Board of Director Officers of the Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club are, from the left, Treasurer Chuck Husson, President Dan Baldo and Secretary Bill Knipscher.
The 133-yard par-3 fourth hole at the Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club requires good club selection and accuracy. The tee is at the bottom of this photo and the narrow fairway to the green runs uphill. It's An Economic Struggle For Nine Hole Golf Courses
Golf course insecurity can certainly become a major topic of discussion among owners and operators of nine hole golf courses in Sullivan County.
With the loss last year of the Pine's 9-hole golf facility in South Fallsburg and the loss quite a number of years ago of several nine hole golf courses in the Town of Rockland (including the Waldemere Hotel course) there remains only several 9-hole golf facilities including the Sullivan County Golf & Country Club in Liberty and the Twin Village Golf Course in Roscoe.
The small 9-hole Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club (TVGC), owned by some 100 certificate members falls under the control, of a nine-member Board of Governors.
Officers of the board include Dan Baldo as president, Chuck Husson as treasurer and Bill Knipscher as secretary, Board members include Mary Austin, Chuck Husson Jr., Ralph Kirchner, Joe Schulte, Ron Schulte and Sally Shea.
There is new enthusiasm at the TVGC this year with a much improved playing surface, new standards for cutting the greens and fairways and the use of the 90 degree cart policy on the fairways, With the use of the 90-degree cart policy the fairways have never looked better and definitely provide a better playing surface for all golfers. Many golfers have said they have never seen the course look and play as nice as it is now.
Several changes at the course the past three years included adding some narrow fairways and adding rough where open fairways use to be. It has changed the game and definitely has made the course just a little bit tougher. The club president recently spent some time with a greens superintendent at a course in Pennsylvania and following this visit changes were made on cutting the greens and fairways.
This club truly resembles a close-knit family that works together to pitch in so that the facility can remain financially stable.
Several years ago there was voiced concern for the financial stability of this club as a result of an aging membership that has been reduced by death and sickness but the club has promoted social activities around the game of golf and has tried to keep it affordable.
The course has this year added additional carts and the course is experiencing an increase in open play.......all good signs for this nine-hole golf course.
The clubhouse manager is Tom Lake, who also operates his T-Bone Sub Junction restaurant at the clubhouse, serving breakfast from 8:30 a.m.to 11 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This 2,045-yard course may look simple, but don't think it is an easy course to conquer.
The longest hole on this course is the 349-yard par 4 ninth hole, where golfers have to remain accurate and stay away from hooking shots into a brook and the woods on the left side of the fairway.
If the tees are set way back on the ninth, this also presents a very narrow entrance and tee-shot onto the fairway. A pond on the right and a small brook with soft wet marsh on the left presents a "don't make a mistake and you better hit a straight shot" from the fairway to the green.
A trap in front of the ninth green prevents the chip, bump and run shot. The need for accurate wedge shots to the green can help when going for the par 4.
One of the more difficult par 3 holes on the course (and there are four par 3 holes) is the 210-yard third hole. Again, the golfer must keep center or right to avoid gong left out-of-bounds into the "famed" cornfield. There is a long trap in front of the green and if you shoot for the green on any shot, you better not go over the green or you will have a wet ball since it will land in the small brook immediately behind the green.
In fact, this brook also runs in back of the 168-yard par-3 sixth hole and the 180-yard par-3 eighth hole, making the smart golfer lay up in front of the front edge of these greens.
The smaller size green, along with some cunning pin placements by the greens keeper, add to difficult chip shots and the need for an accurate short game to score well.
Leagues are very active at Twin Village with a large18-team men's league on Monday and a women's league on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
A new format for the club championship has been put into play this year and the tournament will now be incorporated with the Men's Monday night league and the Ladies Tuesday league. Members of these leagues will pay a special entry fee and the average of the best eight scores of the league member or substitute for the months of June, July and August will decide the Twin Village club champions. There will be three flights for both the men and ladies.
The Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
Use your putter. When deciding to putt or not from just off the green, the first thing to remember is that anytime you can put, do it.
Keeping the ball on the ground and using the most reliable club in your bag---the putter--is a logical and smart choice. A good putt will always get you closer to the hole than a good running shot with one of your irons.
The biggest factor in determining whether to putt or not is what lies between you and the hole. Most important is the grass surface. If the path is clear, the ground relatively smooth and the grass is short, choosing your putter is an easy choice.
Another factor to look closely at is how the ball is siting. Remember, if the conditions are good, we want to putt the ball.
When making these putts from off the green , it is very important to keep our concentration and use good putting fundamentals.
Robert Menges is the golf professional at the Swan Lake Golf & Country Club, Mt. Hope Road, Swan Lake. He is available for private lessons and if you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached at 292-0323 or via e-mail at menges@localnet.com
Ed's Outlook
In talking to a number of local golfers about The Players Course at Wyboo near Manning, SC these past two weeks they asked me how the course played so here is a description of this 18-hole Par 72 course which winds around the shores of famous Lake Marion and Lake Arbu.
Playing the gold course, this golf facility looks like this.
