Swing Change

Some of the guys are making changes in their swing in order to produce a better ball next semester . Below are some pictures of Blake Turner compared to a good friend of mine, Anthony Broussard, who has had success on the mini tours and is 2 for 2 advancing through the 1st Stage of PGA TOUR Q School.

Both Blake and Anthony have the club on the shaft line for most of the downswing. In this screenshot, they are in similar positions.

In the follow through, you can see a big difference between their swings. Blake stops rotating his body and swings his club above the shaft line, which starts his ball right of his intended target. Consequently, in order for his shots to return to the target, he must shut down his clubface and he does this by rotating his forearms very quickly around the impact zone. When timed up correctly, his swing produces a nice draw. The problem with his swing is when his timing is off, even just a little bit. When the forearms rotate too slowly, the face is open, resulting in a push cut. When the face is square, he hits a push. When he rotates the face too much, he hits a hook. And when he doesn't shallow the club onto the shaftline on the downswing, he hits a pull draw. These two-way misses make it very difficult to swing freely and score consistently.

Anthony on the other hand, rotates both his hips and torso much more through impact allowing his club to stay on the shaftline on the follow through. He does not have an active release of the clubface, which allows the face to be square much longer through the impact zone. Since his plane and clubface are great around impact, he hits a straight ball that starts online. It also allows him to work the ball without altering his swingplane, just merely leaving his clubface open a fraction for a cut, or closing it down a bit for a draw. This is one of the reasons he plays this game for a living.

Blake has been working hard in the off-season to make his swing more repeatable and he is looking forward to some better results next semester.

Tigers Making Fall Golfstat Rankings

Geoffrey Setiawan is averaging 4.71 on par 5s this fall which puts him T19 among all DIII student-athletes.

http://golfstat.com/2010-2011/men/mstop10.htm#DivIII

And Austin Jung and Erik Long-Goheen are ranked 21 for Freshman Class Impact with a 301.059 relative strength and a combined scoring average of 77.57.

http://golfstat.com/2010-2011/men/freshmen.htm

La Cantera

We had the opportunity to play the Resort Course at La Cantera a few weeks back. This course hosted the PGA TOUR's Valero Texas Open from 1995-2009. The 7th hole has a great 80 ft drop looking at Six Flags.

All Day attempting to drive the 7th green.

ELG takes dead aim.

SCAC Preview at Horseshoe Bay

9 Trinity 331, 334-665

T 21 Erik Long-Goheen 80,82-162

T 32 Austin Jung 88,78-166

T39 Geoffrey Setiawan 82,87-169

T41 Blake Turner 84,87-171

T45 Eric Davis 85,85-173

http://golfstat.com/2010-2011/men/mtourfl10/M9503.htm

Obviously it was a rough week at Horseshoe Bay. We only managed 6 birdies and also had 30 double bogeys or worse. That adds up to some high scores. We will be better prepared when we return to Ram Rock for the SCAC Championship in April.

3s, 4s and 5s

We recently started a putting drill that focuses on holing short putts. You hit 3 putts from 4 locations at 3 ft, 3 putts from 4 locations at 4ft and 3 putts from 4 locations at 5ft- totaling 36 putts (going through your routine on every one). Below is the setup and our results so far.

Yoeff- %93.5

Tyler- %90.5

Dan- %88.2

Matt- %88.0

ELG- %88.0

ED- %84.7

Dylan- %83.3

B Turner- %80.6

Austin- %75.0

UMHB Women's Recap

The girls are preparing very hard for the tournament coming up at Horseshoe Bay this coming weekend. After our last tournament in Temple, we all know what we need to work on. We are trying to eliminate the “blow-up” holes, and become a more consistent team. Carla is having one on-one playing lessons with every player this week to help each of us properly think through each shot. We look forward to competing at Horseshoe Bay this weekend as it will be a good indication of our competition at conference this year.

-Emma

Eric Davis Putt

ED makes a bomb on # 7 for birdie during qualifying.

UMHB Recap

6 Trinity 317,304-621

T11 Yoeff 76, 74-150

T21 All Day 74, 79-153

T44 ELG 88,74-162

T46 Blake 80,83-163

T50 ED 87,77-164

http://golfstat.com/2010-2011/men/mtourfl10/M7232.htm

We obviously played better the second day, but so did the field, as we failed to improve upon our standing. Yoeff earned all tournament honors as he finish T3 among DIII players. He also earned the automatic qualifier spot for our next tournament at Horseshoe Bay.

