Grand Lake, OK also has Lot's of Golf to Offer!

Grand Lake Golf Report

 

 

OK folks, spring is busting out all over. Golf season is here. Warmer weather finally can be expected instead hoped for. I have been getting lots of golf related calls and I am booking lessons left and right. Yeah, maybe now I can lose some of this winter fat.

I am looking forward to playing golf with an old and good friend (although he is young), former Grovite, and current student at Seminary in Dallas, Bret Chambliss.

Bret always plays well even when he hasn’t had time to practice. We are being hosted by Jim Gray and Zack Hamilton over at The Coves.

 

LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION (Patricia Island)

Announces their organizational and sign-up meeting, March 26^th at 10 am at Patricia Island Golf club. Any lady golfer is invited. You do not have to be a member of Patricia Island Golf Club to participate. The public is invited. You do not have to be a good golfer to join. The only requirements are that you are female and enjoy golf. Dues are minimal and association members get to have great fellowship. I conduct some free clinics for the ladies and they have all sorts of golf activities throughout the season. This is a very fun group of gals and I highly recommend that you join. For more info call the pro shop at 918-786-3338 Ext 3.

Through the Northeast Career Tech-Afton we have set the schedule for the coming April classes. Call 918-257-8324 to schedule or go to www.netech.edu.

We have these classes at the Patricia Island Golf Club and we have indoor facilities if the weather is bad.

Class sizes are limited to 15.

Intermediate Class

Monday 6 to 8 pm for next 3 Mondays (4/13, 20, 27)

Tuesday 6 to 8 pm for next 3 Tuesdays (4/14, 21, 28)

 

June 8-10 - for ages 8 through 12 @ Patricia Island Golf Club

June 22-24 - for ages 13 and over @ Patricia Island Golf Club

July 13-15 – for all ages @ Patricia Island Golf Club                    

July 27-29 – for all ages @ Grand Cherokee Golf Course, Langley

We emphasize that golf is a game and is meant to be FUN!

We teach the basics of a golf swing and general rules and proper etiquette.

We teach golf terminology and all aspects of how a golf hole is laid out.

Camp sizes are limited to no more than 15 kids. We have had to draw the line at age 8 or more. Lunch will be served each day. Hours are 9 am to 12:30, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Price is $150.

I also have clubs again for Junior Camp attendees at $140 for clubs and bag.

3 age groups.

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of playing at the Neosho Municipal Golf Club. I played with the Grove Outrigger Motel owner John Wells and we had a great time. I have been around Grand Lake for over 10 years and we have such great golf facilities, it isn’t often that I look elsewhere to play. In this case, I was glad that I did. I don’t want to run our golfers off to other venues, but this is just about 40 minutes away. Northeast of Wyandotte, just in to Missouri. This is a Perry Maxwell designed course (1926) with a new 9 added in the past few years. The pro is Justin Beck. I was welcomed to the pro shop by Marsha and turned my cart in to Zack Snow. It really was a fun, yet challenging golf course. I highly recommend it. Their phone is 417-451-1543.

 

 

PGA

WGC-Ca Championship, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida,

No longer the best player without a World Golf Championship, Phil Mickelson won a spirited duel at Doral on Sunday to win the CA Championship, moving to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings and closer to reaching No. 1 in the world.  Mickelson, taken to a hospital on the eve of the final round with heat exhaustion and dehydration, survived seven lead changes in 11 holes against Nick Watney before hanging on with six straight pars for a 3-under 69 and a one-shot victory.

Mickelson won for the second time in three starts and moved to No. 2 in the world ranking, as close to Tiger Woods as he has ever been. Depending on how Woods fares at Bay Hill, Mickelson might have a chance to go to No. 1 when he plays again.

 

LPGA

The next tournament is in Mexico at BosqueReal Country Club on March 20-22. This has a big purse of $1,300,000.

 

Local golfer and friend Jack Moore is asking everyone to save the date August 29^th for the Mary Moore Charity Golf Tournament in support of THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. More info to be announced.

 

GOLF TIP of the WEEK                                                                                                        Pitching is a very important aspect of golfing; however, it is often ignored by most amateur golfers. A good pitching game could take off several strokes from your handicap. Pitching is very useful especially when you need to hit above trees, water hazards and bunkers. Here are some golf pitching tips:                                                      1. Do not look at your shot after making it. A lot of people are so excited to see how their shot goes, but watching it often turns into disaster.                                                             2. Keep on focusing to deliver a mild downward wallop to your golf ball.                        3. Try using lofted clubs for pitching. A sand wedge, pitching wedge, or a lob wedge

usually does well for this. If you do not know which of your clubs is a pitching wedge, look at the sole of that club and look for the PW mark, sometimes you would just see a W

 

or rarely, a number 10.                                                                                                         4. Position the ball at the center of your stance.                                                                     5. Depending on the length of you shot, your backswing should be shoulder-high, standard full-swing, or shoulder-high.

6. While standing on the tee or the fairway, always think about the next shot you are about to make. Do not focus so much on the yardage that the hole has.                               7. Instead of holding your club directly down the lower part of your grip, take hold of it. Hold it as if you are doing a chip. Keep your grip at the center.                                         8. Incline your body's weight for about 60 to 40 percent on your forward foot.                 9. Keep the butt or the top of your club pointing to your forward leg.                              10. Be sure to take your club straight to the back as you swing.                                       11. In your follow through, try brushing the ground using your club's head.                    12. Take these tips on the course and practice as much as you can.

The schoolteacher was taking her first golfing lesson. "Is the word spelt p-u-t or p-u-t-t?" she asked the instructor. "P-u-t-t is correct," he replied. "Put means to place a thing where you want it. Putt means merely a vain attempt to do the same thing."

 

Keep it in the Middle!

Steve