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In si de t h i s Issue (AB) In this month's Alberta edition of the Inside Golf Digital Magazine we've got a couple of articles that deal with t he imminent legalizat ion of marijuana in October and how that might possibly affect golf courses with regard to new 'smoking' rules (page 16). And also see page 32 for a very interesting report on the effect of cannabis on a golfer's performance while 'under the influence'.
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Of course we have news on what's been happening on the Alberta golf scene, including t he t errific junior program being run at Colicut t Siding, where the Dream Junior Golf Academy has seen its participation grow as it boasts one of the most successful introduction programs in the country (page 12).
Calgary's own Lisa 'Longball' Vlooswyk offers up a great pro t ip on page 48, and you can read about her appearance on Global TV's popular Pro-Am Golf Show on page 30. Read about some of the result s of local compet it ions including the Club Pro Championship at Picure Butte (page 40), the PGA Assistants at The Ranch in Edmonton (page 18). We also have reports throughout the magazine on excellent golf deals that can be had in Alberta and other regions. PG 8 | SEP 2018
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3 holes-in-one on the same day They say good things come in 'threes'. English golfer Ali Gibb who made not one, not two, but three holes-in-one on the same day at her Ladies Club Championship on August 14th would have to agree. The 51-year-old from London accomplished the feat at Croham Hurst GC, just south of London. Competing in the 36-hole competition she aced the 5th hole of her day. Hours later, she aced the 135-yard hole again, and a short while after that, she added another hole-in-one on the 11th. PG 10 | AUG 2018
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introduce golf to boys and girls ages 4 to 14 and has grown to more than 1,000 participants annually. And there are good reasons why. Their approach defines flexibility for the parents and fun for the kids. One hour clinics run Monday or Wednesdays at 5,6 or 7 PM from the end of May through the end of August with the help of a well-seasoned group of volunteers. Collicutt Siding GM and PGA of Alberta golf professional Lyndon King explains the flexible approach, "You do have to pick either Monday or Wednesday (for the season) but after that, it's up to you. Parents can choose on a weekly basis what time to show up, it does not matter to us. " Once the kids are there, they divide up into three groups one for each of three stations: PG 13 | SEP 2018
"The Dream Junior Golf Academy is a very well run program with fantastic volunteers. My son loved it and was fully engaged throughout the entire program. Can't beat the price and the kids even finished off every evening with a hot dog and juice box. They gave the kids a gift at the start of the program as well as at the end. Highly recommend it. Well done Collicutt Siding Golf Club! - Parent Christine Smith Lo in a post to Facebook full swing, putting and chipping - and every 15 minutes rotate giving the kids time at all three every week. After the session kids are treated to a hot dog and a drink every week and if they sink their ?challenge" putt or CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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chip they receive a ring pop for a prize. Also positive are the access policy and price. Continues King, "There is no panic as we will never turn a kid away and we do this all for the amazingly low cost of $55 per child, thanks to our many sponsors." Ah, sponsors. It should come as no surprise that companies seem very happy to support something this successful. 2017 saw the Academy gain a title sponsor, Dream Developments (www.dream.ca). Also, Lisa Longball came out to give a clinic. "It was an amazing night, she recalled in a Facebook post, I was amazed to see more than 700 kids and parents turn out? This has to be one of the largest junior programs in North America. Unreal." Never ones to rest on laurels, they had three new initiatives PG 14 | SEP 2018
this year. In May they had a ?store?full of golf equipment that was donated from the Comrie Sports Equipment Bank (who "repurposes" equipment). There were literally hundreds of sets of clubs for the kids, parents, and families offered for a small donation. They also introduced new tiered programs for advancing juniors and started raising money for the building of three golf holes specifically for kids. But the real legacy of this program is when the kids who become interested, take up the game. ?Our niche is to get them started and hopefully they continue on with the game. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year. We have more junior members now than we ever have had.?King concluded.
