ICC Pro Page Feb 2024

Vol. 2 • Feb 2024

Pro’s Page Official Newsletter of the ICC Golf Shop

Policies & Procedures It took a month, but 2024 is finally off to a great start! The golf course is ready and waiting for golfers to take on the challenge!

A few reminders as we get into the new year: 1. Players must check-in to the golf shop before play 2. Players are strongly encouraged to check-in before heading to the driving range.

3. Guests: All guests must check-in. Guests are allowed six (6) rounds per year. a. Example: If Brock Purdy plays with David Warren 3 times and Chris Campbell 2 times, he will have 1 round left to play at ICC in 2024.

4. Unaccompanied Guests: All unaccompanied guests must be approved by the Director of Golf.

5. Proper Dress Code is required at all times while using the golf course or practice facilities. a. Shirts must have a collar. b. Denim of any kind is not allowed. c. T-Shirts are not permitted. d. Outerwear: All outerwear pieces must have a collard shirt on underneath. e. Pants: Athletic shorts/sweats are not permitted.

THIS ISSUE: Policies & Procedures Page 01 Event Registration Page 02 Operation 36

Page 03 Member Policies - Updated Page 03 Events Page 04 Events

Page 05 Pro’s Pointer

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HAVE YOU REGISTERED, YET?

EVENTS:

Online registration has been open for 1 month and the feedback has been incredible! Thank you to all those who have taken advantage of the website!

Feb 17th

For those of you who have not registered for an event, what are you waiting on?! Head over to the club website and let’s get involved!

TaylorMade Fitting Day 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

You may be wondering, how do I sign-up for events? It’s never been easier!

Go to iccalabama.com and use your online log-in to access the members page Click on “Golf” Click on the event type you are interested in Click on the event to register Enter in the required fields Done!

Feb 18th

Individual Net Match Play Qualifying Begins Feb 19th

Presidents Day (Golf Open For Regular Tee Times) Feb 24th

MGA Annual Meeting 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Feb 24th

MGA/ILGA Polar Bear Scramble 10:00 AM Shotgun Start Feb 27th It’s never been easier to register for events, see past results, look at future events and formats, or even plan out your 2024! Events are added daily so don’t forget to check out the website and see what is new and exciting!!

We all know the person that signs up last minute for the tournament or meeting...don’t be that person! Let’s make 2024 your year!

Operation36 Parent Orientation 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM March 2nd

Cleveland Wedge Clinic 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

If you have any questions, please let me know!

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OPERATION 36

OPERATION 36 Registration is now open for all three of our Operation 36 programs this Spring!

Why choose Operation 36?

Operation 36 is the fastest growing golfer development model and technology that is being integrated in coaching programs around the world. The end goal is to get all of our golfers to shoot par (36) from a full tee-box!

How we will be integrating: Each golfer in our programs will get a profile in our community in the Operation 36 App. We will be offering 9 Hole Operation 36 formatted events for juniors and adults. After each event, our staff will record the event scores on your profile and track your progress over time. The app also allows our staff to organize programs & schedules digitally to improve communication with our families.

Benefits to our membership: For our Juniors, it allows us to track their golf development over-time and gives parents a timely and motivating way to get their junior on the golf course. Our coaches have access to a junior development model that can help us project where a juniors handicap will be by the time they graduate high school. Parents can quickly switch between juniors in the mobile app to see their goals & log when they play and train. Each session is shared with coaches to help guide and report on their golf development each year.

For our Adults, it is a fun way to improve your golf game and gives us a tool to communicate and help set goals. If you are a complete beginner it gives you the best path to become a golfer. If you have already played, it is a fun social challenge to see where you can shoot 36 (par) for 9 holes from. With the use of the technology, our staff can help you measurably improve by setting video goals, issuing practice plans and more.

Click HERE to see the different programs Inverness Country Club has to offer!

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Junior Academy Tuesday/Thursday Clinics 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM March 6th - April 25th Wednesday/Thursday Clinics 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM March 7th - May 2nd Ladies Academy Saturday Clinics 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM March 9th - June 1st Pricing for Junior Academy Clinics Academy Spring Package $300 Includes 8 Academy Classes, 4 OP 36 9-Hole Events Academy Plus Spring Package $400 Includes 8 Academy Classes, 4 OP 36 9-Hole Events, 2 30-Minute lessons Academy Spring Package (Guest) $400 Includes 8 Academy Classes, 4 OP 36 9-Hole Events Academy Plus Spring Package (Guest) $500 Includes 8 Academy Classes, 4 OP 36 9-Hole Events, 2 30-Minute lessons Page 03

MGA POLAR BEAR SCRAMBLE

MGA ANNUAL MEETING February 24th - 8:00 AM Reasons to Attend: Great opportunity to meet other members.

