July - August 2015 Issue # 20
McCarthy
PGA Championship Notebook:
6 Years
sets scoring
E a r n s 3 rd Open Title in
Jason Day
record in victory
What If You
Could Make
Millions
From Your
Love of Golf? Tallent claims Seniors Amateur Championship RULES REVISITED
Provisional Ball & Second Ball
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MSGA SERVICES The Maryland State Golf Association which was founded in 1921 has been conducting state golf Championships, and fostering respect for the game of golf as well as its Rules. In addition, the MSGA provides many other services to the golfers of Maryland, and I thought I would highlight a few. Golf Patron Program: The MSGA Patron Program is a discount golf program entitling members to reduced green fees at courses in the Mid-Atlantic area including 82 courses in Maryland. The membership includes a Patron member bag tag, Victory Golf Pass booklet with information and rates on all courses, and a subscription to the MSGA “e” magazine. Full details on our website. [www.msga.org] Hole-in-One Club: The MSGA Hole-in-One Club is open to any amateur who is a member in good standing of a MSGA club, and who makes a verifiable hole-inone. The hole-in-one must be made on a golf course which measures at least 3000 yards for 18 holes, during a round of golf that includes at least nine holes. The hole-in-one must be witnessed by at least one other person who testifies to the authenticity of the ace. Recipient will receive certificate suitable for framing and listed on our website. Player of the Year: Since 2007, the MSGA has honored a Player of the Year and a Senior Player of the Year at the Annual meeting in November. Players receive points based on their respective finishing place in certain Championships; and the amateur player who
William K. Smith, Executive Director, Maryland State Golf Association
accumulates the greatest number of points will be the “Player of the Year”, and the Senior amateur with the most points will be the “Senior Player of the Year.” In order to earn points, contestants must be amateur golfers who are current members of a member club of the MSGA and points are only awarded based on gross scores. A Regular Player is an eligible player 54 years of age or younger, and a Senior Player is an eligible player 55 years or older. Amateur Reinstatement Services: The MSGA collaborates with the USGA in assisting individuals with the process of regaining their amateur status. Rules, applications, frequently asked questions and all status updates are maintained on the MSGA website. MSGA Scholarship Programs: The MSGA is proud to have awarded the Emmet Gary Turf Scholarship to the University of Maryland students pursuing a career in turf management. This scholarship has been awarded since 1969 totaling over $300,000 in tuition assistance. The MSGA also awards academic undergraduate scholarships to needy and deserving individuals who are either an employee or dependent of an employee of a Member club of the MSGA. The program is also open to a student with a strong connection to the game of golf. The aforementioned services are among the many services provided to golfers and golf clubs in Maryland, but perhaps not as well-known as tournaments, course rating and handicap service.
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Contents
Executive Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Welcome
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William K. Smith, Executive Director, Maryland State Golf Association
PGA
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PGA Championship Notebook
Five Questions
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Kimberly Erusha, Ph.D., Managing Director, USGA Green Section
10
RULES REVISITED Provisional Ball & Second Ball
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Distinctive course for a most unique game
Steve Smyers, American Society of Golf Course Architects, ASGCA President
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Distinctive course for a most unique game
Destination report
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My stical Golf â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Play the Best 54 Holes in My rtle Beach
State news
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McCarthy earns 3rd open title in 6 years
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Lev Iwashko, Esq. What if you could make millions from your love of golf?
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8 MSGA One-Day Four-Ball Schedule Share
MSGA One-Day Four-Ball Schedule Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest Country Club Friday, April 17 ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 3 Rolling Road Golf Club Thursday, May 21
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Country Club at Woodmore Tuesday, July 21 Montgomery Country Club Monday, August 24 Norbeck Country Club Wednesday, September 30 Sparrows Point Country Club Friday, October 16 ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN: ONE-DAY EVENTS
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Eagle’s Nest Country Club hosted the first MSGA One-Day Four-Ball of the season on Friday, April 17, while entries were closed by Friday, April 3. These events are open to ANY amateur golfer who has an up-to-date handicap index at an MSGA member club; and also to non-members with an up-to-date USGA handicap index for an increased fee (nonmembers are not eligible for prizes). The competition will be four-ball stroke play, with two competitors as partners, each playing their own ball. The lower of the partners’ scores is the score for the hole. Prizes will be awarded for net and gross in each division, and division options are based on gender and yardage with the following options:
Men’s A 6200-6500 yards Men’s B 5900-6200 Mixed Men 5900-6200/Women 5000-5400 Women 5000-5400
Register now Entries are currently open for all events, and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. A minimum of four teams are required to create a division. Merchandise will be awarded to the top finishers in each division, and the amount awarded will be determined by the size of the field in a division. Paper ENTRY FORM is available for download.
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10 PGA Jason Day sets scoring record in victory Share
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Jason Day celebrates winning the 2015 PGA Championship after making his last putt during the Final Round at the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits on August 16, 2015 in Sheboygan, WI.
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Jason Day hits his tee shot on the third hole during Round Three
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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Jason Day seized the 97th PGA Championship Sunday with a final-round 67 to edge Jordan Spieth by three strokes. Day’s closing 67 included seven birdies, nine pars and two bogeys. • Day was playing in his sixth PGA Championship. Before Sunday, his best finish in this Championship was a tie for eighth in 2013 at Oak Hill. The win was the fifth of his career; two have come in three weeks. He won the RBC Canadian Open on July 26. A WEEK TO REMEMBER: Not only did Jason Day pocket his first major championship, he did it while recording the lowest 72-hole score in relation to par in the history of major-championship golf. Day’s 20-under-par, 268 total this week at Whistling Straits bested the former mark, 19-under-par, set by Tiger Woods during the 2000 Open Championship. • Before Sunday, the best 72-hole score in the PGA Championship was 18-underpar was and it was shared by Tiger Woods (2000, ’06) and Bob May (2000).
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Jason Day walks to the fourth green during the Final Round
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19 IS NICE, 20 IS TERRIFIC: Before Jason Day finished a 20-under-par for the Championship, only one player in the history of major-championship golf had ever touched the lofty status of 20-under, but even that was for just a few holes. In 2000, Tiger Woods reached 20-under in the final round of the Open Championship at St. Andrews, but he bogeyed 17 to finish at 19-under-par. THE LOW DOWN FROM DOWN UNDER: Jason Day, by winning at Whistling Straits, became the fifth Australian to win the PGA Championship. He joins fellow Aussies Steve Elkington (1995), Wayne Grady (’90), David Graham (’79) and Jim Ferrier (’47) on the short list. ROARING 20s: With a 27-year-old Jason Day winning at Whistling Straits, five of the last six PGA Championships have been won by players in their 20s. The streak began right here at Whistling Straits in 2010, when a then 25-year-old Martin Kaymer won in a playoff. Since then, 20-somethings Day, Keegan Bradley (25 years-old in 2011) and Rory McIlroy (23 in 2012, 25 in ’14) have accounted for four more for PGA Championships. The lone exception during the six-year run was Jason Dufner (36 in 2013). • Prior to Kaymer’s 2010 victory on the Straits Course, the last player under 30 to win the PGA was Tiger Woods, who was 24 upon winning at Valhalla in 2000.
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Jason Day reacts to his winning putt on the eighteenth hole during the Final Round at the 97th PGA Championship
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“THE SNAKE” CHARMER: Jason Day posted four birdies in as many days on Whistling Straits’ par-5, 603-yard fifth hole, which is appropriately dubbed “The Snake.” LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL: Jason Day’s successful birdie putt of 49-feet, 5 inches on the 7th hole today was only four inches shy of his longest made putt of the season. In the second round of the RBC Canadian Open last month, Day rolled in a 49’9” putt on the 12th hole. SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST: By virtue of Jason Day’s victory, for the 17th time in the last 19 years, the PGA Champions emerged from the final pairing of the afternoon. WANAMAKER: Jason Day joins these notables that claimed their first major in the PGA Championship: Martin Kaymer, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, Raymond Floyd and Sam Snead.
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Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth chat on the eighteenth hole during Round One
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SPIETH FINISHES SECOND, TAKES OVER #1 SPOT IN O.W.G.R.: By coupling the PGA Championship finishes of Jordan Spieth (second) and Rory McIlroy (17th), Spieth officially assumed the mantle as the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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20 Five Questions Kimberly Erusha, Ph.D. Share
Five Questions
Kimberly Erusha, Ph.D.
Managing Director, USGA Green Section
What should the golf world know about the USGA Green Section? The USGA Green Section is nearing its 100th birthday. Since 1920 the USGA has served the industry by hiring scientists and agronomists to help golf course owners and operators work smarter in golfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural environment. We are a world leader in developing hardier and more efficient grass strains for golf that are better adapted to changing climate and geography. The USGA agronomists provide tens of thousands in its 95 years of consultations to courses throughout North America, fund research at universities across the country in an effort to educate based on fact, and develop educational resources and affordable technology to help operators better manage resources. We are passionate about providing the industry with solutions.
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What primary challenge do golf course operators and superintendents face today?
