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Stous Wins Match With Hole-In-One on #13

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Swope Memorial GC, Kansas City, MO – Rachel Stous and Julia Misemer began the match each seeking a first victory in the Kansas City Women’s Match Play Championship.  Stous took an early lead with a par to Misemer’s bogey on the first hole and did not look back.  She continued her stellar play from Wednesday with birdies to win holes at #4 and #5.

Julia Misemer opened with a bogey but played a very solid round after that.  She cut into the lead with a birdie to win #9 but just could not overcome Stous’s strong play.

Stous went on to win #10 and then made birdie at #12 to take a 5-up lead to the 13th tee with only six holes to play.  She then went on to make a hole-in-one on #13.  After the excitement died down at the tee, Julia Misemer hit her shot to within three feet of the hole, but the ace proved to be the match winner.

Stous felt that the par 5s were key in winning the tournament.  Her scoring average for the tournament was under par on the par 5s even though she only played the par-5 17th hole in the stroke play qualifying round. Stous carded ten birdies and three eagles during the event, including her hole-in-one to win the match today.  Her next event will be the Topeka GA City Match Play where she will tee it up with the men again in just a few weeks.

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Misemer and Stous Advance to Final Match

Swope Memorial GC, Kansas City, MO – The semifinal matches proved just as exciting as the morning quarterfinals.  Julia Misemer (Overland Park) and Isabella Caamal Solis (Mexico/Oral Roberts University) traded birdies for the first few holes.  With the match all square on the 5th tee, Misemer made three more birdies to gain a 3-up advantage at the turn.  Solis made a charge on the back nine with holes won on #13 and #14 to narrow the margin to two holes, but Misemer closed out the match with a solid par at #16 for a 3&2 victory.

Rachel Stous (Topeka) jumped out to an early lead on Haley Thiele (Wahoo, NE/University of Nebraska) with birdies at #1 and #3. With Stous 3-up on the 4th tee, Thiele won #4 but made the turn with Stous 3-up.  Thiele cut into the margin by winning holes #9-#11.  Stous went on to win #13 and #15 to build the lead back to 3 holes.  The match ended 3&2 with #16 halved with pars.

The final match begins tomorrow morning at 7:30 am at Swope Memorial GC.  Both players advancing are power hitters, and the final looks to be a hotly contested match-up.  Both players had seven birdies each in their semifinal matches.  Both are experienced at match play with Misemer advancing to match play in the 2017 US Girls Junior Championship and Stous making history when she won a match against the men at the Topeka GA City Match Play championship last June.  Tomorrow’s final match will be live scored at the link below.

Powerhouse Matches in Women’s Match Play Semis

Swope Memorial GC, Kansas City, MO – The quarterfinal matches did not disappoint this morning with all four matches having a slim margin.  Isabella Caamal Solis (Mexico/Oral Roberts University) defeated Megan Lucas (Topeka/UMKC) on the 17th hole  2&1.  Solis took the lead on #2 and the pair had a back and forth match throughout the front nine.  Solis made three birdies on the back nine including the match-winner on #17.

Julia Misemer (Overland Park) took an early 3-up lead in her match with Hannah Thiele (Wahoo, NE/University of Nebraska) leaving #5 green at 3-under par on the day. Thiele closed the margin to 1-up after ten holes before falling to Misemer 4&3.

Rachel Stous (Topeka) and Jenna Teeter (Carl Junction, MO) traded punches for the first few holes.  Stous made eagle on #5 and birdie on #6 to go 2-up and built on the lead from there.  Stous closed out the match 3&2.

Haley Thiele (Wahoo, NE/University of Nebraska) jumped out to an early lead over Tatum King (Lenexa/Illinois State University) with consecutive birdies at #2, #3, and #4.  King stayed alive in the match-winning holes #3 and #9.  Both played a very steady back nine with Thiele winning the match 3&2.

Semifinal matches begin at 11:30 am at Swope Memorial GC.

Semifinal #1: Isabella Caamal Solis vs Julia Misemer

Semifinal #2: Rachel Stous vs Haley Thiele

Exciting First Day at KC Women’s Match Play

Swope Memorial GC, Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City Women’s Match Play began today with nineteen players attempting to qualify for sixteen places in the match play bracket.  This year’s field is the largest and strongest in the recent history of the event.  Swope Memorial GC proved to be an excellent test for the field of competitors.