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"On The First Tee-H-C? " In less than two months, consuming cannabis / marijuana will be legal in Canada. Does that mean we will see golfers across the country lighting up on the first hole? What will be the rules about driving a golf cart? Well, that will depend on PG 16 | SEP 2018
where you are teeing it up. Provinces will each set their own rules in a manner very similar to alcohol? the legal minimum age, where you can buy it and where you can use it. Individual municipalities are also passing bylaws to regulate where it can be smoked or sold. At that point any privately owned course
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can add its own rules too. SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM? MAYBE At private clubs and privately-owned facilities, it will be up to members, their boards or owners. Many Clubs currently allow players to smoke cigars. When both are legal, it will be hard to allow one without allowing the other. Look for many Clubs to avoid the problem and disallow both. For publicly owned courses, the picture will be different. Many municipalities already have bylaws that ban smoking in public spaces which can include or not include golf courses. The Vancouver Parks Board enacted a total ban on smoking bylaw back in 2010 that levies a $250 fine and it applies to all six city-owned courses. At the other end of the spectrum, Nova Scotia has PG 17 | SEP 2018
only recently expanded their Smoke-free Places Act to include baseball fields, tennis courts and parks but conspicuously absent are golf courses. In Saskatchewan, Regina's council said July 15th that they won't allow smoking on city-owned spaces and patios of restaurants and bars but on private courses, it will still be allowed if the course wants. Edmonton council in early July put through a bylaw that initially banned all smoking in so many areas (including city-owned golf courses) that they have since backed off and asked for public input.
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Fleming on top of Assistants? Championship leaderboard at the end Riley Fleming recovered from a near- disastrous four- shot swing on the seventh hole of Round 2 at the PGA of Alberta Assistants? Championship, presented by Cobra Puma Golf, to capture the high- end event in his first try.
two battled head-to-head right down to the wire, Edmonton?s Mike Belbin and Calgary?s Dust in Risdon also made charges at the lead, but came up just short in the end in the 60-man tourney played at The Ranch Golf & Country Club just outside of Edmonton. The win marked the fourth of the season for the first-year CPGA Fleming, from the NGA Dome in pro, something he takes pride in Calgary, carried a one shot lead considering the fields he finds into Day 2 over another himself up against and also Calgarian, Wes Heffernan, who considering that teaching golf was never out of the race for top professionals don?t get to spend spot, taking the battle down to a whole lot of time playing the the 36th and final hole. While the game. PG 18 | SEP 2018
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?Wes and I were actually kind of laughing about that,?Fleming said immediately after signing off on his winning score of 9-under 133 for 36 holes. ?We have similar backgrounds where we played nothing but golf and then you transfer into teaching and you don?t play.?
something really low here but it doesn?t take much to make a quick double, or a huge number actually, especially on the finishing holes. Anytime I?m in an event like this, I just want to get into the final group so I can see what?s happening. That?s my goal.? speaking of those ugly ?Yeah, that was a And numbers on scorecards, Fleming 4-shot swing there. I said his one wobble on the haven?t been a part of seventh hole where he took a 7 many 4-shot swings, at on the par-5, compared to s eagle 3 was due to least not on that side Heffernan? some mis-hits. of things!? ?Yeah, that was a 4-shot swing The winner noted that things there. I haven?t been a part of didn?t go smoothly for him all the many 4-shot swings, at least not time as he had a few shots he?d on that side of things!?he joked. like to have back. ?The hole?s tough. I hit a bad drive (into the trees) but I ?I had a couple of shots, like completely messed up the lay-up 80-yard wedge shots, that I left yardage. I missed it by 30 yards. I 20 yards short. Little things like calculated I could hit it 160 and I that. But it?s been a really fun only hit it 130 ? you get racing, year and everyone in the you start struggling.? industry has been so amazing and being a part of the industry is That was the end of his struggles just great.? for this day however, as Fleming Fleming said he really didn?t have ended the round with a solid 4-under par 67 thanks to 10 any sort of game plan coming pars, four birdies and an eagle. into the competition. Coming into the final three holes, ?This week I honestly just which are demanding, thought about getting around. If hazard-filled tests, Fleming held you get hot, you can shoot PG 20 | SEP 2018
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a one shot lead which was stretched to two when Heffernan missed a short par putt on 16. ?Seventeen wasn?t quite as tough a tee shot after that, but then I lipped out my birdie putt and Wes poured his in, which if you've played any golf with Wes, isn?t a shock. It was nice he gave me that little gift (on 16) because 18, playing the way it was, wasn?t easy. Wes hit a good tee shot there and put me under the gun to do something.? With that one shot the difference, both bombed their drives over the lake that separates the tee from the green. Despite the chance for Heffernan to tie with a birdie, or Fleming to cement the win with a ?3?, neither made the putt meaning Fleming again walked away with the title, something he seems to already be getting used to. In closing, the winner agreed that this for him was a big win. ?There are a lot of good players here. I think that people just don?t understand how good the fields are. Obviously winning any golf tournament is awesome. People don?t understand how PG 22 | SEP 2018
hard it is to win a golf tournament. You?re one guy out of 60, or 80, or 100. It?s only one person that wins. And whether it?s a one day event, or a four day, anything, I?m always honoured to win.?
