GOLF

2019

GUIDE

Course
Etiquette
Add 20 yards
to your drive

PLUS: Tips from

the Courses
 INside:
02 | Caberfae Peaks
02 | Tips on
Course Etiquette
03 | Emerald Vale
04 | Missaukee Golf Club
05 | TIP: 5 tips for beginners
06 | Clear Lake Golf Club
06 | Add 20 yards
to your Drive
07 | Tustin Trails
08 | Eldorado
09 | TIP: Practice Putting Drills
10 | Manistee National
Golf & Resort
10 | Choose an instructor
11 | Antioch Hills Golf
12 | Evergreen Resort
13 | TIP: How to
Drive the Golf Ball
14 | Crystal Mountain Resort
15 | TIP: On Course
to a Lower Score
16 | Lakewood on the Green
Tips on Course
Etiquette
Golf is a unique game that
plays by its own set of rules
and etiquette standards.
The Professional Golfers’
Association of America
offers tips for new golfers.
Avoid Slow Play
The PGA offers these tips to make sure your
group doesn’t fall behind the players in front of
you:
• Walk at a reasonable speed between shots.
• Begin planning your next shot as you approach
the ball.
• When you reach your ball, check the lie, select
your club, visualize your swing and play the
shot; this should take no more than 45 seconds.
• If you aren’t ready to play when it is your turn,
encourage one of your fellow players to play.

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 Maintain
Course Integrity
You should treat the golf course like your
own yard. Here are some recommendations
from the PGA on how to do this:
• Always replace your divots, which are
caused by the ball disrupting the turf on
impact. You can use the toe of your shoe
to kick in the turf around the edges of the
divot or fill the divot with the soil and
seed mixture provided by the course.
• Bring a rake into the bunker with you and
cover up your footprints and ball mark
when you complete your shot.
• If you lay down the flagstick, lay it off the
green to prevent doing any damage to the
green.
• Never run on the course, and avoid driv-
ing your cart too fast. These actions
can damage the turf and leave unsightly
marks on the course.
Player Respect
One of the most important aspects of
golf is good sportsmanship. Follow these
recommendations to make sure you’re
playing with respect:
• Avoid stepping on your fellow players’
putting lines, which can disturb the green
and affect the shot.
• Do not stand where you might distract
a fellow player, and don’t move during
his shot.
• Never make any noise when your fel-
low player is preparing to putt.
• While others are putting, hold the
flagstick at arm’s length so the flag
doesn’t flutter in the breeze, and make
sure your shadow doesn’t fall across
the hole or line.

