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5552009 Schedule of EventsMonday, August 24 8:30 a.m.: Jim Mora Celebrity Golf ClassicThis new event will bring together friends from the sports and entertainment industries to tee it up for charity, as foursomes will be matched with a celebrity for a day of golf on the championship-caliber TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Golfers will compete for prizes from start to finish, enjoy great food options on the course, and be treated to a BBQ & Awards Bash that evening. Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Tournament benefits the Jim Mora Count on me Family Foundation and The Nutrition and Fitness for Life program at Virginia Mason Medical Center

Tuesday, August 25 12:00 p.m.:Charles Schwab Youth Clinic featuring Fred Funk and his 13 year-old son, Taylor

An annual tradition on the Tuesday of tournament week, kids participating in programs such as The First Tee of Greater Seattle, the Nutrition and Fitness for Life Program at Virginia Mason, Encompass and other community groups will have the unique opportunity to learn some of the finer points of golf from Fred and Taylor Funk. A new element to this years clinic, par-ticipants will be invited to return to the tournament on Saturday to use the skills theyve learned and hit balls on the driving range alongside Champions Tour players

Wednesday, August 26, 7:45 a.m.: Seahawks Pro-Am, Day One (Morning Shotgun)

1:30 p.m.: Seahawks Pro-Am Day One (Afternoon Shotgun)

Thursday, August 27 7:45 a.m.: Seahawks Pro-Am, Day Two (Morning Shotgun)

1:30 p.m. Seahawks Pro-Am Day Two (Afternoon Shotgun)

6:00 p.m. Seahawks Pro-Am Awards Party

Friday, August 28 11:20 a.m.: Boeing Jet Flyover* 11:30 a.m.: Boeing Classic, Round One

Saturday, August 29 8:30 a.m.: Walk with the Wives for Charity

Join PGA TOUR wives and Seahawks wives on a 3k walk around part of scenic TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Participants will receive a pedometer to track their steps, as well as heart screenings from The Heart Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Each participant is asked to pay a $20 donation to the charity, and the donation will include a free ticket to the tournament for the day.

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11:30 a.m.: Boeing Classic- Round Two

6:00 p.m.: Grapes on the Green

This new event will take place at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge and feature an evening of wine tasting followed by a live and silent auction with unique golf, travel, wine, and football themed items.

7:00 p.m.: Volunteer Party- On the 19th hole

Sunday, August 30 11:30 a.m.: Boeing Classic Championship Sunday

6:00 p.m.: Awards Ceremony on the 18th Green

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During a period of six years from 1994 to 2000, Clark County in SW Washing-ton built three quality public golf courses for SW Washingtonians to choose from. Green Mountain Golf Course, interest-ingly, born from one of Washington States rst dairy farms, opened its rst nine holes in November 1999 and completed the remaining nine in July 2000. Located at the southern base of Green Mountain, a dormant volcano now heavily forested (hence the green), in SW Washington on the Vancouver / Camas border, Green Mountain Golf Course o ers area golfers an 18 hole, 6170 yard course with a 70.4 rating and 127 slope from the green tees. While Green Mountain is not long by any means, it was designed with others in mind o ering a family friendly environment that encourages junior and beginner play with PGA Family Tees installed on every hole in 2008. You could say that this makes Green Mountain three courses in one: a regulation, executive, and par-3 course all on the same layout. Beginners can use the PGA Family Tees, play the holes at regular par, and be in the hunt for plenty of birdies and pars. GMGC came about from the realization that when the National Golf Foundation said many more golf courses were needed, they didnt mean for all of them to be hard, says General Manager Kevin D. Coombs, PGA. Green Moun-tain provides an enjoyable golf experience

for players of all abilities at a price the av-erage golf consumer can a ord. At a little over 6000 yards, the course layout o ers the average player plenty of opportunities to reach greens in regulation and birdie opportunities with a variety of holes rang-ing from long and wide to short and tight, ve par-5s, ve par-3s, and excellent put-ting greens that play rm and fair. In fact, Green Mountains rst hole teases you into thinking that the course record might just be up for grabs with a very playable 466 yard, par 5. Play smart o the tee with a wide open fairway youll need to avoid the OB on the left and the water hazard short and to the right on the second shot. While the moderately sloping green runs left to right, a birdie is probable and a regulation par a high percentage result for the rst one out of the gate. From there, Green Mountain tightens up, particularly on the back nine, requiring smart club selection to ensure you remain in the fairways. Green Mountain has a few engaging holes to test your spirit. My favorite is hole #8, a par 3, 161 yard hole de ned by water hazards and a prevailing wind that can rule the roost on this one. With a narrow 22 yard green extending 33 yards deep, the smart shot is to the left of the ag using the gentle sloping left to right contouring green to good e ect, but watch out for high and right where you can expect the lateral water hazard to swallow your ball or du the tee

shot way short and youll need a snorkel or waders for that matter. From the ladies tee, your shot to the green is only 89 yards, so the water hazards shouldnt be a concern, but watch out for the bunkers front and left of the green if you decide to pull it. Green Mountain is a course bordered by forested mountains and at rural lands, yet background noise is limited to little more than the odd car or a light aircraft buzzing overhead. Yes, the dairy cows are long gone, but if you daydream for just a moment, you can almost imagine a heifer or two rambling on to the fairway, looking up to give you a disapproving moo before continuing on its way. After the round, gol ng patrons can enjoy a relaxed atmo-sphere with a modest and comfortable club house o ering light refreshments and a cozy bar area for a beverage or two. In these budget-conscious times, Green Mountain o ers a ton of specials for area golfers with early bird rates starting from $20 during the week to $37 on weekends and holi-days (not including cart). Want to warm up rst? Th e driving range o ers buckets of 90-95 balls for only $7 from the mats or $10 from the grass area. As GMGC celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2010, look for new and innovative events coming soon! For more information, give manager Michael Wolthausen a call at 1-888-GLF-GMCC or visit www.golfgreenmountain.com for more information. Yes, their motto

of Consistently Exceeding Expectations is no bull! Enjoy! Oh, if you have time, be sure to check out their sister course, Bea-con Rock further up the Columbia River Gorge in North Bonneville. Its worth the extra drive.

