No Business Like Show Business At Bethel Woods
In the fall of 2006 we wrote how Sullivan County experienced a summer to remember as a result of the opening of the Bethel Woods Center For The Arts and that the entertainment staged there resulted in a venue that was new and great for both year-around residents and the many thousands of visitors who came here to see the great shows and taste what real tourism and our county is all about.
Now this world-class venue enters its second season and with it comes an entertainment menu that will wet every ones whistle.
Bethel Woods will present a variety of artists and performances in 2007 including, pop, classical, country and rock
They have pulled out all the stops and what a season it will be at Bethel Woods this summer and early fall.
From the opening night act of Chicago & America on June 16 to the closing act of Earth Wind & Fire on September 8 everyone will have the opportunity to enjoy what they enjoy best.
Following the June 16 act is Bob Dylan and his band on June 30, the famed New York Philharmonic returns for the second season here on July 7, Widespread Panic on July 22, Brad Paisley is back for the second season on July 27, Original NY Doo Wopp Shop comes in on July 28, an Evening of Jazz is scheduled for August 4, Hippiefest 2007 on August 11, Arlo Guthrie & Richie Havens on August 17, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on August 19, Trace Adkins on August 24, Lynyrd Skynyrd on August 26, Harvest Festival on August 26 thru October 7, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price on August 29 and Earth Wind & Fire on September 8.
It just doesn't get any better as these famous acts get the opportunity to play and perform on one of music's most legendary grounds which in 1969 hosted the famous Woodstock Festival.
Bethel Woods memberships are also available where you become a member of a select group of concert enthusiasts and also help to advance the mission of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Members help to promote the vision of Bethel Woods and this helps to enrich the cultural benefits of our region. Membership information is available at 845-295-250.
Once again it's important to remember the professionalism along with the drive and concept of the man behind Bethel Woods. Alan Gerry is one of the best in the professional world of getting things done right..... and again we say thanks Alan.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Local Youth With Doug Kent
Twelve-Year-Old sixth-grade Tri-Valley Central School StudentTaylor Jester remembers well his meeting and spending time last
November with Professional Bowler Doug Kent at the Professional
Bowlers Association (PBA) stop in Cheektowaga near Buffalo. Kent
this week captured the title of all titles when he was named the Chris
Schenkel Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year. Doug
won two major tournaments this tour season, the USBC Masters Title
and the PBA World Championships and led the tour with a career-best
$200,530 in earnings. He and his wife, Chrissie own two bowling centers
and reside in Newark, NY. Taylor is active in youth bowling, Tri-Valley
Majors Little League and Tri-Valley Youth basketball. He is the son of
Dina and Rodney Jester of Bradley.
Doug Kent PBA Player Of The Year
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced today season-ending awards for the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour campaign. Doug Kent has been named the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year, Billy Oatman earned the Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year award and Richard Wolfe was voted the Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award winner.
Kent (Newark, N.Y.) was named the PBA Player of the Year for the first time in his 18-year career. He had a career-year, capturing two titles in a season for the first time and leading the Tour with a career-best $200,530 in season earnings. More importantly, both of Kent’s wins in 2006-07 were Majors, making him just the sixth bowler in PBA history to win two Majors in the same season.
The nine-time titlist captured the first Major of the season, winning three matches en route to the title in the 2006 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Masters at the Wisconsin Exposition Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Kent, who became the first No. 3 seed ever to win the Masters, defeated 2005-06 PBA Player of the Year Tommy Jones in the first match of the stepladder finals and amateur George Lambert IV in the semifinals before knocking off top-seeded Jack Jurek in the title match, 277-230.
Later in the season, Kent captured his second career PBA World Championship, defeating Chris Barnes, 237-216, for the title in the 2007 Denny’s World Championship at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. The win made Kent the first player since Walter Ray Williams Jr. in 2002-03 – and just the sixth in Tour history – to win two Major championships in one season.
In addition to his two titles, Kent also posted one runner-up finish, falling to Pete Weber in the title match of the 2006 Etonic Championship. Kent’s three championship round appearances were his most since the 2001-02 season, and he went 6-1 in those three TV appearances with a 234.57 average. He finished fourth in the PBA World Point Rankings and ranked 10th on Tour with a 222.43 average.
Though it did not count toward official PBA titles or earnings, Kent also captured the season-ending Motel 6 Roll to Riches special event, taking home the winner-take-all $150,000 top prize. He defeated Norm Duke, six-strikes-to-three, in a special Race to Six Strikes title match.
