addition te visiting one of the

down south. The more adventurous can even don wet-weather gear an

North Shore's driving rangas, goliers cz

Practice makes perfect (or so they say)

SHORTER days needn't mean a shorter golf season. Peter Kalesnikotf keeps sharp by hitting a bucket of balls at Seymour Creek Golf Centre in North Vancouver. In

Keep in the swing of things

Laurie Craddock
Contributing Writer
OCTOBER. The enc of
daylight savings time, fewer
daylight hours, cooler tem-
peratures and lots of rain.
Yes, we're lucky here in the
moderate climate of B.C, because
we can get out and play golf once

ina while (more often for the really

ardent).

Butler’s face it, autumn/winter
golfis not the same as golfing on
those beautiful days in the summer.

Having said thar, there's a lot
you can be doing during the winter

both to keep vor golf interese alive

and to help improve
vour game next
year, lower vour
handicap or whatev-
erelse your golf
goals may be,

Get in better
shape for golf:
Develop and tence
your golf muscles
for performance and
build vour cardio-
vascular capacity for
endurance.

Community
recreation centres
and fitness clubs have equipmicit
and instructors to help vor build
the specific museles important in

LAURIE CRADDOCK —
Plenty for golfers to do
in the wintertime.

the golf swing, You
can get ideas from
golf magacines. You
can get expert
advice trom profes:

sionals such as phys:

iotherapists.
Condittoning is onc
ofthe key reasons
why the PGA ‘Tour
plavers of today are
plaving to an
increasingly higher
standard. Start now
to prepare tor next
vear. Don't wait to
be one of those one
montit wonders

with a New Year's Resolution.
Study new equipment trends:
The National Golf Foundation

says thar 24% of golfers bought
some new equipment in the past 12
months and that [8% plan to make
a purchase over the next six
months,

Expect a trend away from the
huge oversize heads on metals and
woods.

Adam's Tight Lies and Ortimar
have come on strong with a slim
club face and low centre of gravity.
Notice how the metals are being
marketed more and more by
degrees of loft; 9 for the driver; HI
ior fairway driver, 13 fora strong 3
wood. (We still can’t seem to shake
the term “wood” even though
there isn’t a sliver in it!)

Watch tora new putter called
Alpha Mallet. The brains that
designed the Odvssey putter defect

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n fuel their passion by reading golf books, watching golf videos and planning golf getaways
d tee it up on a Lower Mainiand public course. At feast tee times should be available.

ur hag

ed when the company was bought
by Callaway. They claim their Alpha
Mallet is now the number two put-
ter on the LPGA ‘Your and their
company mission ts to have theirs as
the number one putter on all Tours.

Work on your golf swing:

Learn what the golf swing is all
about — get to understand vour
swing and how it works and doesn’t
work,

Phe Lower Mainland has some
of the best driving ranges anywhere
in the world. Most are covered for
rain and wind shelter, heated, and
provide good mats and target areas.
Ideally, get_a pro to work with vou.

‘Phis day and age they have video
cameras and other aids to help

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