Despite the cold, frosty, and, at times, frigid conditions outside, let’s all ‘encourage’ the thermostat to inch a little higher so everybody can play golf in Indiana in March. In the meantime, I suggest hitting chips in your back yard off artificial turf, putt inside on your carpet, and take full practice swings inside your garage.
If you are headed south for your spring break and you are bringing your golf clubs, the many golf courses along Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama, the 20+ golf courses along the Georgia Golf Trail, and the 53 golf courses which comprise the Florida Historic Golf Trail are all venues worth playing.
In this issue get a glimpse of some interesting products on display at the PGA Show in Orlando, Franciscan Health shares words of wisdom which specifically apply to golfers, and Ed Travis provides us with a golf equipment update.
The International Network of Golf (ING) presented the French Lick Resort with an award for its television commercial known as Carved Into History, plus an award for the Best TV Commercial.
Finally, good luck to Zionsville’s Annabelle Pancake who is in the field for this year’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur which will take place from April 3-6 at the Augusta National Golf Club and Champions Retreat Golf Club Augusta, Georgia.
As I say every year in February in this column, spring will soon be here. I look forward to seeing you on a practice putting green, the driving range or on the first tee at a golf course near you.
Mike
