CCGC  Newsle)er                June  2013

Content

•  CCGC  June  Events  Rewind    

•  Introduc;on  of  Major  Championships  

•  Golf  TV  Channels  Broadcast  

•  CCGC  July  Events  Forecast

 CCGC  May  Events  Rewind  

 

•  Chipping  and  PuJng  Prac;ce    •  “Swing  Like  You  Mean  It”  Compe;;on  

•  教练球场代练

               

 

 

Chipping  and  PuJng  Prac;ce   所谓“金推银切”是比喻推杆和短距离切杆在高尔夫比赛中的绝对重要性。美国也有句话叫做“Drive for show, putt for dol ($)”。总之，为了进一步提升大家的球技，CCGC 专门开展了推杆和切杆的教学。 左上：这张是摆拍，可惜模特不太给力，本来应该选个美女的 右上：Qinghe 教练为了教大家切杆连老婆电话都不接了，多大的牺牲 中：实习生们也加入行列，CCGC 组织在日益壮大 左下：Hank 教的认真，Yundi 学得更认真... 但是 Monica 你叉着腰在干嘛？ 摆 pose 嘛？ 右下： 新面孔很多，大家尽快相互熟悉  

Chipping  and  PuJng  Prac;ce   左上：Hank 教起美女来特别带劲是吧，哈哈哈 左中：三个人站一排，比比谁切得准~ Harry 老人家积极度很高啊，请大家多多学习 右上：Mingfeng 你是在求婚么？钻戒呢？ 左下：Meihui 也求婚… 谁怕谁.. 不过实话说，Mingfeng 和 Meihui 这两口子都挺敬业的哈，大家来赞一下~ 右中：新生们进步都很快啊，某些老生 (以会长为首) 要加把劲了啊，否则到时候比赛输给新生，脸往哪放 右下： 看大家大部分时间都在练习切杆，在这里提醒大家，推杆也要勤加练习哦。在家的时候可以在地毯上放张扑克牌，然后从不同距离练着往上面推  

“Swing  Like  You  Mean  It”  Compe;;on       新生们在 Ceraland 打了无数匡练习球，现在该看看成果了。这次的“Swing Like You Mean It”Competition 就是用来考核大家铁杆的水平，同时也是鼓励大家更加勤奋地练习。比赛对击球质量以及挥杆动作进行打分。

：右上：比赛之前，大家边吃 Pizza 边 social 右中：来助阵的美女们 右下：挥杆比赛用的计分单，用来统计参赛选手打过100 码的杆数 左上：比赛之前，新生们都在热身 下：大家在听会长讲解比赛规则以及计分原则。对于新生，比赛规则相对宽松，只要打过100码，无论左偏右偏，都算好球；同时，挥杆姿势也被打分，最后算到总成绩中。  

“Swing  Like  You  Mean  It”  Compe;;on       发奖啦！前六名都有奖品~ 最后赢家分别是：Yang Haoxiang，Liu Hui, Li Wei, Luo Jinyong, Feng Yujia, Xiao Jingzhi 还有… 车神你这赤裸的左臂是有利于你的发挥么？要不下回大家也都试试？

东张西望什么呢，快去指导你的队员！

这身行头可以得个最佳着装奖

亮点 不要抢啦，大家都有份

这兄弟得加把劲了啊，只打出3 颗好球

我是会长! 木哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。。。

会长

 Introduc;on  of  Major  Championships  

   

•  Men’s  Major  Championships  

•  Dis;nct  Characteris;cs  of  Each  Major  Tournament    •  “Non-­‐Major”  Tournaments  

•  Women’s  Major  Championships  

               

 The  Men’s  Majors  

The  men's  major  golf  championships,  commonly  known  as  the  Major  Championships,  and  o2en  referred  to  simply  as  the  majors,  are  the  four  most  pres8gious  annual  tournaments  in  professional  golf.  In  order  of  their  playing  date,  the  current  majors  are:    •  April  –  Masters  Tournament  (weekend  ending  2nd  Sunday  in  April)  –  hosted  as  an  

invita8onal  by  and  played  at  Augusta  Na8onal  Golf  Club  in  the  U.S.  state  of  Georgia.  In  the  United  Kingdom  and  elsewhere,  this  tournament  is  o2en  disambiguated  as  "the  U.S.  Masters  Tournament".  

