The 2016 Charlottesville City Championship sponsored by Advantage Handyman Services is set for Friday, July 8th through Sunday, July 10th. The entry fee is $175, which includes greens fees and cart fees for all three rounds, range balls each day, a practice round greens fee, and a tee gift for each player. Based on a full field of sixty or more players, there will be five flights with the … [Read more...]

By Daryl Daughtrey, PGA Professional   An old golf guru once told me that when your shots start going everywhere, other than where you want them to go, head to the practice tee and start subtracting. Subtract everything you have read about the golf swing, what you’ve been told or learned about the golf swing. What this guru meant was that a golfer must get back to the basics. As … [Read more...]

Is a golf course good or bad, environmentally speaking? Many think it’s bad, using precious water resources and occupying prime real estate while appealing only to a select few. Wouldn’t the plant and animal life, and society in general, fare better with all those acres of land used in a different manner? Not necessarily. A golf course, in fact, offers more in the way of plant and animal value … [Read more...]

I have 3 regular golfing buddies. You wouldn’t want to know what we call ourselves. It’s not very flattering. To give you an idea, the second of the two descriptive words is “holes.” But we enjoy playing together and giving each other a hard time – which is what golf, to me, is really all about. Last week, my fellow hole-mates and I decided to revisit the Royal Virginian Golf Course in Louisa. … [Read more...]

Played Greene Hills lately? What a wonderful course with lush fairways, pristine greens and a challenging but fun layout. Kevin Mann and I teed it up last week and had a great round in spite of a pouring rain on the last 4 holes (during which I made an eagle 2, by the way). The Greene Hills Club in Stanardsville is one of Central Virginia’s best-kept secrets, unmatched in the beauty of the … [Read more...]

Our foursome was trying to figure out which course to play in order to take advantage of a beautiful day this week and Tanyard Country Club in Louisa won out. It was a great choice. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Tanyard in such good condition. Like most courses this time of year, the greens were being aerated, but they were in great shape grass-wise. The fairways were filling in nicely and the … [Read more...]