First Published by Golf Digest American friends—“The winner of the gold medal and the Champion Golfer of the Year is ...” These are the words used by the chief executive of the R&A to introduce the new Open Champion each July, just before the claret jug is presented. The winner of “The Open” is [...]
First Published by By Joey Geske, USGA The USGA has named top-ranked Americans Anna Davis, of Spring Valley, Calif., and Gordon Sargent, of Birmingham, Ala., as the first automatic selections to the 2023 USA World Amateur Teams. The 33rd men’s championship will take place Oct. 18-21, followed by the 30th women’s championship Oct. 25-28, [...]
First Published by Adrian Godoy, USGA FIELD NOTES – Among the 156 players in the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship field, there are: Youngest Competitors: Mia Clausen (12 years, 11 months and 25 days old), is the championship’s youngest competitor. Baobao Niuniu Zhao turns 13 on July 16, the day before stroke play begins. Oldest [...]
First Published in Golf Course Architecture The trend for convertible designs is showing no sign of slowing. But not all dual-purpose courses start out that way. Near Park City, Utah, construction is under way on a short course at the new SkyRidge Mountain Community. Architect Jon Garner began by designing the course to [...]
First Published by Roger Knick, The Golf Performance Center Multitasking is a lie! Anyone that tells you they are good at multitasking doesn’t understand what that really means. In other words, multitasking is superhuman, superman or superwoman! Unfortunately, we make ourselves believe that multitasking is a good thing and we are good at it, [...]
First Published by The Golf Wire INAUGURAL PGA FAMILY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD AT PGA WEST MOUNTAIN AND DUNES COURSES DEC. 9-10, 2023 LA QUINTA, Calif. – The inaugural PGA Family Golf Championship will be held Dec. 9-10, 2023, at PGA West on the Pete Dye Mountain and Dunes Golf Courses in La Quinta, California. [...]
The second-year Underrated Tour is open to junior golfers between the ages of 12 and 18. The 2023 schedule features four regional tournaments, followed by a tour championship at Lake Merced Golf Club in San Francisco, California. (Photo: Underrated Tour) First Published by The First Call When NBA star Stephen Curry was a high school basketball [...]
First Published by Golfweek and AmateurGolf To no one’s great surprise, Japan wound up sweeping top honors on the final day of the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup Supported by Japan Airlines — though it wound up more stressful than perhaps anyone might have imagined. That was especially true in the girls’ division, which went [...]
By Michael Burcin, Owner, Under Par Consulting Half of the programming we offer at UPC is based on performance trends, hurdles, and habits that I observed when kids transition from junior to collegiate golf; and then who succeeds at a high level once in college. It is not a random coincidence about who continues [...]
By Kyle Panek, Director of Performance, The Golf Performance Center Last week I wrote about the process of gaining speed out on the course and it is just that “a process”! There are no quick fixes, no special equipment, no secret sauce, just putting in the hours of work down in the gym and [...]