The morning stroke play qualifying ended with Isabella Camaal Solis from Yucatan, Mexico and a collegiate golfer at Oral Roberts University earning the top seed with an even-par 72.  She made the turn at 1-under and continued the steady play on the back nine.  The highlight of the morning was a hole-in-one on #16 by Kate Robertson of Rogers, Arkansas, a collegiate player at Newman University.  It was her first career hole-in-one.

Kansas City-area players who advanced to the Round of 16: Aristelle Acuff (University of Kansas), Samantha Cornelius, Susan DeVoe (Overland Park), Abby Glynn (University of Kansas), Tatum King (Lenexa/Illinois State University), Martha Linscott (Mission Hills), Megan Lucas (UMKC), Julia Misemer (Overland Park), Carmen Titus (Greenwood), Anna Zech (Kearney)

Only two of the matches in the Round of 16 advanced beyond the 15th hole.  Isabella Camaal Solis closed out Carmen Titus 5&4.  Megan Lucas advanced due to a withdrawal.  Julia Misemer defeated Samantha Cornelius 5&4, Hannah Thiele (Wahoo, NE) closed out Martha Linscott 6&5. Rachel Stous (Topeka) defeated Susan DeVoe 5&4. Jenna Teeter won her match with Kate Robertson 4&3. Tatum King closed out Aristelle Acuff 3&1. Haley Thiele (Wahoo, NE) won a back and forth match over Abby Glynn 1 up.

Quarterfinal matches begin at 7:30 am on Wednesday morning at Swope Memorial GC in Kansas City, Missouri.

New Member Club – Brough Creek National

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Brough Creek National – a backyard golf course gone viral. Established in 2015 when Ben Hotaling and Zach Brough built the first hole in their Kansas City backyard. Fast forward a few years later, they’ve gone viral on social media, are growing the backyard course and testing their backyard golf course design company.

“We did nothing with it until May of 2018 when I started blogging about designing a backyard wedge range on the property on No Laying Up’s message board called the Refuge”, Hotaling says. Followers of the project got involved and loved the concept. Over the next few months, Hotaling designed a “dream” routing for the property – released October of 2018 onto the internet. More people got interested and kept pushing along the narrative. It showed that there was serious interest in this type of unconventional golf.

The Takeoff

“We wrote up a little member welcome letter for anyone that wanted to join so long as they do something to push the project forward – be it introduce someone to the concept, design a logo, donate a piece of equipment – anything they are good at or want to contribute. People really loved to be a part of the process, so we made it very public by creating a website and Twitter page,” Hotaling said. They decided they were going to try and crowdfund the entire project there would be no charge to become a member or play the course, but if members really loved the idea and wanted to see the course built, they could make a donation of their choosing. Golfers couldn’t get enough of the idea and the crowdsourcing raised over $20,000. “At that point, it was too late to give up, so we went forward with construction,” Hotaling said.

The Concept

Brough Creek National is a 7-hole routing with 6 greens ranging from 60 yards to 140 yards in length. All the holes are designed with architectural intent, thoughtful design, minimalism/naturalism, and most importantly FUN. The concept isn’t necessarily to play the course in a classic way. The club wants to promote match play and specifically in the format of HORSE. All greens are accessible from nearly everywhere on the property. The idea is to go out with a friend or two, grab a beer, pick a hole and play to it. Best score wins the hole and picks the next one. The ultimate golfer’s playground.

The Membership

“We have a lot of media types that are members at BCN,” says Hotaling, “the folks from No Laying Up and The Fried Egg are extremely supportive and members at BCN. Rob Collins (Architect of the internet famous Sweetens Cove) is a supporting member. Jon Cavalier from “Linksgems” is a big supporter as well (he does golf photography for major publications).” The best part is absolutely anyone can be a member at no cost.

Today, there are 1200 worldwide members and 550 hours of work building the course by hand and they are nearly ready to grass the property. Zach Brough, Evan Bissell, Mark Robinson, Corbin Mihelic, Matt Preuss, and Ben Hotaling founded the club.

