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MAYS LANDING GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Jim and Doug Fraser forge ahead by keeping their golf course fun and affordable for all
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uch has changed in the Jersey Shore golf landscape since the iconic Leo Fraser opened Mays Landing Golf & Country Club in 1962. The golf boom in the latter decades of the 20th century saw more than a dozen public courses and a handful of private clubs sprout up throughout the shore, saturating the market. Then, the recession in this past decade smashed that same market. Some private clubs reluctantly opened their doors to the public. Many high-end daily-fee venues were forced to drop their rates. Every club down the shore was affected to some degree, some so severely that the brass at many of those clubs cut their losses and bailed. Mays Landing G&CC didn’t escape all of this unscathed. But while others are still cutting back or reinventing themselves to stay afloat, Mays Landing is making its founder Leo Fraser proud by sticking to his vision of offering a fun, affordable golf
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By Nate Oxman, Staff Writer option that everyone can enjoy. After Arnold Palmer rose to fame in the late 50s and the game exploded in popularity, Fraser pulled together a group of friends, purchased a plot of land, carved the course himself out of the pinelands and set out to give golfers of all ages and abilities, from all walks of life, a chance to fall in love with the game. “My father and some of his friends of his felt that there was a need for a good public golf course in the area,” said Leo’s son, Doug Fraser, Mays Landing G&CC’s vice president. “At the time, there really wasn’t an affordable public golf course and that’s kind of been our mantra ever since.” On an ordinary Thursday in early summer, a giddy group of seniors splayed across Mays Landing’s golf course, clad in matching white shirts, smiling and high-fiving at well-played shots and offering encouragement after mishaps. On the spacious putting green adjacent to the club’s recently expanded (and
soon to be expanded again) clubhouse, an equally excited group of women were engrossed in a putting party. Behind the wheel of a golf cart, Superintendent Barry Anes was surveying the grounds, making sure not even the smallest of details was left untended. On a jam-packed practice range, PGA Head Professional Devon Peterson was guiding a junior golfer through a lesson. In the golf shop, General Manager Barbara Kraly was behind the counter welcoming golfers back to their unofficial home club. In the Grill Room inside Mays Landing’s inviting clubhouse, the club’s food and beverage staff readied to serve golfers after their rounds. It was an ordinary Thursday, but Mays Landing was bustling. And all the while there were two grizzled veterans of the golf industry, Doug and Jim Fraser, greeting golfers, checking in with staff members and ensuring their father’s legacy lives on.
Leo Fraser was one of four children of Jim Fraser, a Scottish golf professional who came to the U.S. in the early 1900s, met his soon-to-be wife Millie Leeb, and eventually became the pro at Seaview in 1916. Leo grew up caddying at Seaview before a visit to an aunt in Michigan led him to his first head professional job at the age of 16. He later enlisted in the Army during World War II, while his older brother, Sonny, stayed in Atlantic City and grew into an accomplished amateur player. In 1944, Sonny led a group of investors in the acquisition of Atlantic City Country Club. He hired Ed Dudley, then the president of the PGA of America, to run the golf operation. Leo, who rose to the rank of major while serving in the army, returned from the war to find his brother not only running Atlantic City CC, but drafting plans to open a horse racing track in Atlantic City. According to Jersey Shore golf historian William Kelly, a Florida senator who saw the track as a threat to those in his home state called Sonny and Atlantic City CC out on their operation of illegal slot machines at the club in an effort to derail Sonny’s horse track plans. Sonny separated himself from the issue by simply selling the club to his brother, Leo, who shortly after turned it into a launching pad for the expansion of American golf. He brought the U.S. Women’s Open to Atlantic City in 1948. The winner, the incomparable Babe Didrikson Zaharias, helped spearhead the start of the LPGA. In the 50s, Fraser developed a friendship with Arnold Palmer that, when Fraser became president of the PGA in 1969, helped keep the PGA and the PGA Tour from a potentially devastating divorce. He also played a role in the start of the Senior PGA Tour, the PGA Professional National Championship and the J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Fund.
