The Golf Academy of America Phoenix Club Golf Team is back home after finishing 2nd in its first-ever trip to the National Collegiate Club Golf Association’s (NCCGA) Desert Regional at Oakcreek Country Club in Sedona. Trailing the Arizona State University Club Team by ten strokes after Saturday’s opening round, the Academy failed to make up […]
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Believe it or not, Sedona has just three golf courses – Sedona Golf Resort, Oakcreek Country Club, and Seven Canyons. Sedona Golf Resort is on your lefthand side as you enter town on Highway 179. Oakcreek is off Verde Valley School Road but is still only about two hours away from Phoenix. Phoenix is very centrally located. You can
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Statistics suggest that roughly 65% percent of a player’s shots during a round of golf will come from 100 yards and in. Granted, 43% of those shots are putts, but you still have to be able to put it close to the hole if you really want to score. Pitching covers shots from 10-30 yards.
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Let’s be honest, it wasn’t the best of ideas. A floater from the free throw line is a pretty ambitious effort almost anytime. A floater from the free throw line when you’re playing in a summer pick-up basketball game as a high school freshman against future NBA superstar LeBron James? Well, that was just not smart.
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Golf has two rules governing bodies – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal & Ancient (R&A) Golf Club. In my opinion, two associations (and not just one) are needed for the following three reasons: Golf is a global game. The R&A can’t be everywhere. Neither can the USGA. It makes geographical sense
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