What Can You Expect From a College Golf Tournament?
The most exciting aspect of being a college golfer is the opportunity to compete in college tournaments. Traveling with your coach and teammates to events and having the opportunity to test your skills against other college players is an exhilarating experience. College events (in Divisions I and II) are typically 54--hole events. Many tournaments are scheduled over a 2-day period, playing 36 holes the first day and 18 holes the final round, while other college events are held over a 3-day period, playing 18 holes each day.
Among my clients one of the recurring discussions I have with various junior golfers and their parents revolves around how much a player should be practicing. Unfortunately, this question frequently creates conflict in many households, as parents are either concerned that their child is not spending enough time preparing adequately, or in fewer instances, they are concerned that their child is over training.
We want to welcome Titleist Performance Institute to the Junior Golf Scoreboard. Dr. Greg Rose and Dave Phillips will be taking over the Championship Fitness portion of our website. Be sure to take a look at their first article "Cross Training for Speed". In the article you will find three activities that not only can help your golf game, but you can have fun doing as well.
Almost every instructor in the world will tell you that a good grip is the start of a good swing. A good grip allows the hands, wrists, arms and body to synchronize properly. The hands must work together to create speed and let the club work properly through the ball.
One of the best parts of this job is when we get phone calls and emails from parents asking questions and offering suggestions. Many of them have been used here on the Scoreboard. Here's what's new in 2011.
Kolton Lapa played the final seven holes in 4-under-par to pull out a one-shot victory over Carter Irwin to win the GJT West Region event at Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa.
Lapa built a three-shot lead with a solid 1-over-par 73 during a cold first round where no player broke par. In the final round Irwin made his charge as Lapa struggled early in the day with three straight bogies then a double bogey at the eighth.
Playing in her first IJGT event, Lydia Gumm of Radcliff, Ky.
dominated the course by firing a tournament total of 1-under-par.
Gumm made her 141 tournament total seem easy by playing the par
5’s at a solid 2-under-par. Gumm had a great round on Saturday by
turning in a 72, which came from finishing out even-par on the back 9
at Eagle’s Pointe. Starting the final round in first place, Gumm never
let off the gas by finishing up the tournament with an impressive 2-
under-par 69. When asked what hole the momentum changed for her,
she said “#11 because it was my first birdie of the day because it got
me pumped up for the rest of the round.”
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One of the best parts of this job is when we get phone calls and emails from parents asking questions and offering suggestions. Many of them have been used here on the Scoreboard. Here's what's new in 2011.
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