In Essentials of Food Service Management with Denise Duarte, we’re learning about costing. Denise is the General Restaurant Manager at the Radisson Phoenix Airport Hotel in Tempe, and she really knows her stuff. Costing is the most important part of running an efficient, cost effective operation. It’s important to have food and beverage costs that …
This semester, our Advanced Rules of Golf class is attempting a very ambitious project – simplifying the Rules of Golf. We are taking the Rules, as they are currently constituted, and are trying to “dumb them down” into layman’s terms. We’re calling the project Rules You Can Actually Use (RYCAU) The Rules were written in very precise …
Proper preparation and proper planning produce positive performance. -Fred Barr
Last week, we learned that there are eight club fitting variables we will be learning this semester. We’re covering the variables in order of importance, and No. 1 is length. Length is measured from the ground to the end of the grip cap with the club placed in the normal playing address position. Length primarily …
Ancala Country Club (pronounced on-CALL-uh) is a private club tucked back into the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale. The course, which opened in 1991, is a Dye Design. Not Pete Dye, but his son Perry, who works with his famous father and is a pretty well-established golf course architect of his own. Unlike a lot …