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While the TMC schedule is at its midpoint, I hope to

play golf deep into November and maybe December?

Seems only fair with all the rain we had at the

beginning of the season.

We recently had our Senior and Club Championships

– Congrats to all the winners. Next up is Parent /

Child and Member-Member, a great event and I

encourage ya’all to join the fun for the golf and the

Calcutta the Friday night before.

Service - the action of helping or doing work for

someone. We have a great group of members that

serve the TMC, on committees and some commit to

the serve on the Board of Directors. Please think

about getting more involved and serving TMC. You

will get more out of it that you put in, and it is Fun!

Pro-Officer Event -- As TMC President, I was invited

to this annual PGA event with our PGA Professional

Zac, the Pro-Officer Tournament. This year it was

held at Wampanoag CC in West Hartford. It was a

great day, except for my golf as I had just returned

from my summer vacation and was not in my usual

form, I was worse. It is a great event and I was

honored to represent Tallwood Men’s Club.

On-line Sign ups – We appreciate and request your

patience. If you have any issues using the system,

please reach out directly to Eric or Zac for a tee time.

The Pro-Shop staff can also take calls to sign you up if

there is an issue or you are not near a computer. The

technology glitches are Top priority and we hope to

have all resolved ASAP. These improvements will

benefit the TMC as we move forward.

Happy Summer!

Richard Potticary II

President

July 2018 http://www.tallwoodmensclub.com

2018 Board of Directors

President – Richard Potticary II

Vice President – Joe LeBlanc

Treasurer – Kim Aderman

Secretary/ Communications

– Greg Berger

Handicap – Jim Bidwell

Membership –Bob Wahlberg

Co-Social – Earl Brown

Co-Social – Gary Greenwald

Tournament – Terry Ruzzo

Past President – Greg Garcia

The President’s Corner

Vice-President

Slow play

After a good start to the season, we have started to see a bit of slow play in the past few weeks.

Remember, a single slow foresome will slow up the whole golf course. So please pay attention to

keeping up with the group in front of you.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind.

* Plan your shot before you get to your ball

* Keep your pre-shot routine short

* Unless in a match play situation, play “ready golf “

* Play a provisional ball if you think your ball might be lost or out of bounds

* Go to your ball and prepare will others in your group are hitting

* Putt out short putts, don’t mark

Having to wait every shot can be frustrating, so let’s all try to keep things moving.

Joe LeBlanc

VP

Membership

Please welcome New Member John Sakon. We look forward to getting to know you! If any new

members have questions or are not familiar with the procedures for participation in Club events,

please just reach out to the Pro Shop or any Board member or e-mail me at the address below. Any

Board member would be glad to help with your questions.

As in years past, the Board has approved a proposal to offer new membership at a reduced rate for

the remainder of the season. Going forward, the fee to join the best Men’s Club in the state will

be only $100.00 (including a new GHIN account) or $75.00 if the prospective member has an

active GHIN account.

Gentlemen – If you have a friend, relative or colleague, who may be interested in joining the best

Men’s Club in the state, please refer him to the web site to apply for membership or e-mail me at

the address below and I will work with him to complete the application process.

Bob Wahlberg

Membership Director TMC_membership@yahoo.com

Social

The dog days of summer are here and the Social Calendar is heating up. Some of our best, fun

events are coming up and we hope to see many of you there.

Next up on July 28th is the popular Parent Child Tournament. This is a popular event where a

member can play with family member of a different generation. It will include 18, 9 and 4 hole

divisions. There will also be a putting division for kids and toddlers, which began last year, and

was a big success. The golf is followed by a fun cookout at the Pavilion that includes Hot Dogs,

Hamburgers and Kelly Dogs. Beer and soft drinks are also included. The registration form is

attached to this Newsletter and can also be completed online. Registration deadline is fast

approaching so don’t delay and send them in ASAP or contact the Pro Shop.

That will be followed up with the increasingly popular 2 Ball Open or Rib Open on August 18th. A

two-man better ball event with a barbeque after the event catered by Little Marks. Sure to include

ribs, pulled pork, beans and cole slaw, this is one you don’t want to miss. This tournament will be a

7:30 Shotgun start. Signups will be online.

Anyone interested in joining the Social Committee and supporting our club and events are

welcome to attend our meetings.

Earl Brown and Gary Greenwald

Cosial

Past President

In September at the Fall Meeting we will be voting in the new Men’s Club Board of Directors.

Every position in the Board is up for election. As always we ask for and welcome all new comers

to the Board. Fresh ideas and new perspectives are what have kept the club ever changing into

what it is today. Be on the lookout for the nomination forms on the board outside the Pro Shop in

the coming weeks.

I also would like to remind all our members that now is the time to submit nominations for the

Distinguished Service Award (DSA). A nomination form with guidelines will be located on the

website homepage shortly. The board will be considering applications in September so please get

those nominations in ASAP.