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Responsible resource management, including water, is a major challenge. During our 95-year history, golf courses experienced drought, environmental concerns, and escalating maintenance costs. In some cases, these issues lead to course closures. Technology is on our side, and research gives us the power to make more fact-based decisions to meet these challenges. Courses can be smarter in managing irrigation because of sensor-based monitoring systems. We can track where golfers spend time on the course, to provide more efficient maintenance. We can recommend improved varieties of turfgrasses and best management practices for those grasses. There must be a balance between providing a quality playing experience while maintaining budgets. There is no excuse for luxurious consumption; we must all manage our resources efficiently.
What research is the USGA currently supporting for the good of the game? The USGA invests in the game and its health. Since the early 1980s we have researched golf course water use â&#x20AC;&#x201C; providing best management practices and data on how golf manages this essential resource. Our goal, since we began funding research in 1920, has been to develop better grasses for the game. The improved grasses are better adapted to environmental stress while providing quality playing conditions for golfers. Almost 40 new cultivars have been developed, and as a result of $40 million investment in USGA-funded research, many new, more versatile grasses have been delivered to the golf marketplace. As one example, seashore paspalum grows in areas with poor quality, high salt content water sources. Each step made in the research program helps golf better manage where we play the game.
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You recently spoke at the Green Sports Alliance conference. What can golf teach to other sports organizations, and what can we learn from them? The golf industry faces many of the same issues as all outdoor sports. Other sports such as football and baseball use our research and groundbreaking technology. It is an area where the USGA, as a nonprofit organization, can lend its support. The more we can learn from each other, and share resources, the more all outdoor recreational sports benefit. Some of the grasses funded and developed for golf have proved to be beneficial on other sports facilities. There are definite ideas we can glean from the world’s sports fields and stadiums. We can share programs for irrigation techniques, plant management and construction methods.
What excites you most about the future of the game? Golfers who understand that better resource management still provides a great golf experience is exciting. Firm and fast conditions are fun to play. Converting managed turf to natural areas provides a variety of interesting shots and enjoyment, as well as beautiful landscapes. Courses that play to a reasonable yardage with a variety of tee options help golfers play faster. Changing the dialogue from a hard course to a fun player experience is good for golf. When owners, operators and players work together, golf will easily survive beyond the next 100 years. We see positive movement in both awareness and actions.
About Kimberly S. Erusha, Ph.D.
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As managing director of the USGA Green Section, Erusha oversees the department’s administrative and service functions. The Green Section provides the USGA Course Consulting Service, evaluations to help improve golf course playing quality, environmental sustainability and economic efficiency. The work includes a multi-media education and outreach program directed to golf course officials, superintendents, golfers, environmental organizations, and regulatory officials. All of the Green Section programs are supported by the USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program, the world’s largest turfgrass research grants program, which has distributed $40 million to universities across the country. Erusha earned a B.S. degree in horticulture from Iowa State University, and completed her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Nebraska, specializing in turfgrass management.
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2015 Tournament Schedule Two sites have been added to the 2015 MAPGA Tournament schedule as Washington Golf and Country Club will host the Club Car Head Professional Championship as well as the Teaching Professional Championship on September 21, 2015. The Central Chapter Championship and Assistant Championship will both be held on May 18, 2015 at Norbeck Country Club in Rockville, Md. There are still a few sites to be determined, but please be sure to save the dates. We are excited for the season and the great venues we have the opportunity to play. If you have any questions, please contact Tournament Director Jeremy Greiner, PGA at 540-7207420 ext 124 or jgreiner@pgahq.com.
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24 RULES REVISITED Provisional Ball & Second Ball
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RULES REVISITED
Provisional Ball & Second Ball By Kelly Newland, PGA, MSGA Director of Rules & Competitions
What is a provisional ball? What is a second ball? These questions and concepts can be easily confused when playing competitive golf. It is vitally important to know the difference next time you tee it up so that you can save yourself some strokes! A provisional ball can be played in either Match Play or Stroke Play. A provisional ball is ball played if you believe your ball is lost outside of a Water Hazard or may be Out of Bounds. The main concept to remember is if you believe your ball is lost inside a Water Hazard you may not play a provisional ball. If a player were to do so in this situation then that ball becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance. When playing a provisional ball always remember: • You must announce your intention to your fellow competitors in Stroke Play or opponent in Match Play by using the term “provisional ball”. Simple stating that you are going to hit another ball is not enough! • You must play your provisional ball before you or your
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partner goes forward to search for the original ball. • You may continue play of the hole with your provisional ball until you reach the place where the original ball is likely to be. • If the original ball is neither lost nor out of bounds, the player must abandon the provisional ball and continue playing the original ball! It’s a good idea to review Rule 27-2 to get a better understanding of when your provisional ball becomes the ball in play. To understand the concept of a Second Ball and how you can benefit from playing a second ball take a look at Rule 3-3 in your rule book. In Stroke Play situations ONLY a player may play a second ball if he or she gets into a doubtful situation and does not know how to proceed. For example, if your ball comes to rest in a tire rut on the golf course you may wonder if you are entitled to Ground Under Repair relief. If you are unsure then
simply announce to your fellow competitor that you wish to play a Second Ball and which ball you want to score with if the rules permit. You would then play both balls into the hole and receive a decision from the committee after the round. When playing a second ball always remember: • You must report to the committee that you played two balls. Even if you scored the same with both balls you are still required to report this action! A penalty of disqualification would take place if a player fails to report playing a Second Ball. • Never confuse Rule 3-3 for Match Play. This Rule is a Stroke Play Rule Only If you review 27-2 and 3-3 before your next round you will be better equipped when difficult decisions arise on the golf course! Have fun and remember to check out our MSGA tournament schedule for a chance to play some great venues with an even better group of people. See you on the course!
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Distinctive course for a most unique game By Steve Smyers, American Society of Golf Course Architects, ASGCA President
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ariety is not only ‘the spice of life’ but it is the very foundation of golfing architecture. Diversity in nature is universal. Let your golfing architect mirror it. An ideal or classical golf course demands variety, personality and, above all, the charm of romance”. Charles Blair McDonald This quote, alongside several others from the forefathers of our profession, hangs on a wall in my office. Their purpose is to continually remind me of what makes our game so special - and why golf courses are both criticized and loved by all who play the sport. The staging of the 2015 U.S. Open championship at Chambers Bay attracted a tremendous amount of attention and courted no small degree of controversy.
It certainly generated a great deal of discussion among the board of the ASGCA. As members of our association traveled across the country we encountered comments that were both complimentary and critical: these comments were directed at the design of the course; its set-up and conditioning; the grass selection for the playing surfaces; spectator viewing areas, as well as the new format of televising the event. The USGA determined to make two bold moves: for the first time in its history it took our nation’s championship to the Pacific Northwest, and for the first time in 45 years the event was contested on an ostensibly ‘new’ golf course. Chambers Bay, designed by two ASGCA Past Presidents, Bobby Jones and Bruce Charlton, occupies a spectacular site adjacent to Puget Sound. July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
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The creation of the course is itself a great story of how a golf development revitalized a distressed parcel of land and an economically stagnant area. In another ‘first’, fescue grasses were utilized across the entire golf course, and most notably on the putting surfaces. It was an historically significant week as the USGA was breaking with some very time-honored traditions in not staging the country’s premier event at an already established ‘old school’ type venue. For the past several years, the Open course set-up has typically followed a formula of narrow verdant fairways, thick punitive rough, and ultra-slick and ultra-smooth putting greens. This year’s championship exposed to millions a quite different way that the game can be played and also a different version of how good golf courses can be designed and maintained - and indeed how very differently they can look. MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE | July - August 2015
In all that I have read, studied and experienced about the game of golf – and specifically as regards course design – heated debate has seemingly always accompanied the unveiling of a cutting edge design and/or its hosting of an important tournament. Pine Valley was declared to be Crump’s folly by many who first visited his innovative masterpiece. And I remember Jerry Pate throwing Pete Dye into the lake at the conclusion of the inaugural Players Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass - Dye’s novel and original ‘stadium’ layout not being to the taste of the majority of the competitors. Since that first event, Sawgrass has been somewhat refined but it is essentially the same layout and is now one of the PGA Tour’s most popular and esteemed venues. And you can go further back, too: the putting surfaces on Donald Ross’ renowned Pinehurst #2 Course confounded most contestants in the 1935 PGA Championship, with