The Future

First things are finishing construction of BCN. They hope to open in late summer/early fall this year. “We hope to use BCN as a prototype for the concept of unconventional short courses as a central meeting place for communities across the US and even the world,” said Hotaling, “Building membership and bringing people together is the most important thing you can do in this world and we feel like the BCN concept is a great jumping off point for doing just that.”

Learn more and track their progress on social media: @someguysbackyard

Backyard Golf Course Design: https://someguysbackyard.com

Become a member: https://store.someguysbackyard.com/products/ghin-handicap-service

Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/bcn-construction

Most recently, the course was featured on KCTV 5 News and Club & Resort Business.

Winters Overcomes Deficit to Claim Mid-Am Title

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Colbert Hills GC, Manhattan, KS – Katie Winters charged back from a 7-stroke deficit at the start of today’s round to claim the 2019 Kansas Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.  This marks her third association major title adding to her 2009 and 2010 Kansas Women’s Amateur Championships.

Carmen Titus had a rocky double bogey-bogey start on the challenging opening holes 1 and 2, and an uncharacteristic stretch from 6-10.  Not willing to go without a challenge, she gained some positive momentum with a birdie on #13 with a conservative drive and stellar wedge play.  Her back nine 38 was not quite good enough to bring home a trophy though.

Lacy Shelton also made a strong charge for the title.  She opened with birdies at holes 2 and 4, and closed the gap with Titus to two strokes.  Another birdie on hole 9 gave her a red-hot 3-under par 34 on the front nine.  She faded a little down the stretch with bogeys on 17 and 18 to close the tournament with a 75, leaving her one stroke shy of a playoff.

Winters also got off to a rocky start on holes 1 and 2, but a birdie on the risk/reward 3rd hole changed the tide.  She would go on to make six more birdies including one on the difficult closing 18th hole to claim the title outright.  She recorded nine 3s on her card in a very solid +1 (74) round.  Winters said she focused on course management after her rough start in the opening round, and it showed in today’s results.

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Titus Leads by Six at Kansas Women’s Mid-Am

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Colbert Hills GC, Manhattan, KS – Carmen Titus is in control of the Kansas Women’s Mid-Am after firing the low round on a day that yielded few good scores.  With a couple of birdies and nothing more than a bogey on her card, her lead at +2 (75) will be hard to overcome for those chasing her. Titus started strong with a par on the difficult opening hole at Colbert Hills where most competitors had bogey or higher to start the round.  The only blemish on her front nine was a bogey at the ninth.

Martha Linscott leads a group of players who will try to chase down the lead tomorrow with an 81.  Katy Winters and Lacy Shelton are tied for third with 82s, and Susan DeVoe will try to build on the momentum she gained by making birdie on the final four holes of the day to shoot 83.

Play begins at 7:30am tomorrow off the #1 tee.

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Harding & Misemer Take Home KC Junior Titles

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The 2019 Kansas City Junior Championship was one of a kind. After multiple days of missed classes due to extreme weather this winter, students had to extend the school year into the week of the KC Junior. Because of this, the tournament was played as a 3:30 shotgun start both days at Brookridge Golf & Fitness.

Boys Division

Our boy’s division, after day one, was highlighted by Michael Winslow shooting a 69 (-2). Winslow caught fire during his back nine going -4 during a five-hole stretch. Liam Coughlin was in sole possession of second place with a 70 (-1) with an impressive three-hole birdie streak on holes four-six.  After round one, four other players shot even par, all within striking range of the two leaders.

Round two was nothing short of exciting from our boy’s division with several players at the top of the leaderboard. One of those players within striking distance was Will Harding who shot 71 in the first round. Harding took advantage of the scorable conditions and started his round making birdies on the first five holes and finishing at 65 (-6). Harding’s two round of 71-65, 136 was good enough to claim the championship over Winslow 69-70, 139. Finishing up the leaderboard was Joe Bultman 71-69, 140 in third, Ian McCrary 69-72, 141 fourth, and Justin Wingerter 71-71, 142 and Nicklaus Mason 71-71, 142 tied for fifth.

Will Harding and Michael Winslow’s exceptional play was rewarded by getting an exemption into the 2019 Watson Challenge on June 21-23 hosted by The Nicklaus Golf Club at Lionsgate.

