Golf Legues Getting Ready For Playoffs Local Sullivan County Golf leagues are nearing the end of regular season play and some have already set up their league playoff schedule. League play finds a tight race for first place in the Twin Village Monday Men's league with Brock & Brock in first place with an 182.0 score followed by Husson IV and Husson III close behind with a 181.0 record. In the Tuesday Night Par league at the Swan Lake Golf & Country Club Tanous and Wilhelm lead the league with 110.0 wins while second place see's Fanning and Marciano with 102.5 wins. In the Tuesday Men's league at Tarry Brae another close race with Yaun & Gilmore in first (167.0), Green and Garcia in second with 165.0 and Bonsick & Cassevah in third place with a 160.0 points. Another tight race in the Sullivan Travel league between Sullivan and DeVantier in first place with 188.0 wins followed by Thomas and Husson in second place with a 185.5 win record. Makes the leagues much more competative with the top teams battling it out for championships. Golf Not In Healthy Relationship The PGA Tour fired back recently at a lawsuit filed by professional golfers who recently jointed the rival LIV Golf Tour.....dubbing them "Saudi Golf League Employees," according to a memo obtained by Yahoo Finance. Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine others LIV golfers filed an antitrust complaint against the PGA Tour. Within hours the PGA Tour responded in a scorching memo to members from Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. The memo said, "it's an attempt to use the TOUR platform to promote themselves and to free ride on your benefits and efforts," PGA Tour Commissoner Monahan write to members. "To allow re-entry into our events compromises the Tour and the competition, to the detriment of our organization, our players, our partners and our fans. The lawsuit they have filed somehow expects us to believe the opposite, which is why we intend to make our case clearly and vigorously." In a statement to Yahoo Finance, LIV Golf said, "The players are right to have brought this action to challenge the PGA's anti-competitive rules and to vindicate their rights as independent contractors to play where and when they choose. Despite the PGA Tour's effort to stifle competition, we think golfers should be allowed to play golf." The discourse between the PGA Tour and its suspeded members has grown as more players have joined the LIV Tour. Sources with knowledge of the situation have told Yahoo Finance the Tour views LIV as a competitive threat and is trying to improve its own product to compete with it. "We're very much open to any conversations with the PGA Tour around what the future would look like," LIV Golf COO and President Atui Khosla told Yahoo Finance. "We feel like there is space for both products in the ecosystem," Khosla added. It will be interesting to see if any negotiations do take place......it is presently not healthy for the sport of golf. The Golf Tip By Robert Menges How to start your Downswing to become more consistent. To start your downswing you want to feel as though your hands stay at the top of the back swing and your front leg starts the downswing. Of course this won't happen but that's the feeling you should have. You should also experiment with a different part of your front leg to start your downswing. I recommend using your front knee or your front hip. So simply swing back as normal and then feel as though your hands do nothing because it should be your front knee or hip that pulls your downswing into action. A good drill to get this feeling is to swing back as normal but pull your front foot in so it touches your back foot at the top of the back swing. And then to start your downswing simply move your front foot into it's normal position and swing through. This will help to teach you the correct chain of events for the downswing. Robert Menges is the head golf professional at the Swan Lake Golf & Country Club, Mt. Hope Road, Swan Lake. Call him to see if 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 845-866-5567 or via email at bobmenges22@gmail.com ************************ Ed Townsend is a Public Relations Consultant to the Sport of Golf and brings over 60 years of sports journalism experience in writing and compiling the information for this column, online at http://bght.blogspot.com or email at bght75@gmail.com If you have league or tournament information, shoot a hole-in-one or even score your age, let Ed know at 845-439-8177.