THE STATE OF GOLF

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THE STATE OF GOLF

MM-MM GOOD
| The places in Arizona where
golf and food make for a great combination
ARIZONA GOLF HALL OF FAME
| Four notable
inductees are lauded as the class of 2010 is honored
THE STATE OF GOLF
A BIG
COVERUP
Jane Spicer and Daphne’s Headcovers
become a major player in the industry
Get in the Game
December 2010
FEATURES
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On a wing and a prayer
BY Rich Skyzinski
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George Elms and his partner will try for a repeat performance in the Club
Team Championship like they did last year: with modest expectations.
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Holiday gift guide
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Head of the class
The holiday season is just around the corner. Here are a few suggestions
to add to your shopping list.
BY Bill Huffman
Daphne's Headcovers didn't start with the goal of being a leader in the
industry, but that's where the Arizona company has landed.
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Famed foursome
BY John Davis
The careers of the 2010 inductees into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame
have showcased various skills that have impacted the community in a
big way.
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Pure paradise
BY David Mackintosh
Argentina provides an endless amount of golf options with breathtaking
views, as well as a multitude of cultural experiences.
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Come and get it
Ready to whet your appetite? Try one of these must-have dishes after your
next 18 holes.
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FRONT COVER: Jane Spicer (Tony Roberts/AGA).
CONTENTS: (page 1, from left) Secreto (Jennea Bono/AGA); Callaway Octane driver (courtesy Callaway); (page 2, from
top) Jane and Steve Spicer (Tony Roberts/AGA); Arelaquen Golf & Countryy Club (courtesy Arelaquen G&CC).
DECEMBER 2010
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DEPARTMENTS
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State of Golf
Ed Gowan, Arizona Golf
Association
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AGA News
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Tournament Results
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Association happenings of
interest
Rules/Handicapping
Test your knowledge with a Rules
of Golf quiz
Caricature
Jay Anderson
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Out of Bounds
A debate between golf course
design and maintenance
practices
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STATE OF GOLF
Volume 12, No. 4 | December 2010
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Exciting
changes for the
2011 season
BY ED GOWAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
T
he state of golf in Arizona is still in fl ux, but the sun can be seen over
the horizon. And although rounds and revenues may still be in the
doldrums, course conditioning, great weather and an uptick in visitors are
all encouraging for course owners.
There also are exciting opportunities in the coming season for AGA members.
We’re excited to provide you with access to preferred rates at courses across the state
through the AGA’s new ACCESS AZgolf program. It’s only $9.95 for AGA Handicap
members or $49.95 for everyone else. Better yet, get ACCESS plus 32 free rounds of
golf (you pay only standard cart fees) for just $59.95 as an AGA Handicap member.
That’s a $30 savings over the normal $89.95 price non-members pay. Courses around
the state also are offering loyalty programs, a few of which enable ACCESS members
to save even more when purchasing.
In this issue, you’ll find an array of articles you’re sure to enjoy. We’ve put together
a gift guide full of unique golf items to help you complete your holiday shopping for
those whom you can never find the perfect gift. We’ve also collected a list of musthave menu items at or near golf courses as reported by our members, so get ready to
whet your salivary glands. We’ve profiled AGA member George Elms, who is proudly
serving our country in the Middle East and playing golf in the blazing hot weather
(and we thought Arizona heat was brutal in the summer!). Read about the 2010 Hall of
Fame inductees Dana Garmany (the genius behind Troon Management), Fred Hickle
(former USGA executive committee member, long-time volunteer and past president
of the AGA), Sandy LaBauve (the inspiration for what is now known as LPGAUSGA Girls Golf) and Ricki Rarick (founder of one of the country’s most significant
junior golf development programs). Our travel section will take you to the southern
hemisphere, to Argentina, site of the 2010 World Amateur Team Championships.
The AGA’s officers and executive committee for 2011 were presented at the fall
meeting in November. The officers are: President, Drew Woods, Tucson; 1st Vice
President, Robin Farran, Chandler; 2nd Vice President, Tony Kingsbaker, Scottsdale;
Secretary, Bill Lich, Tucson; and Treasurer, Cyrus Whitney, Oro Valley. New additions
to the executive committee are Brent Deraad (Scottsdale) and Patrick Geare
(Tucson). They will join existing members Rusty Brown (Phoenix), Dick Haugland
(Phoenix), Jeff Largay (Phoenix), Paige Peterson (Chandler), Brooks Thiele (Flagstaff/
Scottsdale) and Jeff Zieky (Scottsdale). Jay Anderson, now past president, will happily
join the past presidents’ council and try to relearn the game of golf in his free time. •
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Woods
1st Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Farran
2nd Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Kingsbaker
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Lich
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyrus Whitney
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Rusty Brown, Brent Deraad, Patrick Geare, Dick Haugland,
Jeff Largay, Paige Peterson, Brooks Thiele, Jeff Zieky
AGA STAFF
Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ed Gowan
Assistant Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorraine Thies
Executive Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Fuller
Director of Handicapping and Course Rating . . . . . . . . Derek McKenzie
Director of Communications and Marketing . . . . . . . . . Brian Foster
Director of Member Services . . . . . . . . . . . . Ginger Monroy
Director of Rules and Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . Bo Ream
Web Marketing and Content Manager . . . . . . . Jennea Bono
Advertising Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Foster
Corporate Sales Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Powell
Club Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Evens
Rules Education and Volunteer Development . . . . . . . . Robin Farran
Tournament Operations Manager . . . . . . . . Courtney Smyser
Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Saltzgiver
Receptionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Hannah
P.J. Boatwright Jr. Intern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff McDonald
ARIZONA, THE STATE OF GOLF
The official publication of the Arizona Golf Association,
a non-profit organization serving all golfers in Arizona.
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rich Skyzinski
Contributing Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Roberts
Graphic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Fox
Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Parker
Contributors: Jennea Bono, Mike Curti, John Davis, Robin Farran, Ed Gowan, Bill Huffman, David Mackintosh, Lorraine Thies
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AGA PROFILE | GEORGE ELMS
George Elms at the
Royal Bahrain Golf Club
PHOTO COURTESY GEORGE ELMS
George Elms and his partner will
try for a repeat performance in
the Club Team Championship like
they did last year: with modest
expectations
BY RICH SKYZINSKI
AZGOLF.ORG
I
n the annals of tournament golf, it is
unlikely anyone has entered an event
with as little practice as George Elms
will have going into the 2010 Club
Team Championship.
He’ll have 18 holes under his belt —
one round played on the other side of
the globe three months prior to his midNovember Club Team qualifier.
But Elms and his partner, Mike
Ramsey, won the tournament’s
Hogan Flight last year with no real
expectations, so why not again?
“I am concerned a little bit,” Elms
said, “but we went through some
major odds last year. The day before
our qualifier a bunch of us went and
played and that night went out for
wings and beer. I don’t know if it was
the food and drink or a virus, but that
night I stayed at my parents’ house
in Tempe and was sick all night. I
think I got about an hour’s sleep. I
got up and told my father, ‘I don’t
think I can go.’ He said, ‘You have
to. Your buddy, Mikey, is counting
on you.’
“And I said, ‘I think I’m going
to puke again.’
“So he gives me a bucket and
says, ‘Start driving. If you start
to puke, turn around and come
home.’
“I didn’t have any food in
me and I was really weak,
but we were 5 under through six,
came out like lightning.
“We figured this year, what the hell?
We won it last year and we weren’t even
supposed to qualify, so the fact that
Mike’s not playing real well and I haven’t
played in three months, we figure we’ll
probably win.”
This year, Elms will head for the
qualifier almost as soon as he returns to
American soil following his seventh deployment as a technical sergeant with the
U.S. Air Force. He has been stationed in
Bahrain, an archipelago in the Persian
Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
and just off the eastern coast of central
Saudi Arabia.
“The first time I heard where I was
deploying and found out that it was
DECEMBER 2010
Bahrain, I immediately went to Google
and put in golf course and Bahrain and
found it, so I was hoping that I would get
a chance to play,” said Elms. “But in all
seriousness, you’re more worried about
getting your family set up before you
leave, wonder what my job is going to be,
am I going to get shot at? and all those
kind of things.”
The chance to play Royal Bahrain
Golf Club, the only 18-hole facility on the
country’s primary island, came on a sultry
day (82 percent humidity, 130 heat index)
in August.
“It was a beautifully manicured
course,” Elms remembered, “7,200
yards from the tips. It’s the Shangri-La
of courses. You’re driving along and
everything is dusty and desert and then
you come around the corner and out of
nowhere there’s this beautiful, serene
golf course. It’s green, very posh, people
waiting on you hand and foot.”
Having managed the day before to
buy balls and tees and secure a slimmed
down, five-dollar set of rental clubs — a
driver, 7-wood, five irons and a putter
— Elms and his group of three secured
more than half off the regular green
fee of $235 and over the course of their
round saw but one other golfer.
Bahrain is just one stamp in Elms’s
global golf passport. He’s also teed it
up in South Korea, Kyrgyzstan and in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which he visited
just three weeks after a base lockdown
had been lifted following
the 9/11 attacks. “It’s not
much more than a cow
pasture that’s been cut
down,” he said.
Elms was born in New
England and moved to
Arizona when he was
a youngster. He and a
brother were introduced
to the game by their father
at a par 3 course in Phoenix.
“I didn’t take the game
seriously,” Elms said. “I
played in high school,
lettered two years at Gerard
Catholic High School, which
is no longer in existence. I
had a pretty decent swing,
I guess, but I wasn’t in a
position to excel. I was
pretty much self taught.”
