Golf Trip Planning

I have started to do some golf trip planning for buddy trips. It just kinda happened, but I think this is going to be another service Swing Reminders can provide for local Southern Arizona golfers. We have picked out 3 different locations for golfers to choose from; Casa Grande, AZ; Las Cruces, NM; and Mesa, AZ. Each of thses locations has multiple golf courses you can choose from, depending on your budget. Plus, we are trying to keep folks from having to drive more than 4 or 5 hours.

Back in January, we took 7 guys to Las Cruces, NM. We played New Mexico State Golf Course & Sanoma Ranch. Two really good courses, and the hotel was great. It had a small restaurant and bar. We got free breakfast and drink coupons. It was just what we needed.

In April, we will be taking 12 -16 golfers to Casa Grande, AZ. We will be playing two rounds at Southern Dunes Golf Club and one round at Francisco Grande Golf Course (pictured).

Sometime this summer, we will take the Mesa, AZ trip, probably when it's about 110 degrees in Phoenix. Oh well, you can't have perfect weather all the time.

If you are interested in planning a golf outing to one of these locations, or another one, just drop us a line at info@swingreminders.com. Have a great golf weekend.

Weekly Swing Reminder

Play Within Yourself

Don’t try and do things you have not practiced.
Play your own game. I see golfers all the time
try to hit a flop shot like the Pro’s on TV.
First of all, it is a hard shot, and you’ve
never practiced it, so do you really think you
can pull it off? The percentages are against you,
play the shot you know you can hit. Play the
percentages, the shots you have practiced.
You will play better golf and shoot lower scores.

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Sandbaggers !!

I know this is going to be a sore subject for most of you, but it has to be put out there. What kills me is that day after day, we keep talking about it.

The Urban Dictionary defines a sandbagger as : a person who pads a handicap or acts as if he/she is at a lower skill level than he/she actually is so he/she can achieve better during competition that's handicapped or by skill level.

I just took over my Men's Club Tournament Director position. It only took one tournament for me to start hearing about the "Sandbaggers". You know, the guy who play 5 days a week, has a 21 handicap and shoots net 62 in tournaments. Or the guy that carries a 5 handicap and shoots rounds of 68 during the week, but never puts his scores in the computer. Or even the idiot that claims he is a 3 handicap, and couldn't break 80 if his life depended on it.

What to do? We can't take them out behind the cart barn and shoot em. We make a big deal about it when giving out the prizes at tournaments, but they just don't seem to be bothered.
I think it just comes down to an issue of integrity and honesty. They have none. They only care about winning, at all costs, even if everybody wants to ring their necks.

I don't understand it, but I never have. A long time ago I was the Handicap Chairman for a Men's Club. Way before we had GHIN or computers to load handicaps. We had a sign in sheet in the pro shop, if you were a member, you signed in before playing. The pro printed out a huge computer print out of everyone's handicaps on a dot matrix printer once a month. After you played, you wrote your score on the print out. Once a week, I would go to the pro shop and take the sign in sheets from the week, and compare them to what was listed on the print out. If you signed in to play golf, but failed to post your score on the print out, you got a 72 posted. At first, it was like being a wanted man. I had to be careful around the clubhouse, you never knew when a shanked 9 iron might be headed your way. But, after a couple of months of whining, they got it. They made sure to post their scores, no problem. Of course, they still sandbagged, but they knew someone was watching them.

What happens at your course? What's the best way to take care of this annoying issue? Does anybody really care?

Competitive Golf Association Contest

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