Shore Golf Guide | Summer 2019

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McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links A Taste of Old-World Championship Golf at the Jersey Shore

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cCullough’s Emerald Golf Links offers you a passport to play some of the Old World’s most famous holes right here at the Jersey Shore.

The course is a one-of-a-kind and true Irish-Scottish links gem featuring eighteen of the most fun to play holes inspired by many of the most famous British Open and European courses in the world.

Looking and feeling like some of the many hundred-year-old holes they pay homage to, this Stephen Kay design utilizes unique elevations in conjunction

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with creative Scottish style bunkering, along with fescue grass mounding, multi-leveled and sloping greens. The open, rolling, and wind driven fairways to recreate the authentic Irish and Scottish golf experience with holes modeled after St. Andrews, Prestwick, Carnoustie, Turnberry, Royal Dornoch, Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, and many others.

Just minutes away from Ocean City and Atlantic City, McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links is located at 3016 Ocean Heights Avenue in Egg Harbor Township. Call 609-926-3900 or go to www. mcculloughsgolf.com

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Greate Bay Country Club

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esigned by Willie Park, Jr. in 1922, the Championship course at Greate Bay Country Club is the home of the three hour and fifty-eight-minute round.

Originally known as the Ocean City Country Club, it was redesigned in 1972 by renowned course architect Tom Fazio.

Greate Bay was also the host of the Shoprite LPGA Classic from 1988 to 1997. Over the years, Greate Bay has played host to numerous celebrities, including Arnold Palmer, Donald Trump, Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, and many others. Its unparalleled playing conditions and beautiful facility have helped to make Greate Bay Country Club the finest private golf club in the region.

Greate Bay’s numerous member golf events are renowned in South Jersey for

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their competitive atmosphere, greate food and camaraderie.

The Club features a vibrant social calendar with a variety of special events that cater to members of all ages. They also offer instructional programs including Junior Camps and Clinics, Ladies’ and Senior Nights Out. Exquisite Private Dining is provided by an award winning Executive Chef and his professional culinary staff.

Greate Bay Country Club also has beautiful and recently completely renovated banquet facilities providing the perfect venue for Weddings, Birthday Parties, Retirement Dinners, Corporate Events, Team Banquets, and everything in between. Located just minutes from Ocean City, NJ and other shore points, Greate Bay Country Club is the only choice for private golf and dining.

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Swing Easy when it’s Breezy

By Sean Fawcett

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laying golf in high winds is tough enough, but we only make it harder on ourselves when we do. That’s often the case when hitting into the wind. The natural tendency is to swing harder to get the distance we’re losing by hitting into the wind. The problem is that the wind will balloon the ball upwards into the sky making the shot come up short (and the harder we swing, the higher the ball will go). It’s why airplanes take off into the wind. The air resistance helps to elevate the aircraft. Airplanes need that air pushing back on them to create lift and lift off. Planes need resistance. The other thing which hurts us is that any spin we have put onto the ball, and most occurr accidentally, like with a slice will curve all the more because of the wind’s resistance. You really cannot muscle the ball through the wind by hitting the club you would normally hit from the distance that you are hitting from. You cannot hold back the tide. You

have to play with the wind, and especially when it is against you. So, instead of trying to hit a hard pitching wedge from say 110 yards, like you would normally do when the wind isn’t against you, hit a nine iron and swing a little easier. Depending upon the wind speed, you might even have to choke down a little more and take an even longer club, like an eight iron, from that very same distance. Don’t let your ego get into your way.

You might even need to use a driver on a 200 yard, or 180 yard, par 3 that’s playing into a three club wind, sometimes. I have had to do that many times, and I wouldn’t have reached the green, or carried the water, if I hadn’t taken the extra club. It’s just the way it goes.

Sean is a Linwood Country Club professional and college golf coach with twenty years of scholastic coaching experience. Sean teaches at Ronnie O’Toole’s Golf Hospital and Pro Shop. Lessons by appointment. Call Ronnie’s at 609-377-8128.

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SCOTLAND RUN GOLF CLUB a distinctive blend of quarry and links-style holes. The most unique characteristics include expansive waste areas downtown Philadelphia and 45 minutes from Atlantic City, Scotland Run is open to the public year-round for daily-fee play, group outings and banquets.

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ATLANTIC CITY COUNTRY CLUB As one of America’s oldest and most prestigious golf clubs, Atlantic City Country Club has been home to many firsts, including being the “Birthplace of the Birdie.” The course has a tradition of fast and firm greens with uncompromising playing conditions. Its bayside setting is reminiscent of the historic links in Scotland and Ireland.