After high school, Elms
went to a community college for two years and soon
thereafter, in 1992, joined
the Air Force, which has taken him all
over the country and much of the world.
“Seven different deployments definitely have taken a chunk out of your golf
schedule,” he said. “It definitely is difficult to get better, or just to practice. So
when you go to Iraq for four months, or
to Bahrain for five months, and all these
different locations, you generally don’t
get a chance to play, and if you do, the
conditions are just so different. It definitely makes it challenging.”
And therein is the source of a readymade rationale should the Club Team
Championship qualifier not go as
planned; none of the other players can
blame a seven-time zone, 8,100-mile
commute. •
Holiday
GIFT GUIDE
With the holiday shopping
season already in swing, now is
the time to stock up for the next
golf season. If there’s a golfer on
your holiday shopping list, there
are countless products, models
and lines from which to choose.
These items are among those that
caught the eye of Arizona, The
State of Golf.
Loud Mouth Putter Cover
Makes your putter really stand out! It fits
blade-style putters and is available in unique
styles that match the popular apparel styles
you see popping up on the golf course.
MSRP: $22.99
www.vansgolf.com or (480)483-1800
PING Wedge Tour S 56/12 Rustique
PING wedges provide versatility and stroke-saving
performance for golfers of all abilities. Each PING wedge
is engineered to ensure reliability on full shots as well as
delicate chips and pitches around the green. All PING
wedges offer the feel and forgiveness that have made them
favorites of tour professionals around the world for more than
25 years.
$119.99
vansgolf.com or (480)483-1800
MSRP:
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USA Dawgs
The new line of EVA golf shoes produced
by USA Dawgs is designed with comfort
at the forefront. With great features such
as arch support and a massaging footbed,
they are designed to wear comfortably all
day long. The material is antimicrobial by
nature, so it is odor-resistant and extremely
easy to clean. The shoes are lightweight
and have molded rubber spikes, making
them a great item for travel.
$40
dawgsgolf.com
MSRP:
FootJoy SPIDR2 Golf Glove
The new FootJoy SPIDR2 Spider golf glove delivers
superior grip for optimum control that all golfers will
appreciate. The integration of SPIDR2’s proprietary
innovative materials provide a powerful grip
advantage for nearly every playing condition.
MSRP:
$12.95
GloveIt
GloveIt produces
a series of
golf-related
accessories,
including club
covers, golf and
shoe bags, a
sports tote and
signature towels.
www.gloveit.com
DECEMBER 2010
Southwest Greens
Southwest Greens is a recognized leader in the sale, design
and installation of low-maintenance, championship-caliber Jack
Nicklaus designed golf greens and lawns. More than 30 PGA
Tour professionals have chosen to install Southwest Greens
synthetic turf at their private residences.
southwestgreens.com
Daphne’s Headcovers
Daphne’s Headcovers are designed
to fit your driver or fairway woods.
The 30-year-old company backs their
headcovers with a lifetime guarantee.
Look for other designs from Daphne’s
ranging from Alligators to Zebras
and everything in between. Daphne’s
Headcovers can be found in your local
golf shop and are available worldwide.
$29.99
daphnesheadcovers.com
MSRP:
Callaway driver
The Callaway Diablo Octane driver is fueled
by forged composite, the lightest, strongest
material ever used in golf clubs. These drivers are
configured to deliver unmatched power through
superior design, construction and materials. The
crown contains 10 million turbostratic carbon fibers
that make up 33 percent of the clubhead, allowing
Callaway to precisely control thickness like never
before. The result is a clubhead that is lighter but
still has an extremely high moment of inertia.
$299.99
MSRP:
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DnA Golf
The DnA Alpha 610 driver, with patented
Detachable Face Technology, optimizes distance
and acoustics through detachable-faces and
elastomeric face inserts. Each DnA Driver
includes a driver face that conforms to USGA
and R&A rules. With a series of aftermarket AMP
faces golfers can match their unique swing speed
to the appropriate face. (Aftermarket AMP Faces
do not conform to USGA rules).
$395
dnagolf.com
MSRP:
Orange Whip
The Orange Whip is the ultimate
golf swing trainer and fitness tool
for today's golfer and athlete.
Consistent use of the Orange Whip
will improve your golf swing and
provide an essential core-muscle
workout. The elegant design
combines a counter-weighting
system and flexible shaft that work
together to promote the natural
golf swing motion unique to each
individual.
$109.99
vansgolf.com or
(480)483-1800
MSRP:
DECEMBER 2010
Tour Striker
The distinctive designs
have little clubface below
the “sweet spot” like a
traditional club. The clubs
have been designed so you
intuitively teach yourself
how to deliver the “sweet
spot” of the club to the ball
like an expert ball striker.
$99
vansgolf.com or
(480)483-1800
MSRP:
Daphne’s Headcovers
didn’t start with the goal
of being a leader in the
industry, but that’s where
the Arizona company
has landed
BY BILL HUFFMAN
O
nce upon a time, headcovers for
golf clubs were an afterthought
made of cheap leather or knitted socks.
Few of them did anything to enliven a
golf bag and certainly they weren’t a tool
to help showcase a player’s personality.
But today, lions and tigers and bears
(oh, my!), as well as yellow labs, pink
chimpanzees and Tasmanian Devils
adorn the tops of golfers’ bags, thanks to
a never-ending bond between a mother
and a daughter and an Arizona-based
company called Daphne’s Headcovers.
It began in 1973, when a Phoenix mom
named Daphne Kronstorfer challenged
her daughter, Jane, to come up with
PHOTOS BY TONY ROBERTS/AGA
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OF THE CLASS
a business plan if the 10-year-old was
“really serious about buying a sailboat.”
“I started making toys and selling
them with my mom at flea markets and
arts-and-crafts fairs, and then those toys
morphed into puppets . . . and then I
bought the sailboat,” said Jane Spicer,
who today runs Daphne’s Headcovers
with her husband, Steve, from the
company’s headquarters in northwest
Phoenix.
“I still remember the first place we
sold them — Park and Swap — and the
fuzzy feeling I got. I’ll tell you, those were
the days when we would make them
during the week and sell them anywhere
we could. And if we had a real good
weekend sales-wise, we’d drive home
singing, ‘We’re in the money’.”
Eventually, the toys and puppets gave
way to headcovers, an idea Daphne
rejected at first until she saw what Jane
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Embroidery technician Janina Rogalski is one of the original employees
had created — a bluebird she called
“Birdie,” an eagle called “Eagle” and
a mean-looking oddity that sported
black riff-raff, teeth and tentacles called
“Bogey.”
“I remember I went to the Arizona
Biltmore and (former director of golf)
Pete Robbleloth was nice enough to listen
to my pitch,” Spicer recalled. “He said,
‘These are very nice, but your sales pitch
stinks.’ So he gave me some sound advice
on how to sell them.”
Evidently, it worked out well because
30 years later, Daphne’s loveable, animalinspired headcovers are at the top of the
industry, with a portfolio that includes
more than 200 versions of the friendly,
furry faces. And Jane and her mother, who
passed away in 1986, did it with a simple
business philosophy.
“Our goal was never to be a big
company, but always to be the best
company,” said Spicer, whose headcovers
are washable (just blow dry), contain four
times the stitching of other comparable
headcovers, and, naturally, never contain
real fur.
“I do know we’re No. 1 (in the headcover
market), and while that’s important, my
mom always told me, ‘Do well but don’t
talk about it.’ ”
Not that it wasn’t an uphill struggle
every step of the way.
“When my mom sold me her share of
the company (in 1994), I thought I knew
pretty much everything about running
a business and more,” Spicer said. “But
what I didn’t realize was that my mother
was still there as the unofficial consultant,
and when I needed her advice I could
always stop by her house at 4:30 in the
morning and share a cup of coffee and her
wisdom.
“After she died, there were many
sleepless nights. I’d wake up and say,
‘Mom, I need the answer. Where are you?’
In fact, I still have them.”
But Jane had a lot of Daphne’s
attributes, and eventually she conquered
every hurdle. Like in 1997, when Woods
won the Masters in record fashion and
business jumped 400 percent in one
quarter.
“My first thought was, ‘How am I going
to deal with this? What would my mom
do?’ ” Spicer recalled. “But eventually
Steve and I managed to get by each and
every challenge, mostly through trial and
error.
“But that’s what you do when you are
a small business entrepreneur because
there are always oodles of problems
popping up. And a lot of them have to do
with money and how things are going to
be financed.”
Even though Spicer didn’t realize it
growing up, her mother had instilled in
her another golden rule of business that
she still relies on today.
“We’ve always been very frugal,” Spicer
noted. “But, hey, who has time to spend
money when you’re working 12 hours a
day, seven days a week? And that’s what
we’ve done for most of these last 16 years.”
Daphne passed on other sage advice
that her daughter still adheres to, like,
work hard and passionately treat your
employees well, and always be kind to the
little critters of the world.
“My mom was an immigrant from
England, so she had a soft spot for
other immigrants,” Spicer explained. “In
the beginning, a lot of our employees
were hired because they were great
seamstresses and workers, and they
came through Catholic Social Services
from countries like Cambodia, Thailand,
Vietnam, Guatemala and Poland.
“A lot of those original employees
stayed with us. My mom helped them
become citizens, and even more than that,
they became our extended family. In fact,
we recently hired the son of an original
employee, so now we’re into the second
generation.”
