PRESORT STD June U.S. Postage PAID 2019 ISSUE The source for northwest golf news Port Townsend, WA Permit 262 Central Washington: No shortage of terrific golf The Central Washington area is loaded with championship golf courses, including places like Moses Pointe (pictured right). There are plenty of options from 18-hole courses to 9-hole tracks. For more on playing golf in and around Central Washington, please check out our special section in this month’s issue Inside Golf Newspaper.
WHAT’S NEW Prante captures Washington Open Invitational PGA Professional Shane Prante of IN NW GOLF The Home Course (DuPont, WA) won the Muckleshoot Washington Open Here are the final results from 2019 Muckle- Muckleshoot Casino Washington Open shoot Casino Washington Open held at Meridian Invitational by five strokes over PGA Pro- Valley Country Club in Kent, Wash. fessional Scott Erdmann of Oswego Lake CC (Lake Oswego, OR), 2018 Champion Shane Prante 70-65-67 = 202 $8,500.00 Pepsi Northwest Women’s PGA Professional Ryan Benzel of Sahalee Ryan Benzel 66-69-72 = 207 $4,216.67 CC (Sammamish, WA) and PGA Profes- Scott Erdmann 64-71-72 = 207 $4,216.67 Open set for Twin Lakes Conner Robbins 70-71-72 = 207 $4,216.67 sional Connor Robbins of North Shore GC David Phay 65-71-72 = 208 $2,925.00 The 2019 Pepsi Northwest Women’s Open (Tacoma, WA). is set for June 24-26 at Twin Lakes Golf and Russell Grove 69-69-71 = 209 $2,500.00 Country Club in Federal Way. This is Prante’s fourth major win after Colin Inglis 69-71-69 = 209 $2,500.00 The event will bring together professionals previously winning three Northwest Open Darren Black 73-72-65 = 210 $2,041.67 and amateurs for a one-day Pro-Am and two days Invitational’s in 2013, 2017 and 2018. Jeff Coston 68-70-72 = 210 $2,041.67 of tournament play. Some of the top amateurs Jeff Coston and Chuck Congdon hold the Tony Robydek 69-71-70 = 210 $2,041.67 and club professionals are expected to take part. record for the most wins with five Washing- Austin Hurt 70-71-70 = 211 $1,782.50 Players come from around the world to play in Greg Manley 70-74-67 = 211 $1,782.50 ton Open titles. Fred Couples is also a past this event. Shane Prante The professionals are expected to play for a winner of the Washington Open. purse of $10,000. The Pro-Am is set for Monday, June 24 with a field of 20 teams, three amateurs and one pro- fessional joining up for the 18-hole event which Bandon Dunes turns 20 years old includes lunch, dinner tee prizes and more. The two-day tournament will be stroke play. See www.northwestwomensopen.com for more information. Northwest professionals, amateurs set for majors Tournament season for the Pacific Northwest’s top professionals and amateurs is right around the corner. The Muckleshoot Washington Open kicked off the championship season with a three- day tournament at Kent’s Meridian Valley Country Club. Here is a look at the rest of the major cham- pionship schedule in the Pacific Northwest… • The Oregon Open will take place June 18- 20 at Bend’s Pronghorn Golf Club at both the Nicklaus and Fazio courses. • Rosauers Invitational will be held July 19-21 at Spokane’s Indian Canyon Golf Course. • The Northwest Open Invitational is set for Aug. 19-21 at Walla Walla’s Wine Valley. And don’t forget these pro tournaments. * Aug. 8-11: WinCo Foods Portland Open, Web.com event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near Portland. • Aug. 23-25: Boeing Classic, Champions Tour event at Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club, just east of Seattle. • Aug, 29-Sept. 1: Cambia Portland LPGA Classic, one of the longest-running LPGA events set for Columbia Edgewater in Portland. Bandon Dunes Resort turns 20 years old this year - a resort developed by Mike Keiser (upper right). Courses like Old Macdonald (above) and Bandon Trails (right) are two reasons the resort is ranked among the best in the world. The other courses at the Oregon Coast resort include Rules Quiz Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes and The Preserve. See inside for more on Bandon Dunes. A player’s ball comes to rest in a bunker. In preparing for her stroke from the bunker which of the following actions are permit- NW Golf Academy: ted? • Touching or moving loose impedi- ments. A place to get your • Digging her feet in the sand for her next stroke. game and body going • Leaning on her club/s to rest or stay balanced As you might see when you watch professional • Measuring, marking, lifting, replacing, golf on television, there are some