Golf clubs for your 2 to 5-year-old, Playing Skills & Practice Drills from ANNIKA's Coaches (my VISION 54 pals) & a Weight Training Program Designed for the FEMALE GOLFER!

Spring has sprung and it is time to get your golf games going whether you are 2, 22, 44 or 88! 

READY? 

SET! 

GO!!!

Checkout the golf clubs for your LITTLEST GOLFER from the littlest golfer link

• Designed for boys & girls ages 2-5 years. 
•  I have gifted my (nearly) 3 year old nephew with a set and he is loving them!
• http://www.thelittlestgolfer.com/default/kids-golf-gear/tlg-first-set-golf-clubs.html

Checkout these playing & practice skills from the VISION 54 gurus taken from their newly published book:
PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF NOW. 


Go to the vision 54 link http://www.vision54.com/vision54/pages/home/ to checkout the many options available for IMPROVING YOUR GAME!

 The 8 Essential Playing Skills

1. LEAVE YOUR MIND BEHIND: Learn to engage with the shot. Just make it happen.

2. DECIDE AND COMMIT: Become a more confident player by learning to make clear decisions that you trust and stick with.

3. FIND YOUR BALANCE: Be centered physically and mentally.

4. FEEL YOUR TEMPO AND DANCE TO ITS RHYTHM: Learn how your natural tempo feels and discover what tempo works best for you.

5. TAME TENSION: Recognize tension and how to manage it. Balance, tempo and tension awareness (BTT) will make any swing better.

6. BUILD EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE: Learn how to turn disappointing results into steppingstones rather than stumbling blocks.

7. STORE MEMORIES: File away the good and neutralize the bad. You can learn from the past to make a better present.

8. DROWN SELF-TALK IN USEFUL THOUGHTS: Hear that voice in your head that raises doubts and fears? We all have it. Have a dialogue with it. 

The 2 Essential Practice Skills

1. SIMULATE GOLF: Make practice like golf by inviting the pressure of performing onto the practice range with you. This is crucial to getting better.

2. INTEGRATE SKILLS: Don't just hit balls, practice with a purpose. Have a plan. Hit each shot with an objective in mind.

Weight Training for Women's Golf is the most comprehensive and up-to-date women's golf-specific training guide in the world today. 

It contains descriptions and photographs of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by top female golfers worldwide, including Annika Sorenstam. 

This book features year-round golf-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.

No other women's golf book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training. 

This book enables female golfers of all skill levels to add extra yardage to their drives and irons. 

By following this program you can develop the flexibility and strength required to eliminate fatigue and increase distance with every club in your bag. 

With stronger and more flexible muscles, you will hit the ball farther and you will have better control over all of your shots throughout the round. 

Most importantly, you will reduce your chances of injury and be able to play 18 holes at your highest level.

Speaking French in Brazil!

2016 Olympics golf architect chosen: Girls Go Golfing co-directors John & Lydia Siipola call Hanse-designed golf course FRENCH CREEK home!!! 


Read the announcement from French Creek below:

Congratulations to Gil Hanse and Hanse Golf Course Design! Many of you who attended our Annual Membership Meeting are aware that Gil Hanse has been competing for the Course Design Contract for the 2016 Summer Olympic golf course design in Rio de Janeiro. French Creek is happy to announce that Gil Hanse and his design group have been officially awarded the contract today!!! Gil and his group will be very busy over the next 18 to 24 months with other projects as well, including the remodeling of the Blue Monster  tournament course at Doral Resorts in Florida and a new 27 Hole Design in Oregon, just south of Bandon Dunes. French Creek is proud to have the privilege of playing a Hanse designed course every day!  Congratulations to everyone at Hanse Golf Course Design! Click here to view the official announcement from Gil Hanse himself and more news on Hanse Golf Course Design! Click here for The Golf Channel and their article on Gil Hanse.

Mark Bittman, Brussel Sprouts & Putting:Perfect Together!

Perfect food on a cold February day!

Things have been pretty blustery and cold around here lately. 

We have been keeping ourselves busy by trying recipes from Mark Bittman's Food Matters cookbook http://markbittman.com/less-meat-mondays-cannelini-with-shredded-bru

Then we head downstairs to a Dave Pelz-inspired "rail"system  to practice a rhythmic in-line putting stroke.  Dave has putting drills you can use inside and outside. Checkout the following link to hear from Dave himself! http://wn.com/Dave_Pelz_Putting_Drill

Paul Lawrie, OPEN CHAMPION Energizes Girls Championship: Girls Go Golfing says: You rock, Paul!

Read about Paul Lawrie's awesome support of Scottish girls golf!!!!!!

Open Champion GIves Girls Championship a LIft

18 hole New Jersey high school girls golf event announcement: tournament details, contact and entry form below

{Available to individuals & girls golf teams}

Fact sheet—2012

The 9^th annual hunterdon central regional high school

Girls red devil invitational golf tournament and food drive

Tournament date:             monday april 16^th—shotgun start—11am

Tournament site:               copper hill cc-flemington-nj-08822

                                                      phone-908-782-4455---www.copper-hill.com

Tournament type:             18 hole stroke play—individual and team (best 3 scores)

Tournament rules:           usga rules-except as modified by local & tournament rules

Tournament director & contact person:
   

robert nicolson—pga professional retired

hunterdon central girls golf coach 

cell phone:908-892-0820

e-mail r.nicolson@comcast.net

Entry deadline:                  april 1, 2012—the check must be mailed with the entry form

Entry fee:                               
 $35 per player
bring 1 or up to 6 players
use entry form
 the tournament director will confirm via email that  your registration is complete

Entry qualifications:      
player scored 49 or better in a hs match last season or coach assessment-player will score under 110 at chcc                                                        

                                                   

Time line for 4/16:                 
9:45 check in –range open—putting green open
10:30 hole assignments-rules sheet plus local rules posted

11:00 shotgun start—coaches may play as guests of hcrhs 

11:30 sandwich and beverage will be delivered on course to players and coaches. no food service is open at chcc

4:00 pizza party for all and awards ceremony to follow

Important rules:  
1. Coach must check in at least 30 minutes prior to shotgun & must be present until the conclusion     of play

2. Players will be alone on the golf course. coaches not playing golf and all other spectators will be restricted to the club-house area.

