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  Even though the Ryder Cup won’t be contested until the end of September, it’s never too early to take a look at Bethpage Black and get a better understanding of what team members will face when competing on this difficult track.   Through the technology of Shot Scope users, here are a few strategies
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Mia Hammond, a 17-year-old senior in high school from New Albany, won the Greater Toledo Classic last month. It is highly unusual for an amateur of any age to win against the professionals, let alone a high school senior. However, Mia Hammond is not your average teenager. This was her second time playing in a
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In March Balcar won the Yuengling Open at Fort Myers Country Club by draining a three-foot putt on the final hole to claim the title. “I knew I had to make it, obviously,” said Balcar, an assistant golf professional at Toledo’s Brandywine Country Club. “Thankfully, my coaches have ingrained in me the importance of putting.
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Cheryl Fox carded a one-over par 73 at the Lakes Golf & Country Club to win the Ohio Golf Association’s Qualifier for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open to be held at San Diego Country Club at the end of August. She bested Christine Lindsey, from Kentucky, by two shots and amateur Michele Thompson, from Columbus,
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By Ed Travis Most every golfer is wants to improve their game and some are even serious about it. They practice religiously, take lessons, play at every opportunity and presuming they are not adopting bad swing habits, may gradually see their scores decrease. Ben Hogan famously said the secret to getting better was to, “dig
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By Fred Altvater Last month I visited a unique twist to the traditional driving range. Of course, there was the usual mats, balls, plus a variety of targets at which to aim, but Long Shots, in Troy, Ohio, is not your grandfather’s practice range. TopTracer technology is available at several of Long Shots’ covered hitting
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BOYNE Resort can trace it beginnings to 1948, when it was opened primarily as a winter ski resort on a 40-acre hillside. In 1966, Robert Trent Jones Sr. was contracted to build the first golf course, the Heather, at the Highlands and it was immediately recognized by Golf Digest magazine, ranking it in the “Top
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By Mike May South Florida resident Jeff Simke has been a lifelong fan of golf.  These days, the 70-year-old Simke, spends most of his days at the Village Golf Club in Royal Palm Beach, Florida where he teaches golf at Jeff Simke’s Golf Academy. In addition, he coaches the Cardinal Newman High School varsity boys golf team in
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Welcome to the August Issue of Ohio Golf Journal. We hope you are enjoying the great summer weather for a few rounds on your favorite golf course. We had the opportunity to visit a new driving range concept at Long Shots near Troy last month and we came away very impressed. This restaurant has taken
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A veritable feast of golf action across the next few days and into the weekend, with the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LIV Golf and LPGA Tour all trotting out quality, race-to-the-end-game events. Elsewhere, four young Aussies will contest the U.S Amateur Championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

More Australians are playing golf today than at any other time in the game’s history in this country. The economic reality is, however, many of us now need to make our golfing dollar stretch a lot further than it did even five years ago.

Golf in New South Wales is about to take a leap into the future, and you won’t even need to wear sunscreen.