fit men and women etc. playing on tour. There is plenty to say about that, when • Striking the sand in frustration or it comes to fitness and a swing that will add miles per anger. hour and yards to your game. Pacific Northwest Golf • Smoothing the sand in the care of the Academy in Issaquah is a place where they are working course. on getting your body and game in shape. When you Please see the answer on Page 2 of this see guys like Rory, Dustin and Brooks working out, it section of Inside Golf Newspaper. only helps their games. Here is a chance to help yours. See inside for more on Pacific NW Golf Academy. The Pacific Northwest Golf Academy crew (from left): Matt Fonner, Derek Berg, Alex Dunlop and Cory Mehl. • Page 2 • • Inside Comments • • Inside Golf - June Issue 2019 • The name might be different, but this golf course on the Oregon Coast is still a gem It all started back in 1993, when Rees Jones with Bandon Dunes Resort an hour down the was hired to create an Oregon Coastal golf 101, Florence Golf Links has always attracted course in Florence, Ore. This was long before a crowd. The course is 60 miles west of Eugene the Bandon Boom. Jones came in and crafted a and about three hours from Portland. But Reed course through the trees and dunes and when it said the base of their play comes from the town Bob Marlatt opened as Sandpines in 1993 it was called the stretching out to about 60 miles. Publisher "Best New Public Golf Course in America." The course itself always draws raves. The And now, more than 25 years later, Jones' front nine is played through a forest of pines and Steve Turcotte Oregon Coastal masterpiece is still a gem, how- lakes with the back nine become a links-style Editor-Advertising ever a few things have changed along the way. Steve layout. The 18th hole is a dramatic par-5 finishing Welcome to Florence Golf Links, the new hole with water left and the clubhouse on a bluff Kathy Marlatt Turcotte moniker for the course after the ownership group making for a terrific backdrop. Operations Manager American Pacific International Corporation took The course has been around for over 25 over in January of 2017. The new name was in this case. A recent tournament with 60 low years, but there is still plenty new at Florence Contributing Writers unveiled in May of 2018 and fits the area and handicappers went through the hole with a 5.1 Golf Links to check out. Jeff Coston, Russ Wing, the golf course just perfectly. scoring average. "The new owners wanted to tie a new name The location has always been a plus. Florence Steve Turcotte is editor of Inside Golf Newspaper. Photography: Scott Bisch in with the town of Florence," said General Man- Golf Links sits in a tourist hotbed town. And He can be reached at [email protected]. Cartoonist: Harold Bluestein ager Rick Reed. "They wanted name familiarity with the town. And we got that with the new Subscription rates: name." $17-one year and $30-two years (U.S. This is a course which has undergone owner- funds). ship changes but has always been ranked among the best in the Pacific Northwest. In fact it has Unsolicited articles and photos are wel- a 4 1/2 star rated jewel from Golf Digest and is come, however we will accept no liability always a home for PNGA championships. Last for their loss or damage, and will only year, the Boys and Girls Junior Championships return them if prior arrangements have were held at Florence Golf Links and this month been made with the publisher. the PNGA Senior Men's Amateur was held. The new ownership group has created a air Courier Address of freshness at Florence Golf Links. Along with 460 Dennis Blvd the new name, new equipment was bought to Port Townsend, WA 98368 improve a course that already was in terrific shape. The 9,000 square foot clubhouse was Mailing Address given some inside upgrades and the outside was P.O. Box 1890 given a new coat of paint. Port Townsend, WA 98368 The course has survived just fine through the years, though the nearby Oregon Dunes Phone has created a little havoc with the par-5 seventh (360) 379-4080 hole. Sand encroached on the fairway and green, making approach shots and putting difficult. The E-mail Address hole was shortened with a new green but still [email protected] plays as a par-5. Shorter doesn't mean easier Florence Golf Links in Florence, Ore. went by the name Sandpines when it opened back in 1993. www.insidegolfonline.com Inside Golf Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc. and is published on the first of each month.