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many wondering (and complaining) how a ball could land so close to the hole and yet end up in such an awkward place. As an architect and a golfer who enjoys both the competitive and recreational aspects of the game, I can usually find something that makes me feel uncomfortable with a golf course or a tournament set-up - ‘uncomfortable’ simply because it is unfamiliar and not what I am accustomed to. Whenever I feel this way, I remind myself of how the legendary Bobby Jones reacted on his first visit to St. Andrews where he stormed off the links and vowed never to return. Of course Jones did return (and conquer the links) several times, and in a speech in 1958 at the University of St. Andrews he recounted the story of his first visit. He then revealed how over a passage of time he had grown to love the Old Course stating that “The more he studied
it, the more he loved it, and the more he loved it, the more he studied it.” The distinctive nature of this year’s U.S. Open put a spotlight on how diverse and captivating this game of golf can be. By highlighting such a style of venue, and contrasting it to the great and established championship courses such as Merion, Oakmont and Winged Foot, it triggered widespread discussion regarding some very fundamental aspects of the game - the way it’s played, the way courses are designed and the way they are maintained, and this is surely a healthy thing? If we can create bold, imaginative and innovative designs we will capture people’s interest and encourage them to do precisely what Donald Ross invited them to do all those years ago and “rise to the challenge of the course.” July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
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Man O’War at Glen Riddle
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he Man O’War course at Glen Riddle Golf Club in Berlin, Md offers a variety of opportunities for the amateur golfer. This well-groomed and wellmaintained golf course lends itself to the public less than 20 minutes from the hottest vacation spot on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Man O’War delivers an open front nine with rolling fairways manicured inside high thicket boundaries. Challenging fairway bunkers with shaved edges stare players off the tee while the greens offer wide target areas. The large greens challenge players to stick their approach on tight pin placements or be left with long breaking putts. Generally the greens provide a plush, rolling landing zone in view of the fairway for the average golfer to attack. High praise to the maintenance staff for providing a true green that plays consistent throughout the round. Glen Riddle Farm was host to the training facility for championship thoroughbreds like Man O’War and Triple Crown winning War Admiral. The Man O’War course is set on the western end of the property where the original 1-mile racetrack rests. The racetrack is
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preserved as a cross hazard for three holes on the front nine with a beautiful view of the old starting gate from the 7th tee box. The back nine of Man O’War plays a little more to the style of its sister course War Admiral. Carved out of the tidal marsh and lined with towering trees there are many scenic views and hazards on the back nine. The par 5s on 14 and 16 challenge golfers to control the ball from tee to green with long tree lines off the tee and hazards at the landing zones. Holes like the par 3s at 2 and 15, however, offer open scoring opportunities. From the tips, golfers will encounter many blind shots and “go-for-it” decisions on the back nine. Man O’War from start to finish is a very enjoyable course. Its proximity to the popular Ocean City Beach makes Glen Riddle a great vacation getaway. If you schedule your tee time right you can finish up at Ruth’s Chris Steak House next door. The staff here is welcoming and informative and the grounds are in great shape. Man O’War at Glen Riddle is definitely on the mark. - By Mark Stein
34 Destination report Mystical Golf â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Play the Best 54 Holes in Myrtle Beach Share
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M
ystical Golf and its trifecta of Myrtle Beach courses – The Witch, Man-O-War and The Wizard – is the best bang for your golfing buck in the U.S. Why? The three Dan Maples’ designs are flat-out superb; the maintenance excellent; and the price is off-the-charts reasonable – specially the stayand-play packages. Though Man-O-War and The Wizard are adjacent and The Witch 10 minutes away, each course is a golf universe unto itself. You won’t find 54 holes anywhere better than these three gems.
Muscular Man-O-War is soothed by a 100-acre lake on its edge. This is a study in water management as H2O touches every hole – the only course I’ve ever played with that attribute. The par-72, 6,967-yard Man-O-War intrigues with its spectacular (and rare) back-to-back island greens on 13 and 14. The demanding par-4 9th alone is worth a visit with clubs in tow as the whole shebang – tee, fairway and green are surrounded by a liquid grave. Tie your golf shoes up tight when challenging Man-O-War – a layout I could play every day for the rest of my golfing life.
The Witch is Myrtle Beach golf at its finest with many tricks up her devious sleeve as 500 acres of tranquil cypress groves and wetlands provide plenty of hazards due to Mother Nature. This is no grip-it-and-rip-it John Daly course. Smart play is rewarded in spades as the par71, 6,702-yard layout is an SAT test of the ancient game. Adjectives like “splendid,” “wonderful” and “awesome” immediately spring to mind after holing out on the last. I dare you not to fall under her enchanting spell.
The Wizard is as Scottish as haggis with bumps, hollows, mounds, swales and sod-faced bunkers to be negotiated on the links-style proceedings. While each hole is a classic, the final duo might be the best in Myrtle Beach. No. 17 – a timeless par-3 – requires a flush hit iron to a mounded green perilously surrounded by water. The robust par-4 18th is a land unto itself with an island tee, island fairway and peninsula green testing your golfing mettle. The welcoming old-world, castle July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
38 Destination report Mystical Golf – Play the Best 54 Holes in Myrtle Beach Share
clubhouse is the most unique 19th hole you’ll find. Come play Scottish golf with no passport needed. Available Sept. 10 – Nov. 29, Mystical Golf’s three-day Gold Package (http://www.mysticalgolf.com/moredeal.php?id=64) starts at $99 (per person, per day, taxes included) and features three rounds with cart on each course (plus one complimentary round), three nights’ lodging in wellappointed three-bedroom golf villas (four beds), free iHOP breakfast daily (available 24 hours per day), and a gratis steak dinner at Logan’s Roadhouse (includes nonalcoholic beverages, taxes).
aspects of the Gold Package except the complimentary round, daily breakfast and steak dinner. Both stayand-plays offer one complimentary golfer for booked groups of 20 or more players. Myrtle Beach is also second to none when it comes to post-round fun, with dining locales for every palate and pocketbook. Don’t miss Greg Norman’s Australian Grille, a popular fine-dining spot at Barefoot Landing, featuring mouth-watering seafood and steaks, plus a full selection of vino (including the Shark’s own).
Additional package extras include two free beers and lunch at the course each day, complimentary daily range balls, instant replay round for cart fee only, and $15 gift card toward a golf shirt. Extra night stays are available at a moderate cost per person.
On the southern end of the Grand Strand, the Murrells Inlet Marsh Walk, a half-mile stretch of seven fun dining and entertainment establishments located on the picturesque Murrells Inlet waterfront is another must. Fresh caught seafood is the way to go along with a local brew on tap, both served with down-home friendliness.
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Round #1 It took a while, but teenager Mike Blasey from the host club, Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, finally broke a logjam with a 2-under-par 68 to take the early lead in the 94th Maryland Open Championship. He was later joined at the top by professionals Brad Miller, Timonium, and Ryan Eibner, Gaithersburg. Eleven players share fourth place with 69â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and another eight, including two-time champion Denny McCarthy, are at 70. The full field of 132 players will play the second round, July 14, followed by a cut to the low 40 and ties for the final round July 15. All play will be from the first tee, with par set at 35-35--70 for the 6,603-yard finely conditioned course.
Blasey, 19, a Landon School graduate who will be a Davidson freshman in the fall, posted 35-33, with five birdies -- on putts ranging up to 25 feet -- and three bogeys, including two 3-putts. Miller, 25, a member of the eGolf Tour in North Carolina who was the medalist in the Hillendale Country Club qualifier and a top-6 finisher in the 2011 Open, shot 3632, that included an erratic front nine with only one par. Four birdies, three bogeys, and a double-bogey sent him to the turn 1-over, but he quickly shifted gears with a birdie at number 11 and an eagle-3 at number 12 (7iron shot to the fringe and a 25-foot putt on the 518yard hole). Eibner had 34-34, highlighted by an eagle-3 at the 535yard fifth hole, and he went on to record four birdies and four bogeys. Photo by Montana Pritchard / The PGA of America MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE | July - August 2015
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Among the 69’s were two Columbia members, Brendan Peel, who birdied the last two holes, and Doug Hurson, who birdied the first two to get his round going. Michael Meyer, Lakewood Country Club, helped his cause with birdies at numbers 16 and 17, but Connor Flach, Turf Valley Resort, who was in position to take the lead, slipped back with bogeys at 17 and 18. Of the group, only two were pros, Pleasant Hughes, Chevy Chase Club, and Olney Golf Park’s Jim Estes, who had two second place and two third place finishes in a recent five-year span. This marked the first time Columbia had held the tournament since 2000, when Dennis Winters won and Dirk Schultz and Jack Skilling tied for second. The morning weather was overcast with occasional rain showers but they were gone before noon and play continued uninterrupted.
Round #2 Ryan Eibner, a first-time entry, became the only player in the 94th Maryland Open Championship to register two rounds in the 60’s and a worthy challenger to twotime titlist Denny McCarthy as each posted a 36-hole total of 137 to tie for the 36-hole lead over a demanding Columbia Country Club course in Chevy Chase, July 14. Eibner, 24, a professional who lives in Gaithersburg, currently is a member of the eGolf Tour in North Carolina (three cuts in nine events) and works part-time at Congressional CC, was one of three to share the firstround lead with a 2-under-par 68, then stayed there with a 69. McCarthy, 22, from Rockville and Argyle CC, has a resume that includes going low in several of his recent Open appearances, did it again when he added a 67 to an opening 70, then was forced to share the low-score honor with Connor Tendall, from Congressional CC, who fashioned the 3-under-par number in the next-tolast group of the 121-man field. “The wind picked up in the afternoon making [play] a little tricky,” McCarthy, a winner in 2010 and 2013, who recently graduated from the University of Virginia, said of his 33-34 that included five birdies, two bogeys. Two of those birds were on the first two holes -- “They were 10-12 foot left-to-right breakers and got me off to a good start.” Two others were on putts from 15 and 20 feet. “I scraped it around yesterday [Monday] but today was better. Two hours later, Eibner, an East Carolina University graduate, joined him at the top. His front nine included four birdies, but they left as quickly as they came, as he had only one, at the 12th, on the back. He had qualified for the event with a 72 at P.B. Dye GC in May.
