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DEREK BARRON's 1St OREGON OPEN JULY 2014 ForeWordE-Magazine of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA Press DEREK BARRON’S WILD FINAL ROUND & 1st OREGON OPEN INVITATIONAL WIN! CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S REPORT Marcus King CEO’S REPORT Jeff Ellison UPCOMING EVENTS Northwest Open, Assistant Championship, PPC, Senior PPC 88TH OREGON OPEN INVITATIONAL Josh Thuet PNW JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Molly Cooper HOLK’S HIGHLIGHTS Don Smith CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OI CH CE ’S AW Greg Morris R E A Y R A D L S P WINNER EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 2013 Carol Pence APPLYING “WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER” Monte Koch FACTA FEARS Blake Parrish 2 PRESIDENT’S REPORT by Marcus King, PGA, CCM, CCE Lessons Learned from Special Olympics I’ve learned a lot of life lessons it up as a crowning achievement in golf instruction, but Lesson 4: What really matters is what really matters. over the course of my 51 it works and gets the most important points of the golf I am always humbled when I am around Special Olympics years, 24 of them in the PGA. swing across, and better yet, it doesn’t make a golfer golf athletes. Not to paint with a broad brush, but Most all have been the good worse or induce injury. How simple is your instruction? Special Olympics golfers tend to make every moment kind of lesson where you feel matter, so much so that even a moment of mastery better about having improved Lesson 2: Tailor your approach. Having attended six PGA dressed as a single airborne golf ball brings immense yourself, or patched up a Teaching and Coaching summits, I’m always befuddled and immeasurable pleasure. In a natural state of grace, relatively modest shortcoming, by the “method” teachers. I’ve never understood they tend to focus on the task at hand, making that one as opposed to the “hitting cramming a square golfer into a round hole, so to speak. moment really matter. It is an enviable place to be and rock bottom” or “learn or else” In Special Olympics, each athlete brings a refreshingly I often reflect on how I lose the feel for the pea layered sort of lessons that smack unique set of skills and abilities to the table, and being under all those mattresses of life’s daily stressors. What you down like a Democrat able to assess those skills and abilities and then show really matters to you in your life and career? in Congress, or even like my dear friend and PGA progress over the course of 10 weeks is a real feat. I’ve Professional Rick Larson’s putting stroke. I have learned found that tailoring my approach—both in Special Lesson 5: “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave some of my best lessons through my involvement with Olympics and here at Overlake—takes more time, in the attempt.” The Special Olympics Athlete Oath was Special Olympics golf. I have been coaching Special energy, and commitment, but it truly pays off. Life is first introduced by Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the inaugural Olympics golf since 1995 and every year I learn some too short not to give someone the real attention they Special Olympics in Chicago in 1968 and is what opens new lessons. I just returned from coaching Team deserve, even with something as trivial as the golf swing. every single Special Olympics competition. It reminds the Washington at the USA National Games in Princeton, Do you tailor your approach when you teach golf or athletes that while it’s great to win, it’s also great to enjoy New Jersey, and I assure you that the east coast crucible interact with your team at your facility? the journey along the way and to be courageous in their was no exception. athletic endeavors. As PGA Professionals, we have all won Lesson 3: A team is only as strong as its weakest link. some sort of golf competition at one time or another, or at Do any of these sound familiar? I have attended Special Olympics golf competitions in least a skin or a Nassau, and it is not only the winning that Lesson 1: Keep it simple. I used to love displaying my China, Nebraska and New Jersey, and it is astonishing to brings us back to the game each day, but the pursuit of knowledge of the golf swing to my students, much like me how shockingly little some of our PGA Professional winning. What keeps your fires stoked? a peacock displays his feathers for mating. Spewing ball brothers and sisters are able to apply the Rules of Golf, flight laws and swing planes and change of direction and it leaves us all with a black