Janina Rogalski holds a special
distinction at Daphne’s besides being
head of the embroidering department.
She is an original employee and, with the
help of Daphne, she immigrated from
Poland 26 years ago.
“Daphne was like my mother or a sister,
with a big heart and a big smile, and Jane
is so much like her mother,” Rogalski
noted. “I’ve always felt like I’m home
here, which is a big part of the reason that
I love my work so much. . . . Over the years
I’ve had other opportunities, but I’ve
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The Spicers: Jane, Jack, Sarah, Steve and their golden retreivers, Zeus and Aspen
always stayed at Daphne’s because we are
a family.”
In a lot of different ways, animals
always have been the cornerstone of
“the Original Headcover Company,” as
Daphne’s is known throughout the golf
industry.
“I remember my mom and I would
walk up to people wearing fur coats and
hand them a card with a photo of a fox
with his leg in a trap that read: ‘Every Fur
Coat Hurts!’ ” said Spicer, who at one
time wanted to be a veterinarian before
she graduated with a degree in art from
Northern Arizona. “And once I got sent
to the principal’s office when I was in fifth
grade for sending a protest letter to Barry
Goldwater about animals being protected
from ‘stupid owners.’ I remember the
principal told me to calm down, and then
he signed the petition. Later, I got a letter
from Senator Goldwater, commending
me.”
Others with a fondness for animals
have joined the cause. PGA Tour star
Justin Leonard, a spokesperson for the
American Society for the Prevention of
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Cruelty to Animals, had Spicer make him
a yellow lab headcover in the image of
his own dog, Sunday. Add Leta Lindley,
a former University of Arizona standout
and LPGA player whose “Monkey made
of Sockies” headcover from Daphne’s
has earned a cult following in Japan while
benefitting Prader Willi, a foundation that
seeks a cure for obesity in children.
“I’ve been a big fan of Daphne’s for
a long time, and I finally met Jane at
the PGA Show a few years back,” said
Lindley. “I knew that Jane had partnered
on projects with other touring pros, and
she was just so open and receptive to our
relationship with the tournament I do
here that benefits Prader Willi.”
There are others of note who carry
Daphne’s cuddly creatures, like Tiger
Woods’ “Frank the Tiger,” Bubba
Watson’s customized “Pink Chimpanzee”
and Matt Goggin’s “Tasmanian Devil”
that draws its roots from the desert of
his Australian’s homeland. In all, 27 tour
players carry Daphne’s brand, including
Ernie Els (lion), Craig Stadler (walrus),
Aaron Baddeley (koala bear), Heath
Slocum (pelican) and Robert Garrigus
(gorilla), to name a few.
Still, Spicer can’t help herself when
asked what she’s most proud of. “It hits
me every year, when I leave the PGA
Show (in Orlando) . . . and I also get it
every time we do our annual Christmas
party with our staff,” Spicer said. “It’s like
another chapter has closed, we’re still
here, and we did this!”
Of course, she always remembers the
woman that helped her pave the way,
which brings a tear and a heart-felt sigh.
“My mom was a really cool woman who
possessed a great sense of humor—she
was so funny! And she was kind, and had
deep feelings for other people and just
life in general,” Spicer said, stopping to
remember the moment.
“All I’m really doing is keeping up her
legacy; that’s what is really important.”
Like mother, like daughter—a “fuzzy
feeling,” that stretches all the way back to
when Jane Spicer was a kid. •
Bill Huffman covered golf for The Arizona Republic
and East Valley Tribune for 20 years. The author of
“Arizona’s Greatest Golf Courses,” he currenty is a
columnist for azgolf.org.
FAMED FOURSOME
The careers of the 2010 inductees into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame have
showcased various skills that have impacted the community in a big way
BY JOHN DAVIS
D
ana Garmany didn’t start out with grandiose plans of blazing trails,
setting new standards and reshaping the world of golf, but that is where
his journey has led.
That makes him a perfect fit with the class of four entering the Arizona
Golf Hall of Fame in 2010.
Garmany joins Sandy LaBauve, Rick Rarick Sr. and Fred Hickle in this year’s
distinguished class, which features golf pioneers, a war hero and the only Arizonan
ever to serve on the United States Golf Association’s Executive Committee.
Their reach has extended beyond the borders of the 48th state but, for each, their
enshrinement in Arizona holds special meaning.
DANA Garmany
That certainly is true of Garmany,
who Golf Inc. identified last year as
the second-most powerful person in
the game, behind Jack Nicklaus and
ahead of Tiger Woods.
Garmany, who might be as humble
as he is successful, deflects most of the
credit when such accolades come his
way.
“The recipe that has worked for us is
hiring good people,” he said. “I certainly
feel very honored (to be inducted) but
I really look at it as a tribute to the
many hardworking employees in our
company.
“Something I learned a long time ago
is that you need people who not only
complement you, but are sometimes
smarter than you and creative in
different ways. So, early on, what we did
“Something I learned a
long time ago is that you
need people who not only
complement you, but are
sometimes smarter than you
and creative in different
ways . . .”
— DANA Garmany
with profits was hire the best people we
could find. We didn’t take much money
out of the company for years.”
It was a strategy that clearly has
worked. Troon now manages 205 courses
worldwide, including 15 in Arizona, and
has 10,000 employees, making it the largest course management company in the
world. Troon boasts courses in 30 countries and international offices in Australia, Switzerland, Dubai, Hong Kong and
Seoul.
That’s impressive for what began
quite simply as a payroll company for
the owners of Troon North Golf Club in
Scottsdale. Garmany and then-partner
Jerry Nelson created
Troon Golf in 1990,
eventually acquired
Troon North and
began adding more
courses to their
management stable
with the goal of
providing a quality
golf experience to
every player.
“It wasn’t our
goal to be the biggest, just the best,”
Garmany said. “The
first few projects
were difficult, but
once we got to 15
or 20, we saw the
potential. We kept
setting our goals
higher, but I honestly never thought it
would become this
big.”
Tim Greenwell,
Troon’s senior vice
Dana Garmany
president of global
marketing, agrees
that Troon is blessed
with a quality staff, but said it is Garmany
who provides the support and inspiration
they need to succeed.
“He pushes you further and encourages you to take calculated risks that
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you otherwise might not,
and you do it knowing that
if something doesn’t work
out, he’s still got your back,”
Greenwell said. “Dana knows
the status quo doesn’t get
you where you want to go.
If he was satisfied with that,
Troon Golf would never have
become what it is today.
“If you think about the
global product, a lot of times
you’re sending a guy out there
on his own to wave the Troon
flag in a country he’s never
seen before. You need someone who believes in your principles and knows someone has
their back to take that leap of
faith. That’s the culture Dana
has created.”
Where public golf is
concerned, Garmany has
raised the bar in Arizona by
creating a golf experience
rivaling that of private
clubs.
Phoenix/Scottsdale
Sandy LaBauve
“All I wanted to do was create a program that would
serve as a steppingstone for girls to get comfortable with
golf so they could choose how the game might fit into
their lives.”
— SANDY LaBauve
in particular has become one of the
world’s top golf resort destinations.
“I think it’s fair to say that the model
created at Troon North can be applied
to most daily-fee courses in this market,
and it’s why golf here is so widely
recognized,” Greenwell said. “The
overall experience, quality of course
conditions, presentation of the pro shop,
all of it has become a five-star standard
in Arizona, and even smaller courses
have had to raise the bar to try and keep
up.”
About the only thing that has gotten
in Garmany’s way in the pursuit of excellence is colon cancer, which was detected in 2008 when his doctor encour-
DECEMBER 2010
aged him to go for a routine exam when
he turned 50.
This year, he retired as CEO, turning over daily operations to Hud Hinton, something Garmany actually had
planned to do earlier but delayed because of his illness. He remains Troon
Golf’s chairman of the board.
“I’m enough of a control freak that I
wanted to make that change on my own
terms and not because of a health issue,”
said Garmany, who underwent surgery
and chemotherapy treatment and lost 50
pounds and about half of his hair.
Most recurrences of Garmany’s type
of cancer happen in the first two years.
He recently passed that mark, his hair
has grown back even thicker than before
and he is eager to resume playing golf, a
game at which he excelled at the University of Alabama.
“So far, there have been no (signs of
cancer) returns,” said Garmany, who
goes for follow-up testing every three
months. “I feel very, very fortunate to be
where I’m at health-wise today.
“Just recently, I have started hitting
golf balls again for the first time in a long
time, and I’m looking forward to getting
back out on the course and playing. To
be able to do just about anything I want
to do again is a really nice place to be.”
SANDY LaBauve
Like Garmany, Sandy LaBauve is a
pioneer who has received numerous
awards for golf achievements. She
finds it apropos to be inducted in
a ceremony at Gainey Ranch, the
resort where her professional career
began after an internship at Inverrary
Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
“To be able to go back to
FRED Hickle
the place where my career
He has served in several
started as an assistant pro
roles with both the Arizona
when the Gainey course
Golf Association and Unitfirst opened and receive this
ed States Golf Association,
honor makes it all the more
including Hall of Fame activispecial for me,” LaBauve
ties, so Tucson attorney Fred
said.