“This is what I set out to do 18 years ago. Winning Player of the Year is the one goal you always have and you always think ‘wouldn’t it be amazing to just win it once,’” Kent said. “After I won the Masters it just helped me relax the rest of the year and I didn’t have to worry about anything. The year itself was already a success because of the money, and I was just able to bowl and didn’t have to think about any of the outside things.”
With his Denny’s World Championship win, Kent also earned a four-season exemption through the 2010-11 season, which has forced him to adjust his career plans.
“Going into last season, it was definitely going to be my last season. I was done,” Kent said. “I thought I’d still bowl some of the Majors I was eligible for, but I had seriously contemplated it being my last year. Now I just renegotiated a two-year contract with my ball company so after the two years we’ll see where it stands.”
Duke (Clermont, Fla.) was second in the PBA Player of the Year voting, winning a Tour-high three titles despite withdrawing from eight events during the season. Pete Weber (St. Ann, Mo.), who won two titles including his fourth career U.S. Open crown – which was his record-tying eighth career Major title – finished third. PBA World Point Rankings leader Wes Malott (Argyle, Texas) finished fourth.
The 41-year-old Oatman (Chicago) became the first African-American and the oldest bowler in PBA history to earn PBA Rookie of the Year honors, surpassing C.K. Moore who was 39 years old when he won the award in 1996. Oatman led all rookies in points – finishing 37th in the 2006-07 PBA World Point Rankings to regain his exemption for 2007-08 – as well as earnings ($46,145) and match play appearances (7). He finished second among rookies with a 216.14 average.
Oatman, who also became the first left-handed bowler since Moore to win the award, nearly won a title in his first career television appearance, finishing second to Jason Couch in the 2007 Motel 6 Classic in January.
“It’s an honor. I feel really good to be able to put a smile on my mom’s face and my fiancé’s face, and to be able to celebrate with all my friends who rooted for me and supported me through everything,” Oatman said. “To be in the same breath as George Branham III, Curtis Odom and Rod Pasteur, and to be an inspiration to the African-American youth is what I really wanted to do by coming out on Tour. They were great bowlers and great people, and right now because of the window of opportunity I have, I want to take the ball and run with it.”
Oatman was lucky to be on Tour at all in 2006-07. He finished 11th in the 2006 Denny’s PBA Tour Trials, one spot shy of an exemption, but Ritchie Allen deferred his exemption later in the summer due to an injury, and Oatman was next in line. The switch made him the first African-American to earn an exemption since the Tour switched to an all-exempt format in 2004.
“I feel like the Ferris Bueller of the PBA Tour. You only get one life so you have to live it with everything you’ve got,” Oatman said. “Once I got the exemption that wasn’t the end. That was just the beginning and I understood how important it was for me to not just be there but to succeed. I worked really hard on my game and worked even harder on my mental game so I could succeed against the competition. I wasn’t satisfied with just being there.”
Andrew Cain (Scottsdale, Ariz.), who became a PBA member in January, finished second in the voting. Cain nearly made history by becoming the second bowler in Denny’s PBA Tour history to win a title in his first career event when he finished fourth in the 2007 Dick Weber Open. Edward VanDaniker Jr. (Essex, Md.) finished third.
Wolfe (Vienna, Va.) was awarded his first career PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award. The 40-year-old has bowled on Tour for 17 years, with last season marking his second as an exempt bowler. He earned his exemption for 2006-07 by finishing ninth in the 2006 Denny’s PBA Tour Trials.
“It was a pleasant surprise to hear from Mr. (Fred) Schreyer. That was very cool,” Wolfe said about hearing the news from the PBA Commissioner and CEO. “I’ve been on the ballot a few times and never won, so it was a nice surprise. I guess you get older and get a little calmer. I have always looked up to Mike Aulby, who won the award a couple times, and I’ve always admired his attitude.”
Though Wolfe finished just 51st in the PBA World Point Rankings to miss out on an exemption for 2007-08, his experience helped him keep a positive attitude all season.
“You just go about it quietly and try to do your business. I tried to be professional throughout it all,” Wolfe said. “It’s a long haul and I just tried to keep my cool and tell myself things can turn around in one tournament. Obviously you hate to not make the Tour, but there is a silver lining and the fact that your peers vote for this award makes it pretty cool.”
