News up to Sunday 24th June

Templemore Golf Club Seniors, Taking a rest and enjoying the wonderful weather.  John Brown, Jim Gleeson, Bertie Keane, Gerry Keegan Snr.  (Photo by; Rody Cawley))

 

Templemore Golf Club News;

 

Bourke’s Filling Station sponsored 18 hole Stroke Competition;  Templemore Golf Club will hold our second G O Y 18 hole stroke competition on Saturday June 30th. and Sunday July 1st.  This competition is kindly sponsored by Bourke’s Filling Station Roscrea Rd. to whom we are very grateful for their support. Please show your appreciation of their generosity by supporting the competition and when possible please support our generous sponsors.

Congratulations;  Congratulations to the Ladies “Boyne Trophy” team who defeated Carrick-on-Suir on June 20th., they now go on to meet New Ross on July 8th.   The “Boyne Trophy” competition has progressed to be one of the most fiercely contested competitions in the midlands and surrounding areas.  Teams consist of five pairs of ladies who compete under fourball match play rules. The semi-final and final days are hosted by Edenderry Golf Club.

 

Another Great Win by the JB Carr Team;  Congratulations to the JB Carr team with an away win of 3-2 in Waterford. The  2nd. leg will be in Templemore next Thursday 28th. June.  All members are requested to attend to show club support to this mighty team in their quest for Munster Champions.

 

Course Condition;  The course manager Liam Leahy congratulated all the volunteers and his own staff for their dedicated and committed enthusiasm work in getting the course up to the current excellent condition that this 9hole wonderful course deserved to be on the Top list of 9 hole courses.  The unprecedented growth and continues wet weather was a major factor delaying the maintenance of the course but with the commitment of volunteers the course is now playing well and we look forward to great challenging competitions ahead.

 

Sunday 18h. S/f Results;   Sun. 17th. June;  Excellent course conditions brought out the best in players who competed . 1st  Tom Connelly.  2nd. Fergus O’Breen.  The competition secretary Liam Leahy has requested that all members to compete in the Sat/Sun. Competitions.

 

Juvenile Golf Lessons;  Juvenile Golf Lessons will commence on Friday 6th. July at 10am. All Juveniles are encouraged by the Club Juvenile Officer Pat O’Connell to continue playing over school breaks and the summer months.  Any information required, contact Pat O’Connell 087 9205821.

 

Adopt a Bunker;  This project is progressing well and is always a great success.  Put your stamp on any bunker you feel that you can commit to keeping its presentation up to standard.

 

Ladies Golf; 

Men’s Prize to the Ladies;  On Tuesday 12th of June there was a good turnout for the Men’s Prize to the Ladies which was held over since last year. Good scores were recorded with Sadie Tynan emerging as winner. The results were 1st. Sadie Tynan (18) 39 pts, 2nd. Shiela Delaney (13) 38 pts.  3rd. Michelle Hasset (17) 35pts.

18 hole stableford club competition;  On Tuesday 19th of June we had an 18 hole stableford club competition, the winner was Mary Anne Maher (23) 31 pts, 2nd. Mary Hayes(24) 30 pts.

Social Mixed;  Despite poor weather conditions the social mixed went ahead on June 13th., the winners were Pat O Connell, Joe O Connor and Sean Lee.  On June 20th the results were: Best Gross, John Ryan, Joe O’ Connor, John Hasset and Breda Murphy 32 gross, and best net Seamus Bourke, Mary O’Connor and Jerry Kelly 25.8.  We would like to encourage more ladies to play on Wednesday evenings, it is a very sociable and enjoyable competition and we need more ladies playing.

Mixed Team;  Hard luck to the mixed team who beat Clonmel in the morning in Tipperary town but were narrowly defeated by the home club in the afternoon.

Boyne team;  Congratulations to the Boyne team who defeated Carrick-on-Suir on June 20th., they now go on to meet New Ross on July 8th.  The following was the team on 20th., there will be slight changes for the New Ross match.  Josie Bourke and Mary LOU Carroll, Sadie Tynan and Mary Ryan, Shiela Delaney and Margie Costigan,  Kathleen Maher and Kay Brennan,  Ann O ‘Rourke and Mary Ann Maher.  Well done to all.

