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Vol. 32, No. 27 R O C H E S T E R Monday, August 10, 2020 Rahm Unseats Thomas, Morikawa Delivers Great Shot Returns to World No. 1 In Quiet Moment to Win PGA

by DOUG FERGUSON SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The best shot of his life, the shot that made a major champion, was never supposed to happen. He knew the tee on the 16th at Harding Park would be moved forward at the PGA Champion- ship. He said during practice rounds that wouldn’t tempt him to go for the green. But this was Sunday afternoon, right after Morikawa had chipped in for birdie to break out of a sev- Collin Morikawa holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA by WILL GRAY for the first time in his career en-way tie, and at this moment Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Sunday, Aug. 9, in After a one-week demotion, Jon last month with his victory at the Great Shot — PAGE 6 San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Rahm is back to the top spot in Memorial, only to drop back to the Official World Golf Rankings. No. 2 when cap- Rahm reached world No. 1 Rahm — PAGE 17 The Deafening Silence of a How to Choose a Golf Coach Coronavirus Championship

by JOHN BRANCH SAN FRANCISCO — For three days of the P.G.A. Champion- ship, golf’s first major of this discombobulated sports year, the world’s best players were intro- duced at the start of their rounds by a public-address announcer with no public to address. It is a tradition, a chance to send players out onto the course with a wave of energy and ad- miration. (Getty Images) “Now on the tee, please wel- come …,” the announcer said by JOHN HUGHES Compatibility for each group at T.P.C. Hard- Rory McIlroy, and Justin Thomas walking up the 18th fair- Here are some important Make sure there is a good fit Silence — PAGE 13 way, alone, on Friday. (Harry How/Getty Images) points to consider when choos- between you and your coach on ing a golf coach: Golf Coach — PAGE 5 In Women’s Golf, Virus Upends Settles for The Typical Paths to a Pro Career

Second Straight Runner- by BRENDAN PORATH ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Jack- Up at PGA Championship sonville Amateur Championship in Florida is not a typical stop on the summer circuit for the reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion. But Gabriela Ruffels wanted competitive tournament rounds ahead of her title de- fense, so in July she joined two others as the first women to play in the men’s event. She missed the cut in Flori- da, but the rounds were a rare chance for her to sharpen her game before the 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Wood- mont Country Club, where she by WILL GRAY Johnson entered the final lost to 17-year-old Rose Zhang Siyun Liu, a golfer at Wake Forest, had to decide whether to stay in the New year, same result for DJ round at TPC Harding Park on Sunday on the 38th hole in United States or go home to China when her college season was cut short at the PGA Championship. Runner-Up — PAGE 5 Virus Upends — PAGE 3 by the pandemic in March. (Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)

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Ryan Jr. Memorial, with four semi final matches decision over Burns. scheduled for next July at Oak Rochester Golf Week • 427-7350The Jewish Ledger 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 and two championship matches In the RDGA Men’s Match Hill Country Club. Cerames.com deciding the two titles. 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Ridgemont matching up against to play in the U.S. Amateur Invitational; If there are any corrections, please call us immediately at 427-2468.Locust Hill Country Club’s Kyle Championship later this month Sarkis Wins Downey. at Bandon Dunes in Oregon, In the first Semi Final match, clearly saw this Championship Senior Title Caruso and Shafer battled back as an opportunity to “tune up” This year’s Brook-Lea Amateur LUXURY CONDOS and forth, with the lead changing for the U.S. Amateur, which Invitational — one of the major ON CANANDAIGUA LAKE hands six times before Caruso is also a match play-formatted annual local amateur champion- scored a 1-up victory on the championship. ships for men in the Rochester 18th hole. In the RDGA Senior Match area — was held just two weeks The other Men’s Semi Final Play Championship Final, Rich after the 2020 RDGA District match proved to be one for the Luther - the 2019 RDGA Men’s Championship was also held at ages as Merkulov squared off Senior Player of the Year - was Brook-Lea Country Club. against Downey, Merkulov post- looking to win his first RDGA In addition to being held at ed three birdies and an eagle on championship title against Web- the same venue just two weeks the front 9 to make the turn with ster’s Colm Murphy. Luther apart, the results of the 2020 a 29 and a 4-up lead. Downey traded blows with Murphy on Brook-Lea Amateur Invitational came roaring back on the back the front 9, taking a 2-up lead were also similar to the 2020 side to post five birdies and a at the turn. On the back side, District Championship. Lake Group 32 for the side. Despite shoot- Murphy pulled even with Luther Tom Linehan, the Brook- “The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” 229 Lake St, Penn Yan ing a 6-under- 65 for the on No.11 and the two remained Lea Country Club member who round however, Downey could deadlocked through the next 5 took the 2020 RDGA District NOW SELLING! not overcome his match play holes. Luther eventually pulled Championship by storm, win- opponent as Merkulov tied the away with birdies on holes 16 ning the title by five shots, took Private Balconies match at 18 before winning the and 17 to win his match - and top honors at the 2020 Brook- Quartz Countertops / Stainless Steel Appliances match outright on the third extra the title - by a 2-and-1 margin. Lea Invitational on Saturday, Walk-in Marble Showers hole of play. 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by RYAN GAYDOS He jumped past Dustin Johnson Made His Debut In 2019 Collin Morikawa is relatively and and made an — The native’s first unknown in the golf ranks. eagle on the 16th hole to really PGA tournament was the 2019 He burst onto the scene just push himself out in front. He RBC Open. He finished tied for this year, once the PGA Tour would eventually secure the vic- 14th place at that event. He returned from its coronavirus tory and pick up his first major then went to play the pandemic shutdown. In his first championship. and . At the match since his return to the golf Good Company — Accord- John Deere Classic, he finished course, he finished second at the ing to CBS Sports, Morikawa tied for 4th place and was able Charles Schwab Challenge in joins an exclusive club of golf- to grab a PGA Tour membership June 2020. He then went onto ers who won their first PGA for the 2019-20 season. win the . Championship before the age CAL Standout — Morikawa After finishing tied for 48th of 24 — Rory McIlroy, Tiger attended California from 2015 at the Woods and . to 2019. He helped the Golden and 20th at the WGC-FedEx St. Knows Pressure — Morika- Bears to the 2019 Pac-12 Cham- Jude Invitational, the rest of the Collin Morikawa watches his tee shot on the third hole during the final wa had two PGA Tour victories pionship. He was also a top golf- golf world got to know him at round of the PGA Championship. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) upon entering the PGA Cham- er on the amateur circuit, win- the 2020 PGA Championship. pionship. He won the 2019 ning the 2013 , He remained within striking dis- finishing the third round with a He Won the 2020 PGA Barracuda Championship. In 2015 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, tance during the PGA Champion- 65 and the final round with a 64. Championship — Morikawa July 2020, he won the Work- 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur and ship’s first two rounds and put on Here’s what else you need to was able to shoot up the lead- day Charity Open in a playoff the Northeast Amateur. x a show in the last two rounds — know about Morikawa. erboard with his final round 64. against Justin Thomas. © foxnews.com Virus Upends