Riga Kalfas finished second while Parker Bohn III, Mike Edwards, Jack Jurek, Kelly Kulick and Marv Sargent also received votes.
Steve Nagy, a member of the USBC and PBA Halls of Fame, is the namesake of the PBA’s Sportsmanship Award. The award is given annually to the PBA professional who demonstrates the highest degree of sportsmanship on Tour.
The PBA Player of the Year Award is named after long-time television play-by-play announcer Chris Schenkel. The late Schenkel provided commentary for the PBA on ABC for 36 years and was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame in 1976. The Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year Award is named after PBA Hall of Famer Harry Golden, who served as the PBA Tour’s Tournament Director for 29 years before retiring in 1990.
The PBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards are voted on by PBA members and the media after the completion of the 2006-07 season. The Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award is voted on by PBA members who competed in at least half of the events during the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour season.
About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Denny’s PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Ace Hardware, Bayer, Brunswick, Columbia 300, Denny's, Discover® Card, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com.
Kent (Newark, N.Y.) was named the PBA Player of the Year for the first time in his 18-year career. He had a career-year, capturing two titles in a season for the first time and leading the Tour with a career-best $200,530 in season earnings. More importantly, both of Kent’s wins in 2006-07 were Majors, making him just the sixth bowler in PBA history to win two Majors in the same season.
The nine-time titlist captured the first Major of the season, winning three matches en route to the title in the 2006 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Masters at the Wisconsin Exposition Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Kent, who became the first No. 3 seed ever to win the Masters, defeated 2005-06 PBA Player of the Year Tommy Jones in the first match of the stepladder finals and amateur George Lambert IV in the semifinals before knocking off top-seeded Jack Jurek in the title match, 277-230.
Later in the season, Kent captured his second career PBA World Championship, defeating Chris Barnes, 237-216, for the title in the 2007 Denny’s World Championship at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. The win made Kent the first player since Walter Ray Williams Jr. in 2002-03 – and just the sixth in Tour history – to win two Major championships in one season.
In addition to his two titles, Kent also posted one runner-up finish, falling to Pete Weber in the title match of the 2006 Etonic Championship. Kent’s three championship round appearances were his most since the 2001-02 season, and he went 6-1 in those three TV appearances with a 234.57 average. He finished fourth in the PBA World Point Rankings and ranked 10th on Tour with a 222.43 average.
Though it did not count toward official PBA titles or earnings, Kent also captured the season-ending Motel 6 Roll to Riches special event, taking home the winner-take-all $150,000 top prize. He defeated Norm Duke, six-strikes-to-three, in a special Race to Six Strikes title match.
“This is what I set out to do 18 years ago. Winning Player of the Year is the one goal you always have and you always think ‘wouldn’t it be amazing to just win it once,’” Kent said. “After I won the Masters it just helped me relax the rest of the year and I didn’t have to worry about anything. The year itself was already a success because of the money, and I was just able to bowl and didn’t have to think about any of the outside things.”
With his Denny’s World Championship win, Kent also earned a four-season exemption through the 2010-11 season, which has forced him to adjust his career plans.
“Going into last season, it was definitely going to be my last season. I was done,” Kent said. “I thought I’d still bowl some of the Majors I was eligible for, but I had seriously contemplated it being my last year. Now I just renegotiated a two-year contract with my ball company so after the two years we’ll see where it stands.”
Duke (Clermont, Fla.) was second in the PBA Player of the Year voting, winning a Tour-high three titles despite withdrawing from eight events during the season. Pete Weber (St. Ann, Mo.), who won two titles including his fourth career U.S. Open crown – which was his record-tying eighth career Major title – finished third. PBA World Point Rankings leader Wes Malott (Argyle, Texas) finished fourth.
The 41-year-old Oatman (Chicago) became the first African-American and the oldest bowler in PBA history to earn PBA Rookie of the Year honors, surpassing C.K. Moore who was 39 years old when he won the award in 1996. Oatman led all rookies in points – finishing 37th in the 2006-07 PBA World Point Rankings to regain his exemption for 2007-08 – as well as earnings ($46,145) and match play appearances (7). He finished second among rookies with a 216.14 average.
Oatman, who also became the first left-handed bowler since Moore to win the award, nearly won a title in his first career television appearance, finishing second to Jason Couch in the 2007 Motel 6 Classic in January.