Dairy Cows And NowGreen Mountain Golf Courseby CAMERON HEALEY

Carnation Golf Course Labor Day Classic-2 Person Best Ball EventSaturday, September 05, 2009

7:00 AM Sunday, September 06, 2009

10:00 AM PDT Th is is a two day event with a fun day planned for Monday, Labor Day.

FORMAT: Four Ball stroke play (2-person best ball).

HANDICAPS: 10 stroke limit be-tween partners, if John is a 9 handicap and Jim is a 25 handicap, Jim would play to a 19.

TEES: Men play from the Black and Women from the white.

ENTRY FEE: $70.00 per team will cover both days and will be due on Saturday September 5th at the sign in table. Payment can be cash, check or certi cate. No credit cards please.

TEE TIMES: You make your tee times for the rst day by calling the Pro-Shop 425-333-4151. Th e second day tee times will be based on your rst day scores.

PAYOUTS: Payouts will be based on turnout.

TROPHIES: Trophies will be awarded to low gross and low net of the eld.

SIDEGAMES: Daily side games will be available. Side games are for tournament players only.

For more information, please contact Dave White, Tournament Director at 4253334151 or email [email protected].

Congratulations to the 2009 Kings High School Boys Golf team who recently won the Class 1A State boys golf championships. Th e Knights won every match during the season except a one stroke loss to the Charles Wright Academy at the Tacoma Country Club. We won the Cascade League Championship held at Snohomish GC, the Tri-District Championship at Ft. Lewis, and for the rst time in history we quali ed six players from Tri-Districts for the State WIAA 1-A Championships held in Richland, WA, says Head Coach Myrle Warner. On the rst day of competition, six Knights quali ed to continue to day two of the State Championships, which according to Warner is another rst in the schools history. Th e Knights had a total of 159.90 team points to win the State WIAA 1-A Championship, and just as impressive, all six players nished in the Top 22.

Kings High School Boys Golf Conquers State

(left to right) Asst. Coach Nelson Knight, Calvin McCutchin (finished third place), Zac Watts, Ryan Hoff, Spencer

Coston-Woods, Nick Hardy, Dairy Farmers Princess (name unknown), Price Coshow and Head Coach Myrle Carner.

2009 KINGS Boys Golf Team (alphabetical order)

Coshow, PriceDang, JonathanHardy, NickHo , RyanJohnson, Colton

Lyon, ChrisMcCurdy, DrewMcCutchin, CalvinMcCutchin, James

Watts, ZachWelfringer, NolanWoods, Spencer-CostonYoung, Ryker


Th ere are many levels of club tting. Th e key to a positive outcome is matching a players talent, goals and budget with time and expense.

A golfer who plays occasionally and shoots in the nineties and higher cant have a consistent swing. Th e goal with that player is to gure out what swing will come next? Do we t the best good swing or the average swing?

Th e greatest challenge for a club tter is the very good player. Th e very good player has the hands to feel the club and the eyes to see the ball ight. He will make his club choice by what he feels and sees.

Th e ultimate question is how do we nd the right clubs for that players hands and eyes?

True Tour FittingTh e advent of launch monitors has lulled

amateur golfers into thinking that they have access to all of the technology and services available to PGA Tour Profes-sionals. Every club tter today advertises Tour ttings.

Th e scenario: You hit a bunch of balls. Th e launch monitor records your launch ballistics. Th e club tter plugs those num-bers into a software program that spits out a list of recommended shafts and exes. Th ey expect you to buy the one on the top

of the printout. Th ey call that a tting.It is a huge mistake to believe that you

have received a Tour tting if you rely on launch monitor data and computer soft-ware to make the choice for you.

Every Tour Players has a cadre of profes-sionals who know their game and watch every swing, every shot, day after day. Th e caddy is the most committed critic since he only gets paid if his player does well. Hes tting his player every day.

Th en, there are the tour reps. Most are former Tour players well known and skilled. Credible. Th eir job? Get their companys product into the hands of a player who makes the cut. Th ey are motivated. Th eres a lot of money on the line if their in the bag numbers go up. Th ose statistics get published weekly. Th ey have a bag full of Tour Only shafts just in case the standard product doesnt feel quite right.

Imagine youre a Tour Pro and youre on the range at a PGA Event. Youre hitting your driver and the Fujikura rep comes up and says: Please, please, please try our new Motore driver shaft. You say, OK, bring me one.

Fifteen minutes later hes back with a driver head from your private drawer in your Tour Van set up with the new Fu-

jikura Motore set to the ex youre known to favor. You hit a few drives. Youre not happy. You turn around to the Rep and say, feels soft. He says sorry, no problem.

