SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Boccieri Golf is offering summer membership packages and instructional specials designed to help local golfers improve all facets of their game at the company’s state-of-the-art indoor Research and Performance Center at 15816 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop in Scottsdale.
Boccieri Golf Membership packages are available in three tiers to accommodate all budgets – including combinations of Boccieri Golf’s acclaimed club and putter fitting services, lessons from renowned instructors and time allocated for practicing on high-tech golf simulators.
June through August, lessons are priced at the special rate of $50 per hour, down from standard in-season rates of $100.
The Membership deals include all the high-tech services and equipment Boccieri Golf is famous for, including:
Custom Club Fitting – Using the latest TrackMan and Foresight launch monitors, Boccieri Golf representatives precisely analyze golfers’ swing characteristics and prescribe equipment for optimal performance; available in a variety of packages that cover every club in the bag.
Science and Motion (SAM) Puttlab Analysis – Accurate ultrasound measurements of a player’s putting stroke are relayed to experienced fitters who use the data to determine specific characteristics that will improve performance; available for standard, belly and other long-shafted models.
Individual Swing Analysis and Instruction – Experienced instructors use video analysis to create full player evaluations and training recommendations.
Golf Simulator Practice and Play – Measure your performance stats using cutting-edge launch monitors, enjoy a simulated range session or play a round at your convenience in a temperature-controlled environment.
“Our Performance Center is a real oasis during the summer months,” says Stephen Boccieri, President and CEO of Boccieri Golf. “With the variety of packages we’re offering, golfers of all abilities can sharpen their skills and be ready for the peak golf season.”
Boccieri Golf relocated its headquarters to Scottsdale in late 2011, following six successful years in Ridgefield, CT, where the company established itself as one of the golf industry’s most forward thinking brands.
Its popular Heavy Putter collection and “Control Series” line of full-swing products were the first to integrate counterweight principals.
For more information or to book an appointment please visit www.boccierigolf.com or call 888.788.8374.
PINEHURST, NC – Slammin’ Sam Beer Company has introduced Slammin’ Sam™, a craft-brewed premium American lager inspired by the late Sam Snead. One of golf’s greatest champions, Snead still holds the record for most PGA Tour Wins – 82 tournament victories.
Although he failed to win the U.S. Open, finishing second four times, Snead holds seven major championship victories. The smooth, elegant tempo of Slammin’ Sammy’s golf swing remains the model to this day for blending athleticism, power and accuracy in a golf swing.
To commemorate the centennial of Snead’s birth in 1912, Slammin’ Sam beer will make its debut at the Greenbrier Resort, home of this week’s PGA Greenbriar Classic and the place Snead called his professional home for more than 60 years.
Slammin’ Sam features a refreshing taste with an exceptionally balanced finish that makes it the Smoothest Beer in Golf. It showcases a proprietary recipe developed by Ray Klimovitz, recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Life Service Award from the Master Brewers Association of the Americas.
“Mr. Snead is an international sports icon, and our first priority was to create an amazing beer that honors his legacy,” says Casey Bierer, Founder and CEO of Slammin’ Sam Beer Company. “Through the assistance of a beer industry legend and remarkable craft brewery, we’re proud to present a thirst-quenching premium lager that golfers and all active lifestyle consumers will truly enjoy.”
Made in Wisconsin by Stevens Point Brewery – a World Beer Cup multiple Gold Medal award winner – Slammin’ Sam is available in cans, bottles and kegs. Launching soon at other renowned resorts throughout North America, as well as golf courses, restaurants, bars and everywhere beer is sold, the line’s packaging and marketing depict famous images of Snead from the 1950’s and ‘60’s.
Snead’s powerful, self-taught swing carried him through a professional career spanning from 1934 to 1987. A player on seven, and captain of three U.S. Ryder Cup teams, his countless honors include winning PGA Player of the Year (1949) and the Vardon Trophy (1938, ’49, ’50 and ‘55). Snead, who passed away in 2002 at age 89, is also a member of the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame and World Golf Hall of Fame.
“Dad considered The Greenbrier his home away from home,” says Snead’s son, Jack. “He’d be real proud of Slammin’ Sam Beer, I can tell you that.”
