GRAND LAKE GOLF TOURNAMENTS (Mark your Calendars)
Aug 21st Mary Moore Charity Event (Silent Auction and Scramble Tournament) – 12 pm at Shangri-La, includes Lunch and Goodie Bag. Benefitting the Home of Hope and Special Olympics. Contact Jack Moore: jmoore1320@gmail.com.
SHANGRI-LA GOLF CLUB – Monkey Island
Shangri-La Golf Specials: Sunday after 1 @ $59; Monday is Ladies Day @ $54.; Tuesdays is Vets and Seniors Day @ $54; Thursdays @ $69 all day.
steve pace, Grand Lake Business Journal
CHEROKEE GROVE GOLF CLUB – Grove, OK
519 Quail Run Rd. Grove, OK 74344, 918-786-4100.
Alan Schmidt 417-437-7684 or Clay Garner 417-499-4635
PATRICIA ISLAND GOLF CLUB – Grove, OK
Mike Kelly Report:
-Leagues: Tuesday Night Open League. Tee times from 4:00 to 5:30pm…9 hole stroke play format. Play your own ball through each hole. $15 per week includes cart fee (P.I. members pay 9 hole trail fee.) Each player must also put $6.00 in the prize pool each week to be eligible to win prize money for the week you must play with at least two other league participants and Ladies are welcome. Prizes include low gross score, closest to the pin and skins. Patricia Island also draws for a gift certificate to be awarded each week. $10 fee to join the league. PIGC handicap membership required ($20). Coordinate your own foursome and make you own tee time 24 hours in advance (player’s names required. Call as a single and PI will pair you up. Here are some reasons why you should join a golf league!
1. A golf league is fun!
2. A golf league is a great way to network for both friendships and business connections.
3. You are able to compete on an even playing field.
4. Golf allows you to establish a handicap which is applied against whatever course you are playing on. Handicaps allow golfers of all skill levels to compete against one another.
5. Friendly competition drives you to improve your game. It’s human nature that none of us like to lose. The desire to golf well in league will produce more focused practice sessions.
6. You have a weekly scheduled time to golf. We all live busy lives.Only on the course will you get the valuable experience in course management needed to improve your game.
7. Learn from golfing with better players. Golfing with better golfers will help you improve your game by watching how they manage their way around the course.
June 9th League Results
A hot night, but some determined golfers played very well. Thanks to those who braved the heat. Weekly winners were as follows: first place low net Steve Kilde; Pins and Skins: Bill Dyer Closest to the pin; Skins; Jack Looney 1 skins, Steve Kilde 1 skin.
I hope you are convinced you of the benefits of joining a golf league. It’s a great way to both further your enjoyment of the game and improve your skills.
For information concerning the Patricia Island Tuesday Night League please call Mike Kelly at Kelly Golf 918-787-7640 or Patricia Island Golf Club at 918-787-3338 Ext #3. Sign up at the Patricia Island Pro Shop. Time to get your golf on!!!
See you on Tuesdays. Spread the word-More Players=Bigger pots
GOLF TIP OF THE WEEK
A good golf swing starts at the bottom of your feet and moves up. You should literally feel the ground with the soles of your shoes. It is also recommended that you feel more weight to the inside of the bottom of your feet (exaggeration would be to feel knock-kneed). Lean forward until your heels come off the ground then lean back until your toes come off the ground…then find what you would call “the middle” of those feelings. Don’t forget that on a normal golf shot you want your toes, knees, hips and shoulders all aligned and going to the same target.
GOLF SPECIALS ARE JUST WAITING FOR YOU.
All area courses currently have specials and encourage you to take advantage.
-Cherokee Grove Golf Course (Grove) @ 918-786-4100
-Grand Cherokee Golf Course (Langley) @ 918-435-8727.
-Patricia Island Golf Club (Grove) @ 918-786-3338
-Shangri-La Golf Club (Monkey Island) @ 918-257-4204
-Eagle Creek Golf Club (Joplin) @ 417-623-5050
SPECIAL OLYMPICS REPORT
We recently competed in Stillwater and had a very successful experience. There were 16 Special Olympian golfers from the Home of Hope facility and 12 of us coaches that either spent the night or travelled back and forth. Participating coaches (called Unified Partners where we hit every other shot) were: Gregg Compton, Larry Mlnarik, Connard Luper, Ben Jackson, Randall Hendricks, Mickey and Nina Landers, Dennis Patrick, Roger Cook, Jack Moore and Steve Pace.
REQUEST and Thank You!
Appreciate most recent donations from Gretchen Castro, Roy Rice and Dan Moore. If you have some old golf equipment (especially pull carts) we sure could use it for our Special Olympics program with the Home of Hope out of Vinita. We have 16 players signed up for this season. We meet every Monday at Shangri-La. Call Steve at 405-834-3217…thanks. Observers and any one with interest in this program is invited to come out and observe. For those of you that have donated clubs and equipment. Thank you for your donation! Thanks again for your donations….. Mike Kelly, Jamie Perryman, Judy McHenry and Suzanne Knott, Pat Dunn, Dave Cole, Monty Hartley, Suzynne “Peaches” Fowler. Thanks to Carl Metcalf and Second Chance Pet rescue for also donating some golf equipment. Thanks also to Shangri-La Golf Club for their contributions to the Special Olympians; Golf Carts, Practice Facilities and some actual play on the course. Thanks also to the 12 dedicated “coaches” that work with the Special Olympians every week (Mondays).
GOLF JOKE of the WEEK
Off the seventh tee, Brian sliced his shot deep into a wooded ravine. He took his eight iron and clambered down the embankment in search of his lost ball. After many long minutes of hacking at the underbrush, he spotted something glistening in the leaves. As he drew nearer, he discovered that it was an eight iron in hands of a skeleton! Joe immediately called out to his friend, “Jack, I’ve got trouble down here!” “What’s the matter” Jack asked from the edge of the ravine. “Bring me my wedge,” Brian shouted. “You can’t get out of here with an eight iron!”
KEEP IT IN THE MIDDLE !
Steve
by Steve Pace
Certified Golf Instructor at Patricia Island Golf Club-Grove, OK
(PGA-Former, US Golf Teachers Federation- Retired, NGI- Association of National Golf Instructors)
Cell: 405-834-3217 – Home: 918-257-4967 – email: stevepace.golf@yahoo.com – or website: www.stevepace.net
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