Girls Division

Our girl’s division was featured by the great play of Julia Misemer and Libby Green. The key hole during the first round was hole 11 with Misemer making a birdie and Green making a double bogey. Green (74) would overcome that three shot difference and take a one-shot lead after round one over Misemer (75). Lia Johnson would find herself 4 shots off the lead with a solid round of 78 carding 11 pars for the day.

Misemer and Green battled for the top of the leaderboard during the second day, which lead to a playoff. Green going into the day holding a one-shot lead, was tied with Misemer after the first hole. Green would find herself with a one-stroke lead again with just two holes remaining. However, Green went on to make bogey on 17th and Misemer making a par. Both made par the 18th hole and finding themselves in a tie for 1st (Misemer, 75-76, 151) (Green 74-77, 151). The playoff started on the 10th hole where Green made a bogey and Misemer made par to claim the 2019 Girl’s Junior Championship. Lia Johnson (78-79, 157) and Audrey Rischer (81-76, 157) tied for third place.

Misemer earned an exemption and paid entry fees into the 2019 Prairie Invitational. The Prairie Invitational will be held at The National Golf Club July 22-24.

Mid-Ams on a Mission

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  Colbert Hills GC, Manhattan, KS – This year marks the first time in history that the Kansas Golf Association will host a stand-alone Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.  The Mid-Amateur is typically for players who are at least twenty-five years old at the start of the championship and was started to give post-collegiate players an opportunity to compete with their peers.

Mid-amateurs usually have careers, families, and many have both.  Somehow, they find the time to keep their games sharp and still love the opportunity to be competitive in a sport most have played since childhood.  This year’s event has a field of fifteen with some of the very best mid-amateurs not only in Kansas, but in the Midwest.

Defending Champion Megan Dupy, Salina, returns to the field expecting her third child in the early fall.  Not only does she raise a family, she is also a volunteer assistant coach at Kansas Wesleyan College and the Salina Country Club women’s champion.  “She is a great help for our women’s program,” said Head Coach Randy Syring.  “She is excellent at helping our players understand the difference between practice and playing a competitive round.”  Megan played her collegiate golf at Southwest Missouri State in Springfield, Missouri.

Katy (Nugent) Winters joins the field for the first time.  Katy was a stand-out junior golfer in the state of Kansas before starting her collegiate career at the University of Arkansas.  She transferred to the University of Kansas to finish her junior and senior seasons in her home state, and her name is sprinkled through the KU Women’s Golf record books.  She is a two-time Kansas Women’s Amateur Champion.  She qualified for the US Women’s Amateur at the local qualifier last summer and has a career at Koch Industries.

Lacy Shelton and Carmen Titus, both of the Kansas City area, are also competing for the championship.  Carmen is a 2014 Missouri Women’s Mid-Am champion and advanced to match play last fall at the USGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.  Lacy is the 2011 Missouri Women’s Mid-Am champion, the 2009 Kansas City Women’s Amateur champion, and a frequent competitor in USGA national championships including the US Women’s Mid-Am and an appearance at the US Women’s Four Ball Championship last month in Florida.

Martha Linscott has competed in eleven USGA championships over her playing career (2 Public Links, 3 State Team Championships, and 6 Mid-Amateur Championships), which includes college stints at Oklahoma State and Missouri State, and raising three children, all who play golf and two who are currently collegiate swimmers.  Scotland Preston, the 2016 Kansas Women’s Amateur Champion, also joins the field for the first time this year.  She competed on the Kansas State University team, finishing her collegiate eligibility in 2016.  Barbara Cusick, the 2014 and 2017 Prairie Invitational Players Division Champion, is also in the field for the first time. Rounding out the field are a bevy of excellent amateur golfers who are either beginning their competitive careers outside their club competitions or are re-joining the competitive ranks after a hiatus.

This year’s championship will have both an Overall Gross Champion and an Overall Net Champion as well as gross and net prizes in flights.  Colbert Hills will be an excellent venue for this championship, providing a great challenge along with some fantastic risk/reward holes to tempt the longer hitters. Follow scoring online and cheer on competitors from your town at: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/1856332  > Tournament Results Competitors from: Kansas – Andover, Hays, Kansas City, Leawood, Lenexa, Mission Hills, Oakley, Overland Park, Salina; Missouri – Greenwood, Kansas City, St. Joseph

1 Seed Jay Gregory Takes Homes First KC Match Play Victory

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First One Seed to Take Home KC Match Play Trophy

Monday morning began with two semi-final matches between Jay Gregory vs Zach VanDolah and Greg Diederich vs Sam Parrot.

