December 2015 Volume 19 Issue 3
Robert Scarpati Brook Bell Pro Shop Staff
Head Golf Assistant Golf Professional Mario Mora Professional Dave King Irene King Snack Shack, & Rangers, Leo Glover, Sherry Jensen & Rick Shields
P.O. Box 1589 Solvang, Ca. 93464 (805) 688-6042 FAX (805) 688-8229
The Women’s Club no longer
has a Tournament chairperson
for Saturday events. If you are
interested in running one of our
events – please contact Diane.
Thank you.
Golf Prose
"I'm off my game," the golfer said
And shook his locks in woe;
"My putter never lays me dead,
My drives will never go;
Howe'er I swing, howe'er I stand,
Results are still the same,
I'm in the sand--
I'm off my game!"
- Andrew Lang, Off My Game
The golf course being rather far,
I have an excuse to take the car.
And since the holes are far apart,
I have an excuse to use a cart.
But one thing has me still defeated—
You cannot hit the ball while seated.
- Donna Evleth
And thus, with self-deception bland,
We mourn the fours that should have
been,
Forgetting, on the other hand,
The luck that helped us through the
green;
Calmly accepting as our due
The four-hole which we fluked in two.
- Thomas Risk, The Lyric of the Links
This is the substance of our Plot—
For those who play the Perfect Shot,
There are ten thousand who do not.
- Grantland Rice, Dedicated to the
Duffer
RCWC BOARD MEMBERS
P.O. Box 1589
Solvang, Ca. 93464 (805) 686-5983
Diane Reuter President/Newsletter
Pam Eagar V.P. Ladies’ Day
Darla Cannon V.P. Tournaments
Gretchen Smith Treasurer/ Membership
Sherry Jensen Hospitality
Carol Carpenter Secretary
NEXT PUB LINKS ASSOCIATION DAY IS IN . . .
FEBRUARY The next Public Links Association Day
tournament will be at Blacklake on
Thursday, February 11, 2016
The format is
Low Gross/Low Net
The entry-mailing window is
JAN. 11th
– 14th
$28 walking $45with cart
9:00A.M. Shotgun
For other courses participating see the board in
the women’s foyer, look in your handbook for an
application, or contact Diane.
LINK to Pub Links –
http://www.womensgolf.org/wplgasc/
LINK to GHIN http://www.ghin.com/index.shtml
September Ladies’ Day Results
Nov. 5th
– Low Gross/Low Net LG – Pam Eagar
LN – Sherry Jensen
Low Putts – Carol Carbine =30
Most Improved Golfer Report
For Revision Dates as of 11/15/2015
The only women shown are
ACTIVE Women’s Club Members
Starting Ending
Rank Name HDCP HDCP
1 Cannon, Darla 17.4 13.8
2 Carpenter, Carol 12.6 11.1
3 Lebeau, Denise 20.9 18.9
4 Takeuchi, Lori 17.1 15.4
5 Eagar, Pamela 20.9 19.0
6 Grimes, Joann 35.0 32.4
7 Brooks, Pam 20.8 19.0
8 Watkins, Sue 26.0 23.9
9 Sweeny, Shirley 24.0 22.5
10 Carbine, Carol 21.3 20.4
11 Joyce, Donna 24.5 23.7
12 Sumansky, Linda 21.6 21.0
13 Esposito, Tammy 24.6 24.3
14 Parker, Susan 17.2 17.0
15 Telesmanic, Marsha 18.1 18.0
Women’s Turkey Shoot
November 15, 2014
We came layered in clothes and we had great weather.
There was no rain this year. We had fun, we played
golf, and we continued a grand tradition
1st Low Gross Darla Cannon
2nd
Low Gross Carol Carpenter
1st Low Net Donna Dishman
2nd
Low Net Chris Roe
Closest to the Pin on # 4 - Laura Jespersen
Closest to the Pin on # 9 - Diane Reuter
Closest to the Pin on # 12 – Denise LaBeau
Closest to the Pin on # 17 – Carol Carbine
Putter of the Month
Pam Brooks
Thank you so
much Darla
for
volunteering
for a very
hard
assignment!
