bOObs on Golf
Tiger Woods, new tooth and all, goes off No. 10 tee Friday morning at 7:57. The GAA is working the driving range beginning at 6:30a, so we should get to watch him warm up.
Player Development & Putting Lesson
On Tuesdays, Tim Wilkins normally leads our Attitude & Motivation class, but today, because one of the instructors was out sick, he filled-in for another class, and we had a guest speaker: Campus Director Tim Eberlein. A lot of students, me included, have asked about the process of becoming a Class A PGA Professional, and
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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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Oakwood Golf Club
Oakwood Golf Club is a 27-hole facility located in a retirement community just off of Riggs Road in Sun Lakes. Depending on which 9s you draw, you’re playing either Palms, Sonoran, or Lakes. Today, we played Lakes/Palms, which measures 6,508 from the Tournament (Black) tees. The course rating is 71.3. The slope is 131. In