(Continued from Page 1) Ruffels will use the spoils from ers. Only two of the top 10 in picked up groceries and toilet- pandemic and did not come back the final match. her 2019 Women’s Amateur vic- the current World Amateur Golf ries for Knecht, who has no car this summer for the Women’s “I didn’t play great,” she said tory to play in three postponed Rankings were in the field. in North Carolina. She made Amateur, set up a temporary about the men’s event in late women’s professional majors Siyun Liu of China, ranked meals, helped players move in practice facility in her garden in July, “but it was the best chal- later this year, starting this No. 21, played as one of the and decorate their apartments, Ireland. lenge ever and really, really good month at the Women’s British higher ranked international play- and provided guidance. “Siyun The PGA Tour and other pro- practice for this event.” Open. That professional major ers in the field. A senior at No. now won’t see her family for well fessional men’s tours went on Given the U.S. Women’s Ama- championship setting will be a 1-ranked Wake Forest, she faced over a year,” Lewellen said. hiatus and then resumed with teur championship’s prominence departure from this year’s Am- a sudden decision to stay in the As with Ruffels entering the guaranteed opportunities to — it is the third oldest champi- ateur championship, where an United States or go home to Jacksonville Amateur, the dis- play and earn income. The U.S. onship conducted by the United emotional Ruffels quietly slipped China when her college season rupted schedule forced the Wake Women’s Amateur was full of States Golf Association — Ruf- away from the trophy ceremony ended abruptly in March. With- Forest team into a mix of home- players discovering if there is fels’s victory at last year’s event hoofing her own bag with her out a conference or N.C.A.A. bound routines and makeshift still a path to a pro career; the would have typically boosted mother, the former tennis player championship to play for, Liu schedules to stay sharp and find evaporation of playing oppor- what remained of her amateur Anna-Maria Fernandez, trailing decided to stay in the United competitive reps before this sum- tunities for women has had a career before she potentially closely to console her. States, playing Woodmont with mer stretch. Emilia Migliaccio, at drastic impact on the process, turned professional. But Ruffels, a top-ranked ju- her college coach, Kim Lewel- No. 4the highest ranked player to the point where it is believed But the coronavirus pandemic nior tennis player who switched len, caddying. at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, that players in the lower pro and left her scrambling to map out to golf at 14, did not expect to Liu, who had been invited to had not picked up a weight in amateur levels may abandon any playing opportunities and her even get a chance to defend her the canceled Augusta National four months and only did body pursuit of a golf career. path forward since the cancella- U.S. Women’s Amateur title this Women’s Amateur, is one of weight workouts at home before Liu and others are living in that tion of the college golf season in summer. “I did not think they three international players on the the event. decision. “She’s getting her mas- March. With fewer mini tour op- were going to hold the event,” Wake Forest team who stayed in Rachel Kuehn, the player who ter’s, and she’s very good in busi- tions for women than for men, she said. the United States. Her teammate entered the tournament in per- ness analytics,” Lewellen said. the search for competitive events The U.S.G.A. canceled 10 Vanessa Knecht of Switzerland haps the best form after a suc- “And if things don’t open up for of any kind became onerous other championships, making played in the U.S. Women’s cessful summer, found TikTok her to be able to play at a profes- in April and May when college the Women’s Amateur the first Amateur, where Lewellen has notoriety for indoor chipping sional level, I could see her veering golfers would have been playing of the year. To play the tour- operated as a coach and filled videos. Lauren Walsh, who flew off and going that direction.” x for conference and N.C.A.A. nament, the U.S.G.A. institut- a parental role. She regularly home in March at the start of the © The New York Times titles. The elite amateur events ed coronavirus testing protocol- did not resume until mid-July, sand made significant departures with the North & South Amateur from tradition, particularly with Championship. the cancellation of qualifying Qualifying schools for pro- and the creation of an all-exempt fessional tours have been post- field. The Women’s Amateur is poned, leaving those without one of the four U.S.G.A. cham- tour cards in limbo for another pionships proceeding without year, an unusually long stretch qualifiers, joining the U.S. Am- to have to look for starts without ateur, the U.S. Open and the the typical path to the highest U.S. Women’s Open. professional level. “Qualifying is our backbone, Golf’s best young women’s our DNA, and how we’ve oper- players found mini-tour events ated since the beginning of time, and local club games in spring and coming to the conclusion to when they would typically be cancel qualifying was absolutely competing for prestigious ama- gut-wrenching,” said Shannon teur titles and national champi- Rouillard, the U.S.G.A.’s senior onships. director for championships. After sitting at home in the She said its coronavirus testing initial weeks of the pandemic, and screening protocols mod- Ruffels went to Florida to prac- eled those of the PGA Tour, tice and spend a month with her which resumed its schedule brother, Ryan, a 22-year-old on June 11. “To our knowl- professional on the Korn Ferry edge, there is not another am- Tour, a developmental circuit. ateur championship outside of She then played in two events U.S.G.A. championships that on the Cactus Tour, a women’s are testing its players,” Rouillard professional mini-tour, and fin- added. ished with a win and a runner-up The pandemic left the field result in late June. without many international play- Page 4 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, August 10, 2020

