ccgc newsletter may 2013

CCGC Newsle)er May 2013

Content

•  CCGC May Events Rewind

•  Golf Clubs Buying Guide for Freshmen

•  Golf TV Channels Broadcast

•  CCGC June Events Forecast

CCGC May Events Rewind

•  Ceraland Beginners PracGce •  CCGC 2013 Summer Barbecue

Ceraland Beginners PracGce 我们 CCGC 与 Ceraland 签订的“无限畅打”协议吸引了很多新老会员来练球，尤其在天气晴朗时经常出现爆满的局面… 左上：Ceraland 为我们提供的“无限畅打”用球，这桶够大嘛~ 右上：某一天会员们练球热情高涨，居然把 Driving Range 所有的练习用球都打完了..为了能使我们继续练习，美国小伙子不得不开出拖拉机进入球场捡球..伤不起啊…注意不要打到人家… 中：某天阳光明媚，练习场爆满左下：是时候检查练习成果啦！在 CCGC 烧烤结束之后，很多一年级新生来到 Par 3 初次下场。感觉怎样？右下：CCGC 烧烤之后一些老会员来到 Edinburgh 的 Timbergate 打球，球场还不错，大家以后可以常来。

CCGC 2013 Summer Barbecue 哥伦布市华人高尔夫球协会在五月初举行了年度夏季烧烤活动，会员们响应积极，参与人数众多。在这里首先感谢大家捧场。特别感谢烧烤当天带来自制佳肴供大家分享的会员和家属们。特别感谢烧烤当天在现场帮助签到，布置餐桌，烤肉，以及清理的会员和家属们。表扬 Andy 同学和 Eugene 同学彻夜不眠给我们腌制烤肉。表扬牛雨飞同学从如意定了各种饭菜。表扬 Jerry 去超市扫货血拼。表扬 David Hong 厚颜索取会员费，保证球会正常开支。表扬摄影师冯玄用镜头为大家记录下各种欢乐的片段。

CCGC 2013 Summer Barbecue 左：David 在签到并厚颜索取会费… 右：会长在点烟，快浇口油上去！左：扇风点火，准备开烤右：牛大师傅这火势了得左：Jerry 摆肉摆得不要那么认真嘛... 右：哥俩好啊，有情况啊… 左：Charlie 和 Andy 各主一方右：王任童来添个柴加把火

CCGC 2013 Summer Barbecue 左：你们在笑啥呢？会长的泥腿吗… 右：大家腮帮子都甩开了… 准备开吃！左：橙子，能不能吃得有点节操，别把人家 Andy 吓到… 右：一桌姑娘围着你坐，乐开花儿了吧... 左：Ryan Hou 演讲，慷慨激昂右：Ryan Hou 演讲，字字珠玑左：大家在认真听 Ryan Hou 演讲右：肉凉了回个火，挺方便的哈

CCGC 2013 Summer Barbecue CCGC 吃西瓜大赛！比赛分组举行：老会员猛男组老会员美女组新会员美女组新会员猛男组 Committee 组最后赢家分别是 Li Wei, Meihui, Joyce Jiang, Xiao Jingzhi, Niu Yufei 大家来再给参赛选手的吃相评个分呗~

CCGC 2013 Summer Barbecue 左：Eugene 和 Andy 在讲解九宫格游戏右：切球进入红钉区 2 分，黄钉区 1 分，篮网内 5 分，其他区域 0 分左：韩国哥们儿必涌差点打到摄影师… 右：Changchun哥弯刀捞月左：Jiandong哥蓄势待发右：Carmen姑娘破釜沉舟左：观众们貌似不太关心比赛局势… 右：赢了的队伍来领奖！

Golf Clubs Buying Guide for Freshmen

•  What are the most common golf clubs in a set? •  How to select golf clubs? •  Where to buy golf clubs?

What are the most common golf clubs in a set?

According to the USGA, the maximum number of clubs you can have in a game is 14. A combinaGon for this set is really personal but here is a common example:

•  One Driver – with lo) angle from 12.5 degree to 9 degree, used to drive ball to the furthest distance

•  One ParGal Iron Set – from pitching wedge (pw), 9-‐iron to 5-‐iron, used for mid to short range shots

•  Two Hybrids – 3 & 5 hybrids (usually 3 and 4 irons are rarely used, hybrids are used to replace them.)

•  Two fairway woods – 3 woods & 5 woods, used for long-‐range shot

•  Two wedges – sand wedge and lob wedge or gap wedge, used for short or specialized shots like out of rough or bunker

•  One Pu)er – used only on the green

How to select golf clubs?

•  ShaX Flex (R, S, X, A, L) Sha) flex refers to the ability of a golf sha) to bend during the golf swing and it does maJer a lot during your hit. There are usually five raMngs for sha) flex:

o  Regular flex (R) o  SMff flex (S), o  Ex-‐sMff flex (X) o  Senior (A) o  Ladies (L).