Fifteen minutes later hes back. Th is time with a brand new Motore shaft tip trimmed an extra half an inch. Sahib, does that combination satisfy your Royal requirements?

If not, fteen minutes later . . . And so on . . . And so on. . .

Th e Tour Reps also have a business development budget. How about a caviar lunch for your caddy?

Th e Tour Player himself is no novice. He has been tted dozens of times at the Taylor Made Kingdom, the Nike Oven or Callaway headquarters. He probably has a launch monitor in his back yard. Th eres a long list of Tour players who have bought the $25,000 Trackman just to check their yardages in practice. He knows his launch ballistics and carry distances by heart.

Tour Professionals dont trust a com-puter and software to recommend their best t. Ask a Tour Professional how hes going to pick a shaft, or a golf club, and hell say: Hit it.

If he hits it well, if it feels good and if the ball ight is correct, then he might

make sure its OK with launch monitor veri cation.

For a Professional, the launch monitor is employed after he feels and sees, not before.

Tiger Woods FittingA couple of years ago a story hit the wire

services. Nike wanted Tiger to play a Nike driver. Nike didnt pick one driver from launch monitor data and say Th is is the one. No sir! Th ey sent Tiger 120 drivers for him to hit, feel and see. 120 drivers all the same. Did Tiger hit them all? Prob-ably. He was searching for his Magic Driver. He must have found the one he liked best. Th ats testimony for always buy the demo.

Recently I reported a James Achenbach article about Tiger Woods testing irons. Th e story was that he had eight sets, some SST PUREd , some not. He picked the PUREd irons out of the bunch. A very good player has a highly developed sense of feel. When he chooses his clubs, it wont be because a launch monitor told him which ones are right.

No two golf clubs are exactly alike. Th e Tiger Woods examples illustrate that there is no such thing as identical when it comes to golf clubs. Shafts and heads are

Fitting to Nth Degreeby LEITH ANDERSON

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Exposed, out on the high, central Oregon desert, Bend is su ering economically like everywhere else. Actually, considering its median home price has crashed 34% since March 2007 (compared with about 15% in Seattle) and that Deschutes Countys un-employment rate increased 12% between May 2007 and May 2009 (roughly 4% in Seattle), its probably doing quite a bit worse than most places. Th e Bend bubble has well and truly burst.

It in ated so quickly at the start of the century thanks to countless articles in local, regional, and national publications naming it one of the best places in the country for boomers to retire. USA Today called it the next Boulder (a reference to Colorados athletic mecca) and as the population soared past the 50,000 mark (it has now reached an estimated 80,000) it lost the rural tag and became the quint-essential boom town. Nearly 300 days of sunshine and only eight inches of rain a year, plus a wealth of outdoor activity pos-sibilities were the attractions and second home-buyers lapped it up.

Of course, house prices could continue dropping and unemployment gures might go on rising (though one hopes they dont certainly), but the sun will continue to shine and the opportunity to participate in any number of relaxing or exhilarating pursuits never changes. There may be fewer operations o ering mountain bik-ing, ATV, or horseback riding tours, not quite so many hiking, rafting, and kayaking out tters and a drop in the number of ski tours. But the desert still thirsts, the snow still falls, the rivers still ow, and the moun-tains still rise. And the golf still continues to confuse anyone who wonders how a town of this size could possibly possess quite so many good, very good, and great courses. Bend and its neighbors o er one golf course for every 8,043 inhabitants or thereabouts. Phoenix and Chicago, both of which are admittedly somewhat larger than Bend but which also possess reputa-tions for great golf, have over 17,000 and 27,000 people to every course, respectively. Bend may be behind Myrtle Beach (about 2,500) and the evidently golf-potty Naples, FL (250!) but there are plenty of courses to go round. Th e house-building surge is on hold as is construction of new golf courses, but Benders (Bendites, Bendans?) and those visiting the area to tee it up have absolutely no cause for complaint.

Th e Central Oregon (Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville, La Pine) golf scene got its start in 1925 when the Bend Golf

and Country Club opened its rst nine Chandler Egan-designed holes on land it had purchased for $1 from Brooks Scan-lon, a Minnesota lumber company that

started operations in Bend in 1916 but which went out of business in 1994. Th e Old Mill District, an upscale retail center on the banks of the Deschutes, was built on the old mill site. Nine more holes, de-signed by William Hanley, were added in 1971 and today the club bills itself as the only full-service, member-owned 18-hole golf course in one of the worlds great golf regions.

Not a lot, well nothing actually, hap-pened until 1969 when the Sunriver Re-sort opened the Meadows Course designed by Fred Federspiel who also built Salishan Links in Glendenen Beach. In the 70s Crooked River Ranch, with its incred-ible canyon-side hole (5th) opened ten miles north of Redmond and Black Butte Ranchs rst coursethe Gene Mason-de-signed Glaze Canyoncame aboard eight miles northwest of Sisters. Th e 80s saw the introduction of Sunrivers Woodland Course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, Robert Muir Graves Rivers Edge, Gene Masons Resort Course at Eagle Crest, and Black Butte Ranchs second course; Big Meadow, also by Graves. By the start of the 1990s, the region still o ered fewer than ten golf courses.

Then the bulldozers got busy. Nine more courses; Ridge at Eagle Crest, Widgi Creek, Lost Tracks, Broken Top, Cross-water, Awbrey Glen, Aspen Lakes, Quail

Run, and Meadow Lakes appeared before the end of the century and by the time the economy nose-dived in 2007 ve more world-class layouts; Nicklaus and Fazio

Courses at Pronghorn, David McLay Kidds Tetherow, John Harbottles Juniper,

and Peter Jacobsen/Jim Hardys Brasada Canyons were in play.