Mulligans (Continued from Page 2) posted scores of 71-69 for a the Semi-finals Wednesday af- Tammy has won the WRDGA 4-under-par 140 total. ternoon. The Final Match was Championship. Ryan Glazier of Batavia fin- on Thursday morning. The final • • • Local Holes-In-One ished in third place at 142, fol- match was between Tammy See More On-line at www.golfweekrochester.com lowed in fourth place by Kyle Blyth of WNYPGA Lake Downey of Locust Hill and Staf- and Kellie Miller of Ridgemont View CC Charity At Wayne Hills Country Club, Mark Cazzolli used a 9-Iron ford’s Jim Scorse, the defending Country Club. to score a hole-in-one on the 135-yard seventh hole champion and multiple Brook- To reach the final match, Pro-AM Results Alex Collom used an 8-Iron to ace the 120-yard 15th hole Lea Amateur winner. Tammy Blyth won against Kirk Stauffer, PGA Director at Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club. In the Brook-Lea Amateur Se- Daryl Perlo of Locust Hill CC of Golf at Chautauqua Golf Club On the 170-yard sixth hole at Lake Shore Country Club, nior Championship, held concur- (6&4), Kitty Colliflower of Oak and Michael O’Connor, PGA Charlie Eblacher used a 3-wood to score a hole-in-one. rently with the Men’s Amateur, Hill CC (3&2) and, finally, Julie Professional from the Kahkwa Wade Sarkis of Canandaigua Hamm of Sodus Bay Heights Club, tied for Low Professional Sue Gute scored a hole-in-one on the 101-yard 17th hole Country Club won the 2020 GC (6&5). Kellie Miller won honors at the Lake View Coun- at Lakeside Country Club. title by one shot, posting scores against Nancy Anderson of try Club Charity Pro-Am with 2 At Lake Shore Country Club, Tim Lexvold used a 7-Wood of 75-70 for a 1-over-par 145 Durand Eastman GC (7&6), under par 70. Rob Krajewski, to ace the 145-yard fifth hole. total. Finishing in second place Patty Riedel of Penfield CC PGA Professional from Glen Rob Parsons used a gap wedge to score a hole-in-one on was Oak Hill’s Sean Flint, who (5&4), Janice LaVigne of Rav- Oak Golf Club was third with 72. the 115-yard second hole at Southern Meadows . had scores of 72-74--146. enwood GC (2&1) and Jenna The team of Rod Blair, PGA • • • Hoecker of Brook-Lea CC (19 Professional from The Park Club On the 141-yard second hole at Lake Shore Country Club, Holes). The final match went and Am team-mates Brandon, Fritz Waine used an 8-Iron to score a hole-in-one. WRDGA 24 holes with Tammy Blyth Joe & Matt Zegarelli, won the 2 Sebastian Ciccariello aced Hole #12 for 166 yards, using Championship winning 1 up. BB of 4 Pro-Am with a 14 under a 6-iron, at Deerfield Country Club. Results, Sodus This is the fourth time that par score of 130. x Bay Heights Golf Club The Women’s Rochester Dis- trict Golf Association (WRDGA) Championship was held from August 3, 2020 to August 6, 202 at Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club. The event was played from the YellowTees. Match play started with 13 matches on Monday morning, August 3. The top three play- ers had Byes. The Round of 16, was held Tuesday morning Kellie Miller of Ridgemont Country Club, 2020 WRDGA Champi- followed by the Quarter-Finals onship Runner-Up and Tammy Blyth of Monroe Golf Club, 2020 Rod Blair, PGA Professional from The Park Club and Am team-mates on Wednesday morning and WRDGA Champion Brandon, Joe & Matt Zegarelli 2020 RDGA Match Play WNYPGA Lake View Pro-AM T1 Kirk Stauffer Chautauqua Golf Club...... 37-33--70 -2 $ Championship Results T1 Michael O’Connor The Kahkwa Club...... 35-35--70 -2 $ Round of 32 3 Rob Krajewski Glen Oak GC...... 35-37--72 E $ 1) Jim Scorse d. Jeffrey Childs...... 6-and-5 T4 Bryan Harris Forest Akers GC ...... 33-40--73 +1 $ 2) Shane Shafer d. Luke Bucci...... 3-and-2 T4 Captain Kirk Crag Burn GC...... 36-37--73 +1 $ 3) Jon Pecor d. Joe Colosi ...... 4-and-2 T4 David Wedzik Golf Evolution ...... 35-38--73 +1 $ T7 Tim Falkner Crag Burn GC...... 37-38--75 +3 $ 4) Ben Kircher d. Jonathan Spurr . . . . 4-and-3 T7 David Patronik Woods To WEdges...... 37-38--75 +3 $ 5) Ben Caruso d. Adam Condello. . . . .2-and-1 9 Anthony Schiro Glen Oak GC...... 36-40--76 +4 $ 6) Nick Musshafen d. Matt Genaway . . . 4-and-3 10 Pat Damore Lakewood Golf Center...... 38-39--77 +5 $ 7) Brian Muench d. Brandon Grzywacz. . .4-and-2 T11 Jack Widger Elkdale CC...... 39-39--78 +6 8) Jeremy Summerson d. Tim Coykendall. .1-up T11 Rod Blair The Park CC...... 40-38--78 +6 9) Yarik Merkulov d. David Dobryzinski . . 6-and-4 T13 Mike Sweazy Wild Wood CC...... 41-38--79 +7 $100.00 10) Taylor Rising d. Mike Long...... 1-up in 22 holes T13 Tim Fries Glen Oak GC...... 38-41--79 +7 T13 Scott Jenkins Lawrence Park GC...... 42-37--79 +7 11) Kevin Peters d. Joe Wilson ...... 4-and-3 16 Rich Burlett Sugar Hill ...... 42-38--80 +8 12) John Kircher d. Tim Saur ...... 3-and-2 T17 Tom Keenan PGA Life Member ...... 40-41--81 +9 13) Kyle Downey d. Matt Coffey. . . . . 8-and-6 T17 Travis Perkins Penfield CC...... 40-41--81 +9 14) David Cellura d. Kenneth Bush . . . . 7-and-6 19 Steve Latimer Genesee Valley GC ...... 44-41--85 +13 15) Patrick Keegan d. Ben Coffey. . . . .1-up 20 Dillon Hayes Tan Tara GC...... 41-48--89 +17 16) Josh Rathbun d. Josh Desain. . . . . 1-up in 19 holes 21 Steve Crane Lake View CC...... 46-44--90 +18 Round of 16 — Saturday, August 1 1) Shane Shafer d. Jim Scorse...... 1-up WNYPGA Lake View Pro-AM Media Results 1 Rod Blair The Park CC Brandon Zegarelli Joe Zegarelli Matt Zegarelli...... -14 $ 2) Benton Kircher d. Jon Pecor. . . . . 2-up 2 Michael O’Connor The Kahkwa Club Alec Hite Kevin Hite Brian Bansidhar . . . . -12 $ 3) Ben Caruso d. Nick Musshafen . . . . 2-and-1 T3 Mike Sweazy Wild Wood CC Jim Mahoney Jim Weinheimer Drew Weinheimer. . . -10 $ 4) Jeremy Summerson d. Brian Muench. . (default) T3 Bryan Harris Forest Akers GC, Tom Mack Greg Osborne Jim Gorzynski...... -10 $ 5) Yarik Merkulov d. Taylor Rising. . . . 2-up T5 Dillon Hayes Tan Tara GC Jeremy Stempka Aaron Ollinger Chuck Ollinger. . . . -9 $ 6) John Kircher d. Kevin Peters. . . . . 4-and-3 T5 Captain Kirk Crag Burn GC Tom Sada Matt Koket Rich Fuhrmeister ...... -9 $ 7) Kyle Downey d. David Cellura. . . . .6-and-5 T5 Pat Damore Lakewood Golf Center Hunter Farrell Greg Farrell Whitey Cleaver. . . -9 $ 8) Josh Rathbun d. Patrick Keegan . . . .1-up T5 David Patronik Woods To WEdges Jesse Watkins Mike Vereb Chris Allen. . . . . -9 $ 9 Steve Latimer Genesee Valley GC Brendt Johnson Jon Sedelmyer Bob Oliver. . . .-8 Quarter Final Round — Saturday, August 1 T10 Rob Krajewski Glen Oak GC Scott Simonsen Bob Boyd Eric VanDamia...... -7 1) Shane Shafer d. Ben Kircher. . . . . 1-up, 21 holes T10 Travis Perkins Penfield CC Don Damon Paul Sallie Larry Morton...... -7 2) Ben Caruso d. Jeremy Summerson . . .8-and-6 T10 David Wedzik Golf Evolution Tom Wedzik Dale DeMarco John Myrick...... -7 3) Yarik Merkulov d. John Kircher. . . . 4-and-3 13 Kirk Stauffer Chautauqua Golf Club Lee Krull Randy Krull Lloyd Krull...... -6 4) Kyle Downey d. Josh Rathbun. . . . .3-and-1 14 Anthony Schiro Glen Oak GC Larry Neizmik Jim Gehrlein Leo Swantek...... -4 15 Tim Falkner Crag Burn GC Steve Danch Max Holt Mike Edwards...... -3 Semi Finals T16 Tom Keenan PGA Life Member Nicholas Kneidinger John Maleno Kirk Kneidinger. .-2 Ben Caruso d. Shane Shafer ...... 1-up T16 Steve Crane Lake View CC Terry Frontino Tim Goodell Steve Crane...... -2 Yarik Merkulov d. Kyle Downey...... 1-up, 21 holes T18 Jack Widger Elkdale CC Tim Moore Max Maas Gus Maas ...... -1 T18 Rich Burlett Sugar Hill Mark Noce Bill Stegar Joey DiStefano...... -1 Championship Match 20 Tim Fries Glen Oak GC John Tedesco John Dudzinski Phil Cacchione...... +2 Yarik Merkulov d. Ben Caruso ...... 5-and-4 21 Scott Jenkins Lawrence Park GC Harry Brown Ron Fretwell Dave Yaple . . . . . +7  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, August 10, 2020 • Page 5 PGA Coach Says Dustin Johnson’s Mental Approach is One Golfers Should Replicate

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up the yard, and a variety of and are members of profession- more easily than a less knowl- permits and inspections. al organizations such as APSP, edgeable builder, Whitford said. “It’s major construction. It can the Master Pools Guild, and There are a bewildering number be traumatic,” said Whitford, state associations. of options and choices. Does the who estimates that the typical As with any other major con- homeowner prefer a free-form, pool installation will take from struction project, homeown- formal or lap pool? What will eight to 12 weeks, although it ers should get bids from two its purpose be? What style suits may take longer if the permit or three different contractors, the home? process goes slowly. “Some- Cozzi said. Have a look at their Savvy contractors will be able times it can take from weeks to finished work as well, and ask to ascertain the owner’s needs months to secure permits.” if you can visit any projects that and wants, and will also be well How much does a pool cost? are under way, adds Whitford. acquainted with local permit It depends on how elaborate An experienced pool contrac- and approval processes needed your plan turns out to be. Your tor will be able to guide home- to complete the project. total expenditure depends on owners through the process (Pool — Page 10) the design, depth and length, but plan on spending at least $20,000 for a basic in-ground pool. Custom designs will run more. The national average is $35,000. The first, and most important step, is finding a reputable pool contractor. According to Chris- tina Cozzi, a public relations executive for the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, it’s important to get recommenda- tions from friends, neighbors and family members who have had pools built. But avoid unli- censed contractors, and check with the Better Business Bu- reau to make sure there are no outstanding complaints or suits against the builder you have in mind.Outdoor Lighting Perspectives • 3x20p3 • 010416 • SH Email: [email protected] Expositor-LedgerUsing an experienced Newspapers contrac- tor is important in any kind of construction,Rochester but Golfparticularly Week • The Jewish Ledger when2535 itBrighton-Henrietta comes to pools, because Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 of(585) the 427-2468 engineering • FAX involved, (585) 427-8521 said Whitford. “You need to haveIMPORTANT… a contractor who is fa- We want YOUR AD to be perfect…www.pettispools.com miliarYour withad willthe geologyrun as ofit theappears here unless we hear from you immediately. area,” he noted. “The finished PATIO SHOWROOM • (585) 383-0700 pool mightPlease look reviewbeautiful, this but ad carefully.RESIN • TEAK WROUGHT IRON & MUCH MORE Country Club Plaza n Check spelling and punctuation there could be a potential for ALUMINUM • RATTAN WICKER • CAST WEATHER ALL 825 Fairport Road • E. Rochester n problems yearsCheck downaddresses the androad.” phone numbers, as well as e-mail addresses and web sites. n