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The cut fell at 146, and 42 players advanced to the final round, July 15. The leaderboard underwent a shuffling from one round to the next, as many of the early challengers fell back, including leaders (with Eibner) Brad Miller and Mike Blasey. Miller, a 25-year-old eGolf Tour player from Timonium, put up 68-72, and Blasey, 19, a Columbia CC member and an incoming freshman at Davidson College, 68-72. Thus Eibner and McCarthy were followed at 139 by Brendan Peel (70), Columbia CC; Walter Egloff (70), Chevy Chase Club, and two who improved -- pro Sean Bosdosh, Holly Hills CC (70-69) and Billy Hoffman, an assistant pro at Westwood CC (71-68). The 140’s were Blasey, Miller, Tendall, and Scott Ehrlich, Manor CC, and the 141’s were pro Pleasant Hughes, Chevy Chase Club, 69-72; Josh Eure, from Crofton, a former MSGA Amateur champ and last year’s leader the first two days, 71-70; Connor Flach, Turf Valley CC, 69-72, and Matt Sughrue, Bethesda CC, 70-71.
Final Round Denny McCarthy, from Argyle Country Club, rode a second straight 3-under-par 67 to his third Maryland Open championship in six years, finishing with a 54hole total of 204 at Columbia CC in Chevy Chase, July 15. McCarthy, a 22-year-old amateur from Rockville, began the round tied with first-time entry Ryan Eibner, but the latter dropped back after a triple-bogey seven at the ninth hole. Billy Hoffman, an assistant pro at Westwood CC in Vienna, Va., who got the first-place money, was two back when the day started, but never got closer after the second hole, and ended with a 67-206. Walter Egloff, 18, from the Chase Club, finished with 68-207 for third place. “My goal is always the same -- limit my mistakes and make no bogeys,” McCarthy said of his pre-round
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thinking. After he and Hoffman birdied the first hole, he hit a poor shot that led to a bogey at the par-4 second and all of a sudden the four players who had been two back were right in it. “I was really ticked about that bad shot at 2 and I told myself mentally, ‘No more mistakes. Think your way around,’ and I didn’t drop a shot the rest of the way,” McCarthy said. “I drove the ball well. . .great position and left myself short [of the hole] with uphill putts. Also, we had a northwest wind -- one you don’t normally get on a golf course and different from the first two days -- that made it tricky and I knew the round would be tougher [for everybody].” Hoffman’s plans took a hit on the third where he recorded a double-bogey, and although he birdied the ninth to turn even and rallied on the back (three birdies) with a steady effort, he was still chasing the leader at the end. The other three who started two back -- Egloff, former titlist Sean Bosdosh, Holly Hills CC, and Brendan Peel, Columbia CC -- none was closer than two strokes, and Bosdosh (72) and Peel (83) fell back. The top three were trailed by George Bradford, a Waverly Woods GC pro (67) and amateur Connor Tendall, Congressional CC (69), who tied for fourth. Last year, Bradford had a last-round 65 and ended solo third, also at 209. At 211, Bosdosh, a professional after winning as an amateur, was joined by Ryan Cole, an amateur from Waverly Woods, who highlighted his 68 with birdies on the four par-3 holes. The list of multiple Open winners is headed by Charlie Bassler with seven, followed by Al Houghton and Chip Sullivan with four. In addition to McCarthy, the others with three in the 94-year history of the event are Cliff Spencer, Jack Isaacs, Marty West, III, and Wayne DeFrancesco. With Columbia a par-70 course played at 6,608 yards, McCarthy now has his three titles on three par-70 courses, as he won at Manor in 2010, and at the CC of Maryland in 2013. Of his six Opens, McCarthy has three wins, a lost playoff (at Lakewood in 2014), a second (at Old South in 2012), and a missed cut (at Maryland Golf in 2011). His future calendar for the summer includes the Porter Cup, Western Amateur, and U.S. Amateur. His latest triumph puts another stamp of approval on his resume, as he awaits a USGA announcement on the makeup of the Walker Cup team. Several of the members may be picked in the next several weeks, with the possibility of the committee withholding its final selections until after the Amateur. The matches will be played Sept. 1213 at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s in England. -Reported by John Stewart from Columbia Country Club July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
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ast month when I was out on the links with my friend in Upstate New York, the two gentlemen who were paired up with us were very enthused to learn that I am a registered patent attorney. Apparently, they both had golf-related ideas that they were eager to patent, but did not know where to start. Then it hit me … golfers include some of the most entrepreneurial and creative-minded individuals in the world, and the need for protecting their intellectual property grows exponentially every year… especially as it relates to golf. Sadly, since the passing of the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011, inventors must now take extra precautions before divulging their ideas to others, as the patent system has changed from “first-to-invent” to “first-tofile.” As such, even if you have an invention that you want to patent, if a third party overhears you discussing your idea (or finds your documents describing your invention) and files a patent application before you, then you lose all patentability rights. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that an inventor keep his idea confidential until a patent application is filed. Moreover, as times change and technology advances, the demand for improvements in all types of innovation increases at an alarming rate. This notion, coupled with the fact that rules and regulations are constantly being
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amended, has given rise to a multi-faceted need for enhanced and specified patent protection. For example, in 2014, Callaway received a patent on a golf club head (U.S. Patent No. 8,753,224) with improved aerodynamic characteristics. More specifically, Callaway determined that recent United States Golf Association (USGA) driver head size restrictions, combined with golfers’ constant need for increased club head speed, presented a problem that needed a solution. As such, a Callaway in-house inventor, Wee Joung Kim, designed a new driver club head (pictured above) with an air spoiler (reference number 60) that reduces the drag force that opposes the club head’s travel through the air during its path to the golf ball on the tee or ground, thereby allowing the club head to travel faster along its path and contribute to an improved impact event with the golf ball, resulting in higher golf ball velocities and consequentially, in longer golf shots. In other words, a faster moving club head equals a farther-hit ball. However, there is one question that bothers me: Why should large corporations such as Callaway, Taylor Made, and Ping be the only ones to get their inventions patented, when it is the average consumer playing 50 rounds (or more) of golf per year who has the best ideas of ways his/her game could be improved, enhanced, and/or modified?
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We have all experienced issues with our golfing, whether it has been slicing, hooking, whiffing, shanking, etc. Therefore, if you have ever found yourself on the course thinking, for example, “hey, I know exactly how I could change the shape of my club to improve my game,” you may have a patentable invention that could be worth a great deal to the golfing industry. This same line of thinking extends to golf training equipment (i.e., putting greens, swing correctors, etc.), accessories (i.e., tees, gloves, etc.), balls, golf carts … the possibilities are endless. If you are a golf enthusiast and have an innovative nature, allow your passion for the sport and your commitment to excellence guide you to take the next step in securing your prospective intellectual property. Patent protection is a serious matter, and should be treated with great care and responsibility. Accordingly, I am offering all readers of this online magazine free consultations on any potential inventions, golf-related or not. As a registered patent attorney, any discussions conducted with me are strictly confidential and fall under the protection of attorneyclient privilege. Therefore, feel free to give me a call at 410-598-1425, or e-mail me at AttorneyLev@gmail.com
About Lev Iwashko, Esq. Lev Iwashko, Esq. has a decade of patent-related experience, and has worked with inventors from multinational corporations, as well as individual innovators. Having degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, and Computer Science, Mr. Iwashko has represented clients by drafting patent applications and prosecuting patents directed toward a myriad of different technological fields, including, but not limited to, sporting equipment, medical devices, computer hardware, software, circuit design, image forming apparatuses, mechanical devices, semiconductors, databases, micro-electromechanical systems, communication devices/systems, amplifiers, optical devices, and switches. Through the years, Mr. Iwashko has fine-tuned an alternative approach to the patent process that helps ensure high quality and expedience for his clients. For a free consultation, or if you have any questions, please call 410-598-1425, or email AttorneyLev@ gmail.com
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50 TJ JL Foundation How golf is helping fight Diabetes Share
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How golf is helping
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by publisher Marcus Bain - Group CEO, Think Sports Media
“Diabetes is a devastating disease. It is a thief that steals health, time, finances, and peace of mind, while it robs people of basic rights. It destroys families, breaks their hearts and takes away childhoods. Every time a small child is told “you have diabetes,” it makes us more determined to find a cure. By supporting the TJ-JL Foundation, you allow us to fund programs and organizations such as the American Diabetes Association and the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) that continue to educate, assist, develop research and provide resources to local communities and across the nation to combat the horrible disease known as diabetes.” by Jon Lowe, Chairman of the Board, TJ-JL Foundation Inc.