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Those Cup-style competition is held on a rotating basis nine, and when Cogswell bogeyed 14 and 18, his lead measure of players’ ability between different regions of with a USGA-approved handicap are eligible for prizes was down to one. the world, remains on track for implementation starting in their respective flights, which are divided by age, Kelly, Kirkebo win WSGA Best-Ball in 2020. handicap and gender. Non-handicapped players can Ryan Kelly of Gig Harbor and Tres Kirkebo of Drive, Chip & Putt NW schedule Education has begun with events being held in play in the Gross or Just for Fun flights. The World Lakewood, Wash. teamed to win the 63rd Washington The USGA, Masters Tournament and the PGA of Singapore, South Africa, Great Britain and Ireland, Amateur website includes information about handicaps State Men’s Best-Ball; while Jim McNelis and Karl America have released the qualifying schedule for the Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Continental Europe, Canada, along with the event’s handicap committee. Smith, both of Gig Harbor, rallied in the final round to 2019-2020 Drive, Chip and Putt season. Interested the Caribbean and the USA. Registration is $575/person. The tournament fee win the 26th Washington State Senior Men’s Best-Ball. participants can register to qualify online beginning A secure resource portal, accessible via whs.com, includes 72 holes of golf on a new course each day, a In the Men’s Best-Ball, Kelly and Kirkebo teamed March 5 at drivechipandputt.com. has also been launched to provide national associations gift bag stuffed with swag totaling $300, entrance to for rounds of 69-66 over the two days, taking the title The 2020 qualifying schedule includes dates and with a library of materials that they can use to help the 19th hole party with heavy hors d’ouevres and an by a single shot over Ben Garrett of Issaquah and Erik locations for participants to play in local qualifiers support their own education efforts. open bar, random drawings and competitions. Olson of Seattle, and Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake, across the country, with the opportunity to advance While many countries will be ready to transition to Visit the website www.myrtlebeachworldamateur. Idaho and Jake Koppenberg of Bellingham. This is the and earn an invitation to next year’s National Finals the WHS early in 2020, given both the magnitude of the com for a complete schedule of events and registration first title in this championship for Kelly and Kirkebo. at August National Golf Club. change for some jurisdictions and varying seasonality details. Garrett and Olson had won this championship in Local qualifiers: throughout the world, it is anticipated that some will 2016. • High Cedars GC | Orting, WA need more time. Team WSGA comes from behind Sunday, June 9, 2019 Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, said, Team WSGA mounted a comeback in today’s Kent golfer wins Champions • Mount Si GC | Snoqualmie, WA “There are many ways in which it is important for golf Singles matches to win the 14th Annual PNGA Cup, The 10th Washington State Golf Association Cham- Sunday, June 30, 2019 to modernize and become more appealing for people held at the Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Ore. pion of Champions concluded at The Home Course • The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge | Snoqualmie, WA thinking of taking up the sport and handicapping is This is the third title for Team WSGA in the 14-year in DuPont, Wash. This year’s field consisted of 145 Monday, July 1, 2019 clearly one of them. The World Handicap System is a history of the matches, which is a Ryder Cup-style champions from around the state of Washington and • The Creek at Qualchan | Spokane, WA major new initiative for the sport which will establish competition featuring the finest 48 amateur golfers Northern Idaho, competing in four divisions – Men, Sunday, July 7, 2019 a clearer and more consistent handicapping process for among the four allied golf associations that comprise Senior Men, Women and Senior Women. It was the • Pasco Golfland | Pasco, WA golfers throughout the world.” the Pacific Northwest Golf Association – the Idaho Golf largest and strongest field in the history of the cham- Wednesday, July 10, 2019 The World Handicap System will unite the golf Association, Oregon Golf Association, Washington pionship. • Lake Padden GC | Bellingham, WA world under one single set of handicapping rules and State Golf Association, and British Columbia Golf. Nathan Cogswell of Kent won the Men’s title, Tuesday, July 23, 2019 will be governed by the USGA and The R&A, with Finishing second was Team OGA with 14.5 points, Victoria Fallgren of Spokane won the Women’s, Alex • Trophy Lake Golf & Casting | Port Orchard, WA support from the existing six handicap authorities. while Team IGA finished with 9 points, and Team BC Stamey of Mill Creek won the Senior Men’s and Beth Saturday, July 27, 2019 Golf finished with 8.5 points. Wrigley of Spokane won the Senior Women’s. Sub-regional qualifiers: Myrtle Beach World Amateur set Team WSGA entered the day in second place, 1.5 Cogswell was the last man standing in the Men’s • The Home Course | DuPont, WA Over 3,000 golfers from around the world compete points back of team OGA, and earned a whopping 8.5 division, finishing with rounds of 68-67. 