Congratulations to the Prodigy Putters, finishing in first place with 21.5 points! Members of the team include: Greyson Cooper, Kuvum Suppal, Sean Murphy, Jack Farrell, Cameron Martin, Owen Sweeney, and Sam Raby. The Holey Mollies finished in second place with 17.5 points, while the Powerful Putters made a last-minute charge with 15 points.
Upcoming Events/Course Closures:
A calendar of events for the 2022 season is posted on The Links website. Please refer to it often to check course availability and all golf activities.
Tuesday, August 2:Carroll Center Golf Clinic (Front Nine closed 8:30am-12:30pm)
Sunday, August 7:First Tee Franklin Park Outing (Course closed 12:30-5pm)
Sunday, August 14:First Tee Franklin Park Outing (Front Nine closed 12:30-5pm)
Tuesday, August 16:Attleboro Rec. Junior Clinic (Front Nine closed 11am-2pm)
Sunday, August 21:First Tee Franklin Park Outing (Front Nine closed 12:30-5pm)
Tuesday, August 23:Youth Golf Day (Front Nine closed until 2:30pm)
Sunday, August 28:First Tee Franklin Park Outing (Front Nine closed 12:30-5pm)
Monday, August 30-Thursday, September 2:Green work/topdressing, nine holes closed each day (weather dependent)
Regular League Play
Mondays: First Tee classes (front nine closed 12:30-4pm)
Mondays: Hockomock YMCA Integration Team (5pm shotgun start on the front nine)
Wednesdays: Women’s Wednesday League (5pm shotgun start on the front nine)
Thursdays: First Tee classes (front nine closed 12:30-4pm)
A great way to get to know your fellow Junior Members. Each league date will feature fun, varying formats.
Participants can sign up on-site the day of the league (by 9:45 a.m.) for $5 per player per week.
Junior Members Club Championship
August 6-7
Format: Individual Stroke-Play. Junior members will play their own ball into the hole and for a 36-hole total score (18 holes each day). All players must hole out on each hole to post a score (gross and net prizes, a modified Calloway Scoring System will be used to determine net scores).
Juniors aged 10 & over will play on August 6 & 7 with tee times starting at 9:00 a.m.
Juniors under age 10 will play a 9-hole tournament on August 7 (only) with an approximate 10 a.m. start. The cost is $10 per player.
Players can sign up in the pro shop or by calling 508-222-0555. Sign up cut-off date is August 4 at 9 a.m.
One Day Junior Member-Member
Wednesday, August 24
Format: 18 Holes, Better Ball of Partners (gross and net prizes, using the modified Callaway Scoring System)
Two Divisions: One or both players are age 14-17 or both players are age 13 and under. All players must sign up with a partner.
Signup begins July 24, cut-off date of August 22 at 10:00 a.m.
$15/player
Parent-Child Scramble
Saturday, August 27; 10:00 a.m. shotgun (only one needs to be a member)
Two-person scramble; both players hit a tee shot and select the best shot. Both players then drop their ball at the one selected and continue this process until the ball is holed.
Signup begins July 27, cut-off date of August 25 at 10:00 a.m. $20/player ($40/team)
Pizza party after golf.
Junior Golf Opportunities
First Tee
Fall registration for First Tee Massachusetts at The Links is now open! The program is part of Mass Golf's commitment to growing the game by providing various learning and playing opportunities at The Links at Mass Golf for youth of all ages and abilities. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Youth on Course
Youth on Course serves more than 100,000 members who have access to play golf at more than 1,400 courses across the United States and Canada for $5 or less, giving them opportunities to learn lessons that only golf can teach. Beyond affordable golf, Youth on Course provides opportunities for young people to get the support they need to succeed through career prep, leadership and scholarship programs.
For more information on becoming a Youth on Course member through Mass Golf, please visit MassGolf.org/YouthOnCourse or contact Kyle Sherman, Mass Golf's Manager of Member Events & Services, (ksherman@massgolf.org).
Drew's Tip Of The Month
Do you stand on the first tee with a lack of confidence and doubt in your mind? Are you worried about where your golf ball is going to land or that everyone is watching you? Do you tell yourself, "don’t hit there"…the sand, water, trees, bushes? If this is you, then you need to get your thoughts moving in the right direction.
The following quote from Larry Nelson, a past U.S. Open and PGA Championship winner, sheds some light on the issue. “Pressure is relative and if you focus on what you are trying to do, there is no pressure. If you’re focusing on the results of what you are trying to do there is a lot of pressure. I learned early on that I had to focus on what I was doing and not the results of what I was doing.”
The legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick always said the most important advice he could give to his students is to “Take Dead Aim”. If your thoughts are not on your target, where are they? Please understand that your brain doesn’t understand the word “don’t”. It replaces “don’t” with “do”. Don’t think of the color blue. You most likely pictured the color blue even if it was just for an instant. If you tell yourself don’t hit it in the water, your brain thinks that you want to hit your ball in the water.
A better question to ask is what is my target, not where don’t I want to hit my golf ball? Also, ask yourself is it possible that I could hit a good shot? The answer is always, “Yes, it is possible!" Ask yourself a better-quality question, and your brain will give you a better-quality answer. The target and the possibility of a good shot should be your only thoughts to the exclusion of everything else. If you can do that, you are playing one shot at a time in the present moment and the results will take care of themselves.