Many peoples pick for best public-access course in Central Oregon would be the

Nicklaus Course at Pronghorn. When the 640-acre development (surrounded by a


Play Bend!Central Oregon Must Playsby TONY DEAR

Photo courtesy of Aspen Lakes


Many golfers enjoy the search for the right clubs. Rarely is it a hardship to lay ones hands on the rows of shiny new clubs. You know the brands; you have committed to memory the exact clubs your favorite and most noteworthy icon uses win after win. It takes a mere second to grab a club and quickly endorse itif it worked for Tiger than it will certainly work for you! Just as quickly as you see yourself on Tigers heels, reality hits and you realize that the wedge he hits 135 yards only goes 90 yards for youit also tends to go right. Hmm, could it be that Nike has t Tigers swing to a tee?

Th at they have custom t him to the best of their abilities? Or is it due to the fact that he works with that wedge more hours in a week than you might in one year?

Disciplined practice aside, tting clubs for golfers takes some time and many things must be considered. We are not all 511, 35 years old or well-trained athletes. We want Tigers driver swing speed of over 100 mph, 5 iron speed of 94 mph, and every other essential skill to take us to the Masters as more than a spectator. So, while you envi-sion yourself keeping pace with your golf idol, whomever that may be, you owe it to your own game to invest in the right clubs and the worth of a properly tted set.

Beware the salesman who lets you out the door with the stock set, as is, with little regard as to how your game might end next Saturday. Ask for a tting and be prepared to show your swingfor better or worseso that those new clubs keep you in love with the game. Th e professional golf tter will have a laundry list of things to address, but this is standard. Th e club head, shaft, and grip will all be scrutinized with the hope that your game will be enhanced and you will have bragging rights at the 19th hole.

Lie and Loft: A matter of personal height is the lie of the club head. A taller golfer needs a larger lie angle; shorter golfers re-quire a lower lie angle. If this component is

not addressed, the clubface will be in a poor position upon impact, resulting in a lacklus-ter shot. If youre after distance and height, ask your professional tter about the loft. A quick adjustment will help you get the ball o the green, down the fairway, and closer to the hole.

Flex and Torque: Th e non-golfer might not realize that there is a science to choosing a shaft; however, the shaft requires a great deal of thought. It is a tricky art to match the shaft according to skill and personal swing pattern.

Th e ex is categorized extra sti , sti , regular, ladies, and seniors. While we would all like to think our swing is as strong as that of the legendary golfers, most of us do not require an extra sti shaft. But why is the ex important to understand? Shaft ex impacts the accuracy, trajectory, and distance of your shot. As the shaft exes, the position of the club head changes. Since the face of the club must be square at impact to get the most out of the shot, your shaft choice needs to be chosen according to your personal swing.

Th e term torque is taken to mean the shafts designed resistance to twisting dur-ing the downswing. If you want more resis-tance, you need a lower torque. Th e torque value is expressed in degrees, so the higher the degrees of torque, the less resistance

the shaft will have to being twisted by the weight of the club head.

Grips: Equally important as how you physically hold the club, the grip that lies beneath your hands can have an impact on your game. Th e grips that come on those shiny new sticks, or even your well-loved existing set, are not necessarily the right one for you. Th ere are a variety of styles and widths to choose fromeven grips tailored to suite golfers with arthritis. Knowing that your wrists are a key point in delivering a great strike to the ball, you need to ensure that your physical grip is not a ected by a poorly chosen club grip.

Finally, keep in mind that as your game improves, your grips will wear and need replacing. Your shaft might hinder your out-come because you are ready to move from regular to sti . You might need to have the lie adjusted and weight removed. Perhaps you will indulge yourself in a new set like the well-paid pros or simply revisit the golf shop for a new tting on the old set. Regardless, get your sticks tailored to t you!

Doug Wisness is the owner and resident golf club specialist at Golfstix By Wiz in Puyallup, WA. He can be reached at 253-841-8810 or visit www.golfstix.biz for more information.

Finding The Right Club Takes Time!by DOUG WISNESS

hand made. A human being wraps plies of graphite fabric on a spinning mandrel to manufacture a graphite shaft. A human being welds titanium clubheads together to manufacture a head. A human being puts them together. Th e manufacturing process is not precise.

Th e Magic Driver is all about feel and ball ight. Same for the Magic Irons. Th e launch monitor does a good job of com-paring performance between two clubs that you are testing. Th e launch monitor identi es a range of club speci cations that perform well. A launch monitor cannot feel and see. A launch monitor cannot write the build out blueprint for your Magic Clubs.

Tour Fittings for AmateursIts a dream to imagine Tour Treatment

if youre an amateur golfer. You will never have access to so much professional advice, so many products, and such attention, all at zero cost to you.

But, there are things that you can do to approximate the Tour experience.

You need launch monitor data. Th ere

are two kinds of data. Th e most common is your launch ballistics ball speed, launch angle and spin rate. Launch bal-listics are useful when youre trying to optimize the performance of your driver. If your launch angle and spin rate match up well for your ball speed, you can progress to ne tuning your driver. Your launch ballistics will be compared to theoretically perfect. If youre within a narrow correct range, the only thing you can do is change the physical speci cations to increase ball speed. Th ats assuming that youre looking for more distance.

