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 […]
The other day, we looked at some putting stats from the PGA Tour last season and why the short game is so important. Sixty to 65% of strokes are played from 100 yards and in (43% of those are putts)! Harvey Penick, one of the greatest golf teachers of all time, believed that 90% of
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Today, we got our badges to work the driving range at the Waste Management Phoenix Open when the tournament comes to town next week. It’s quite an honor. Apparently, in years past, tour players have asked for Golf Academy students to run the range because they’ve done such a good job, and that’s why we
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Tiger Woods lost a tooth. Great! Think he’ll still play in the Phoenix Open next week?
Class started bright and early this morning with a hearty helping of Business Management. We watched a motivational video called “Do Right” by former football coach turned ESPN commentator Lou Holtz. It was a little out-of-date but interesting nonetheless. The big takeways were do right, do your best, and treat others the way you would
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