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 golf TIP
My 5 Best Tips
for Playing Great Golf
By Brian Davis, PGA Professional at Missaukee Golf Club
You can play your best golf ever in
2019 by using my tips to improve your
golf game.
It’s not that hard , maybe a couple
changes and some routines and you
could see improvement quickly.
• Warm-up before your play – an ef-
fective 15 minute warm-up before
you tee it up can really set the tone
to a good round of golf. Tour Pro’s
warm-up for an hour or more before
they play but that’s unreasonable. In
15 minutes you can stretch, take 15
good quality full swings, do some
practice chipping, and hit some prac-
tice putts to get a feel for the speed of
the greens. I like to use only one ball
and zig-zag around the practice green
to warm-up my putting.
• Practice the same swing – YOUR
swing doesn’t have to be perfect to
play your BEST golf. Learn what
makes YOUR swing work best and
try to repeat it every time. The bet-
ter you know YOUR swing, the more
you can make adjustments when
you’re playing. If you don’t know
your swing very well, take a lesson
from a PGA Professional and save
yourself time and frustration.
• Use your Best Attitude – bring your
best attitude to the course. Don’t
let your attitude be a result of how
you’re playing. You can control your
attitude, but you can’t always con-
trol the results you’re getting. Keep
your self-talk positive and optimistic.
“This might be the best golf shot I’ve
ever hit.” “I might make this putt.”
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Develop a selective memory and save
the good ones and delete the bad ones.
There can’t be a happy ending to an
unhappy journey.
• Use a Pre-Shot Routine – doing the
same routine before each shot even
sounds like it will breed consistency.
First, get good information (target se-
lection, distance to target, conditions
affecting the shot, risk/reward). Sec-
ond, select the right club to hit the de-
sired shot. Third, focus and visualize
hitting a successful shot to the target.
Finally, address the ball confidently
and execute a good swing. Learning
to control your thoughts is maybe the
most difficult challenge to reaching
your potential.
• Equipment – newer equipment is
much better than equipment that is
only 5-10 years old. Again, ask your
local PGA Professional for advice on
your equipment. So many options
and having good and properly-fit
equipment is critical to playing your
best golf.
The Golf Center in Traverse City has
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Playing your best golf each time
doesn’t mean that you’ll shoot great
scores each time. Try your best, be sat-
isfied with your effort, and accept your
results as the best you could do. Most of
all, enjoy the great game of golf.
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 Add 20 Yards
to Your Drive
While most golfers know that the real way
to knock off a few strokes from their scores
involves sharpening their putting skills,
there is just something about the long ball.
There are a few simple adjustments long drive, you’ve probably received
you can make to your swing to improve conflicting information. Every golfer is
the overall distance of your drive. different, which means there are mul-
Just remember that practice makes per- tiple ways to attack the golf ball. What
fect. If you’re having trouble consistently works for a professional golfer may not
hitting the ball farther, what’s the point of work for the weekend warrior at the lo-
adding a few extra yards? The key to im- cal country club, and vice versa.
proving your long game is finding a reli- Finding what works for you may in-
able stroke that leads to straight, strong volve talking to your local golf profes-
drives down the fairway. sional or simply taking a few extra swings
from the driving range. Increasing your
Stay Patient drive will take commitment and, most of
all, patience as you work through various
If you’ve combed through golf maga-
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 Where to
Hit the Ball
Where you hit the ball in relation to the
club face of your drive can have a huge
impact on distance. If you’re looking to
hit longer drives, strike the ball between
the center and the top of the club face.
This is the sweet spot that leads to maxi-
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Not sure if you’re hitting the right lo-
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are coming into contact. This will tell
you if you need to adjust your swing.
It’s All About
the Angle
Increase the launch angle of your
swing to really watch your ball fly. Just
a 5-degree increase in the angle can lead
to big gains. The easiest way to adjust the
angle of your swing is to move the ball a
few inches forward in your stance. This
allows you to keep your stroke the same.
You should also focus on hitting the ball
with the head of your driver slightly on the
upswing. Striking it at the bottom of your
swing arc can lead to a reduction in swing
power. Ask a friend to watch you or set up
your smart phone to record your swing.
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 golf TIP
Practice
Putting Drills
Don Smith, Eldorado – Director Of Golf
I think any golfer will admit that
the most frustrating part of the game
is putting. There’s nothing worse
than hitting that perfect golf shot in
close, only to watch a poorly struck
putt roll past the hole. It shouldn’t
be that tough, really. Simply stated,
all you need to do to produce a
successful putt is to: a) roll the ball on
the correct path, and b) do so at the
correct speed. So why is it so hard,
you ask? You want the truth? You
can’t handle the truth. It’s because
we never practice our putting! My
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practice putting drills that will help
you reach your putting goals, while
making your practice time more
productive, and more importantly,
more fun!
First, let’s get that ball rolling on
the correct path. I want you to start
out about 3 feet from the hole and set
up with your putter behind the ball.
Now I want you to simply push the
ball toward the hole with your putter
without using a backswing. It will
seem awkward at first, but you will
get instant feedback on whether or
not the face of your putter is staying
square to the hole through impact.
The longer we can keep the face of
your putter square to the hole
through impact, the better chance we
have of getting that ball to travel on
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its intended line. I also like this drill