While Leo was doing his father proud, he was also grooming the next generation of Fraser golfers. “My brother and I grew up at Atlantic City Country Club,” said Doug Fraser. “I was cutting greens when I could barely see over the handlebars of the push mower and then washing pots when I had to stand on a milk carton to see over the pot sink at 12 years old. And then going forward when we had cottages and guest suites and hotel rooms, we washed dishes, made beds, vacuumed. Oh, and I’d like to have a dollar for every bunker I raked by hand. We basically did every job there was. We waited in line to caddy. My father was a benevolent dictator. Everybody worked hard. He didn’t care if you were family or not. You had to produce. “ Doug and his older brother, Jim, along with their sister, Bonnie (whose husband Don now serves as Mays Landing’s director of golf), assumed control of Atlantic City CC when their father passed away in 1986. This generation of Frasers maintained the traditions of bringing in national tournaments to the club when they hosted the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in 1997, and of growing the game of golf when they helped form the Greater Atlantic City Golf Association to market Atlantic City as a golf vacation destination. And they continue to carry them on at their own Mays Landing today. They’re helping to grow the game by making Mays Landing a magnet for junior golfers with a player-friendly, walker-friendly golf course, a sensational short-game area that’s slated for further expansion and a practice range. They offer weeklong junior golf camps for ages 5
and up, a junior golf academy that’s loaded with benefits like a free swing evaluation, free clinics, free use of the short-game area and free golf after 3 p.m. They provide a variety of heavily discounted memberships, including a fiveday option for $199 that only requires a $20 cart fee with reach round played. The keep their rates more than reasonable as well, which include early and twilight tee time specials as low as $25. They’ve even embraced the use of technology on the golf course, outfitting their fleet of golf carts with GPS tablets. They offer all of that, and in addition, provide the Jersey Shore with one of the premier special events venues and catering services. “We’ve always been known in the Fraser family not only for excellence on the golf end, but in the food and beverage end, too,” said Doug Fraser. “People have been saying it for years. And that goes back to my father. I would say unequivocally that there has never been anybody that knew more about the golf business than Leo Fraser. He was a caddie. He was a great player. He built golf courses. And we learned how to do all of that from him.” With two covered patio areas, the Fraser Room that is able to accommodate up to 200 and the classic country club-style Grill Room, Mays Landing lends itself to hosting a wide array of events of all sizes. With four sets of tees as well as a short course and family course for juniors and beginners, the golf course caters to all as well. A first-time visitor to Mays Landing gets a sense of what’s to come from the opening hole, a 330-yard, dogleg-left par 4 that provides plenty of options after being Summer 2014 | tri-state golfer
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converted from a par 5 with the addition of the practice range (work performed by yet another Fraser, Jim’s son, Casey). Big hitters may be tempted to blast a driver over a bunker guarding the dogleg at the first, but most players will take a lesser club, aim for the right-center of the fairway and have a wedge into a pushed-up green that’s guarded by a bunker on the left. With water fronting the green, the 331-yard par-4 fourth makes players ponder their plan of attack as well, rewarding those who hit driver with a little pitch to set up a potential birdie while presenting a forced carry over the hazard with a short iron for those who dial back. Although the sixth is a straightaway par 4, it’s ranked as the No.1 stroke mainly due to its demanding second shot, typically a long iron into a small green guarded on the left by a bunker and on the right by a water hazard. The front nine finishes with a 360-yard dogleg-left par 4 that, as is often the case at
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Mays Landing, requires accuracy both off the tee, where waste areas sit off the fairway on either side, and on the approach, as bunkers sit left, right, and behind the putting surface. Although it’s just 310 yards, the par-4 10th packs a heavy punch thanks to deep bunkers both off the fairway and around the green, which are eager to gobble up wayward shots. The 341-yard par-4 14th is another enjoyable, bite off as much as you can chew dogleg featuring a tee shot over a waste area to a directional flag that leaves a short approach in. It’s the start of a splendid stretch to close the round at Mays Landing, one that continues with a devilishly demanding par-3 at the 15th that, with a significant false front and bunkers and water dotting the perimeter, make missing the green a punishing mistake. The 16th is a picturesque 373-yard par 4 with a pair of water hazards slicing across the fairway. The first isn’t a bother, but the