?You?re one guy out of 60, or 80, or 100. It?s only one person that wins. And whether it?s a one day event, or a four day, anything, I?m always honoured to win.? With the win, Fleming pocketed a cheque for $3,000 while Heffernan took home a cool $2,000. Belbin picked up $1,450 for finishing alone in third at 138, five off the lead. About the writer: Gord Mont gomery is a retired sports editor of two weekly newspapers in the Edmonton area and is a member of the Golf Journalists Association of Canada. He is now in his 10th year of writing for Inside Golf. He can be reached at noraltagolf@gmail.com. He?s also on Twitter at @Gordinsidegolf and on Instagram at gordinsidegolf2.
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ATHABASCA'SFIRST A STUNNING GEM While very scenic, don't forget Athabasca can also lay claim to be the 4th toughest course in the country when played from the tips where it stretches out to over 7,300 yards with a slope rating of 142!
The downhill first hole at t he At habasca Golf & Count ry Club is one of t hem.
No. 1 is not the only great looking hole at Athabasca - Aerial view of the sixth green. h ttps:/ / www.ath agol f.com / PG 26 | SEP 2018
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Sept 23rd, a 4-person scramble tournament tees off at 11am. Entry Fee Includes golf, cart with GPS, use of our 25-acre practice facility, tee prize, dinner and raffle with great prizes! Cost is $125 per person or just $500 per team. www.cdacasin o.com
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LISA LONGBALL FEATURED ON PRO-AM GOLF SHOW
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iG feature writer Lisa "Longball" Vlooswyk recently was the guest on the popular Pro- Am Golf Show. The show which airs on GlobalTV Sundays at 12:30 in both Calgary and Edmonton sees hosts Meg Morrison & PG 30 | SEP 2018
Olympic Curling Champion Marc Kennedy take a professional athlete out for a 3-hole challenge at courses across the province. In mid-July, Lisa took on the challenge at Priddis Greens. Other celebs to appear on the show this year include Olympic Gold Medalist Kerrin Lee-Gart ner and newly signed Vegas Golden Knights Forward Daniel Carr.
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The Effect Of Cannabis On Playing Golf
Golf Digest did a study earlier this year where they tested three golfers of varying skill levels before and after consuming various amounts of THC. The results - although only anecdotal due to the very small sample size - are quite surprising.
Initially drive distances increased significantly but then declined dramatically
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DRIVES GOT LONGER? Up To A Point Consuming 18 mg of THC increased their drives by an average of 15 yards. The low Handicapper who admittedly was a shortish hitter when sober actually added a whopping 26 yards to his distance. They did not measure the accuracy of these drives but?
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ACCURACY ON APPROACHES? Was Way Down At 18 mg, the average decrease in accuracy when compared to sober was 45 feet greater. In a truly strange turn of events when they consumed the most, 50 mg, their level of inaccuracy was much less, only nine feet more than sober!