“#1 Daily Fee Course in New Jersey” – Golfweek, Golf Magazine, Golf World

“#74 Best Public Golf Course in the Country” – Golf Magazine

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BALLAMOR GOLF CLUB Carefully carved out of gently rolling land and dense woods, Ballamor is a golfer’s sanctuary. Peaceful and secluded surroundings can be found at every turn, capturing the immense beauty of this 350 acre property. The course features wide, easy-to-hit fairways and large greens for comfortable approach shots. Ballamor boasts exceptional conditions, fast greens, and impeccably manicured fairways and tees. Once a private club, Ballamor retains much of that feel today to the delight of daily fee players looking to experience golf at its finest.

“Top 10 Public Course in the State of NJ” – Golfweek, Golf Magazine & Golf World

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Golfers need strong, flexible, and healthy backs. There might not be another part of the golfer’s body that is more important to the golf swing, and a golfer’s enjoyment of playing the game. So, for help in getting, and keeping, your back, For help in getting and keep your back and game in shape and pain-free, see Fred Chang, DC, L., Ac at Coastal Chiropractic & Acupuncture. Chiropractic adjustments can help in relieving lower back pain that sometimes comes from playing golf. Acupuncture can loosen muscles, reducing the possibilities of strains and sprains. Acupuncture can also alleviate complications of elbow pain commonly suffered by golfers. Located in Galloway and just about a par five away from historic Seaview Country Club, Dr. Fred Chang has your back.

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Unique to South Jersey, Twisted Dune captures the isolated feeling one experiences playing among the dunes of Scotland. When choosing to play from the proper tee box, Twisted Dune is a challenging yet fair golf course that always leaves a distinct memory.

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“The First Birdie”

By Sean Fawcett

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id you know that term “birdie” was first used right here in Southern New Jersey? It’s true, and it happened one day way back in 1903 at maybe the most historic of all the great South Jersey golf courses, Atlantic City Country Club, founded in 1897, in a December foursome which included two of America’s greatest golf course architects and personalities, A.W. Tillinghast and George Crump.

According to history, the two giants of the game, Tillinghast, architect of two of most famous championship sites Baltusrol and Bethpage Black and Crump, designer of the revered Pine Valley Golf Course were golfing with fellow Philadelphians Bill and Abner Smith. Abner was playing the long par 4 twelfth hole and hit his second shot right at the hole making the score of 3 (one-underpar) an all-but assured formality. The story

continues that someone from the group following that historic swing, either Abner himself, or maybe his brother exclaimed something like “that’s a bird of a shot!”.

Thus, the term meaning one shot under par became a local phrase “birdie” and becoming the official vocabulary that all golfers call a score of one shot better than par. The term for two shots under par, “eagle”, was first used at the same club soon after.

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Atlantis Golf Course

As the only public and county run Fazio deigned golf course in all of South Jersey, Atlantis Golf Course has been a fan favorite for Atlantic City and Shore golfers since the 1960’s. Drawn up by the world-famous architect George Fazio and finished by his nephew Tom, Atlantis is a classic parkland, tree-lined Par 72 golf course measuring about 6,400 yards from the white, or middle tees.

Strategically placed ponds front the signature downhill 190-150 yard par 3 sixth hole, the par 3 eleventh hole, par 4 fifteenth hole and par 5 seventeenth hole.

Multi-tiered putting surfaces and the uphill dogleg 18th are other challenging features of the only full-sized 18-hole golf course in Ocean County. Just recently, Atlantis completed a major project by building new forward tee boxes. This project keeps Atlantis in line with the PGA “ Tee It Forward Program” campaign and also makes the course much more enjoyable for the average golfer. Atlantis is located in Mystic Islands of Little Egg Harbor near Tuckerton.

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Fairway Bunker Shots Made Easier

By Sean Fawcett

airway bunker shots intimidate even experienced golfers, but they are not as tough as you might think. Just remember a couple of key things. First, do not dig your feet into the sand. Digging your feet in lowers your body, and hands, and, in turn, lowers your club head making you hit the sand first behind the ball. You’ll want to dig in on greenside bunker shots because you’ll want to hit the sand first behind the ball to lift it up, gently out and onto the green, but it’s the exact opposite when playing a fairway bunker shot. Your goal in playing a fairway bunker shot is distance. You want to hit the ball first and hit it cleanly and hard. Make it go as far as you can hit it.

The other thing to remember is to take two longer clubs and swing 70%. Swing mostly with your upper body and take a shorter backswing and swing a little easier and let the longer golf club help you get the added distance.

For instance, if you are 150 yards out, and you would normally hit a seven iron from there from the fairway, take a five iron and swing about three-quarters as hard as you would from the grass.

Be sure to practice. Like all golf shots, you’ll need to hit a lot of these kinds of shots before you get good at hitting them and develop confidence. The more you do easier they will become.

Sean is a Linwood Country Club golf professional and college coach with more than fifteen years of high school and college coaching experience

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Seaview Golf Club

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he Jersey Shore Classic opened more than 100 years ago and has long been the home of the best golf in the region. Situated in Galloway Township, Seaview offers two courses, the historic Bay course designed

by Hall of Fame architects Hugh Wilson (Merion) and Donald Ross (Pinehurst) and the Pines Course, managed by TROON, a world-wide leader in the golf resort industry. Local and visiting golfers enjoy

first class amenities and memorable vistas all year long.