second, perfectly planted about 220 yards from the tee and hidden from view, makes both choosing the right club and then executing the shot musts. Both the 17th (par 5, 541 yards) and the 18th (par 4, 412 yards) are quintessential South Jersey golf holes featuring doglegs framed on either side by towering pines and sprinkled with waste areas. They cap a solid test of golf, especially at 6,624 yards from the blue tees, that’s balanced by the fun factor Leo Fraser must have known would keep golfers returning time and again. To book a tee time, inquire about bringing your special event to Mays Landing Golf & Country Club, or for more information, visit MAYSLANDINGGOLF.COM or call 609.641.4411 Research for this story courtesy of kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com
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James Braunsberg captures Publinks Championship
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ames Braunsberg knew he would have to play his best golf if he was come out on top vs. the deep field at Jeffersonville GC in the PPGA Publinks championship. Braunsberg’s only blemish of the day came on the short 135yard, par-3, fourth. After that, Braunsberg, of Blue Bell CC, settled into the round and posted three birdies for a 2-under par total of 68. James Braunsberg Braunsberg adds this win to an already memorable season in which he advanced to US Open sectional qualifying by surviving a four for three playoff in local qualifying at Hidden Creek GC. The trio tied for second, two shots back, was Mike Carr, Michael Casella and Jim Gillespie. Carr, who captured the inaugural Spring Scramble at Kimberton GC to kick off the 2014 PPGA season, was the clubhouse leader for most of the day, after starting in the 8:30 group. Carr bogied the first hole, then posted eight straight pars to turn in 1-over par. Carr would get to red figures for the round after consecutive birdies to open the back nine. Carr found trouble on the difficult 216-yard par-3, fifteenth hole and posted a double bogey. Carr would birdie the par-5 eighteenth hole finish at level par for the day. Mike Casella, playing in his first PPGA event, started slowly with bogies on his first two holes. Casella would get both dropped shots back on the sixth hole after his 90 yard wedge shot found the bottom of the hole for an eagle three. Casella would post birdies on holes nine and eleven and looked like he would be the player to beat on this day. But consecutive bogies on holes fifteen, sixteen and seventeen would derail his chances. Like Carr, Casella would close with a birdie on eighteen to post even par. Jim Gillespie also looked like he would have a great chance at his first Publinks championship, reaching 2-under for the round after birdies at the dogleg left par-4, first and the par-3 fourth. After a bogey at the downhill, par-3, eighth, Gillespie would again reach 2-under par after a birdie to open his back nine. Gillespie would post consecutive bogies on holes fifteen and sixteen and close with two pars to finish two shots behind Braunsberg. In the three-way for fifth, three shots back, were two-time PPGA player of the year, Mike Brown, Mark Czerniakowski and Paul Bickford. Defending champion Greg, O’Connor, Huntingdon Valley CC, finished T-16 with a round of 76. Yardley CC’s Terry Law prevailed in a one hole playoff with Frank Treml to win the super-senior division and also best the entire field of senior participants. Law drained a 15-foot par putt on the first playoff hole while Treml’s par bid narrowly missed, giving Law the championship. Treml, starting in the fourth group of the day, was the clubhouse leader for just about all of the afternoon after posting a 2-over par round of 72. Treml birdied the first hole but scattered three bogies on the rest of the front nine to turn in 2-over par. Treml would post one birdie and one bogey for an even-par score of thirty-five on the back nine.
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Law played consistent golf most of the day posting one birdie and one bogey through twelve holes. After three bogies on the next five holes, Law knew he would need a birdie on the last to catch Treml and force extra holes. Law was able to convert the clutch birdie setting up his playoff victory. Finishing in a tie for third at 75 in the super-senior division (players 60 years of age and up) were Mike Harms and Jim Prendergast. Like Law, defending PPGA Publinks Championship Senior champion, Ken Mangin would also need a playoff to again capture the senior division for players 50-59 years old. Mangin bested Joe Herner and Chris Hunger with a par on the first playoff. The trio all finished their rounds at 3-over par, 73. Mike Owsik finished solo fourth one shot out of the playoff. In the net division, Terry Law bested a field of twenty four contestants to complete the senior/net sweep. Mike Casella, Golden Oaks GC finished 2nd and Vito Caracappa from GC @ Glen Mills rounded out the top three.