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Tibbits captures U.S. Open qualifier Tour Players With Northwest ties Spencer Tibbits of Vancouver, Wash. shot 7-under the day, as well as an eagle on the par-5 11th hole. His 65 to earn medalist honors in leading the field of 102 bogey-free round clinched medalist honors. players who competed in the U.S. Open Local qualify- Prior to joining the Oregon State program, Tibbits PGA Tour • C.T. Pan • Ex-UW • 28th on the list with $2,135,373 ing at the par-72 Olympic Course at Gold Mountain was a three-time 3A Washington State High School • Andrew Putnam • Tacoma • 34th on the list with $1,889,556 Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. individual champion. • Joel Dahmen, Clarkston • 40th on the list with $1,797,864 Along with Tibbits, five other players will also • Ben Crane • Portland • 190th on the list with $170,096 advance from this Local qualifier to the Sectional quali- Ron Stull passes away • Ryan Moore • Puyallup • 51st on the list with $1,432,610 fier. Those five include Wes Heffernan of Calgary, Al- Ronald Stull passed away on May 3, 2019. Ron • Aaron Wise • Ex-Oregon • 87th on the list with $879,051 berta; Li Wang of Sammamish, Wash.; Brian Thornton was a PGA Member for 40 years and a long-time PGA • Kyle Stanley • Gig Harbor • 96th on the list with $757,870 of Sumner, Wash.; Austin Hurt of Bainbridge Island, Professional at Sand Point CC. He also spent time • Nick Taylor • Ex-UW • 111th on the list with $638,007 • Kevin Chappell • Kirkland • 173rd on the list with $257,024 Wash.; and Daniel Campbell of Bellingham, Wash. working at Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club and Lake Tibbits, an amateur and sophomore on the Oregon • Alex Prugh • Spokane • 178th on the list with $223,847 Limerick Country Club during his long and successful • Robert Garrigus • Gresham • 217th on the list with $64,774 State University men’s golf team, had five birdies on career in the Pacific Northwest. Web.com Tour Northwest golfer Dahmen • Scott Harrington • Portland • 59th on the list with $39,971 • Brock Mackenzie • Yakima • 117th on the list with $16,705 is second at Wells Fargo • Andres Gonzales • Olympia • 173rd on the list with $4,056 • Michael Putnam, • Tacoma • No Events Clarkston High (Wash.) graduate Joel Dahmen
placed second in the Wells Fargo Championship Champions Tour shooting a final-round 1-under 70 in the PGA Tour • Kirk Triplett • Pullman • 4th on the list with $728,062 events. Dahmen is also a former Unviersity of Wash- • Fred Couples • Seattle • 34th on the list with $220,509 ington golfer. • Bob Gilder • Corvallis • 110th on the list with $11,088 Dahmen, who started the day in a three-way tie • Peter Jacobsen • Portland • 111th on the list with $10,125 for the lead, finished with a final score of 12-under • Brian Henninger • Eugene • No Events 272 to earn sole possession of second. He was behind only Max Homa, who shot a 4-under 67 in the final Mackenzie Tour (Canada) • Derek Barron • Puyallup • No Events round the finished three strokes ahead of Dahmen. • Alistar Docherty • Vancouver, Wash. • No Events Dahmen finished tied for second in the 2018 John • Chris Killmer • Bellingham • No Events Deere Classic. The third-year pro is still looking for • Cory Pereira • Ex-UW • No Events his first PGA Tour win. • Chris Williams • Ex-UW • No Events • Eugene Wong • Ex-Oregon • No Events
LPGA Tour Did you know…. • Founded on February 4, 1899, the Pacific Northwest • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 45th on the list with $128,826 Golf Association is the fifth oldest golf • JoAnne Gunderson Carn- association in North America. The LPGA Symetra Tour er (8) of Kirkland and Anne Quast six founding clubs of the PNGA Sander (7) of Everett have com- were Butte Country Club, Seattle • Jimin Kang • Seattle • No Events bined to win 15 USGA national Golf Club, Spokane Country Club, • Mallory Kent • Seattle • No Events championships. Tacoma Country & Golf Club, Victo- • Sadena Parks • Tacoma • No Events ria Golf Club and Waverley Country • Jing Yan • Ex-UW • 65th on the list with $2,540 Club. • Kim Welch • Ex-WSU • 21st on the list with $7,283