Approach accuracy initially nose-dived but bizarrely returned to near"sober" levels when high levels of consumption were reached
Golf Digest also did a test of the effects of alcohol consumption, "? showing that distance and midrange putting remain relatively consistent while accuracy takes a head-first plunge into the drunk tank." PUTTING...W ho knows? Other than saying their number of misses tended to increase with any level of consumption, the amount appeared to be irrelevant. To find out more, see their complete article HERE
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a Stay & Play program. For more information on the program, go to www.tourismcamrose.com. cam r ose.ca
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CP RE-UPSFOR WOMEN?SOPEN CP has been the title sponsor of the CP Women?s Open for the past five years. Now that relationship will continue for another five. PG 38 | SEP 2018
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2023. Terms of the partnership were not disclosed. Since becoming title sponsor of the CP Women?s Open in November of 2013, CP has worked closely with Golf Canada to enhance Canada?s National Women?s Open Championship including the overall experience for players and fans. CP has also established a meaningful charitable legacy through CP Has Heart, which has raised nearly $6.5M for heart health initiatives in the event?s host communities. As part of CP?s title sponsorship renewal, the purse for the 2019 CP Women?s Open will be $2.25M US beginning in 2019 with a commitment to be among the top-tier purses on the LPGA Tour for the term of the agreement. ?For our players, this championship is a must-play event with great hospitality as well as great history,?said LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan. In addition to announcing the PG 39 | SEP 2018
title sponsorship renewal, Golf Canada and CP also confirmed that the 2019 CP Women?s Open will be conducted at the
Since our first CP Women?s Open in 2014 we have raised close to 6.5 million dollars for children?s hospitals and pediatric cardiac care systems across the country...? - Keith Creel, CP President and Chief Executive Officer prestigious Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ontario. According to the release, "The naming of Magna kicks off an east-west venue rotation over the five-year term to bring the event to world-class facilities in host communities in which CP employees live and work across its network." This year, the tournament was held August 20-26 at Wascana Country Club in Regina. Fore more visit www.cpwomensopen.com.
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Picture Butte pro goes wire-to-wire for Club Pro title
Winner Jamie Gerlitz(Picture Butte GC) with sponsors Ryan Bathgate & Colin Gilliard and host professional Jim Boomer
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Gerlitz combined two solid rounds of 71-70 (141) to pull away from the field at the event, finishing six shots clear of runners-up Josh Fleming and Jeremy Maher in the 36-hole tourney. Like every other person entered in the tournament, Gertlitz didn?t have a lot of time to prepare for the two-day?er in Innisfail, but what time he did have he made good use of.
"My game plan was to keep it between the trees and I followed through for the most part."
?My game plan was to keep it between the trees and I followed through for the most part. I?m not one to practice a whole bunch and I felt I was kind of maybe playing myself out, so taking a break was kind of a good thing.?
"I?m not one to practice a whole bunch and I felt I was kind of maybe playing myself out, so taking a break was kind of a good thing."
After the first day of action ?It?s kind of funny,?he joked. Gerlitz found himself in a logjam at the top of the ?I didn't prepare real well. I leaderboard but the course kind of took a week off and separated the winner from played a practice round on Sunday and I just kind of felt the chasers over the final 18 holes. The reason for that, something. That carried on for the next couple of days. Gerlitz suggested, was a PG 42 | SEP 2018
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mindset on the tee boxes at the beautiful, and demanding, 27-hole facility. ?It?s very intimidating off the tee and if you do spray the ball, it?s very punishing. You just have to get over the way that it looks,?and trust one?s swing to propel the ball to the proper spots on the fairways. The winner had maybe a slight ?home course? advantage growing up in the area and having sampled the tests that the Innisfail GC throws at everyone as you make your way around the layout. That background knowhow was put to use, especially on the final day as he began to put distance between himself and the
rest of the field. ?I had some local knowledge about what the lines were off the tee and where you could miss it. I think that was a contributing factor.? Another factor was stepping back on certain holes to put the ball in play with less than the longest club in his bag. ?There were a few holes where I used less than driver because driver puts you through the fairway or past the dogleg. But, if I had the opportunity to hit driver, I hit it.? Noting that he was nervous entering the final round, Gerlitz kept his composure. The tournament stayed close through the majority of the day and he was fully
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aware of how things were coming down to the wire ? at least for a while. ?They had a few scoreboards out there so I had a rough idea where I was. They had one at the fifth green, on the 10th tee and then the 14th tee box and one on 18 green. When I made the turn I was at 4-under par and the closest (pursuer) was at minus-1. When I got to 14, I was at minus-3 and the closest still showed minus-1, so I knew I had a bit of a lead. Then I proceeded to bogey the next two holes and fall back to minus-1 so I thought I had fallen back into a tie.? Unbeknown to Gerlitz, his closest competitor at that time had also run into a bit of a roadblock, double bogeying a hole to set him back. Not aware of that fact, the Picture Butte pro made PG 46 | SEP 2018
up his mind to chase down a couple of stroke-savers and did so to wrap things up in fine style. In fact, he suggested the pair of one-over?s helped him get back to business down the home stretch. ?It did kind of refocus me for the last three holes and rather than getting complacent and trying to coast into the clubhouse, it forced me to, like I said, refocus on the task at hand. ?I thought I had to make a birdie or two coming in, and luckily enough, I birdied 16 and 17 to get back to where I was. Then I felt comfortable,?which is exactly the type of win he pulled off in becoming the 2018 Club Pro Champion. CLICK HERE to see the final results
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The cardinal rule of any bunker shot is to get it out.