Shields and Kimbley capture 47th Philadelphia Better-Ball Championship
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he 47th Annual Philadelphia Better Ball Championship was held at Cobbs Creek GB Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8th. The tournament was won by Dave Shields of Jeffersonville GC and Dave Kimbley of Twin Ponds GC. The winning pair posted a one over par 72 in their championship qualifying round, tied for fifth place. They defeated Jack Scholz and Kurt McClellan in the first round on Saturday morning, then Nick Madden and Jerry Crane in the afternoon. Sunday morning they defeated Ansley Jessup and Luis Diaz in a 26 hole marathon to reach the finals. Their opponents, Mike Carr and Jamie Shaffer, reached the finals by defeating Andrew Derbyshire and Joe Tiberi, Al and Greg Jarmas and co-medalists John and Scott McNeil 1 up in the semi-final match. In the final, Shields and Kimbley defeated Carr and Schaffer 4 and 3, completing 41 holes of match play in one day for the winners. In the senior championship, a 36 hole medal play event, Mike Owsik and Rick Wineberg used rounds of 70-75, 145 to edge Mike Harms-Paul Cornely and Bill Erskine-Mike Dutill by one stroke. Bob Zecca and Skip Miller took 19 holes to defeat Walt Humphries and Bob Kowalski in the first flight. The low round of the tournament, a six under par 65, was recorded on Sunday by Mark Czerniakowski and Anthony Saltarelli to win the medal play flight. Complete results can be found on the PPGA website, PHILLYPUBLINKS.COM
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ne of the most underrated aspects of playing golf at a high level and having a good swing is the grip. And that begs the following question: Is your grip pressure helping you play your best golf or is it hurting your game? If your grip pressure is too tight not only will it cost you distance but it will add tension to your swing, which also will make it more difficult to keep your shots online.
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The next time you play or practice try this little exercise to help you get a better grip on your game. Set up to the ball as you normally would and just before you start your backswing take a deep breath and then blow all the air in your body out of your mouth. When you do this you will feel your muscles start to relax and the tension in your grip will go right out of your fingers. Now go ahead and make your swing and see how much more free your motion feels. Doing this will help you gain speed and control without trying to steer your shots. You will be tension free and in turn gain more control then ever.
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Replace Those Bellies & Broomsticks By Ed Travis, Contributing Writer
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couple of years ago, in response to a column I did on the possibility the USGA would ban anchored putting strokes, a reader sent an email which in part read, “The only way they’ll get me to give up my belly putter will be to pry it from my cold dead hands.” I haven’t inquired recently as to the state of his health but with the ban taking effect in January 2016 a number of questions are raised. If he is one of the roughly 15 percent of golfers who maintain a USGA handicap and he wants to continue posting scores he can’t use rounds putting with an anchored stroke belly putter…and the same is true of course if he employed an anchored stroke with a broomstick length putter. So, what can he do? Well, my reader with the penchant for overstatement (I hope) and all other golfers should check out the flatsticks that go at least part way to providing the same stability long putters do, albeit non-anchored, namely counterbalanced putters. Counterbalanced or extra weighted putters have been around for a long while but are taking on a new life for those unable to putt effectively with conventional length putters and who are looking to achieve the stability of an anchored stroke. Long putters such as bellies and broomsticks, have an advantage (the USGA decided an unfair advantage) in providing added stability
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by anchoring the butt of the grip against the chest or abdomen. Plus at least to some degree, since they have heavier heads there is less twisting at impact because of a higher MOI (moment of inertia) than regular length putters. Anchored putting strokes use three points of contact with the body (the two hands and wherever the putter butt end is anchored) rather than two and therefore the USGA ruled it wasn’t allowed…but that’s another discussion. Counterbalanced putters, considered a fad by some experts, have a weighted plug inserted in the shaft under the end of the grip and two to four inches added to the shaft length. Since the putter is longer, when gripped normally the end extends beyond the hands and a smooth stable stroke can be made using the large muscles of the shoulder and upper arms and — most importantly — without having any wrist cocking and uncocking. There is a down side though. Many users say they have distance control issues that require additional practice to resolve but that may be a good tradeoff for anyone struggling with their putting. The benefits of the higher MOI inherent in counterbalanced models are also
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nothing particularly new. Jack Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters using the MacGregor Response ZT 615 made for him by master club craftsman Clay Long. It had an extremely large clubhead and for the time a very high MOI, hence the ZT, as in “Zero Twisting.” Nicklaus’ win with the Response set off a frenzy of excitement and rather than the 6,000 originally forecast MacGregor sold 350,000. The Response however wasn’t counterbalanced and winning a major with a high MOI counterbalanced model was left to Justin Rose when he took the 2013 U.S.