UMHB Men's Fall Intercollegiate Day 1

8 Trinity 317

T5 Austin Jung 74

T16 Geoffrey Setiawan 76

T37 Blake Turner 80

T55 Eric Davis 87

58 Erik Long-Goheen 88

Despite the mild winds and sunshine, Stonetree Golf Club proved to be a lot of golf course. Only one player broke par carding a 71. We tee off this afternoon starting at 11:40. We are third among DIII teams, 3 back from host UMHB and 14 back of Southwestern. With OB and lateral hazards on most holes, the course provides an excellent opportunity for a reshuffled leader board by the end of the tournament.

Lady Bulldog Fall Classic

The Trinity University Women’s Golf team started their season off with a great start, with a tie for third with a two day total of 662. On the second day of the tournament, the team score was 318, the lowest team score the women have had in years! The Trinity women have two Molly’s on the roster this year and both had an awesome showing this week. Molly McCarthy led the team with an 84, 77 followed closely by Molly Zumbro with an 81,81. Other notable scores were a 78 from Hannah Goodwin and an 82 from Emma Herzog. The women are looking forward to their next tournament in two weeks hosted by the University of Mary Hardin Baylor.

T 3 Trinity University 344 318 662

7 Molly McCarthy 84 77 161

T8 Molly Zumbro 81 81 162

14 Hannah Goodwin 88 78 166

T22 Emma Herzog 91 82 173

31 Elise Rosmarin 93 91 184

T32 Lisa Zampello 92 93 185

http://golfstat.com/2010-2011/women/wtourfl10/W3032.htm

-Emma

John Bohmann Memorial

The Tiger men finished 5th in Seguin. Blake Turner, Matt McClure (sophomore) and Erik Long-Goheen and Austin Jung (first years) all made their collegiate debut with some impressive finishes. Yoeff picked up right where he left off last year with a solid performance placing 13th.

ELG hits a 9 iron on the 163 yard 6th.

13    Geoffrey Setiawan  Trinity      73  74  72  219  +6 

T 14  Blake Turner       Trinity      73  71  76  220  +7 

T 20  Erik Long-Goheen   Trinity      76  73  72  221  +8 

T 22  Austin Jung        Trinity      76  72  74  222  +9 

T 25  Matt McClure       Trinity      75  72  76  223 +10 
T 37  Warren Taylor      Trinity      72  82  75  229 +16 
T 40  Eric Davis         Trinity      75  81  74  230 +17 
T 49  Dan Maurer         Trinity      81  74  81  236 +23 

5 Trinity University       296  300  292    888   +36

http://golfstat.com/2010-2011/men/mtourfl10/M7292.htm

Practice Rounds

The men and women played their practice rounds today at Max Starcke Park and the Golf Club of Seguin. Both teams will play Monday and Tuesday.

Geoffrey and ED on the 193 yard par 3 16th at Max Starcke Park.

Fall Season Begins

Qualifying began today at Pecan Valley. With some of the guys vying for a spot on the team and others trying to make the starting lineup, competition should be fierce.

Geoff hitting a 4 iron on #8

JA earns second All-American Scholar Award

JA was awarded his second All-American Scholar award by the Golf Coaches Association of America. This award is given to student-athletes (juniors and seniors only) who excel both on the course and in the classroom. He graduated with a degree in economics and finance with a GPA over 3.6 and stroke average of 75.45. He is the first two-time winner of this award in Trinity's history.

http://gcaa.collegiategolf.com/home.jsp?page=1438

http://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/golf/2009-10/releases/07-08-10_alden_gcaa

JA-1st Team All-Conference

JA earned 1st Team All-SCAC honors once again with his play at the SCAC Championship. In 2007, he received 2nd team honors and 2008, 2009 and 2010 he received 1st team recognition. He is the only Trinity golfer to receive All-SCAC honors every year!

SCAC Recap

4 JA 75, 77, 74 - 226 +16
13 Geoffrey 78, 81, 77 - 236 +26
T 20 Barry 85, 76, 78 - 239 +29
T 26 Warren Taylor 78, 81, 84 - 243 +33
T 28 Nash 84, 80, 80 - 244 +34

5 Trinity University 315, 314, 309 - 938 +98

18 Julia 88, 90, 92 - 270 +48
20 Madison 96, 88, 90 - 274 +52
21 Olivia 91, 91, 93 - 275 +53
25 Anne 100, 90, 94 - 284 +62
27 Emma 104, 101, 96 - 301 +79


5 Trinity University 375, 359, 369 - 1103 +215

http://golfstat.com/2009-2010/men/mtoursp10/M8594.htm
http://golfstat.com/2009-2010/women/wtoursp10/W2161.htm

SCAC Day 2

The teams were pulled off the course today due to lightning. Most players completed 11-14 holes. We are planning on finishing the second round and playing the third round immediately following if weather permits.

