can see how makes a strong long the holes should be on a case for tees that nine-hole course with two par-3's, are much more five par-4's and two par-5's that is widely separated. perfectly set up to allow using Add up the every club in your bag. yardage for 18 coincidentally owned by Dan holes and you have shorter Van Horn, the founder of U.S. hitters playing a much Kids Golf. shorter course. The system has been put into And there have been some interesting outcomes... play at the Longleaf Golf and Family Club which is not
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This is no longer theory, it is proven data. We know firsthand through our experience as an owner that scaling our course with seven sets of tees on each hole makes golf more enjoyable for all players and more profitable. The results were immediate and they were profound!?
- There is also an interesting - The subplot with more-forward respect to tees mean that cross-gender the shorter competition. A hitter will use course set up more clubs in with tees like this their bag. would be much Instead of more likely to always being allow a single set 200+ yards out of handicap holes Dan Van Horn, Owner, Longleaf Golf and hitting that & Family Club | President, U.S. Kids letting men and Golf Foundation fairway wood women compete again and again, fairly giving strokes to each they will be 84 yards from the other where indicated. green and have to decide By the way? There is one between a 7-iron or a 6. More other stark conclusion from decisions, more engagement, this analysis. The vast more fun. majority of players are being - Pace of play is improved. forced (or choosing) to play The shorter hitter now does courses that are much too not have to hit 3+ shots to long for their ability. reach the green of a par four. Click Below For The Expanded Assuming solid contact, they Story and a sneak peak at the will be at least be around the new www.insidegolf.ca set to green complex in regulation if go live soon. not on the putting surface. Click HERE For Expan ded St or y
PARTINGSHOT PGA of A l berta Prof essi onal s Joey Sereda and Tyl er K omi ck sui ted up l ast year i n Edmonton to tak e a f ew f or th e team.
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