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MARCH 2021 ISSUE: 13 DRIVE THE MAGAZINE OF HIDDEN VALLEY GOLF CLUB THE MOST COSTLY NOT WINNING IS 1 2021 TOURNAMENT In this month’s issue MISTAKES NOT FAILING RULES you are as well. Particularly our female From The President’s members. If you haven’t played a tournament in a few years (or ever) give it a try this year! At Desk the very least they are a great opportunity to meet new folks It took me and buy a bunch of split the pot tickets! seventeen years to get 3,000 hits. For those of you that are residents and club members, we I did it in one have a Hidden Valley POA board afternoon on the election coming up this year with golf course. a couple of open seats. There will Hank Aaron (Rest in Peace be a number of opportunities to Hammerin Hank) learn the priorities and plans each candidate values so I ask all It took four weeks but we of you to pay attention, stay finally got some rounds informed and make sure you played in February! After know which of those running are a dismal month for golf interested in maintaining and Eric Kranz (and for the backs of those improving the tremendous of us with hilly driveways) community asset that is the golf club. the weather broke, the sun President, HVL Golf Club I’d like to take this opportunity to say shone and the snow goodby to our friend and resident melted and we had two funny talker Paul Fox. He has lived in Hidden beautiful and packed days of golf at Hidden Valley for nearly two decades and been a Valley to end February. That warm (enough) member of the club nearly as long. Over the weather looks like it will continue and give us past few years he has poured countless hours some tremendous opportunities to get our into making Hidden Valley Golf Club the best it handicaps back up to Spring form after playing can possibly be. As member of the Board of all winter with those ridiculously low ones we Governors, Paul has played an integral part in managed to get to last year. developing an infrastructure improvement plan, Early returns on membership renewals are revamping financial reporting and of course in looking great and well ahead of last years pace. putting together this fine publication. Paul will If the trend continues we will have another be missed as a friend, club member, mentor and great year ahead of us! Fred Kerth has done a frequent donator at both the poker and skins great job getting the tournament schedule put games. On behalf of the board, the club and together and I hope everyone will participate as Barry’s game...so long and we hope you catch all much as possible this year. We have some fun the fish. Cheerio! new formats and the new handicap system fixed a lot of the problems we’ve had in the past with flighting, etc. Hopefully before long we’ll be back to normal in the clubhouse and post- tournament as well. I am incredibly excited about the 2021 tournament schedule and I hope 2 do not wait to the last moment and we ask that From The Pro Shop you take care of your fees as soon as possible for the upcoming season. The handicap fee is $35.00 per Believe it or not March person for the season. We has arrived, we’ve made thank you for your it through a long winter cooperation. and now we can start to see the official golf Any member interested in season and warmer any of our other services Spring weather starting such as a range plan, soon. The days will locker or bag storage can soon be much longer also pay these separate and that means more fees in our Pro Shop as time to play golf once well. again. We have much Range Plan: $175 single/ planned this year Brian Krinsky $300 family. between golf tournaments, social Locker: $25 small/$50 large. events and other club PGA Pro, HVL Golf Club functions that there will Bag Storage: $50 be plenty for everyone Our driving range is slated to open April 1st, that wants to participate. which also means I will be available to start Our first official member tournament is on giving golf lessons again. Anyone interested in Saturday March 27th. with the Par 3 Challenge. a Spring tune up please contact me to set up an This tournament is a great way to get out of appointment. I look forward to getting back out hibernation and ease yourself back into the on the range and helping those needing to get tournament swing, see old friends, be back on back into the swing. the course and simply have a good time playing As in every Spring, the Pro Shop will soon be golf. stocked with new amazing merchandise The tournament format is a four-person 18-hole arriving. We always appreciate your support in scramble with separate men and women the Pro Shop and aim to always give you the divisions. The course will consist of 18 par 3 best price and service. Watch for more info on holes. Teams will be selected by a blind draw some of the new cool items coming soon. (ABCD) by the Pro Shop. Minimum of 4 drives Here a few quick golf tips to remember and per player. The teams will be paired as equally implement for your next round of golf: as possible. • Have fun. Make this decision on your way As a reminder: To play or be eligible for any of to the course. ... our HVGC Tournaments you must have a GHIN handicap. Handicap fees are due prior to our • No Swing Thoughts. Save these for your first tournament and member services forms practice time. ... are available in our Pro Shop to pay these fees. • Play Smooth and Relaxed Golf. ... Members will be listed as inactive until paid by the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association. Please 3 • Accept Every Shot and Roll With The Punches. ... • Stick To Your Pre-shot Routine. ... • Play With A Strategy. Lastly, I look forward to seeing everyone returning this year. Praying that this year is no longer complicated with Covid, everyone is healthy and that we can get back to a more normalized form of living both on and off the course. See you soon at the club! March Pro Shop Hours Weekdays: Open 9.00 am Weekends: Open 8 am 4 GOLFTEC analyzed more than 90 million The 3 Most Costly swings in its SwingTru study, the largest kinematic golf study ever conducted, according Mistakes for High to the company. Handicappers Through analyzing all those swings, GOLFTEC found a bunch of commonalities between golfers of all skill levels, so let’s dive in. Here are If you're a high-handicap golfer looking to three swing flaws high-handicappers tend to improve but aren't sure where to begin, you're share: not alone. Understanding what's going wrong is the first step. 1. HIGH HANDICAPS DON’T KNOW WHERE THEIR BAD SHOTS ARE GOING Though the idea of eliminating one side of the When higher-handicaps start talking about golf course has been exposed as a bit of a myth, their games, they quickly begin talking about there’s a big difference between that and a their swings. Things like tempo and technique, and how they’re this close to figuring it all out if classic two-way miss as we generally only they could get a few wrinkles in their understand it. moves ironed-out. According to the SwingTru study, most higher There’s certainly truth to that, of course. But handicaps hit slices and as a result, miss right there are also many ways these golfers can most of the time. But even missing right a lot is improve by simply understanding the mistakes preferable to missing everywhere, which is what they do make, and learning to avoid them. the highest handicappers tend to do. Pull, hooks, slices, tops; the first step to lowering 5 your score is simply nailing down what your handicaps also live in willful ignorance about most common miss is. Once you do that, you how far they hit their clubs, which leads to shots can start figuring out the cause. coming up short, too. 2. HIGH HANDICAPS ALMOST ALWAYS MISS SHORT And, as we’re about to see, they also tend to Maybe you’re a higher handicap yourself, or have their clubface more open… maybe you play with a bunch of them. Answer 3. HIGH HANDICAPS PROBABLY HAVE AN OPEN me this: How often do you see a higher CLUBFACE handicap pull a club, hit their shot and Golfers who hover around scratch generally hit accidentally send their ball long of the green? the ball with a pretty square clubface at impact That’s because it rarely happens: According to relative to their club paths, according to the SwingTru study, golfers with a handicap GOLFTEC’s study. over 16 only miss long between five and eight percent of the time. By contrast, how Golfers who regularly break 80 keep their often do they miss short? Upward of 68 clubfaces within a degree of their club paths. percent of the time! When your handicap starts creeping over 18, Part of the reason why is a contact issue. After your clubface is on average anywhere between all, if you’re not hitting the ball solidly, you’re three and five degrees open relative to your probably going to come up short.