13 GIRs (missed two greens by a yard or so). 30 putts (no three putts). 3 birdies no doubles. Missed 7 birdies from 15 ft in (one from 6, most from 12-15 range). Did not miss a fairway with the driver. Two bad shots (mishit four iron on 13 and a pull nine iron on…
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Everyday at Westchester Country Club, our beautiful and spacious driving range gets a tremendous workout. Almost never is there space that is not occupied with members swinging with vigor long into the evening hours. Conversely, at Westchester we have a really super short game area with several bunkers, 2 huge pitching, chipping and putting green…
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A Fresh Mental Approach is All You Need to Get Your Sand Game On Track (Part 4) Continued from blog entry – “A LINE IN THE SAND (Part 3)” . FlNE-TUNING THE SHOT (PART1): . Golfers who re-learn the simplicity of this shot invariably say, “Okay, now that I can get it out every time,…
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Harry Cooper’s legacy in golf has lasted long after his playing days . Tom Patri remembers when he and Head Professional Tom Kennedy were first hired at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y. Patri, director of instruction, was just settling into his new office in February 1991 when out of the dead of winter, an…
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A Fresh Mental Approach is All You Need to Get Your Sand Game On Track (Part 3) Continued from blog entry – “A LINE IN THE SAND (Part 2)” . DON’T “HANDCUFF” YOURSELF : . . . When someone asks me for help with bunker shots, I’ll ask the player what he or she is…
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By Tom Patri Extraordinary Golf Fred Shoemaker . The Art & Zen of Learning Golf Michael Hebron . The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion Peter Egoscue with Roger Gittines . Golfs Best Kept Secret Carey Mumford . Golf: The Body, the Mind, the Game Bob Ford and Dick Beach . Golf in the…
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