Hole No. 1 is a 550-yard par 5 with a dogleg to the left. Trees to the right and pond on the left closer to the green. One trap on the left of green.
Hole No. 2 is a 395-yard par 4 with a dogleg to the right as you approach the green with no traps.
Hole No. 3 is a 373-yard par 4 which plays pretty straight with a small dogleg to the left as you approach the green with traps on the left and right side.
Hole No. 4 is a 176-yard par 3. Small pond to the right front portion of the green with traps on the left and right sides. The right club gets you your par.
Hole No. 5 is a 420-yard par 4 with trees along the right side and a dogleg left, no traps on this green.
Hole No. 6 is a 405 yard par 4 playing pretty much straight some trees along both sides of the fairway. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 7 is a 185-yard par 3 with trees lining both fairways and trees in back of the green that has no traps.
Hole No. 8 is a 443-yard par 4 with water crossing the fairway after your tee shot and trees on the right side. Also a slight dogleg to the right. No traps here.
Hole No. 9 is a 565-yard par 5 with water on the left, trees on the right, a dogleg left and traps on the right and left side of the green.
Hole No. 10 is a 527-yard par 5 with trees lining both fairways, dogleg left and no traps on this green.
Hole No. 11 is a 454-yard par 4 with trees on the side where the dogleg left starts. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 12 is a 440-yard par 4 with trees both sides of the fairway, big dogleg to the left. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 13 is a 171-yard par 3 , some trees left side, no traps on green.
Hole No. 14 is a 405-yard par 4. Pretty much straight with trees on both sides of the fairway on the second half of this hole. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 15 is a 388-yard par 4 straight hole with trees on both sides of fairway. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 16 is a 162-yard par 3 with trees lining both sides of fairway and in back of the green. . Water to the right rear of this green and no traps.
Hole No. 17 is a 518-yard par 5 with trees on both sides of this fairway. Slight dogleg to left and no traps on this green.
Hole No. 18 is a 392-yard par 4. Nice finishing hole, Take your shot over the trees on your left for the best score as dogleg to the left takes you to this green with one trap on the left side.
Total yardage is 6,969 and a very enjoyable 18-holes of golf. Call Lisa Haynes at Swamp Fox Country Golf for golf packages that include this course. She can be reached at 1-800-845-3538 or at their web page, http://www.swampfoxgolf.com/
Just a reminder to our many readers that our Golfing Highlights Column along with summer bowling news and our Here & There Column can be read on our Web BLOG page at http://bght.blogspot.com/
Ed's Outlook is provided by Golfing Highlights Columnist Ed Townsend. If you have a topic that would make good reading, or have golf scores, standings or tournament information, Ed can be reached by calling 439-8177 or by sending an e-mail to mailto:bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com Our Web page is http://bght..blogspot.com/
Golf course insecurity can certainly become a major topic of discussion among owners and operators of nine hole golf courses in Sullivan County.
With the loss last year of the Pine's 9-hole golf facility in South Fallsburg and the loss quite a number of years ago of several nine hole golf courses in the Town of Rockland (including the Waldemere Hotel course) there remains only several 9-hole golf facilities including the Sullivan County Golf & Country Club in Liberty and the Twin Village Golf Course in Roscoe.
The small 9-hole Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club (TVGC), owned by some 100 certificate members falls under the control, of a nine-member Board of Governors.
Officers of the board include Dan Baldo as president, Chuck Husson as treasurer and Bill Knipscher as secretary, Board members include Mary Austin, Chuck Husson Jr., Ralph Kirchner, Joe Schulte, Ron Schulte and Sally Shea.
There is new enthusiasm at the TVGC this year with a much improved playing surface, new standards for cutting the greens and fairways and the use of the 90 degree cart policy on the fairways, With the use of the 90-degree cart policy the fairways have never looked better and definitely provide a better playing surface for all golfers. Many golfers have said they have never seen the course look and play as nice as it is now.
Several changes at the course the past three years included adding some narrow fairways and adding rough where open fairways use to be. It has changed the game and definitely has made the course just a little bit tougher. The club president recently spent some time with a greens superintendent at a course in Pennsylvania and following this visit changes were made on cutting the greens and fairways.
This club truly resembles a close-knit family that works together to pitch in so that the facility can remain financially stable.
Several years ago there was voiced concern for the financial stability of this club as a result of an aging membership that has been reduced by death and sickness but the club has promoted social activities around the game of golf and has tried to keep it affordable.
The course has this year added additional carts and the course is experiencing an increase in open play.......all good signs for this nine-hole golf course.
The clubhouse manager is Tom Lake, who also operates his T-Bone Sub Junction restaurant at the clubhouse, serving breakfast from 8:30 a.m.to 11 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This 2,045-yard course may look simple, but don't think it is an easy course to conquer.
The longest hole on this course is the 349-yard par 4 ninth hole, where golfers have to remain accurate and stay away from hooking shots into a brook and the woods on the left side of the fairway.
If the tees are set way back on the ninth, this also presents a very narrow entrance and tee-shot onto the fairway. A pond on the right and a small brook with soft wet marsh on the left presents a "don't make a mistake and you better hit a straight shot" from the fairway to the green.