“It’s an honor. I feel really good to be able to put a smile on my mom’s face and my fiancé’s face, and to be able to celebrate with all my friends who rooted for me and supported me through everything,” Oatman said. “To be in the same breath as George Branham III, Curtis Odom and Rod Pasteur, and to be an inspiration to the African-American youth is what I really wanted to do by coming out on Tour. They were great bowlers and great people, and right now because of the window of opportunity I have, I want to take the ball and run with it.”
Oatman was lucky to be on Tour at all in 2006-07. He finished 11th in the 2006 Denny’s PBA Tour Trials, one spot shy of an exemption, but Ritchie Allen deferred his exemption later in the summer due to an injury, and Oatman was next in line. The switch made him the first African-American to earn an exemption since the Tour switched to an all-exempt format in 2004.
“I feel like the Ferris Bueller of the PBA Tour. You only get one life so you have to live it with everything you’ve got,” Oatman said. “Once I got the exemption that wasn’t the end. That was just the beginning and I understood how important it was for me to not just be there but to succeed. I worked really hard on my game and worked even harder on my mental game so I could succeed against the competition. I wasn’t satisfied with just being there.”
Andrew Cain (Scottsdale, Ariz.), who became a PBA member in January, finished second in the voting. Cain nearly made history by becoming the second bowler in Denny’s PBA Tour history to win a title in his first career event when he finished fourth in the 2007 Dick Weber Open. Edward VanDaniker Jr. (Essex, Md.) finished third.
Wolfe (Vienna, Va.) was awarded his first career PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award. The 40-year-old has bowled on Tour for 17 years, with last season marking his second as an exempt bowler. He earned his exemption for 2006-07 by finishing ninth in the 2006 Denny’s PBA Tour Trials.
“It was a pleasant surprise to hear from Mr. (Fred) Schreyer. That was very cool,” Wolfe said about hearing the news from the PBA Commissioner and CEO. “I’ve been on the ballot a few times and never won, so it was a nice surprise. I guess you get older and get a little calmer. I have always looked up to Mike Aulby, who won the award a couple times, and I’ve always admired his attitude.”
Though Wolfe finished just 51st in the PBA World Point Rankings to miss out on an exemption for 2007-08, his experience helped him keep a positive attitude all season.
“You just go about it quietly and try to do your business. I tried to be professional throughout it all,” Wolfe said. “It’s a long haul and I just tried to keep my cool and tell myself things can turn around in one tournament. Obviously you hate to not make the Tour, but there is a silver lining and the fact that your peers vote for this award makes it pretty cool.”
Riga Kalfas finished second while Parker Bohn III, Mike Edwards, Jack Jurek, Kelly Kulick and Marv Sargent also received votes.
Steve Nagy, a member of the USBC and PBA Halls of Fame, is the namesake of the PBA’s Sportsmanship Award. The award is given annually to the PBA professional who demonstrates the highest degree of sportsmanship on Tour.
The PBA Player of the Year Award is named after long-time television play-by-play announcer Chris Schenkel. The late Schenkel provided commentary for the PBA on ABC for 36 years and was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame in 1976. The Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year Award is named after PBA Hall of Famer Harry Golden, who served as the PBA Tour’s Tournament Director for 29 years before retiring in 1990.
The PBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards are voted on by PBA members and the media after the completion of the 2006-07 season. The Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award is voted on by PBA members who competed in at least half of the events during the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour season.
About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Denny’s PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Ace Hardware, Bayer, Brunswick, Columbia 300, Denny's, Discover® Card, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com.
Callicoon Lanes To Add Restaurant
Major Changes At Callicoon Lanes
Major construction will soon be taking place at Callicoon Lanes on Route 97.
Callicoon Lanes owner and manager Tom Russell said he is waiting for a public hearing and final approval for the construction of a 2,000 square foot Italian-American restaurant which will be attached to the parking lot side of the bowling lanes near the main entrance to the building.
The new restaurant will also have access for bowlers inside the building and is expected to be open for the start of the new league season in September.
Since the new restaurant will take away some of the present parking new additional parking will be built in the rear of the existing building and a new driveway will circle the building and exit out onto Route 97.
Russell also announced interior plans for the installation of new ball returns and new Paramount Industries rubber sidekicks in the pin deck area. Paramount is promoting the new rubber sidekicks that they say will provide better scoring, more bounce and more ball and pin action.