•  June  –  U.S.  Open  (weekend  ending  with  the  3rd  Sunday  in  June)  –  hosted  by  the  USGA  and  played  at  various  loca8ons  in  the  United  States.  

•  July  –  The  Open  Championship  (weekend  containing  the  3rd  Friday  in  July)  –  hosted  by  The  R&A,  an  offshoot  of  The  Royal  and  Ancient  Golf  Club  of  St  Andrews,  and  always  played  on  a  links  course  at  one  of  nine  various  loca8ons  in  the  United  Kingdom.  In  the  United  States,  this  tournament  is  o2en  disambiguated  as  "the  Bri8sh  Open".  

•  August  –  PGA  Championship  (4th  weekend  a2er  the  Open  Championship)  –  hosted  by  the  Professional  Golfers'  Associa8on  of  America  and  played  at  various  loca8ons  in  the  United  States.  

     

 The  Masters  Tournament  

   The  Masters  Tournament  (also  referred  to  as  the  U.S.  Masters  outside  of  the  United  States)  is  the  only  major  that  is  played  at  the  same  course  every  year  (Augusta  Na8onal  Golf  Club).      The  Masters  invites  the  smallest  field  of  the  majors,  generally  under  100  players  (although,  like  all  the  majors,  it  now  ensures  entry  for  all  golfers  among  the  World's  top  50  prior  to  the  event),  and  is  the  only  one  of  the  four  majors  that  does  not  use  "alternates"  to  replace  qualified  players  who  do  not  enter  the  event  (usually  due  to  injury).  Former  champions  have  a  life8me  invita8on  to  compete,  and  also  included  in  the  field  are  the  current  champions  of  the  major  amateur  championships,  and  most  of  the  previous  year's  PGA  Tour  winners.      The  tradi8ons  of  Augusta,  such  as  the  awarding  of  a  green  jacket  to  the  champion,  create  a  dis8nc8ve  character  for  the  tournament,  as  does  the  course  itself,  with  its  lack  of  rough  but  severely  undula8ng  fairways  and  greens,  and  puni8ve  use  of  ponds  and  creeks  on  several  key  holes  on  the  second  nine.              

 The  US  Open  

   The  U.S.  Open  is  notorious  for  being  played  on  difficult  courses  that  have  8ght  fairways,  challenging  greens,  demanding  pin  posi8ons  and  thick  and  high  rough,  placing  a  great  premium  on  accuracy,  especially  with  driving  and  approach  play.  The  U.S.  Open  is  rarely  won  with  a  score  much  under  par.      The  event  is  the  championship  of  the  United  States  Golf  Associa8on,  and  in  having  a  very  strict  exempt  qualifiers  list  -­‐  made  up  of  recent  major  champions,  professionals  currently  ranked  high  in  the  world  rankings  or  on  the  previous  year's  money  lists  around  the  world,  and  leading  amateurs  from  recent  USGA  events  -­‐  about  half  of  the  156-­‐person  field  s8ll  enters  the  tournament  through  two  rounds  of  open  qualifica8on  events,  mostly  held  in  the  U.S.  but  also  in  Europe  and  Japan.  The  U.S.  Open  has  no  barrier  to  entry  for  either  women  or  junior  players,  as  long  as  they  are  a  professional  or  meet  amateur  handicap  requirements.      The  U.S.  Open  con8nues  to  have  an  18-­‐hole  playoff  if  players  are  8ed  a2er  four  rounds.  (The  Open  and  PGA  Championships  use  four-­‐  and  three-­‐hole  aggregate  playoffs  respec8vely,  followed  by  sudden  death  if  necessary,  and  most  regular  events  as  well  as  the  Masters  only  have  simple  sudden  death  playoffs.)            