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
In stroke play, a player's tee shot
goes into the left rough. He finds a ball and hits it out of bounds. He drops and
plays another ball onto the green under Rule27-1.
He then discovers that his original ball was lying a few yards away. Uncertain of what to do, he announces
he will complete the hole with both balls. He plays his original ball onto the
green and two putts with both balls. The Committee should rule his
score for the hole is:
A. 6
B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
Find the answer on the
calendar page.
It’s Just Funny – QUOTES
If you think it's hard meeting new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. Jack Lemmon (1986)
If you want to take long walks, take long walks. If you want to hit things with sticks, hit things with sticks. But there's no excuse for combining the two and putting the results on television. Golf is not so
much a sport as an insult to lawns. National Lampoon (1979)
Lunch at an American golf course: Club sandwiches, Link sausages, Par-snips, Sliced tomatoes, Tea, Puttatoes. Anon
Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who
has a deep suntan, a one-iron in his bag and squinty eyes. Dave Marr
Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing. Henry Beard Mulligan's taw (1994)
Stance: the position in which one stands
immediately before clubbing an innocent tee to death. Tim Brooke-Taylor Golf Bag (1988)
The definition of the average golfer is: one who starts at six, shouts 'Fore!', takes five, and puts down a three. Anon
The hardest shot is the chip at 90 yards from the green where the ball has to be played against an oak tree, bounces back into a sandtrap, hits a stone, bounces onto the green, and then rolls into the cup.
That shot is so difficult, I have only made it once. Zeppo Marx
The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down
is so you can't see him laughing. Phyllis Oilier
You know the old rule: He who have the fastest cart never have to play bad lie. Mickey Mantle Esquire (1971
Men’s Turkey Shoot Tournament Results November 15, 2015
Flight 1
1st LG Gene Berban 66 $46
2nd LG Dalton Meehan 70 $37
3rd LG Ken Hennessee 70 $29 4th LG Mark Worth 73 $23 5th LG Joe Meehan 74 $19
1st net Ken Hennessee 62 $54
2nd
net Gene Berban 64 $40 3
rd net Dalton Meehan 65 $32
4th net Paul Wallace 66 $26
5th net Mark Worth 67 $21
6th net Robert Manchester 67 $17
players 14 gross / 17 net
Payout $187 Net / $ 154 gross
Flight 2
1st LG Dan Nielsen 79 $45 2nd LG Jason Millar 80 $36 3rd LG Dan Fitzgerald 80 $28 4th LG Bob Scarpati 81 $23
1
st net Dan Nielsen 637 $51
2nd
net Jason Millar 70 $40 3
rd net Dan Fitzgerald 70 $32
4th net Bob Scarpati 70 $26
5th net Larry Humburger 72 $21
6th net Ron Bender 72 $17
players 12 gross / 17 net
Payout $187Net / $132 gross
Flight 3 1st LG Bob Allton 81 $36 2nd LG Jack Yeasley 81 $29 3rd LG Dan Townsend 87 $23 1
st net Bob Allton 66 $57
2nd
net Jack Yeasley 67 $40 3
rd net Dave Gowing 68 $28
4th net Dan Townsend 72 $20
players 8 gross / 13 net
Payout $88 Net / $143 gross
Flight 4
1st LG Frank Sierra 81 $45 2nd LG Reggie Pagaling 81 $34 1
st net Frank Sierra 63 $54
2nd
net Reggie Pagaling 67 $40 3
rd net Charlie Ellis 67 $34
4th net Bent Engstrom 68 $27
5th net Jean Beauchense 71 $22
6th net Rich Cox 72 $18
players 7gross / 18 net 10
Payout $40 Net / $77 gross
Closest to the Pin $25 each
Hole #4 Segean Knecht 12' 5" Hole #9 Mike Crawford 2' 11" Hole #12 Frank Sierra 8' 7" Hole #17 Dalton Meehan 1' 2"
DRIVING CHECK BALL POSITION
When I first started working with Pro, he was
quick to point out that I addressed the ball about
an inch too far back in my stance. Not a big
deal, right? Wrong. That little mistake would
start a chain reaction in my swing that ended
with my ball going sideways.