Interior renovations also include painting and improved lighting over the lanes.
Russell said he was concentrating on providing a much improved scoring shot for this upcoming 2007-08 league bowling season and has been receiving professional instruction on how to use his AMF lane dressing machine for the improvement of scoring conditions.
The Callicoon Lanes owner noted that improved maintenance procedures were going to be put into place for the Brunswick pin setters and additional maintenance for cleaner pin deck, pin setters and ball-returns would be in place for the 2007-08 season.
The addition of a pro-shop selling bowling accessories is also in the planning stages.
Next year Russell indicated he probably would add new pin deck's to all 10 lanes.
Beginning June 8 for 10-weeks the Adult Junior league is back for another season. Teams consists of 3 or 4 bowlers with any combination of adults and juniors. The league bowls at 8 p.m. and costs $8 per person for two games of bowling, shoes and one slice of pizza and soda per bowler.
Summer instruction for youth will also take place with top bowling teachers helping children understand the fundamentals of bowling. Sign up includes a free ball, bag and shoes.
Russell also announced that Callicoon Lanes is also going to give bowlers the opportunity to bowl their way into the Guiness Book of World Records when they host the only 24-hour bowling marathon in the country this August. This event is open of men and women in which they will have to test their skill to bowl as many games as they can in a 24-hour period.
The entree fee of $100 includes breakfast, lunch and a dinner buffet and every bowler will receive a cash prize and the opportunity to be awarded the top 24-hour bowler by the Guiness Book of World Records.
Three divisions of men's, women's and double's will take place every Saturday starting August 5.
For information on this Guiness Tournament call John at 845-887-4437.
Information for all events at Callicoon Lanes can be obtained at 845-887-5750.
Major construction will soon be taking place at Callicoon Lanes on Route 97.
Callicoon Lanes owner and manager Tom Russell said he is waiting for a public hearing and final approval for the construction of a 2,000 square foot Italian-American restaurant which will be attached to the parking lot side of the bowling lanes near the main entrance to the building.
The new restaurant will also have access for bowlers inside the building and is expected to be open for the start of the new league season in September.
Since the new restaurant will take away some of the present parking new additional parking will be built in the rear of the existing building and a new driveway will circle the building and exit out onto Route 97.
Russell also announced interior plans for the installation of new ball returns and new Paramount Industries rubber sidekicks in the pin deck area. Paramount is promoting the new rubber sidekicks that they say will provide better scoring, more bounce and more ball and pin action.
Interior renovations also include painting and improved lighting over the lanes.
Russell said he was concentrating on providing a much improved scoring shot for this upcoming 2007-08 league bowling season and has been receiving professional instruction on how to use his AMF lane dressing machine for the improvement of scoring conditions.
The Callicoon Lanes owner noted that improved maintenance procedures were going to be put into place for the Brunswick pin setters and additional maintenance for cleaner pin deck, pin setters and ball-returns would be in place for the 2007-08 season.
The addition of a pro-shop selling bowling accessories is also in the planning stages.
Next year Russell indicated he probably would add new pin deck's to all 10 lanes.
Beginning June 8 for 10-weeks the Adult Junior league is back for another season. Teams consists of 3 or 4 bowlers with any combination of adults and juniors. The league bowls at 8 p.m. and costs $8 per person for two games of bowling, shoes and one slice of pizza and soda per bowler.
Summer instruction for youth will also take place with top bowling teachers helping children understand the fundamentals of bowling. Sign up includes a free ball, bag and shoes.
Russell also announced that Callicoon Lanes is also going to give bowlers the opportunity to bowl their way into the Guiness Book of World Records when they host the only 24-hour bowling marathon in the country this August. This event is open of men and women in which they will have to test their skill to bowl as many games as they can in a 24-hour period.
The entree fee of $100 includes breakfast, lunch and a dinner buffet and every bowler will receive a cash prize and the opportunity to be awarded the top 24-hour bowler by the Guiness Book of World Records.
Three divisions of men's, women's and double's will take place every Saturday starting August 5.
For information on this Guiness Tournament call John at 845-887-4437.
Information for all events at Callicoon Lanes can be obtained at 845-887-5750.
Golfers See Great Painting
Golfers entering the parking lot of the Roscoe Twin Village Golf Clubget to see one of the most attractive rural mailboxes in the area as a
result of the artistry of Debbie Hendrickson of 148 Rockland Road. She
and her husband Bill live right next to the golf course parking lot and
clubhouse. Debbie is the executive secretary at Roscoe Central School
and with her husband owns and operates Mystic Entertainment.
