Ohio Golf Journal August 2018

END OF AN ERA AT FIRESTONE FRED ALTVATER You Know You are a Golfaholic if: You travel over 500 miles just TO PLAY A GOLF COURSE FOR THE ÚRST TIME The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would SXW D ƝDJ VWLFN on top” Ohio Golf fans are saddened by THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE ÚNAL 7'# "RIDGESTONE #HAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD AT HISTORIC &IRESTONE #OUNTRY #LUB &IRESTONE HAS BEEN HOSTING PGA Tour events since 1954 and has seen the greats of the game hoist TROPHIES THERE "OTH *ACK .ICKLAUS AND 4IGER 7OODS WON AT &IRESTONE MULTIPLE TIMES 7E CAN TAKE SOME SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT THE #HAMPIONS 4OUR WILL MAKE A STOP AT &IRESTONE BEGINNING NEXT SEASON 4HE OLD GUYS CERTAINLY appreciate the history of the venerable COURSE AND WILL BE FUN TO WATCH This issue also featuresTechnological ADVANCEMENTS IN GOLF AND HOW IT IS CHANGING THE GAME FOREVER #LUB ÚTTING SWING ANALYSIS SPIN RATE and remote coaching via a tablet or smart phone continues to affect GOLF AS WE KNOW IT 7E ARE HAPPY TO PUBLISH A WONDERFUL remembrance of the great Bobby *ONES FROM HIS GRANDSON "OB *ONES )6 (E WRITES ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF !UGUSTA .ATIONAL AND HIS PERSONAL MEMORIES OF HIS GRANDFATHER )N THE GOLF TRAVEL SECTION -IKE -AY TAKES US ON A GOLF JOURNEY TO 0LUM #REEK A 0ETE $YE COURSE IN #ARMEL )NDIANA )N ADDITION WE RECALL A RECENT JOURNEY TO -ID -ICHIGANmS -T 0LEASANT 4HE 0OHLCAT "UCKmS 2UN 4ULLYMORE 3T )VES AND 3OARING %AGLE #ASINO MAKE A MEMORABLE GOLF GETAWAY %D 4RAVIS REVIEWS 4HE /PEN AT #ARNOUSTIE AND GIVES AN EARLY CALL FOR THE 2YDER #UP TO BE HELD IN &RANCE NEXT MONTH 3EVERAL /HIO GOLFERS HAD THE opportunity to qualify for the INAUGURAL 5 3 3ENIOR 7OMENmS /PEN AT #HICAGO 'OLF #LUB PLUS WE HIGHLIGHT THE WINNERS OF THE Ohio Open and Ohio Amateur #HAMPIONSHIPS One of my favorite events every SUMMER IS THE #HAMPIONS "ANQUET FOR THE4OLEDO *UNIOR'OLF!SSOCIATION )T DOES AN OLD GOLFERmS HEART GOOD TO see so many young people excelling AT THE GAME )NVERNESS 'OLF #LUB OPENS THEIR DOORS TO THE KIDS TO HOST THE TOURNAMENT AND THE DINNER 4HIS IS THE TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 4*'! AND THIS YEARmS BANQUET HAD A SPECIAL MEANING AS THE FOUR FOUNDERS WERE ON HAND TO TALK ABOUT THE lOLD DAYS m 7E JUST RETURNED HOME FROM A WONDERFUL GOLF TRIP TO -ICHIGANmS 5 0 AND WILL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH 5NTIL THEN ) HOPE ) SEE YOU ON THE "ACK ~Pete Dye Ohio Golf Journal