GLENDALE, Arizona – Tony Adolf says he’s been playing golf “for about two years,” and that his regular playing partner, Mark Swearingen, “has been playing forever, even on the golf team in college.”
Par-3 13th Hole at Bellair Golf Club
They both reached the summit of the game Thursday, June 28th at Bellair Golf Club when Tony aced the 12th hole and Mark then aced the 13th right behind him.
“It was bedlam,” Tony shared, “and lucky for us, the beverage cart was right in the middle of it all. I had five witnesses for mine, and Mark had six for his!”
Playing as a low-season ‘summertime sixsome’ from the white tees, Tony and Mark were joined by regular companions Victor Columbi, Dean Alley, Allen Van Loof and Tim McGuire.
At the 178-yard 12th “I was the last to tee off and I hit 5-wood, just as the beverage cart pulled up,” Tony shared. “The ball didn’t get more than 20-feet off the ground but it rolled, and rolled and I watched it disappear in the cup.”
Mark saw it go in as well and was the first of the group to high-five Tony on the tee.
“I got my clubs as a gift when I retired from the military a couple years ago,” Tony said, “and these are the guys that made me come out and take up the game. Mark told me that in over 40 years of playing, including all his college golf, he’d never had a hole-in-one.”
That was about to change.
The sixsome and the beverage cart moved to the 130-yard 13th tee where Mark stepped up and holed his tee shot.
“Unlike my ugly shot,” Tony shared, “this was the most beautiful 9-iron you’ve ever seen. It pitched a foot in front of the cup and hopped right in the hole.”
The two “acers” made good on their customary libation obligation and set the Bellair clubhouse and Iron Works Restaurant abuzz with the news of their round. And the consensus “needle” from the close-knit sixsome was this, “That’s Mark, he just wouldn’t let Tony have his day.”
The big news also reminded everyone of an interesting fact regarding Bellair Golf Club teaching Pro Dennis O’Brien. Aces? Dennis has 14!
Want to play golf in a comfortable and stylish golf shirt whether the temperature is 58 or 108?
Ted Potter Jr. 2012 Greenbrier Classic Champion
Just slip into a Sunice Silver Polo, from their 2012 Collection, and you’ll experience the best performing “technical-fabric” golf shirt you’ve ever worn.
And while you’re at it, congratulate Ted Potter, Jr. on his first PGA Tour victory.
Ted charged to victory at the 2012 Greenbrier Classic sporting Sunice Silver golf apparel and a final round 64, thanks to his strong birde-par-eagle-birdie finish.
Ted secured his first victory, in a playoff against Troy Kelly, with a birdie at the third playoff hole on the Old White TPC Course at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Sunice Golf Performance Apparel
Why is the shirt so comfortable? Silver and simple science.
You see, Sunice has permanently bonded a layer of pure silver to the surface of each textile fabric of the shirt. And one inherent property of the element silver is that it’s the single most thermally conductive element on earth.
That means when it’s hot, the fabric carries your body heat away from you and delivers it to the atmosphere. And conversely, ambient heat in the atmosphere will be delivered to you when it’s chilly outside, especially when you layer up with Sunice’s selection of attractive outerwear garments.
Sunice calls this technology X-static Fabric® and it also accelerates evaporation, so moisture is transported away from you as well. And because the silver fibers won’t give bacteria and microbes a place to grow, odor can’t get a foothold here.
Science and technology have revolutionized every facet of the golf industry, from clubs and balls to GPS yardages and turf agronomy.
Ask any Champions Tour player why he’s driving it farther today than he did in his prime years and he’ll tell you, “Science and technology work.”
We concur, and the Sunice Silver X-static Fabric® Golf apparel line is more proof.
Sunice, the Canadian based industry leader in sport-specific technical fabrics, was founded in 1976 in Calgary, Alberta and quickly emerged as the dynamic skiwear “must have” brand.
The company grabbed the national spotlight when they outfitted Canada’s first Mount Everest summit team, and took the international center stage when named an Official Supplier to the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary.
When the golf industry turned to “sport-specific” fabrics, Sunice introduced their first golf product lines in 1992.
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Kyung Kim wins U.S. Women’s Amateur Publinks Championship, Eyes U.S. Women’s Open
U.S. Women's Publinks Champion Kyung Kim
Kyung Kim only laughed when someone mispronounced her first name. She said she hears a lot of versions these days about how to pronounce “K-Young,’’ as it is correctly pronounced in Korea.
