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

ATTENTION GGG MOMS!!!! THis one is for YOU!!!

HI, everyone:

NEWSFLASH GGGers & GGGer moms:

 I just came across this item about a new television show dedicated to all of us!!!!

I hope you will go to the website & check it out & vote (yes) that you would watch this golf show!!!!

In the meantime, Johnny & I are watching The President's Cup from our barn in Pottstown!



http://www.roadtomorepars.com/the-show
Click here to learn about the t.v. show ROAD TO MORE PARS

Meet Christina Ricci GOLFER GIRLS!!!!!


With enthusiasm,


Coach Lyd & Johnny

The Women's Sports Foundation Salutes Golfer Yani Tseng and Other Female Athletes

Learn About Healthy Eating in Youth Sports


Founded in 1974 by tennis legend, Billie Jean King, the Women's Sports Foundation is dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.


Learn about the Women's Sports Foundation here and Check out Go Girl Go!

{The press release below was posted at the WSF website in August, 2011--Note world-class golf champion, Yani Tseng on the list!!! Congratulations, Yani! GGG salutes you!}

Vote For Your Favorite Sportswoman of the Year

Ando, Moore, Vonn and Wambach Among 2011 Finalists For Women's Sports Foundation Honor this October

(Photo by: Erich Spiess)

East Meadow, N.Y., August 30, 2011– The Women's Sports Foundation’s 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports will celebrate the accomplishments of the top female athletes on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. The annual fundraising gala will take place at Cipriani Wall Street and will be hosted by journalist and sportscaster Bonnie Bernstein.

This year’s remarkable group of elite athlete finalists, representing 19 sports, is vying for the evening’s top honors – Sportswoman of the Year – in Individual and Team categories.

Each year, the top 10 candidates from various disciplines are chosen for the ballot, based on their record-breaking, historic, and simply amazing athletic performances. The Women's Sports Foundation recognizes these women for incredible achievements in individual and team performances, and the 2011 ballot is nothing short of extraordinary.

Athletes were considered for the 2011 ballot based on their athletic accomplishments between August 1, 2010, and July 31, 2011. Nominations for the Sportswoman of the Year - Individual and Team awards are made by sport governing bodies and the public. Sportswoman of the Year finalists will be voted on by the Foundation Awards Committee and the public beginning on August 25, through midnight E.S.T. on September 5, 2011. For the first time, voting will take place on Facebook. To vote, visitFacebook.com/WomensSportsFoundation and browse the photo albums for Individual Sport Athlete and Team Sport Athlete finalists. To cast your vote, simply “like” the photo of an athlete in each album - Team and Individual. Fans are permitted one vote in each album.

Sportswoman of the Year honorees will be announced during the Annual Salute to Women in Sports awards gala, as well as this year’s recipients of the Billie Jean King Contribution Award, Wilma Rudolph Courage Award andANNIKA Inspiration Award. The Pac 12 Conference will also receive a special tribute during the evening’s festivities. The event is supported and attended annually by star athletes, celebrities from film and television, journalists, corporate and industry leaders, sports organizations and philanthropists.

The 2011 Sportswoman of the Year finalists in the Individual sport and Team sport categories are:

2011 FINALISTS

Individual Sport

• Miki Ando, Figure Skating
• Kelly Clark, Snowboarding Halfpipe
• Missy Franklin, Swimming
• Carmelita Jeter, Track & Field
• Aliya Mustafina, Gymnastics
• Christine Nesbitt, Speed Skating
• Yani Tseng, Golf
• Lindsey Vonn, Alpine Skiing
• Mallory Weggemann, Paralympic Swimming
• Caroline Wozniacki, Tennis

Team Sport

• Luciana Aymar, Field Hockey
• Annika Dries, Water Polo
• Meghan Duggan, Ice Hockey
• Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França, Beach Volleyball
• Sandra Kiriasis, Bobsled
• Maya Moore, Basketball
• Anette Norberg, Curling
• Shannon Smith, Lacrosse
• Stacy Sykora, Volleyball
• Abby Wambach, Soccer

Past Sportswoman of the Year recipients include… 
Individual: Nastia Liukin, Gymnastics; Lorena Ochoa, Golf; Erin Popovich, Paralympic Swimming; Michelle Kwan, Figure Skating; and Gail Devers, Track & Field

Team: Jessica Mendoza, Softball; Misty May-Treanor & Kerri Walsh, Beach Volleyball; Lisa Leslie, Basketball; Serena and Venus Williams, Tennis; and Mia Hamm, Soccer


For more information or to purchase a table or tickets for this star-studded event, please contact Kerry Milhaven or visitwww.WomensSportsFoundation.org/AnnualSalute.


About the Women’s Sports Foundation The Women’s Sports Foundation, founded in 1974, is the leader in promoting sports, health and education for girls and women. With Billie Jean King as its founder and ongoing visionary, The Women’s Sports Foundation continues to have a profound impact on female athletics, from its vigorous advocacy of Title IX legislation to providing grants and scholarships, grassroots programs for underserved girls, and groundbreaking research. An agent for change, the Women’s Sports Foundation has relationships with more than 1,000 of the world’s elite female athletes and is recognized globally for its leadership, vision, strength, expertise and influence. For more information, please call the Women’s Sports Foundation at 800.227.3988 or visit www.WomensSportsFoundation.org.