Hole No. 5 at the Cricket Hill Golf Course offers a challenge with this large pond on the left-center portion of the fairway.
Monticello golfer John Hoffmann gets ready to ring the "approach shot bell" on the 450-yard par 4 fifth hole at Cricket Hill Golf Course. 
New ownership at the Cricket Hill Golf Club includes, from the left, Dr. Fred Mancuso and his brother David Mancuso. Cricket Hill Offers Great Golf
An interesting and enjoyable contrast between the front and back nine's at the Cricket Hill Golf Course near Hawley, Pa. offers golfers an interesting challenge.
As of July 2008 the new ownership at Cricket Hill includes Dr. Fred Mancuso, a Carbondale, Pa. chiropractor and his brother David Mancuso who owns and operates a beer distributorship also located in Carbondale.
This 18-hole public golf course is located at 176 Cricket Hill Road, Hawley and offers three sets of teeboxes for a fun, but challenging golfing experience. The golf course is easily reached and is a short distance from Narrowsburg off of Route 6 between Honesdale and Hawley.
From the blue tees the course for the front nine plays 3,152 yards and the back nine plays 2,531 yards for a total course yardage of 5,683.
The slope and rating from the blue tees is 104 and 67.3. The front nine par is 36 and the back nine par is 35 for a total par of 71.
Tim Kapschull is the pro-shop and bar manager.
This golf facility was originally a farm and a farmer with the last name of Becker is said to have designed and built the first nine holes sometime in the 50's and later added a hotel, swimming pool and campground.
The back nine of the course was built in 1987 but no background information was available as to who designed the layout which offers a totally different venue then the front nine.
Holes 1-9 gives golfers a more open course and hole 10-18 is tighter and requires more accuracy.
Special at the club include the Tuesday and Thursday 18-holes of golf with cart and lunch for $30. Special senior rates are also available on Tuesday and Thursday.
Golf leagues who compete at Cricket Hill include the Thursday AM women's, the Friday AM senior men's, two Monday leagues, a men's afternoon league on Wednesday at 4 and a Friday Mixed league.
The course is also the home of the Lake Wallenpaupack High School golf team.
Memberships and tee times are available by calling the course at 570-226-4366.
This week we will outline the front nine, holes 1-9 and follow up next week with the back nine, holes 10-18.
Hole No. 1 is a 330-yard par 4 with a very slight dogleg to the left off the tee...best to aim for the pole marker in the center of the fairway. Try to keep your approach shot away from the big tree on the right side of the fairway. Accurate shot making will give you your par here. No traps on this hole.
Hole No. 2 is a 300-yard par 4. Take your tee shot between the fairway trees and use the red pole marker in the middle of the fairway....this hole can be a little confusing the first time you play it. There are no traps on this hole.
Hole No. 3 is a 390-yard par 4, the second longest par 4 on the front nine. Open fairway with a slight dogleg left.....there are trees left side of the fairway.....take the tee shot right center. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 4 is a 495-yard par 5. The present tee is being reconstructed at this time. Off the tee you will find a straight open fairway....trees do dot the left and right sides of this fairway so keep your shots down the middle. Avoid the trap near the middle of the fairway and there are two traps, left and right, on this green.
Hole No. 5 is a 450-yard par 4 and one of the most interesting golf holes on the front nine. Best to take your tee shot down the right side of the fairway as there is a pond near the left center portion of this fairway. Keeping the ball right helps to keep you from having to shoot over this pond down a hill and onto the green. As golfers shoot their approach shot to the green they will notice a pole with a rope and bell on it. This is used to alert golfers on the fifth tee that they have taken their approach shot and will be out of the way of any tee shots as golfers on the tee cannot see that portion of the fairway. We rang the bell not knowing what it was for and sort of (jokingly) hoped that by ringing the bell the clubhouse would have brought us out sandwiches and liquid refreshments.
Club selection is important on this approach shot to the green which is downhill from where the bell is located. Take the approach shot to the left center portion of the green for best scoring. There are no traps on this green.
Hole No. 6 is a 155-yard par 3 and the tee shot is all down hill. There is a big trap both in the front and back of this green so your tee shot club selection is important for that birdie or par.