Founders Alan Pohoryles (Owner, Tommy Joe’s) and Jon Lowe
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11th Annual TJ-JL Charity Invitational Golf Classic, Monday September 14th, 2015 – Montgomery Country Club
TJ-JL Family Fun Day, Saturday September 12th – Rock Creek Mansion
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We have set a goal to raise $100,000 in 2015, by adding more fundraising events in addition to our annual golf classic
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Welcome to the TJ-JL Foundation, Inc. Since 2004, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve held a charity golf tournament to raise money and awareness to combat diabetes. After incredible success, a charitable foundation came to life. In our seventh year we were proud to become The TJ-JL Foundation, Inc. a 501(c) 3 tax entity. 2012 saw our Youth Ambassador Program take flight, selecting a local child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This will allow us to reach a larger audience and to do our part moving closer to a cure. The TJ-JL Foundation is honored and proud to introduce our new Youth Ambassador for 2015, our first young lady, Miss Joanna Pagedas. Joanna, who goes by the name JoJo, is a very active 4th grader who loves soccer, lacrosse, basketball and skiing. Joanna was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 6, but she has never let it slow her down. In addition to her love of sports, Joanna also loves playing the saxophone in her school band, traveling with family, reading, and spending time with her older brother, Anthony. She is looking forward to joining her classmates, Ryan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe and Billy Carlsen (Youth Ambassadors from 2013) and the rest of the TJ-JL Family in our fight against diabetes. Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes, which translates into over 8% of the population. With 18.8 million diagnosed cases of diabetes that still leaves 7 million undiagnosed cases; as many as 3 million of those cases are type 1 diabetes. By 2030 diabetes is expected to affect as many as 552 million people worldwide. With a foundation such as ours, the hope is to start early education of the disease and help to find a cure.
Joanna Pagedas
Youth Ambassadors for 2015, Joanna Pagedas
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a message from ouR title sponsor Brett Shane Bernstein, CFP® Managing Partner XML Financial Group “One principal the XML Financial Group strives toward is giving back to our community. We encourage each and every member of the XML Financial Group to get involved with organizations they care about. About 5 years ago with Jon Lowe joined XML, he approached us about getting involved with his foundation. After explaining his personal story of being diagnosed with Type I Diabetes in his 30’s and how it has affected him, we decided we would become one of his foundation’s title sponsors. Jon and his foundation not only have raised significant funds to help fight diabetes, but awareness within our community. This is just one example of why the XML Financial Group gets involved in charity.”
By 2030 diabetes is expected to affect as many as 552 million people worldwide.
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2015 Schedule of Events Men’s Championships Team Championship
April 11-12-18-19-25-26
Various Clubs
Pro-Amateur
Thursday, April 23
Towson
Four-Ball
Tuesday, April 28
Woodholme
Amateur/Open Pre-Qualifying
Monday, May 4
Hog Neck
Tuesday, May 12
Hillendale
Wednesday, May 13
P.B. Dye
Wednesday, May 20
Andrews AFB
Senior Four-Ball
Monday, June 1
Holly Hills
Maryland Amateur
Thurs. – Sun., June 11 – 14
Manor
Junior Amateur
Mon. – Tues., June 29 – 30
Northwest
Maryland Open
Mon. – Wed., July 13 – 15
Columbia
Amateur Public Links
Wednesday, July 22
Clustered Spires
Father-Son
Thursday, July 23
Maryland National
Mid-Amateur
Mon. – Tues., August 10 – 11
Elkridge
Senior Amateur
Tues. – Wed., September 8 – 9
Lakewood
Senior Team Championship
September 12-13-19-20-26
Various Clubs
Senior Open
Tues. – Wed., October 13 – 14
Andrews AFB
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2015 Schedule of Events Invitationals Mid-Atlantic Junior Invitational
Sunday, October 25
King Carter (VA)
BW Junior Team Matches
Saturday, August 22
Columbia
Past Presidents
Thursday, September 24
Hillendale
BW Team Matches
Saturday, September 26
Suburban
Senior Team Challenge Match
Wednesday, October 7
Delaware
USGA Qualifying Events US Open Local
Tuesday, May 19
Blue Mash
US Amateur
Tuesday, July 7
Mountain Branch
US Four-Ball
Tuesday, September 15
Worthington Manor
MSGA One-Day Four-Ball Events Friday, April 17
Towson
Thursday, May 21
Rolling Road
Tuesday, July 21
CC at Woodmore
Monday, August 24
Montgomery
Wednesday, September 30
Norbeck Country Club
Friday, October 16
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Women’s Championships Team Championship
May 2 - 17
Various Clubs
Mid-Amateur Championship
June 2 – 3
Lakewood
Junior Championship
June 23-24
Bretton Woods
Junior Poindexter Cup
June 27-28
Olde Mille (VA)
Amateur Championship
July 15-18
Argyle
4 Lady Invitational
July 20
Hunt Valley
Mixed Two-Ball Championship
July 24
Turf Valley
Junior Mid-Atlantic Challenge
July 25-26
River Landing (NC)
Two-Woman Team Mid-Handicap Championship
August 20
Talbot
Senior Championship
August 24-25
Hobbit’s Glen
Two Woman Team Championship
September 28
Maryland Golf
Open Championship
October 20-21
Baltimore CC
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a clenched first celebration signifying the significance of the moment. But he nervously missed a short par putt at the 17th and the dangerous par-five 18th proved costly. After a perfect drive, he pulled his second into rough and took four more shots to hole out. Tallent made two great closing pars to claim the title.
Matthew Sughrue
Two players, one from Bethesda CC., and the other from Congressional CC., battle it out for the British Senior Amateur Championship
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merican Patrick Tallent completed the perfect double with a gritty final round of 75 in the Seniors Amateur Championship at Royal County Down today.
The Northern Ireland trip was Tallent’s sixth attempt at the Seniors Amateur and he has never finished outside the top ten. Fifth on his debut, he was then fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth. Finally, he clinched the number one spot. Two years ago at Royal Aberdeen, he set out in the final group only to be thwarted by an end of round downpour. In the final group again on a breezy, testing day, he led by two shots going into the final 18 holes, but the advantage was wiped out and he found himself one behind Sughrue by the time he had three-putted to drop shots at the first three holes. But the pair were level again when Sughrue, a newcomer to Seniors golf but already a winner against the professionals at the Maryland Senior Open, took three from the edge at the short fourth. By the turn, it was virtually a head-to-head battle between two good friends. Sughrue snatched the lead with a par at the 11th but he again slipped up with a bogey at the par-three 14th. So it all came down to the final three holes. Surghue, from Arlington, Virginia and a member of Bethesda Country Club, made the first move with his great putt at the 16th, but it was Tallent, from Vienna, Virginia and a member of Congressional Country Club, who steadied the nerves and triumphed in the end. “It’s unbelievable to have won both the US and British titles. I’ve been so close in the past and I thought my chance to win here was done,” said Tallent.
Winner of the US Senior Amateur Championship in California last September, he came from one shot behind with two to play to finally end a run of close finishes and land his first Seniors Amateur Championship crown.
He continued, “I was very nervous and had a really bad start. But, coming down the stretch, I said to Matt it really was a match play event between the two of us and it feels so good to have the trophy.”
The 61-year-old finished on five-over-par 218, just one shot ahead of fellow Virginian, Matthew Sughrue, who shot a 74 on Friday for 219. Another American, Chip Lutz, the champion in 2011 and 2012, was third on 225 after a fine closing 72.
Brady Exber, last year’s winner from Las Vegas, kept his best for last, but a closing 76 was only good enough for a tie for 37th, 17 shots behind the winner.
Sughrue looked set to lift the trophy when he holed a 15-foot birdie putt to move one ahead at the 16th with
Tallent, whose second round 68 was the only sub-par score of the three days, is the sixth successive American winner of the prestigious title and he confirmed he will be back to defend at Formby next year. July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
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lair Kennedy, from the University of Maryland Golf Club, used a second-round 66 to overhaul the leaders and capture the 13th Maryland State Golf Association Amateur Public Links championship at Clustered Spires Golf Club in Frederick, July 22. Kennedy, 28, finished 72-66--138, 4 under par for the finely conditioned par 35-36--71, 6,737-yard course, to squeeze past a frustrated first-round leader Tyler Koch, a Swan Point Yacht & Country Club member who lives in Issue, who ended 67-72--139. Nick Barrett, who plays from Waverly Woods Golf Club, finished 71-69--140, tied for third with Mac Bradley, Hobbit’s Glen GC, 7268--140. Jon Moles, Worthington Manor GC, rounded out the top five with 68-73--141, while Bryan Koslosky, fifth last year, a University of Maryland GC member, made a strong afternoon bid to follow with 73-69--142 in the 55-man field. Thomas Munnelly, Glenn Dale GC, had the only other second round in the 60’s, a 69 that landed him at 146. Koch, 17, a La Plata High School senior who won the Washington Metropolitan Schoolboy title last month, and Kennedy, making his first individual competitive start in two years were tied through 27 holes and still knotted after each birdied hole 10. The only deviation from par the rest of the way was a costly bogey by Koch at the 16th. “I probably hit the ball better in the afternoon but I didn’t make any putts. It was frustrating, because I
had made the putts in the morning and ended with five birdies.” Kennedy isn’t one to play nine holes for fun, but recently he has been playing some team events on the weekends (and he was a member of the University of Maryland GC’s MSGA State Team entry) and as he explained it, “I missed the competition.” Two lost balls marred his morning round, but he made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first hole in the afternoon and that got him focused. Barrett, 22, solo third last year, thought the fact the wind picked up in the afternoon was a factor in his play, while Bradley, who played in the last group with Kennedy and Koch, said, “I was just trying to keep up with them.” In trying to “keep up,” Bradley’s last nine featured four birdies, including three in a row on holes 13-15. In the morning, Koch (67), Moles (68), MSGA Amateur runner-up Mike Stackus, who also plays from the University of Maryland GC (68), Barrett (69) and Travis Gahman (69), from Musket Ridge GC had the only rounds in the 60’s. Moles, who would go on to be -3 through 27 holes before giving up two back-side bogeys, featured an eagle-3 at the 545-yard fifth, reaching the green in two and sinking a 15-foot putt. Gahman dropped back with a second-round 74, while Ryan Richardson, runner-up last year, had the same situation as Moles on the opposite side, as he started on 10, was 3-under through 27, then shot 4-over on the front to end tied for seventh with 71-72--143.