3. Dress code- all players will dress in golf attire-no jeans
4. Golf course-we are guests of copper hill please remember to replace divots, fix ball marks and rake bunkers

5. Each school participating in the tournament will provide for the care and treatment of their athletes within the school’s policy as in effect during the regular season. The athletic emergency procedure of the host school will be in effect during the tournament, which will include the establishment of a line of communication for emergent situations

***********food drive---food drive---food drive---food drive---food drive***********

Please-- bring a minimum of one food item per player

ENTRY FORM—2012—RED DEVIL

                                                         

THE 9^TH ANNUAL HUNTERDON CENTRAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

GIRLS RED DEVIL INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT & FOOD DRIVE

                                            

TOURNAMENT DATE:          MONDAY APRIL 16^TH

SITE:                                         COPPER HILL CC-FLEMINGTON NJ

TIME:                                        11:00 AM-SHOTGUN

TOURNAMENT TYPE:          18 HOLE STROKE PLAY 

                                                   INDIVIDUAL & TEAM (BEST 3 SCORES COUNT)

ENTRY FEE:                            $35 PER PLAYER

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:  PLAYER SCORED 49 OR LOWER IN A HIGH

                                                    SCHOOL MATCH LAST SEASON…OR COACHES

                                                    ASSESSMENT THAT PLAYER WILL SCORE

                                                    UNDER 110 AT COPPER HILL CC

                                                                          

                                                    

SCHOOL NAME:                                   ________________________________                            

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S NAME:      ________________________________                            

GOLF COACH’S NAME:                      ________________________________                           

GOLF COACH’S CELL PHONE:         ________________________________                            

GOLF COACH’S E-MAIL:                   _________________________________                            

PLAYERS –6 MAXIMUM                           2011 AVERAGE             GHIN #

                                                                 

1. ________________________                       __________                   _______

2. ________________________                       __________                   _______

3. ________________________                       __________                   _______

4. ________________________                       __________                   _______

5. ________________________                       __________                   _______

6. ________________________                       __________                   _______

ENTRY DEADLINE: APRIL1, 2012


LIMITED FIELD—ENTER EARLY

LUNCH AND PIZZA PARTY FOR PLAYERS AND COACHES INCLUDED

COACHES MAY PLAY GOLF –NO CHARGE FOR GOLF OR FOOD

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:  COPPER HILL CC RED DEVIL INV

MAIL CHECK TO: 


HUNTERDON CENTRAL-- ATHLETIC OFFICE

84 ROUTE 31
FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY 08822

ATTN: GIRL’S GOLF

********THE CHECK MUST BE MAILED WITH THE ENTRY FORM************

Playing Twin Eagles Eagle Course Today with GGG directors Lydia & Johnny

Johnny & I were excited to play the Eagle course today at Twin Eagles golf club in Naples, Florida.


 The LPGA is scheduled to tee it up here the week before Thanksgiving in 2012. 

We LOVE it when we can play or walk a course the pros are going to play---it makes watching on television even more interesting because you played the course--if you ever get the chance to play a course the pros play--go for it!

I played the IV tees around 6000 yards and Johnny played the III combo tees at 6500 yards. We were guaranteed by the staff that the course was playing firm and we would get lots of roll (for shots in the fairway!) plus I was feeling incredibly energetic due to my chia seed infused oatmeal with blueberries and bananas! 


I am following a new treatment regimen---let's hope that it is helping and putting me on the REAL road to recovery--stay tuned!

Our favorite hole was the drivable par 4 16th hole! It is going to provide some excitement during the tournament.

We played our usual team best ball and finished the day at 3-over par. 

No eagles but two nice birdies to keep us in the mix. We found the description and photograph below at the Twin Eagles website. We managed to find a nice price on golfnow.com

Twin Eagles eagle course view from behind the green

"We wanted to create a remarkable experience on this course," said Smyers, who followed examples set by the ‘Golden Age’ of golf course architecture to create a course that is all about strategy and the challenge of risk/reward shots. The design forces decision making scenarios and rewards precise shot-making. "The amazing thing about this course is that the elevation changes have created a northern feel on a southern golf course," said Scott Newhouse, Director of Golf at TwinEagles. "The 9th hole is one of the neatest looking second shots into a par 4 that I’ve ever seen in the state of Florida," he added. Imaginatively shaped greens, one of which is over 15,000 square feet, will add to the allure of the new course. The best feature of this design philosophy is that it provides a different experience for golfers each time the course is played.


Newspaper story announcing LPGA's return to Naples, Florida in November,2012

On-the-road with Girls GO Golfing directors: FIRST STOP: The Landings Club

(from left to right) Nicole Weller and Lydia Siipola bonding over girls golf at The Landings  in Savannah, Georgia