 The  Open  Championship  

   The  Open  Championship  (some8mes  referred  to  as  the  Bri8sh  Open  outside  of  the  United  Kingdom)  is  organized  by  The  R&A,  an  offshoot  of  The  Royal  and  Ancient  Golf  Club  of  St  Andrews,  and  is  typically  played  on  a  links-­‐style  course  in  Scotland  or  England.      It  carries  the  pres8ge  of  being  the  oldest  professional  golf  tournament  currently  in  existence  and  the  original  "Open"  championship.  It  is  respected  for  maintaining  the  tradi8on  of  links  play  that  dates  back  to  the  very  inven8on  of  the  game  in  Scotland.  Links  courses  are  generally  typified  as  coastal,  flat  and  o2en  very  windswept,  with  the  fairways  cut  through  dune  grass  and  gorse  bushes  that  make  up  the  "rough",  and  have  deep  bunkers.      As  well  as  exemp8ng  from  qualifying  recent  professional  major  and  amateur  champions  and  leading  players  from  the  world  rankings,  the  R&A  ensures  that  leading  golfers  from  around  the  globe  are  given  the  chance  to  enter  by  holding  qualifying  events  on  all  con8nents.                

 The  PGA  Championship  

   The  PGA  Championship  is  tradi8onally  played  at  a  parkland  club  in  the  United  States,  and  the  courses  chosen  tend  to  be  as  difficult  as  those  chosen  for  the  U.S.  Open,  with  several,  such  as  Baltusrol  Golf  Club,  Oakland  Hills  Country  Club,  Oak  Hill  Country  Club,  and  Winged  Foot  Golf  Club,  having  hosted  both.      As  well  as  invi8ng  recent  professional  major  champions  and  leading  professionals  from  the  world  rankings,  the  PGA  Championship  field  is  completed  by  qualifiers  held  among  members  of  the  PGA  of  America,  the  organiza8on  of  club  and  teaching  professionals  that  are  separate  from  the  members  of  the  PGA  Tour.  The  PGA  Championship  is  also  the  only  one  of  the  four  majors  to  invite  all  winners  of  PGA  Tour  events  in  the  year  preceding  the  tournament.  Amateur  golfers  do  not  play  in  PGA,  and  could  only  qualify  by  winning  one  of  the  other  three  majors  or  having  a  high  world  ranking.                  

 “Non-­‐Major”  Tournaments  

   Although  the  majors  are  considered  pres8gious  due  to  their  history  and  tradi8ons,  there  are  s8ll  other  “non-­‐major"  tournaments  which  prominently  feature  top  players  compe8ng  for  purses  mee8ng  or  exceeding  those  of  the  four  tradi8onal  majors,  such  as  the  World  Golf  Championships,  the  European  Tour,  DP  World  Tour  Championship  Dubai,  and  The  Players  Championship,  which  is  organized  by  the  PGA  Tour.  As  The  Players  has  the  largest  prize  fund  of  any  PGA  Tour  event,  and  is  promoted  as  the  tour's  flagship  tournament,  it  is  frequently  considered  to  be  an  unofficial  "fi2h  major"  by  players  and  cri8cs.                            

 The  Women’s  Majors  

   Women's  golf  has  a  set  of  major  championships  which  parallels  that  in  men's  golf,  with  the  women's  system  newer  and  less  stable  than  the  men's.  As  of  2013,  five  tournaments  are  designated  as  majors  in  women's  golf.      As  of  2013,  the  order  in  which  women's  majors  are  played:  

•  Kra\  Nabisco  Championship  

•  LPGA  Championship  

•  U.S.  Women's  Open  

•  Women's  Bri;sh  Open  

•  The  Evian  Championship  (from  2013  onwards)                          