Golfing Highlights Column 5-25-07
Square Head DriverHottest Drivers On The Golf Market
Well it looks like its "Hip To Be Square" on the golf course with the introduction of the hottest drivers out on the golf market for 2007.
Some are saying move over to the traditionally shaped driver and welcome to the technologically enhanced driver that is suppose to give you a forgiving golf club off the tee.
And then again many will counter this statement that is the golfer and the his swing that determined success off the tee.
A high Moment of Inertia and a new avant-garde square face are now being featured in drivers manufactured by many companies.
The technical changes being offered by these companies is that this new concept in drivers is designed to help the golfer go straighter with what some are calling "Total Accuracy Control" technology.
Golf club manufacturers engineers have taken their time to make sure their "center of gravity" is positioned to provide improved forgiveness, greater distance and a perfect launch angle while presenting a pleasing profile at address.
This new geometric shape moved the "center of gravity" back and lower in the club head and offers a very high "moment of inertia" that helps keep the club head from twisting at impact. This square profile repositions weight at the corners of the club head, raising the "moment of inertia" across both he horizontal and vertical axes.
Golf manufacturers are saying this produces greater stability and forgiveness for ball striking across the entire face, which is much wider than your average driver.
The new concept helps ensure the best ball flight possible and some manufactures have improved the bulge and roll of the driver and they say this produces a ball flight that is straight, while still being workable.
Golf club manufacturers are saying that the proprietary Total Accuracy Control technology with the square head provides maximum perimeter weighting and more discretionary weight for precise positioning of the "center of gravity" and "moment of inertia."
Some club makers have even built in two draw-fade adjustable weight ports that they say put their product way out in front of the competition.
New technology in golf clubs continue to challenge our great game of golf. Check these latest features out with your local golf professional.
The Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
Shaft Flex: New drivers are hitting the ball longer than they were 10 to 15 years ago.
Every golfer is looking for more distance off the tee. With the new materials the drivers are made of, you can find them to be very light and easy to swing. This can increase your swing to allow you to hit the ball longer.
When you are looking to get a new driver, you must also look at the type of shaft you have. This is the part of the club that is more overlooked.
The shaft of the club is very important to how the club will react based on your swing. It is important to have the right shaft flex and weight to help you hit the ball properly. If a shaft is too heavy or too stiff, it will effect the club face at impact. This is the most important part of the golf swing, and you want the club to be in the right position when you are about to hit the ball.
The technology of the shaft has grown as far as the materials in the make up of the head of the club. Before you invest money into a club, see your local PGA professional to help you select the right shaft for your swing. He will be able to see the proper flex and weight of the shaft to give you the best opportunity to hit the ball far and straight.
The right shaft will help you with your accuracy and, in turn, enable you to hit more fairways.
Robert Menges is a golf pro 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 845-292-0323 or via e-mail at menges@localnet.com
Ed's Outlook
We do want to remind out many readers that our Golfing Highlights Column is also available on our Web BLOG page at http://bght.blogspot.com/ Check it out.
One of the real nice tournaments that take place each year is the Liberty Elks Lodge #1545 Annual Golf Outing.
The 6th annual event takes place on Sunday, July 15 with two shotgun starts at the Sullivan County Golf & Country Club in Liberty.
Registration for this event get underway at 7 a.m. with the first tee time set for 8 a.m. Registration again takes place at noon with a 1 p.m. tee time.
The tournament features a best-ball scramble format.
There is a putting contest with half of the cash going to the winner and the remainder to Cerebral Palsy.
Admission is $65 and includes breakfast, coffee and donuts. Hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch and a chicken dinner with baked potatoes and corn at the end of the tournament. Kegs of beer, soda and water will be on the course until gone.
Prizes include a two-year free lease on a 2007 Ford Explorer from M&M Ford for the first hole in one on a designated par 3 hole and $500 case for a second hole in one on the designated par 3 hole.
The raffle Grand Prize is a custom made set of clubs by "Clubs by Buddy."
This tournament benefits Elks projects including Cerebral Palsy.
Information call Harry Fox at 845-292-3434 or 845-482-5331.