Th e second kind of data is provided by a di erent type of launch monitor. Th ink of it as swing analysis. Do you know your swing path, face angle at impact, launch angle, clubhead speed and the variation in all of the readings? Th ose are important technical details that you need to under-stand the character, consistency and ef- ciency of your swing.

For amateurs, the primary goal of a rst tting is to understand the fundamentals of their swing, to nd out the true speci- cations of the clubs theyre playing and

to test the performance of their clubs with their swing. An experienced club tter then evaluates possible areas for improve-ment.

A rst tting looks for obvious mis-matches. Are the clubs too long or too short, too heavy or too light? Are the shafts too sti or too soft? Th ats the low hanging fruit. Th e players current clubs are then compared by launch monitor testing with test clubs, looking for MEA-SURABLE performance improvements: higher ball speed, better trajectory, more consistent swing path and face angle at impact and better center face contact.

For most amateur golfers, thats enough. If you get the shaft length, weight and ex right. If the head style matches your swing. If youre making solid contact and control-ling the club, your equipment will take you to the next level.

But theres always a player who is not satis ed with a good t. Hes got talent, experience, training and the desire to be as good as he can be. Th at player knows that hes looking for the magic. He knows that the only way he will nd it is a lengthy

search, constantly re ning his feel by hit-ting dozens of combinations of heads and shafts until he nds the one thats better than all others. He will need the help of launch monitors as well as a club tter who can supply him with a steady stream of test clubs, each built to known speci ca-tions. In the end, the very good player will choose his clubs the same way as the Tour Professionals. His hands and eyes will make the choice.

Dan and Alan NishiguchiAlan called from Chicago one afternoon.

He explained that he was on a quest to gure out golf clubs helping his son Dan a very serious plus three handicap. I asked: was Dan on the road to the PGA Tour? Alan, a committed supporter, but also a realistic observer said: Im not sure he has the talent, but hes very good and Im going to nd out.

Dan had just nished an intensive six month program at the IMG Golf Academy in Florida. Th at was all golf all the time. Th e day started at 6:30 with a round of golf. Finish before lunch. After lunch,

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If you read my rst column in the May issue, then you know that I teach my students to swing the club and allow your body to respond to what you do with the club. Th at, however, is not what I was taught.

Have you ever been instructed to keep your left arm straight? Th at was one of the rst things I was told when I started playing this game. Th e other instruction was: Th e left arm and hand do everything

and the right arm and hand just hang on. Yikes...I remember questioning the wis-dom of that piece of advice, as I am right handed and cant do anything with my left hand. I couldnt understand why I wouldnt use my right hand and arm in the golf swing. After many years of trying to perfect keeping my left arm straight and getting as frustrated as I see my students and other players, I knew that it was a ridiculous idea.

The reality is that the left arm is straight at impact, but not because we start out with it sti and tension lled. It is that way as a result of the centrifugal force caused by the swinging motion. Trying to keep it straight adds ten-sion to the arm which prevents a smooth

and free swing, so you lose distance. Seems counter productive to what you are trying to accomplish doesnt it? Well, it is.

Both arms need to be tension free so you can swing them as fast as you want

in the forward swing. Its no dif-ferent than when you are walking along and you want to go faster. You dont tighten your leg muscles. If you did you would move more slowly. Next time you practice or play, try to get all the tension out of your arms and see if that doesnt help your swing speed.

Yo u r a r m s should feel strong but not tight. To achieve the opti-mum swing, just swing the club head backward with your hands

making the widest circle you can. Your desti-

nation is over your shoulder. Th en just swing the club freely with your arms to the target, maximizing your distance because your arms are tension free.

Remember, you are trying to swing the club, not hit the ball. See if you can feel the weight of the club as you swing. If you are holding on too tight or have too much tension in your arms, it will be di cult to actually feel the club swinging.

As far as the other myth of holding on with just the left hand, that is an equally bad piece of instruction. As I tell my students: Your grip pressure should be equal and constant in both hands throughout the swing. You do nothing, just hold the club! Th e pressure does change during the swing, but it happens because of centrifugal force not because you are trying to do something. With the misinformation that is out there, its no wonder people have such a hard time getting better at this wonderful game.

If you want a good book to read that has this information and more, check out Manuel de la Torres book, Understanding the Golf Swing.

Have fun and keep swinging. Erin Szekely is an LPGA teaching professional. She can be reached at 425-398-0443 or visit www.golfi ngwitherin.com for more information.

Keeping Your Left Arm Straight and Other Mythsby ERIN SZEKELY


Th e completion of the US Open seems to be a good point at which to assess the performance of those graduates of last years Nationwide Tour and Q-school fortunate to nd themselves toiling on the 2009 PGA Tour.

An additional assessment can be made of their chances of keeping their cards for the 2010 version absent, of course, a Ricky Barnes-like performance in a tournament during the last third of this seasons

Grade A+(100% sure of keeping their card)Only one grad in this category: Y.E. Yang based on his winning this years Honda Classic.

Grade A(pretty much a lock to keep their cards) Jason Dufner (3 top-10s out of 13 cuts

made); D.A. Points (3 top-10s); Je Klauk (14 cuts made); James Nitties (only 10 cuts made, but he usually cashes a big check).

Grade B(75% sure IF they continue to make cuts)Ted Purdy, Webb Simpson, Scott Piercy, Marc Leishman, Bryce Molder, Bill Lunde, Matt Bettencourt and, of course, Barnes on the strength of his Open week. He moved up the Money List 119 spots (to #78) after that week alone; only David Duval made a bigger move (from #204 to #82) in a single week.

