Happy New Year and Welcome Brandon Lovelady

Brandon Lovelady is our new Performance Center Instructor

Brandon Lovelady

White Oak Golf Club

770-487-8140
blovelady@canongategolf.com

The fundamentals of golf are the key to improvement.  With that in mind, Flat Creek’s Brandon Lovelady wants to help you improve with the proper application of those fundamentals. With an emphasis on grip, set-up and alignment, Brandon’s goal is to help you get better for the long term. In addition to helping the student understand swing theory, Brandon wants to help you take advantage of the abundance of technology available to the golfer. A talented club-fitter with six years of experience to his credit, Brandon has a wealth of knowledge about the scientific aspects of ball flight and how to make a club perform its best for each player. Brandon has been playing the game since the age of six, and has built an impressive resume as both an amateur and professional golfer. As a junior golfer, he was a full time student at the IMG/David Ledbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida. While there he was exposed to some of the best instructors in the game. He played his collegiate golf at the University of North Alabama. As a professional, he has twice represented Georgia as a member of the Georgia PGA Assistants Cup team and was the 2012 Georgia PGA Assistants Champion. He continues to remain active and competitive in the professional game.

I'm sure we will all get to meet him very soon. 

A golf poem we can all relate to

In My Hand I Hold A Ball,

White And Dimpled, And Rather Small.

Oh How Bland It Does Appear,

This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.

By Its Size I Could Not Guess,

The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.

But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell,

I’ve Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.

My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,

Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.

It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,

A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.

It Has Made Me Curse And Made Me Cry,

And Hate Myself And Want To Die.

It Promises Me A Thing Called Par,

If I Hit It Straight And Far.

To Master Such A Tiny Ball,

Should Not Be Very Hard At All.

But My Desires The Ball Refuses,

And Does Exactly As It Chooses.

It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies,

And Disappears Before My Eyes.

Often It Will Have A Whim,

To Hit A Tree Or Take A Swim.

With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,

It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.

Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,

If Only It Would Find The Hole.

It’s Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,

And Swear That I Will Give It Up.

And Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow,

But The Ball Knows… I’ll Be Back Tomorrow.


Augmented statement: Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls….

A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.

That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid

Merry Christmas to all!!!



2013 End of the Year Celebration

Enjoy the pictures of today's celebration.  Awards are listed after pictures...

Golfer of the Year- Ellen Connors
Most Improved Golfer- Diane Tschantz
1st Flight Awards
Old Course Ringers
Margaret Lauer, Susan Clonts
Seminole Ringers
Beth Shepard, Joan Land, Lanelle Heminger, Janis Turner
Margaret Lauer, Ellen Connors
Birdies
Cheryl Drewyer, Ellen Connors, Margaret Lauer, Susan Clonts
Chip Ins
Lisa Jones, Janis Turner, Margaret Lauer, Cheryl Drewyer

2nd Flight Awards
Old Course Ringers
Mary Carlson, Bunny Guy
Seminole Ringers
Carol McMeekin, Trisha Nease, Bunny Guy
Birdies
Trisha Nease, Bunny Guy
Chip Ins
Barbara Nadreau
Mary Carlson

3rd Flight
Old Course Ringers
Shirley Payne, Marilyn Miller
Seminole Ringers
Judy Furlong, Shirley Payne
Birdies
Sandra Lancaster, Carol Taylor
Chip Ins
Louise Cox

4th Flight
Old Course Ringers
Shirley Hasty
Seminole Ringers
Arleen Carleo, Shirley Hasty
Birdies
Linda Brown
Chip Ins
Ardy Durden

Special Awards  for 2013
Hole In One- Salme Svensson
Perfect Attendance- Shirley Hasty

Wolga Champion
Susan Clonts

Handicap Champion
Diane Tschantz

Ringer Champion
Ellen Connors
Plaque in Memory of Smitty was presented to his wife, Evelyn, and will be hung in the ladies locker room. 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!!

Tomorrow is the cumulative effect of a wonderful season for the White Oak Ladies Golf Association.  Many ladies will be awarded for their play but mostly we will celebrate the holiday season. There is no doubt, our Wolga ladies know how to celebrate!!!

See you all tomorrow (Thursday) between 8-9am.  For those of you unable to be there, check the blog soon for pictures.