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 at 845-439-8177 or via e-mail at bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com Take a look at our Internet BLOG at http://bght.blogspot.com/
Well it looks like its "Hip To Be Square" on the golf course with the introduction of the hottest drivers out on the golf market for 2007.
Some are saying move over to the traditionally shaped driver and welcome to the technologically enhanced driver that is suppose to give you a forgiving golf club off the tee.
And then again many will counter this statement that is the golfer and the his swing that determined success off the tee.
A high Moment of Inertia and a new avant-garde square face are now being featured in drivers manufactured by many companies.
The technical changes being offered by these companies is that this new concept in drivers is designed to help the golfer go straighter with what some are calling "Total Accuracy Control" technology.
Golf club manufacturers engineers have taken their time to make sure their "center of gravity" is positioned to provide improved forgiveness, greater distance and a perfect launch angle while presenting a pleasing profile at address.
This new geometric shape moved the "center of gravity" back and lower in the club head and offers a very high "moment of inertia" that helps keep the club head from twisting at impact. This square profile repositions weight at the corners of the club head, raising the "moment of inertia" across both he horizontal and vertical axes.
Golf manufacturers are saying this produces greater stability and forgiveness for ball striking across the entire face, which is much wider than your average driver.
The new concept helps ensure the best ball flight possible and some manufactures have improved the bulge and roll of the driver and they say this produces a ball flight that is straight, while still being workable.
Golf club manufacturers are saying that the proprietary Total Accuracy Control technology with the square head provides maximum perimeter weighting and more discretionary weight for precise positioning of the "center of gravity" and "moment of inertia."
Some club makers have even built in two draw-fade adjustable weight ports that they say put their product way out in front of the competition.
New technology in golf clubs continue to challenge our great game of golf. Check these latest features out with your local golf professional.
The Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
Shaft Flex: New drivers are hitting the ball longer than they were 10 to 15 years ago.
Every golfer is looking for more distance off the tee. With the new materials the drivers are made of, you can find them to be very light and easy to swing. This can increase your swing to allow you to hit the ball longer.
When you are looking to get a new driver, you must also look at the type of shaft you have. This is the part of the club that is more overlooked.
The shaft of the club is very important to how the club will react based on your swing. It is important to have the right shaft flex and weight to help you hit the ball properly. If a shaft is too heavy or too stiff, it will effect the club face at impact. This is the most important part of the golf swing, and you want the club to be in the right position when you are about to hit the ball.
The technology of the shaft has grown as far as the materials in the make up of the head of the club. Before you invest money into a club, see your local PGA professional to help you select the right shaft for your swing. He will be able to see the proper flex and weight of the shaft to give you the best opportunity to hit the ball far and straight.
The right shaft will help you with your accuracy and, in turn, enable you to hit more fairways.
Robert Menges is a golf pro 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 845-292-0323 or via e-mail at menges@localnet.com
Ed's Outlook
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One of the real nice tournaments that take place each year is the Liberty Elks Lodge #1545 Annual Golf Outing.
The 6th annual event takes place on Sunday, July 15 with two shotgun starts at the Sullivan County Golf & Country Club in Liberty.
Registration for this event get underway at 7 a.m. with the first tee time set for 8 a.m. Registration again takes place at noon with a 1 p.m. tee time.
The tournament features a best-ball scramble format.
There is a putting contest with half of the cash going to the winner and the remainder to Cerebral Palsy.
Admission is $65 and includes breakfast, coffee and donuts. Hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch and a chicken dinner with baked potatoes and corn at the end of the tournament. Kegs of beer, soda and water will be on the course until gone.
Prizes include a two-year free lease on a 2007 Ford Explorer from M&M Ford for the first hole in one on a designated par 3 hole and $500 case for a second hole in one on the designated par 3 hole.
The raffle Grand Prize is a custom made set of clubs by "Clubs by Buddy."
This tournament benefits Elks projects including Cerebral Palsy.
Information call Harry Fox at 845-292-3434 or 845-482-5331.
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 at 845-439-8177 or via e-mail at bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com Take a look at our Internet BLOG at http://bght.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 21, 2007
Here & There Column 5-22-07
Coffee Clatch Debates High Gasoline Prices
Eventually I knew that one of these days our Sullivan County Coffee clatch would get into some heavy discussion on gas prices and hopefully the seven of us have come up with some constructive thinking on this subject.
