Congratulations and good luck
Last Sunday, April 24 the NCGA Four-Ball Net Qualifier was played out on the Little River golf course. Twelve local Men’s Club golfers, and six two-man teams, competed for the honor of representing the Men’s Club at the next level. The team of Randall Jones and Zach Brooks claimed first place shooting a team ten under par. The team of Michael Hall and Jason Carmichael came in second shooting a team eight under par. Advancing to the next level of the Qualifier both teams will travel to the Fountain Grove Country Club located in Santa Rosa on May 26th. Congratulations and good luck!
The question has arisen how many women playing the Little River Course have gotten a hole-in-one?
Recently Chong Mejias sunk an ace on hole 11 but how many other women golfers have also got the hole-in-one? Pro Shop Kathy Shepley estimates at least a thousand have done so. Probably not too far off. If you are a woman golfer and have a holein-one at the Little River course please raise your hand. For perspective this year so far in the LPGA 12 women have scored a hole-in-one. In the history of the U. S. Women’s Open tournament, 30 women have scored an ace. The first hole-in-one during the U. S. Women’s Open was recognized in 1951 on the fourth hole at the Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta GA shot by Martha Cowden an amateur.
Don’t forget to sign up for the 2022 Annual Memorial Day Getaway played at the Fall River Mills Golf Course. The tournament will be played on May 28th and 29th with a practice round on
Friday, May 27th. This event has become a tradition organized through the years by local golfer Bill Gibney. The signup sheet for Fall River Getaway is on the Pro Shop bulletin board.
Dave Minor’s swing tip this week passed on to me from Dave while waiting in the check-out line at Harvest at Mendosa’s was, “shoulder to shoulder”. “Tuck that left shoulder underneath the chin on the backswing and when completing the downswing make sure that the right shoulder is tucked underneath the chin.” Good tip. We’ve always heard to keep that head down during the swing. Tucking that right shoulder underneath the chin ensures the head is down. When you see pictures of pros finishing their swing they are looking over their right shoulder to where the ball was. Keep that head behind the ball.