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Happy New Year
As you enter a New Year, you have a new blank
page-of-life upon which to write. A page with
nothing on it but your dreams, desires and goals
for the next year of your life.

Before you turn to the blank-page of the New
Year, let me take this opportunity to wish for
you the very best of everything in the coming
year. -- May you happily live your dreams,
fulfill your desires, and accomplish all your
goals.

God bless & keep you & yours throughout the
coming year.

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Golf Potpourri

by

Mac Stevenson

Plan Before Practicing This Spring

Even though your golf course may be covered with ice and
snow, it's not too early to start planning your spring
practice strategy. In fact, this is a great way to pass
some idle time and stimulate your enthusiasm for the coming
season.

Daylight is gaining on darkness by two to three minutes
every day. Ever so slowly the sun is moving closer and
early spring is approaching.

On the first warm day, most golfers want to and go out and
hit a full bucket of practice balls. That won't help your
game much; in fact, it can be counterproductive.

It's easy to develop bad swing habits when you practice
with too much clothing on during chilly weather. Under
these conditions, most golfers have a tendency to shorten
their backswing and that causes an unnatural rhythm.

And even if you catch a nice day or two and hit a lot of
practice balls, the benefits will be minimal because cold
weather is sure to return and put you back indoors for
several days.

After not playing for a week or even less, it's the same as
starting from square one again. You wouldn't think a
one-week layoff would affect your game, but--after a few
days when you don't play--timing and swing thoughts
disappear like a morning mist. Any swing groove you start
to develop will vanish after a three- or four-day layoff.

Another caution: It's easy to overdo after a long period
of inactivity. Your enthusiasm is bubbling and you can't
wait to get to the driving range and then the course.

Take it easy. Many golfers are dormant for two or three
months during the winter, and the muscles and tendons used
in the golf swing lose their tone and elasticity. Golfers
with a history of back problems should be particularly
cautious; make sure you stretch and loosen up before you
play. And don't let your back get too tired because that's
when it can go out.

Relax and enjoy the early games without overdoing the
physical part, and don't worry about your score the first
few times out.

Any off-season conditioning work you do will be of great
benefit when you start playing during the first days of
warm weather. Here again, exercise within your limits
depending on your age and physical condition.

What you can work on in the early spring is your short
game; even if you're bundled up in warm clothing, the short
game can be practiced without heavy clothing affecting your
chips and putts. Practicing your short game for a half
hour or so before your first few games of the new season
will also produce immediate and positive results.

Chipping and pitch shots and putting can be honed close to
the clubhouse where you can take a break to warm up. If
cold weather forces a week's layoff, you can continue to
chip and putt indoors at home--thus insuring that the
stroke developed while practicing outside doesn't go AWOL.

Working on your putting after a long layoff can be
particularly beneficial; that's especially true for long
approach putts that require a certain feel.

The time to begin hitting full shots on the driving range
is when the spring weather stabilizes to the point where no
long layoffs appear likely, and you don't have to wear
heavy clothing that restricts your swing.

If you concentrate on your short game during the
unpredictable early spring, you'll be way ahead of your
fellow competitors when stable weather arrives.

One final thought as we prepare for another safe and fun
season of golf: Let's not forget our many thousands of
young people in the armed services who won't be playing
golf during this spring of 2008; instead they're enduring
innumerable hardships and danger in foreign lands.

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Richard's Quick Tip
Topping the Short Putt

When I have a putt of six feet or less, I make a slight
change in the stance I use for longer putts. I stand so
that the ball--which is off my left toe on all putts--is an
inch nearer my foot.

Moving the ball in that inch changes the feeling I get
about the kind of stroke needed to contact the ball
squarely. My hands feel tappier. By this, I mean I get the
feeling as I line myself up that I can hit the ball much
more solidly and more decisively--that my stroke doesn't
have to travel so far either going back or coming forward
or have as much delicate timing to it. It works that way
for me. It cuts down the backswing, enables me to tap the
ball very firmly, and I find that the tap action
automatically makes me follow through without my having to
really think about following through.

When a player taps the ball in a crisp manner, he is bound
to get the ball started right, and the most important part
of any putt is the first six or eight inches. If the ball
is rolling right then, it will roll right all the way.

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Quote:

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it
either for the first or last time. Then your time
on earth will be filled with glory."

Betty Smith 1896-1972, Novelist

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Until next time, good golfing!

Richard C Myers

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