“But I like the way you just pronounced it, too,’’ said the good-natured, 18-year-old Chandler resident as she continued to giggle.
Kim was being kind, of course, which is what you might expect from someone whose first name means “honored’’ in Korean. And honored fits Kim perfectly after she captured last week’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in a bit of a shocker.
“What a wild week it was,’’ said Kim, who defeated Georgia’s Ashlan Ramsey, 4 and 2, in their 36-hole championship match Sunday at Neshanic Valley Golf Course in New Jersey.
“First of all, I’ve never played so many rounds of golf in one week in my life (nine rounds). Looking back, it was a much bigger deal than I thought it would be, and much harder. But being a national champion, winning a national championship, I guess that’s the first really big thing I’ve won.’’
As Kim said, it didn’t come easy. She had qualified comfortably for match play with scores of 71-73. But the first four rounds of woman vs. woman were nail-biters for Kim as she prevailed, 1-up, 2 and 1, 2 and 1, and 1-up before she moved into the finals with a 3-and-2 win.
Even the 36-hole finale was a tightly contested duel, as Kim trailed Ramsey, 1-down, going into the ninth hole of the morning 18. But Kim caught fire with four straight birdies for a 2-up lead she never relinquished. For the day, Kim made 10 birdies to overcome Ramsey’s eight birdies, and only three bogeys for 34 holes.
Asked when the last time was she had rolled in 10 birdies in a single day, Kim laughed again.
“I wish! Truthfully, I had no idea that I had made that many. It never crossed my mind until they told me when I was finished,’’ she said. “But, hopefully, some day I’ll do it again because that was a lot of fun.’’
Kim, whose nickname is “Radar’’ because she hits so many fairways and greens in regulation, follows such past champs of the Women’s Publinks as Michelle Wie, Yani Tseng, Jennifer Song and Tiffany Joh. And Kim is hoping that as a proven national champ she’ll now have some momentum going into next week’s U.S. Women’s Open (July 5-8) at Black Wolf Run in Kohler, Wis.
Or at least better luck than last year, when she played in that national championship. To say there were extenuating circumstances at The Broadmoor in Colorado would be putting it mildly.
“That was my first Women’s Open, and I had been the medalist in local qualifying so I had some big hopes going in there of maybe making the cut,’’ Kim recalled. “But I only got one hole of play in the first day before the thunderstorms came, and then ended up playing 35 holes the next day.
“I remember being a few over par for my first 18, but the second round didn’t go too well and I shot in the 80s. I got pretty tired during the second 18 (holes), so this time maybe we’ll get better weather and I can just play 18 a day.’’
For the record, Kyung carded rounds of 75-80 at The Broadmoor, but her game is a lot more polished these days after last week’s career-changing victory. Kim is among an Arizona contingent at the Women’s Open that includes professionals Amanda Blumenherst, Jimin Kang, Cristie Kerr and Anna Nordqvist, as well as amateurs Lindsey Weaver and Cheyene Woods.
Believe it or not, Kim, Weaver and Woods are three of 25 amateurs playing in the Women’s Open. And Kim is one of six Kims among the field of 156 players.
One thing is certain: Kim is on a roll after vaulting from No. 1,174 in the Women’s World Amateur Rankings two weeks ago all the way to No. 84 this week – 1,090 spots in a single bound. But to say she came out of nowhere to win the Women’s Publinks wouldn’t exactly be correct.
Kim was born in Hawaii on the island of Maui in the small town of Kahului, where two courses – Maui Lani and Waiehu – were just a block away from her home. It was her dad who got Kyung started at the age of 8, and she was a proven champ by 9. After winning the biggest junior tournament on the Islands three straight times from ages 9 to 11, the family moved to Arizona in 2007 so Kim could face better competition year-round.
For most of her junior career, Kim had shown promise. She claimed three American Junior Golf Association titles, the first being the Heather Farr Classic at Longbow in Mesa when she was just 13, and the last being two years ago when she added the PING Phoenix Junior at Moon Valley. But over the years she also had 16 top-fives in AJGA competition, and was once ranked as high as No. 10 in the Polo Rankings.