Note this only works with irons and you must do it outside the bunker: 1. Pick the iron you would like On a fairway bunker shot, it is to use to hit out of the bunker imperative to pick the right 2. Place that iron on the club to clear the lip of the ground with the face of the bunker, to get the shot back club pointing towards the sky on the fairway or to go for the green. Here is a fantastic trick 3. Step on the face of the club with your foot. to select the club with the right amount of trajectory on 4. The shaft will come up off your fairway bunker shot. the ground. The angle the PG 49 | SEPT 2018
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shaft makes off the ground is the approximate trajectory it will come out of a bunker. 5. Decide if that trajectory is high enough to clear the bunker lip. 6. Don?t be greedy. Make sure to use enough loft to get the ball out. Use these tips to help you get closer to the cup on your next fairway bunker shot! In the picture below, I am stepping on a Pitching Wedge and a 5 iron. Note the different angles of the shaft. Lisa ?Longball?Vlooswyk isan 8-time Canadian Long Drive Champion for Women. She isa Keynote Speaker, Golf Journalist and Golf Entertainer. She runsGolf Schoolsfor Women in Canada and the USA and just launched a new Instructional Video. Lisa can be reached through her website www.lisalongball.com or through Twitter @LisaLongball PG 51 | SEP 2018
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"What a beautiful light show we had last night!" A stunning night shot captured July 17 at the Trestle Creek Golf Resort
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KEEP TW O HANDS ON THE W HEEL AT ALL TIMES The situation with driving a golf cart after ingesting or inhaling THC is much cloudier. Every golf cart includes holders for cans and not everyone is drinking diet Coke. Some courses will even offer an ash tray to go in the cart. But the laws for cannabis consumption and driving are not like alcohol, there is no level greater than zero allowable. Possible litigation means that those rental agreements you sign at the golf shop counter will change to reflect this new reality. An article in Golf Business PG XX | SEP 2018
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Canada by Susan Hodrinson says, "Staff must be trained in recognizing the signs of impairment of all kinds and must be empowered to take charge of these situations? if staff suspect impairment for any reason, they will do all they can to keep customers safe including involving the police if necessary." Look for more attention being paid by that course marshall. THIS BUD'S FOR YOU A golf course is a retail setting and if you can sell a bottle of beer, you could sell cannabis? if your province will allow it. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has recently said he is considering allowing private sales and has been vague on who he will allow to sell. BC and Alberta have limited sales to stand-alone stores to start but who knows what they will do down the road? PLAYING W ITH OTHERS IN THE "ZONE" Cannabis consumption can be a social activity and golf is definitely a social game. The CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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two are more than likely to intersect. Imagine the scenario where two twosomes are paired up and Pair A (legally) lights up but Pair B is not amused. It is likely there could be some uncomfortable moments and don't be surprised if some facilities start to promote themselves as "marijuana-free." FYI: The argument that 'their poor play could affect my game' is debatable. THC's effect on players' performance is variable and can even be
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positive (see By The Numbers story on page XX). Will there be some issues as this plays out over the next few months? Definitely. But overall, pot-smokers are generally very peaceable. Add in that an estimated one-eighth of Canadians smoke marijuana at least once a month and that seven-in-ten support decriminalization and it's likely that in the end most of these concerns will turn out to be just a "tempest-in-a-THC-pot."
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