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68 state news Skip Promo andFor Connor RulesTendall SeminarsCapture 75th Father-Son Championship Share
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kip and Connor Tendall, from Congressional Country Club, combined for five birdies, one bogey in posting a 4-under-par 66 to capture the 75th Father-Son Championship of the Maryland State Golf Association at Maryland National Golf Club in Middletown, July 23. This was father Skip’s fifth title since 2001, winning three times with son Ryan and now two with Connor after having partnered him in 2012. Where the Tendalls were in the first group off the first tee, Garrett and Teagan Stephenson, from Clustered Spires Golf Club, were in the first foursome off the 10th tee and returned a score of 67, which eventually was worth a share of second place with Fred (University of Maryland GC) and Steve Comings (Crofton CC). Len and Doug Gentilcore, from Glenn Dale GC, second in the Middle Atlantic Father-Son two weeks ago, placed third with 70. The par 36-34 course was played at 6,210 yards for the selected drive/alternate shot format. One over par for the first nine, the Tendalls took charge of the tournament with five back-nine birdies, three for
Skip, two for Conner, 22, who will graduate from the University of Maryland later this year and was coming off a tie for fourth in last week’s Maryland Open, where he put up 67-69 the last two rounds. Curiously the two big hitters did not birdie any of the three par-5’s in their round. The Stephensons, from Frederick, turned even, put up four birdies in a five-hole stretch, then dropped back with a bogey at the last hole. Tony and Tyler Bare, from Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, picked up low net with a 65. Tony pointed out that Tyler, 27, saved their round when he avoided a lateral water hazard by driving the green at the 268-yard 16th to set up a birdie, then made clutch putts at 17-18 to finish the job. Jerry-Josh Blickenstaff, from Beaver Creek CC in Hagerstown, and Tom-Douglas Grem, from Hunt Valley CC, tied for second with 69’s. - Reported by John Stewart
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eenagers Patrick Moriarty and Evan Katz, along with veteran Mark Cusic claimed the three available places during U.S. Amateur qualifying at Mountain Branch Golf Club in Joppa, July 7, but not without a lot of nervous moments. At the end, Moriarty, 19, had the medal with 70-67--137, followed by Cusic, 68-70--138, and Katz, via a playoff after posting 70-69. Katz, who just turned 17 last week and the youngest player in the 72-man field, thwarted MSGA Amateur finalist Mike Stackus with a superb approach shot to set up a three-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole. Stackus had forged the tie with a share of the day’s low round, and afternoon 67 to go with an earlier 72. The leaders’ nerves took a beating as there were perhaps a dozen others who were in position to challenge for the lead during the afternoon round. At the halfway mark, Cusic and Mark Benevento were at 68, followed by MSGA Amateur titlist Ben Warnquist and Conner Hayden at 69, trailed by five at 70 and five more at 71. Par for the Harford County course is 36-36--72 and it was played at 6,839 yards. Cusic was among the early afternoon finishers, closely followed by Moriarty and Katz. Stackus checked in midway through, but most of the main contenders were bunched in the final groups. One by one they fell. Maclain Huge, a former Washington Metropolitan Amateur champion finished 70-71; Conner Hayden, 6971; Elliott Grayson, 71-69; Warnquist, 69-71; David West, 71-77, and, finally, the last man in, Mark Benevento, 68-76. This was Moriarty’s finest hour. The Argyle CC member who lives in Rockville said, “I had won a couple of junior tournaments, but this is my first USGA event.” In his second round, he started on hole 1, and birdied three of the first four holes to turn in a 3-under 69. Coming back, the highlight was an eagle-3 at 12 where he hit a hybrid club to seven feet. The finish, however was marred by missed greens at 17-18 that led to bogeys, and then he had to wonder if he had thrown it away. He managed, however. to sandwich two birdies, one on a 30-foot putt, between the eagle and the rough ending.
He is going into his junior year at Appalachian State University. “My short game was good and I putted well,” said Katz, a Washington resident who will be a Landon School junior in the fall. He birdied two of his first three holes in the second round, turned in 35, then had two birdies, one bogey through 17. “At 18, I knew I needed a birdie, hit my third shot on the par-5 [519 yards] to 10 feet and made it, Katz said. The Bethesda CC member’s morning 70 included four birdies, four bogeys and an eagle-3 at the 528-yard 12th. Cusic, 36, had reason to be relieved. The Southern Maryland resident (California) had been in this position before and with the numbers around him, worrying seemed reasonable. “A few years ago, I was playing O.K., just not at a high level. Three-four years ago, I crossed the threshold and now have a [more sound] game. Here, from tee to green I was good and my putting was solid except for one double-bogey.” Indicative of his recent surge, triggered by a MSGA Amateur title in 2011. Since then, there has been a been a steady stream of USGA events -- two Amateurs, including this one; three MidAms; two Amateur Public Links, and two State Teams. “This was the first time I had really seen the golf course -- I rode around a bit Monday -- and this was about as good as I can play. It’s nice to get rewarded for it,” the Breton Bay Golf & CC member said. As a result of one of the two playoffs needed at the finish, Stackus, who lives in Elkridge and plays from the University of Maryland GC, became first alternate, but what-might-have-been hovers as the result of going bogey-bogey on his 35th and 36th holes (Nos. 17-18). Four early back-nine birdies got him to 7-under ahead of that. In the other playoff, three (of four) at 140 were after the second alternate and Jake Leavitt, from Woodbine and Cattail Creek CC, picked that up at the first extra hole with a two-putt par after Hayden and Grayson flew the green on their approach shots and failed to recover. The championship will be played Aug. 17-23 at Olympia Fields CC outside of Chicago.
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rass. Most people know it is green and has to be mowed repeatedly. There are groups, though, such as golf course superintendents, colleges and universities with an agronomy department (such as the University of Maryland), and landscape gardeners, however, whose main focus is grass and its proper maintenance.
look of green usually associated with U.S. Opens.
This came front-and-center for the general public during two weeks in June 2015, when the U.S. Open championship was held at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash. All of a sudden grass became important.
“Chambers Bay was firm and fast due to a dry winter and spring,” he pointed out during a recent conversation. “It looked brownish, but fescues, like other grasses, bounce back when watered. Watching in person presented a much better perspective that a national television audience received. For it, the view was not the most picturesque, but the greens for instance, regardless of how they looked on TV, were firm and fast and putted true -- the way [USGA Executive Director] Mike Davis wanted them.”
There are two main types of grasses -- warm weather and cool weather and each has a different growing season. Warm weather grasses flourish during the summer and are likely to turn brown during a dormant winter; the opposite is true of cool weather grasses. So, given the cool, damp climate of the Pacific Northwest, brown fescue-grass-covered Chambers Bay presented a somewhat less than pristine look -- certainly not the MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE | July - August 2015
Geoff Rinehart, who supervises a “Grass Roots Initiative” project at the National Arboretum in Washington, providing a science-based focus on turf grass, was at Chambers Bay during the 2010 Amateur, several times thereafter and the latest Open.
The Middle Atlantic area, for instance, presents an entirely different picture. In what is considered a “transitional” zone, it is the farthest south hardy bent
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grass is used on a regional basis. Its, hot, humid, and rainy summer climate creates more disease pressure. The general opinion is that the rest of the country doesn’t realize how difficult it is to maintain a good grass cover in this area. It is also important to know that, unlike the leaves of many plants, grass leaves grow from the bottom up. The cells that divide to make the leaves grow are at the crown, located at the base of the plant. Thus, when mowed, only the tips of the leaves are cut. As a result, one can mow grass repeatedly without damaging it. Regardless of the location, the environment plays an important role in the turf grass story. Golf courses, for instance, are responding to environmental concerns by using species in their rough that require less mowing, planting buffers for waterways, and incorporating grasses for wildlife habitat. At the same time, modern technologies help scientists to develop grasses that have reduced water and fertilizer needs and increased stress resistance.