Taylor, Coston qualify for U.S. Senior Open; UW women advance to NCAA Championships Scott Taylor of Monroe, Wash. shot 1-under 71 to both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. In 2013 he earn medalist honors in leading the field of 65 players was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Section PGA AT EMERALD DOWNS who competed in U.S. Senior Open Sectional qualify- Hall of Fame. ing at the par-72 Sudden Valley Golf and Country Club Don Bidinger of Bainbridge Island, Wash. shot in Bellingham, Wash. Taylor was the only player in the 2-over 74 and is the first alternate, while Fred Douglas field to shoot under par. of Gig Harbor, Wash. is second alternate after shooting The other player to advance from this qualifier is 3-over 75. Both Bidinger and Douglas are amateurs Jeff Coston of Blaine, Wash., who shot 1-over-par 73. 95 Taylor and Coston have earned the right to play in UW Women qualify for nationals the 2019 U.S. Senior Open Championship, which will The University of Washington women’s golf team $3 be held June 27-30 at the Warren Golf Course at Notre hosted the NCAA regionals at Suncadia’s Tumble Dame (Ind). Creek and took advantage of the home surroundings. Taylor, 59, is an unaffiliated professional. He had The Huskies finished second in the Cle Elum Regional his round at 3-under after 12 holes, but bogeyed holes of the NCAA Championships and earned a spot at 13 and 15 to finish at 1-under. the national championships. Washington was led by Coston is a teaching professional who has won more sophomore Rino Sasaki, who finished second in the regional PGA Section majors than any other player, tournament. with 20 victories to his credit. He has competed on Pepsi Northwest Women’s Open June 24th–26th, 2018 Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club Federal Way, Washington Women Professionals & Amateurs are invited to this annual event!!!
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Sponsored by: For more information call: Pepsi 253-838-0432 • Inside Golf - June Issue 2019 • • In THE NEWS • • Page 9 • The Lesson Tee: The ‘Wall Drill’ should help Learn to play from a pro you with your ball striking this golf season Who played I love the spring, summer and fall! Winter not so for a living much. I love teaching golf and playing tournaments! Champions Tour Professional I encourage all to set some golf goals and practical ways to achieve them. See Photo1. “Wall Drill.” This drill I like to play a couple tournaments during the and image is so effective! Please warmer months. See Photo1. “Wall Drill.” This drill and image is “Just Do It!” Your ball striking with so effective! Please “Just Do It!” Your ball striking Jeff improve. Turn hips and pivot without will improve. Turn hips and pivot without swaying swaying and touch the wall slightly and touch the wall slightly above shoulder high. This Coston drill creates depth on the backswing to encourage above shoulder high. This drill cre- a proper/shallow/on plane/not steep angle of ap- ates depth on the backswing to en- proach to the golf ball. So key! Imagine “The Wall” And then check the results. Photo 1 and 2 produce as you play and practice. Photo 3. courage a proper/shallow/on plane/ Photo 2. Another effective way to promote not steep angle of approach to the depth on backswing and proper shallowing on Jeff Coston is a 22-time Pacific Northwest golf ball. So key! Imagine “The Wall” downswing is an anti-lift pole. Big time proper prac- PGA Player of the Year. He has been awarded Inducted into the PNW tice and image on course. Ben Hogan imagined a PGA Teacher of the Year. Jeff can be reached for as you play and practice. PGA Hall of Fame plane of glass on his shoulders, swinging under it appointment at Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine by • • • without breaking the glass! calling 360.201.4590. See jeffcoston.com. 22-time PNW PGA Player of the Year All time Major Tournament Winner in NW golf history
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33915 1st Way S Suite 202 Federal Way, WA 98003 253-661-3155 • Page 10 • • IN THE NEWS • • Inside Golf - June Issue 2019 • Dan Altmayer: Vacation and Golf fitness: A simple program retirement require strategies To achieve any of your financial objectives, you could mean lower golf scores By Laney Ullon, Special to Inside Golf Newspaper need to save and invest – that much is clear. But Are there hidden elements in your body that are holding you back from advancing into the just how you save and invest may differ from goal golfer you strive to be? If you are like most to goal. Let’s look at two common goals to see the golfers, you’ve invested time and money differences in your savings and investment strate- on clubs and lessons in search of a better gies. swing and lower scores. What if instead, The first goal we’ll consider is a dream vacation a simple fitness program could be the key – one lasting a couple of weeks or more, possibly