eye. As an association of Our role in the community as PGA Professionals gives and shaft angles made me feel cool and knowledgeable professionals, our chain is only as good as our weakest us a unique opportunity to learn some lessons and until I realized that my students were looking at me like link, and the Rules of Golf seem to be one of those areas to teach some lessons. We are well-respected for our I look at a biochemistry text. I have learned over the that exposes our soft, collective underbelly in terms of professionalism and for our relative mastery of an years—and re-learned recently—that phrase that some being the leaders of the game. As I come to the end of unmastered game, and there are many who would love to wise golf professional once uttered: “Understand the golf my term serving you as your President, if there is one walk a mile in our FootJoys. Take a moment to reflect on swing in its complexity to teach it in its simplicity.” In a thought I could leave you with it would be: attend a your lessons learned and on your lessons taught, and see recent coaching certification session, I managed to boil PGA/USGA Rules of Golf Workshop and take the exam! if your intention needs some attention. After all, not all of down all of the golf swing fundamentals into a “keep it Don’t be “that pro” who makes a crappy ruling and our lessons deal with an open clubface or weight hanging simple cheat sheet” of items that a civilian golf teacher makes us all look bad. How well do you know the Rules on the back foot…except the ones that cost me front, can use to improve their Special Olympics golf athletes’ of Golf? Visit usga.org and find out by taking the online back and 18 money! Enjoy the summer’s journey! golf game. It’s not pretty, and I wouldn’t want to hold rules quizzes. – Marcus King 3 CEO’S REPORT by Jeff Ellison, PGA CEO Halfway. Nothing brought Please mark your calendar or better yet, enter today. for the great weather, great golf and great beaches. The this home more than playing July marks two of our biggest events. First, the Rosauers date is a little later than previous years as we go January 9 holes at Anchorage Golf Open Invitational in Spokane. Now in it’s 27th year, The 29 – February 5. That’s right, you’ll be sitting at the Course on June 23. We teed Rosauers features our largest purse and biggest pro-am. pool side bar, watching the Super Bowl, with the waves off a little after 10:00 PM and Entries close on July 2 so enter now! Molly could use a crashing just 50 yards away! Go Hawks! The Holcomb-In- finished at MIDNIGHT. We little help with professionals in the pro-am; give her a One Las Vegas Pro-Am is set for March 8-12. We will play could have played another call if you can play. Our sponsors are responsible for our Angel Park, Tuscany and Anthem Country Club. How nine. There were even a couple good fortune, thank you for showing your support. about an emergency nine on the lighted par 3 at Angel more groups a few holes Park! Finally, time is short to commit to our Ireland behind us! Bob Baldassari, Pro-Am. Deposits are due on July 10 and we’ll have to PGA Youth Development start giving up space very soon. Call Jeff or Molly if you Director and I were in Alaska have any questions: 800-688-4653. to help PGA Professional Cody Long and his team with a Drive Chip and Putt Qualifier and host a meeting for We’ve started the process of producing the Pacific your brother professionals in the 49th state. I can tell Northwest Section PGA Merchandise Show at the you, golf is alive and well in Anchorage. Cody has his Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center. Scheduled facility clicking on all cylinders and is definitely growing for October 20-22, this is an important week on the the game Alaskan style. The kids were very excited for Section schedule. Please thank our vendors who are the opportunity to test their skills against the Drive Chip our partners in producing this Show. Our Annual and Putt format and a few have the skills to go all the Meeting and Education program will be part of this way to Augusta. Midnight Golf at Anchorage GC comprehensive week along with the Pro-Vendor Invitational at Columbia Edgewater CC. Look for details July is very busy with tournament activity here in In each issue of ForeWord Press we recognize a few soon. the Section. First, entries for the PGA Professional key sponsors. A big thanks to Mike Worden with Sun Championship at Salish Cliffs in September will close Mountain and Loudmouth Golf, Cliff Jones and Robert Thank you all for your support of your Section and on July 8.
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