The National Arboretum exhibit, the first to explore science, history, and environmental benefits of grasses, provides an extensive display in this area, such as a complete golf hole, including a green built to USGA specifics, with proper drainage; a turf field side-by-side with an artificial-surface field, and a variety of grasses. “This is a living exhibit, so it will look different a month from now than it does now,” says Rinehart, a Virginia Tech graduate in turf management with an extensive resume in the field, who oversees his territory -including watering and spraying -- with all the diligence of a mother hen. In the future? Rinehart cited something called “Poverty Oatgrass,” as scientists work to understand how this grass survives under the most challenging turf conditions. For now, it’s back to the lawn mower. The National Arboretum contributed to this report July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
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The Maryland State Golf Association supports the following programs and initiatives in its pursuit of enhancing and improving the game of golf in the State of Maryland: • The MSGA sponsors the Emmet Gary Scholarship which is presented annually to agronomy students at the University of Maryland. Since 1969, there have been 151 recipients who have received scholarships totaling $289,476. Many of the students have gone on to become golf course superintendents in Maryland and across the country. • The MSGA became a co-sponsor of the First Tee Metro Tour in the State of Maryland in 2013. The First Tee Metro Tour is a developmental tournament series that is open to The First Tee participants from the Greater Washington, D.C., Howard County, Baltimore, Prince George’s County and Montgomery County Chapters. The participants must be an active First Tee participant, at least 12 years of age and a Birdie Level Participant. • Since 2006, the MSGA has awarded educational scholarships to individuals employed by MSGA member clubs and/or their children, and to students having completed their junior year of high school with a bona fide connection to the game of golf. To date, $87,500 of scholarships have been awarded under this program. • The MSGA is offering support to junior golfers in their pursuit of obtaining a golf scholarship. This is a new program beginning in 2014. • The MSGA is contributing toward the creation of the Turfgrass Pathology Research Endowed Chair at the University of MD. Recognizing the vital importance of this position, the endowment will enable the University to recruit and support a world class pathologist and continue the industry-leading success of the Maryland Turfgrass Program. The Executive Committee of the MSGA encourages all golfers in the State of Maryland to partner with us in supporting these worthy causes. All contributions to the MSGA are fully deductible in accordance with IRS regulations and will be recognized on the MSGA website and at the annual meeting. Please send your contribution payable to the MSGA at 1777 Reisterstown Road, Suite 145, Baltimore, MD 21208.
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n 2006, the MSGA started its Patron Member Program, as a way to reach more amateur golfers and provide opportunities to play many different Maryland golf courses. In the first year, over 60 Maryland courses offered privileges for the program-- it was an immediate success, with over 1,000 players joining the program in the first year! The proceeds from the program were designated to support junior golf and scholarships. Since then, the program has evolved and partnerships were formed. Initially it was the Middle Atlantic PGA that endorsed the program. Then the Maryland Golf Course Owners Association got on board. Over the years, the MSGA sought to add value by partnering with neighboring organizations, which brought partnerships with the Delaware State Golf Association, the Pennsylvania Golf Course Owners Association and the Ohio Golf Course Owners Association. Then for 2013, the MSGA announced its newest partnership, with the Victory Golf Pass. The Victory Golf Pass was created by PGA Professional Andy Barbin, owner of Chesapeake Bay Golf Club in Northeast Maryland. Barbin has actually started his program in the same year as the MSGA program, and by 2012, he had recruited over 300 participating courses in MD, VA, DC, DE, PA and NJ. Barbin’s program also supported a charitable cause for Crohn’s Disease. As a golf course owner and PGA professional, Barbin understood that programs like these have the potential to grow incremental revenue for clubs, as well as introduce new players. “We know our members love the program, but as a PGA member, I know the program must work for the clubs too,” said Barbin. MSGA Patron Member Program MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE | July - August 2015
Coordinator David Norman agrees, “We have enjoyed working with Andy, and our focus is growing the game. That means more rounds for Maryland clubs and a better golfing experience for Maryland golfers.” Traditionally Patron Member clubs have offered MSGA Patron Members an opportunity to play their course for a special rate, often $25 or less. Offers vary by day of week, time of day, etc., and some clubs offer multiple specials. Barbin’s suggestions for participating clubs this year will bring some new features.
• Off-season promotions – golf is a year round sport! • Special added-value discounts for seniors – they are loyal and have time for golf – also Military (Hero) discounts • Good pricing – make it attractive and strive for incremental rounds • Special promotions for junior build business now and for the future
Barbin and Norman have teamed up to recruit the clubs and keep excellent value for golfers, while bringing business to the clubs. The new lineup of courses will be announced soon, in time for ordering the perfect holiday gift for that special golfer in your family. Please track the program in Maryland State Golf magazine and on the MSGA website, www.msga.org. Thanks go to the clubs that support the program and make it a big winner for junior golf and charity!
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McDaniel College Golf Club Arundel Golf Park Mount Pleasant Golf Course Bay Hills Golf Club Mountain Branch Beaver Creek Country Club Musket Ridge Golf Club (SILVER) Blue Heron Golf Course Nutters Crossing Bulle Rock (GOLD) Oakland Golf Club Caroline Golf Club Ocean City Golf Club Newport Bay Course Carroll Park Golf Course Ocean City Golf Club Seaside Course Chesapeake Bay Golf Club at North East Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club Chesapeake Bay Golf Club at Rising Sun Ocean Resorts WWCC Golf Club Chesapeake Hills Golf Club Olney Golf Park Clifton Park Golf Course P.B. Dye Golf Course Clustered Spires Golf Club Paint Branch Golf Course Compass Pointe Golf Courses Patuxent Greens Golf Club Cross Creek Golf Club Pine Ridge Golf Course Cumberland Country Club Queenstown Harbor - Lakes Course Deer Run Golf Club Queenstown Harbor - River Course (GOLD) Eagle’s Landing Red Gate Golf Course Eisenhower Golf Course Renditions Golf Course Elkton Golf & Batting Center River House Golf Exton Golf Course River Marsh Golf Club Fairway Hills Golf Club River Run Golf Club Forest Park Golf Course Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort Furnace Bay Golf Club Ruggles Golf Course Geneva Farm Golf Course Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links Glade Valley Golf Club GlenRiddle Golf Club - Man O’War Course (SILVER) The Bay Club Golf Course East The Bay Club Golf Course West Great Hope Golf Course The Woodlands Golf Course Green Hill Country Club Twin Shields Golf Club Greystone Golf Course University of Maryland Golf Course Harbourtowne Golf Resort Waverly Woods Golf Club Henson Creek Golf Club West Winds Golf Club Hog Neck Golf Course Westminster Island Green Horse Bridge Golf Club Westminster National Golf Course Lake Presidential (GOLD/SILVER) Wetlands Golf Club Laurel Golf Center Whiskey Creek Golf Club (GOLD) Links at Lighthouse Sound White Plains Golf Course Maple Run Golf Club Worthington Manor Golf Club Maplehurst Country Club Maryland National Golf Club
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Back Creek Golf Club Bayside Resort Golf Club (GOLD) Baywood Greens Golf Club Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club (SILVER) Brandywine Country Club Deerfield Delcastle Golf Club Dover Par 3 & Driving Range Ed Oliver Golf Club Frog Hollow Golf & Swim Club Garrisons Lake Golf Club Heritage Shores Club Hooper’s Landing Golf Course
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Member bag tag; Victory Golf Pass with information on all the courses; and subscription to the Maryland State Golf digital magazine. Patron Couples receive all the amenities listed above, plus an additional Victory Golf Pass and MSGA bag tag.
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Checks should include shipping where appropriate and be made payable to the Maryland State Golf Association. Please allow 20 days for delivery. Only one membership per person. Membership privileges may be suspended if the terms on the program are violated. If you have any questions, call the MSGA at (410) 653-5300 or visit our web site at www.msga.org. There will be a $35 charge for returned checks and a fee of $25 to replace a lost Victory Golf Pass.
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he Maryland State Golf Association functions as the primary voice of the United States Golf Association lls its constitutional mandate by promoting the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions; sponsoring and conducting state championship tournaments as well as USGA qualifying rounds each year; educating and informing Maryland golfers about changes in the Rules of Golf; providing course rating and handicap services to member clubs; fostering respect for the game of golf as well as its rules; and awarding scholarships. The following article was compiled and written by Randal P. Reed, MSGA Director of Rules & Competitions and describes the circumstances surrounding the founding of the MSGA.
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THE FIRST FOURTEEN CLUBS The Maryland State Golf Association was founded during a meeting at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore on March 8, 1921. The founding clubs, which were said to represent 8,000 state golfers, were as follows: • Baltimore Country Club • Hagerstown Country Club • Maryland Country Club • Cumberland Country Club • Rolling Road Golf Club • Tome Golf Club • Green Spring Valley Hunt Club • Sherwood Forest Golf Club • Suburban Club • Naval Academy Golf Club • Elkridge Hunt Club • Talbot Country Club • Public Parks Golf Association • Monterey Country Club
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The Public Parks Golf Association was comprised of golfers at Clifton Park in Baltimore City. This Association had been organized during meetings in January, 1921 with William F. rst president. Located near Antietam Creek and in the general area of the current Hagerstown Municipal Golf Course, the nine-hole Hagerstown Country Club operated from 1908 – 1928, closing about four years after the opening of Fountain Head Country Club on the other side of town. Tome Golf Club was a prep school golf club in Port Deposit. The school overlooked the Susquehanna River and later moved to Northeast. Maryland Country Club, founded in the early 1900s near the Suburban Club, eventually met its demise during the Great Depression. The Washington Area clubs – Chevy Chase, Columbia, Bannockburn and Kirkside – declined to join the association because of their involvement with the Middle Atlantic Golf Association and District of Columbia Golf Association and also due to impending obligations to assist with the national open championship at Columbia Country Club.
