Updated Calendar Is Available On The Links Website
A calendar of events for the 2023 season has been updated to The Links website. Please refer to it often to check course availability and all golf activities.
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Sign Up Dates to Keep in Mind
The Links Club Junior Championship, August 5 & 6, sign up begins July 5
Parent-Child Scramble, Saturday August 26, sign up begins July 26
Upcoming Events/Course Closures
Tuesday July 18: Links Junior Member Tune-Up Clinic (11 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Tuesday June 18: Attleboro Rec. Junior Clinic (front nine closed 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.)
Regular League Play
Monday July 10, 17, 24, 31, First Tee Classes, 12:30-4 p.m., front nine
Monday July 10, 17, 24, 31, Hockomock YMCA Integration Team, 5 p.m. shotgun start on the front nine.
Wednesdays, Women’s Wednesday League, 5 p.m. shotgun start on the front nine.
Thursday July 13, 20, 27, First Tee Classes, 12:30-4 p.m., front nine
Saturday July 8, 15, 22, 29, PGA Junior League Matches, 10 a.m. shotgun start on the front nine.
Parent-Child/Grandchild Summer Tournament
Saturday, August 26, 10 a.m. shotgun start.
Member Teams and Non-Member Teams
(Member Teams: only one player needs to be a Member of The Links)
Have fun with your family! The tournament features 18 holes and includes post-round pizza and prizes. The cost is $40 per member team, $60 per non-member team.
Players can sign up 30 days in advance in the pro shop or by calling 508-222-0555. Sign up cut-off date, 48 hours before the start of the tournament.
Parent Child Format: Two Player Scramble - Both players hit a tee shot and select the best shot of the two. Both players then place their ball by the one selected, play their shot, and continue this process until the ball is holed.
Team Score only (net and gross prizes, a modified Calloway Scoring System will be used to determine net scores).
Member and Non-Member Divisions: Children under 18 / Children 18 or over.
For a complete list of all Links’ events including First Tee classes, please refer to The Links’ calendar often on our website linksatmassgolf.org or inside the clubhouse on the events bulletin board.
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Volunteers Needed
If you have the time and would like to make an impact on junior golf and the future of the game, we have many opportunities and are always looking for volunteers. If you have an interest in helping out, please contact PGA Golf Professional Drew Chapman: dchapman@massgolf.org.
The $20 annual membership fee gives youth golfers ages 6-18 access to play at any of the 32 participating courses (including The Links!) throughout the Bay State for only $5 per round. When juniors join Youth on Course through Mass Golf, they also become Mass Golf members and gain access to a number of member benefits.
Have you ever hit a bad shot and your significant other or playing partner, who just hit a better shot than the one that you just hit, think that they have license to tell you that you are picking your head up? Bless their hearts, they mean well, but as you already know, they aren’t doing your game or temper any favors.
Balance is extremely important to successful club-ball contact. While I would like to take credit for helping golfers with their balance, the reality is that it is something that can’t be taught, it is only something that can be learned. The cause for your balance inconsistency can often be traced to a loss of posture or body tilt from your address position. You stand up at the start of your downswing and take your head with you. Many instructors will talk at length about flexion/extension, side bending, in addition to rotation, often complicating matters.
To maintain your head position and your body tilt toward the ball (while you rotate), you must learn to “keep your hips behind your heels and your nose outside your toes”. Your hips and head keep each other in balance like a seesaw. An image that you might find helpful is to start your downswing by squatting and shifting pressure/weight onto your left heel. The feeling it will produce is the sensation that your upper body is moving closer to the ball, not standing up at impact. BTW, on average, players on the PGA Tour drop their head down 3-4 inches as they start down.
Be careful, however, if you are used to standing up through impact, the only way to get the clubhead to the ball is to throw or lengthen your right arm too soon. You run out of right arm. If you now maintain your inclination to the ball and continue to throw your right arm, fat shots or divots behind the ball will occur. What you have to learn now is to passively maintain the bend in your right arm and wrist through impact…just like all great ball strikers.