A chance to hear what the 2024 MGA season has to offer and get insight into the upcoming schedule.

Opportunity to have questions heard and answered by your MGA Committee.

All attendees will receive one (1) point to count towards The Ness Invitational.

Meeting structure will follow an agenda, followed by an open forum of Q & A. If your questions are not heard, the MGA Committee will be around afterwards and will gladly address any inquiries.

To have the meeting stay on schedule and your question to be heard/answered, please submit your questions to jgreer@heritagegolfgroup.com and I will share it with the MGA Committee.

February 24th - 10:00 AM Shotgun Kick off the MGA Season in style with the Polar Bear Scramble & Chili Cook-Off! Sign-up as a threesome and bring your A game on the golf course and the kitchen!

Players are encouraged to bring their best pot of chili as our esteemed ICC Food Network judges will determine who takes home the title of Chili Master after play. There will also be a winner determined by the people! $80 Per Player

MGA INDIVIDUAL MATCH PLAY February 18th - Qualifying Begins Must be a member of the MGA to participate.

A Stroke Play Qualifier (Net) will be held to determine the seeding within the 64-field match play bracket. Golfers must declare with the Golf Shop before the round they will use to count as their qualifying score(1 attempt per player). $65 Per Player for those who qualify for Match Play.

Schedule of Matches: *Please make every effort to play matches by the scheduled deadlines. If matches are unable to be played within the outlined dates, the outcome will be determined by a coin flip.* Qualifying Round First Round Matches Second Round Matches Sweet Sixteen Matches Elite Eight Matches Final Four Matches Championship Match

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MGA TEAM MATCH PLAY March 5th Grab a partner and sign-up for the Team Match Play! Both players must be a member of the MGA and have a current GHIN handicap.

The tournament is open to the first 31 teams and will be a blind draw for seeding in the bracket. $65 Per Player

MGA GROSS MATCH PLAY March 5th Sign-up for the Gross Match Play are open and the deadline to register is March 3rd! All play will be from the 1 tees and there will be no handicaps. The field is limited to the first 31 entries and brackets will be filled based on random seeding. $65 Per Player

MGA SPRING LEAGUE March 12th MGA Spring League is back! This unique format allows players to play 9-holes any time Tuesday - Friday and record their dogfight points on the front nine to be used towards qualifying. The league will cover 10 weeks and will pay weekly winners. All weekly winners will make it to the Shootout for a chance at the big pay day! $120 Per Player

OPENING DAY SCRAMBLE March 16th Let’s open the Spring with a BANG! Grab any four ICC golf members and have a fun, relaxed day on the golf course to kick-off the season!

Come out and enjoy golf, contests, food, and fellowship as we crown the winners! $75 Per Player

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Custom Fittings Are you wanting to hit the latest and greatest from Callaway, TaylorMade, Ping, Titleist, Srixon, or XXIO? Schedule a fitting with Jake Greer, Director of Golf!

New releases: TaylorMade Qi Callaway Paradym Smoke Fittings are the best way to find the perfect driver, iron, fairway, hybrid, or wedge for your game!

By utilizing a Full Swing Launch Monitor, we are able to dial in your distances and find the best club for your bag.

Fittings take 15 minutes - 1 hour and are $50 per fitting. If you buy the club from us that day, the fitting is free!

Please remember, we do not allow clubs to be “demo’d”.

All fittings must take place with a golf professional in a fitting time.

Email Jake at jgreer@heritagegolfgroup.com to schedule your fitting!

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STATS FOR SCRATCH GOLFERS So you are a scratch golfer that thinks he is 1 or 2 shots away from being on tour?

Or are you the scratch golfer that thinks he should hit it inside 10 feet with a wedge?

Boy, do I have some news for you! All stats are provide from Lou Stagner, using Arccos Golf.

