Tee-to-Green SNEWGA Newsletter www.snewga.org For entries in next newsletter contact Donna Pauzé Newsletter corrections - send corrections to Donna Pauzé. Corrections will be noted in the following month s newsletter. 2nd Edition 2007 - July Issue Number 9 If you think it s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. Jack Lemmon Next publication will be August 30, 2007! SNEWGA Public Relations Coordinator Donna.pauze@comcast.net Tel. 860-872-5792 UPCOMING SNEWGA EVENTS - ENTRY DEADLINES ARE FAST APPROACHING! All entry forms on SNEWGA.org web site NEW!!! SNEWGA SUNDAY, Oxford Greens, Oxford, CT Format: 2 best balls of the foursome Tournament Date: Sunday, August 26 DEADLINE FOR ENTRY Wednesday, August 8!! THANKS TO OXFORD GREENS FOR AGREEING TO HOST THIS SUNDAY EVENT PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS NEW SNEWGA WEEKEND EVENT AT OXFORD GREENS! Super Seniors/Legends Championship Blackledge, Hebron, CT Tournament Date: Wednesday, August 22 DEADLINE FOR ENTRY Saturday, August 11!! SNEWGA INVITATIONAL Torrington Country Club, Torrington, CT Tournament Date: Monday, August 27 DEADLINE FOR ENTRY Friday August 17!! SNEWGA CUP!!! (Northeast vs. Southwest) Elmridge Golf Course Tournament Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 29 and 30 Format: 2-day match play even resembles the Solheim Cup. Two teams (one gross, one net) from Regions III & IV combined (Southwest) will compete against two teams (one gross, one net) from Regions I & II combined (Northeast). Team Selection: If more than 24 apply, preference goes to those who participated in the SNEWGA Championship at Simsbury Farms. NOTE: If you are not selected to a team, your check will be returned. DEADLINE FOR ENTRY Saturday, September 1!!
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Simsbury Farms, July 18 Simsbury, CT Par 72 5400 Yards CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT (2-Day Total-Gross) WINNER of Perpetual Cup: Linda Lyons, Timberlin 74/72 146 Debbie Jamgochian, Griffith Harris 75/75 150 Daria Cummings, Tashua Knolls 78/73 151 Lisa Fern Boros, Fairchild Wheeler 77/78 155 Jen Holland, Lyman Orchards 80/78-158 GROSS - FIRST FLIGHT Vicki Simmons, Rolling Meadows 87 Virginia Willetts, Grassy Hill 90 Lisa Lavoie, Stanley 93 Renee Leone, East Mountain 94 Lorraine Pettola, Southington 94 GROSS - SECOND FLIGHT Mariel Albee, Grassy Hill - 101 Lori Scudder, Simsbury Farms 101 Leslie Pitiger, Grassy Hill 102 June Saunders, Simsbury Farms 103 NET Championship Flight (2-day total) Pam Zanetto, Torrington 140 Carol Frattaroli, Sterling Farms 141 Jennifer Tierney, Richter Park 143 NET FIRST FLIGHT Aura Showah, Richter Park - 67 Alicia Cavallaro, Grassy Hill 72 Linda Ho, Timberlin 72 NET SECOND FLIGHT Nanci Fortin, Rolling Meadows - 66 Nan Schultz, Simsbury Farms 69 Carol Hansen, Timberlin - 71 CONGRATULATIONS TO EAST MOUNTAIN GOLF COURSE SNEWGA club member - CELEBRATING 75 YEARS!!! MEMBER/MEMBER Timberlin, July 5 Berlin, CT Par 72 5477 Yards Congratulations to the Champion Team Winners 1 ST PLACE: Cindy Hedge/Linda Lyons (75) 2nd: Carol Griska/Jean Semeraro (77) 3rd: Joyce