 

The Social mixed continues every Wednesday evening with the draw at 6.30. The great course condition is bringing out great numbers for this great social event.  Everyone is encouraged to bring a friend Lady or Gent, also it’s an ideal opportunity for those that want to return to the game of golf.

 

50 Years of Golf in Templemore;  Celebrating  50 year in existence in 2021.  The club has nominated PJ Leahy as the club historian has been nominated to perfect this project and piece together memorabilia, old photos, sayings, and good banter from the past that can be resurrected to make this project successful.  PJ requested that all members past and present to dig deep and search their achieves for any memorabilia that they can find.  All will be appreciated and returned as received after the process.

 

Away scores;  The “Away” Score recording sheet for “Qualifying”, “Non-Qualifying” , “Society”, “Fourball” and “Team Events” is now placed on the Locker Room Notice Board.  The club handicap Secretary John Greed has expressed that all members playing away or in other societies to record their score on this sheet.  This is a very important request as it is part of the “Golf Ethical” for calculating accuracy on handicap ratings.

 

Green Fee;  The Green Fee for 2018 is now €10 for 9hole or 18 hole.

 

Playing Golf on Templemore 9 hole Golf Course has its advantages;  A magnificent Golf Course to test your golf skills.  Templemore Golf Course is available to all golfers, especially to those that want to return to the game also to members and non-members and members from other clubs to get in your practice rounds, beginners, Active Retiree’s and families who want to take up the sport  will get assistance from any committee member, (refer to web site for committee member list) here are some positive reasons for golfing in Templemore Golf Course;   Golf can be good for your health and your heart. Walking an average course for a round of 18 holes of golf can be between five to seven kilometres. If you walk 18 holes three to five times a week, you’ll get an optimal amount of endurance exercise for your heart. If you pull your clubs or carry them, you’ll burn even more calories each round and benefit even more. Playing golf regularly can help you:  Stay fit, Improve muscle tone and Endurance, Lose weight and body fat.  Golf can also be a great way to keep in touch with friends, help in reducing stress as a result of the physical activity and also due to the pleasure of walking in an open and natural environment,  provide opportunities to meet new people, help develop a sense of community connectedness.  Golf can be a very social and enjoyable sport. While you compete against others, you can also compete with yourself to better your previous best score. Templemore Golf Course provides  Good Social occasions, Presentation Nights, Social Mixed, Senior Events and Away Trips.  The Handicap System allows members of different abilities an equal chance of winning.  Various Category of Memberships are available at different rates. (Membership option rates are on our web site).  Full Annual Membership €350 = Approximately, only 95c. per day.  New members are the lifeline of the club, so all existing members are encouraged to tell all your friends to take up membership and test their skills on this challenging Golf course. Registrations Forms for new members are now available on-line on our web site, or at the club house or contact Martin Bohan 087 0509278 or any of the committee members. All are welcome.

 

Additional Members Lady and Gents;  All current members are encouraged to introduce at least “ONE NEW MEMBER” Lady or Gent, Junior or Student, Senior or Family, Active Retiree’s or any person interested in taking up the sport.  It will be a huge advantage to building the club membership and profile.

 

The Seniors;  This is a fantastic event for retired golfers to return to the game with like-minded golfers The brilliant weather created a great turn out of Seniors.  Results are as follows for Thursday, 21st.  June.;  1st. Team; George Collins, Seamus Ryan, Tony O’Toole, Frankie Shortt.  2nd Team; Joe O’Connor, Pat Costello, John Mullaly, Mick Connell.  3rd. Team;  Sean Lee, Michael Maher, Pat Maher.

Rathdowney Seniors Day away.;  Seniors committee John Stapleton  expressed great appreciation to all who attended the Senior Golf day away in Rathdowney on Tuesday 19th. June.  The weather was exceptional and made a wonderful day of golf for all.  The day included dinner and Prizes donated by Mossey Shannahan which was greatly appreciated.  Thank you Mossey.

Next Seniors on Thursday 28th. an ideal opportunity for past golfers to make a return to this great game in the presence of like minder players.