Hole No. 7 is a 370-yard par 4 with the fairway running mostly uphill. Halfway up the hill the fairway is a dogleg right. Try to take your drive right center and avoid the big rock on the left side of the fairway.
Hole No. 8 is a 205-yard par 3. Hazards here include four traps on the left side of the green and a pond somewhat right center of the fairway. Tee shot club selection will help in scoring on this hole.
Hole No. 9 is a 457-yard par 5 with a pond off the tee on the left and a fairway that runs uphill. Take your tee shot left of the trees. The second half of the fairway is a dogleg right with a pond on the right side. Keep left of the bushes on the right side of the fairway. There are traps front and back on this green.
Some reconstruction of tees are presently taking place but overall upkeep and maintenance are good.
Next week we will outline the very interesting back nine (holes 10-18).
Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
How To Hit Out Of A Divot.
Sometimes you hit a great drive right down the middle of the fairway and think you have an easy shot to the green, only when you get to your ball you find it sitting in the middle of a divot that someone didn't replace.
Unfortunately, due to a rule called rub of the green, you must play the ball where it lies and hit the ball out of the divot.
Instead of being upset about your predicament, if you just make a few adjustments this shot is quite easy.
First, you should always use one more club than you would normally use from that yardage. After you have selected your club, you should grip down, or choke down on the club.
When you aim, try to aim more left than usual (this is for right-handed golfers), as the ball will have a tendency to curve to the right after impact.
Try to play the ball more towards the back of the stance, this should make the ball fly lower than normal and put more spin on it.
When you make your swing be sure to hit down on the ball and drive through it with some acceleration. A full follow through is not necessary, keep your arms and hands low through impact and hit more of a punch shot.
The key to this shot is to make contact with the ball first and then drive the club through the shot keeping your head still.
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 292-0323 or via email at menges@hughes.net
Ed's Outlook
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus together again?
Yes it will happen as Jack has decided to join Arnold as an honorary starter at the Masters, a role he once said he had no interest in.
We are hoping they will take it a step further then the ceremonial tee shot. It would be great to see them snatch the tee out of the ground and follow after the ball down the first fairway or even a lot more if they so desire.......make it a nine-hole outing.....and here's betting that Arnie tries to coax Jack into going the entire 18.
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 you feel would make good reading or have league scores and tournament information, Ed can be reached by phone at 439-8177 or by email at bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com For a more expanded version of this golf column, please visit our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com
An interesting and enjoyable contrast between the front and back nine's at the Cricket Hill Golf Course near Hawley, Pa. offers golfers an interesting challenge.
As of July 2008 the new ownership at Cricket Hill includes Dr. Fred Mancuso, a Carbondale, Pa. chiropractor and his brother David Mancuso who owns and operates a beer distributorship also located in Carbondale.
This 18-hole public golf course is located at 176 Cricket Hill Road, Hawley and offers three sets of teeboxes for a fun, but challenging golfing experience. The golf course is easily reached and is a short distance from Narrowsburg off of Route 6 between Honesdale and Hawley.
From the blue tees the course for the front nine plays 3,152 yards and the back nine plays 2,531 yards for a total course yardage of 5,683.
The slope and rating from the blue tees is 104 and 67.3. The front nine par is 36 and the back nine par is 35 for a total par of 71.
Tim Kapschull is the pro-shop and bar manager.
This golf facility was originally a farm and a farmer with the last name of Becker is said to have designed and built the first nine holes sometime in the 50's and later added a hotel, swimming pool and campground.
The back nine of the course was built in 1987 but no background information was available as to who designed the layout which offers a totally different venue then the front nine.
Holes 1-9 gives golfers a more open course and hole 10-18 is tighter and requires more accuracy.
Special at the club include the Tuesday and Thursday 18-holes of golf with cart and lunch for $30. Special senior rates are also available on Tuesday and Thursday.
Golf leagues who compete at Cricket Hill include the Thursday AM women's, the Friday AM senior men's, two Monday leagues, a men's afternoon league on Wednesday at 4 and a Friday Mixed league.
The course is also the home of the Lake Wallenpaupack High School golf team.
Memberships and tee times are available by calling the course at 570-226-4366.
This week we will outline the front nine, holes 1-9 and follow up next week with the back nine, holes 10-18.