Grade C(50-50 whether theyre back in 2010)Harrison Frazer, Chris Stroud, Robert Garrigus, Brenden DeJonge, Greg Chal-mers, Greg Owen, Aron Price and Matt Weibring.

Grade D(all have shown their potential, but all need a big check)Casey Wittenberg, Jarrrod Lyle, Spencer Levin and Glen Day.

IncompleteArjun Atwal, who only played in four events to this point, will probably be grant-ed a medical exemption for 2010 because of health issues.

Grade F Everyone else! Th at includes a number of golfers who were expected to do much better than they have, if only because theyd been there before: Notah Begay, Chris Riley, Jay Williamson, Mathias Gronberg and John Huston.

It also includes rookie pros with store-houses of potential based on prior suc-cesses: Derek Fathauer, Colt Knost and Peter Tomasulo.

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Air Apparent: The View From My Couchby DON CARLSON

Tyler Matthews Wins The 108th PNGA Mens Amateur Championship

Medalist Tyler Matthews of Redmond, Wash. can add his name to the elite list of champions as he captured the 108th PNGA Mens Amateur Championship title over Josh Anderson of Murrieta, Calif. recently at Th e Home Course in Dupont, Wash.

Matthews also joins the rare list of players to have won both the champion-ship title as well as taking home 36-hole stroke play qualifying medalist honors.

Teeing o under clear skies and in the shadows of Mount Rainier, Matthews got o to a rough start on his rst hole of the 36-hole championship match with a lost ball on his tee shot to let Anderson grab a quick 1 up lead. Th e match went back-and-forth from there as both play-ers played great golf the rest of the morn-ing and ended the rst 18 holes all square with each player being well under par in their respective stroke play scores.

After lunch, the two continued the match and Matthews was able to make birdie on three of the rst eight holes to take a four stroke advantage with just ten holes to play. A bogey on the di cult par-4 9th hole cut his lead to three going into the nal nine holes. Th e pair would halve holes ten-twelve until Anderson

was unable to convert an up-and-down on the 13th hole to give Matthews a four stroke lead with ve holes to play.

After Matthews made a routine par on the 195-yard par-3 14th hole, Anderson was unable to make his ve-foot par putt to extend the match, crowning Tyler

Matthews as the 108th champion of the PNGA Mens Amateur Championship.

Matthews joins an impressive list of recent champions that includes Tiger Woods, Ben Crane, Je Quinney, Nick Flanagan, and Danny Green.

Th e PNGA Mens Amateur Champi-onship has a rich and storied tradition that dates back to the turn of the century. Its played in the same format as the U.S. Amateur Championship with 36-holes of stroke play qualifying to determine the 64-man match play bracket. Th e champi-onship has always been a springboard for talented stars entering into the next level of competition.

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Th e Pronghorn experience begins with a four-mile drive through rocky, arid, sagebrush-covered desert to an entrance gate where you are welcomed and, if your names on the list, allowed to pass. You then proceed to the clubhouse, which you walk through trying hard not to let the sta and other visitors see how low your jaw has dropped. Designed by Denvers MAI Design Group, the building is not excessively large or gratuitously opulent, just beautifully conceived and exceedingly sophisticated. It probably isnt the sort of 19th hole in which you expect to see four sweaty males knocking back Coronas and anything covered in melted cheese.

After a few looseners on the range, you head for the 1st tee and are immediately struck by the quality of the presentation and condition of the turfimmaculate is a fair description.

Th eres not a single mis t on the front nine (the Par 5 8th is particularly memo-rable), but as you progress around the second nine, you observe a very good course develop into a great one. Th e 10th is a ne dogleg right Par 4, the 11th, 12th

and 13th exquisite short to medium-length two shotters that beguile and bewilder as every great golf hole should. Th e 14th is a lovely Par 3 surrounded by rocks, sand and twisted junipers. And then you arrive at the uphill, Par 5 15th.

Unless youve played the 18th at Pebble Beach, the 3rd at Durban Country Club, the 14th at St Andrews, or the 13th at Augusta National, its doubtful youve ever played a better Par 5 than this. Brush-covered ridges with bunkers at their base cut into the left and right sides of the fairway at various stages giving the hole a zigzag shape that appears to call for every type of shot imaginable, except a shank perhaps. Th e tour pro might bomb a drive straight (very straight) up the middle and loft a 3-wood over the island of sand, rocks and trees in the center of the fairway 100 yards short of the green, but for 99.9% of the worlds golfers, this is a three, four, or even ve-shot hole that theyll remember for a very long time. On leaving the club, the rst thing the gatekeeper asked was how Id fared on the 15th. Not well, I said. But its one of the greatest holes Ive ever seen.

Th e word is that Nicklaus knew Prong-horn would turn out well as he built it, but he didnt appreciate just how good it

was until he had nished. Among its most appealing characteristics is the shaved turf on the sides of, and approaches to, the put-ting surfaces. Twenty, even ten, years ago, Nicklaus might have opted to put in ponds or bunkers. But they cost a lot to build and maintain and dont provide the range of shot options that shaved turf does. From cropped turf, a player can choose to putt the ball, hit a hybrid chip, bump-and-run it with a 7 or 8-iron, or chip-and- zz one with a sand-wedge like Tiger.