So your first tip is this: Pay attention to your
ball position. Pro says it should be in a spot
where—if you simulated impact—the shaft of
the driver would be straight up and down from
this face-on position. For most people, that
means off the heel of the front foot or in line with the front shoulder (pictured).
LET THE ARMS HANG The second thing to pay attention to is how you position the
club. Don't be tempted to extend your arms toward the ball. That
would put too much weight onto your toes, and you'd never be
able to make an on-plane swing. You want your arms to hang.
From this view, imagine a line drawn straight down from the
back of my right armpit. The butt end of my club should be just
outside that line (pictured). From this position, I feel my weight
evenly distributed from front to back in my feet. I have a little
more pressure in my front foot than my back foot, but to make a
balanced, on-plane swing, the key is to support your body
weight with the entire foot.
BACKSWING
Pro likes to call himself a "backswing instructor." He says if he
can get you in the right positions in the first half of the swing,
you don't have to think about the rest. You'll just do it. The first thing he did with my backswing was to get me to use my
body, not my hands, to start the motion. Now my shoulders turn away from the target, and my hands and arms stay quiet. It
feels like the club moves straight back off the ball until the shaft is nearly parallel to the ground (pictured). When I do this,
I'm off to a great start.
Once the club is parallel to the ground, I start to hinge it up. To stay on plane, my goal is to swing the shaft into a position
that's parallel with my target line at the top, or pointing just
left of my target. You can check this position with a practice
swing. If you hinge the club up steeply, the shaft will be
pointing right of your target. If you don't hinge much at all,
the club will be pointing way left. Either way, your club is no
longer on plane, and you'll have to re-route it on the way
down to hit a good drive.
The way to confirm that you're hinging your wrists correctly
is to see if the butt end of the grip is pointing about at the ball
when your left arm is parallel to the ground (pictured).
STAY BEHIND THE BALL Everything we've talked about so far is aimed at getting you to swing down on the same plane you go back on.
It's like re-tracing your steps. Do that, and you'll start hitting fairways. But we don't just want to hit it straight—
we want to hit it long, too.
To provide a little more pop on your drives,
remember to stay behind the ball with your upper
body until after impact. Your lower body should shift
toward the target when you swing down, but don't let
your head slide in that direction until after the ball is
gone. I prevent this by pushing down into the turf
with my legs while bumping my left hip
toward the target (pictured). This tilts my
upper body away from the ball and allows
me to put some power into the shot by
creating leverage and adding my body
mass to the hit.
GET BACK TO ADDRESS Remember, the downswing just happens.
You can't "think it through" the way you do the backswing. So the final thing Pro wants me to be aware of isn't a
swing thought, per se, it's a goal: As I strike the ball, the club should be in nearly the same position it was at
address. That means two things. The first is the angle of the shaft, when viewed from behind me on the target
line (pictured), should look about the same at address and impact.
The second is the one Pro really emphasizes. Assuming I addressed the ball in line with my front shoulder, the
club's shaft should be pointing 90 degrees to the ball when I strike it—again, just like at address (face-on view).
This indicates that the clubface is pointing where I want the ball to go. Make some slow-motion practice swings
to check this. You want your hands to be directly in line with the tee at impact. Put this feel into action, and
you'll drive it better than ever.
Russell Henley, who ranked seventh in total driving on the PGA Tour in 2015, has two tour wins.
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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TOSS UP
11:30 A.M.
SHOTGUN
2
National Fritters
Day
3
Ladies’ Day
8:30 A.M.
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HAPPY
CHANUKAH
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Pearl Harbor
Day
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11:30 A.M.
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Ladies’ Day
8:30 A.M.
11
National Noodle
Ring Day
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International
Children's Day
14
National
Bouillabaisse
Day
15
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11:30 A.M.
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Ladies’ Day
8:30 A.M.
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19 Look for an
Evergreen Day
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SHOTGUN WINTER SOLSTICE
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Festivus - for the
rest of us
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PROSHOP
CLOSES
AT 3:30
P.M.
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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National Fruitcake
Day
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Answer to Golf Question: A
His score is a 6