Jean Knickerbocker, left, with Barbara Trask at a Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club Annual banquet. 
Anne Gadziala at the Liberty Sullivan County Golf & Country Club par 3 thirteenth hole.Ladies Score Aces
Local golf scoring honors this week go out to lady golfers Jean Knickerbocker of Roscoe and Anne Gadziala of Liberty for scoring hole-in-one aces on their respective golf courses.
Eighty seven year-old Jean Knickerbocker recorded her 5th career ace on June 27 while golfing with Barbara Trask and Dottie Quick in a friendly non-league Sunday afternoon golf outing at the Twin Village Golf Course in Roscoe.
Jean's hole-in-one came on the 168-yard par 3 sixth hole using her driver.
"I hit it well and saw it heading towards the pin, " Jean noted but the green is sloped down from the fairway and golfers cannot see the ball after it leaves the fairway and hits on the green.
A lifetime golfer who still plays golf everyday, Ms. Knickerbocker recorded her first ace 50 years ago in 1960 on the 133-yard par 3 fourth hole at Twin Village when she was playing with three of her children, Terry who was in seventh grade, Kim who was five-years old and Tom who was in the sixth grade.
Three of her other aces were recorded in Florida at the Tampa Golf & County Club, the University of South Florida Golf Course near Tampa and her winter home course at Summertree Golf Course at New Port Richie.
Jean golfs in the Twin Village Tuesday evening Ladies league and the Thursday Ladies Day golf outing and also plays in a ladies league at Summertree during the winter months.
Instead of the traditional buying of drinks for everyone after her fifth ace she provided a hot dog and beer for all the Monday Men's league golfers and Tuesday Ladies league golfers.
Forty nine-year-old Anne Gadziala scored her first career hole-in-one June 29 during the Tuesday Night Ladies league at the Sullivan County Golf & Country Club in Liberty.
Playing with her golf partner Denise Watson against Janet Warren and Nancy Collins, Anne used her rescue club on the 152-yard par 3 thirteenth (fourth hole on the front nine) hole and the four watched her Slazenger golf ball hit the edge of the green and roll into the cup.
Denise commented that after Anne hit the ball she said, "it going in and the other girls were like "yeah its going," and I said "its in" and Anne said "no way" and Denise said she "was just freaked out."
Anne started playing golf in 1983 and plays with a 20 handicap and she comments that "my handicap is myself."
She does not play in any other league and this is her first big golf achievement.
Golf has been popular in Anne's family as her late father, Matt Gadziala coached golf with Morris Gerber for many years at Liberty High School. Her brother, Matt, plays golf regularly at a golf club in Atlanta.
Junior Tourney
Winners Announced
The fourth annual Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club Junior Tournament held June 8 with youth from the age of 10 through high school participating.
Tournament director Sally Shea noted that the young golfers showed good interest in the game of golf and participated with good sportsmanship.
The handicap tournament resulted in a sudden death playoff between Ian Wilson who scored a 35 and Martin Rather with a score of 43. Rather won on the third hole. Wilson took second place and Jesse Huggins third place.
Closest to the pin awards on the fourth hole were Ian Wilson for the boys and Amanda Huggins for the girls. Longest drive on the 7th hole was Martin Rather for the boys and Katy Goodson for the girls. Low gross was shot by Ian Wilson with a 35 and Dan Shea with a 42.
The youth golfers all enjoyed pizza, soda and cake following the competition.
Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
Scoring is all about getting the ball in the hole with the least amount of strokes.....and the short game is a key component to accomplishing this.
One of the ways to improve the short game is to work on distance control.
In this drill, I set up four targets...whether it's buckets or whatever visual object you can find.....with distance ranging from 10 to 40 yards.
After the targets are in place you then hit one ball at each target in sequence. By hitting at different targets in sequence, you once again will prevent yourself from locking in to one distance. In the long run, this will help you develop better feel for your distance control.
As far as club selection, I suggest you start with your 35 degree wedge for this drill and then experiment with your other wedges.
The key here is to develop your touch for the different distances.
Robert Menges is the head 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 by phone at 845-292-0323 or via email at menges@hughes.net
This column is written by Ed Townsend, a consultant to the amateur and professional sport of golf and to several golf writers associations. If you have a topic that would make good reading or have league standings or tournament information, Ed can be reached at 845-439-8177, by email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com and by fax at 845-230-8674. For a much more expanded version of this golf column, please visit our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com/ and we are now available on Facebook.
