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Pro’s Notes, July 2009

Dear Members,

The golf season is in full swing and there are many exciting developments here at the club.

The golf course is in magnificent condition. It received rave reviews from the competitors in the Ulster County Amateur Championship (aka Herdegen) and the WGC Women’s Invitational and has elicited positive comments from many of you.

Course grooming

Anyone who has played recently will recognize that we have modified our approach to grooming the course this year. I want to take an opportunity to explain the thinking behind the changes. The following goals went into developing the plan that was put into place.

• Cutting maintenance expenses by reducing labor and limiting the use of chemicals, while continuing to offer exceptional playing conditions;

• Bringing the element of strategic decision making into play for golfers of all ability levels;

• Enabling our members’ handicaps to “travel” better when playing other courses that are longer and more difficult than ours;

• Requiring long-hitting players to consider the benefits and risks of trying to drive the ball inside 100 yards of the green on our par 4s;

• Creating a consistent theme throughout our course by expanding on an element that was already in place but underutilized.

After much discussion and careful consideration, it was decided that the above goals could be accomplished by expanding the placement of tall fescue to areas around the course in addition to existing areas on holes 1 and 2.

The overall philosophy for the placement of the fescue is to reward the accurate player and force longer hitters to consider the penalty for careless play. Players who drive the ball to between 200 and 120 yards of the green on par 4s will not find the fescue unless they hit a very poor shot. However, we want players can hit the ball more than 230 yards with the driver to think twice before attempting to blast the ball down to within 100 yards of the green. Additionally, we left the areas around the greens open, so that players will not be unreasonably penalized for an approach shot hit moderately off-target.

We hope that you will enjoy the added strategic challenge that these changes require; they will make all of us better players, both here and when we travel to other courses.

We have also trimmed a number of trees, in order to open up the view of the stream, allow at least a partial swing underneath the branches, increase air circulation to foster better growing conditions, and generally add to the beautiful views that we all enjoy while playing our course.

Update on clinics

Junior Golf Clinics will begin on Friday, July 10. The clinics will run from at 5 to 6 p.m. Assistant professional Landon Decker will be involved with me in offering these clinics, which will continue through August 28. The fee is $15 per child per clinic, with a discount offered to families with more than one child participating and a one-time fee available for full program attendance. We encourage families to stay afterward and utilize the club’s facilities together.

Meanwhile, the Pro’s Shortcuts Clinic, which is offered on Sundays at 2 p.m., is still available to all interested members, free of charge. Each member is invited to bring one guest, also free of charge.

The summer has just begun, so be sure to schedule some golf into your warm-weather plans!

Birdies, eagles, and doves,

Darryl Jack
Head golf professional

 

From the Lesson Tee…

A great way to effectively prepare for the golf season is to focus most of your practice time on the scoring shots around the green.

There is a wonderfully accurate saying that, “when you practice the short game, you are practicing the whole game”. The reason that this holds true is that the moment of truth (the impact position) is virtually identical for every shot in golf.

The absolute consistencies of a correct impact position (for a right-handed golfer) are:

1. The majority of your weight on the left foot; Tour players have a minimum of 80% of their bodyweight on the left foot at impact

2. The hips are in a slightly open position

3. The back of the left wrist is flat to bowed forward
   

These three things are a part of a proper set-up position on a chip or pitch shot, so when you practice them, you are ingraining the feeling of a proper impact position for all of your shots, plus, you will improve your ability to make solid contact with the ball.

Remember: Practice makes permanent.

Tee you on the tee!

Darryl Jack

 

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