Hickle was taken back when
“I never had any idea
he wound up on the receiving
that this might happen. All I
end of the honor.
wanted to do was create a
“It’s very humbling,” Hickle
program that would serve
said. “I have been privileged
as a steppingstone for girls
to work for years as part of the
to get comfortable with golf
group that nominates and seso they could choose how
lects candidates for the Hall of
the game might fit into their
Fame. When you do that for sevlives.”
eral years, you don’t think about
LaBauve, who teamed
your own possibility of going
with her husband, Mike, to
into the Hall. So, yeah, it came
create the LaBauve Golf
as a complete surprise.”
Academy in Scottsdale, was
Hickle, 64, grew up in
pregnant with the first of
Mahomet, Ill., near Chamtheir two daughters when
paign, and became hooked on
she formed the Junior Girls
Fred Hickle
the game when he worked in
Golf Club of Arizona.
the Lake of the
It was so successful that
Woods golf shop
the LPGA adopted the
in his hometown,
program, using her outline “I think that, if you care about the game, you want
where his duties
and instruction manual and
to be involved as much as possible in order to have
ran the gamut,
introducing it in 10 cities. It
including waterlater spread across the U.S., an impact on positive changes, rather than just
ing the greens at
gained the support of the sit on the outside and make suggestions or be a
night.
USGA and became known critic.”
— FRED Hickle
He chose the
as LPGA-USGA Girls Golf.
University
of
To date, it has introduced
Arizona for law
more than 60,000 young girls
school and remained in Tucson because,
to golf and has grown to 180 chapters
students who have been exposed to the
“I was able to play golf pretty much yeararound the country.
multiple facets of the game, including
“I always believed in the program and
Vicky Hurst and Brittany Lincicome, round.”
Hickle said he feels “blessed” that he
still do, but I had no idea so many girls
who now play on the LPGA Tour.
was introduced to Arizona golf by Dr. Ed
ultimately would benefit from it,”
“That’s great to see, but it means just
Updegraff, a U.S. Senior Amateur chamLaBauve said. “I always advocated that
as much to me that some have become
pion and one of the most accomplished
you play golf for a lot of reasons. The
ambassadors of the game, mentors and
amateur golfers in state history.
game is more than a tournament where
teachers for other kids and some are
“He was kind enough to befriend me
you post a score on a big board for the
involved in the merchandising end
in 1971, help me join a country club and
world to see.
of golf,” said LaBauve, who is ranked
play a lot of golf with me over the next
“I wanted to address social issues
among the top 100 instructors in the
35 years,” Hickle said. “He is someone
so we came up with a format that was
United States by golf magazines.
I admire greatly and I feel very blessed
nonthreatening in terms of competition.
“I was pregnant with our first
that we have had a very close and long
I wanted to show girls that there’s also a
daughter when we started the program
teaching side, a fun side, a business side
and I now hear back from young ladies relationship.”
Hickle won the Tucson City Champiand a social side. The game offers a lot
who went through it and have little girls
of choices.”
of their own getting started in golf. I guess onship in 1975 and has won the Tucson
Country Club title five times, but his
LaBauve often hears from former
that is coming full circle.”
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interest in the game has extended beyond
the courses. That has been displayed by
his work with the AGA and USGA.
He served on the AGA board of
directors from 1976 until completing his
presidency in 1989, during which time he
was involved with the development and
expansion of its tournament program.
Hickle remains the only Arizonan to
serve on the USGA executive committee
and currently serves on its Senior Amateur and green sections committees, with
his service dating to 1983. He has been
instrumental in protecting the integrity of
the USGA Handicap System and equipment standards.
“I think that, if you care about the
game, you want to be involved as much
as possible in order to have an impact on
positive changes, rather than just sit on
the outside and make suggestions or be a
critic,” Hickle said.
“What I love about it is that golf might
be the only sport where guys who designate themselves as pros play on the same
course with the same rules as amateurs.
I think one of the great allures of the
game for all people who play it is that it
is one game with one set of rules and, for
the most part, is played with virtually the
same equipment and same conditions for
everyone.”
For more than three decades, Hickle
has worked to keep that premise intact.
RICK Rarick Sr.
Love of golf and love of country
define the man who became known
as “Mr. Golf” in Tucson. From a junior
golf program that could have been a
forerunner to The First Tee, to the PGA
Tour, Rick Rarick Sr. left fingerprints
all over the game in southern Arizona.
Fifty-eight years ago, Rarick created
one of the country’s most significant
developmental programs for kids and
it didn’t matter if they knew how to, or
could afford to, play the game. Rarick
always managed to get them to the
course.
“It’s pretty amazing when you talk
to anyone who has been around golf in
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Tucson for a number of years and they all
know what he created,” said Curt Hudek,
executive director of the Southwest
Section of the PGA of America. “In
Tucson, he is the name in golf. His legacy
there is so strong and so many kids have
benefitted, it’s very impressive what he
achieved.”
Thousands of juniors have gone
through the program, now known as
the Ricki Rarick Junior Golf Program.
That includes more than 30 who became
PGA professionals, and it still has an
annual attendance of more than 200 kids,
requiring two courses. Rarick also was
instrumental in creating the Sportsmen’s
Fund, which has sent more than 30,000
kids to summer camp since it was created
in 1947.
“This award is long
overdue and greatly
warranted,”
said
Mike Hayes, who is
director of golf for
the city of Tucson,
has run the junior
program for the past
22 years and is southern section president
of the SWSPGA.
“To be honest, when
I first heard about
his induction I was
shocked that he
wasn’t already in, but
I’m glad that they got
there.”
At the other end
of the golf spectrum,
Rarick almost singlehandedly ran the
former Tucson Open
Rick Rarick Sr.
for 20 years. He is
Tucson’s answer to
Hall of Fame member Bob Goldwater, who is known as
the “Father of the Phoenix Open.” Rarick ran the Tucson event from 1945-65,
before the Tucson Conquistadores civic
organization took over as tournament
hosts. Like Goldwater, Rarick recruited
popular pros to play in the tourney and
made sure they got paid, even when gate
receipts came up a little short.
“He was involved in the game at many
levels,” Hayes said. “He was a great role
model, who loved golf and contributed
to a lot of kids being able to enjoy the
game, including myself. Back in the day,
it was two bucks for us to play a round
of golf and if you couldn’t afford it,
he would pull the two bucks out of his
pocket.”
Rarick, who died in 1984 at age 71,
also earned the title of “patriot” with his
service during World War II. The native
of Iowa, who was part Sioux and known
by some as “Chief,” became the youngest golf pro in that state when he turned
pro at 17 but his career was interrupted
by the war, in which he suffered a broken
back, neck and ankle when he was shot
down over the North Sea on a bombing
mission in 1941.
Rarick spent 11 months as a prisoner
of war before he was rescued and, for his
service, was awarded a Silver Star, distinguished flying medal, an Air Force medal
and two Purple Hearts. •
John Davis is a retired golf writer and most
recently he wrote for the Arizona Republic.
Argentina provides
an endless amount
of golf options
with breathtaking
views, as well as a
multitude of cultural
experiences
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PURE
Llao Llao Hotel
& Resort in
Patagonia
BY DAVID MACKINTOSH
B
irthplace of the tango, a
boisterous cosmopolitan capital that never
sleeps, steely-eyed gauchos roaming an endless
pampas, superb beef and
massive glaciers — all this you already
knew about Argentina.
The surprise is the southernmost country in the Americas has more than 300
golf courses, a veritable smorgasbord for
discerning golfers.
A diamond-shaped land with widely
diverse climates, Argentina stretches
more than 2,000 miles from northern, lush
jungles to the roaring melt of the Perito
Moreno Glacier Southern Ice Field, where
each of the country’s 23 provinces has
something unique to offer.
Meander meadowland fairways under
a canopy of multi-colored butterflies near
the imposing Horseshoe Falls of Iguazu.
Take dead aim at Antarctica. Soar like
the Andean condor beneath Aconcagua,
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Chapelco Golf and
Resort near San Martín
de los Andes, features
breathtaking views of the
Andes Mountains
the highest mountain in the Americas.
Whatever the choice, one of the world’s
most exotic destinations is just an
overnight flight away and it doesn’t hurt
that the strong dollar-to-peso exchange
rate makes the experience wallet-friendly.
The
graceful
Latin-American
compliment, “my house, your house,”
is the welcome one would expect from
a nation where manners derive from
European culture and pastimes such
as soccer, cricket, rugby and golf were
introduced in the 19th century by the
British. To which Argentines add their
own Latin joy de vivre, where almost
every day concludes with rich wine and
steak barbecue dinners.
Golf is played all year in the sub-tropical
pampas zone, stretching 500 miles north,
south and west of Buenos Aires. Just
remember that winters in the far south are
mostly for skiing, so for visitors who might
want to play the southernmost golf course
in the world, Ushuaia Golf Club in Tierra
del Fuego, be sure to choose summertime,
which is November through March.
Visitors flying into Buenos Aires gasp
as they glide across the silvery River Plate
Delta, awed by a vast metropolis fanning
out over 40 square miles. Golfers smile,
aware that many of these large green
suburban areas are golf courses, easily
accessible within half an hour’s drive
from the city center. There are at least 70
courses within easy reach of the capital,
including a dozen of Argentina’s finest.
The national flagship is the Jockey
Club, San Isidro, located in the city’s
northern outskirts. Designed by Alister
Mackenzie and completed in 1930, this
two-course complex is still as challenging
and drop-dead gorgeous as Mackenzie’s
other more famous masterpiece, Augusta
National in Georgia.