SHOWROOM ROCHESTER’S PREMIER PATIO Long, long ago — in the 1950s in the total look of a home. The WhitfordCheck said todates look and for times pool of all events listed. POOL PARK • (585) 392-7711 and ’60s — everybody’s back- aesthetics of the pool count as builders Ifwho there are licensed,are any corrections,have please call1186 us Manitouimmediately near Latta at 427-2468. • Greece yard pools looked alike: kid- much as its entertainment value. been in business for some years, ney-shaped, with a diving board “People are trying to create at one end, and filled with vivid a unique environment in their blue water of a hue not found back yards,” said Raymond Transform your nights with the beauty of light. in nature. Whitford, president and CEO Like so much else, pools have of Lifetime Pools in Palo Alto, changed dramatically. It’s a far Calif. The ambiance of the yard cry from the cookie-cutter look can be enhanced by the pool as of yesteryear. Pools can be free- well as complementary struc- form, outlined in flagstone, or in tures, hardscape, landscape and natural rock that forms grottos lighting, both inside and outside and waterfalls. A formal pool the pool. can incorporate an adjacent spa. This unique environment A vanishing edge pool, with comes at a price, however, and its stunning visual impact, is the cost is just one of the con- a grace note in the landscape. siderations. And even a seemingly tiny yard Not only is building a pool can accommodate a properly an expensive project, but it in- designed lap pool. volves a considerable invest- 585-349-7654 These days, the pool is not ment in time and effort, a will- just a place where the kids can ingness to put up with noisy outdoorlights.com splash, but is a vital focal point machinery and workers digging

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Empty Nesters Want Low-Maintenance Yards That Focus on Fun and Functionality, Not Fuss One of the first questions new est maintenance feature. One path through the no-mow zone. empty nesters face is: what do simple way to reduce lawn Post birdhouses or feeders along we do with the nest? Some are maintenance is to strategically the route for bird watching. eager to downsize and sell. Oth- stop mowing certain parts of Swap some turf for landscape ers like where they live and the yard, while continuing to beds — Freestanding landscape choose to stay put. maintain more desirable areas. islands of trees, shrubs, bulbs No matter the decision, the Un-mowed areas needn't look and perennials are appealing property, new or old, is like- messy. Delineate the divide be- low-maintenance features that ly in for a makeover aimed at tween mowed lawn and wild- can reduce lawn area. Land- making routine upkeep more er spaces with a strategically scape beds are also a solution manageable. One of the key placed stone wall or wooden for difficult to maintain stretch- areas to tackle is the yard and fence. Adding clusters of orna- es like steep slopes, rough ter- garden. The following are tips mental grasses or shrubs along rain and curbside strips. It's for transforming a yard's main- the new lawn's edge also works important to cover exposed tenance-hungry features, espe- to soften the border transition. soil with mulch to stop weeds cially the lawn, into alternatives For a bit of fun, sow some un- from growing. To go from low that offer fun and functionality mown areas with wildflower to practically no maintenance, without the fuss. seeds. Add green trails for im- sprinkle a weed preventer like Create no mow zones — The promptu strolls or heart-pump- Preen on top of mulch to stop lawn is often a yard's high- ing walks by cutting a circular weed seeds in the mulch itself settings are ever needed. plantings add accent color and from sprouting. Better yet, use Deck the yard for fun and folly seasonal drama to decks, patios, Preen Mulch Plus, a premium — Converting open spaces to paths and other outdoor spaces. bagged mulch with added weed outdoor entertaining areas is For lower maintenance choose preventers already mixed in. another way to reduce yard fewer but bigger pots. Just a Available at Lowe's stores and maintenance. Paved patios and few large containers of colorful independent garden centers, decks make perfect places to sit, plants will have a major im- it's guaranteed to prevent more barbecue, dine or simply enjoy pact. They also retain soil mois- than 100 types of tough weeds, being outdoors. New compos- ture better than smaller pots including dandelions, for up to ite decking, bricks and paving and need watering less often. six months. stones are definitely low upkeep Except in coldest areas, large Switch to lawn care "lite" — installations. Other ideas in- frost-resistant resin or fiberglass With less lawn why hang on clude fire pits, outdoor fireplac- containers can be left out year- to over-sized lawn care equip- es, gravel paths and terraces. round. For long-term plantings, ment? Today there are new Don't just look at spots close check plant labels for USDA compact choices scaled to yards to the house: come up with winter hardiness zones. Potted Cantwell Patio & Stone • 3x3.3 • 021617 • SH Email: (Cormick Cantwell)under 1/4 [email protected] acre including cord- reasons to hang out in different plants are more exposed to the less electric mulching mowers, parts of the yard. elements, so choose ones rated Expositor-Ledger Newspapers battery-powered edgers and Uncontained enthusiasm for one zone colder than usual. Rochester Golf Week • The Jewish Ledgerprogrammable directional lawn containers — Downsizing elab- Life in an empty nest can be 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 sprinklers. There's also a new orate garden beds is another a time of rediscovery. Reducing spreader designed for small area to explore. But don't give lawn and garden upkeep is one (585) 427-2468 • FAX (585) 427-8521 lawns, slopes and tight spac- up seasonal flowers: plant in way boomers can free up time es that's ergonomic too. The containers. A booming trend for other more entertaining We want YOUR AD to be perfect… IMPORTANT… Ready2Go Spreader is a light- among boomers, container pursuits. H –BPT Your ad will run as it appears here unless we hear fromweight, you hand-carried immediately. and bat- Please review this ad carefully. tery-powered unit that comes n Check spelling and punctuation pre-loaded with popular lawn Pool (Continued from Page 9) Specialtyn Check addresses Plants and phonefor Everynumbers, asL wellandscape as e-mail addressesproducts and web from sites. Preen, Greenview Japanesen Check Maples dates and • Dwarf times Conifers of all events • Woody listed. Ornamentals or Vigoro to feed or treat up to A pool builder should be able owner of DuBridge Design in Perenials • Ferns • Grasses • Bamboo • Carved Granite If there are any corrections, please call us immediately at 427-2468.2,500 square feet. Each is refill- to direct homeowners to en- San Jose, Calif. www.orientalgardensupply.com (585) 586-3850 able and pre-calibrated, so no ergy-saving options, such as “A landscape architect can heating the pool with a passive make sure the (yard) design solar system, installing an au- is cohesive, coherent, and that tomatic pool cover that keeps it all fits together,” said Du- debris out and heat in, or using Bridge, noting that ideally, the variable-speed pool pumps that shape and style of the pool, out- substantially reduce electricity door structures, exterior light- costs. ing, hardscape and landscaping “The choices can be over- should all work together. A cre- whelming,” said Whitford. ative pool contractor and the Some intriguing modern options landscape architect collaborate that he mentions include pool to create a look that enhances interiors in dark colors, and the property as a whole. underwater fiber optic lighting. And what do you get, for all Additional help may be re- this money and aggravation? quired to help tie together a In the end, a place to relax. A backyard plan with the antici- thing of beauty. And a very pated pool. An integrated land- important enhancement to a DRY STONE WALLS • PILLARS • PATIOS • WALKWAYS • OUTDOOR KITCHENS scaping design makes sure that home’s value. FIREPLACES • WATER FEATURES • FIRE PITS the pool’s style meshes with the “These days, every pool be- Call Cormick 746-7242 • CantwellPatioAndStone.com rest of the property, said land- comes a custom project,” said scape architect Steve DuBridge, Whitford. H –Yahoo Voices E

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Want to Catch Homebuyers Eyes? Steps to a Lush Lawn