Another course that visitors usually list among their favorites is Aspen Lakes, about four miles east of Sisters, a quaint city of about 1,700 people named after the Th ree Sisters, a prominent trio of Cas-cade peaks 15 miles southwest of town. Developed by the Cyrus family which has farmed this part of Central Oregon, (hay, potatoes, and mint mainly, though they also have 250 head of cattle) for over 100 years, Aspen Lakes was born in the early 1990s when family patriarch, Keith Cyrus, began having doubts over the prolonged success of his farm. We had the agricultur-al background, but I couldnt see a future in it in Central Oregon with our climate, he told the Bend Bulletin in January. We were looking for ways we could diversify and still



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than the original Royal Precision stan-dard. Th e 6.0 on Royal Precision was 7.5 on the Equalizer. Th at gave me a clue. Some players do well with very sti shafts, some do better with a little more feedback provided by softer shafts. I planned to test iron shafts with a little softer ex.

Dans swing speed with a six iron is 85 MPH with a 165 projected carry distance. Measurements were provided by our Achiever launch monitor. His driver swing speed averaged 105 MPH with a carry of 235. Th ose are average numbers for a very good player. Th e driver distance was a little short for a player contemplating the Tour. By swing speed alone, the appropriate shaft ex for Dans clubs would be between Sti and Extra Sti .

At the Golf Lab we dont rely on swing speed to recommend ex. A far more reli-able indicator comes from the Max Out Shaft Max. Th e Shaft Max is an instru-mented club that measures the load a player puts on a club and plots that against a timeline. We get a graph that maps a players acceleration a reliable indicator of swing e ciency. We also get a numerical value for load on a scale of 1-12.

Dans load factor was 7. Th ere is no right or wrong with shaft load. Some

players with very fast swing speeds dont load the shaft all that much. Dans load factor indicated a ex between regular and sti . It would be important to test softer exes.

Indoor TestingSome club testing can be completed ac-

curately indoors. We like indoor testing to optimize drivers for spin rate. Th at is because it is so di cult to nd an outdoor venue where a player can hit the balls he plays. It does no good to optimize a driver hitting range balls.

Comparative club performance is also accurately measured indoors. In addition to raw numbers like ball speed, indicating increased carry distance, indoor testing permits subtle comparisons. Does a player control a lighter weight club better? If so, that will be indicated by a more consistent swing path and face angle at impact. Th ese are things that you cant see in outdoor testing.

Dans driver proved to be a problem we couldnt improve. We use the Max Out Launch Max launch monitor, a technology based on high speed photography. Th e Launch Max takes two photographs of the golf ball, and then, by registering the movement of small colored dots, gives a very accurate estimate of ball speed, launch angle, spin rate and carry distance.

Dan was playing a 10.5* Taylor Made R7 Quad. Its a little old by todays standards but its not like Dan hasnt tried the newer versions. He has a swing that produces high spin and the R7 Quad is as good as any driver he has tried. In many previous tests, Dan produced spin numbers in the mid 3000 RPM. We con rmed those numbers with the Launch Max.

When we nd a player who hits his driver with high spin we automatically go to our demos. We have the three drivers that we think are the lowest spin heads ever made. We pair them up with the lowest spin shafts ever made. Our view is that if a player can spin one of those, its the swing, not the club.

We handed Dan the Adams 9015 A4 shafted with a Matrix F7M2. Spin Rate: 3400.

We tried the Nike Tour Square shafted with the Diamana White Board. Spin Rate 3400.

Finally, the Bridgestone J-33 shafted with the venerable Fujikura 757. Spin Rate 3400.

With Dans ball speed, we were looking for about 2500 RPM. Combined with a negative angle of attack, we concluded that the R7 with the Fujikura Speeder 757 was going to be the best it could be at least until Dan solved his swing issues.

We turned attention to irons. I wanted to see how softer iron shafts tested. Sure enough, a little more ex produced a little more distance with more consistency.

Time for outdoor testing.Hands on at the RangeBy Th ursday afternoon we were ready

for range testing. Working from the top down our prin-

cipal challenge was the long fairway metals. I picked a demo of every head shape avail-able. We worked traditional pear shaped heads against the Nike square heads. I set them up with a variety of shafts, focusing at the beginning of softer tips this years new thing. Since Dan is not a super-long hitter, I put a couple of fairway metals that are known to produce a little more ball speed in the mix. I included a couple of generations of the Tour Edge Exotics and the Wishon 919.

Th eres a loophole in the USGA rules. Th e .83 rebound e ect that limits the resilience of a driver face does not pertain to clubs with 15* loft or higher. Conse-quently, a couple of manufacturers o ered fairway metals with more pop in the last few years. Th e company that set the stan-dard was Tour Edge. Th ey brought out a fairway metal their Exotic which they


Fitting to Nth Degree


Two of the biggest names in golf return to the Northwest for Seattles premier golf event of the season

Th e Boeing Classic announced today that Ben Crenshaw and Fuzzy Zoeller have committed to participate in Seattles PGA Champions Tour event, being held August 24-30 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

Crenshaw, a two-time Masters Cham-pion and 1999 Ryder Cup Captain, is a legend of the game whose pleasant nature with fans and fellow golfers alike has earned him the nickname Gentle Ben. Th e 57-year-old joined the Champions Tour in 2002 and has played in the Boeing Classic all four years of the tournaments history, earning his best nish (T14) in 2008. He is currently ranked 32nd on the Champions Tour money list for the 2009 season with two top-10 nishes in ten events played. Prior to joining the Cham-pions Tour, Crenshaw notched a total of 19 victories on the PGA Tour earning more than $7 million.

