January 2015

Q: What’s a PEORIA?

A: A tournament format in which six of the course’s 18 holes are secretly selected as special holes after the tournament round. Ideally, there should be a combination of par 3s, 4s, and 5s from both nines. The scores on each of these six special holes are then added up, limiting each player’s hole score to double-bogey. That …

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Skills Development: Short Game Skills Test & Tournament Play

Today, we played our first official tournament round at Oakwood Golf Club. I played the course on Friday in preparation for today’s round (see Course Review), but because it’s a 27-hole facility, I didn’t get to see all three nines. On Friday, I played Lakes/Palms, and today, we played Sonoran/Lakes. So a lot of good …

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