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from Leisure World News March 2023

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SUNDAY MARCH 12TH @ 9AM SHOTGUN

$20 PER PLAYER

*A $35 GREENS FEE WILL APPLY TO THOSE PARTICIPANTS WHO DO NOT HAVE AN ANNUAL GOLF MEMBERSHIP.

4 PERSON SCRAMBLE

LUNCH INCLUDED…BYOB

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By: Lisa Cornelius (Assistant Golf Professional)

Golf can be di cult and frustrating at times, but can also be very rewarding! at one shot or that great round always seems to bring us back for more! In an e ort to keep getting better, we are always looking for that “next best tip”! As we all know, everyone has an opinion, but what happens is that we always tend to listen and try to implement that advice into our own swing. From there, we begin working on various things that eventually have us thinking too much and taking us away from the basic fundamentals of golf. Next, I will explain why following a few simple basics will help you to be less of an overthinker and more of a focused and consistent golfer!

ink of the word G A S P … Grip, Alignment, Stance and Posture. If you concentrate on these four things, your game will be much better, and the golf swing will happen much easier! No matter what tip you get and if it’s not related to a basic fundamental, you will struggle. I will start with the Grip … your grip should consist of ve pressure points. e last three ngers on your left hand and the middle two ngers on your right hand. e thumb and index ngers should be o to the sides. is ensures the right hand is not dominating the grip (if you’re right handed and reverse if you’re left handed). Too strong of a grip causes a “hitting at the ball” motion and does not promote a smooth, owing swing through the ball.

Next is Alignment, key points to follow when lining up … the club head and ball should be on your target/target line and your shoulders and feet, being parallel, should be left of your target. I see a lot of my students lining their shoulders and feet at the target which then puts the club head and ball to the right. When you strike the ball, it will now follow the path in which you were lined up and that will mean a shot to the right on most occasions. Be conscious of this and your shot pattern should be more in line with your target!

Stance is critical in maintaining a good posture which I will address next. Your feet should be shoulder with apart with the tips of your toes being parallel to the tips of your shoulders. When your stance becomes too wide your swing becomes at and you tend to swing around your body causing a lower shot pattern. If your stance is too narrow, you may have a problem shifting your weight and getting through the ball with good balance.

Lastly, Posture. When creating a proper stance, we are now able to ensure an accurate posture at address. To begin, stand tall, ex the knees and bend at your waist … feel as if you are brushing up against a stool set behind you. You should feel a little bit of weight on the balls of your feet, but that is all. Good posture helps you to generate better club head speed, balance and nish through the ball.

My best recommendation is to develop a pre-shot routine. Stand behind the ball, determine your target line, set your alignment and posture, maybe a short waggle of the club and pull the trigger! Without a pre-shot routine, we tend to stand over the ball too long and overthink! e pre-shot routine focuses on the basics and when the basics are sound, your golf shot is now better, it’s kind of like a chain reaction! Overthinking is not our friend and only adds more tension! ose tips you get, practice them at the driving range and see if they work, but on the golf course, be aware of the basics, swing away and have fun!

Coyote Run Ladies Golf League

Submitted by Lori Elliott

February was a very busy month for the Coyote Run women. After issues with the weather the President’s Cup tournament was held on January 24th and 31st. e overall winner was Nancy Will who had an outstanding two days of golf! Here are the other winners by ight:

Flight 1

• First Place: Ardis Vandenbos

• Second Place: Linda Shostak

• ird Place: Anita Neustadt

Flight 2

• First Place: Nancy Gerlach

• Second Place: Vicki Johnson

• ird Place: Cyndi Brass eld

Flight 3

• First Place: Diane Gaudet

• Second Place: Judy Cooley

• ird Place: JoAnn Sheerin

Flight 4

• First Place: Margie Caves

• Second Place: Betty Rieder

• ird Place: Laurie Brinkman

Flight 5

• First Place: Ann Jonasen

• Second Place: Anna Schuler

• ird Place: Lavina Dyck

Flight 6

• First Place: Sandra Markley

• Second Place: Paula Clark

• ird Place: Linda Bell

We also held the Invitational on February 7th which was open to players coming from outside Leisure World. We had a full eld of 144 players with a theme of Mardi Gras. Golfers enjoyed lunch, a fashion show, golf and then a dinner following. Here are the winners from each ight:

Flight 1

• First Place: Mary Hayes and Linda

Nathan

Flight 2

• First Place: Cathy Dalhed and Sandi

Hart

Flight 3

• First Place: Claudia Waldeis and Osa Hemberg (guests)

Flight 4

• First Place: Margie Caves and Kathy Burns

Flight 5

• Tied for First Place: Elaine Creighton and Val Mulder (guests)

• Tied for First Place: Donna Townsley and Deena Close

Looking forward to March! We will be holding the Club Championship on March 14th and 17th. Everyone is looking for warmer weather and great scores to come as we nish out another great winter in Leisure World!

