Shady Canyon September Junior Newsletter

SHADY CANYON GOLF CLUB

JUNIOR TEAMPLAY

SHA

DY C A N Y O N

GOLF CLUB

The main purpose of the Summer Golf Camps is to expose our Junior players to the great game of golf in a safe organized fashion. Thankfully we survived another summer with no injuries; a few bumps and bruises along the way, but all went well. I would like to remind everyone that this is a starting point for most Juniors. The road to improvement is year round and follow up clinics, lessons, and practice is needed to keep getting better. With new events in the future, an established Junior Golf Team, and monthly Junior Golf Events, please continue to stay involved with your game and the club in the months ahead.

Lastly I would like to thank everyone that helped with the Summer Golf Camps.

A huge thank you to the Junior Instructors: Will Thrasher, Rob Reinhorn, Lynn Stone, and Ray Carrasco, to the Golf Shop Staff, the Golf Service Staff, David Major and his team who give us great practice conditions each day and finally Jose in Food and Beverage. Jose did a wonderful job for being there each day with all the food, smoothies and goodies. Jose, you are the man!

JUNIOR camps

The Summer Golf Camps were a huge success again this year. We had some very large groups of kids, 34 campers in week one. No matter the size we had lots of fun and great times were had by all. This year we spent the majority of time out on the practice areas avoiding the construction zones. The weather was nice this summer and unusually cool for July and August. We even had a special guest during the first week on prize day. Chris Pronger, NHL Defenseman paid us a special visit and brought along the Gold Medal he won for Team Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Wow what a treat, and what a great guy to share that with us, thanks Chris!

RULE REVIEW The 2010 PGA Championship was contested at the very beautiful and extremely difficult Whistling Straits Golf Club in Kohler, Wisconsin. The 72 hole championship was finally decided in a 3 hole playoff with Martin Kaymer beating Bubba Watson to take home the trophy. All of this took place after a very tragic and somewhat controversial rules violation on the last hole.

With one hole left to play, Dustin Johnson the leader, had a one shot lead. He hit his tee shot to the right on the 18th hole and it went into a large group of spectators. When he arrived at his ball there were people all around. After the crowd moved out of the way, his ball had come to rest in a very small portion of a bunker. With all the confusion Dustin did not realize, or did not believe that his ball was in a bunker (hazard), and when playing his shot, he grounded his club behind the ball. This violated rule 13-4 Ball in a Hazard. The rule is as follows: 13-4. Ball in Hazard; Prohibited Actions Except as provided in the Rules, before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard (whether a bunker or a water hazard) or that, having been lifted from a hazard, may be dropped or placed in the hazard, the player must not: a. Test the condition of the hazard or any similar hazard; b. Touch the ground in the hazard or water in the water hazard with his hand or a club; or c. Touch or move a loose impediment lying in or touching the hazard.

Penalty For Breach of Rule : Match play — Loss of hole; Stroke play — Two strokes.

Due to the penalty assessed to Dustin Johnson, he missed the playoff by 2 shots and a chance to win his first Major Championship. It is very important to know and follow the Rules of Golf carefully; the 2010 PGA Championship will surely be remembered as an event with the controversial ending involving a basic rule.

Here are a few rules questions to test your knowledge.

1.

When taking relief from a water hazard, how many club lengths is a player entitled to take from where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard?

2.

If a player’s ball comes to rest “out of bounds” where does the player play the next shot from?

3.

Is a players ball is in a sand bunker, can the player rake the sand before he plays the shot?

4.

What is maximum amount of clubs a player can carry?

5.

How long can a player search for a ball?

Please e-mail your answers to Mike Davis at v1pro@pga.com or hand them in at the Golf Shop. Having the correct answers will give you a chance to win a dozen balls of your choice. Winner will be announced Saturday, September 25 during Team Practice.

SHA

DY C A N Y O N

GOLF CLUB

The Shady Canyon Junior Golf Team will continue practice this month. With our first match completed and the next match being a home match vs. Santa Ana Country Club, (TBD) we will need to get ready for the challenge. Usually the away matches are the most difficult so we should have a home course advantage.

We also have some experience under our belt. As we move into fall we will have interclub matches against ourselves to gain even more competitive experience.

Practices will be as follows:

Saturday, September 4th Wednesday, September 15th Saturday, September 25th Wednesday, September 29th Saturday, October. 9th Wednesday, October. 13th Saturday, October. 23rd Wednesday October 27th

1:00-2:00pm 4:00-5:00pm 1:00-2:00pm 4:00-5:00pm 1:00-2:00pm 4:00-5:00pm 1:00-2:00pm 4:00-5:00pm

If you would like more information or would like to get involved please contact Mike Davis at 714.394.4817 or email v1pro@pga.com