Mackenzie magically transformed a
flat piece of property into two tantalizing
puzzles, the Red Course that has been
host to many national championships,
and the Blue, a shorter but devilishly
deceptive test of ball control. Ample
fairways and plateau-style greens
hallmark the Red, where each hole offers
a variety of shot-making solutions. The
conclusion, a scenic par-3 with a narrow,
angular green and a nearly-drivable
finishing hole with a deep valley of sin
reminiscent of St. Andrews Old Course,
completes a round where first reaction is
an instant desire to play it again.
Fifteen minutes north is Olivos Golf
Club, a plush parkland designed by Luther
H. Koontz, Mackenzie’s right-hand man
during construction of the Jockey Club.
Home of the Argentine Masters and
host to more than 20 Argentine Opens,
Olivos scores 10 points on golf’s Richter
scale. With large flowing greens that
confuse and delight, the 27-hole complex
fully deserves its top-100 world ranking.
The par-5 15th, one signature hole
among many, has a sweeping downhill
approach across a lake that remains
2010 WORLD AMATEUR
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
IN OCTOBER, ARGENTINA HOSTED THE
World Amateur Team Championships.
Argentina had hosted the event once
previously, in 1972.
The tournament format is three-man team
stroke play with the two best scores of each
day counting towards the team total.
In the women’s competition, the United
States team of Jessica Korda, Cydney
Clanton and Danielle Kang, finished
second in the field of 52 teams. The U.S.
team had a four-day total of 563, finishing
17 strokes behind the winning team, South
Korea.
The United States men’s team claimed
third in a field of 67 (two teams did not
finish). The team was made up of Peter
Uihlein, Scott Langley and David Chung.
With a four-day total of 428, the U.S. team
finished five strokes behind the winning
team, France, and one stroke behind the
second place team, Denmark.
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The Jockey Club in Buenos Aires features
the work of Alister Mackenzie
city, by modern standards the holes seem
short, but when breezes blow off the ocean
it is easy to recall this 110-year-old design
came directly from Scotland.
Gravity-defying cantilever greens
add to the challenge. Complete
the test in your handicap and
be mighty proud — because not
Contact the Argentine
ine
many will. Head a few miles south
Golf Association for a
for scenic Miramar Golf Club,
complete course listing.
an interesting links layout with
Book tee-times well in advance; if
numerous holes edging the ocean,
you wait until the last minute you’ll be
then ease north to Cariló Golf
disappointed.
Club and enjoy an impeccable
pineland course.
Pre-reserve high-demand early morning
A visit to Argentina is not
domestic flights to get a good deal.
complete
without
including
It’s walking golf on most courses; pull
Patagonia. The southern Alpscarts can be rented.
style towns of Bariloche and
Junin de los Andes not only offer
Travel with your own clubs. Acceptable
international-level
wintertime
rental sets are not always available.
skiing, but two wonderful and
Finally, learn a few Spanish-language
entirely diverse mountain-golf
phrases. English is spoken in Argentina,
experiences.
but there are extra smiles and attention
The Llao Llao Hotel and Resort,
for visitors who attempt to bridge the
south Bariloche, may be the
language barrier.
closest you will come to playing
A few
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entrancingly vivid long after the day is
done.
Two courses close to the city that are
highly recommended are the Buenos
Aires Golf Club, site of the 2010 World
Amateur Team Championships (together
with Olivos GC) and the Jack Nicklaus
Nordelta Golf Club, constructed in 2007
on the edge of the River Plate estuary.
Both layouts challenge every player’s
limit, where accuracy is at a high premium.
Smart pre-planning will maximize golf
opportunities throughout “the interior”
— as Buenos Aires residents refer to the
rest of their country. The metropolitan
airport, 10 minutes from downtown, is the
central hub for domestic flights. Trips to
the Patagonian south, the western Andes
wine-growing area of Mendoza and north
to the Iguazu Falls take between one
and two hours by plane. Plenty of earlymorning flights permit visitors to squeeze
golf and local sightseeing into a series
of excursions.
Argentina has few links courses, but
the Mar Del Plata Golf Club (240 miles
south of the capital) is an unforgettable
experience. Perched on a long sliver of
sandy coastline overlooking the harbor in
this classic South Atlantic beach-vacation
golf inside a picture postcard. Undulating
bright green fairways wind around the
majestic aquamarine Lake Nahuel Huapi,
with lofty snow-capped mountains as a
stunning backdrop. Anticipate taking
as many photographs as swings. Eighty
miles north, in Junin de los Andes, the
Nicklaus-designed Chapelco Resort
course also offers splendid vistas and a
critical examination of skills.
The fifth largest wine producer
in the world, it is often said the best
of each year’s production never leaves
the country. Most top-end viticulture is
in west Argentina’s Mendoza Province,
near the Chilean border. Two excellent
courses, the Andino Golf Club (Mendoza
city) and Club de Campo Mendoza in
nearby Guaymallen are recommended.
Imagine, morning golf in the Andes, winetasting afternoons and steak barbecue
evenings in cool mountain air. A perfect
day. •
David Mackintosh is senior golf writer for the
Buenos Aires Herald and the author of “Golf’s
Greatest Eighteen.”
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Come
get it!
Ready to whet your
appetite? Try one
of these must-have
dishes after your next
18 holes.
S
ometimes, a round of golf
cannot be saved by that great
drive at the last hole or the crosscountry putt that unexpectedly falls
in the hole.
Sometimes, our day hasn’t been
made by the fact that we’ve just
played 18 holes at our favorite
course. Instead, the highlight is the
house specialty that’s placed in front
of us afterward.
Arizona, The State of Golf asked
AGA members, players and industry
insiders for their favorite golf
and food combinations. Here’s a
sampling of the favorites.
BACON-WRAPPED SHRIMP
Secreto, Phoenix
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Whirlwind
The bacon-wrapped shrimp at Secreto, a
New Mexican style restaurant, is the hot
item to indulge in when it comes to top
appetizers. And although Secreto may
mean secret in Spanish, the starter is too
good not to share. A favorite of many, the
dish features a great smoky flavor with
the perfect pairing of bacon and jumbo
shrimp. And, of course, it tastes even better
when washed down with a margarita. One
AGA member said, “The flavor is off
the chart,” and another commented, “Absolutely a must-try appetizer.”
SMOKED PRIME RIB
Meritage Steakhouse, Phoenix
Wildfire
Once upon a time there were numerous
courses in Arizona that offered
steakhouses as 19th holes. Today, only
the J.W. Marriott Resort & Spa’s Meritage
Steakhouse exists. And for good reason:
Meritage serves the top USDA steaks in
the Valley along with a wine list that has
drawn praise from Wine Spectator. The
Southwestern-themed dining room comes
complete with spotted, cowhide leather
chairs and is located just off the Wildfire
pro shop. The signature entrée is the
smoked prime rib that comes in 10- and
16-ounce portions. Even though Meritage
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The bacon-wrapped shrimp at
Secreto comes recommended by
several AGA members
Fried Calamari
at Bob’s Steak
and Chop House
— more than 30 delicious options.
If your sweet tooth beckons, go
with the Do-it-yourself S’mores or
the house Butter Cake.
FRIED CALAMARI
Bob’s Steak & Chop
House, Tucson
Tucson National
Omni
MAC AND CHEESE WITH A
TWIST
PHOTO BY JENNEA BONO/AGA
Brittlebush Bar and
Grill, Scottsdale
Kierland
The Mac and Cheese with
Brittlebush Bar and Grill is
melt-in-your-mouth delicious,”
member remarked. The dish
a Twist at
“absolutely
one AGA
features a
PHOTO COURTESY BOB’S STEAK & CHOP HOUSE
The fried calamari at Bob’s Steak
& Chop House, located at the
Omni Tucson National Resort, is a
favorite among many golfers and
resort-goers. Fried to perfection,
the tender calamari is paired with
a cocktail sauce that highlights its
flavor. Bob’s also is known for its
big portions, and the steaks with
all the trimmings are sure to satisfy
those with the heartiest of appetites.
sharp Scottish cheddar, roasted tomato,
lobster claw, and is topped with a goat
cheese panko crust and crunchy rock
shrimp. It’s the perfect comfort food after
a round at Kierland, located at The Westin
Kierland Resort. The view at Brittlebush is
also of note, especially with patio seating
that provides scenic mountain views.
is posh, more than half the patrons will
be wearing golf apparel. You’ll feel right
at home.
DELMONICO STEAK
Arrowhead Grill, Glendale
Arrowhead
Legend at
Arrowhead Grill is just minutes away
after a round at the Legend at Arrowhead. For a perfect cap to a day on the
course, you can do no wrong with the tender, juicy Delmonico steak. Bursting with
flavor, the signature steak pairs well with
a dirty martini with blue cheese olives, a
spinach salad and baked potato. Or you
can choose from an abundance of sides
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Mac and Cheese with
a Twist at Brittlebush
Bar and Grill
PHOTO COURTESY BRITTLEBUSH BAR AND GRILL
Rock Springs Café bakes
up an assortment
of delicious pies
PIE
Rock Springs Café, Rock Springs
various
PHOTO BY NICK DOAN
For a sweet treat, head to Rock Springs
Café, home to the best homemade pie
your sweet tooth can handle. The AGA
staff says it’s a necessary pit stop when
driving the I-17 into or out of the Valley
to play golf. An AGA staffer noted, “If
you’re looking for pie heaven, stop at
Rock Springs Café.” The signature pies
include Lemon Meringue, Banana Cream,
Coconut Cream, Chocolate Cream,
Peanut Butter and their most popular
Jack Daniels Pecan. A slice of pie is even
better topped with a scoop of ice cream
in flavors like Bourbon apple, rhubarb,
Tennessee lemon or blackberry.