Curran/Diane Busse (78/mc) 4th: Lisa Raczka/Jenny Burrill (78/mc) NET: 1st: Carole Oat/Lisa Lavoie (60) 2nd: Sue Schrager/Charlie Morrone (61) 3rd: Eileen Berg/Renee Leone (62/mc) 4th: Janet Kalas/Candy Palaia (62/mc) UPDATE: 1ST TEE Linda Woods is SNEWGA s rep on 1 st Tee Board Linda Woods ran a raffle on Team Day to benefit 1 st Tee she was able to raise over $550! Thanks to everyone who participated in the raffle and for those who donated prizes towards the raffle. Linda said her two goals were accomplished raise money for a worthy cause and inform fellow golfers about the 1 st Tee of Connecticut. Thank you Linda for your volunteer work on behalf of SNEWGA! CONGRATULATIONS Linda Lyons Timberlin 2007 SNEWGA Champion Debbie Jamgochian Griffith Harris 2007 SNEWGA Seniors Champion
SNEWGA INVITATIONAL The Tradition of Wallingford Par 70 4458 Yards Full field results posted on SNEWGA Home Page ( 20067 GROSS WINNERS: 1. Rochelle Turcotte/Christine Sullivan 77 2. Denise Cheneski/Tracy Ulacco 79 3. Sandy Fisette/Robin Schemansky 80 (mc) 4. Louise Lupone/Laura Yurczyk 80 (mc) 5. Beth Rotko/Betty Hewitt 80 (mc) NET WINNERS: 6. Weis Ruinen/Marcia Rogers 56 7. Janet DeBiase/Debbie James 58 8. Regina Evans/Maryann Jenkins 59 9. Anne Serella/Sandy Howard 60 10. Zel Finkenstadt/Joan Cutting 61 SENIORS TOURNAMENT Rolling Meadows July 31 Ellington, CT Par 72 5331 Yards CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT WINNER of Perpetual Cup: Debbie Jamgochian, Griffith Harris 76 Jean Semeraro, East Mountain 83 Pat Balzar, Lyman Orchards-85 m/c Leslie Harrison, Blackledge-85 m/c GROSS - FIRST FLIGHT Cindy Tulloch, Tashua Knolls 91 Aura Showah, Richter Park 92 Donna Dimauro, Timberlin 95 GROSS - SECOND FLIGHT Leslie Pitiger, Grassy Hill 97 Susan Seigars, Stanley 104 m/c NET CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT Nancy Barry, Cedar Knob 70 Lisa Bishop, Hunter 71 Gale Lemieux, Timberlin 73 Diane Vieira, Tashua Knolls 73 NET FIRST FLIGHT Janet Stern, Richter Park 72 m/c Lynn Signori, East Mountain 72 m/c Rochelle Turcotte, Tashua Knolls 76 NET SECOND FLIGHT Mariel Albee, Grassy Hill 69 Kathy Davison, Tashua Knolls 75 m/c 51 st Annual New England Women s Golf Association (NEWGA Championship) Hickory Ridge Country Club Amherst, MA Par 72-5973 Yards WINNER (3-day total): Susan Choi Nehoiden GC, MA 76/73/76-225 Total SNEWGA MEMBERS WHO PLACED: (not all listed here but all listed on web site snewga.org) #4 Daria Cummings, Tashua Knolls 76/78/76 230 Total #27 Lisa Fern-Boros, Fairchild Wheeler 81/81/81 243 Total #35 Alicia Esposito, Lyman Orchards 86/79/83 248 Total #38 Linda Lyons, Timberlin 83/81/85 249 Total #39 Jen Holland, Lyman Orchards 82/83/85 250 Total TOO MANY THREE- PUTT GREENS Source: Internet When this happens, it often means that your first putt was a very poor one. On long putts, concentrate on distance more than direction. Aim for a circle about three feet around the hole. Keep your head down and focus on making good contact and using the amount of force needed to reach that circle. Be especially careful on a downhill putt, and try to make the ball die at the hole.