At Hamilton High School in Chandler, Kim won the state title in 2010, the same year the Huskies won the team crown, and finished as the runner-up her senior season when Hamilton also took second.
But after winning the Women’s Publinks and soon playing in her second Women’s Open, most everyone is in agreement that the USC-bound Kim has arrived.
“I guess it’s been my hard work and patience,’’ Kim said of what’s lifted her to golf’s bigger stages. “My putting also has gotten a lot better, too, because I seem to be making a lot more of them.’’
As for why she picked USC over Arizona State and Arizona, two schools that also offered her a scholarship, Kim cited several factors.
“ASU and UA were still among my top choices (late in the recruiting process), but I took a second visit to USC and realized I liked everything about the school,’’ she said. “They have a great practice facility and campus, the coaches, the athletic department, just everything was really, really great, including the fact that they get to play at Trump National.’’
Kim also is guaranteed of making a team that is always among the nation’s elite, as USC only has five golfers on scholarship. Asked what happens when a player gets hurt, she laughed again.
“We play four . . . and every score counts,’’ said the witty Kim, who was a 4.0 honor student at Hamilton.
But first there’s a U.S. Women’s Open calling her, and Kim said she’s a little apprehensive of the Pete Dye-designed Black Wolf Run that veteran Juli Inkster called “the toughest course I ever played in a Women’s Open,’’ and Inkster has played in 30 of them. And that was before Blackwolf Run was increased to 6,812 yards to make it the longest venue in Women’s Open history.
“I hear it’s really hard and really long,’’ said Kim of the course where Se Ri Pak won the national championship in 1998 with a score of 6-over par.
“To me, that’s a little scary because everybody I’ve talked to says it’s so much harder than The Broadmoor, and I thought The Broadmoor was really hard. Hopefully, I’ll be better prepared this time around.’’
Chances are good that’s just what will happen after what’s gone on lately — even if “Radar’’ might not fly underneath it this time around.
Just in time for the Olympics and the Ryder Cup, AB Golf Designs has introduced their Patriotic Head Cover collection. Boasting true red, white and blue patriotism these head covers will have you swelling with American pride.
AB Golf Patriotic Headcover Collection
The collection offers three designs, including:
The classically designed “America” head covers constructed from 100% premium grade leather in rich blue and featuring the U.S. flag embroidered at its base.
The “Count of Monte Fisto” option, combines the fun form of a classic boxing glove with the bold elements of the US flag design.
The Eco-friendly “Red, White & Blue” Throwback collection featuring traditionally-styled knit covers crafted from recycled plastic bottles.
TEMPE, Arizona — Dixon Golf, the nation’s leading eco-friendly golf ball manufacturer, announced the launch of its first ball designed especially for ladies – the Dixon Spirit.
This earth-conscience golf ball manufacturer already offers three other balls that cater to all levels of golfers: the Earth, suitable for all golfers; the Wind, an extreme distance ball and the Fire, a multi-layer tour-caliber golf ball. The Dixon family of golf balls is distributed internationally and conform to USGA standards.
The Dixon Spirit ball retails at $29.95/dozen and is engineered to help lady golfers get the most out of their game.
“It is the goal of Dixon Golf to offer its high performance eco-friendly golf products to all golfers. The Spirit ball has been in development for quite some time, and we feel we finally got it right. The Spirit was tested and developed specifically to suit the needs of lady golfers,” says Dixon Golf CEO William Carey.
The new Spirit ball features a 392 dimple pattern and the proprietary Crystal Pink Eco-cover™, as well as Dixon Golf’s high-velocity GreenCoreTM – for added distance. If you’re one of those gals who likes to make a fashion statement on course, the company is also making Spirit branded t-shirts.
The Spirit golf ball is designed for players with swing speeds below 100mph and ladies with a 10+ handicap. The ball has a soft feel and responds with a medium trajectory, rollout and spin.
Dixon Golf, a Tempe, Arizona based company, is the world’s only manufacturer of a high performance, eco-friendly family of golf balls. Born from a desire to limit its impact on the environment, Dixon also offers a golf ball recycling program through its retail locations that gives golfers credit for returning their old golf balls. Even the packaging is made from 100 percent recycled material.