VanDolah and Gregory battled on the front nine, seeing five lead changes. With a birdie on the Par-3, 6th hole, Gregory gained some momentum, winning the next two holes as well to go 3 up through 8. VanDolah stayed the course and with back-t0-back wins on Hole 11 and 12, VanDolah saw the lead diminish to just 1 up heading into Hole 13. Some great play from both competitiors, but VanDolah couldn’t grab another birdie and remained 1 down heading into Hole 18. With two bogeys, VanDolah and Gregory halved the hole, securing the semi-final victory for Gregory, 1 up.

In the second semi-final match, Diederich got off to an early start with three birdies in five holes to go 3 up over Sam Parrott through 5 holes. Parrott got one back with a birdie on the Par-3, 6th hole followed by three straight halves. Parrott would get the lead to 1 up with a par on Hole 10, only to lost holes 12 and 14 and go back down 3 with four holes to play. Parrott’s much needed birdie on Hole 15 got him within two, but a missed birdie putt on Hole 17 would secure the win for Diederich, 2 and 1.

The 1 seed, Gregory, was set to face the 7 seed, Diederich. With a birdie on #1, Diederich grabbed a quick lead over Gregory. With some great shot-making and putting, Gregory would win the next four holes in a row with three birdies and a par. Gregory’s great playing kept Diederich from getting the match back on track and after winning Holes 7,8, and 9, the fate of the match was sealed.

With a win on Hole 13, Gregory clinched his first KC Match Play victory and the first as a #1 seed. Gregory played consistently well all weekend and despite some close matches, took care of the field convincingly. Congratulations to Jay on his much deserved victory and to Greg Diederich as well on a great weekend of play.

Thank you to everyone at Swope Memorial and all of our volunteers for persevering through all the weather delays and helping to finish the tournament a day late. Here’s to next year!

KC Match Play Field Down to Final Four after Day 3 of Competition

The Round of 16 was completed on Sunday Morning at Swope Memorial Golf Course after a day’s suspension due to thunderstorms in the area all day Saturday. Players resumed play at 7:00 AM Sunday morning and it didn’t take long to figure out our 8 Quarter-finalists.

The lower seed took 6 out of the 8 morning matches. 1 seed Jay Gregory punched his ticket to the quarterfinals after a tight 1 up victory over Jon Dold. 21 seed dispatched Garret Allen with a 3 and 1 victory and the other Allen brother, Colton, lost to Jim Gates, 9 seed, 3 and 2.

7 seed Greg Diederich beat 10 seed Parker Miller handily 6 and 5. Mark Terranova’s match play run came to an end Sunday morning after losing to Sam Parrott 2 up.

The line up for the Quarterfinals looked like this:

Jay Gregory (1) vs Jim Gates (9) – Zach VanDolah (20) vs Tim Barry (21) – Alex Downing (18) vs Greg Diederich (7) – Sam Parrott (19) vs Brad Welch (11).

Jay Gregory take care of business over Jim Gates with a 5 and 4 win. Zach VanDolah put Tim Barry away on the par-3, 16th hole with a par, winning 3 and 2. Diederich continued his strong showing with a 2 and 1 victory over Alex Downing. Parrott was the last player to secure his spot in the Semi-Finals with a clutch par save on the Par-5, 17th hole after a wayward tee shot to go on and win 2 up.

The Semi-Finals of the KC Match Play will continue tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM with the Finals to follow in the afternoon. It will be an exciting finish as no one left in the field has yet to win the KC Match Play Championship before.

Follow along with live scoring in Golf Genius using the ID: 19KCMATCH.

Day 1 of the KC Match Play Brings Upsets in Round of 32

The 104th Kansas City Match Play Championship began at Swope Memorial Friday morning with 18-hole stroke play qualifying to determine the 32 players to continue to match play.

The consistent breeze and thick rough made for tough conditions and the scores showed. Only four players carded a round under par: Ritch Nigh (-2), Jay Gregory (-2), Cameron Wiltse (-2), and Tanner Owen (-1).  The cut line was set at 77 (+5) with five players battling for two spots to advance to match play.

