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5 Exercises to Increase Hip Mobility For A Better Golf Swing
Your hip mobility plays a crucial part in your golf swing. In the back swing the lead leg needs to externally rotate at the hip and the trail leg internally rotates at the hip. During the downswing the hips switch positions with the lead leg going into internal rotation and the trail leg into external...
Blackstone Country Club Hosts Worlds Qualifying Golf Tournament and Encourages Amateur Competitors
Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia, located within the 7,100-acre Vistancia master plan in Peoria, will host the local qualifying event for the World Golf Scramble with a shotgun start at 1 p.m., June 8 to earn an invitation to compete in the World Championships in Las Vegas Aug. 13-16.
The club and its operators greatly encourage all participation, especially amateur competitors.
“Blackstone Country Club is proud to be the only private club in Arizona to host a...
Ladies Pro Golf Tees Off in March with JTBC Founders Cup
Entering its fifth consecutive year, the JTBC Founders Cup will be played March 17-22, 2015, at Wildfire Golf Club at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa. This full-field, four-day event will be televised live on The Golf Channel all four days and features a $1.5 million purse, with $225,000 going to the champion. The tournament swings into action with practice rounds on Tuesday 3/17 followed by the Official Pro-Am on Wednesday 3/18 featuring the LPGA pro’s along with special celebrity guest players including Arizona Cardinals stars Larry Fitzgerald and Patrick Peterson. Additionally, Chicago Bears All-Pro...
Q&A: Golf Professional of the Year and The Country Club at DC Ranch Director of Golf Dick Hyland
“It’s all about persistence.” Dick Hyland, three-time Golf Professional of the Year Award, most recently with The Southwest Section PGA for 2014, does not need anyone to motivate him. He is currently the Director of Golf at The Country Club at DC Ranch, and has had quite a long career with many accomplishments and awards but insists, “yesterday’s home run, won’t win today’s game.”
We had a chance to sit down with this humble man, who embodies a life based on hard work and...
Your Guide To WM Phoenix Open
“The Greatest Show on Grass” is here again as the Waste Management Phoenix Open tees off at TPC Scottsdale. With nearly 500,000 spectators each year, the Phoenix Open is the best-attended event of the PGA TOUR and one of the first events on its calendar. Taking place January 26-February 1, there’s a variety of events to attend all day every day. Tournament gates open every day at 7AM and Coors Lights Birds Nest (21 and over venue) gates open at 3:30 pm (Wednesday-Saturday).
Here are some spectator tips and new security...
