Our area Amateur Championships got under way this past Thursday under overcast and soggy conditions due to all the rain earlier in the week at Piqua Country Club.  But that did not stop the good play in the first two rounds.

In our Women's Amateur, Three Time Champion, Alyssa Burritt put together rounds of 72 and 73 over the 5800 yard course and takes a sizable lead in the Women's final round tomorrow.

In the Men's Championship, Cameron Willis, extended is lead with another 66, taking his two day total to 132 and now leads by three over Defending Champion, Austin Schoonmaker who is in at 135. He is followed by Cole Corder who is in after two rounds at 139.   

In the Senior Women's Division, Sandy Finkes held off Marla Flinn by three shots to take home the Crystal.

Tee Times begin tomorrow at 7:30am with all the leaders teeing off shortly after 9am

The upper body generates the highest rates of speed in the golf swing. Therefore, any modifications that we can perform here will pay off big time in the long run.  However, these modifications to greatly increase clubhead speed also come with a greater risk of reducing accuracy.  But right now we are just trying to increase speed and power.  Once you do that then you learn how to control it.  If you go back and read last week’s article on lower body modifications and thought those tips were completely different from what most teaching professionals are instructing, you are really going to think the upper body modifications are wild.  But this is also why most of your longest hitters don’t have a “typical” looking swing.

Sept 9 & 10 - Mid Am & Sr Metro - Wildwood GC - Register and Info

We are currently in discussions on the remainder of our 2020 Calendar at this time.

One of our core beliefs at Miami Valley Golf is believing that every child deserves access to the life changing opportunities that our game can provide regardless of socioeconomic status.  

With that in mind, in 2018, we teamed up with Youth on Course to bring this national program to our Miami Valley area.  

Youth on Course members can play at participating courses for $5 or less during allotted times, after paying a small membership fee which is also $5. 

Our foundation (Miami Valley Golf Foundation) supports this program locally by supplementing the difference in green fees to the participating facility.  

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic we will need additional assistance as some of our opportunity for fund raising will not be available.  If possible, we encourage you to support this program.  

• When your score can’t be verified by another person
• While being coached on the course
• When you play using non-conforming clubs, non-conforming balls, or non-conforming tees;
• When you don't play the required number of holes, Less than 6 for 9, less than 14 for 18.  For the holes you haven’t played, you post net par for the hole.
• And when you are not playing your own ball — scrambles, shambles or foursomes (alternate shot).

And remember...A key tenet of the World Handicap System is that it is based on the fact that a you will try to make the best score at every hole in every round. 

So you post just about everything and that includes scores when you play Preferred Lies or adapting to modified Holes due to the Coronavirus !

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