1. Average proximity from 90 yards in the fairway is 26 feet!

2. From 100 yards in the fairway, you will miss the green 23% of the time!

3. You will three-putt 22% of the time from 35 feet!

4. You will make bogey or worse on 30% of the holes you play.

5. From 125 yards in the fairway on a par 4, you will make bogey or worse 19% of the time!

6. From 122 yards in the fairway, you are more likely to hit the ball outside of 30 feet than hit it inside 30 feet!

STATS FOR NORMAL PEOPLE Not everyone is a scratch golfer with “first world problems” such as being 125 yards in the fairway on a par 4!

For the rest of us, lowering our handicap can be as simple as thinking more clearly while on the golf course!

A 10 index player when they shoot 79 or lower: 1. Average score for these rounds 77.5 2. Average birdies per round 1.7 3. Average doubles or worse per round .4 A 10 index player when they shoot 89 or higher: 1. Average score for these rounds 91.8 2. Average birdies per round .4 3. Average doubles or worse per round 5.7 What can we learn from these stats? Birdies are great but they don’t make the biggest difference! Bogey or worse will impact your score more than a birdie.

But a birdie does look good on the scorecard!

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Social OB Rule If you hit your ball out of bounds or lose it (you have three minutes to search for your ball before it becomes lost), your only option is to go back to the spot of your previous stroke to play under stroke and distance.

There is an optional Local Rule which provides an alternative to stroke and distance relief when it is in effect.

This Local Rule is recommended for casual play and not for competitions involving highlyskilled players. If it is in effect, for two penalty strokes, you can estimate the spot where your ball is lost or went out of bounds and then find the nearest fairway edge that is not nearer the hole than the estimated spot. You can drop a ball in the fairway within two clublengths of that fairway edge point, or anywhere between there and the estimated spot where your ball is lost or went out of bounds.

If you think that your ball might be out bounds or that you might not find it, you can play a provisional ball to save time. You must announce that you are playing a provisional ball before doing so. If you are then unable to find your original ball, or you find it out of bounds, your provisional ball is your ball in play under stroke and distance, and you don’t have to take the time to walk all the way back to the spot of your previous stroke.

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COMBO TEES/HOLE RATINGS You asked and we delivered!

The winter months have allowed us the opportunity to reevaluate our golf course and check to see if we can make it better for you!

In working with the AGA and utilizing Golf Genius, we were able to come up with a few new changes to the scorecard and ratings.

First: we will be introducing combo tees with the next scorecards (should arrive by the end of February). The combo tees will give players an opportunity to play a wide variety of tees, while still challenging his or her game. The combo tees are listed below:

TAYLORMADE FITTING DAY February 17th 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Come try the latest from TaylorMade in drivers, fairways, hybrids, irons, wedges, and putters!

Get custom fit for your game and notice the difference immediately!

Sign-Up using the QR code below:

Combo 1/2 - 6,618 yards Combo 2/3 - 6,273 yards Combo 3/4 - 5,590 yards Combo 4/5 - 5,081 yards GHIN already has updated course ratings for these tee boxes and once the new scorecards arrive, play can begin!

The biggest objective of the winter was to take a hard look at the hole by hole handicaps on the golf course. In order to do this, we gathered past data from Golf Genius and used tournaments from the past three years to determine what would be the fairest handicap for each hole.

Below is the updated hole by hole rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 3 13 17 9 1 15 5 7 11 2 14 4 8 10 12 16 6 18 You will notice these changes are already on GHIN! If you enter hole by hole scores, you will automatically receive the newest handicaps!

Once the new scorecards arrive, we will have updated hole handicaps and combo tee yardages for you to use on a daily basis!

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LADIES 18-HOLE LEAGUE Begins March 30th Are you busy during the week and not able to play in the ILGA play days?

Do you still want to play, compete, and meet other ladies?

Join our Ladies 18-Hole League!

Dates: March 30th, April 13th, May 11th, June 22nd Time: 8:30 AM Tee Times Begin Cost: $20 per day Format: Individual Stroke Play (Net) The 18-Holer League will consist of (4) rounds of (18) holes. Players can play in all (4) or can choose to play in each one individually. The overall winner will be determined by taking the (2) lowest net scores combined of the (4) rounds.

Example: Annika plays all (4) rounds. She shoots net scores of 73, 75, 69, 70. Annika’s combined score will be 139 (69 + 70).

Visit iccalabama.com to register! If you have any questions, please call the golf shop or email Jake at jgreer@heritagegolfgroup.com

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