 

Club Fixtures;

30th. June;  GOY 18hole Stroke.

1st. July; GOY 18hole Stroke.

7th. and 8th. July. Scratch Cups, Intermediate and Junior.

14th. and 15th. July.  18H. S/F.

21st. and 22nd. July.  July Club Classic.

28th. and 29th. July.  Men’s and Ladies President Prize.

4th and 5th. Aug. 18h S/F.

11th. and 12th. Aug. 3T’s Qualifying.

11th. and 12th. Aug. 18H S/F.

18th. and 19th. Aug. 18H S/F.

24th, 25th, and 26th. Aug. Ladies and Gents Captain Prize.

1st. and 2nd. Sept. 18H. S/F.

8th. and 9th. Sept. GOY 18H Stroke.

15th. and 16th. Sept. Vice Captains.

22nd. and 23rd. Sept. 18H S/F.

29th. and 30th. Sept. GOY 18H Stroke.

6th. and 7th. Oct. 18H S/F.

13th. and 14th. Oct. 18H S/F.

20th. and 21st. Oct. GOY 18H S/F.

20th. and 21st. Oct. GOY 18H S/F.

27th. and  28th. Oct. W/D Soc 18H S/F.

November. TBA.

 

Golf Thought;  Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented”. Arnold Palmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News up to Sunday 17th June

( Templemore Golf Club winning team V Nenagh. Padraig Moloney, Joe O’ Connor, Michael Kealy, Dinny Touhy. (Photo by; Rody Cawley))

 

Templemore Golf Club News;

 

Course Condition;  The course manager Liam Leahy congratulated all the volunteers and his own staff for their dedicated and committed enthusiasm work in getting the course up to the current excellent condition that this 9hole wonderful course deserved to be on the Top list of 9 hole courses.  The unprecedented growth and continues wet weather was a major factor delaying the maintenance of the course but with the commitment of volunteers the course is now playing well and we look forward to great challenging competitions ahead.

 

Sunday 18h. S/f Results;   Sun. 10th. June;  A great turn out with very close and fantastic scoring all due to the excellent condition of the course.  Congratulations to our Club Captain who blazed a trail on this challenging course for the 2nd time this year.  1st  Club Captain, Tommy Foley, 2nd. John Mullaly, 3rd. Sean Lee.

 

Juvenile Golf;  Juvenile Golf Lessons will commence on Friday 6th. July at 10am. All Juveniles are encouraged by the Club Juvenile Officer Pat O’Connell to continue playing over school breaks and the summer months.  Any information required, contact Pat O’Connell 087 9205821.

 

Adopt a Bunker;  This project is progressing well and is always a great success and all are encouraged to put your stamp on any bunker you feel that you can commit to keeping its presentation up to standard.

 

Ladies Golf; 

The Social mixed continues every Wednesday evening with the draw at 6.30. The fine weather is bringing out great number for this great social event.  Everyone is encouraged to bring a friend Lady or Gent, also it’s an ideal opportunity for those that want to return to the game of golf.  Results on next issue.

 

Reserved Tee Time for Ladies;  Wednesday 20th. June. Tee Box reserved 11.30 1pm. for Ladies Boyne Cup Game all are requested to respect this reservation.

 

Historical 50 Years of Golf in Templemore;  The club will be celebrating  50 year in existence in 2021.  The club has nominated PJ Leahy as the club historian has been nominated to perfect this project and piece together memorabilia, old photos, sayings, and good banter from the past that can be resurrected to make this project successful.  PJ requested that all members past and present to dig deep and search their achieves for any memorabilia that they can find.  All will be appreciated and returned as received after the process.

 

Away scores, Recording Sheet;  The “Away” Score recording sheet for “Qualifying”, “Non-Qualifying” , “Society”, “Fourball” and “Team Events” is now placed on the Locker Room Notice Board.  The club handicap Secretary John Greed has expressed that all members playing away or in other societies to record their score on this sheet.  This is a very important request as it is part of the “Golf Ethical” for calculating accuracy on handicap ratings.

 

One Rate for Green Fee;  The Green Fee for 2018 is now €10 for 9hole or 18 hole.