 Before  the  Evian  Championship  became  the  fi2h  LPGA  major,  the  setup  of  women's  majors  closely  paralleled  that  of  the  mainstream  (i.e.,  under-­‐50)  men's  majors.  In  both  cases,  the  United  States  hosts  three  majors  and  the  United  Kingdom  one.      The  Evian  Championship,  as  noted  above,  is  held  in  France.  The  U.S.  and  Bri8sh  Opens  match  their  male  equivalents,  and  the  LPGA  Championship  is  analogous  to  the  PGA  Championship,  so  by  default  the  Kra2  Nabisco  Championship  is  the  closest  equivalent  of  The  Masters.  In  any  event,  the  Kra2  Nabisco  and  Masters  share  several  characteris8cs—both  are  the  first  majors  of  their  respec8ve  seasons;  both  are  held  at  the  same  course  every  year;  and  both  have  a  unique  tradi8on  surrounding  the  winner,  namely  the  presenta8on  of  the  green  jacket  at  The  Masters,  and  the  jump  into  the  18th-­‐hole  pond  at  the  Kra2  Nabisco.    Unlike  the  mainstream  men's  equivalents,  with  the  sole  excep8on  of  the  U.S.  Women's  Open,  the  women's  majors  have  8tle  sponsors.  This  is  more  similar  to  the  setup  for  the  five  senior  (50  and  over)  men's  majors;  two  of  those  events  have  8tle  sponsors,  and  two  others  have  presen8ng  sponsors  whose  names  appear  a2er  the  tournament  8tle.Similarly  differing  to  the  mainstream  men's  majors,  none  of  which  falls  under  the  direct  jurisdic8on  of  any  professional  golf  tour,  the  LPGA  organizes  two  of  its  majors,  namely  the  Kra2  Nabisco  and  LPGA  Championship.  The  U.S.  Women's  Open,  like  its  men's  counterpart,  is  operated  by  the  United  States  Golf  Associa8on.  The  Women's  Bri8sh  Open  is  operated  by  the  Ladies'  Golf  Union,  the  governing  body  for  women's  golf  in  the  United  Kingdom  and  Ireland.  The  Evian  Championship  is  operated  by  the  LET.  Again,  this  setup  more  closely  mirrors  that  of  the  senior  majors;  the  Champions  Tour  directly  operates  two  of  its  majors.    

 From  2006  through  2008,  the  winners  of  the  four  women‘s  majors  received  automa8c  entry  to  the  LPGA’s  season  championship,  the  LPGA  Tour  Championship.  Beginning  in  2009,  the  Tour  Championship  extended  entry  to  all  players  in  the  top  120  on  the  official  LPGA  Money  List.  Star8ng  in  2011,  the  Tour  Championship  was  replaced  by  the  CME  Group  Titleholders;  the  top  three  finishers  at  all  official  tour  events,  including  the  majors,  who  have  not  already  qualified  for  the  Titleholders  will  earn  entries.  The  PGA  Tour‘s  season-­‐ending  FedEx  Cup  playoffs  are  a  series  of  four  events;  while  major  winners  are  technically  not  guaranteed  entry  into  even  the  first  playoff  event,  the  FedEx  Cup  point  alloca8ons  for  major  winners  are  sufficiently  high  that  the  winner  of  one  major  is  essen8ally  assured  of  making  the  top  125  in  points  and  qualifying  for  the  FedEx  Cup  playoffs.  The  Champions  Tour  has  no  season-­‐ending  championship  as  such;  although  its  final  event,  the  Charles  Schwab  Cup  Championship,  is  a  limited-­‐field  event  analogous  to  the  PGA  Tour’s  Tour  Championship,  it  does  not  directly  determine  the  championship  of  the  season  or  even  the  Charles  Schwab  Cup  points  race.                        

 

Golf  TV  Channels  Broadcast    

                                         

Date Event TV Channel Jul 4 - 7 Greenbrier The Golf Channel / CBS Jul 11 - 14 J Deere Classic The Golf Channel / CBS Jul 18 - 21 Open Championship ESPN Jul 18 - 21 Sanderson Farms The Golf Channel Jul 25 - 28 RBC Canadian Open The Golf Channel / CBS

 

 CCGC  July  Events  Forecast  

 

 •  Chipping  &  PuJng  Compe;;on  

•  CCGC  2013  Mid-­‐Year  Tournament  

•  教练球场代练

             

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