The Grill at
Longbow is home
to the Monster
Breakfast Burrito
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BURRITO
The Grill at Longbow, Mesa
Longbow
They say breakfast is the most important
meal of the day and that’s certainly
the case with the Monster Breakfast Burrito.
You can choose from bacon, sausage or ham,
but savvy golfers who are into the Southwest
experience know the chorizo and cheese is
the real killer. It’s that good, with a thin tortilla
that holds massive contents surprisingly
well. Best of all, you can enjoy it with a
cup of coffee sitting in front of the fireplace
on Longbow’s outdoor patio, which is as big
and bold as the Monster Breakfast Burrito.
Chef Carlotta
Flores’ family
opened El
Charro Café
in 1922
CARNE SECA
El Charro Café, Tucson
various
RACK OF LAMB
Grill on the Green, Green Valley
Canoa Ranch
Grill on the Green at Canoa Ranch
serves up fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere. It’s been said that the rack
of lamb is a favored dish and served
on the patio at the clubhouse, it makes
for the perfect pairing in the cozy
setting. The menu features contemporary American cuisine and the lamb is
served with garlic mashed potatoes,
fresh vegetables and mint jelly. “It’s
PHOTO COURTESY EL CHARRO
Known as the nation’s oldest Mexican
restaurant, El Charro opened in 1922
and still is run by the same family today.
Featuring a traditional Sonoran cultural
style with Tucson flavors, the restaurant is widely known as one of the top
Mexican restaurants in the country. A
top item on everyone’s list is the Carne
Seca. Featured in a number of dishes, the
Carne Seca is what made the restaurant
famous. One AGA member said, “It’s the
best ever, world-renowned menu item and
is equally good on tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas or served as the traditional main item with rice and beans.”
Another diner said, “Try the Carne
Seca with green chilies added and a
Negra Modelo for a perfect after-round
meal.” With its five locations that cover
the Tucson area, you’re sure to find a
great golf course nearby.
one of the very best lamb dishes served
in southern Arizona,” wrote one AGA
member. “It makes a bad golf day
so much better.”
THAI CHICKEN SALAD
Verrado Grille, Buckeye
The Raven at
Verrado
For a fresh, healthy meal after a
round at the Raven at Verrado, look
no further than the Thai chicken salad
at Verrado Grille. It has been noted as
“excellent, light, tangy, tasty and delicious.”
The salad features grilled chicken on a
bed of mixed greens tossed with mandarin
oranges,
water
chestnuts,
green
onions and fried wontons in a soy peanut
vinaigrette. And since you’re eating
light, why not go for the Brulee
Banana Split or the Brownie Berry Parfait
for dessert.
BLUE CRAB CAKES
Iron Springs Café, Prescott
Prescott Lakes
Iron Springs Café found its home in a
train station built in 1894 for the Santa
Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway.
Specializing in Cajun and Southwest
cuisine, the restaurant boasts a unique
blend of both. The Blue Crab Cakes
are a favorite of many and feature two
large crab cakes served on field greens
with rice, pico de gallo and chipotle
sauce. The Sunday brunch also is quite
popular.
CROQUE-MONSIEUR
Bogey's at the Club, Scottsdale
The Boulders
The Croque-Monsieur, which is basically
the French version of a ham sandwich,
has become legendary at the restaurant
known as Bogey’s, according to Michel
Pieton, director of the resort’s culinary
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operations. It’s a creation of Black Forest
ham, Bechamel sauce on sourdough
bread covered with Gruyere cheese. This
is a classic version, not the fast-food one
that abounds in French cafés. No fried egg
unless you really want it, but, hey, it’s The
Boulders, where your every wish is their
command.
BARN BURGER AND GRANDE
MARGARITA
Phil's Grill, Scottsdale
Grayhawk
Phil’s Grill might just be the best 19th hole
in the Southwest, with lots of Mickelson
memorabilia, like Ryder Cup bags,
family photos and autographed Masters
flags. But the real star of the show
on most days is the half-pound,
Grade-A prime Barn Burger that
comes with a giant “haystack” of thinly
sliced French Fries. Enjoy the eight flatscreen TVs, deep leather chairs and
massive juniper-laden bar, and while you’re
soaking it all in try the Grande Margarita
with Patron and prickly-pear juice. OK, so
it’s $24, but being “grande” (big) and 32
ounces, it does go a long, long way. Just
don’t forget your designated driver.
WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD,
individual tastes vary widely,
and so perhaps that is the reason
one national retail outlet and one
Western chain were mentioned by
AGA members when asked their
favorite place to dine after 18
holes. Their picks? A number 2 from
In-N-Out Burger and a hot dog with
ITALIAN NIGHT
sauerkraut and a soft drink from
Bernard's, Chandler
FAST-FOOD favorites
the Costco food court. Both were
Ocotillo
Golfers don’t often stick around for dinner
unless, of course, it’s Bernard’s at Ocotillo,
where the Italian cuisine always comes
with a special touch from maitre d’ Carlo
listed as great lunch values, and
given both establishments’ multiple
locations that span the state, you’re
sure to find one near your favorite
golf course.
Ventura. A native of Bari, Italy, Ventura
takes on double duty every Friday night
when he dons his chef’s hat to make pasta
and Tiramusu “just like mama used to do.”
That he personally preps the appetizers
and somehow makes the grilled vegetables
taste like heaven is further proof of his
honorary degree in culinary arts. Every
table gets a red-and-white-checked linen
tablecloth as well as a basket-wrapped
bottle of Chianti. Amerai lo!
MILKSHAKE
Galaxy Diner, Flagstaff
Forest Highlands
If you’re looking for a cold, sweet treat
after a round, Galaxy Diner is the place
to be. Known for its old-fashioned milkshakes, the classic diner also serves up
a variety of homestyle food. “It’s hard to
beat their shakes and I have more than
70 years of experience in tasting milkshakes,” one AGA member said.
PRESSED CUBAN SANDWICH
The We-Ko-Pa Grill, Fort
McDowell
DECEMBER 2010
PHOTO BY NICK DOAN
Bogey’s, a restaurant
at The Boulders Resort,
is known for its
Croque-Monsieur
We-Ko-Pa
One might think Native American cuisine
is on the menu since We-Ko-Pa is owned
by the Yavapai Apache Nation. Not so,
apparently. The Pressed Cuban, which
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naise, mustard and pickles, then pressed
into a Cuban-style roll, is definitely from
somewhere else.
TROON QUESADILLA
Dynamite Grille, Scottsdale
Troon North
The signature chicken quesadilla at Dynamite Grille is quite the popular item. It is
described as a traditional quesadilla with
Dynamite
Grille’s
signature
quesadilla
PHOTO BY NICK DOAN
The We-Ko-Pa
Grill serves a
great Cuban
sandwich
a twist and incorporates a mango and
chocolate-ancho sauce that gives the dish
its dynamic flavor. It is filled with smoked
chicken breast, jalapeno cheese, mango
and green onions. The chef says, “It is very
unique in its presentation. It’s one of Troon
Golf’s signature items and is one of our
most popular menu selections. It pairs very
well with Riesling wine.” The four large
flatscreen TVs at Dynamite Grille are also
quite enticing. •
— Contributed by Jennea Bono, Bill Huffman and Amy Parker.
GOLF: Good for business at McCormick & Schmick’s
TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN JASON WEATHERS AND KEVIN
Bird heard of the marketing strategy of the new McCormick
& Schmick’s seafood restaurant they were to operate, they
were delighted.
It involved golf, a sport that both Weathers and Bird
Bird chuckles when he remembers his days as a caddie
as a young man in Minneapolis.
“I made $5,” he said. “If you were carrying for a really
good guy, he’d buy you a hot dog and a Coke at the turn.”
Weathers and Bird plan their Mondays to enjoy the many
love. Weathers is the general manager at both Arizona
courses in the Valley. “I’m about a 10 . . . I can hit the ball
locations, 8777 N. Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale and 2575
a long way,” said Weathers, 38.
E. Camelback Road in Phoenix. Bird is the food
“He’s better than that,” said Bird, 49, “probably a 7
and beverage manager for the Scottsdale location.
or 8. I’m a 14, but we don’t play for money. We have
The restaurant would become a sponsor of Arizona Golf
fun, some good laughs and enjoy the scenery and the
Association events, mainly through gift cards.
weather.”
“We were new in the area and it was a great way to
“We are delighted to have McCormick & Schmick’s
get the word out,” Bird said. “It definitely brought in some
support for the last two years,” said Brian Foster, director
business. We love to do anything we can to help golf.”
of marketing and communications for the AGA. “Their
Despite the fact both consistently work 60-hour weeks,
it doesn’t stop them from teeing it up on their days off.
“We both have Mondays off and we almost always play
together,” said Weathers.
“It’s not uncommon for us to play 27 or 36 holes on
a Monday,” Bird said, “even when it’s 105 degrees out.”
sponsorship and gift card program has added tremendous
value to AGA membership. Our members enjoy eating out
and there are many culinary delights out there to choose
from. McCormick & Schmick’s is one of the best and they
take care of our members.”
— Jack Rickard
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AGA NEWS
Utah claims Shootout to tie
series at 10-10
O
nce again, the visiting team came out on top in the 20th
annual Arizona-Utah Shootout at Southern Dunes Golf
Club in September. Utah claimed the victory by a five-point
margin with a total score of 381/2 points to tie the series total
at 10-10.
