April Update!

#10, Named Killdeer Calls, Reopens!

 

You’ll notice new hole signs on the tee boxes this year, and they include the names of each hole!  This month we’re featuring Hole #10, because it’s newly renovated and will now be a Par 4 from all tee boxes.  There are three different teeing grounds, which makes the hole shorter from all tees except the Palmer and Champion tees.  With the tee boxes now all shifted to the right, there is even more of a premium on the tee shot.  Out of Bounds still lurks on the right, and you have to stay short of the new fairway bunker on the left.  Hitting into the angled and shallow green, distance control is a must.

Rules Tip of the Month

Let’s say you lose your tee shot to the right on #10, and you think it may be lost, so you correctly declare a provisional ball and you hit that drive down the middle of the fairway.  You then locate your original ball in bounds, within three minutes, but it is in a horrible lie under some trees.  What would you do?

A.     Play it as it lies

B.      Take an unplayable

C.     Declare it lost and play the provisional

If you answered A or B, you are correct.  You cannot declare your ball lost. 

Instruction Tip of the Month

How can I stop missing short putts? 

Use the two tee drill to help square the face and steady your path.  You’ve probably seen Tiger Woods use this drill before every tournament.  Set up to a four or five foot straight putt on the practice green, and place your putter on the ground.  Stick two tees in the ground just outside the toe and heel of your putter, and place the ball in the center of the tees.  Practice making putts swinging your putter through the two tees.