Tag: golf

With the Fourth of July having passed by this week, many golfers asked why golf courses do not use American flags on each hole to celebrate the holiday. Although the course would like to use American flags on all patriotic holidays, we can’t. Golfers lay the flag pole - with the flag - on the ground while putting.

Entering the Tri-County Athletic League championship at the Salinas Golf and Country Club, San Benito sophomore Ryan Han had one individual goal: Finish at least two shots better than Palma’s Jay Burlison.

High Heels aren’t allowed on the golf course. I’m not talking about the dress code on the course, but a way to help you hit the ball further. Many golfers lose distance when they lift their heel too high off the ground on their back swing. Some ladies — and quite a few beginners — lift their heel until only the toe of their shoe is on the ground.

Golfers must thing they are Superman or the Hulk because when I ask my students to keep their feet shoulder-width apart, their feet are about four-feet wide.

CARMEL - The high school golf season came to an end Tuesday for all but one of the Balers boys golf team, as the squad finished in eighth place — out of 11 teams — in the first Central Coast Section Regional at Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel.

Regardless of what happens at the Salinas Golf and Country Club on Monday, the San Benito boys golf team knows what it needs to do at the Tri-County Athletic League championships: Beat Palma.

As players from St. Mary’s and Pepperdine celebrated their West Coast Conference team championships Wednesday, the staff at San Juan Oaks Golf Club were in the middle of a celebration themselves.

When you golf, think about your practice time as making deposits and playing time as withdrawals from your golfing account. Make big deposits with good practice sessions and fixing troubled shots.

If you slice the ball and are looking for 25 more yards off the tee, help is just 10 feet away.