GOLF RULE REVIEW Relief from Cart Path Take stance that gives you the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole Place a tee where the club you intend to use touches the ground (as if you were making a swing). Measure off one club length from that tee and place another tee at the end of the club. Drop the ball within the two tees. NO PENALTY REMINDER: Drop ONE CLUB LENGTH when there is NO PENALTY Drop TWO CLUB LENGTHS when there IS A PENALTY THOUGHTS ON THE GAME OF GOLF For this month s newsletter, Donna Pauzé took the opportunity to interview a couple of local club pros they volunteered their thoughts on some typical golf problems. Always believe in your shot The consensus is that you have to believe in it! Even professionals suffer from indecision and lack of confidence in shot selection. They just have it a little less often than amateurs. It never really goes away even for these club pros. Don t think you re the only one that has indecision on the golf course. Confidence plays a intricate part in everyone s game The one thing is to swing at each shot with confidence. Right or wrong, the pros hit the ball with confidence. Confidence makes a difference in the execution of golf shots. Expect a shot to be great If you expect the shot to be great, while it might not be, it certainly can be. If you don t expect the shot to be great, you ve got almost no chance of making a good swing at it. If you look at a really long putt and think, I hope I don t three-putt this, you re done. There s no way you ll ever sink it, and you probably WILL three-putt. If you think, I just wanna get this close, then odds are much better that you ll get it close, and every now and then, it ll go in! Struggling with wrong shot selections An incorrect shot (wrong selection) executed with confidence will always come out better than a correct shot (correct selection) executed with timidity. Think about those chips you re not sure of. They re either missed and go nowhere or they re sculled over the green. If you make a confident swing, while it might not go toward the hole according to your plan (wrong selection), it ll at least be on the green where you re putting. Better to be there, than still in the rough. Negative thoughts on the golf course Never have a negative thought on the tee (or before any shot). Never think: don t do this. Your brain doesn t hear the don t part, so you ve then just told your brain to do exactly what you don t want to do. Instead think: go there. For example, instead of don t go in the water think keep it anywhere from center to left center in the fairway. Look at your target (where you want the ball to land), not at what you re trying to avoid. Donna Pauze, SNEWGA Public Relations Coordinator
HANDICAP Q&A Submitted by Gale Lemieux SNEWGA president (2006 to present) Q: What must I do if I posted a score in error? A: Ask your Handicap Chairman or someone on the Handicap Committee at your club (possibly one of the golf staff) to correct the error. A club representative is the only entity authorized to make a change to a scoring record. The USGA Handicap Department does not have access to individual records or the ability to answer handicap vendor related questions. Refer to the Handicap Manual on the USGA website at: http://www.usga.org/playing/handicaps/manual/index.html Another Tip for You Golf Nut Doc O'Leary - Source: Internet Most high-handicappers have a few things in common: 1. A white-knuckled strangulation grip on the club during address... 2. Gnashing teeth while simultaneously holding the breath on backswing (a great skill to have while snorkeling, but not so much golf)... 3. A sudden and severe tightening of the all muscles during the downswing and impact... Okay... the solution is to (as the pros say) "soften" your swing. Watch any world class sprinter. What are they doing just before the race? They are loosening their muscles, aren t they? You have to do the same in the golf swing. It's a chain reaction that starts from the ground, then moves through the pivot into your arms, down the club shaft into the golf ball. The idea is to STORE power until the exact right moment. Let the "chain reaction" work it's magic (don't rush it for pete's sake), and keep your muscles soft so that power can be delivered to straight into the ball. Pow! It'll feel effortless too. In the end, I m not just talking about loosening your grip pressure, but releasing the tension in your shoulder area and neck. Yes... you need a structured swing but not all the tension. So here's what you should do before you drive the ball: 1. Do a quick body scan notice where you re holding your tension... 2. Take three deep breaths (but please, not so deep that you pass out). Remove all the worry and tension out of your muscles... 3. Keep your swing soft and slow. Allow the pivot do all the work. The sprinter knows relaxed muscles fire stronger and more effectively -- and now you know too. Let that chain reaction of power happen in your swing and keep it all soft as a baby's bottom. Until next time Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. Jack Nicklaus, American Professional Golfer Tee to Green Donna Pauzé, Editor and SNEWGA Public Relations Coordinator Comments/Suggestions: donna.pauze@comcast.net This Newsletter is Distributed for Informational Purposes Only. SNEWGA is not responsible for the interpretations made or actions taken by any person(s) based on the information provided within this email. All information contained within this newsletter is accurate to the best of our knowledge.