 

The advantages of Playing Golf in Templemore 9 hole Golf Course ;  A magnificent Golf Course to test your golf skills.  Templemore Golf Course is available to all golfers, members and non-members and members from other clubs to get in your practice rounds, beginners, Active Retiree’s and families who want to take up the sport  will get assistance from any committee member, (refer to web site for committee member list) here are some positive reasons for golfing in Templemore Golf Course;   Golf can be good for your health and your heart. Walking an average course for a round of 18 holes of golf can be between five to seven kilometres. If you walk 18 holes three to five times a week, you’ll get an optimal amount of endurance exercise for your heart. If you pull your clubs or carry them, you’ll burn even more calories each round and benefit even more. Playing golf regularly can help you:  Stay fit, Improve muscle tone and Endurance, Lose weight and body fat.  Golf can also be a great way to keep in touch with friends, help in reducing stress as a result of the physical activity and also due to the pleasure of walking in an open and natural environment,  provide opportunities to meet new people, help develop a sense of community connectedness.  Golf can be a very social and enjoyable sport. While you compete against others, you can also compete with yourself to better your previous best score. Templemore Golf Course provides  Good Social occasions, Presentation Nights, Social Mixed, Senior Events and Away Trips.  The Handicap System allows members of different abilities an equal chance of winning.  Various Category of Memberships are available at different rates. (Membership option rates are on our web site).  Full Annual Membership €350 = Approximately, only 95c. per day.  New members are the lifeline of the club, so all existing members are encouraged to tell all your friends to take up membership and test their skills on this challenging Golf course. Registrations Forms for new members are now available on-line on our web site, or at the club house or contact Martin Bohan 087 0509278 or any of the committee members. All are welcome.

 

New Members Lady and Gents;  All current members are encouraged to introduce at least “ONE NEW MEMBER” Lady or Gent, Junior or Student, Senior or Family, Active Retiree’s or any person interested in taking up the sport.  It will be a huge advantage to building the club membership.

 

The Seniors;  There was a great turn out as usual on all the Seniors.   Results are as follows for Thursday 14th. June.;  1st. Team; Sean Lee, Paddy Nolan, John Hassett, Mick Carey. 2nd Team; George Collins, Ollie Murray, Liam Daly, Pat Maher.  3rd. Team;  Bertie Keane, Pat Costello, John Mullaly, Pascal Whelan. Seniors committee John Stapleton  expressed great appreciation to all who committed for Rathdowney on Tuesday 19th.

 

Next Seniors on Thursday 21st.  an ideal opportunity for past golfers to make a return to this great game in the presence of like minder players.

 

Club Fixtures;

Cup and Shield Requirements;  for Foursomes, Fourball Match Play and Single match Play are listed in the Club House locker room.

Munster Golf;  Irish Cups and Shields Tournaments 2018 are now listed on the Club House Locker room for details.  Round 2; Winners of Spanish Point-v- Doneraile will meet Templemore.

The AIG Cups and Shields National Finals will be in Thurles Golf Club on 21/23 September 2018.

Autistic Golf Classic in aid of Daughters of Charity, Lisnagry. 23rd. Sept.

The Irish Mixed Foursomes National Final will be in Miltown Golf Club 5/6 October 2018.

 

Golf Thought;  Straw-ber-mousse”; Speaking of Tempo, this four-syllable phrase tells you that your baskswing should take three times as long as the downswing.  Taking the club to the top, think “Straw-ber-ry”, then start down on the word “mousse”. You can, of course, substitute an appropriate word or phrase of your choosing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News up to Sunday 10th June 2018

Templemore Golf Club News;

 

County Champion Winners;  A déjà vu nail-biting finish by Seamus Bourke and Liam Daly to snatch a victory on the 19th. hole in the J.B. Carr County Final competition on wed 30th. against Clonmel on their own home ground .  The team also competed against Clonmel in Templemore on Thursday  24th. May with a similar win on the 19th. hole by Berty Keane and Gerry Keegan Snr. The Clonmel course was very tough due to the extraordinary growth on the roughs.  But did not deter the determination of the Templemore team in snatching again another great victory.  The Templemore Team Manager Liam Leahy expressed great appreciation to the Templemore Team for their commitment and now look forward to the Munster Title challenge against West Waterford home and away.  Another wonderful Golf achievement for Templemore.