For more information on the family of Dixon golf balls click www.dixongolf.com
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – This summer, thanks to four Valley golf courses, you can scratch your golf itch and support the First Tee of Phoenix at the same time. ASU Karsten, Eagle Mountain, Longbow and the Raven-Phoenix golf clubs are all participating in an attractive program called “Tee It Up at 10 for the First Tee.”
"Tee It Up at 10" Supports the First Tee
Here’s the good news: Each course will reserve one tee time each day, Monday through Friday, between 10 and 11 a.m. on their tee sheet for the Tee it Up at 10 foursome. The reservation will be sold for $100 to the first player to telephone the golf course and request the reserved Tee it Up at 10 tee time.
Here’s the great news: The entire $100 is donated directly to the First Tee of Phoenix!
The Tee it Up at 10 program tee times during the 10 o’clock hour will be available from June 11 through August 31, 2012 at all four golf courses. Telephone the golf courses directly to purchase the reserved tee time. Each course’s advance booking policies determine how far in advance the Tee it Up at 10 reservation may be purchased.
“We noticed that nationally, The First Tee posted a goal of raising 100 Million dollars,” said Daryl Crawford, Director of Golf for ASU Karsten Golf Course. “We thought it was a great idea and through the common thread of OB Sports [the management firm for all four clubs], we now have four golf clubs participating at a local level to help them reach their national goal.”
The First Tee of Phoenix
In addition to donating the tee time fees, each golf course is also collecting donations of used and gently used equipment, e.g. clubs, shoes, balls, pull carts, umbrellas, clothes, for The First Tee of Phoenix. It’s a great incentive to clean out your garage and provide kids around the Valley with the tools they need to take up the game.
“Junior golf has always been one of our top priorities at Longbow and for the OB Sports team in general,” said Jay Larscheid, General Manager of Longbow Golf Club. “Plus, the program allows us to direct the proceeds back into junior golf efforts here in Arizona. In the end, this is a strong incentive to gets more Valley kids playing the game of golf.”
The First Tee of Phoenix teaches youngsters the game of golf by focusing on important core values such as responsibility, respect, integrity and confidence, all of which are keys to success not only on the golf course, but in life.
Telephone each golf course directly to book the special Tee it Up at 10 tee time:
TEMPE, Arizona — Lindsey Weaver of Scottsdale, Arizona took home her ninth AJGA championship trophy after a two-hole sudden death playoff against Allisen Corpuz of Honolulu.
Ms. Lindsey Weaver and Mr. Blake Barens
Blake Barens of Villa Park, Calif., won his first AJGA event after scoring even-par 70 to edge the competition by one stroke.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the PING Phoenix Junior at ASU Karsten was a 54-hole stroke play competition played on the par-70 ASU Karsten Golf Course. The event featured 57 boys and 21 girls, ages 12-18, from 15 states, Colombia, Mexico and Thailand. The Boys Division played the course at 6,858 yards while the Girls Division played the course at 5,977 yards.
Weaver carded a final round 2-over-par 72 and Corpuz carded a 1-over-par 71. Both finished the tournament at 1-under-par 209. Each made par on the first playoff hole, but on the second, Weaver made birdie to secure the victory.
After losing this tournament last year in a playoff, it meant a lot to Weaver to win it in the same fashion. This victory was also special for the Scottsdale local as she looks forward to a future at the University of Notre Dame.
In the Girls Division, Corpuz finished in second place, while Bethany Wu, of Diamond Bar, Calif., finished at even-par 210 to take home third place.
Barens’ even-par round on Thursday was exactly what was needed to withstand the competition.
“It was playing really tough out there, so I knew it was not about who was going to go really low; it was more just about surviving out there,” Barens said. “I found out I was about tied going into No. 15, so I knew I had a chance; I just had to hold on.”
Cody McManus of Phoenix and Dean Sakata of Diamond Bar, Calif., finished tied for second at 2-under-par 208. Zachary Wright of Phoenix and James Lee of Albuquerque, N.M., finished tied for fourth in the Boys Division.
Boccieri Golf Membership packages are available in three tiers to accommodate all budgets – including combinations of Boccieri Golf’s acclaimed club and putter fitting services, lessons from renowned instructors and time allocated for practicing on high-tech golf simulators.
