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TABLE OF CONTENTS Local Golf Tournaments..................................................... 6 2022 PGA Tour Schedule............................................. 8 & 10 Two Minute Stretch........................................................... 12 Stay Connected: Guld Coast Audiology.............................. 14 2022 LPGA Tour Schedule........................................ 16 & 18 Pro Golf Tips: Master Your Game........................................ 20 The Art of Simple Golf: Golf Tips....................................... 21 Golf Driving Tips ............................................................. 22 Lightning Safety ............................................................... 23 Pilates Tips ................................................................. 24 - 25 Directory of Businesses and Services........................... 26 & 28

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Local Golf Tournaments 2022

SENIOR GOLFER’S OF AMERICA SUNNY FLORIDA TOURNAMENT January 25-27 - Lely Resort Golf & Country Club - Naples LPGA DRIVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP - February 3-5 Crown Colony Golf Club - Fort Myers - $1.5 Million Purse FLORIDA SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP - April 25-27 Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club - Estero TERRA COTTA INVITATIONAL - April 29 - May 1 Naples National Golf Club - Naples DEANNE KEIM 5th ANNUAL MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT May 21 - Dunes Golf & Tennis Club - Sanibel Island To raise $ for Pancreatic Cancer Research FLORIDA SUPER SENIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP June 6-9 - Crown Colony Golf & Country Club - Fort Myers SOUTH FLORIDA HBCU GOLF CLASSIC July 16 - The Ritz Carlton Golf Resort - Naples FLORIDA WOMEN’S FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP August 13-14 - Estero Country Club - Estero

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February 31-6

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Monterey Peninsula Country Club

Pebble Beach, California

February 7-13

Waste Management Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course)

Scottsdale, Arizona

February 14-20

The Genesis Invitational The Riviera Country Club

Pacific Palisades, California

February 21-27

The Honda Classic PGA National Resort & Spa

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

March 28-6

Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge

Orlando, Florida

March 28-6

Puerto Rico Open Grand Reserve Country Club

Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

March 7-13

THE PLAYERS Championship PC Sawgrass

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

March 14-20

Valspar Championship Innisbrook Resort

Palm Harbor, Florida

March 21-27

World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, Austin Country Club

Austin, Texas

March 21-27

Corales Puntacana Championship Puntacana Resort & Club

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

April 28-3

Valero Texas Open TPC San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

April 4-10

Masters Tournament Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta, Georgia

April 11-17

RBC Heritage Harbour Town Golf Links

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

April 18-24

Zurich Classic of New Orleans TPC Louisiana

Avondale, Louisiana

May 25-1

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May 2-8

Wells Fargo Championship TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm

Potomac, Maryland

May 9-15

AT&T Byron Nelson TPC Craig Ranch

McKinney, Texas

May 16-22

PGA Championsh Southern Hills Country Club

Tulsa, Oklahoma

May 23-29

Charles Schwab Challenge Colonial Country Club

Fort Worth, Texas

June 30-5

Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Muirfield Village Golf Club

Dublin, Ohio

June 6-12

RBC Canadian Open St. George’s Golf and Country Club

Toronto, Ontario Canada

June 13-19

U.S. Open The Country Club

Brookline, Massachusetts

June 20-26

Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands

Cromwell, Connecticut

July 27-3

John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run

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Genesis Scottish Open TBD

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TIPS TO LOOSEN YOU UP BEFORE YOUR GAME

Warm up by parking your car at the far end of the parking lot and walking briskly to the club house, this should be easy if you are like me, and are running late for your tee off time. Employ the two minute stretch theory, making sure you stretch out before hitting your drive off the first tee. You can stretch out in the background while your fellow players are teeing off the first hole. Make sure you continue to stretch throughout the game, by stretching out between holes.

This works well when you are backed up on a slow hole, waiting for the previous foursome to finish up ahead. It also keeps your muscles warmed up while you are waiting. Make sure you keep yourself active and fit by getting involved in walking, swimming, bike riding or some other aerobic activities as this will give you stamina to hold up through all 18 holes without losing your edge. The following are some quick stretches to be done on the golf course, allowing you to play at your best while preventing those unpleasant muscle pulls, keeping you in play the rest of the golfing season.