See you out there,

Greg Garcia

Past President

July News from the Lesson Tee…

The lesson tee has been in full swing this month…no pun intended! I completed my US Kids

Certification in June, inspiring a few new games around the putting green. Perhaps my

favorite new game for 2018 is “Cow Pasture Pool.” You only need a few simple supplies to

play: Survey tape (or string), 4 tees, 2 sets of colored golf balls, and a designated “8-ball.”

Using the survey tape, create a “billiard table” around a hole on the putting green. Space the

different colored balls evenly around the hole (short, medium, and long putts for both

colors). Each player or team chooses a ball color. The objective is to hole all of your golf

balls and the 8-ball before your opponent. If a player sinks his putt, he continues to putt

until he misses. If he knocks his ball outside the boundary of the billiard table, he loses his

turn. A player may only putt a ball of his assigned color. However, he may attempt to knock

another player’s ball away from the hole.

In addition to simply having fun while practicing putting, games like Cow Pasture Pool enhance

the transfer effect of practice. What does this mean? Creating variability in practice increases

the likelihood that your performance in practice will transfer to the golf course. Too often

golfers practice in a blocked fashion…repeating the same shot, to the same target, with the

same club. This is helpful early in learning, but research shows it does little to improve

performance in play or competition. Key point…to get the most from a practice session,

consider not only what you are practicing, but also how you are structuring your practice

session.

Cow Pasture Pool and many other games

(battleship, pirates gold, long drive with

monster marshmallows) were used throughout

our three Junior Golf Academies. The teaching

staff coached 43 children in our academies this

summer. Many thanks to those who registered

their children and grandchildren. We have one

remaining Pee Wee Pro’s program on

Saturday, August 25 for children age 3-6. Check

out Eric Brigg’s niece during our Pee Wee Pro’s

program in June…look out LPGA Tour…Madeline

is heading your way!

Our LPGA*USGA Girls Golf program is only half-

way through our season and we already have

over 30 girls registered! Girls Golf is a bi-

monthly instructional program that runs

through October. All skill levels are welcome.

Larry and his crew work very hard every day to keep Tallwood in great shape. Did you know that

bug spray and sun block can damage grass? Check out what happened when someone sprayed

bug spray on the green of a nearby golf course…

Please remember to apply bug spray and sunblock in the

parking lot or on the cart path.

Thank you!

Nicole Damarjian

Director of Instruction Tallwood Country Club

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Dav Pelz’s Short

Game Bible

By Dave Pelz &

James A Frank

Favorite Drills

Short game test.pdf

If you have a bit of

time this short game

test is an absolute

great test on where

your short game is and

what you need to

approve. If you have

any questions just sent

me a message, email

or call me.

When you are ready

to improve Nicole,

Myself or Eric are here

to help you out with

that.

Zac

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Pro’s Corner Hot Golf Topics

- The Open Championship is here to announce the Champion golfer

of the year. I know there will be a couple of you waking up nice and

early the next couple of days (I will be one of the for sure).

My Pick for this year’s Champion Golfer of the year will be Justin

Thomas… The reason I like JT is simple. He is really, really, really

due to have a great tournament. He is fearless and hits the ball a

mile. While guys are laying up I see him staying just aggressive

enough to win.

My 2 Longish shots to finish really well are Pat Perez and Brian

Harman.

- I want to give a huge congrats to all our club champions this year.

It is not easy to win a tournament with 4 rounds of stroke play. It

takes lots of concentration and some really practice and trust in your

game. Congratulations to our flight winners.

Championship – Nate Dong - 2 time winner

Flight A – Dave Nokes - 1st time winner

Flight B – Mark Dennis – 3 time winner

Flight C – John Guandalini - 3 time winner.

- The flight scope X3 has been used for many fittings and lessons. It

has been and amazing addition to the Pro Shop. Look out for Eric

and I to be on a tee box one Saturday to show all of you this great

piece of technology. Special orders have been coming in fast and it’s

been a very exciting year so far. As we finish up our (3) Jr Golf

Camps this coming week, we look forward to the upcoming Men’s

Club Events, the Parent Child, Member- Member and the 2 Ball

Open. If anyone needs a partner for the Member - Member please

call the pro shop. We will do our best to pair you up with another

member interested in playing.

-Many of you have seen our new faces in the Pro Shop. Please if

you haven’t already introduced yourselves to Emily and Hope

Sternat. They will mostly be working in the afternoons throughout

the summer until they return to college. Hope goes to the University

of Delaware and Emily goes to the University of Oregon.

Zac Stennett PGA

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Severe Weather Pending Today!

Watch the Sky and be Safe!

Tallwood C.C. does not have a Lightening warning system to warn Golfers!

If the weather gets Severe and you see

LIGHTENING or feel Unsafe

Please move to a shelter or come back to the Club House!

Please use Common Sense!

Thank you for Playing Tallwood C.C.

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