When it comes to selling a seeding earns the top spot for plugs of soil about 1/2 inch Fertilize. To keep your lawn Allowing the soil to dry before home there are many different return on investment, recover- in diameter and 2 to 3 inches healthy,Highland Lawncare aim to fertilize• 2x5 • 012918 at least • SH it is watered again encouragesFax/Email: [email protected] strategies and most of them ing 417 percent of the project deep out of the ground. You once a year; four times a year the roots to grow deeper into focus on the home's interior. cost at resale. Implementing can affordably rent an aerator isExpositor-Ledger ideal. Your local garden Newspapers cen- the soil and can help the lawn However, what many sellers a standard lawn care program for a day or hire a professional. terRochester can recommend Golf the Week fer- become • The drought Jewish tolerant Ledger in fail to realize is that it's the recovers 303 percent and up- Reseed. If you have bare tilizer best for your climate the future. What's more, water 2535 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623 exterior of the home that often dating a landscape with a sod patches or your lawn looks and grass type. Additionally, during the early morning and makes or breaks a sale. lawn recovers 143 percent. thin, reseeding is an easy solu- naturally(585) 427-2468 fertilize • FAXyour (585) lawn 427-8521 evening hours to avoid excess Curb appeal is necessary Lawn revitalization projects tion. Start by contacting a local byIMPORTANT… leaving grass clippings after evaporation. We want Watering YOUR AD during to be perfect… for that vital first impression. offer much higher returns than turf specialist to determine the youYour mow. ad willAs grass run asclippings it appears the heathere of unlessthe day canwe actually hear from you immediately. Much of a buyer's opinion many other home improvement best seed or sod to purchase break down, they enrich the scald and burn grass. about a property is formed be- projects, including kitchen re- for your location and soil type. soil withPlease nitrogen, review phosphorus this ad carefully.Learn more about quick, fore they even enter the front models and deck additions. Then, rake the bare areas of and potassium,� Check thespelling same and nutri punctuation- easy lawn improvement and door. Research shows curb Lawn revitalization projects your lawn and apply seed. ents found� Check in fertilizer. addresses and phonemaintenance numbers, as welltips asat e-mailwww.We addresses- and web sites. appeal not only speeds the sale are surprisingly easy to do, so Water lightly and regularly Irrigate.� CheckA thorough dates andwatering times of allSeedAmerica.com events listed. or follow @ but also increases offer prices. whether you're selling your until new grass grows in. The once or Iftwice there a weekare any is bettercorrections, WeSeedAmerica please call us on immediately Facebook at 427-2468. One of the biggest influenc- home or are staying put and spring and fall are good times than lightly misting every day. and Twitter. H –BPT ing factors of curb appeal is the just want to enjoy your prop- to seed due to cooler weather, health of the lawn. Think about erty more, it's a worthwhile in- although it can be done any how much property space the vestment. The experts at Grass time of year. COMPLETE LAWN MAINTENANCE SERVICES lawn covers. A sparse lawn Seed USA, a coalition of grass Mow high. Never cut off more & LANDSCAPE DESIGN dotted with weeds lowers a seed farmers and academic turf than 1/3 of the grass blade RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL buyer's opinion of the home, specialists, offer the following height at a time. If grass gets while a lush, green lawn ele- five simple steps to achieving a too long, raise the height on vates a home, and gives the im- lush lawn fast. your mower. Recommended pression it is well taken care of. Aerate. When the soil under mowing heights vary by grass Lawn revitalization projects a lawn becomes too compacted, type, but an easy rule of thumb provide impressive return on water, air and nutrients have for the most common types investment. According to the a hard time reaching grass of lawn is to mow to a 2-inch 2016 Remodeling Impact: Out- roots. Lawn aerators correct height when the grass blades door Features report, lawn this problem by pulling small reach 3 inches tall. 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If a chair or love typically budget-friendly and Illuminate a simple change. seat is starting to show its age, We want YOUR AD to be perfect… fulfilling to complete; simply It doesn’t always take a huge reupholsteringIMPORTANT… it is a great way find the right project to match change to reinvent a room; it toYour give adthe willpiece run fresh as life. it appearsRe- here unless we hear from you immediately. your skill set and needs. can be as easy as changing the move thePlease current review fabric thisand ad carefully. To get started, here are five light fixture. You could choose replace it◗ Checkwith newspelling fabric and punctuationof WALKWAYS/PATIOS MULCHING/EDGING inexpensive projects that can to repaint your existing chan- your choosing.◗ Check Apply addresses staples and or phone numbers, as well as e-mail addresses and web sites. by tackled by any DIYer, each delier, or you could give your stitching ◗to Check hold thedates new and fabric times of all events listed. 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Freshen Up That Stuffy Bathroom or Kitchen

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Noise travels so far here, and especially if you’re downwind. Every little thing, you’re going to be able to hear, right, so you just need to be just a little bit extra focused or aware that somebody is hitting a shot.” The absence of fans has been a visual thing, too. On greens, for example, without a ring of fans to Paul Casey was three shots off limit the field of vision, movements the pace entering the third round but acknowledged the absence of Xinjun Zhang kept a close watch in the distance — a cart driving fans has affected him. (Charlie Riedel/ on his drives after losing a ball on or someone walking 50 yards Associated Press) Friday. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) away — can be distracting. At A young fan had to sneak a peek at his favorite player on Saturday. (Rory times, caddies shouted to request Carroll/Reuters) stillness or quiet to unsuspecting people far away. at home with nobody around, Instead of galleries, each group There was no reason to tip the and I much prefer it out here. is witnessed in person by only a cap or give a customary wave This is why I love what I get to few people — a scorekeeper and after a good shot or a made do, and it’s changed the dynamic maybe a couple of other officials putt. Birdies were made without of it.” or volunteers, reporters or cam- acknowledgment. Eagles were Come Sunday evening at era operators. greeted with the chirps of real Harding Park, a champion will It is eerily quiet. There is a birds. be crowned to a quiet reception hum from the generators that “You expect an explosion and on a virtually empty course. power the few electronic score- people just going crazy, and it If a championship is won in a boards and the television camer- just feels a little weird to be the silent bubble, seen only through as. Trash bags at each tee snap one yelling because no one else pixelated screens, does it count, in the breeze. The gallery in is,” Rahm said. Woods at the 2018 . He will have a much easier (and at least as much? “Caddyshack” was bigger than It is all disconcerting and dis- quieter) walk to the 18th green on Sunday. (John Amis/Associated Press) The P.G.A. Championship is anything Woods or anyone else orienting. All of the usual ways the first major American sports has seen this week. of seeing or sensing what is hap- event to test that question. The The only fans are near the No. pening are absent, or muted. fan-free experience has been 12 tee, where curious onlookers “There’s no feedback from part of this summer’s sports along busy Lake Merced Boule- anywhere else, so the leader schedule for weeks now, includ- vard can peek through the chain- boards are the only thing you ing in golf. link fence to cheer familiar faces. have to see how you’re doing In the weeks ahead, the na- Everywhere else on the course, in a tournament,” McIlroy said. tional landscape will be filled the only sounds are the clink of “There’s even no scoreboard with playoffs and major cham- tee shots, the whoosh of irons holders, so you don’t even know pionships performed without out of the rough, the clatter of how the guys in your group are fans and in relative silence: the balls striking trees. doing.” N.B.A. and N.H.L. playoffs, the You can hear Mickelson slap There are positives. Moving United States Open in tennis, his leg after a missed putt and around the course has been the World Series, certainly the sometimes hear him mutter to much easier. But players still U.S. Open in golf at Winged himself. “Gosh darn it,” he said wish the fans were here. Foot next month and, in a few on Friday after a shot off the “I know that we’re playing the months, maybe even a Super third tee. P.G.A. championship,” Jason Bowl. Without the white noise of gal- Day said. “It’s a major champion- But it is golf where the physical leries, players are hyper-aware ship. It’s the first one of the year. Fans weren’t allowed inside Harding Park, but they could sneak a peek and visceral connection between of other golfers in other groups. It’s still just not the same.” x at the 12th tee. (Rory Carroll/Reuters) athlete and fan can be as close “If somebody nearby is hitting © The New York Times and personal as any — up close, face to face, thousands standing in utter silence and then erupting in noise. No sport goes from crickets to cacophony like championship golf. And it’s not just a sound effect that is lacking. The absence of fans has altered the competi- tion. Some players, like Casey, complained that the course’s low energy was affecting their performance. Others noted that Harding Park’s fierce rough has not been helpfully trampled by “There’s no feedback from anywhere else, so the leader boards are the the feet of fans. An unlucky few only thing you have to see how you’re doing,” Rory McIlroy said. (Sean M. have lost balls that normally Haffey/Getty Images) would not have gone missing. “If you look at players’ ca- (Continued from Page 1) warm homecoming and a green reer-defining moments, in ma- ing Park. One by one, the big- surrounded by fans, no one jors or other events, the crowd gest names stepped up: Tiger there, mostly. They were greet- plays such a huge part in that,” Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks ed by the same thing they had said , who is Koepka, Dustin Johnson. experienced the entire round: looking to win his first major. One by one, there was silence, silence. “You look at the closing shots at most a few scattered claps “I flat-out don’t like it — plain on the video footage and there’s from the tournament volunteers. and simple,” saidPaul Casey, massive crowds and everything. When the players returned among the leaders heading into So that’s different.” each day from their 18-hole out- the weekend. “Nothing I can do, Just getting to Sunday’s big mo- ings, they found, instead of a obviously, but I miss it. I play golf ments has been a strange trip. Page 14 • Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, August 10, 2020