Hole No. 1 is a 330-yard par 4 with a very slight dogleg to the left off the tee...best to aim for the pole marker in the center of the fairway. Try to keep your approach shot away from the big tree on the right side of the fairway. Accurate shot making will give you your par here. No traps on this hole.
Hole No. 2 is a 300-yard par 4. Take your tee shot between the fairway trees and use the red pole marker in the middle of the fairway....this hole can be a little confusing the first time you play it. There are no traps on this hole.
Hole No. 3 is a 390-yard par 4, the second longest par 4 on the front nine. Open fairway with a slight dogleg left.....there are trees left side of the fairway.....take the tee shot right center. No traps on this green.
Hole No. 4 is a 495-yard par 5. The present tee is being reconstructed at this time. Off the tee you will find a straight open fairway....trees do dot the left and right sides of this fairway so keep your shots down the middle. Avoid the trap near the middle of the fairway and there are two traps, left and right, on this green.
Hole No. 5 is a 450-yard par 4 and one of the most interesting golf holes on the front nine. Best to take your tee shot down the right side of the fairway as there is a pond near the left center portion of this fairway. Keeping the ball right helps to keep you from having to shoot over this pond down a hill and onto the green. As golfers shoot their approach shot to the green they will notice a pole with a rope and bell on it. This is used to alert golfers on the fifth tee that they have taken their approach shot and will be out of the way of any tee shots as golfers on the tee cannot see that portion of the fairway. We rang the bell not knowing what it was for and sort of (jokingly) hoped that by ringing the bell the clubhouse would have brought us out sandwiches and liquid refreshments.
Club selection is important on this approach shot to the green which is downhill from where the bell is located. Take the approach shot to the left center portion of the green for best scoring. There are no traps on this green.
Hole No. 6 is a 155-yard par 3 and the tee shot is all down hill. There is a big trap both in the front and back of this green so your tee shot club selection is important for that birdie or par.
Hole No. 7 is a 370-yard par 4 with the fairway running mostly uphill. Halfway up the hill the fairway is a dogleg right. Try to take your drive right center and avoid the big rock on the left side of the fairway.
Hole No. 8 is a 205-yard par 3. Hazards here include four traps on the left side of the green and a pond somewhat right center of the fairway. Tee shot club selection will help in scoring on this hole.
Hole No. 9 is a 457-yard par 5 with a pond off the tee on the left and a fairway that runs uphill. Take your tee shot left of the trees. The second half of the fairway is a dogleg right with a pond on the right side. Keep left of the bushes on the right side of the fairway. There are traps front and back on this green.
Some reconstruction of tees are presently taking place but overall upkeep and maintenance are good.
Next week we will outline the very interesting back nine (holes 10-18).
Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
How To Hit Out Of A Divot.
Sometimes you hit a great drive right down the middle of the fairway and think you have an easy shot to the green, only when you get to your ball you find it sitting in the middle of a divot that someone didn't replace.
Unfortunately, due to a rule called rub of the green, you must play the ball where it lies and hit the ball out of the divot.
Instead of being upset about your predicament, if you just make a few adjustments this shot is quite easy.
First, you should always use one more club than you would normally use from that yardage. After you have selected your club, you should grip down, or choke down on the club.
When you aim, try to aim more left than usual (this is for right-handed golfers), as the ball will have a tendency to curve to the right after impact.
Try to play the ball more towards the back of the stance, this should make the ball fly lower than normal and put more spin on it.
When you make your swing be sure to hit down on the ball and drive through it with some acceleration. A full follow through is not necessary, keep your arms and hands low through impact and hit more of a punch shot.
The key to this shot is to make contact with the ball first and then drive the club through the shot keeping your head still.
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 292-0323 or via email at menges@hughes.net
Ed's Outlook
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus together again?
Yes it will happen as Jack has decided to join Arnold as an honorary starter at the Masters, a role he once said he had no interest in.
We are hoping they will take it a step further then the ceremonial tee shot. It would be great to see them snatch the tee out of the ground and follow after the ball down the first fairway or even a lot more if they so desire.......make it a nine-hole outing.....and here's betting that Arnie tries to coax Jack into going the entire 18.
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 you feel would make good reading or have league scores and tournament information, Ed can be reached by phone at 439-8177 or by email at bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com For a more expanded version of this golf column, please visit our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com
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