The selecMon of flex depends on your swing speed. But for beginners, Regular Flex is highly recommended. •  ShaX Material (Steel or Graphite) As a general rule, men should play steel sha)ed irons and graphite sha)ed woods; and ladies or seniors should play graphite sha)ed irons and woods.


•  ShaX Length (Standard or Custom) Most golfers use standard length clubs. If you are considerably taller or shorter than the average or your arms are longer or shorter than the average, you may want to consider geYng custom-‐length clubs to suit you height.

Generally, the longer the club, the more head speed it can generate, resulMng in more distance, while the downside is the difficulty to control.

Similarly, in a regular set, club length increases with the club number decreasing from 9 to 1. So the control of a driver (club #1) will be definitely harder than 7-‐irons.

•  Club Head For beginners, you might want to select the 'heel-‐and-‐toe' (or, perimeter-‐weighted) club head design, cavity backed (hollowed out in the back) and over-‐sized golf club. The main reason is because bigger club heads are more forgiving with enlarged 'sweet spot' that can produce maximum distance even with off-‐center contacts.


•  Player’s Club, Game-‐improvement Club or Super Game-‐improvement Club Most of golf equipment manufacturers make these 3 different categories golf clubs. The disMncMon between them reside in the design of club head. -‐  Player’s irons (the right one below) tend to have shallower cavity-‐backs, narrow soles, a

thinner top line and they tend to be smaller. The sleek, no frills look and feel of a player’s iron gives more workability but less forgiveness.

-‐  Game-‐improvement irons or Super Game-‐improvement irons (the le) one above) are designed for most of us. They have large club heads and thicker top lines. The larger head creates more stability and a larger sweet spot, giving more forgiveness on mishit.

For beginners, game-‐improvement clubs and super-‐game improvement clubs are recommended. You can search on www.golfdigest.com for details.


•  Lie Angle The lie angle of an iron is the angle made between the ground and the club sha) when the sole of the club rests flat on the ground (as if you were addressing the ball). A smaller lie angle is said to be “flaJer”, and a larger lie angle is said to be “more upright”. Longer clubs are flaJer and shorter clubs are more upright. Lie angles for irons in a set usually range from 59 to 64 degrees. GeYng the lie angle right is crucial to making solid contact and hiYng the ball straight. If too upright, you will get heel-‐heavy divots, the shots will tend to fly le) of the target. If too flat, you will get toe-‐heavy divots and your shots will tend to fly right of the target. Most retail stores can do a lie angle fiYng at no extra cost. Typical adjustments range from 0.5 degrees to 2 degrees (flaJer or more upright).


•  LoX Angle “Lo)”, or, “lo) angle”, is the angle at which the face of the club lies relaMve to a perfectly verMcal face represented by the sha). Lo) gives you an idea of how far ball will go and the type of trajectory it will have. Drivers are the least lo)ed clubs (not counMng puJers), while wedges are the most-‐lo)ed.

The more lo) a club has, the higher the trajectory, and the shorter the distance the ball will travel. Driver loXs for most players run between 9 and 12.5 degrees. For beginners, greater than 10.5 degrees is recommended. Clubs increase in lo) through the set unMl reaching the lob wedge, which usually lo)ed from 60 to 64 degrees.

Where to buy golf clubs?

Most Gme we would recommend that you shop in store, because you can do some swings and have a feel about the clubs. But once you know what kinds of clubs you prefer, there are also hundreds of online vendors to choose from. •  Local stores

MC Sports (Columbus, close to Target on US31) Dick’s (Greenwood) Golf Smith (Indianapolis) Golf Galaxy (Indianapolis)

•  Online vendors

www.RockBottomGolf.com www.3Balls.com www.DicksSportingGoods.com www.Austads.com

www.GolfSmith.com www.TheWorldOfGolf.com www.TGW.com www.Golfio.com

www.GolfGalaxy.com www.GolfCow.com www.GolfDiscount.com www.GolfBalls.com

www.GlobalGolf.com www.EdwinWatts.com

Golf TV Channels Broadcast

Date Event TV Channel May 30 - Jun 2 Memorial Tourn The Golf Channel / CBS Jun 6 - 9 St. Jude Classic The Golf Channel / CBS Jun 13 - 16 U.S. Open ESPN / NBC Jun 20 - 23 Travelers Champ The Golf Channel / CBS Jun 27 - 30 AT & T National The Golf Channel / CBS

CCGC June Events Forecast

•  Chipping & pueng training

•  Swing-‐like-‐you-‐mean-‐it compeGGon

•  Golf lesson by professional coaches for mid-‐level players

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