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STAY CONNECTED: GULF COAST AUDIOLOGY Providing Exception Hearing Health Care

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s a long-established provider in the community, Gulf Coast Audiology offers state-of-the-art hearing care and vestibular evaluations. When it comes to hearing evaluations, hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and treatment of vertigo, patients need the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals for results. Gulf Coast Audiology is dedicated to those standards and works tirelessly to live up to them. Patients expect expert assessments and customized treatments at every visit and are not disappointed.

Gulf Coast Audiology is privately owned and operated by Dr. Drianis Duran who identified Southwest Florida needed an audiology practice that made the patient its primary focus. She’s built a team of caring and smart individuals, each bringing a “tool kit” filled with ideas and expertise that add to patients’ positive experience.

Dr. Duran is very proud of her team a saying, “They are our patients, not mine; patients have access to every single one of the team members, and they know us all by name and we know them by name too. This way, every aspect of their experience with our practice is a positive one.”

The entire staff is committed to improving the quality of life of patients who seek help. From fellow audiologist, Dr. Lizzy Burns, to the audiology assistant and office receptionist, all go home thinking of how this or that patient might be doing with their new hearing device, or after their vertigo treatment.

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2022 LPGA

Tournament Schedule Feb. 3-5

LPGA Drive On Tournament, Crown Colony G.C., Ft. Myers, Florida

$1.5 million

March 3-6

HSBC Women’s World Championship, Sentosa G.C., Singapore

$1.7 million

March 10-13

Honda LPGA Thailand, Siam C.C., Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand

$1.6 million

March 24-27

JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol Aviara G.C., Carlsbad, California

$1.5 million

March 31-April 3

The Chevron Championship Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, California

$5 million

April 13-16:

LOTTE Championship Hawaii, location to be announced

$2 million

April 21-24

JTBC LA Open, Wilshire C.C., Los Angeles, California

$1.5 million

April 28-May 1

JTBC Championship at Palos Verdes Palos Verdes G.C., Palos Verdes Estates, California

$1.5 million

May 12-15

Cognizant Founders Cup. New Jersey location to be announced

$3 million

May 25-29

Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek, Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada

$1.5 million

June 2-5

U.S. Women’s Open, Pine Needles Lodge and G.C., Southern Pines, North Carolina

$10 million

June 10-12

ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer Seaview, Galloway, New Jersey,

$1.75 million

June 16-19

Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Blythefield C.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan

$2.5 million

June 23-26

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Congressional C.C., Bethesda, Maryland,

$4.5 million

July 13-16

Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, Midland C.C., Midland, Michigan

$2.5 million

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2022 LPGA

Tournament Schedule July 21-24

Amundi Evian Championship, Evian Resort G.C., Evian-les-Bains, France

$4.5 million

July 28-31

Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open, Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland

$2 million

Aug. 4-7

AIG Women’s Open, Muirfield, East Lothian, Scotland

$6.8 million

Aug. 11-14

ISPS Handa World Invitational Galgorme Castle G.C., Massereene G.C., Antrim, Northern Ireland,

$1.5 million

Aug. 25-28

CP Women’s Open, Ottawa Hunt and G.C., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

$2.35 million

Sept. 1-4

Dana Open presented by Marathon, Highland Meadows G.C., Sylvania, Ohio

$1.75 million

Sept. 8-11

Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G Kenwood CC, Cincinnati, Ohio

$1.75 million

Sept. 15-18

Portland Classic, Oregon location to be announced

$1.4 million

Sept. 23-25

Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G Pinnacle CC, Rogers, Arkansas

$2.3 million

Sept. 29-Oct. 2

Volunteers of America Classic, Old American G.C., The Colony, Texas

$1.5 million

Oct. 6-9

LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, The Saticoy Club, Somis, California

$1.8 million

Oct. 13-16

Buick LPGA Shanghai, Qizhong Garden G.C., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

$2.1 million

Oct. 20-23

BMW Ladies Championship, Korean location to be announced

$2 million

Oct. 27-30

Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Miramar G.C., New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

$2.2 million

Nov. 3-6

TOTO Japan Classic, Seta Golf Course, Shiga, Japan

$2 million

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DRIVING DRIVING

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• Keep feet shoulder width apart.

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• Keep your hand pressure light and constant through the • Keep your hand pressure light and constant through the end of the stroke. end of the stroke.