SCAC: Men

JA 75

Warren 78

Geoffrey 78

Nash 84

Barry 85

Team 315

Centre is leading with a 307. Good play tomorrow will erase a poor performance today. Rains are predicted in the afternoon so we are going off in a shotgun tomorrow morning to try to beat the weather. JA is two off the individual lead.

Women: Southwestern Invitational Round 2

Olivia recorded her 3rd top 25 of the year and was the low finisher for Trinity the past two tournaments. The women will prepare for the SCAC championship April 23-25.

12 Olivia: 86,90
T19 Anne: 90,92
T28 Emma: 96,94
T28 Julia: 96,94
37 Lisa: 98,113

7 TEAM 368,370

http://golfstat.com/live/final/DW1861.htm

Women: Southwestern Invitational Round 1

T9. Olivia 86
T20. Anne 90
T24. Emma 96
T24. Julia 96
T29. Lisa 98
5. TEAM 368

http://golfstat.com/live/final/DW1861.htm

Jonathan Alden: Player of the Week

JA's performance at ConCan earned him SCAC player of the week honors. Congrats JA!

http://www.scacsports.com/sports/mgolf/potw/2009-10/week4

Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational Results

T25 JA: 73,74,79

T54 Geoffrey: 76,79,76

T58 Barry: 77,77,78

T87 Nash: 78,82,79

T87 Warren: 80,80,79

16 TEAM: 304,310,312

http://golfstat.com/2009-2010/men/mtoursp10/M8595.htm

T49 Olivia: 92,84,87

84 Julia: 91,96,93

T89 Emma: 94,101,92

T92 Anne: 95,101,92

17 TEAM 372,382,364

http://golfstat.com/2009-2010/women/wtoursp10/W3054.htm

The scores say it all. With a great field, course and opportunity, we failed to meet our expectations. We are in need of some good practice before playing in Georgetown, but that will have to wait as JA and I are stuck in a Jacksonville hotel room due to overbooking by American Airlines.

TU Wins the ConCan Intercollegiate Classic

Our men's team competed in the Texan hill country at ConCan Country Club this past Monday and Tuesday. After a lackluster opening round of 312 leaving us in second place by 5 strokes, we played much better Tuesday posting a 301 and winning the tournament by 11 shots. Jonathan Alden posted the only under par round for the tournament, shooting 69 to take medalist honors. The Big Fella had to WD due to a wrist injury. Unfortunately, he will miss the Jekyll tournament in attempts to have him ready to play at the West Region.

1. JA 79,69

T7 Geoffrey 79, 75

T7 Barry 77,77

T11 Warren 77, 80

DNF The Big Fella 79, WD

JA Wins Again!

JA, Jonathan Alden, played a phenomenal round Tuesday shooting a 69 to win the medalist honors at the ConCan Intercollegiate Classic despite a couple setbacks. About 20 minutes before his tee time Monday, his driver snapped while he leaned on it to pick up a tee. Fortunately, he brought an extra driver to the tournament. I ran back to our lodge and got his driver with enough time for him to hit a few balls on the range with it. On the way to the first tee, we talked about how great a story it is going to be when he wins the tournament after breaking his driver on the range the morning of the tournament's first round. A lot of kids would have been flustered about breaking their driver, but JA was looking forward to competing- to teeing it up and posting a score.

With an unusually cold winter for the hill country, the greens were not in good shape for our tournament, making holing putts extremely difficult. Fast and bumpy greens are tough to putt, especially when they have a lot of contour. JA was like most of the players in the field on Monday, having numerous three putt greens and failing to convert good birdie chances. Consequently, he posted a disappointing 79. A lot of kids after posting a high score in round one would have been disappointed, thinking that they shot themselves out of the tournament. JA thought he hit the ball well and just needed to improve his putting and he would be right there come Tuesday afternoon. So he went straight to the putting green after his round to get to work.

JA continued his good ball striking Tuesday and putted much better. After stuffing a 9 iron on his final hole to two feet, he made the birdie putt to finish off his round of 69. His great story was complete.

JA is a great golfer and a better guy. I'm looking forward to the rest of his senior year.

The First Tee of San Antonio

The members of men's and women's golf teams volunteer at The First Tee of San Antonio at least once each semester. The First Tee is a national organization that has introduced golf to millions of kids. Their mission is "to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf."
Emma keeping an eye on a bump and run.

