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1 The "GOLF COACH" Newsletter Bringing College, HS and Junior Coaches Together January 2017 Mike and I would like to thank the many coaches who submitted both content and ideas in creating this newsletter. As college coaches we have operated MGM Sports for over 15-years and speak with College, High School and Junior Tour Directors on a daily basis. Through these numerous conversations over the years our fellow coaches have constantly told us how beneficial it would be to have a forum in which golf coaches from around the country, on all levels, could exchange ideas and pertinent information with each other. Thus, YOUR newsletter is now a reality! *Reminder, please submit information/ideas for the February issue by February 15th. Collegiate Men s Tournaments Seeking Teams * Wofford Invitational, * Gettysburg Spring Invitational Spartanburg, SC Abbottstown, PA April 3 rd - 4th, D-1 Only Entry Fee $950 March 30 th, 12:30 Shotgun, Entry Fee $225 Coach Vic Lipscomb at: George Petrie at: gpetrie@gettysburg.edu LipscombVH@wofford.edu Or * Dickinson College Spring Invitational * Messiah College Falcons Classic, Carlisle, PA March 27 th Harrisburg, PA 12:30 Shotgun, Entry Fee $200 April 23 rd 24 th, 36-holes D-3, Entry Fee $500 Coach Breaux: breaux@dickinson.edu Troy Boone at: tboone@messiah.edu * St. John Fisher Collegiate Invitational * Battle at the Bay Syracuse, NY, Sept 9 th 10 th, 54 Holes Rising Sun, MD April 9 th 10 th D-2 and D-3 only, $600 per team, Contact Eastern University (12) teams Entry Fee $550 Coach Bob Simms at: rsimms@sjfc.edu Jason Badecki at: jbadecki@eastern.edu * Carnegie Melon University * John A. Logan College Spring Invitational Apollo, PA Marion, IL April 3 rd 4 th April 8 th - 9 th, MEN & WOMEN Kokopelli Golf Club Entry Fee $350 Entry Fee $400 Dan Rodgers Tom Ferris tomferris@jalc.edu rodgersd@andrew.cmu.edu

2 Collegiate Women s Tournaments Seeking Teams * Battle at Boulder Creek I * The Pack Spring Invite Boulder City, NV Colorado State University-Pueblo Feb 12-14th, 4 Rounds of Golf and 36-Holes March 27 th 28 th 2 Hotel Nights plus Meals for 3 days Entry Fee only $300 $2,850 per Team Josh Koschke at: josh.koschke@csupueblo.edu Kevin Jamieson at: * Battle at Boulder Creek II * Minnesota State Collegiate Invitational March 5-7 th Coon Rapids, MN Same information and contact as above April 14 th 15 th Entry Fee $450 Nick Campa: nicolas.campa@mnsu.edu High School Tournaments Seeking Teams * Antigua National HS Golf Invitational * Moody High School Invitational Chandler, AZ Sept 1 st 2 nd Moody, TX March 6 th 36 Holes, Boy's and Girl's Boy s & Girl s Entry Fee $200 $600 per 5 Player Team Individuals Accepted 8:30am Shotgun Steve Kanner at: Coach Perkins: tracy_perkins@moodyisd.org kanner.steve@cusd80.com * 13th Annual Lions Invitational * 23 rd Annual Tom Johnson Grant County Invite Carrollton, GA April 1 st Boy's Only Crittenden, KY Sept. 16 th Girl s Only Entry Fee $285 per Team $275 per team 18-holes with 1pm Shotgun or $50 per Individual Don Riggins at: Marcus Camacho at: don.riggins@carrollcountyschools.com * 11th Annual Grant County Invitational * Millville HS JV Tournament Crittenden, KY August 1 st Girl's Only Millville, NJ Boy s & Girl s April 7 th 18 holes with 8:30am Shotgun Entry Fee $250 for 4-player team 11am Shotgun Entry Fee $275 per Team Mike Latorre: mlatorre25@gmail.com Marcus Cell #

3 Golf Drills & Skills Saving shots and getting up and down is truly an art form. It requires feel, creativity, and trust. The drill I routinely incorporate is "The Gauntlet". It is very simple; take (5) balls out and drop them in the same area. Whether it is a chip, bunker shot, pitch, or whatever, your goal is to get (3) of those (5) balls within a wedge length (approx. 3 feet). If you fail, drop the (5) balls in the same area and repeat until at least (3) of (5) score is achieved. Once you score 3/5 or better move to another location and repeat. Set up at least 5 different shots in 1 practice session. Experiment with different shots like bump and run 6-irons or pitches with a gap wedge. PRO TIP: Pay attention to the particular lie of the shot you are currently attempting and notice how the ball reacts coming out of lie (i.e. tight fairway lies might have more bite/spin). If you do this drill on a regular basis, you will start to notice similarities between practice lies and game time lies which helps bridge that gap between practice and game-time play. If you can consistently hit more chips within 3 feet, you will make more up and downs, more pars, and score better. Thad Weir-Teaching Professional, Myrtle Beach, SC 3x NCAA Championship Participant & All-American Winner of (8) Collegiate Tournaments Here is a practice drill your team can do when you have limited space or have no access to a short game practice area. Have your player take a wedge of his/her choosing and get golf balls. Hit the first ball yards and wherever that ball comes to rest, try to hit your next shot on top of that one. Continue to do this while changing both distance and direction every 3-4 balls until all balls are gone. Remember, the goal is that the ball your about to hit lands on top of where the previous one ended up. Try to do this two to three times a week. This will help develop both feel and consistency in your teams short game as well as scoring opportunities when they miss the green in regulation. Scott Moyer-Director of Golf/Men s Coach-McDaniel College

4 Written by Trent Wearner this book has (230) pages of practice drills and games that will keep your team interested and competitive. This book is a great resource for College and High School programs looking for new training techniques and competitive drills. This is a must have for coaches. Mike and I have given these books out to those coaches who have attended our coaching seminars and highly recommend it. Special newsletter price: $14.00 (Normal Retail $18.95) Simply follow this link Trent Wearner --Golf Digest #1 Ranked in Colorado --Golf Channel Academy Instructor --Top 25 Elite Junior Coaches in U.S.