PHYSICAL FITNESS PHYSICAL FITNESS

• Be sure• to throughout the game.

Bestretch sure to before stretch and before and throughout the game.

• At the gym, practice moves that imitate golf movements.

• At the gym, practice moves that imitate golf movements.

• Keeping physically fit will improve your power.

• Keeping physically fit will improve your power.

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BUNKER SHOTS BUNKER SHOTS

• Don’t focus on actually hitting the ball.

• Don’t focus on actually hitting the ball.

• Aim the clubface at the target, this will increase the loft.

• Aim the clubface at the target, this will increase the loft.

• Have the club enter the sand, following your bodyline.

• Have the club enter the sand, following your bodyline.

SHORT GAME SHORT GAME

• Chip and Run when the ball is close to the green and does not • Chip and Run when the ball need to be elevated to get to the hole.is close to the green and does not need to be elevated to get to the hole.

• Pitch the ball when you need to get around bun mounds, the rough Pitch the ball when you need to get around bun mounds, the rough or water •hazards. or water hazards.

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MENTAL FITNESS MENTAL FITNESS

• Try keeping a journal of your progress when trying to improve your game. • Try keeping a journal of your progress when trying to improve your game.

• Set goals and realistic expectations.

• Set goals and realistic expectations.

• If you find yourself angered, try evaluating the shots that trigger • If you find yourself angered, try evaluating the shots that trigger your anger. your anger.

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DRIVING

The only shot in golf that you may tee up. Let’s take advantage of that! If you approach it correctly it can be your greatest asset.

THE SET UP is most important when driving. Be sure to: 1) Keep your feet shoulder width apart.

2) Play the ball off the inside of your front heel.

3) It is important to feel a little spine tilt away from the ball.

4) Grip pressure should be light but in control of the club.

THE STROKE should feel wide and stretched out and away from you. You want to maximize your coil and this will maximize your distance.

TEE UP THE BALL so that the top of the club head goes through the center of the golf ball.

MENTAL APPROACH: The swing should feel as if it is going up and through the golf ball. Like you are sweeping it off the tee. It is important to visualize where you want the ball to end up.

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FAIRWAY BUNKER SHOT

Fairway bunkers are one of the toughest hazards on the golf course. The most important factor is when trying to “escape” not to leave it in. But there is hope! Try these techniques and escape with ease.

THE SET UP is critical for a fairway bunker shot. Be sure to: 1) Select a club that can clear the lip of the bunker.

2) Keep 40% of weight on your leading leg and 60% on the back foot.

3) Position the ball off your front foot.

4) Let your arms hang naturally at your shoulders.

5) Bow your knees in to reduce any lower body movement.

THE SWING is the same for a normal shot from the fairway. If the setup is done properly the stroke will feel upper body dominant.

MENTAL APPROACH: Think about trying to pick the ball off the sand and taking as little sand as possible. Ian Woodsman in a telecast once said, “Wood in trap, wood in head,” after a tour player attempted to hit a fairway wood from a bunker and having it hit the lip of the bunker and roll back in.

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Golf Driving Tips Tip 1: Learn To Use Leverage It is not necessary to have big muscles in order to drive the ball a long distance. In fact if you check even the PGA Tour you will see many thin players that hit the ball very far. The reason for this is that they have learned to use leverage. The angle that is created between the club and your left hand is what you need to look at.

The idea is to hold this angle as long as possible, however trying to force yourself to hold this angle seldom works and results in a poor golf swing.

A more automatic way to hold this angle as long as possible is to think of the golf club as a whip and feel yourself whipping the club as you swing.

Tip 2: Swing Within Your Limits If you really want to hit the ball far you are better off focusing on swinging freely and under control. If you are always losing balance then this is a sign that maybe you are trying too hard so you need to back off a little.

By swinging the club comfortably you will also increase the chances of making good contact and launching the ball with the right kind of spin and trajectory which will help you much more when it comes to hitting it far and straight. Focus on accuracy and you will find that in time the distance will naturally follow.

Tip 3: Trust Your Swing On The Golf Course It is important to not think about swing mechanics when you are on the golf course and instead you need to focus on your targets and keep your target in mind as you swing the club. You must trust your swing otherwise you will never develop real consistency in your golf game. Even if you hit your last drive out of bounds or in the lake you must believe that the next drive will go straight and far right down the middle of the fairway.