Temperatures exceeding 110 degrees seemed to have little
effect on the visiting team and they claimed five of the last
six matches to pull ahead. Victories by AGA team members
Barb Byrnes, Frank Ellenburg and Kyle Kallan helped Arizona
pull ahead by two points heading into the final matches, but
subsequent wins for Utah by Darrin Overson, Jordan Rogers
and Josh White propelled the Utah team to victory.
The teams were all square after the first day at 18 points each.
Utah won the morning four-ball matches 10-8, while Arizona
won the afternoon foursomes 10-8 to square the score heading
into the final round. Utah’s total of 201/2 points in the singles
matches to Arizona’s 151/2 points was the ultimate margin.
The event, which features a Nassau format, is one of the more
prestigious team events on the AGA’s schedule.
AGA fall meeting a success
T
he AGA’s 2010 fall meeting was held Nov. 4 at Moon Valley
Country Club in Phoenix. Delegates from AGA member
clubs across the state attended.
Following a presentation on what’s new for 2011 and littleknown AGA services, delegates participated in breakout
sessions where AGA staff and executive committee members
received input on delegate familiarity of club services and
programs, communications and dues structure, as well as
ACCESS AZgolf, marketing and sponsorships.
The delegates also voted in two executive committee
members: Patrick Geare who is new to the committee and
Brooks Thiele who was re-elected for 2011.
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AGA NEWS
Rules of Golf answers (from page 42)
Advantages of membership
A
new season of golf in the Grand
Canyon State is upon us and we
would like to remind you that AGA
memberships expire Dec. 31, 2010. Renew
now to stay active through the end of 2011.
Due to economic issues, we have seen
a rise in competition from companies
offering low-cost handicap services. These
companies attempt to devalue the longstanding traditions of the Arizona Golf
Association and our sister association, the
Arizona Women’s Golf Association.
We encourage you to consider other
benefits and services that come with an
AGA membership: convenient score
posting at courses throughout the state
and U.S., joining multiple clubs with only
one AGA fee, course rating services,
access to AGA championships and events,
Rules of Golf and Handicap certification
seminars, tournament software to manage
club events, club website software to
manage your club, representation on
USGA committees that influence the
future of handicapping and course rating,
special discounts and offerings from our
sponsors and partners.
Since their founding in 1923 and 1924,
respectively, the AGA and the AWGA
have been dedicated to promoting and
protecting amateur golf.
In 2011, we will continue to explore new
ways to add value to your membership.
However, rest assured that as longstanding licensees with the USGA, we
are committed to providing exceptional
service with our partners to provide:
Handicap administration and certification,
course rating and GPS services, Rules of
Golf interpretation and seminars, USGA
qualifying for national championships
and Amateur status oversight.
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Jim Frazier named 2010
Champion of Golf
J
im Frazier, a two-term
past president of the
AGA, was named 2010
Champion of Golf. The award
was established in 2008 and
recognizes an individual who
selflessly champions the game
of golf in Arizona though his
or her personal efforts.
“I was surprised to learn of
this honor and very pleased to
be recognized” noted Frazier.
A retired banking executive, Frazier has spent the past
46 years actively involved in Jim Frazier
transforming the game in Arizona. His efforts have reached all levels of golf, from juniors to
amateurs to PGA Tour professionals.
“Jim has been a tireless advocate for the game of golf and
a true leader in the industry for as many years as anyone can
remember,” said Ed Gowan, executive director of the AGA.
“What distinguishes Jim from so many is that his efforts span
many organizations at a very high level. As a past president
of the AGA and Moon Valley Country Club, chairman of
the Phoenix Open, big chief of the Thunderbirds and its first
executive director, and with his involvement in forming the
Junior Golf Association of Arizona, he has played an integral
role in ensuring the success of these groups that have a direct
impact on nearly every aspect of the game.”
Frazier was involved in the controversial decision to move
the Phoenix Open to TPC Scottsdale, which was made when he
was big chief of the Thunderbirds. “They said the move would
never succeed,” Frazier remembered. “Now look at it. It’s the
biggest tournament in the world, with the largest attendance
and millions given to charity. Having watched it grow over the
years has been very rewarding.”
He also served on the AGA’s board of directors for 12 years
beginning in 1988. During his tenure he brokered the formation
of a partnership between the AGA and the Thunderbirds to
purchase the office building that houses the two organizations.
Under his leadership with the AGA, his contributions
primarily focused on improving member communications,
fostering changes to the board of governors, creating the
delegate program and improving the AGA’s magazine.
In addition, Frazier joined Moon Valley Country Club in
1969 and has served on nearly every committee at the club,
including nine years as a board of director member and two
terms as president. Most recently he played a key role in the
membership’s reacquisition of the club from the KarstenSolheim family.
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The AGA thanks its 2010 volunteers for
all of their support and commitment to the
Arizona Golf Association.
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AGA RESULTS
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Kyle Kallan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-66—129
Kenneth Kellaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-70—139
Eddie Delashmutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-70—140
Scott Berren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-69—141
Jerry Huff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-72—141
Kevin Parkhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-71—141
Cyrus Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-73—141
Patrick Geare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-71—142
Jimmy Kozikowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-71—143
Bryan Hoops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-73—143
Ryan Mahoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-73—143
Fred Matthews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-73—144
Kevin Witte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-77—144
Trey Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-73—145
Rich Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-69—145
Colton Tuttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-77—145
Rusty Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-70—146
Collin Covault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-72—146
Ben Kesterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-75—146
Riley Kernagis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-74—147
Jerry Loftis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-751—47
Peter Lugowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-75—147
Matt Brower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-74—148
Brett Moeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73-75—148
Garrett Iverson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-74—149
Chris Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-75—153
Takuya Fuji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-77—153
Keith Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-80—158
WOODS FLIGHT
Benjamin Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-71—140
Marley Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-67—141
Grant Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-79—142
Robert Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-71—145
David Kang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-72—147
Brent Moolyk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-75—147
John Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-74—148
Garry Dion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-78—148
Juan Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-73—149
John Van Deventer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-71—149
Ian Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-73—150
Dave Potthast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-76—150
Brandon Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-79—151
Michael Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-77—151
Andy Boak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-76—152
Martin Aldecoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-78—154
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Seve Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-80—156
Robert Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-78—156
Austin Dales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83-74—157
J. Ryan Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-83—157
Alex Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-86—160
Jon Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-86—161
Timothy Weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-81—165
Brendan Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-93—173
KINGSBAKER FLIGHT
Mark Marin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-70147
Michael Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-73—148
Marty James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73-75—148
Kyle Mahoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-74—148
Bob Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-77—150
Mike Edgcomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-77—150
Jim Capono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-74—152
Jarrett Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-76—152
Jeff Dumas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-77—155
Cleve Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78—155
John Balnis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-79—156
Scott Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-81—157
Mike Hubay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-78—158
Jason Satterlee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-79—158
Rick Schmidgall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-82—158
Ray Milliken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-79—159
Jeff Engler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-85—160
Richard Yeager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-81—161
Sheldon Bazzell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-79—164
Cliff Hamilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-82—168
Joe Reichert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-83—171
Jurica Marcelic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-83—179
WHITNEY FLIGHT
Ray Fendley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-75—147
Rudy Berumen Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-77—148
Larry Bicknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-78—156
Sandy Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-78—158
Mike Whalen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-80—159
Mark Christofferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-80—162
Sidney Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83-79—162
David Levos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-84—162
Noel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-80—162
Dale Redger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-83—167
Gare Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-86—170
Michael Morris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82-89—171
James Mulhall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-87—172
Ted Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-84—172
Phil Kerr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-91—175
16 Richard Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-92—176
17 David Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-96—181
18 Ken Yamashita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-95—190
Arizona-Utah Shootout
Southern Dunes Golf Club
Sept. 19-21
FOUR-BALL
Pat Geare-Jerry Huff (Ariz.)
def. Cameron Crawford-Jordan Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 /2-1 /2
Larry Montplaisir-Camron Howell (Ariz.)
def. Darrin Overson-Scott Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Dean Hall-Kyle Kallan (Ariz.)
tied Kirk Siddens-Jeff Jolley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/2-11 /2
Josh White-Stu Gold
def. Gabby Broboski-Cyrus Whitney (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . 21 /2-1 /2
Mike Hacker-Bill Probst
def. Steve Dallas-Frank Ellenburg (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . 21 /2-1 /2
Jenteal Jackson-Lachell Poffenberger
def. Barb Byrnes-Echo Thatcher (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Four-Ball results: Utah 10-Arizona 8
FOURSOMES
Overson-Clark def. Geare-Huff (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-0
Montplaisir-Howell (Ariz.) def. Crawford-Rogers . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Hall-Kallan (Ariz.) def. White-Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-0
Bobrosky-Whitney (Ariz.) def. Siddens-Jolley . . . . . . . . . . .3-0
Hacker-Probst tied Dallas-Ellenberg (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . 1 1 /2 -1 1 /2
Jackson-Poffenberger def. Byrnes-Thatcher (Ariz.) . . . . . . 2 1 /2-1 /2
Foursomes results: Arizona 10-Utah 8
SINGLES
Byrnes (Ariz.) def. Poffenberger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 0
Jackson def. Thatcher (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 0
Probst def. Dallas (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 /2-1 /2
Ellenberg (Ariz.) def. Mike Hacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 0
Crawford tied Bobroski (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 /2-11 /2
Kallan (Ariz.) def. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 0
Overson def. Hall (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 /2-1 /2
Rogers def. Whitney (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 0
White def. Geare (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 /2-1 /2
Huff (Ariz.) def. Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Jolley def. Montplaisir (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 /2-1 /2
Siddens def. Howell (Ariz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Singles results: Utah 201/2-Arizona 151/2
Final results: Utah 381/2-Arizona 331/2
For complete results, visit
azgolf.org/tournament/resultslist.asp
DECEMBER 2010
RULES/HANDICAPPING
Test your
knowledge of the
Rules of Golf
Can a player
deem the original
ball unplayable?