GOLF opinion & comment Even Tiger Woods Has Bad Days: Tips to Help Golfers Who Struggle on Greens to shoot a pretty good number today, and a couple of feet short of the hole for your I didn’t do it.” next lengthy putt. It’s humbling to know that even the best of the best have their struggles, and Give it a chance it’s how we go about conquering these A ball that arrives short of the hole, and troubles to make a bounce-back. on the wrong side of the hole will never A few tips I would suggest when your have the chance to go in the hole. Putt with putting is “sub-par”: a putting stroke to make every putt, and if it does not go in, it ends up less than a foot Confidence past the hole. Playing more break is key as Obviously having the proper fundamen- well — a ball that is missed on the “low tals is key, but the trick to being a better Golf Opinion & Comment — PAGE 16 putter is having the confidence. Find some way to change your thinking around from “I hope I don’t three-putt this again” to “I see the ball rolling into the hole, I’m going to make this putt.” The moment we let doubt sneak into our conscious mind, our chances of making the putt go down, drastically. Even the best golfers in the world like Darien, has some tips to keep in mind if Tiger Woods find themselves wondering you find yourself struggling on the greens. Figure out the speed just how certain areas of their game have This weekend, we got a fine look into Speed control is by far one of the more gone awry from time to time. what can happen if our putter is not important elements when thinking about Woods made 114 feet of putts in the “hot.” Many golfers seemed to struggle making a putt. Having the right speed will opening round of the 2020 PGA Cham- with the green speeds, and the spotlight allow our ball to be closer to the hole (if it pionship but totaled just 119 in the sec- was on Tiger’s putting at the 2020 PGA doesn’t go in) and eliminate three-putts. ond and third rounds combined. The Championship. As we know, when we How are the greens rolling that day? question of why may remain unanswered, are making putts, we are scoring well; What are the course conditions like: Is it but it’s worth addressing how amateur When the ball is not making it into the sunny or windy that will cause the greens golfers who find themselves in a similar hole, our score begins to quickly add up. to roll faster? Or is it damp and humid, situation can regroup to find their stroke. Tiger reflected on his rounds, deeming causing the greens to roll slower? If you PGA Coach Payton Minear, an Assis- his putting to be a hindrance in his scor- tend to be blowing the ball by the hole too tant Professional at the Country Club of ing capabilities, “I had my opportunities far, try and think about the hole located

The19th Hole . . . News, Notes & Quotes From the World of Golf Rory McIlroy: “Maybe I’m Just Not As Good As I Used To Be”

who gained 2.019 strokes on In a sport where conformity is arguing that DeChambeau is a the greens per round and hit king, he is the most compelling lot more interesting to watch 69.64% of fairways. player not named Tiger Woods. than the average tour pro. McIlroy posted rounds of 70, If there were fans at Harding He’s in San Francisco this 69, 71 and 68 for the week, Park in San Francisco this week week to try to win his first where he made a huge number for the PGA Championship, major championship, a task that of birdies but also a large number they would be crowding tee shouldn’t be out of hand for of bogeys too. boxes to ooh and aah at every the No. 7 player in the world. Still, he has two more chances massive swing he takes. DeChambeau is the talk of golf. of Major glory over the coming Then there’s the DeChambeau But if you want to hear him talk, months with the US Open in without the driver in his hands. it has to be in a softball interview September and The Masters, He plays so slowly he annoys with Golf Channel because he where he could complete the even his fellow tour pros. At a refused to appear before the career grand slam, in November. tournament last year DeCham- media and answer questions the ©Golf Monthly beau walked 100 yards to the way Woods and every other top green and back before hitting a golfer do every week. Rory McIlroy • • • shot. One video from the same Then again, who wants to an- A downbeat Rory McIlroysaid to the golf I’ve played outside Big and Booming, event that attracted a lot of at- swer questions about fire ants he maybe isn’t as good as he of them, and I’ve won some big DeChambeau tention on social media showed when the Wanamaker Trophy is used to be after being asked events and played well and had a him spending more than 2 min- sitting there for the taking? why he has struggled to stay in good season last season. is PGA Tour utes before hitting an 8-foot putt DeChambeau tees off Thurs- contention in Majors over recent “Yeah, I can’t really put my Must-See TV he eventually missed. day afternoon as one of the fa- years. finger on it. I go out there and by TIM DAHLBERG He’s petulant, self-absorbed vorites in a tournament that orig- The four-time Major winner try my best every single day. (AP) — It’s hard to find a rea- and prone to argue with rules of- inally was supposed to take place has not won one in six years “Some days I play better than son to like Bryson DeChambeau. ficials about things like boundary in May. He does so after taking now and finished down in T33rd others, and just got to keep It’s even harder to take your eyes fences and fire ants. He thinks advantage of the pandemic to at TPC Harding Park. going and keep persisting and off him. cameramen should turn away add another 20 pounds to the “No, I don’t know. Maybe I’m see if you can do better the next He smashes jaw-dropping and not show him when he gets 20 he gained over the winter in just not as good as I used to be. time.” drives that seem to defy the very mad about a shot because it a largely successful effort to build I don’t know,” McIlroy said after Rory finished the week in San physics on which he bases his might not be good for his brand. up his club head speed. being asked why he struggles Francisco at two under par, 11 game. Bulked up on protein He exasperates fellow players He’s 6-foot-1 and 240 pounds to stay around after 54 and 63 back of winner Collin Morikawa. shakes and M&M’s, DeCham- so much that England’s Eddie and can propel a golf ball a ridic- holes in golf’s big four events In terms of statistics, Rory av- beau has so far this year been Pepperell called him out on ulous 205 mph, which translates these days. eraged -1.344 in SG: Putting for making a mockery of golf cours- Twitter as an “unaffected single into regular drives of 350 yards “I really don’t know. I feel like the week and hit just 44.64% of es designed by architects who minded twit.” or more. While others are hitting the golf that I’ve played in the fairways for the week. had no idea what golf of the Game changer or spoiled brat? 8-irons to greens, DeChambeau Majors has been sort of similar Contrast that to Morikawa, future might look like. Take your pick, but there’s no 19th Hole — PAGE 16  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, August 10, 2020 • Page 15

GOLF business Sentosa Golf Club Becomes First Golf Club to Join UN’s Sports for Climate Action Initiative in a consistent and supportive guided and supported by GEO’s course and replacing them with manner by learning from one sustainable golf agenda, tracked water stations, and building its another, disseminating good and evaluated using the industry own sustainable herb garden. practices, lessons learned, de- leading OnCourse program, and In January 2020, the club veloping new innovations and verified and assured through the unveiled a new sustainability collaborating on areas of mutual GEO Certified label. It is also campaign, GAME ON, at the interest. anticipated that GEO will help SMBC Singapore Open, that It also aims to pursue efforts guide and accelerate sustainabil- is designed to unite the global to limit the temperature increase ity action in relation to Sentosa golf community in addressing well below 2 degrees Celsius Golf Club’s course renovations the growing concerns of climate (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), as and the hosting of the SMBC change. It aims to help golf well as strengthening the ability Singapore Open. clubs around the world to bet- of countries to deal with the Sentosa Golf Club’s green ter prepare for climate change impacts of climate change. commitment was brought to by introducing modern sustain- “Becoming the first ever golf the world’s attention with the ability practices to reduce their club to join the UN’s Sports for launch of its #KeepItGreen own environmental footprint. Climate Action Initiative is a campaign at the SMBC Singa- The campaign is closely aligned tremendous honor for everyone pore Open in January 2018. with The R&A’s 2030 Golf associated with Sentosa Golf It has seen a number of key Course Initiative that considers Club,” said Andrew Johnson, environmental features imple- the impacts, both positive and Sentosa Golf Clubin Singa- leaders in the Paris Agreement. the club’s general manager and mented at the club, such as the negative, of the changing cli- pore has become the first golf The golf club will add its name director of agronomy. “We have creation of its own bee colonies, mate, resource constraints and club in the world to join the to an impressive list of sporting already taken great strides with using rechargeable lithium bat- regulation on course condition United Nation’s Sports for Cli- organizations to have joined, in- our sustainability program in the teries in its golf carts, banning and playability. x mate Action Initiative. cluding the New York Yankees, last two years and are therefore single-use plastics from the golf ©Golf Course Industry The prestigious golf venue, La Liga, Sky Sports and the All extremely excited to be joining set on Sentosa Island alongside England Lawn Tennis Club, this initiative. We believe it is a diverse array of unique leisure more widely known as Wimble- the right step for us as a club experiences, is regarded for don. Sentosa Golf Club will join to continue on our journey to its approach to environmental those other participants in com- tackle climate change through- sustainability and takes this sig- mitting to a set of five agreed out the world and the game of nificant step following its collab- principles and incorporating golf.” oration with them into their club strategy, Sentosa Golf Club also re- sustainable golf non-profit GEO policies, and procedures, as cently announced a new part- Foundation. well as communicating them to nership with GEO Foundation, The UN’s Sports for Climate their wider sporting community an international non-profit that Action Initiative aims to support within Singapore and other golf aims to inspire, support, rec- and guide sports organizations clubs around the world. ognize and share sustainability and their communities on a The initiative also provides across golf. Through this col- path to achieving the global sports organizations with a laboration, Sentosa Golf Club’s climate goals set out by world forum to pursue climate action future sustainability work will be Play Better Golf With Jack Nicklaus

