Upcoming Events:
Saturday, June 22 Patriot Sales
Sunday, June 23 Coney Island
Monday, June 24 Eastern Indiana Senior
Wednesday, June 27 Ladies Invitational
Sat.-Sun June 29,30 Club Championship
Wednesday July 4th 4th of July 1bb
Saturday July 6th Fraternal/Vets Challenge
PING Van Returns to Liberty Friday, July 12th 4 to 8 pm
The PING fitting van will be traveling through Liberty on Friday evening July 12th. Come out to the course to be fit by folks who do it everyday with the latest in technological equipment. We will also be offering our best prices on equipment purchases that night only.Family Friendly Friday Nights now with Free Golf Tips
Members and their guests are encouraged to take advantage of our offerings Friday evenings after 5 pm.
- $5.00 per Cart Family Cart fee for all you can play
- $13.00 guest green fees
- A new addition to our Friday evening offerings: From 5 to 7 pm Friday evenings teaching professional Jeff Lancaster will be giving free 5 minute golf tips to members with the purchase of a bucket of range balls. Please understand this is meant to be a golf tip, not a lesson, however Jeff or John Gordon will be happy to schedule a full lesson with you.
The bargain member cart and guest green fee rates are also available after 5 pm on Sundays.
Balance Yourself For a Better Swing
A very common problem for amateur golfers and some professionals alike is the inability of the player to maintain good balance through the duration of their swing. It is a very common problem among amateurs, and one of the biggest causes of poor and inconsistent contact. Maintaining balance is a primary factor to getting the club into a good position as your arms and hands approach the golf ball.
There are many reasons a golfer can have problems with their balance. One cause is the placement of the feet. A large number of players have their feet angled at a 90 degree angle from their target. This type of placement of the feet restricts the lead hip from clearing out of the way as the hands approach the golf ball. Players with particularly poor flexibility will have more difficulty clearing the lead hip and thus the body losses its balance.
A solution to this problem is to build a stance with balance being at the forefront of your swing thought. Try changing the angle of your lead foot, by placing it on a 45 degree angle to your target.
Grand Cayman Golf (Photo credit: Fevi in Pictures)
This placement of the foot not only allows for the body to maintain its balance as the swing goes into the golf ball, but also allows for balance to be maintained right through to the finish.
As a way to practice your balance, try to imagine someone is going to take your picture after your swing.
Opening up your front foot will also help with your hip turn. If you feel that your flexibility might be restricted you can also play with this stance to help get a full turn out of your swing. This hip turn will help you achieve more distance when swinging the golf club freely.
Grand Cayman Golf (Photo credit: Fevi in Pictures)
Why is the rough brown?
Much of the rough at Liberty is composed of perennial ryegrass. When the fairways were converted to bentgrass, many of the fairways were narrowed and the rough adjacent to the fairway, previously fairway, has a high ryegrass population. As the article below explains this time of year can produce what appears to be dead grass. Actually the brown part you see is a seed head stalk that will fall off and decompose. The plant itself is healthy. The bottom photo illustrates why ryegrass may not be the best choice for your home lawn.
Perennial ryegrass seedheads: Now and Later
Perennial ryegrass seedheads are in full production now. These seedheads are tough to cut so make sure to keep your mower blades sharp. Now is a good time to sharpen your mower blades if you haven’t yet this year.
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| Close-up of a perennial ryegrass seedhead. |
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| Perennial ryegrass seedhead in a lawn. |
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| From a distance you can see the perennial ryegrass seedheads still present a month after being formed. |
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| A close-up of the above photo. |
Here is a lawn with perennial ryegrass seedheads (although not noticeable when they are green) in the spring and the same lawn photographed during last year’s summer. Notice how the ryegrass seed stalks are still visible.
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| Spring-time view of a perennial ryegrass lawn. |
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| Perennial ryegrass lawn during summer drought stress in Indiana. |
Nipper Campbell was Ouimet's mentor when he was the Golf Professional at the Country Club before moving to Dayton. He later designed the original 9 at Liberty and for whom the Nipper Campbell Club is named.
Remembering Ouimet - and Why Isn't the 2013 Open at Brookline?