57-year-old Frank Urban Fuzzy Zoeller, Jr. became one of only three play-ers to have won the Masters in his rst ap-pearance with his 1979 victory at Augusta

National. He claimed a second major title at the 1984 U.S. Open after besting Greg Norman in an 18-hole playo at Winged Foot GC in New York. In his seventh sea-

son on the Champions Tour, Zoeller con-tinues to be a gallery favorite as he regularly interacts with fans throughout his round. A two-time winner on the Champions

Tour, Zoeller won the 2002 Senior PGA Championship and the 2004 MasterCard Championship. He currently has one top-10 nish in 11 events played in 2009.

Other players who have already commit-ted to this years tournament include past champions Tom Kite (2008, 2006), Denis Watson (2007) and David Eger (2005) as well as Gary Player, Fred Funk, Scott Hoch and Jay Haas.

Th e Boeing Classic is an O cial Event of the PGA TOUR Champions Tour and in 2009 will celebrate its fth anniversary. In the tournaments four-year history, more than 2.9 million dollars has been raised for Th e Heart Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center and additional Greater Seattle Charities. Th e 2009 event will be played at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge from August 24-30. Highlights during the course of the week include the Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic (August 24), the Charles Schwab Youth Clinic (August 25) and the Seahawks Pro-Am (August 26-27). Tournament competition will take place from August 28-30. For additional tournament information, log on to www.BoeingClassic.com

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kind of maintain the family base.Cyrus interviewed a handful of archi-

tects for the job of building the golf course, which it is still hoped will one day be part of a resort destination, and eventually picked Bill Overdorf from Lynden, WA. Bill was just a great t for our family, says Grant Cyrus, the general manager and youngest son of Keith and Connie. He was a pleasure to work with. If we had an idea about a certain tree or green or whatever, he would listen and go have a look. Th ere was no Im the architect and what I say goes.

Aspen Lakes most recognizable features are, of course, its unconventional bunkers whose volcanic sand appears a dark cof-fee color in the shade but glows a vibrant reddy-brown in the morning sun. We have a cinder pit on our farmland, says Grant. We simply pulverized the volcanic rock and had the USGA con rm the debris was up to their speci cations. Th e sand has a wonderfully grainy texture and obviously lends itself to branding. Everyone identi- es Aspen Lakes with the red sand, says Grant. Its kind of our calling card.

Eighteen months ago, Aspen Lakes opened its fabulous, 28,000 square foot, timber frame clubhouse that is home to Brand 33, a restaurant that got its name from the Cyrus family livestock brand rst registered in Crook County in 1883. As at Pronghorn, this is no place for scrawny chicken wings and greasy burgers. Here you get contemporary Oregon Trail Cui-sine ranging from smoked cat sh with cheese-stu ed cannelloni or basil tomato sauce and parmesan cheese to an eight ounce Premium Grade Cross Anchor S Ranch Elk Steak. Its all delicious.

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LAKE LAS VEGAS GOLF RESORT: Live in this beautiful golf community with three golf courses, two major hotels with gaming, plus a wonderful 320-acre lake full of fish. Chose from custom homes or custom lots to build your own dream home. Play a round of golf free, this being our way of saying thanks to qualified people looking for the right location. Call Earl or Anne at 702-460-2192 for an appointment. (Re/Max Pros.) Check our virtual tour at wwww.yourvegashome.com.

SEA VIEW HOME SITES, championship golf course, beach club, vacation, retire, affordable, full ownership, title insurance, Baja, Mexico. Free information: [email protected], (408) 690-8429. CA DREA01029353

SQUAW VALLEY CONDO FOR RENT/PURCHASE

SPEND A WEEK, TWO, winter or summer, at the OLYMPIC VILLAGE INN in Squaw Valley. Plenty of activities, new clubhouse, free bikes for the family or just relax in the hammock or in one of the five hot tubs. Take a swim, take a hike, take a gondola ride to High Camp. This Kitzbeuhl unit is a one bedroom, one bath with mini-kitchen that sleeps four. It is available for rent or purchase. The week available this winter is December 7-14. The summer weeks are in June and August. It fills up fast, sold out early for 2008. Rent for a week for $850, two week for $1,500 with half the rent to apply toward the purchase at $4,500 a week. Get the full story from their web site www.olympicvillageinn.com. Don Thompson, [email protected].

RV GOLFERSSun Country golf & RV. Located 4 miles west of cle elum on I90. Take exit 78 and go south 1/2 mile

on Golf Course RD. E n j o y a f f o r d a b l e , n e w l y opened and remodeled 18 holes, wifi, cable, new showers and bathroom. Accommodates oversized RVs. Once you experience it, you will come back.Please call 509-674-2226 for reservations.

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Affordable Golf Community Lot in Cool Pacic Northwest

Home lot for sale in Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club on the Hood Canal in Union, Washington. Walk to clubhouse and

fairways. Dues only $170 per month and come with full privileges for two on beautiful 18-hole course consistently

ranked among top 25 in the Pacic Northwest. See www.alderbrookgolf.com

for community details. 1/3 wooded acre on cul-de-sac. Electric and water in street. Septic required.

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2.3 acres, 3,084 sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths

Ample room to safely practice golf shots and putt on private putting green!

30+ courses within 35 minutes!For more information and your tour

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Golf Today NW August 2009 Edition