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GOLF opinion & comment CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 side” of the hole never has an TPC Harding Park. uses little to no wrist bend. This opportunity to go in. We asked PGA Coach A.J. Nel- means that he has to rely on With confidence, the right son about Day’s strengths prior to his larger core muscles for tim- speed, and the right line, you the championship and what ama- ing, power, and contact. When are sure to start seeing more teurs could look for to help them we look at the arms, hands, putts drop. improve their own game. Check and forearms, these contain ©PGA.com out what he had to say and when numerous fast-twitch muscles. • • • you’re done, watch all the high- These can wreak havoc on lights from Day’s opening round. short precision shots and can PGA Coach “Jason Day has an incredible wreck a short game. However, Explains Why golf game. As a former num- he simply takes these out of the ber one in the world, he excels equation, by simply opening up Jason Day is off the tee and on the green, the face of the club to use the Playing Well with accuracy, precision, and bounce of the wedge, keep- Jason Day is no stranger to focus. One of Day’s strengths ing the arms connected to the performing on the biggest stage. is his short game. Not only is chest, and uses mostly straight So it’s no surprise the former he terrific with a putter in his arms to chip the golf ball. This world No. 1 and 2015 PGA hands, but he has one of the results in him having one of the Jason Day of Australia hits his shot on the seventh hole during the first Champion is in contention at simplest motions chipping and best short games on Tour.” — round of the 102nd PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park on August the 2020 PGA Championship at putting on Tour. Notice that he PGA Coach A.J. Nelson 6 in San Francisco, California. (Darren Carroll/PGA of America)

The19th Hole . . . CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 is trying to decide what wedge to ing unsuccessfully to get an offi- tinkering with ways to get better. play, and there are few par-5’s cial to agree that seeing a fire ant If he’s really concerned about he can’t easily reach in two. near his ball meant he should get his brand, a little tinkering with He can also putt a bit, be- a free drop from a bad lie. his personality might be in coming the first player to lead No wonder his caddie attempt- order, too. a tournament in both strokes ed to block a television camera • • • gained off the tee and on the after DeChambeau teed off fol- green when he won in Detroit lowing a 10 on the 15th hole A Change Tony last month for his sixth PGA at . On TV, he Finau Made Tour title. comes across as both arrogant All this from a 26-year-old and condescending. That Could Help who wears a -style DeChambeau is unapologetic, Golfers with their flat hat and is so scientific about and as aggressive in his own his golf that he’s liable to consid- defense as he is off the tee. He Putting Stroke er the rotation of the Earth as he believes he’s being unfairly sin- Tony Finau has power to studies the break of a putt. gled out as a slow player in a burn, but a change he made last “It’s impressive. He’s big,” sport filled with them. season is paying off and has him Rory McIlroy said earlier this After berating a cameraman in contention at the 2020 PGA year. “He’s sort of gone down he thought was lurking too long Championship. a path and he’s got a convic- after a sand shot in Detroit, he Finau made a change in his tion and he’s following it. He’s said he is just passionate about approach on the greens that always thought outside the box golf. PGA Coach Nick Duffy says and thought a little differently “We don’t mean anything amateur golfers could try if they than most people.” by it, we just care a lot about too find themselves struggling to Much of that thought — includ- the game,” he said. “For that make putts. The change appears ing using clubs that are all one to damage our brand like that, to be paying off this week for Tony Finau length — has helped make him a that’s not cool in the way we act Finau as he looks to secure the great player. Some of it, though, because if you actually meet me Wanamaker Trophy for his first The claw grip is just placing your All of this can lead to lower shows he has work to go before in person, I’m not too bad of a major championship. trail fingertips down and on the scores and more fun. There are becoming a great person. dude, I don’t think.” “One way that Tony has im- front of the putter grip with your three primary types of coaching: That was on display this year The jury is still out on that, proved his putting in the last year thumb on the underside of the Private lessons — Here, when he engaged in a long argu- just as it is on whether he can was changing to a claw grip mid- grip. Before trying this make sure you’re the only student working ment with a rules official over the maintain over time the huge dis- way through the season. This is a your setup and posture are solid with the PGA Professional definition of an out-of-bounds tances he has gained off the tee. good hand placement for amateur by using a putting mirror to dou- Group lessons — This setting fence. A few weeks later he was DeChambeau is always a work golfers to try if they have an overly ble-check eye-line and distance may provide a more comfort- holding up play again while try- in progress because he’s always active trail hand through impact. from the ball.” — PGA Coach able learning environment Nick Duffy Clinics — Not sure if you’re ©PGA.com ready for a lesson? Consider • • • attending a golf clinic hosted by a PGA Professional. Golf clin- When Should ics are typically offered during I Take Golf group golf outings and usually focus on a single topic, such as Lessons? bunker play, chipping, putting, Does your boomerang slice or or the full swing. sweeping hook have you feeling A big difference between a down? Then it’s time to turn clinic and a lesson is that during that frown upside down. a clinic, you’re watching the Taking golf lessons from a PGA Professional explain how PGA Professional is the sin- he/she would hit certain shots, gle best way to improve your rather than actually hitting the game. The PGA Professional shot yourself. This can also be is uniquely skilled at evaluating a non-intimidating way to social- your game and can help you: ize with other golfers. Hit the ball longer and In short, if you want to play straighter better golf… take a lesson. Play better on and around the Playing better golf will make greens the game more enjoyable and Improve your course manage- allow you to experience hitting ment skills more shots exactly the way you Make sure your equipment fits envision it. x you properly ©PGA.com  Rochester GOLF WEEK • Monday, August 10, 2020 • Page 17 A Memorable Golf Course Honors a Forgettable President

