Enjoying the great play at the Town of Fallsburg Municipal Tarry Brae Golf Course are, from the left, Golfing Highlights Columnist Ed Townsend, Monticello golfer John Hoffmann, former Livingston Manor golfer now a Padukah, Ky. resident George Korth, Narrowsburg golfer Ed Guthrie and Tarry Brae PGA Professional Glenn Sonnenschein.
Part of the beauty at the Tarry Brae Golf Course is scenery like this. Maintenance At Tarry Brae Is Excellent
Kudos go out to Tarry Brae Golf Course Superintendent Clark Bartholomew and Assistant Superintendent Jack Jaycox and the entire grounds crew for keeping this course in the outstanding condition we recently found it.
Our foursome consisting of myself, Narrowsburg golfer Ed Guthrie, Padukah, Ky. golfer and former Livingston Manor resident George Korth and Monticello golfer John Hoffmann found the entire Tarry Brae facility in top-notch condition.
The pro-shop is well maintained and great food is served up at the snack bar and grill.
Terry Brae was first developed in the early1950's and was designed by William Mitchell. In the mid 1950's the golf course was taken over by the Town of Fallsburg.
This beautifully designed course is classified by many as a premier golf facility.
P.G.A. Professional Glenn Sonnenschein heads up the staff at Tarry Brae and the Lochmor Golf Course.
One of the major reasons the course is in such great shape is because of the state-of-the art irrigation system which uses a computerized automatic watering program.
Last week we outlined the front nine of Tarry Brae and this week we will take you through the back nine (holes 10-18) which play 3,513 yards to a par 36. This 18-hole course plays to a total of 6,965 yards with a par 72.
Hole No. 10 is a 543-yard par 5 with the fairway sloping left to right. Best to take your tee shot left center.
Hole No. 11 is a 201-yard par 3 with the fairway running slightly uphill. The green has traps on the left and right. Hitting the right club off this tee decides a par score.
Hole No. 12 is a 365-yard par 4 with trees on the left side and a fairway trap on the right. Best to take your drive in the center of the fairway. There is a big trap to the left and center of this green. Hole No. 13 is a 433-yard par 4 with a slight dogleg to the left. A fairway sand trap is on the right and green trap is on the left side.
Hole No. 14 is a 408-yard par 4 with an open fairway. Take your drive left center to avoid the fairway trap on the right. There is a trap on the left side of the green.
Hole No. 15 is a 391-yard par 4 with trees and fairway bunkers on the left side. Best to take your tee shot right center. Traps on the green are on the left and right center.
Hole No. 16 is a 425-yard par 4 with a fairway sand trap on the left side. Take your tee shot center of the fairway. There is a small stream about 20 yards in front of this green which also has a sand trap on the right side.
Hole No. 17 is a 206-yard par 3 with a pond on the right and a stream running in front of the green. Careful club selection is the key to a birdie or par here.
Hole No. 18 is a 541-yard par 5 with a sloping fairway running uphill. A nice finishing hole.
For golf course information and tee times call 434-2620 or go to their web site at http://www.tarrybrae.com/
The Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
The Importance of Wedges:
In today's ever-changing golf game, most players are under the influence that if they hit the ball longer they will play better.
Even though technology has increased how far the ball will travel, the scores are about the same. There is no doubt that if you hit the ball longer you should have less club to the green and be able to get the ball closer to the hole and make more putts.
I believe this to be true, but you better be able to hit the shots on the green close to the pin. In order to hit the ball close, I feel it is important to carry three wedges in your golf bag. Most people have a pitching wedge that comes with their set. This club has 47 to 49 degrees of loft. You have a choice to make for the other two wedges. A gap wedge with about 50 to 55 degrees of loft and a lob wedge is about 60 to 64 degrees of loft. I would choose between these two clubs depending on how far you hit the ball.
A lob wedge will save you shots around the green and a gap wedge will help you with the in between yardages in the fairway.
You should always carry a sand wedge that has 54-57 degrees of loft.
Some touring Professionals will carry 4 wedges in their bag.
The next time you play a round of golf, count how many shots you take from 100 yards in to the green. I think you will find that this will total about 60 percent of your score.
When you are trying to improve your score, it is important to lower the number of shots you take close to the green. I think having three wedges in your bag will help you accomplish a lower score.
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 at 292-0323 or via email at menges@hughes.net
Ed's Outlook
We are approaching the end of August but remember that some of the late summer and early fall golf is the best there is at our area golf courses. Take advantage of many courses that offer special fall rates.
Poems tell an important message as is evident in a poem written by Liberty Poet Ellsworth Buck and addressed to Roscoe Twin Village Golf Course (TVGC) members. The poem reads as follows: "This is for the memories, that I had yesterday, I will never forget the course I liked to play, I caddied on that course, 82 years ago, there I leaned to play, the game that I love so. I can't play anymore, but my memories linger still, about the wonderful people, and they always will."
In reply to Buck's poem TVGC sent the following poem to him, "Ellsworth Buck, You can't help but notice when he steps on the first tee box, He's the best dressed golfer on the course in his knickers and matching sox, He has a long driver and he hits it to the max, heck....He's a writer, singer, poet and even plays the sax. He's thanked us for the memories he says we've given him but the truth is that we all should be thanking him. For all of us at Twin Village know we're very lucky to have a chance to say, that we are friends of "BUCKY."
This column is written by Ed Townsend, a consultant to the amateur and professional sport of golf and and to several golf writers associations. If you have a topic that you believe would make good reading or have league standings and tournament information, Ed can be reached by telephone 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/ This column is also available on Facebook.
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