Pictured below is the winning mountain team. Congratulations on the fine play!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Mountain Team victorious in shootout
Pictured below is the winning mountain team. Congratulations on the fine play!
Friday, May 11, 2012
Ball Flight Laws
Why does my ball go
where it goes?
A straight golf shot is an anomaly. How often is your path
down the target line with a perfectly square club face? We are standing to the
side of the target line swinging the club around our body on an incline.
Understanding why your ball starts the direction it does and
what makes it curve is the first step in making those two factors more
desirable and consistent.
1.
The path the club is traveling through impact
generally dictates the direction your ball will start.
2.
The angle of the club face through impact
relative to the path will produce spin on the golf ball creating shot shape.
1.
An out to in path with a close clubface will
produce a ball flight that starts left and curves more left commonly known as a
duck hook.
2.
An out to in path with an open clubface will
produce a ball flight that starts left and curves right commonly known as a
pull slice.
3.
An in to out path with a close club face will
produce a ball flight that starts right
and curves to the left known as a draw.
4.
An in to out path with an open club face will
produce a ball flight that starts right and curves further right, known as a
push slice.
These are a few examples explaining the ball flight laws. The
severity of the curvature will depend upon the angle of the face relative to
the path the club is traveling through impact.
Your talented Wintergreen Golf Academy
instructors are able to demonstrate this. Please contact the Wintergreen Golf
Academy at 434-325-8255 if you need help creating more consistent ball flight
Monday, April 30, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
From Winter to Spring
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Superintendent Report for April 18
Devils Knob
Opening day at the mountain course was Friday, April 13, see below for pictures. Greens, tees and approaches have been aerified and top dressed. This year we are applying pre-emergence herbicides for the first time ever in roughs, tees, fairways and green surrounds. The previous two summers had such extreme periods of heat and humidity that certain weeds like smooth crabgrass have started to show at Devils Knob. Most of these weeds can be prevented with the judicious use of pre-emergence herbicides.
Stoney Creek
At Stoney Creek, greens continue to improve and heal from recent aerification in March. The Bermuda and Zoysia fairways are beginning to green up early this year. Aside from keeping up with the mowing process, the maintenance team is also working on a drainage issue on Monocan six, in an area that stays wet all the time. Drain tile is being installed and the team is hopeful that this project will be completed soon.
So far, it appears that we won't be suffering any winter kill issue on our Bermuda-grass fairways, and if we experience a conventional warm up this spring we ought to be ahead of the game for our turf to come out of the winter period ready to grow!
We in the Golf Maintenance Department hope that you get the chance to get out and enjoy the courses often this spring. We will be working daily to make your golfing experience as enjoyable as possible.
Fred Biggers CGCS Golf Maintenance Director
Kevin Moore Superintendent - Stoney Creek
Wallace Haskins Superintendent - Devils Knob
Opening day at the mountain course was Friday, April 13, see below for pictures. Greens, tees and approaches have been aerified and top dressed. This year we are applying pre-emergence herbicides for the first time ever in roughs, tees, fairways and green surrounds. The previous two summers had such extreme periods of heat and humidity that certain weeds like smooth crabgrass have started to show at Devils Knob. Most of these weeds can be prevented with the judicious use of pre-emergence herbicides.
Stoney Creek
At Stoney Creek, greens continue to improve and heal from recent aerification in March. The Bermuda and Zoysia fairways are beginning to green up early this year. Aside from keeping up with the mowing process, the maintenance team is also working on a drainage issue on Monocan six, in an area that stays wet all the time. Drain tile is being installed and the team is hopeful that this project will be completed soon.
So far, it appears that we won't be suffering any winter kill issue on our Bermuda-grass fairways, and if we experience a conventional warm up this spring we ought to be ahead of the game for our turf to come out of the winter period ready to grow!
We in the Golf Maintenance Department hope that you get the chance to get out and enjoy the courses often this spring. We will be working daily to make your golfing experience as enjoyable as possible.
Fred Biggers CGCS Golf Maintenance Director
Kevin Moore Superintendent - Stoney Creek
Wallace Haskins Superintendent - Devils Knob
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Devils Knob golf course is open for play
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Superintendant's Report
At Devils Knob
At Devils Knob work gets underway in early March with general course cleanup of limbs and leaf debris. Wallace Haskins and several members of his maintenance crew will be back on the job, returning from their winter positions in other areas at the resort. Last fall and early winter the crew made a fair amount of progress in the cleanup and opening up of several wooded rough areas on #1, #2, # 7, #8, #10, #13 and #14 holes. These areas were brush cut and junk trees ( locusts, wild cherry etc..) were removed along with many rocks where necessary to aid in future mowing equipment use to help maintain these areas.
The opening date for Devils Knob is scheduled to be April 13th. By opening day the greens and tees and approaches will have already been aerified and topdressed. This year we are applying pre-emergence herbicides for the first time ever in roughs, tees, fairways and green surrounds. The previous two summers had such extreme periods of heat and humidity, that certain weeds like smooth crabgrass which are troublesome in the hotter environments like Stoney Creek, have started to show up on the Devils Knob course. Most all of these weeds can be prevented with the judicious use of pre-emergence herbicides on these previously mentioned areas.
We in the Golf Maintenance Department hope that you get the chance to get out and enjoy the courses often this spring. We will be working daily to make your golfing experience as enjoyable as possible.
At Devils Knob work gets underway in early March with general course cleanup of limbs and leaf debris. Wallace Haskins and several members of his maintenance crew will be back on the job, returning from their winter positions in other areas at the resort. Last fall and early winter the crew made a fair amount of progress in the cleanup and opening up of several wooded rough areas on #1, #2, # 7, #8, #10, #13 and #14 holes. These areas were brush cut and junk trees ( locusts, wild cherry etc..) were removed along with many rocks where necessary to aid in future mowing equipment use to help maintain these areas.
The opening date for Devils Knob is scheduled to be April 13th. By opening day the greens and tees and approaches will have already been aerified and topdressed. This year we are applying pre-emergence herbicides for the first time ever in roughs, tees, fairways and green surrounds. The previous two summers had such extreme periods of heat and humidity, that certain weeds like smooth crabgrass which are troublesome in the hotter environments like Stoney Creek, have started to show up on the Devils Knob course. Most all of these weeds can be prevented with the judicious use of pre-emergence herbicides on these previously mentioned areas.
We in the Golf Maintenance Department hope that you get the chance to get out and enjoy the courses often this spring. We will be working daily to make your golfing experience as enjoyable as possible.
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