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CAPITAL EXPANSION As an aside, nine Washington Area clubs did join the MSGA in the early 1930s: Chevy Chase, Columbia, Burning Tree, Bannockburn, Indian Spring, Manor, Beaver Dam, Congressional and Kenwood. Bannockburn, originally located near Chevy Chase Circle (Connecticut Avenue and East-West Highway) moved to the Glen Echo area around 1910 and then was sold for residential development in 1946. Kirkside continued as the successor club to Bannockburn at the Chevy Chase Circle location. Indian Spring, which would later move to Layhill Road north of Georgia Avenue, was then located near the Four Corners area of Colesville Road and New Hampshire Avenue. Indian Spring closed in December, 2005. Beaver Dam in Landover later became Prince Georges Country Club and then, shortly after a move to Mitchellville in the early 1980s, was renamed the Country Club at Woodmore. Monterey Country Club, less than one mile from the Mason-Dixon Line in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, is a particularly interest case of a founding member club. Monterey had one of the oldest golf courses in the country. Located approximately eight miles from Camp David and built prior to 1885, the club featured a wide range of recreational and dining facilities that were popular among Washington area visitors. In addition to golf, the sports of tennis and swimming were featured. Over the years, visitors included Presidents Wilson, Coolidge and Eisenhower. The eventual Duchess of Windsor, Wallace rst green in Square Cottage. After the Battle of Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia retreated through a swampy area that eventually became the site of Monterey Country Club.
OUR EARLY LEADERS cers of the Maryland State Golf Association were M. Tyson Ellicott, Baltimore Country Club, president; rst vice-president; R. Marsden Smith, Rolling Road Golf Club, second vicepresident; and Claude C. Madison, secretary-treasurer. Lieutenant F.L. Janeway of the Naval Academy Golf Club fth member of the Executive Committee. Originally, the 1921 Amateur Championship was scheduled for Rolling Road Golf Club and the Open Championship
at Baltimore Country Club. Later the Open was moved to Rolling Road and the Women’s Championship was rst there was discussion of a Baltimore City Championship to be conducted by the new state golf association. However, this initiative was soon undertaken by the Public Parks Golf Association at Clifton Park.
ORIGIN OF THE STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION Based on Baltimore Sun reporting by Claude C. Madison, among the spurs to the formation of the Maryland State Golf Association was the exhibition match between Harry Vardon, Ted Ray and B. Warren Corkran at Baltimore Country Club during the summer of 1920. The year of 1920 marked Vardon’s last trip to the United States while Ray captured his sole U.S. Open Championship at the Inverness Club in August, 1920, where he edged Vardon, Leo Diegel and Jock Hutchinson by one stroke, with the 50-year old Vardon going six over par in the last six holes. The temporary chairman of the Maryland players who called for a state golf association was R.E. Hanson. Hanson sent the invitations for the organization meeting that was held at the Emerson Hotel. In the March 9, 1921 Baltimore Sun, Claude Madison reported that “R.E. Hanson, who fostered and originated the idea of a State golf association, was lauded in a resolution unanimously adopted, which expressed appreciation of his orts to advance the game in Maryland. Hanson recently removed to New York.” Golf developments in Maryland even attracted the interest of Grantland Rice, the foremost sportswriter of the era. In ered the following remarks: “The movement to form a State golf association should be supported by every golfer in Maryland. Golf is now on the way to an even-greater boom and the golf courses and players of Maryland occupy too high a place to remain outside the fold. The fact that the national open championship is to be held at Columbia Country Club will bring additional attention to Maryland golf. There is no question that a State association can do a lot for the game, and at the same time the players get a lot of keen competition out of the organization.” Interestingly, there was spirited competition for the hosting rst championships. Representatives of Maryland Country Club, Rolling Road Golf Club and the Suburban Club were quite expressive in promoting their clubs. July - August | MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE
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Baltimore Country Club is widely recognized as one of the top 50 country clubs in the nation R. Marsden Smith, green committee chairman at Rolling Road Golf Club weighed in: “We think we can show the golfers of the State something unique in golf construction. Our course is adequate in every respect for entertaining the championship. The only possible objection would be the misapprehension that we might not be ready due to improvements in the greens. By the middle of June when the tournament probably will be held, Rolling Road will be in tip-top condition.” Not to be outdone, A.E. Marshall, who chaired the Maryland Country Club golf committee, claimed that his club “is the logical course to entertain the championship. We have lengthened our course to championship distance. We are centrally located and we want the event.” The president of the Suburban Club, A.F. Weinberg, upped the stakes with the following pronouncement: “We have the greatest golf course in Maryland and, as this is to be a real championship contest, let’s play it on a real course.” (Claude Madison further noted Mr. Weinberg’s view that while the other two clubs have very decent courses, they “could not hold a candle to Suburban.”) MARYLAND STATE GOLF MAGAZINE | July - August 2015
ered his club as a site for the 1925 Maryland Amateur. In the early 1920s Sherwood Forest was being developed by William F. Cochran as a private retreat on the Severn River. Cochran ered a sterling silver cup for a club team competition during the Maryland Amateur.
THE PRESENT Today, some 92 years later, the Maryland State Golf Association represents some 125 member clubs, and provides course rating and handicap services to 160 clubs and courses in Maryland. The MSGA is directed by a 15 member Board of Directors who represent various member of four . Our tournament schedule now consists of some 30 state tournaments as well as USGA ers.
For additional information about the MSGA and its member services please visit our web site at www.msga.org or call (410) 653-5300.
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PROGRAMS & SERVICES • Conduct 19 Men’s State Championships • Conduct 11 Women’s State Championships ers for both men and women • Conduct local collegiate competitions • Conduct one day Play Day net events • Along with the MAPGA provide handicap and club tournament software services and maintenance of those services • Provide course and slope rating for men and women’s tees free • Scholarships for member club employees and/or children, and junior golfers who are involved in the game • Junior Girls’ Scholarship Program • Sponsor the Emmet Gary Turf Scholarships at the University of Maryland • Conduct Rules of Golf and Handicap Seminars • Monitor and lobby state legislation impacting golf and the turf grass industries t of all Maryland golfers. • Provide amateur reinstatement services • Promote the game • Publish e-newsletters to inform members of current news within the organization • Hole-in-One Club exclusively for members of member clubs • Golf Patron Program (discount golf program for MD golfers) • Honor the Player of the Year and the Senior Player of the Year • Promote state wide charity tournaments on web site’s Charity Corner
MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS & STAFF 2015 Board of Directors PRESIDENT Tom Whelan Manor CC twhelan@lee-associates.com 410-712-0888
VICE PRESIDENT Diane Herndon Argyle CC dinger54@gmail.com 301-518-9221
VICE PRESIDENT Stanard Klinefelter Elkridge CC sklinefelter@brownadvisory.com 410-537-5402
VICE PRESIDENT David “Moose” Brown Rolling Road GC moose@advpack.com 410-358-9444
VICE PRESIDENT Jan Miller Baltimore CC jmiller@rcmd.com 410-339-5872
VICE PRESIDENT Brian Fitzgerald Chevy Chase Club tzgerald@equuspartners.com 703-391-1482
VICE PRESIDENT Paul Dillon Congressional CC ped529@comcast.net 301-518-5567
SECRETARY Robert Sherwood Columbia CC jrssenior@msn.com 443-534-5118
DIRECTOR AT LARGE William Matton US Naval Academy GC billmatton@verizon.net 410-956-4815
DIRECTOR AT LARGE Marilyn Tucker Argyle CC marilyn.tucker4116@comcast.net 301-871-7194
2015 MSGA Staff EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR William Smith Hillendale CC bsmith@msga.org 410-653-5300
VICE PRESIDENT Ted Florenz Chartwell Golf & CC jetflorenz@comcast.net 410-492-0472
VICE PRESIDENT John Barse Columbia CC Jack@barse.org 301-229-6031
VICE PRESIDENT Alexander Martin Green Spring Valley HC abmartin1@aol.com 443-310-2445
TREASURER John Pauliny Hillendale CC johnpauliny@comcast.net 410-252-9107
DIRECTOR AT LARGE Joan McGinnis Holly Hills CC joanmcginnis3@gmail.com 301-644-2738
DIRECTOR OF RULES AND COMPETITIONS Kelly Newland knewland@msga.org 410-653-5300
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Handicap Manager) Matt Sloan matt@msga.org 410-653-5300
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Kim Ferguson kferguson@msga.org 410-653-5300
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