because it makes you think about
what the face of your putter is doing
after impact, where too many people
think their work is done once they’ve
made contact. The longer we can
keep the face of that putter square to
our target, the better chance we have
getting that ball rolling on the proper
line.
Next let’s talk about getting the
ball rolling at the correct speed. A
good drill that I like to help me get
the feel for speed us to set up five or
six balls 3 feet apart, starting near the
hole and working backwards on the
same line. Once you have the balls
set up in a line out to 20 feet or so,
start by putting the closest one first
and working your way back. You’ll
be able to focus most of your
attention on speed since each putt
should have a similar line. I like this
drill too because after you make the
first couple, the pressure mounts as
you work your way back from the
hole.
So remember the next time you
need to work on your putting, to not
think of it as work, and before you
know it you’ll have the confidence
and skills to start making more putts,
and make your playing partners
wonder how you do it. Don’t tell
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 Choosing a
Golf Instructor
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 golf TIP
Tips on how to
Drive the Golf Ball
By Kyle Ryder, Evergreeen Resort Golf Course
Getting off the tee is going to
determine how you play a hole. You
put it in the trees, your looking to get
a par or bogey. You put it in the
fairway, and now we’re looking at
birdie or par. Driving the ball can be
one of the most frustrating things you
do in golf, but it can also be one of the
most rewarding things you can do in
golf. A lousy shot can put you in the
wrong state of mind for the rest of the
hole. So here are some tips on how to
drive the golf ball, so that hopefully
your rounds will stay mostly happy.
Choke down on the grip just a little
bit. Maybe an inch or 2. Narrow
your stance, so your feet are only
slightly wider than your shoulders.
Tee the ball a little lower and farther
back, maybe a few inches inside your
left foot. This action levels your
shoulders more and will help you feel
centered over the ball. Check to make
sure that the shaft is straight up and
down. At the top, you want most of
your weight shifted to the right side
(for right-handers) left side (for left-
handers), maybe 70 or 80 percent.
With the shoulder turn you make,
now your head has moved significantly
behind the ball. When you come
through the ball, make sure you are
transferring all that weight back
through the ball. Meaning your head
must come back, your shoulders must
rotate, and your hips must rotate as
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well. Getting one of those ahead or
left behind will result in a hook or a
slice. Finish your swing. Follow
through back to the top position.
If you’re looking to get a little more
distance on the ball, then a few things
are going to change. Tee the ball high
and move it up in your stance, just off
your left toe. A forward ball position
naturally makes your body fall into a
power setup. That means your head is
well behind the ball, further than with
a normal swing. Naturally, the shaft
will be leaning back, and you will
want to keep your right shoulder low.
Keeping equal weight on both feet is,
so you don’t put too much forward
or too much back. Shoulder length
apart stance is not going to cut it.
You need a much wider stance to
keep your stability. Your torso needs
to feel loose, relaxed and prepared to
hit the ball with an upward strike.
Same as before though, as we come
through with our swing, everything
needs to shift with it. The head must
come back, the shoulders must rotate,
and the hips must rotate as well.
Remember to always stay positive
and in the right state of mind. Getting
frustrated with your tee shots and
carrying that to your next shot will
only make it worse. Bad tee shots
and bad shots, in general, are going to
happen. Just remember always to
have fun when you play golf!
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 golf TIP
On Course
to a Lower Score
By Brian Lawson, Crystal Mountain
A sound, technical swing is crafted
on the practice range but if you want
to shave strokes off your scorecard,
eventually the lesson needs to
continue on the golf course.
“The whole point of taking a
lesson is to lower your score and the
only way to effectively do that is by
applying what you’ve learned on the
range to actual golf situations.” said
Ed Laprade, Crystal Mountain
director of instruction.
At its core, a playing lesson at from
a PGA Golf Pro is one in situational
awareness tailored to each player’s
goals and experience focusing on:
THE BIG PICTURE
“Your score is often determined
just as much by how you manage the
course as how you swing the club,”
said Laprade. Golf is a game of
variables. The wind, firmness of the
fairways and greens, elevation and
even the time of day can all play a
factor. Building a strategy at the start
of each hole and amending that
strategy with every shot is where a
playing lesson can have a major
impact on your game.
CLUB SELECTION
The question is not how Tiger or
your buddy would play the hole.
How should you play it? Are you
better from 100 yards or 150? Should
you let it rip or lay up? Understanding
which clubs are the best in your bag
and precisely how far and accurate
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you hit them is key to a better
scorecard. There’s no better place to
learn than a golf course and no better
way than with the guidance of a pro.
ROUTINE
Ask just about any golfer and the
end goal is to hit a good shot and be
able to repeat it. Much easier said
than done but it starts with a routine.
That process can be subtly different
with a driver, iron, wedge or putter
but there should be consistency in
each. A playing lesson offers the time
to develop that process.
ALIGNMENT
One important aspect of the
routine is making sure you are
pointed in the right direction which
is where many players get off-course,
both literally and figuratively.
Whether it’s off the tee or out of the
rough, a PGA instructor can not
only help you better line up a shot
but offer advice on how to adjust
alignment based on how you’re
swinging that day.
“The golf course is not the place to
tweak your swing, that should be left
for the range,” said Crystal Mountain
Head PGA Professional, Greg
Babinec. “There will be rounds when
I’m hitting it right or left and I’ll
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