5 Recently Posted Collegiate Job Openings *The following positions will have application deadlines soon approaching or are open until filled. Please contact the school s HR or Athletic Department directly. Head Women s Coach Cabrini University Radnor, Pennsylvania Head Women s Coach College of The Desert Palm Desert, California Assistant Women s Coach Austin Peay State University Clarksville, Tennessee Assistant Women s Coach Marywood University Scranton, Pennsylvania Head Men s Coach Yeshiva University New York, New York Head Men s Coach Los Rios Community College Sacramento, California Head Men s Coach St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota Head Men s Coach Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, Georgia Associate Head Coach Richard Bland College Petersburg, VA Graduate Assistant Concordia University Seward, Nebraska Graduate Assistant Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minnesota Graduate Assistant University of Dubuque Dubuque, Iowa Graduate Assistant William Woods University Fulton, Missouri Graduate Assistant(s) Harding University Searcy, Arkansas Graduate Assistant Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, South Dakota High School and Academy Positions Boy s Coach Beverly Hills HS Beverly Hills, California Boy s Coach Reynolds HS Fairview, Oregon Boy s Coach Homestead HS Sunnyvale, California Boy s & Girl s Coach Pacific Buddhist Academy Honolulu, Hawaii Girl s Coach The Overlook School Redmond, Washington Girl s Coach Davies HS Fargo, North Dakota Head Coach Monterey HS Monterey, California Coach & Shattuck-St. Mary s School Fairbult, Minnesota Recruiting Coordinator Summer Coaches IMG Academy Bradenton, Florida After School Coaches TGA Premier Golf info@playtga.com Junior Golf Camps, Tours & College Seminar Mid-Atlantic PGA College Golf Recruiting Seminar Congressional Country Club on Saturday, February 4 th from 9:00am until 3:00pm. Free Admission with lunch provided. Juniors and parents are welcome to attend. Event will be discussing college recruiting topics presented by multiple College Coaches. Contact Bob Heintz-PGA Junior Golf Director at: BHeintz@pgahq.com

Nike Golf Camp Rochester, NY June 25-29th Stay at Rochester Institute of Technology in their air conditioned dorms. Play 3 different courses during the week.

6 Nike Golf Camp Rochester, NY June 25-29th Stay at Rochester Institute of Technology in their air conditioned dorms. Play 3 different courses during the week. Hosting for the 6th consecutive year and instruction provided by top NCAA coaches and current collegiate players. Dan Wesley, University of Rochester Coach at: dwesley@sports.rochester.edu Mid-Florida Junior Golf Tour North Central Florida area tour seeking junior players both boy's and girl's to compete and have fun playing tournament golf. Annual membership only $50 Chris Wilson at midfloridajuniorgolftour.com Fundraiser Forum Here s an idea that came out of a Coaches Seminar Mike and I conducted in Kansas City several years ago. Work out an arrangement with your golf course or club to do a golf team car wash. Select an area at the course where you have access to hoses and as golfers drive up ask them if they are interested in a free car wash with donations accepted towards the golf program. Their vehicle will be there for at least 4-hours while they play golf so no rush in getting it done quickly while they wait. We would recommend having an adult available in case the cars add up and need moved. Keys can be picked up at the pro shop once the wash has been completed. *Make sure to properly tag each set of keys by name, color and make of vehicle. Product Showcase Our most popular item since we started selling custom logo golf products in 2013 has been the golf scorecard holders. We have sold over 18,000 of these nationwide to College, High School and Junior Golf Programs. This past fall we introduced the new Flip-Style scorecard holder and have had tremendous responses from Coaches. We now can offer our scorecard holders in Black or White, and traditional Booklet-Style or Flip-Style. With this newsletter we are going to offer a special for any orders placed after the newsletter s release date. Place any minimum order for our Full Color Print scorecard holders and receive Free Personalization (NAMES). This special offer expires February, 10 th 2017 Please use discount code #207 when placing your order.

7 Coach to Coach Coach Jared Goehring from Washburn Rural HS in Topeka, Kansas requests examples of high school GOLF specific websites. Please contact him at: is a great resource for high school and college coaches to locate events throughout the year in addition to the major junior tours. We have a member at our club who is looking for a used FlightScope or Trackman. Contact Scott Moyer at McDaniel College Golf Club, smoyer10@gmail.com They Said It Don t let trying to be perfect get in the way of being good. Mike Radar Reid PGA & Champions Tour winner If you think it s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong ball. Jack Lemmon Actor and Comedian Three words you get tired of hearing your opponent say You re still away -Unknown They call it golf because all of the other four letter words were taken Ray Floyd PGA & Champions Tour Winner *Deadline to submit content for February Issue is February 15 th Submit to: scott@mgmsportsmarketing.com

The "GOLF COACH" Newsletter. Bringing College, HS and Junior Coaches Together. February Golf Drills & Skills. Focus. By Dr.

The GOLF COACH Newsletter. Bringing College, HS and Junior Coaches Together. February Golf Drills & Skills. Focus. By Dr. The "GOLF COACH" Newsletter Bringing College, HS and Junior Coaches Together February 2017 We are pleased to announce that Mary Lawrence, long time St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY) Head Men's and Women's