Luke Lutgen, Hank Simpson, Chris Beaubien, Jeff Mason, and Michael Armentrout all carded rounds of 77 and after two play-off holes, Lutgen and Simpson advanced to the Round of 32. Lutgen drew the 32 seed and Simpson the 31 seed to round out the field.

The Round of 32 began Friday afternoon and out of the 16 matches, the field saw 9 total upsets. Hank Simpson provided the biggest upset of the day as the 31 seed beating Cam Wiltse, the 2 seed with a 2 & 1 victory. Mark Terranova provided another big upset as the 30 seed taking out the 3 seed Ritch Nigh, 3 & 2. Terranova had a similar run in last year’s KC Match Play as the 32 seed defeating the 1 seed Park Ulrich.

Garret Allen as the 28 seed defeated Matthew Rau the 5 seed, 6 & 4 and the 27 seed Derryck Curchin took out the 6 seed in Clayton Moles 3 & 1. 21 seed Tim Barry had a close victory over 12 seed Patrick Roth, 1 up. 1 seed Jay Gregory’s match with 32 seed Luke Lutgen went the distance into 18 with Gregory winning 2 & 1.

The Round of 16 will begin Saturday morning at 7:30 AM. Follow along with the Golf Genius app with the code 19KCMATCH.

Read the 2019 KC Match Play Program here.

Get Golf Fit

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Get Golf Fit

We sat down with two local KC golf professionals who also specialize in golf fitness. Both offer unique approaches to getting your game in shape. If you’ve been pondering the idea of putting in some hours at the gym, you should consider a more specialized approach with golf-specific training.

Austin Jarchow, PGA, TPI Golf 2 Expert – Martin City & Lee’s Summit

What is TPI?

Short for Titleist Performance Institute, TPI, is the leading educational organization dedicated to the body’s functionality in terms of how it relates to the golf swing. More specifically, it’s the relationship between how well you move and how efficient you swing a golf club.

What is different about training with TPI compared to other work out programs?

TPI and other fitness programs are designed to help improve the quality of life in terms of a move better feel better perspective. TPI takes this a step further and applies the new movements and flexibility we uncovered through training and then makes our movement more golf swing efficient. We ask questions like, ‘Now that we’re turning better, have a better hip hinge, stronger lower body, back doesn’t hurt, etc. how can we now take these benefits to increase our swing speed and ability to hit the ball more consistently?’

What other benefits can someone expect?

Other benefits can be varied based off an individual’s needs. Weight loss, lower blood pressure, better cholesterol scores, more energy, added strength throughout the body and higher overall quality of life can be expected. As always, you get what you put into the program.

“Specialized golf training is important to allow you specifically to work on what you as an individual need to improve in order to move better and play better golf,” Jarchow said.

Jarchow specializes in TPI training out of the Martin City Golf Center near Leawood, KS and Active Strength Co in Lee’s Summit. During an initial consultation, golfers can expect to gain valuable information about the specifics of their body and how it moves while swinging the club. From there, Jarchow will develop a one-of-a-kind program that is designed specifically for the golfer to improve problem areas. Golfers will be given 17-20 exercises tailored to their needs.

For more information about working with Austin Jarchow, you can visit his website: https://www.ajsfitnesscompany.com/

Sally Krystyn, LPGA, 200 YTT, TPI Level 3 – Lake Quivira & Overland Park

What makes Yoga for Golf different than other yoga classes?

Yoga for Golf includes more golf specific movements (a lot of stabilizing the hips and adding rotation) and relates movements to different aspects of the swing. Yoga for Golf focuses on stability, flexibility, mobility, balance, strength, and focus. Sometimes we use golf clubs as props and get to do a few swings at the end of class!

Why is Yoga so great for Golfers?

Yoga is great for golfers because there is such a high correlation to what we do in yoga to what we do in golf. There are many similar movements plus it works on breath, focusing of the mind and relaxation. A common problem many golfers suffer from is low back pain. Yoga helps keep the back healthy by strengthening the core and adding flexibility and mobility.