The 2013 U.S. Open is the 100th anniversary of amateur Francis Ouimet's victory that stunned the golf world in 1913, when the local boy beat British legends Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff at Brookline. Ouimet grew up across the street from The Country Club, he was 20 years old, and his caddie was a 10-year-old named Eddie Lowery.
Ouimet's story is told in the book by Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played
, and in the movie of the same name starring Shia LaBeuf
.
In 1963, Brookline was the site of another U.S. Open to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ouimet's win. So in 2013, naturally, the Open returned to Brookline on the 100th anniversary. Except that it didn't, of course: the U.S. Open is at Merion this year, not Brookline. Why not?
Former USGA executive director David Fay explained in a Golf Digest article:
What became of Ouimet? He continued playing great golf, mostly at the U.S. Amateur which he won twice in the years after the 1913 U.S. Open. He also contended again at the Open, but never won it. He became a major figure in amateur golf internationally, working with the USGA, becoming the first non-Brit to captain the R&A. (His 10-year-old caddie Eddie Lowery because a wealthy businessman and major benefactor to amateur golf, and had a role in another event covered by a Mark Frost book, The Match
.)Ouimet also founded a scholarship fund, The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund. Ouimet died in 1967, but the scholarship fund is still going strong, helping "deserving young men and women who have worked at golf courses in Massachusetts obtain a college education. We provide need-based undergraduate scholarships which are renewable and can be worth up to $10,000 – $40,000 (or more) for four years. The Ouimet Fund is the largest independent scholarship fund in New England."
The Ouimet Fund has posted multiple videos on YouTube, many of them having to do with the 1913 U.S. Open. Here is a recap that includes a few scenes from the movie:
Here is another video showing a reunion among Ouimet and Lowery on the 50th anniversary:
And here's a history of the Ouimet Fund:
Ouimet's story is told in the book by Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played
, and in the movie of the same name starring Shia LaBeuf.In 1963, Brookline was the site of another U.S. Open to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ouimet's win. So in 2013, naturally, the Open returned to Brookline on the 100th anniversary. Except that it didn't, of course: the U.S. Open is at Merion this year, not Brookline. Why not?
Former USGA executive director David Fay explained in a Golf Digest article:
That's a sensitive subject. Some members of The Country Club regarded the 2013 Open as a foregone conclusion, a birthright. I like The Country Club, but I think the composite course is the most overrated of America's great courses, if that makes any sense. I love the members' course, and I think the drive up to the clubhouse is one of the most charming in the world, but I didn't--and don't--see it as a good U.S. Open site. My views were formed during the 1988 Open and the 1999 Ryder Cup. I thought there were too many weak and indifferent holes on the course and too many spectator bottlenecks.
... But now came the tough part: convincing The Country Club to consider hosting the 2013 Amateur as a fitting tribute to Ouimet, a two-time Amateur champion. It was not easy, but eventually the club agreed to invite us. We accepted, with alacrity. It will be a terrific U.S. Amateur, but there remain some hurt feelings and anger toward me. That's understandable.
What became of Ouimet? He continued playing great golf, mostly at the U.S. Amateur which he won twice in the years after the 1913 U.S. Open. He also contended again at the Open, but never won it. He became a major figure in amateur golf internationally, working with the USGA, becoming the first non-Brit to captain the R&A. (His 10-year-old caddie Eddie Lowery because a wealthy businessman and major benefactor to amateur golf, and had a role in another event covered by a Mark Frost book, The Match
.)Ouimet also founded a scholarship fund, The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund. Ouimet died in 1967, but the scholarship fund is still going strong, helping "deserving young men and women who have worked at golf courses in Massachusetts obtain a college education. We provide need-based undergraduate scholarships which are renewable and can be worth up to $10,000 – $40,000 (or more) for four years. The Ouimet Fund is the largest independent scholarship fund in New England."The Ouimet Fund has posted multiple videos on YouTube, many of them having to do with the 1913 U.S. Open. Here is a recap that includes a few scenes from the movie:
Here is another video showing a reunion among Ouimet and Lowery on the 50th anniversary:
And here's a history of the Ouimet Fund:
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