The Seaview Golf Club is host course of the ShopRite LPGA Classic. It’s also where the World Golf Hall of Famer, Sam Snead, won the 1942 PGA Championship.

The course was a favorite of U.S. presidents Warren G. Harding and Dwight D. Eisenhower. A strong tradition of excellence lives on at Seaview Golf Club for new generations to enjoy.

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A CLASSIC IS REBORNE

SEAVIEW DOLCE HOTEL REOPENS FOR SUMMER 2019 SEASON This summer, travelers to the Jersey Shore have a new reason to visit. The award-winning Seaview, Dolce Hotel, situated on 670 scenic acres along Reed’s Bay in picturesque Galloway, NJ, reopens to guests following a multi-million dollar renovation. Visit a transformed Seaview - now boasting full renovations of all 296 guest rooms and public spaces as well as updates to the dining and meeting areas throughout the hotel. Guests are invited to experience the modern redesign, inspired by the hotel’s celebrated Jersey Shore history.

Two World Class Golf Courses The Bay Course is not a test of length, rather a test of imagination, accuracy and short game. The Bay Course presents a Scottish links feel, dramatic seaside views, deep pot bunkers, plus small undulating greens. The course is the current host of the ShopRite LPGA Classic as well as 9 holes in the 1942 PGA Championship.

The Pines Course winds its way through New Jersey Woodlands presenting elevation change and doglegs abound. The course measures 6,800 yards, features many large bunkers, and gently sloping large greens. The 16th hole was the site of Sam Snead's miraculous 60 ft chip-in to win the 1942 PGA Championship; His first major.

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Ocean City Municipal Golf Course

Visit the Ocean City Municipal Golf course for an experience you'll enjoy. This 12 hole par 37 course offers a beautiful blend of nature and challenging golf. Experience an affordable and memorable golf round while on vacation. This Leo Frazier designed course features tight fairways and small greens that the whole family can enjoy.

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“Cape May Arnie”

By Sean Fawcett

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very golfer knows The King, Arnold Palmer.

And nearly every golfer knows that Arnold Palmer was from Latrobe Pennsylvania, out

by Pittsburgh. Few people know about his time in Cape May and at Wildwood Country Club.

For most of three years, from 1951 to 1953 in between his college playing days at Wake Forrest University and his prolific professional playing career which began in 1954, Arnold Palmer worked in the United States Coast Guard at Cape May. It was here, while serving his nation where he grew to become the great golfer by playing the beautiful tree-lined bayside links at Wildwood Country Club. The historic club was a pivotal training ground for Palmer in his formative early 20’s years before he turned pro and became America’s most famous golfing hero.

Longtime Wildwood C.C. member, Jim Byrne, 84, knew, and got to play with Palmer in those Wildwood and Cape May days when he was a teenager.

“I was a senior in high school in 1951,” remembered Byrne. “We got out of school about the same time the Coast Guard guys did, and we would go to Wild-

wood to play and there was Arnie. He would always be like ‘hey, do you want to play a few holes’, and then he and my brother and I would go play. “He was so down to Earth. He was just Arnie from the Coast Guard to us. He would hit the ball way right, and long, and then hit the most amazing hook shots you’d ever see right back and onto the green. He was incredible.”

Long time Wildwood P.G.A. professional, and now GM Fred Riedel remembered how just months before his death, Palmer, who so much loved his playing days at the Jersey Shore course, signed several pin flags for him and wrote him a letter addressed to the club and its members to help commemorate Wildwood’s 100th birthday last year.

“It probably just took five minutes for him, but for us and our members it was huge,” said Riedel.

“Arnie would come back sometimes when he was in the area, and he kept in contact with several of our members he knew over the years when he was down the shore. “It goes without saying that it’s a huge honor to be at Wildwood Country Club where Arnold Palmer played. He was The King.”

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Heritage Golf Links

By Sean Fawcett

The “Play 9” movement is catching on, and one of the best places to play nine is just minutes away from the beach.

Heritage Golf Links is located in Upper Township, Cape May County. It’s an easy drive from Ocean City and Sea Isle: just go over the bridge and turn on Route 9. Go south on Route 9 from Ocean City’s 34th Street Bridge. Go north on Route 9 from Sea Isle. With slogans like “Play Nine before Beach Time” and “Play Nine Anytime”, Heritage Golf Links is fast becoming one of the must-play golf courses at the South Jersey Shore.

Lovingly maintained, and with some of the bestputting greens at the Shore, Heritage Golf Links is a family run and family friendly. It’s an enjoyable place for everyone to play a quick nine, or an enjoyable 18, any time of the day.

Featuring six full-sized par 3s and three fine par 4s, Heritage Links Golf Course is the course for you.

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