Local golf scoring honors this week go out to lady golfers Jean Knickerbocker of Roscoe and Anne Gadziala of Liberty for scoring hole-in-one aces on their respective golf courses.
Eighty seven year-old Jean Knickerbocker recorded her 5th career ace on June 27 while golfing with Barbara Trask and Dottie Quick in a friendly non-league Sunday afternoon golf outing at the Twin Village Golf Course in Roscoe.
Jean's hole-in-one came on the 168-yard par 3 sixth hole using her driver.
"I hit it well and saw it heading towards the pin, " Jean noted but the green is sloped down from the fairway and golfers cannot see the ball after it leaves the fairway and hits on the green.
A lifetime golfer who still plays golf everyday, Ms. Knickerbocker recorded her first ace 50 years ago in 1960 on the 133-yard par 3 fourth hole at Twin Village when she was playing with three of her children, Terry who was in seventh grade, Kim who was five-years old and Tom who was in the sixth grade.
Three of her other aces were recorded in Florida at the Tampa Golf & County Club, the University of South Florida Golf Course near Tampa and her winter home course at Summertree Golf Course at New Port Richie.
Jean golfs in the Twin Village Tuesday evening Ladies league and the Thursday Ladies Day golf outing and also plays in a ladies league at Summertree during the winter months.
Instead of the traditional buying of drinks for everyone after her fifth ace she provided a hot dog and beer for all the Monday Men's league golfers and Tuesday Ladies league golfers.
Forty nine-year-old Anne Gadziala scored her first career hole-in-one June 29 during the Tuesday Night Ladies league at the Sullivan County Golf & Country Club in Liberty.
Playing with her golf partner Denise Watson against Janet Warren and Nancy Collins, Anne used her rescue club on the 152-yard par 3 thirteenth (fourth hole on the front nine) hole and the four watched her Slazenger golf ball hit the edge of the green and roll into the cup.
Denise commented that after Anne hit the ball she said, "it going in and the other girls were like "yeah its going," and I said "its in" and Anne said "no way" and Denise said she "was just freaked out."
Anne started playing golf in 1983 and plays with a 20 handicap and she comments that "my handicap is myself."
She does not play in any other league and this is her first big golf achievement.
Golf has been popular in Anne's family as her late father, Matt Gadziala coached golf with Morris Gerber for many years at Liberty High School. Her brother, Matt, plays golf regularly at a golf club in Atlanta.
Junior Tourney
Winners Announced
The fourth annual Roscoe Twin Village Golf Club Junior Tournament held June 8 with youth from the age of 10 through high school participating.
Tournament director Sally Shea noted that the young golfers showed good interest in the game of golf and participated with good sportsmanship.
The handicap tournament resulted in a sudden death playoff between Ian Wilson who scored a 35 and Martin Rather with a score of 43. Rather won on the third hole. Wilson took second place and Jesse Huggins third place.
Closest to the pin awards on the fourth hole were Ian Wilson for the boys and Amanda Huggins for the girls. Longest drive on the 7th hole was Martin Rather for the boys and Katy Goodson for the girls. Low gross was shot by Ian Wilson with a 35 and Dan Shea with a 42.
The youth golfers all enjoyed pizza, soda and cake following the competition.
Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
Scoring is all about getting the ball in the hole with the least amount of strokes.....and the short game is a key component to accomplishing this.
One of the ways to improve the short game is to work on distance control.
In this drill, I set up four targets...whether it's buckets or whatever visual object you can find.....with distance ranging from 10 to 40 yards.
After the targets are in place you then hit one ball at each target in sequence. By hitting at different targets in sequence, you once again will prevent yourself from locking in to one distance. In the long run, this will help you develop better feel for your distance control.
As far as club selection, I suggest you start with your 35 degree wedge for this drill and then experiment with your other wedges.
The key here is to develop your touch for the different distances.
Robert Menges is the head 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 by phone at 845-292-0323 or via email at menges@hughes.net
This column is written by Ed Townsend, a consultant to the amateur and professional sport of golf and to several golf writers associations. If you have a topic that would make good reading or have league standings or tournament information, Ed can be reached at 845-439-8177, by email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com and by fax at 845-230-8674. For a much more expanded version of this golf column, please visit our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com/ and we are now available on Facebook.
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