March 5th Grand Lake Golf Report

PGA GOLF PASS

The PGA South Central Section 2018 Golf Pass is now available for purchase.  The golf pass offers discounts and savings at over 90 golf courses in our area.  They are available now at your clubhouse or from your golf pro.  A great way to add a little adventure to your golf in 2018.  

Golf Quote 

“Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn’t a lot of strokes when you consider the course.” – Lee Trevino

To grip or not to grip?     

It’s clear that a fresh set o grips is a fast way to bring a noticeable change to your game, but just how do we know when we should regrip?

According to the major grip manufacturers, you should regrip once every year

Or every 40 – 50 rounds of play.  Now that might seem excessive, but when you consider just what the grips put up with It actually seems pretty sound  because regardless of how often you play, as soon as a new grip goes on a golf club, oxidation, heat, dirt and oils from your hands start working at breaking down the materials that make up your grips So even with what could be considered normal use there will be enough degradation of the material after a year to warrant fresh grips. You may need to regrip more often than that.

One thing to keep in mind is that grips lose a significant amount of their original traction

long before they become hard and slick which is when most golfers start thinking of regripping?  Because this happens slowly over time, most golfers fail to notice it

But here’s why you might want to pay attention to your grips.  Just a small  loss of grip traction when you contact the ball  can be magnified to many yards sideways by the time the ball reaches its target or many yards short of the target as well

That seems like something worth paying a little attention to.  Get a Grip! 

Golf joke of the week

Golfer: Hey caddie, would you wade into that pond and see if you can find my ball?
Caddie: Why?
Golfer: It's my lucky ball.

CHEROKEE GROVE GOLF COURSE

Weekend Skins

The starting time is 12:00 a.m (weather Permitting) and It is still the cheapest skins game in the world!  Sometimes Best Ball Scramble or Best Ball Scramble Skins. Check it out.  All are welcome.  Fair draw for partners. Saturdays and Sundays get your golf on!   40 Degrees or warmer.

Grand Lake Golf Venues

-Cherokee Grove Golf Course (Grove) @ 918-786-4100

-The Coves Golf Club (Duck Creek) @ 918-782-3220  

-Grand Cherokee Golf Course (Langley) @ 918-435-8727.

-Patricia Island Golf Club (Grove) @ 918-786-3338

-Peoria Ridge Golf Club (Miami) 918-542-7676

-Shangri-La Golf Club (Monkey Island) @ 918-257-4204

-Eagle Creek Golf Club (Joplin) @ 417-623-5050

-Elk River C.C. (Noel) @ 417-475-3208

-Kelly Custom Golf (Grove) 918-787-7640 golf shop

Keep it in the Middle! 

Mike Kelly