As we age, one of the things we lose the quickest is our balance. I try to incorporate balancing poses in all my yoga for golf classes. Balance is very important in the golf swing. Yoga can not only help us with our game now but it can help us keep playing golf longer. It helps keep the body healthy and moving well so we can enjoy the game for years to come!

What common misconceptions are there about yoga?

The most common misconceptions of yoga are that is just “stretching”. Yoga is so much more than stretching. If you think you won’t get a workout in, you’re wrong. It really depends on the class type you’re doing. Some yoga classes are high intensity and others are deep stretch and most are somewhere in between. Other misconceptions are ‘I am not flexible, so I can’t do yoga.’  The person who thinks that really needs to do yoga, so they can improve their flexibility.

Yoga mirrors many of the same concepts golf demands. Krystyn says, “besides the physical aspect, yoga can help create a sense of calm and peace, bring clarity, and increase mindfulness and awareness,” skills that are vital to any golfer seeking to improve their game.

Krystyn teaches golf and yoga at Lake Quivira Country Club. She also offers classes at EverGlow Yoga Studio, Lifetime Fitness Overland Park,  and private individual or group classes. She can be contacted via email golfwithsally@gmail.com.

Do you know a local professional who specializes in golf who we should feature? Have you heard a story that should be shared? Contact us!

Six Individuals Move On From US Open Locals

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Two US Open Local qualifiers were held this week at Creekmoor Golf Course in Raymore, Missouri and Wichita Country Club in Wichita, KS. Each qualifier held three spots to move on to US Open Sectional qualifying.

At Creekmoor, 60 players fought for three qualifying spots. The first two spots were claimed by Jack Maguire and Matt Echelmeier, who both carded three-under 69. Maguire had six birdies on the day with three bogeys. Echelmeier similarly had five birdies with two bogeys.

The last qualifier from Creekmoor came from the last group on the course to the dismay of five players sitting at the next best score of even par, 72. Kyle Long shot a two-under, 70, despite the other two guys in his group shooting above 90. Long’s two birdies and an eagle on the Par-5, 13th helped him to advance by claiming the final qualifying spot.

At Wichita CC, 59 players competed through two weather delays, including a postponement to the next day. After players returned to finish their round on Day 2 of competition, five players carded three-under 68. Fisher Vollendorf, Kevin Ward, Nick Heinen, Curtis Yonke, and Drew Shepherd all were forced in to a playoff to determine the three who would advance to Sectional qualifying and who would be the first and second alternate.

After the first playoff hole, Curtis Yonke was eliminated and given the second alternate spot with a bogey on Hole 1 at Wichita CC.

The four players remaining continued to Hole 18 where Drew Shepherd made a bogey after a wayward drive kept him from getting it up and down for par. Shepherd claimed the first alternate position and Vollendorf, Ward, and Heinen grabbed a qualifying spot to Sectionals.

Good luck to all six players who qualified. For a field of results for each qualifier, see here and here.

 

Glynn/Lucas and Priddy/Hass Take Home Titles at Women’s Spring Triple Threat

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LAWRENCE, KS (May 6, 2019) – Megan Lucas and Abby Glynn, both of Topeka, took home the Overall Gross title at the Women’s Spring Triple Threat held at Lawrence CC.  The pair carded a strong 4-under par to cruise to the title.  Megan Lucas drove the green on the difficult par-4 16th and made the eagle putt to seal their victory.

Erin Priddy and Karen Hass took the Overall Net title.  Their 8-under par performance was very strong on a difficult course which yielded only four sub-par net scores.  Narrow fairways, long rough, and undulating greens proved to be a challenge for the entire field.  Steady play in all three formats kept Priddy and Hass atop the net leaderboard for most of the day.

The Spring Triple Threat is comprised of six holes of Four-Ball, six holes of Chapman Alternate Shot, and six holes of Scramble.  It is the first counting event for the 2019 Women’s Player of the Year and Senior Women’s Player of the Year Series.  The series will conclude with the Fall Triple Threat in the same format at Terradyne CC in Andover, Kansas in mid-October.

Click Here for Complete Gross/Net Tournament Results in Overall and Flighted Divisions

Click Here for 2019 Women’s/Senior Women’s Player of the Year Standings

Spring Triple Threat Champions
Karen Hass, Erin Priddy, Megan Lucas, and Abby Glynn.