Ohio Golf Journal January 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! FRED ALTVATER You are a Golfaholic if: You are a Golfaholic if: You practice your Sand Game in your Children’s Sandbox. Of all the Hazards on a Golf Course, Fear is the Worst..... It’s a new decade and we are ready to roar in the 20’s. The last 10 years WERE ÚLLED WITH THE EXPLOITS OF 4IGER 7OODS WINNING A l4IGER 3LAM m PLUS HIS NUMEROUS INJURIES AS WELL AS PERSONAL INJURIES 7E ALSO WITNESSED THE RISE OF SEVERAL YOUNG PLAYERS *ORDAN 3PIETH 2ICKIE &OWLER AND *USTIN 4HOMAS JUST TO NAME A FEW 7ITH THE 3ENTRY 4OURNAMENT OF #HAMPIONS ALREADY IN THE BOOKS AND THE FULL ÚELD 3ONY /PEN WRAPPING UP THE SEASON IS WELL underway. 7ITH THE START OF THE NEW YEAR WE HAVE A few questions that will need to be answered DURING THIS GOLF SEASON /HIO 'OLFAHOLICS WERE TREATED TO UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER OVER THE #HRISTMAS (OLIDAY AND SEVERAL COURSES WERE OPEN FOR PLAY 0RESUMABLY *ANUARY AND &EBRUARY WILL NOT BE AS KIND SO WE HAVE FEATURED SEVERAL &LORIDA COURSES YOU MAY WANT TO ADD TO YOUR GOLÚNG ITINERARY FOR YOUR NEXT SOUTHERN sojourn. -EXICO IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO GO THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR SOME SUN SAND AND GOLF #HECK OUT OUR VIDEO AND ARTICLE ON 1UIVIRA AND 0UEBLO "ONITO 2ESORT IN Cabo San Lucas. It is truly a paradise! 4HE NEW 7ORLD 'OLF (ANDICAP 3YSTEM BEGAN ON *ANUARY ÚRST AND %D 4RAVIS BREAKS DOWN KEY POINTS FOR !MERICAN GOLFERS 4HIS BEGINS OUR SIXTH YEAR OF PROVIDING /HIO 'OLF *OURNAL TO OUR VALUED READERS 7E HOPE YOU ENJOY THE *ANUARY ISSUE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT #HEER UP NORTHERN 'OLFAHOLICS ITS ONLY DAYS UNTIL THE -ASTERS -AYBE )mLL SEE YOU ON THE "ACK AT l!MEN #ORNER m Sam Snead Ohio Golf Journal