Madison teaching a pitch.

For more information on The First Tee: http://www.thefirsttee.org/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp

For more information about our San Antonio chapter: http://www.thefirstteesanantonio.org/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp

Warren Taylor: Player of the Week

Warren Taylor was named SCAC Conference Player of the Week for his play in South Padre. Congrats Warren! Click here to see more.

Men: UTB Day 2

T3. Warren 73,74-147

5. The Big Fella 73,76-149

T11.Barry 80,77-157

T19. JA 80,82-162

24. Nash 78,87-165

2. TEAM 304, 309-613

The round got off to a slow start as fog blanketed the course and caused play to start and stop. When the fog burned off, the winds picked up and made controlling the ball difficult. Warren got off to another poor start, but played brilliantly coming home. Another great tournament for the first-year. Chase "the big fella" Clayton played a a solid tournament matching his ball striking with some solid work on the greens with his newly found belly putter. Barry's putting showed marked improvement the second round and will continue to be a point of emphasis in practice. JA actually played well with 13 clubs- his driver cost him a lot of penalty shots. And Nash-- we are just happy to get him back form the border patrol checkpoint in Sarita. That was a close one.

All in all, a second place finish and a fun trip to South Texas.

Women: UTB Day 2

2. Madison: 82,82-164
4. Olivia: 86,84-170
10. Julia: 90,90-180
11. Emma: 91 91-182
13. Anne: 86, 99-185





The women held on Monday to win their first title of the year! Madison played another great round and finished just two off the lead. Olivia's 170 total is her low for the year. The women look forward to continuing their good play at Schreiner's tournament in March.

Women: UTB Day 1

Madison 82

Olivia 86

Julia 90

Anne 86

Emma 91

TEAM 344

The women took the first round lead at the South Padre Island Golf Club. Paced by newcomer Madison Wallender, the women look to continue their good play tomorrow with an 8:00 am shotgun.

Men: UTB Day 1

Barry 80

JA 80

Warren 73

Nash 78

The Big Fella 73

TEAM 304

With teams still out on the course, we are 11 off the pace set by host UTB. Birdies were abundant, but so were big numbers. If we can manage to keep the ball in play and eliminate the double and triple bogeys, we will be in good shape come tomorrow afternoon. The forecast calls for 10-20 mph winds, so anything can happen.

Qualifying Update:Men

With a couple qualifying rounds in the books here is the order so far:

Barry
JA
Eric
Nash
Warren and Chase
Pete
Geoffrey
Matt
Blake
Jordan
Lee and Josh

The winner is guaranteed a spot at the UTB tournament.

Spring Season Starts

Both the men’s and women’s team started our spring seasons last week. With team workouts and qualifying rounds underway, we are trying to get better everyday. Both teams start our competitive schedule Feb. 21 in South Texas.

Golfer Goes Global

Hi,

My name is Emma Herzog and I am from Katy, Texas. This year I am a junior at Trinity, studying Marketing, Management, and Geology.

This past semester I studied abroad in Vienna, Austria. I studied through a program called IES and focused my studies to Business, Music, and German. While I was in Vienna I had the opportunity to travel Italy, Paris, Slovakia, Hungary, and Thailand. One of the highlights of the semester was being able to ski the Alps during the Thanksgiving holiday.

While I was in Vienna, I also had the opportunity to intern at a local consulting company called “Schwarzconsult”. The internship gave me the unique opportunity to actually experience the difference between European business and American business, plus it enabled me to practice my German. Studying in Vienna was a great experience- I learned a lot, got to experience a new culture, and had many opportunities to travel to surrounding countries!

Are you interested in playing college golf?

These are a few things you should do to make your desire to play college golf a reality.

1. Become a better golfer. In order to improve, you need to assess your game. What are your strengths? What do your teammates/competitors do better than you? Ask your golf instructor want you need to work on. Formulate a plan with actionable steps to make you a better player. Implement the plan immediately.

2. Play tournaments. Play high school events, city events, play a local tour, play qualifiers for state and national events and play amateur events.

3. Win golf tournaments! Coach Herm Edwards explains it well here.

4. Create a golf resume and swing video. Include contact information, pertinent academic information, tournament results (tournament name, date, scores, finish, course, par and course rating) and golf pro’s name and number. Add a link to your swing video.

5. Research potential schools. Look at the university’s requirements for admission, areas of study and golf website. Are you a fit academically and athletically?

6. Send an email to the coach articulating your interest in the program. Attach your golf resume.

7. Focus on #1.

-Coach McConnell