At we took our first sips of fresh home brewed coffee and bit into tasty home made donuts conversations began flying about the possibility that this is all because of fuel price gouging and that everyone is suffering and battered by surging gasoline prices.
We all totally agreed that gas prices have put a serious drain on consumer dollars but we also concluded that folks who don't have public transportation and depend on their vehicle to get them from here to there have to pay the price to get from here to there.
Several of us also noted that not too much change in the amount of vacation and leisure travel is taking place as a result of the high gasoline prices.
None in our group had any answers to the various media reports that take place on a daily basis and say . "oil prices rose above $62 a barrel Friday after a report from the International Energy Agency raised concerns about the market's ability to meet an expected jump in demand for oil-bases products."
Then we hear on the news, "oil prices edged up Friday as traders weighed concerns of tight U.S. gasoline supplied against increased crude stockpiles and signs that tension might be easing over Iran's nuclear program,."
By the time we got to our second cup of coffee some of us gave strong indications that these news reports are generated just to throw us off and none of these reports are true because all the oil companies are doing is gouging us for all we're worth.
"But wait", one in our clatch said, :"a number of lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose stiff penalties on oil and gas companies for price gouging." Most of us chuckled about this saying that this was nothing but political BS.
And why is is that when the price of a barrel of oil goes up, gasoline prices go up, but when the cost of a barrel of oil goes down, gasoline prices still go up........we agreed that this subject is getting beyond ridiculousness.
Our coffee clatch conversation led to the use of bio fuels production and the manufacture of cars that can use a variety of fuels and hybrids that use electricity.
We unanimously agreed that auto makes know how to make their vehicles more fuel efficient but have been slow to do so, in part because American minimum gas mileage standards for cars haven't been updated in more than 20 years.....so we agreed that Congress should update gas mileage standards.
U.S. auto makers, we all agreed, pay lit service to fuel economy, but have not made real strides.
Our coffee clatch all agreed that our government must act to increase corporate fuel economy standards that would require vehicles to give us a much improved mile per gallon.
This coffee clatch says its time to make fuel efficiency a national priority.......and if government officials refuse.....throw them all out of office until results are achieved.
Eventually I knew that one of these days our Sullivan County Coffee clatch would get into some heavy discussion on gas prices and hopefully the seven of us have come up with some constructive thinking on this subject.
At we took our first sips of fresh home brewed coffee and bit into tasty home made donuts conversations began flying about the possibility that this is all because of fuel price gouging and that everyone is suffering and battered by surging gasoline prices.
We all totally agreed that gas prices have put a serious drain on consumer dollars but we also concluded that folks who don't have public transportation and depend on their vehicle to get them from here to there have to pay the price to get from here to there.
Several of us also noted that not too much change in the amount of vacation and leisure travel is taking place as a result of the high gasoline prices.
None in our group had any answers to the various media reports that take place on a daily basis and say . "oil prices rose above $62 a barrel Friday after a report from the International Energy Agency raised concerns about the market's ability to meet an expected jump in demand for oil-bases products."
Then we hear on the news, "oil prices edged up Friday as traders weighed concerns of tight U.S. gasoline supplied against increased crude stockpiles and signs that tension might be easing over Iran's nuclear program,."
By the time we got to our second cup of coffee some of us gave strong indications that these news reports are generated just to throw us off and none of these reports are true because all the oil companies are doing is gouging us for all we're worth.
"But wait", one in our clatch said, :"a number of lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose stiff penalties on oil and gas companies for price gouging." Most of us chuckled about this saying that this was nothing but political BS.
And why is is that when the price of a barrel of oil goes up, gasoline prices go up, but when the cost of a barrel of oil goes down, gasoline prices still go up........we agreed that this subject is getting beyond ridiculousness.
Our coffee clatch conversation led to the use of bio fuels production and the manufacture of cars that can use a variety of fuels and hybrids that use electricity.
We unanimously agreed that auto makes know how to make their vehicles more fuel efficient but have been slow to do so, in part because American minimum gas mileage standards for cars haven't been updated in more than 20 years.....so we agreed that Congress should update gas mileage standards.
U.S. auto makers, we all agreed, pay lit service to fuel economy, but have not made real strides.
Our coffee clatch all agreed that our government must act to increase corporate fuel economy standards that would require vehicles to give us a much improved mile per gallon.
This coffee clatch says its time to make fuel efficiency a national priority.......and if government officials refuse.....throw them all out of office until results are achieved.
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