Coyote Run Men’s Golf

Submitted By Rod Spooner

We Currently have 274 members and encourage all male golfers to join us! We have exciting matches each ursday where players get a chance to meet and play with new people. e signup sheet is posted in the small room o the golfer’s lounge, please sign up by Wednesday mornings.

We completed the Apache Wells Match Play Home-and-Home Tournament where L.W. was crowned as the winner. Next up is the MemberGuest Tournament on February 9 & 10, followed by the Memorial/Battle of the Sexes Charity Tournament on February 21, and our Windup Club Championship which runs March 6, 8, and 9.

We encourage all members to go to our website for information about tournament result, upcoming events, and general information about our golf course. Simply google “crmc golf” (don’t use the quotation marks) and scroll down a notch or two and you will see our website listed as www.lwcrmc.com.

Our Board now consists of President Phil Johnson, Past President Jim Brinkman, Vice-President Rod Spooner, Treasure Kevin Clark, Tournament Director Pat Craney, Social Director Kent Gould, Sponsorship Director Roger Anhorn, Rules and Handicap Director Mark Kohoutek, and our Golf Advisory Director Steve Elliot.

Guys and Dolls Golf

Submitted by Cathy Dalhed

A Great Day- Brian Gottselig had a great day on December 18, 2022. He was playing in the Guys and Dolls event at Heron Lakes, when, on the rst hole he played (#2, 165-yard par 3) he made a hole-in-one. Imagine, your rst swing of the day and it goes in the hole! What a thrill when we heard the cheers and knew something wonderful happened. Congratulations to him.

Here are the results of our Feb 5 Guys and Dolls low net event:

1st Place - Andy and Sue Kolankowski and Janet McMaster and Tom Byttynen ere was a tie for 2nd and 3rd places - team o Bob and Joanne Weiss and Gerry Cousineau and Joe Rowbotham and Clara Anderson and George Loewen and Sam and Cathy Dalhed

4th Place - Tom and Sandra Markley and Anne and Randy Manikel

Closest to the Pin on #6 - men - Andy Kolankowski and women - Ginge McDonald

Our events in March are planned for March 5 and 19. It is always the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. For further information please contact us.

The Heron Lakes Men’s 9-Hole Golf League

Submitted by Don Paulson e Heron Lakes Men’s 9 Hole League ( ursday):

January 5, 2023 (2 Net)

1st Place at 49 (Playo ) – Dennis McKay, Don Butler, John Erickson, Larry Miller

2nd Place at 49 – Al Hathaway, Joe Vitetta, Bill Klepacki, Gary Byrd

3rd Place at 51- Dan Dehne, Bob Richey, Herb Fish, Bruce Rodabaugh

January 12, 2023 (3 Net)

1st Place at 85 – Bob Wilkins, George Chrouser, Mike Anderson, Jack Dechellis

2nd Place at 90 – Al Hathaway, Duane Dehne, Ken Meidl, Burce Rodabaugh

3rd Place at 91 - Shane Budvarson, Bob

Richey, Henry Krahn, Earl Hanson

4th Place at 95 (Playo ) – Greg Holl, Roger Dillon, Wayne Richert, Joe Miola

January 19 & 26 Eclectic Tournament

1st Flight

• 1st Place at 33 – Barry Budvarson

• 2nd Place at 34 – Shane Budvarson

• 3rd Place at 35- Dave Babb

2nd Flight

• 1st Place at 33 – Dan Dehne

• 2nd Place at 36 (Playo ) – Bill Funke

• 3rd Place at 36 – Jim Nell

3rd Flight

• 1st Place at 37 – Jim Gardin

• 2nd Place at 38 (Playo ) – Terry Morgan

• 3rd Place at 38 – Bill Klepacki

4th Flight

• 1st Place at 35 – Jack Dechellis

• 2nd Place at 39 (Playo ) – Henry Krahn

• 3rd Place at 39 – Dave Foley

Heron Lakes Men’s 18 Hole Golf League

Submitted by: Don Paulson e Heron Lakes Men’s 18 Hole League (Monday):

January 2, 2023 – Cancelled due to weather

January 9, 2023 – (2 Net)

Congratulations to Bill Kemp for scoring a hole-in-one on hole #10 .

