Local sports calendar
SOCCER Camps Senators Soccer Camp: For ages 7-16 9-3:30 p.m. Aug. 6-10 at SUNY Ulster. Join Ulster head coach Jamal Lis-Simmons, assistant coach Dan Hoffay and Senators players as they instruct campers of all skill and experience levels in their development of ball skills, using those skills in game situations and the importance of team play. Cost: $220. Course No. CFK 1030-01. For more information or to register, visit www.sunyulster. edu/campulster or call (845) 339-2025. —— SOFTBALL Travel Teams Mid-Hudson Rebels U16: Tryout for their 2018-19 team 10 a.m. Aug. 12 at Glasco Little League Field. Private tryouts are welcome. Contact Boyd Vaughn at 845-3891667 with any questions. Program includes year round training, 6 month YMCA membership, tournaments, etc. Come join the fastest growing youth softball organization in the Hudson Valley. Mid-Hudson Rebels U14: Tryouts for their two 2018-19 teams will be held 5 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 7 at the Glasco Little League Field. Private tryouts are welcome. Contact Brian Haller at 518-491-1325 and Rich Terpening at 845-416-3531 with any questions. Program includes year round training, 6 month YMCA membership, tournaments, etc. Come join the fastest growing youth softball organization in the Hudson Valley. Mid-Hudson Rebels U12: Tryouts for their 2018-19 teams 6 p.m. Aug. 1 and 2 at the Glasco Little League Field. Private tryouts are welcome. Contact Eric Chambers at 845-499-4580 or Al Stokes at 845-706-6775 with any questions. Program includes year round training, 6 month YMCA membership, tournaments, etc. Come join the fastest growing youth softball organization in the Hudson Valley. Mid-Hudson Rebels U10: Tryouts for their two 2018-19 teams 6 p.m. Aug. 1 and 2 at the Edson Elementary School Field. Private tryouts are welcome. Contact Nick Crantz at 845-633-9800 and Chris Schoonmaker at 845-7500386 with any questions. Program includes year round training, tournaments, etc. Come join the fastest growing youth softball organization in the Hudson Valley. Mid-Hudson Rebels U8: Tryout for the 2018-19 team 10 a.m. Aug. 26 at the Glasco Little League Field. Private tryouts are welcome. Contact Paul Roeber at 845-4304455. Program includes year round training, tournaments, etc. Come join the fastest growing youth softball organization in the Hudson Valley. —— SWIMMING Red Cross Swim Lessons: At the Zena Rec Club, 714 Zena Highwoods Road. Open to public. $125 for 2 weeks Monday through Friday. (discount for Zena Rec members). July 23-Aug 3. Classes run from 10:15-10:45 and 11-11:30 depending on skill level. For more information, call (845) 679-8098, visit www.zenarec.com or email swimlessons@zenarec.com —— TENNIS Camps Rhinebeck Tennis Summer Camps: For ages 10-14 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Friday, on the indoor and outdoor courts. Weeks of July 23-27, Aug. 6-10 and Aug. 27-31. Cost: $299. Email or text (240) 224-4190. —— WRESTLING Camps Delta Hammer Wrestling Camp: July 23-27 at Rondout Valley High School. An intensive camp for those that want to get better, qualify for or be a state champion. Featuring Joe Kemmerer, Clinician, two-time NCAA Division 2 coach at Kutztown Univierty and Division 1 coach. $200 for week or $50 a day. Information posted on Ulster Youth Wrestling Outreach on Facebook or email Ken Walsh at ulsterwrestling@gmail.com Clubs Mid-Hudson Dark Corner Wrestling Club: Meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and Fridays in the Kingston High School wrestling room. Beginning through advanced wrestling. Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman. For more information, call coach Cappy Weiner at (845) 532-0364.
GOLF The eve of the British Open felt like cramming for a final exam, a multiple choice one with no obvious answers.
The wind that blows off the North Sea across the exposed links of Carnoustie has not been the primary concern during practice rounds. Players have a reasonable idea how far the ball travels in the air. They just don’t know how far it goes on the ground.
“If you get it downwind and you hit that little flat draw and it gets running, it will go pretty much until it runs into something,” Justin Thomas said. That’s not entirely true. Thomas hit a tee shot on the third hole Wednesday afternoon that rolled across the humps in the fairway and kept right on rolling. It looked as though it would run into a bunker, or maybe even the handle of a rake leaning on the left edge of the bunker. It missed both and eventually came to a stop 232 yards away.
His club off the tee was an 8-iron.
Tiger Woods doesn’t see many occasions to hit driver because of how far the ball is rolling across tight links grass that looks dead. It hasn’t been this dry since Hoylake in 2006, when Woods hit only one driver all week and captured the Open for the third time. This might not be much different.
“It’s just hard to keep the ball in play,” he said. “It’s going to be an interesting test to see which clubs we’re going to be using off the tees, and a lot of it is dependent on which way the wind blows. So the whole idea of these practice rounds is just to get a good feel for what I’m going to do, and then adjust accordingly.”
Others are coming to a different conclusion. Because while the links are as fast as ever, the rough is too thin, too wispy to wreak havoc. Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 player in the world, figures he’ll hit driver about half the time on the 15 holes that are not par 3s. Two-time U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka also is bullish on the big stick, saying the driver will come out on about eight or nine holes.
Defending champion Jordan Spieth was considering his options on the final day of practice. On the 415-yard fourth hole, with a bunker on the right side of a dogleg left and another bunker farther out on the left side, he hit a fade over the right bunker. The other option is a long iron that splits the bunker.