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Open with a TaylorMade Spider Blade. So if you are looking to replace your faithful broomstick or belly putter or just for something to solve at least some of your putting woes here are four models we have tried and believe worth investigating. The 28 models in Boccieri Golf ’s Extended Length EL series are counterbalance versions of putters in their Heavy and Medium weight lines. Boccieri has been using counterbalancing in putters for more than ten years and the current ELs run the gamut from mallets to semi-mal-
lets to blades, all with the extra length shaft (up to 40 inches standard) and a 17 inch grip. Callaway Golf ’s putter brand Odyssey is into counterbalancing in a big way with the Tank and Tank Cruiser models plus there are variations of the familiar Versa and Two-Ball models. The Cruiser comes with weight plugs of 10-grams, 15-grams and 20-grams, allowing the user to change the putter head weight from 365 grams to 385 grams. The counterbalance weight in the end of the handle may also be changed with either of the 5-gram, 15-gram or 30-gram weights that screw into the butt end of the grip. The Ghost Spider Si is TaylorMade Golf ’s successor to last year’s popular Daddy Long Legs and Spider Blade models. The Ghost Spider Si has a very high MOI or resistance to twisting so head stability is excellent should the impact be slightly off the
sweet spot. Many like the unusual head design saying it is easier to line up. The large mallet headed Futura X Dual Balance from Titleist’s Scotty Cameron brand has what some would call extreme perimeter weighting for twisting resistance and stability and has a 50-gram counterbalance weight in the standard length 38 inch handle. TSG
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he Ridge At Back Brook in Ringoes, NJ was the venue for the 2014 season-opening tournament of the Philly Metro & Metro NY GOLFWEEK Amateur Tours. Tour members competed on the Tom Fazio designed tournament course at this exclusive private club for trophies in 5 flights. The course was a tremendous challenge for the sold-out field of 88 players. Head Golf Professional Clint Deibert and his staff made certain that their championship golf course was in immaculate condition for our event. Adam Larkin (37-41, 78) of the Metro NY Tour took home the trophy in the Championship Flight. Adam was tied after 18 holes with Jules Quinones (40-38, 78) of the Philly Metro Tour and Mark Macejko (39-39, 78) of the Triad Tour. Larkin birdied the first hole of the playoff to take the title. Gwinyai Murahwa (38-41, 79) of the Philly Metro Tour and Wes Samons (37-42, 79) of the Metro NY Tour were one-shot back and missed the playoff. Kyle Mazza (37-37, 74) of the Philly Metro Tour was the runaway winner in A Flight, posting a seven-shot victory over John McCandless (41-40, 81). Kyle’s round included birdies on the Par 5 5th hole and the par 3 17th hole. Darren
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Parkes (42-40, 82) and George Reby (4141, 82) of Philly Metro and Kevin O’Hea (40-42, 82) of Metro NY were all one-shot back; Parkes took 3rd place on a match of cards. The B Flight tournament was a heated competition decided by one stroke. Derek Stevenson (44-39, 83) of the Metro NY Tour took home the trophy. Stevenson’s back-nine 39 included a birdie on the Par 3 12th hole. Kevin Martyn (46-38, 84) of Philly Metro had 4 birdies in his round; he was one shot back and took 2nd place on a match of cards over Ron Fortino (4440, 84) and Joe Volpe (43-41, 84) of Philly Metro. Fortino took 3rd place. There was a heated battle between cart-mates in C Flight. Brian Falker (4144, 85) of Philly Metro took the title by one-stroke over playing companion Michael Marchionda (45-41, 86), also from the Philly Metro Tour. Chris Moore (4741, 88) from Philly Metro took 3rd place. The D Flight champion was Michael Boutross (46-49, 95) from the Philly Metro tour; Michael won in a playoff against Michael Murphy (48-47, 95) of Philly Metro, who took 2nd place. We proudly welcomed a former GWAT Tournament Champion, Mark Macejko of the Triad Tour, to the event. Thanks also to Beasley Reece of CBS-3 TV in Phila-
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