Trusting your swing will allow you make better golf swings which means you will strike the ball more solidly and launch your drives with the right kind of spin and trajectory. Almost anyone can drive the ball far as long as they focus on accuracy and staying within their limits.

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Pilates tips COMBINING FLEXIBILITY WITH CORE STRENGTH WILL ALLOW YOUR BODY TO PERFORM AT IT’S FULL POTENTIAL. Improving your golf game is big business. You can buy a nearly infinite number of gadgets, gizmos, videos, books, ergonomic supplements and more, any of which may promise to affect your strength, flexibility and technique and lower your handicap. Some of these products may indeed work well, but for a more holistic, long-term approach to better health and a better game, a growing number of golfers are turning to Pilates.

If you haven’t heard of it, Pilates is a system or exercises akin to Yoga or aerobics, but with some major differences.

Pilates can be entirely attributed to one person, its founder and namesake Joseph Pilates. Born in Germany in 1880, Joseph was a sickly child who grew into a deeply devoted athlete. While interned by the British during World War I, Joseph began training his fellow inmates in physical fitness. After migrating to the United States he refined his method, which built upon principles of core strength and balance. Soon, his studio became very popular among the dancers, gymnasts and boxers of New York City.

Joseph Pilates was quoted as saying that the genius of his work

wouldn’t be fully appreciated until 50 years after his. death. He was largely right. Today, Pilates is a sophisticated fitness system taught by certified trainers across the world. Various types of athletes rely on It to help improve their performance, including ballet dancers, football players & golfers.

But why would golfers need the same training as gymnasts and wrestlers? Pilates is entirely based on improving strength while increasing flexibility, balance, posture and control over the body’s movements - all the ingredients of a smooth, controlled and powerful golf swing. Because Pilates is low-impact (no weights are used, and in most workouts participants won’t even break a sweat), it is appropriate for people of any age and gender.

In the last few years, Golf Pilates has become a major subset of the Pilates industry, with a growing member of instructors offering golf-specific classes and training videos. Many PGA pros (including Tiger Woods, Rocco Mediate and Camilo Villegas, to name a few) tout its ability to help boost power off the tee, improve swing regularity and increase short game control.

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`Improving Strength While Increasing Flexibility, Balance, Posture and Control Over the Body’s Movements’

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Opposed to weight training, which causes muscles to become shorter & thicker, Pilates builds muscles to be longer and leaner, as well as stronger. Pilates focuses directly on core muscle groups, giving golfers strength and flexibility where they need it most.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SHORT GAME? The short game Is largely about posture, focus and bodily control.

Pilates training Includes breathing exercises to boost mental awareness and control over the body’s actions, allowing for greater concentration. Core strengthening can do wonders for posture, helping golfers maintain excellent form while putting and chipping.

Pilates isn’t a gizmo or a gadget, and it’s not something you can buy for $39.99. While there are many instructional Golf Pilates videos available, the best place to start is with a Certified Instructor, which will cost about as much per session as personal training.

To get started, look for Pilates studios or gyms in your area that offer Pilates classes, especially golf specific instruction. Though Golf Pilates is not yet universal, it is growing rapidly in popularity and becoming more commonly available.

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Here’s how. To hit a golf ball farther, you’ll need a more powerful swing, which requires Increased strength and speed. Having strong arms and legs helps, but the best way to boost power is by developing core strength. For the uninitiated, core strength is defined as “the balanced development of the deep and superficial muscles that stabilize, align, and move the trunk of the body, especially the abdominals and muscles of the back.” It is these specific, hard-to-reach muscles which can add yards to your drive. But without flexibility, power is limited.

Combining flexibility with core strength will allow your muscles to achieve a greater range of motion, stretching your backswing and follow-through farther for fully realized driving power.

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ACCESSORIES & REPAIRS

BMI Marine Construction

(239) 542 0456 www.bmidocks.com

GOLFER’S Journal

CUSTOM MODIFICATIONS & FABRICATION

the country club lifestyle

DOCKS & BOAT LIFTS

(518) 470-5208

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Yacht Amenities

• Top deck jacuzzi • Inside dinning room area • Outdoor dinning area • Spacious swim platform • Outdoor bar • Sun deck • Galley with bar height island