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Junior Golf Association participants: (Week of July 7 - July 11) Please scroll down or click your age group for
specific information:
Sign up for the JGA Father-Son / Parent-Child tournament at Eastern Hills, Sunday, August 3rd! Sign up for The Century State Junior Championship presented by Centennial Wireless at Pine View Golf Course, July 21-22. Event is open to players 20 years old and younger. Entry of $75 includes lunch and golf each day. Maple Hills is hosting a junior golf tournament on Wednesday, July 30th. Open to ages 17 & under, the entry fee of $20 includes golf, prizes, pizza, and beverages. Call 269-731-4430 for a tee time. Olde Mill is hosting the Heidi Krum Memorial Tournament on Saturday, July 19th. Call 269-649-3357 for information.
Topic of the week: Parental Involvement What if a parent tells a player to do something incorrectly? It is ultimately the player's responsibility to know and play by the Rules. (see Rule 6-1) Parent's who are trying to be "helpful" or claim to "know the Rules" can sound authoritative, but if there is any doubt, refer to the Rule book or play two balls and report to the Committee before turning in your scorecard. How can I help my child improve? The best advice the JGA can offer is to always be encouraging and give your child every opportunity to play or practice whenever possible. Playing your best is not only about score, but more about how you conduct yourself on the course and how hard you try on each shot. Parents who focus on score only can be quite detrimental to a child's progress in the game. Private lessons with a PGA Professional are very beneficial not only for children, but for parents too. Get a group of friends together to help cut costs or take a lesson as a family. Lessons do not always have to be about the golf swing. A lesson about Rules and etiquette can be quite valuable to all golfers as well as non-golfers who just like to watch. For other golf Parental Involvement information, visit the
following links:
Rule
of the Week: 6-3. Time of Starting and Groups
12 & Under Instructional: It's time to start thinking about playing at Red Arrow (beginning July 22nd). If your child does not have clubs, he or she will need them to play at Red Arrow. Tee times will be assigned at 10-minute intervals starting at 8:00. Ages 8 & under will play 3 holes starting on hole #1. Ages 9-12 will play 6 holes starting on hole #4. With the size of this age group, tee times could last until 12:00 noon. Parents are encouraged to walk with their children while playing at Red Arrow. If you have a request for pairings or starting times, please email jga@kalamazoogolf.org. We will start preparing tee times and post them online by July 15th.
12 & Under Tournament:
13-15:
15-17:
Junior Golf Leagues: ** Please download and read the League guidelines. ** Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled tee time to get checked in and to receive your scorecard. Your tee time is the time you should be hitting your first shot, not the time you arrive at the golf course! ** Remember that make-up games are encouraged and be sure you get your scorecard turned in to the front counter after playing a make-up round. ** Players in JL2, JL3 and JL4 are expected to calculate their Stableford points from now on. Click here to download a .pdf about how to calculate points. We will help players calculate their points when they are finished with their round. ** From now on, players will be signing up for tee times 2 weeks in advance. Remember, if you do not play during league time, you may call Grand Prairie at 388-4447 the day after your league to sign up for your next tee time. You may also email jga@kalamazoogolf.org with cancellations. ** The power outage at Grand Prairie has delayed forming teams for JL2. The power is back on and we will get them formed and posted soon. JL3 and JL4 will be individual Stableford points.
JGA QUICK FACTS:
It's not too late to sign up for the
Junior Golf
Association Tournaments or the
Junior Golf
Leagues. The Wednesday league (JL3) at Grand Prairie and the
Thursday league (JL4) at Eastern Hills are looking for more players!
If you need to cancel or change an event, please email jga@kalamazoogolf.org. If you email, you will receive a reply back confirming your message. Messages left by phone at Grand Prairie will not be confirmed and may not be received in time. Please leave your full name and age group with any messages. We suspect that many Yahoo! email addresses may not be receiving our emails. We are researching the problem. Please add jga@kalamazoogolf.org to your address book. If anyone has a solution, please let us know! Also, if you have a different email address, please let us know.
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