A trap in front of the ninth green prevents the chip, bump and run shot. The need for accurate wedge shots to the green can help when going for the par 4.
One of the more difficult par 3 holes on the course (and there are four par 3 holes) is the 210-yard third hole. Again, the golfer must keep center or right to avoid gong left out-of-bounds into the "famed" cornfield. There is a long trap in front of the green and if you shoot for the green on any shot, you better not go over the green or you will have a wet ball since it will land in the small brook immediately behind the green.
In fact, this brook also runs in back of the 168-yard par-3 sixth hole and the 180-yard par-3 eighth hole, making the smart golfer lay up in front of the front edge of these greens.
The smaller size green, along with some cunning pin placements by the greens keeper, add to difficult chip shots and the need for an accurate short game to score well.
Leagues are very active at Twin Village with a large18-team men's league on Monday and a women's league on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
A new format for the club championship has been put into play this year and the tournament will now be incorporated with the Men's Monday night league and the Ladies Tuesday league. Members of these leagues will pay a special entry fee and the average of the best eight scores of the league member or substitute for the months of June, July and August will decide the Twin Village club champions. There will be three flights for both the men and ladies.
The Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
Use your putter. When deciding to putt or not from just off the green, the first thing to remember is that anytime you can put, do it.
Keeping the ball on the ground and using the most reliable club in your bag---the putter--is a logical and smart choice. A good putt will always get you closer to the hole than a good running shot with one of your irons.
The biggest factor in determining whether to putt or not is what lies between you and the hole. Most important is the grass surface. If the path is clear, the ground relatively smooth and the grass is short, choosing your putter is an easy choice.
Another factor to look closely at is how the ball is siting. Remember, if the conditions are good, we want to putt the ball.
When making these putts from off the green , it is very important to keep our concentration and use good putting fundamentals.
Robert Menges is the golf professional at the Swan Lake Golf & Country Club, Mt. Hope Road, Swan Lake. He is available for private lessons and if you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached at 292-0323 or via e-mail at menges@localnet.com
Ed's Outlook
In talking to a number of local golfers about The Players Course at Wyboo near Manning, SC these past two weeks they asked me how the course played so here is a description of this 18-hole Par 72 course which winds around the shores of famous Lake Marion and Lake Arbu.
Playing the gold course, this golf facility looks like this.
Hole No. 1 is a 550-yard par 5 with a dogleg to the left. Trees to the right and pond on the left closer to the green. One trap on the left of green.
Hole No. 2 is a 395-yard par 4 with a dogleg to the right as you approach the green with no traps.
Hole No. 3 is a 373-yard par 4 which plays pretty straight with a small dogleg to the left as you approach the green with traps on the left and right side.
Hole No. 4 is a 176-yard par 3. Small pond to the right front portion of the green with traps on the left and right sides. The right club gets you your par.
Hole No. 5 is a 420-yard par 4 with trees along the right side and a dogleg left, no traps on this green.
Hole No. 6 is a 405 yard par 4 playing pretty much straight some trees along both sides of the fairway. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 7 is a 185-yard par 3 with trees lining both fairways and trees in back of the green that has no traps.
Hole No. 8 is a 443-yard par 4 with water crossing the fairway after your tee shot and trees on the right side. Also a slight dogleg to the right. No traps here.
Hole No. 9 is a 565-yard par 5 with water on the left, trees on the right, a dogleg left and traps on the right and left side of the green.
Hole No. 10 is a 527-yard par 5 with trees lining both fairways, dogleg left and no traps on this green.
Hole No. 11 is a 454-yard par 4 with trees on the side where the dogleg left starts. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 12 is a 440-yard par 4 with trees both sides of the fairway, big dogleg to the left. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 13 is a 171-yard par 3 , some trees left side, no traps on green.
Hole No. 14 is a 405-yard par 4. Pretty much straight with trees on both sides of the fairway on the second half of this hole. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 15 is a 388-yard par 4 straight hole with trees on both sides of fairway. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 16 is a 162-yard par 3 with trees lining both sides of fairway and in back of the green. . Water to the right rear of this green and no traps.
Hole No. 17 is a 518-yard par 5 with trees on both sides of this fairway. Slight dogleg to left and no traps on this green.
Hole No. 18 is a 392-yard par 4. Nice finishing hole, Take your shot over the trees on your left for the best score as dogleg to the left takes you to this green with one trap on the left side.
Total yardage is 6,969 and a very enjoyable 18-holes of golf. Call Lisa Haynes at Swamp Fox Country Golf for golf packages that include this course. She can be reached at 1-800-845-3538 or at their web page, http://www.swampfoxgolf.com/
Just a reminder to our many readers that our Golfing Highlights Column along with summer bowling news and our Here & There Column can be read on our Web BLOG page at http://bght.blogspot.com/
Ed's Outlook is provided by Golfing Highlights Columnist Ed Townsend. If you have a topic that would make good reading, or have golf scores, standings or tournament information, Ed can be reached by calling 439-8177 or by sending an e-mail to mailto:bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com Our Web page is http://bght..blogspot.com/
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