Dan Dan to lower scores? to an exotic locale. So, for the investments you’ve Let’s consider the influence that your designated to fund this vacation, you need two key body has on your golf swing. The way attributes: liquidity and low risk. The liquidity require- Altmayer you swing a club, or, your motor pattern, ment is pretty self-explanatory – you want to be able is developed around your physical limita- to get to your vacation funds exactly when you need tions. Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) them, and you don’t want to be slapped with some your career, you may be able to afford to take on Professionals believe, “there is no perfect type of early withdrawal or tax penalty. the greater risk that comes with having a higher way to swing a club, but there is a most The low-risk part of your vacation strategy means percentage of your portfolio in growth investments. efficient way, based on a golfer’s physical you want investments that won’t drop in value just But as you get closer to retirement, you might limitations”. Physical limitations are insuf- when you need to sell them to use the proceeds for want to begin shifting some dollars toward more ficiencies in core stability, posture, balance, your trip. conservative vehicles – you don’t want to be over- strength, and/or flexibility. These limitations However, you need to be aware that those types exposed to the volatility of the financial markets just can occur naturally, through sedentary life- of stable-value investment vehicles likely will not when you need to start selling investments to help style choices, aging, or injury. If you have a limitation in one or more areas, it drastically reduces offer much growth potential. As you may know, the fund your retirement. your ability to produce an efficient swing. Any limitation will almost always result in a compensation investments with the greatest possible rewards Nonetheless, you won’t want to give up all from a different area, typically not lending any favor in consistency, or longevity of your game. are also those that carry the highest degrees of growth investments, even during your retirement Let’s say you exhibit weakness in core or hip stability. That stability needs to come from some- risk. Yet, by starting to invest early enough in more years. You could spend two or three decades as a where, so, the go-to compensator for that rotational force absorption tends to be your lower back. conservative investments, and putting away money retiree, and over that time, inflation could take a big The lower back is not designed to withstand the shearing, dynamic, repetitive forces of a golf swing. regularly, you may be able to compensate for the toll on your purchasing power. To counter this effect, This compensatory pattern can lead to loss of power, accuracy, or worse: pain and injury down the lack of growth opportunities. you will need to own some investments that have road. Until these limitations are identified and addressed, it is difficult to make lasting changes to Now, let’s turn to your other goal – retirement. the potential at least to equal, and ideally outpace, your swing. When you are saving for retirement, your primary the cost of living. A TPI fitness professional can make these assessments and create a plan to improve func- objective is pretty simple: to accumulate as much The examples of taking that extensive vacation tion of these areas. The assessment includes a physical screen to score your ability to get into money as you can. Consequently, you will need a and enjoying a long retirement illustrate the impor- the position required to create a safe, efficient, and reproducible golf swing. This humbling test reasonable percentage of your portfolio devoted to tance of recognizing that you will have many goals in illustrates exactly what your body can and cannot do in regard to the golf swing, and how your growth-oriented investments. But what’s a reason- life – and you’ll need to prioritize and plan for them, physical fitness is influencing your motor pattern. able percentage? There’s no one-size-fits-all solution sometimes following significantly different invest- Small changes have a big impact! Daily stretching, proper warm-up, and good nutrition will – the amount of growth investments in your portfolio ment strategies. When you do, you’ll give yourself translate to a more consistent, pain-free, and fun golf game. To find local TPI pros go to www. should be based on several factors, including your a better chance of reaching your destinations. mytpi.com and click find an expert. age, risk tolerance and projected retirement lifestyle. For more golf fitness info, Check out Laney Ullom on Facebook or www.NorthSoundGolfFit- Furthermore, this percentage may need to Dan Altmayer is an Edward Jones representative ness.com. change over time. When you’re just starting out in in Federal Way. Everett Man makes bold move: Trades NW Rain for Arizona Sun! Everett Man makes bold move: Trades NW Rain for Arizona Sun! 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