Thank you to all of members at The Club at Gateway for a great season. I would personally like to thank the staff, Michael, Adrian, Nelson, Joe and all the outside services staff that have worked very hard to make this season a special one. Congratulations to all of our Major Championship winners this season! They were honored at our Awards Presentation on Saturday, April 11th after our Member-Member Match play final tournament of the season. Our Hardest Day of Golf (Superintendents revenge) was a huge hit with the members and staff! We had a lot of fun.
We are now enjoying our Summer Members and hope they enjoy the experience over the summer months!
The Club at Gateway Performance Center has enhanced our ability to fit members and guests for the clubs they need, and has given us the opportunity to teach at a higher level with video analysis via Trackman. Even if you are not a member please feel free to reach out to the golf shop to book a fitting or lesson with one of our Golf Professionals.
For those of you with Junior Golfers in the family, we will be starting up our first Junior Golf Summer Camp June 16th. We will be offering Five (5) separate weeks. Five (5) Half Day camps 9am-12pm (Ages 5-12) All of these camps include Lunch, drinks and snacks. Our instructors will be covering all areas of the game, with plenty of time to spend time on the range, putting green, short game area, and golf course. For more information please see the flier in the newsletter (Can we please put the junior camp flier on the same page as golf) or to sign up your favorite Junior Golfer, give us a call in the Pro-shop at 239-561-1010.
GOLF TIP
WANT TO BE A BETTER CHIPPER?
There are some very important fundamentals when you are chipping. Use these fundamentals while practicing to improve your chipping in minutes.
Choose the club you want to use by imagining the shot you want to hit. If it’s a higher shot you need more loft. If it’s a lower running shot you need less loft. One of the most important parts of chipping is deciding where you want the ball to land. All the best players in the world are looking at the point they want to land the ball because they have decided how they think the ball will roll after it lands.
Make sure you preset your weight 60% on your leg closest to the target at address. If you do this correctly it will lock your lower body so your upper body can control the swing.
With your weight 60% on your left make sure the end of the grip is pointing at your belt buckle and your ball position is just in front of the middle of your stance. (Your hands should be ahead of the ball). *If you want to hit a lower chip shot you can move the ball back in your stance.
To control the tempo of your swing and therefore the distance of your shots, try and make the club head travel as far back as it does through.
Make sure you accelerate the club through impact (this can be scary for some people). If you have the correct fundamentals this won’t be as scary because you will create spin and ultimately have more control of the golf ball. When these fundamentals are correct you will make the club bounce into the ball and brush the top of the grass.
In this tip I didn’t mention anything about opening stance or adding loft to your club. These are used for different shots not a basic chip shot. If you would like to learn more about different types of chip shots and the technic we use to hit them please contact me at [email protected] or go onto foretees to book a lesson.