by JOHN BRANCH its condition. During the 1998 encouraging degree,” The New SAN FRANCISCO — Had U.S. Open at the Olympic Club, York Times reported as Harding President Warren G. Harding Harding Park’s fairways served as arrived on July 29. not been bedridden in those mid- parking lots. The nation waited for news. summer days of 1923, he might That embarrassing fate stirred a Harding’s doctor, a homeopath have left his eighth-floor suite push torescue the course’s faded named Charles Sawyer, provided at the Palace Hotel and headed glory, led by Sandy Tatum, a updates. For a couple of days, to the southwestern edge of the San Francisco lawyer and former Harding was in “grave” condition. city, where a new golf course U.S.G.A. president. Other physicians, including the named Lake Merced Golf Links Rehabilitated and reopened Stanford president Ray Lyman was under construction. in 2003, and still a municipal Wilbur, were called in. Harding was a golfer, after all, course (September tee times for “President Harding seems and he had traveled thousands city residents can be had for to have passed the crisis,” The of miles by train and ship on his as little as $64), Harding Park Times reported atop its front summer-long “Voyage of Under- attracted big events again. That page on Aug. 1. “His physi- standing.” It was intended to be included the W.G.C.-American cians will not say that he is out three months and 15,000 miles Express Championship in 2005 of danger, but even through their of publicity stops. He had played (won by Tiger Woods in a playoff cautious comment it is plainly golf only days before, in Vancou- over ) and the Presi- perceptible that they believe that ver, British Columbia. President Harding, left, was an avid golfer who played his final holes in dents Cup in 2009 (won by the there is little chance of a recur- But Harding never left the Pal- Vancouver shortly before his death. (Associated Press) United States). rence of the dangerous symptoms ace Hotel alive again. This week’s P.G.A. Champi- which threatened the life of the Whatever good will that he golf’s great, enduring layouts, cemeteries (it had been kick- onship is Harding Park’s first President last night.” hoped to engender on his trip, curiously named for the most ing out the dead for years), but major. Among all the famous That made the Aug. 3 headline whatever hopes he had of win- disrespected of American pres- perfect for golf, especially amid names to be uttered worldwide in the San Francisco Chronicle ning re-election the next year, idents. the oceanside dunes near Lake during its four rounds will be that so stunning. ended two and a half years into That this most somber of sum- Merced. of a long-ago president, probably “HARDING DEAD” it read in his largely forgotten presidency. mers should be linked, even tenu- Alister MacKenzie, the famed without explanation or context. huge letters. “Most historians rank Harding ously, to Harding and the strange- Scottish course architect, called it Thankfully, the course is in much Florence Harding had been as the worst of all American pres- ness of 1923 feels about right. “the finest golfing territory I have better shape than Harding was. reading aloud to her husband an idents,” according to the Univer- Harding, a former Republican seen in America.” He had left Washington in article from The Saturday Eve- sity of Virginia’s Miller Center, a senator from , had little in Several prestigious (and still June, in a 10-car train filled with ning Post about him entitled, “A nonpartisan think tank devoted to the way of a platform when he private) courses were constructed cabinet members, dignitaries, Calm View of a Calm Man.” presidential history. ran for the White House in 1920 near one another within a few staff members, reporters and the “Oh, that’s good,” the presi- But Harding was at the right other than a “return to normal- years, including the San Francisco first lady, Florence Harding. dent supposedly said about one place at the right time to be cy.” He was viewed as a tax-cut- Golf Club, California Golf Club of It was part campaign trip, part passage. “Go on.” linked, improbably, to something ting, anti-immigrant nationalist San Francisco(which later moved summer vacation. Harding’s Those were his last words, ap- as distant as a major professional who, in the wake of World War I, a few miles south) and Lake Mer- speech in St. Louis was one of parently. golf tournament in 2020. did not want the United States to ced Golf Club. the first presidential addresses to “Suddenly and without warn- The first major men’s golf be part of the postwar League of The Olympic Club, which has be broadcast live on radio. The ing, a shudder passed over the championship of the coronavi- Nations. He was rumored to have held five United States Opens train then rolled through Kansas President’s body,” the Chronicle rus era has arrived, belatedly, in had affairs (and at least one out- and is the scheduled site of the City, Denver and Salt Lake City, reported. “He raised one arm, but the form of this week’s P.G.A. of-wedlock child) and was soon 2028 P.G.A. Championship and among other cities, as it carried not a word came from his lips. Championship — a fan-free, surrounded by scandal throughout the 2032 , opened two the president west. Newspapers The arm dropped back and the made-for-television event sched- his administration. (Curious? Start courses in 1924. covered every mile of it. President lay still.” uled to begin Thursday, starring by Googling “Teapot Dome.”) He Across Lake Merced from the Harding, 57, was a tireless Florence Harding screamed. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, the was not considered a deep think- Olympic Club, on what might tourist, a master of the photo op- Officials rushed in, led by the two-time defending champion er and was prone to rambling. He be the best property of them portunity. He visited Yellowstone Secretary of Commerce Herbert Brooks Koepka and the world liked to play golf. all, a design by Willie Watson and Zion national parks, where Hoover. Vice President Coolidge, No. 1 Justin Thomas, among Still, he and his running mate, and Sam Whiting was nearly two hemorrhoids made misery of a at home in Vermont, was sworn about 150 others. Calvin Coolidge, won 60.3 per- years from opening when Pres- horseback ride. He visited a mine, in overnight. Yet the name that promises to cent of the popular vote. The ident Harding’s train rolled into drove a wheat binder, attended a The cause of Harding’s death be uttered most across the global Democratic candidate, James M. San Francisco in the summer of commemoration of the Oregon was initially ruled “apoplexy,” airwaves this week is Harding. Cox (with Franklin D. Roosevelt 1923. Trail and, eventually, boarded a but rumors spread — about poor The golf course being con- as the vice-presidential nominee), About six weeks after Harding’s U.S. Navy transport ship in Se- care from his doctors, about his structed seven miles from the earned just 34.1 percent. death, San Francisco’s Harding attle to tour the Alaskan territory. many other ailments. Some still president’s deathbed 97 years Harding’s administration coin- Memorial Committee decided that He gleefully watched as the believe that the first lady poisoned ago was soon christened Harding cided with a boom in American the best way to honor the pres- ship’s gunners fired shells into her husband, maybe as revenge Park, during a bygone era when golf and golf-course construc- ident was with a half-built golf the Taku Glacier to create giant for his infidelities. She refused to naming things for presidents was tion. The game’s popularity hit course. Lake Merced Golf Links splashes from chunks of falling allow an autopsy. done with little debate or consid- hard in San Francisco, which became Harding Park. ice. Most historians today think he eration. had deemed its small, peninsu- “Nothing could be more ap- Then everything turned south. had a heart attack. Harding’s Harding Park became one of la setting too valuable to hold propriate as a tribute to President Harding may have been sick- body was taken from the Palace Harding, as he was a great lover ened by bad crab in Sitka. He Hotel, placed aboard a train back of outdoor recreation,” Herbert complained privately of abdom- to Washington, D.C., and in- Fleishhacker, a prominent busi- inal pain and may have caught terred in his hometown, Marion, Rahm nessman and the head of the pneumonia. His golf outing in Ohio. city’s parks, said at the time. Vancouver was limited to a few There are not a lot of things (Continued from Page 1) from No. 42 to No. 32 after The course built a better rep- holes. (His visit made a lasting named for Harding these days tured the WGC-FedEx St. Jude his fourth top-10 finish in as utation. It quickly played host to impact; there remains a Harding — schools, mostly, and Harding Invitational. But Rahm’s T-13 many starts, and the same result national amateur championships memorial in the city’s Stanley Township, N.J., among them finish at the PGA Championship helped Scottie Scheffler move and became a home course for Park.) — though there is a Harding was enough to edge him back from No. 59 to No. 46. the San Francisco City Champi- Ominously, the Navy ship ac- Golf Course in that in front of Thomas, who tied With Rahm now ahead of onship, whose winners included cidentally rammed an American opened in 1923. (It is next to for 37th. The margin remains Thomas, the new top 5 in- Ken Venturi, whose parents ran destroyer in Puget Sound fog. Wilson Golf Course, opened in thin: Rahm’s new point average cludes Rory McIlroy at No. 3 the Harding Park pro shop for Harding mustered the energy to 1927, and named for Harding’s is 8.78, while Thomas’ is 8.77. followed by Johnson and Mori- years. Harding became a regular give a speech in Seattle, but a presidential predecessor, who New PGA champion Col- kawa. dropped stop on the P.G.A. Tour in the weekend in Portland, Ore., was died about six months after Hard- lin Morikawa jumped seven two spots to No. 6, with Brooks 1960s. Winners included Venturi, scrapped so the entourage could ing.) spots from No. 12 to No. 5 Koepka, Bryson DeCham- , Billy Casper, Gene hurry to San Francisco to get the In San Francisco, the biggest after a two-shot victory at TPC beau, and Adam Littler and Chi-Chi Rodriguez. president medical attention and recognition of Harding’s place Harding Park. Runner-up Paul Scott rounding out the top 10. But Harding Park’s prestige rest. in city history is at a now-famous Casey moved up nine spots to After a T-37 finish at the was frayed by municipal bud- Harding was taken to the Pal- golf course that he never played No. 19 in the world, while a T-2 PGA, Tiger Woods dropped gets and neglect. The P.G.A. ace Hotel and placed in the pres- or visited. But it does help keep finish helped Dustin Johnson one spot to No. 16 in the latest Tour left, and for most of the idential suite. his name alive, rarely more than stay one spot ahead of Morikawa rankings. x next 30 years, the course was “He was weak and ill but his this week. x at No. 4. Jason Day (T-4) went © Golf Channel loved for its history more than condition had improved to an © The New York Times