It was a beautiful day for 115 WAVELAND Mens League golfers to play last week. Randy Robinson got as close as you can without making a hole in one on #6. Other winners included Chuck Meyers for longest putt on #8; Joe Wasik for young guy long drive on #5; John Farrell for old guy long drive on #1; and Bob Purkey for REAL old guy long drive on #9. Congratulations to all and please let me know if there was any outstanding event in your group.
All is good in the league. Our pace is good and our numbers are good. We do have several guys who are on injured reserve who we hope can come back as the season goes on. Shout out to Pittsenberger, Beumer, Camino, Sanders, Liebert, True and McCartan. Also looking forward to seeing Cronin, Moore, Newman and Eisner as they return.
I will be distributing the ASIC shoe coupons this week. This is a $180 benefit for golf shoes offered by ASIC/Dunlap. Good golf shoes at the right price!
Our World Cup Happy Hour at the Reservoir, 844 W. Montrose is Tues. June 16 3-6pm. These are always fun and on this occasion we will watch a key game between France and Senegal. Even if you don't know the difference between Off Side and Upside Down, you will enjoy the spectacle of a good
game.
Hoping you are taking the time to follow up on Jim Kennedy's lessons. I guarantee your game will improve by a number of strokes per round if you follow the easy steps he is presenting.
Curt
Dick Dowd, Keelin Wynan, and Dale Taylor.
Abdou Hossum, Adam Altman and Chris Johnson start us off every Wednesday at 6:30.
6:00 AM
6:30 AM — Johnson, Altman, Hoch, Abdou
6:38 AM — Ryan,Holzman, Johnston, Holtzman
6:46 AM — Arons, Gallery, Rizi, Whalen
6:54 AM — Burns, Norman, Weddle, Dulin
7:00 AM
7:02 AM — Donelon, Thummel, Fitzpatrick, Hart
7:10 AM — Silverstien, Concepcion, S. Mitchell, Mitchell
7:18 AM — Hammond, McCarthy, McCourt, Palootta
7:26 AM — Kelley, Siuta, Byrd, Lynch
7:34 AM — Casambre, Li, Downing, Rendon
7:42 AM — Losasso, Crilly, Madhava, Landgraff
7:54 AM — Beumer,Vondrak,Morgan,Mastrianni
8:00 AM
8:02 AM — Orloff, Sandler, Gately, Cox
8:10 AM — Ehrlich, Brenner, Myers, Parris
8:18 AM — Rosenfield, Millier, Duerkop, Cramb
8:26 AM — Kennedy, Chatman, Madigan, Grundhoefer
8:34 AM — Moore, Moore, Robinson, Shunk
8:42 AM — Caines, Mudjer, Gottlieb, Purkey
8:50 AM — Lehman, Waterman, Cadogan, Heimlich
8:58 AM — Flynn, Guyer, P. Dowd, Adams
9:00 AM
9:06 AM — Leininger, Turco, DelGrasso, Gadmundson
9:14 AM — Crenna, Malott, Gordon, Master
9:22 AM — Ahlgren, Ward, Crocker, Krisciunas
9:30 AM — Passineau, Zaber, Miller, Connor
9:38 AM — Williams, Sanders, Gaffney
9:46 AM — Conrad, Porter, Reynolds, Davis
9:54 AM — Taylor, Dowd, Camino
10:00 AM
10:02 AM — Wasik, Schwarz, Salazar, Sloan
10:10 AM — Farrell,Farrell,Campione, Juergens
10:18 AM — Hansen, Lyon, True, Feyzi
10:26 AM — Cronin, Person, Wyman, Flood
10:34 AM — Corday, Corday, McCartan, King
10:42 AM — Warner,Joseph, Anderson, Skilling
10:50 AM — Radke, Pallos, Pusateri, Huffman
Lead hand grip (left hand for righties)
We went over the three basic trail hand grip positions
(right hand for righties) last week and how it should match your natural hand position as well as your swing plan.
We didn’t talk about the lead hand grip (left hand for righties)- so this week we’ll talk about the lead hand grip.
Again the focus is KISS and this will help you in squaring the club face with the target at impact
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The attached very short video makes it simple. One of the keys is the pad on your lead hand and I think of this pad as my second thumb on that hand. Notice in this short video how, with the hand relaxed, the club fits in the fingers not the palm of your hand and the pad on your hand acts like your second thumb. Griping your lead hand is simple and only takes a second but is a big key (along with last week’s trail hand lesson) that will help you get better control of your club face.
Now try it on the practice tee - first grip the club with the lead hand as shown in video below then grip the club with your natural trail hand position (last week’s lesson). Once you have this technique down it only takes a second to properly grip the club with both hands (lead hand first then trail hand) and it’s so important to do it on every shot going forward rather your playing or practicing. With this lead hand grip and your natural trail hand grip matching your swing plan you will be more consistent in square your club face at impact. Hope this helps and Good Luck.
https://youtube.com/shorts/k9uT709i-v8?si=gyfNZJbrUDeKqaOi