1st Place at 103 – John Fleming, Joe

Miola, Roger Dillon, Gary Byrd

2nd Place at 105 (playo )– Shane

Budvarson, Bob Wilkins, Mario Lachance, Earl Hanson

3rd Place at 105– Bill Kemp, Al Hathaway, John Erickson, Wayne Richert

4th Place at 106 – Je Sanders, Randy

Manikel, Herb Fish, Don Paulson

5th Place at 107 (playo ) – Dale Smith, Bob VanScoy, Henry Krahn, Larry Schmitt

6th Place at 107 – Greg Holl, Dan Dehne, Duane Dehne, Tomy Mitchell

January 16, 2023 – Cancelled due to weather

January 23, 2023 (3 Net 3’s / 2 Net 4’s / 1 Net 5’s)

1st Place at 130 – Barry Budvarson, Tom

Byttynen, Kent Reimann, Dean Gray

2nd Place at 136 – Shane Budvarson, Doug Atnip, Duane Dehne, Tomy Mitchell

3rd Place at 140 – Andy Kolankowski, Don Ste an, Jim Gardin, Ken Meidl

4th Place at 146 – Butch Lang, Randy Manikel, Larry Bowers, Don Butler (BD)

5th Place at 148 – Ted Jackson, James

Nell, Bob Richey, Geno Wincek

6th Place at 149 (Playo ) – Al Hathaway, Ken Steele, Herb Fish, Wayne Dixon

January 30, 2023 (1 Net / 1 Gross)

1st Place at 116 – Andy Kolankowski, Tom Byttynen, Duane Dehne, Dean Gary

2nd Place at 117 (Playo ) – John Fleming, Virgil Knapke, Dave Foley, Wayne Dixon

3rd Place at 117 – Kevin Bishop, John Mullen, Don Butler, Larry Schmitt

4th Place at 118 – Ted Jackson, James Nell, Terry Morgan, Tomy Mitchell

5th Place at 120 – Al Hathaway, Doug Atnip, Larry Bowers, Don Paulson

6th Place at 121 (Playo ) – Rich Blum (BD), Barry Budvarson, Frank Strainis, Joe Miola

Heron Lakes Ladies 9 Hole League

Submitted by: Mary Paulson

Golf Results

January 3, 2023 ( ree Blind Mice)

1st place at 86 - Cheryle Wenck, Bev Byrd, Kay Richey, Pam Gass

2nd place at 96 - Lillie Cha n, Debi Budvarson, Kris French, Marilyn Weber

3rd place at 98 – Carla Wizniak, Punk Salberg, Denise Haala, Susan Paitel

January 10, 2023 (1 Low Net)

1st place at 25 - Four teams tied. Julie Bowles, Janet Robinson, Kris French, Marilyn Hansen, Janice Funke, Pam Schmitt, Trish Bowers, Sue Paitel, Jan Wahl, Karen Jacoby, Lynn Peters, Judy Warinner, Bev Budvarson, Pam Moore, Gwen Johnson, Pat Connelly

January 17, 2023 (Scramble)

1st place at 16.5 - Bonnie Franke, Janice Funke, Kay Anderson, Marilyn Weber

2nd place at 20.33 - Carla Wizniak, Janet Robinson, Kris French

3rd place at 20.50 - Jan Wahl, Debi Budvarson, Kay Richey, Pam Gass

4th place at 20.66 - Debbie Beardsworth, Lillie Cha n, Trish Bowers

January 24, 2023 – Cancelled due to course conditions.

January 31, 2023 (1 Net Even/2 Net Odd)

1st place at 32 - Janice Funke, Trish Bowers, Connie Richert, Terrie Goade

2nd place at 35 – Jan Rydlach, Janet McMaster, Lynn Peters, Pat Connelly, Betty Horner, Debi Budvarson, Nita Calow, Sheri Chrouser

3rd place at 37 – Lillie Cha n, Lyn Erickson, Kay Richey, Patty Kohoutek

Upcoming Tournaments include the Combined Championship on February 21 & 28, League Invitational on March 14, Eclectic Tournament on March 21 &28 and Fun Day on April 11.

We are excited about the Invitational Tournament on March 14th, as this tournament has been canceled for the last two years due to COVID concerns.