AGA
BY ROBIN FARRAN
A
s long as our golf ball lies in the
fairway or on the putting green, we
don’t reference the Rules of Golf very
often. However, when it comes to rest
in the desert, a bunker, a water hazard
or another imperfect lie, it’s important
we know how to proceed and whether
we have incurred any penalties by our
actions.
Answer true or false for the following
situations that you might encounter
during your next round of golf. (Answers
can be found on page 38.)
1. A player swings and misses the ball on
a tee on the teeing ground. Although the
player intended to hit the ball, the whiff
doesn’t count as a stroke since the ball was
not in play.
True False
2. When a ball is in motion after a stroke, a
player may move a fellow competitor’s club
or golf bag to prevent the ball from striking
the fellow competitor’s equipment.
True False
3. A player’s ball lands in a bunker. The
player rakes his footprints in the bunker
on the way to the ball, being careful not to
improve the lie, area of stance or line of
play for the next stroke. This is permitted in
the Rules.
True False
5. If a ball dropped under a Rule lands
outside the prescribed area (such as the one
club-length distance for relief from a cart
path) but rolls into the prescribed area, the
ball is properly in play.
True False
hazard, if a ball is dropped in a wrong place
and played, the player incurs a two-stroke
penalty in stroke play in addition to the onestroke penalty for relief from the lateral water
hazard.
True False
12. If a ball is found in a water hazard, the
player may play the ball as it lies or, under penalty of one stroke, play a ball at the spot where
the original ball was last played or drop a ball
behind the water hazard on a line with the hole
and the point where the ball last crossed the
margin of the hazard (on the “flagline”).
True False
7. If a player’s ball lies in a burrowing animal
13. On the putting green, a player reaches
hole, the player is only entitled to relief
without penalty if a stroke could be made
at the ball in the absence of the burrowing
animal hole.
True False
across the hole and rakes (scrapes) in a short
putt. The ball is holed and the player incurs a
two-stroke penalty in stroke play.
8. A player’s ball lies through the green
near a small bush. A branch interferes with
the player’s swing, but not his/her stance. If
the player stands on the branch, the area of
swing is improved. The player is not permitted
to stand on the branch in order to improve the
area of intended swing.
True False
14. A player makes a practice swing and accidentally moves the ball in play with his/her club;
he has not made a stroke and incurs no penalty
for moving the ball in play.
True False
6. When taking relief from a lateral water
9. A player takes relief for an embedded ball
and drops the ball within one club-length of
the nearest point of relief, not nearer the hole.
The player has proceeded properly.
True False
4. Whenever a fence or wall defines out of
10. When a ball is in motion after a stroke,
bounds, the structure is a fixed object and
the fence or wall does not have the status of
an obstruction.
True False
a flagstick that had been placed on the fringe
may be lifted in order to prevent the ball from
striking the flagstick.
True False
11. A player properly plays a provisional ball.
If the original ball is found in a terrible lie, the
player may deem the original ball unplayable
and continue play with the provisional ball.
True False
True False
15. In stroke play, a player searches for his/
her ball for five minutes and does not find it. After looking for another minute, finds it and plays
it. The player has played a wrong ball.
True False
16. A player is not permitted to have the flagstick attended unless the ball is on the putting
green.
True False
— Robin Farran is 1st Vice President of the AGA
and a Rules of Golf instructor at the Arizona Golf
Academy.
AZGOLF.ORG
CARICATURE | JAY ANDERSON
When it comes to treasure, only the finest will do
T
he statement, “where your treasure is, there your heart shall
In spite of his vaunted lifestyle choices, there is no more
be,” couldn’t be any truer when applied to Jay Anderson, the
engaging or humble servant to the game of golf. Jay’s time in
outgoing AGA president.
As a Bank of Arizona fixture, “What Will Jay Be Wearing”
the leader’s chair has been spent making friends for the AGA
and finding humor in the issues that face the association, while
Anderson knows what matters most. A few of those treasures—
effectively keeping the ship pointed forward, looking to the future
shoes (FootJoy), clubs (Titleist) and fine wines—must be savored
of golf. He even humbled himself by taking the rigorous PGA/USGA
and protected. Rumor has it there are vaults under his Scottsdale
Rules of Golf seminar and Rules exam, which is described by an
home that were constructed to protect his treasures. Combinations
AGA member as “tougher than the bar exam.” He now challenges
to those vaults are a tightly-guarded secret, known only to his most
others on the board and in his golf games to do the same.
prized treasure, his wife Stephanie. But whether Stephanie has a
vault for Jay, or vice versa, it has not been determined.
In a draft of his final presidential address to the delegates at
the fall meeting, Jay announced the creation of a new half-price
“WWJBW” is a favorite amusement for AGA staff members at
website for slightly-worn size 11s. There will be no auction for the
tournaments, who wager in regards to Jay’s shoe and shirt color
wines though, as Stephanie has control over that particular vault.
combinations and whether they match the color of the lettering on
Oh, and one last advisory from a particular staff member: “Jay,
the backs of his prized wedges. Since assuming the presidency role
just be aware I’ll no longer be laying down in those challenge
last year, no pair of FootJoys has been seen twice, leading many to
matches.” (Name withheld to protect the staff member’s identity,
believe FootJoy is a major Bank of Arizona client.
but Jay knows who it is.) •
DECEMBER 2010
OUT OF BOUNDS | BOBBY JONES, 1932
Water world
A debate between golf course design and
maintenance practices, waged in a bygone era
(Note from the AGA: Bobby Jones, the greatest player of his time, felt very strongly about course conditioning. USGA President Jim
Hyler is fostering “brown is the new green” to emphasise firm playing conditions are in the best interest of golf. Jones agreed in this
article he wrote in 1932. Please note, the terms ‘spoon’ and ‘brassie’ refer to a 3-wood and 2-wood respectively.)
I
AP PHOTO
t is claimed by those in close touch
with greenkeeping practices that much
of the difficulty in maintaining putting
greens is due to the excessive use of
water and that greenkeepers and green
committees point out that they water
heavily in self-defense because golfers
want soft greens. I have been asked to
say how I regard the practice of keeping
putting surfaces soft, even soggy, looking
at the question purely from the player’s
standpoint.
There can be little question that the
great mass of golfers in the United States
prefer their greens very soft. Such a
condition makes the play much easier
for all classes of players and is, in a great
measure, responsible for the fact that
tournament scoring is uniformly lower in
the United States than on seaside links in
the British Isles.
The difference is attributable more
to the excessive use of water on putting
greens in the United States than to the
much-talked-of seaside gales in the
British Isles, which, after all, do not blow
constantly.
Of our two great American
preferences — the one for placing
the green-bunkering very close to the
putting surfaces, and the other for soggy
greens that will hold any kind of a pitch,
whether struck with backspin or not —
I cannot say which induced the other
or which came first. The close guarding,
in many instances, makes a soft green
necessary if the hole is to be playable,
and the easy pitching, on the other hand,
makes it necessary to decrease the size
of the target in order to supply any test.
I quarrel with both ends of this
Bobby Jones
proposition. whichever is to blame.
These together are the two reasons, I
think, why our golf courses in the main
lack the subtlety of British links, and why
our golf does not demand the strategy or
the intelligent planning that it should.
In my opinion, a properly designed hole
should impose a test upon each shot the
player has to make. There should always
be a definite advantage to be gained from
an accurate and intelligent placing of the
tee shot, or a reward offered for a long,
well-directed carry over some obstacle.
This advantage or reward can be only
in the shape of an easier and more open
road for the second shot, and when we
soak the green with water we absolutely
nullify the advantage in which the design
of the hole has held out.
I do not believe in forcing a run-up
shot in preference to a pitch in every
case. But, when one goes to the trouble
of placing a bunker across the left side of
the green in order to force the tee shot
toward the right side of the fairway, why
destroy its effect by soaking the green
so that any sort of pitch over the bunker
will hold?
Our expert players are in the habit
of playing long iron, spoon, and brassie
shots bang up to the hole. As long as
they can do, this no architect can expect
them to worry much about placing the
tee shots.
A strategic 360-yard hole might call for
a drive to the right side of the fairway in
order to avoid having to carry a bunker
at the left front of the green. If such a
green is kept soggy, the purpose which its
designer had in mind is largely defeated
and the hole loses much of its interest.
It seems to me that the ideal green
would be sufficiently soft to hold only
a properly placed pitch-and by “hold” I
do not mean “to stay within a very few
feet.” To carry out the intention of the
designer, conditions ought to be such that
a definite penalty should be sustained by
the player who has played himself out of
position.
In this connection, I think one of
our greatest needs is a fairway grass or
treatment that will make the ground in
front of our putting greens more reliable.
If the greens themselves are maintained
in a firmer condition, the need must arise
on occasions to drop the ball short of
the putting surface, allowing it to roll the
remaining distance.
I know very few courses where this is
possible without great uncertainty. •
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