 

A.I.G. Pierce Purcell 26th. May;  Played in Ballykisteen Golf Club.  Ballykisteen snatched a victory from Templemore after a great battle over a tough course condition.  Team Manager Dinny Touhy Praised the team for their great effort and Ballykisteen the best of luck  going forward

 

Central Towns June 4th.;  Templemore competed against Portumna, and after heavy going could not snatch victory.  Templemore team were; Joe O’Connor, Tom McGrath, Padraigh Moloney, Tim Touhy, Michael Keely.  Team Manager Dinny Touhy congratulated the team on a great effort.

 

Country Clubs 18h S/f. 8th. June;  Templemore played Spanish Point Golf Club in East Clare Golf Club, in Bodyke.  Due to difficult course conditions victory was snatched from Templemore.  The team manager Dinny Maher praised the team for their commitment and great effort.

 

Diageo Mixed Forsomes 16/17 June;  Club Captain Tommy Foley expressed best wishes to all competing in this competition next Saturday and Sunday.

 

Juvenile Golf;  Juvenile Golf Lessons will commence on Friday 6th. July at 10am. All Juveniles are encouraged by the Club Juvenile Officer Pat O’Connell to continue playing over school breaks and the summer months.  Any information required, contact Pat O’Connell 087 9205821.

 

Sunday 18h. S/f Results;   Sun. 20th. May;  1st  Paddy Bourke, 2nd. Hugh Scott, 3rd. Bertie Keane.  27th. May;  1st; Ciaran Hassett.  2nd. Bertie Keane, 3rd. Frank Lysaght.   Sun June 3rd.  1st. Michael Webster, 2nd. Padraigh Moloney, 3rd. Joe Tynan.

 

Adopt a Bunker;  This project is always a great success and all are encouraged to put your stamp on any bunker you feel that you can commit to keeping its presentation up to standard.

 

Ladies Golf; 

Wed. Social Mixed; The social mixed resumed last Wednesday evening. This year there will be a gross and nett prize. The results were : Gross : Denis Maher, Joe O’ Connor, Mary Nolan 34 , 2nd Kevin Hasset, George Collins and Eileen Curtin 29.4 . The social mixed continues every Wednesday with the draw at 6.30.

18 hole stableford competition; On the 22nd of May there was an 18 hole stableford competition, the winner was Mary Hayes(23) with 30 pats , 2nd Kathleen Maher(12) 29pts.

Congratulations;  to the Boyne Team who fought a hard battle to qualify for the next round.

Hard luck to the Minor team who were narrowly defeated by Tipperary in Dungarvan on Sunday.

Tuesday June 5th 18 hole stableford;  sponsored by Peters fruit and veg.

Tuesday the 29th May we had an 18hole stroke competition. The winner was Margaret Deegan (36) 72 net from Shiela Delaney (13) 72 net. Peter’s fruit and veg sponsored the 18 hole stableford competition on Tues June 5th. The winner was Ann O’Rourke (23) 33pts, 2nd Kay Brennan (27) 32pts. Many thanks to Peter for his sponsorship.

The Social mixed continues every Wednesday evening with the draw at 6.30. The fine weather brought good numbers for the past couple of weeks. On Wed30th of May the gross prize was won by Kathleen Collier, Joey O’Dwyer and Kevin Hassett and the net went to Sean Lee, Tom Connolly and Eileen Curtin. The results for June 6th, gross went to Seamus Bourke, Kevin Hasset, Kathleen Collier and the net to Ciaran Hassett, Sean Lee and Mary Nolan.

Best of luck to the mixed team who travel to Tipperary town next weekend and to the ladies who play in the next round of the Boyne on June 20th.

 

50 Years of Golf in Templemore;  The club will be celebrating  50 year in existence in 2021.  The club has nominated PJ Leahy as the club historian to perfect this project and piece together all memorabilia that can be resurrected to make this project successful.  PJ requested that all members past and present to dig deep and search their achieves for any memorabilia that they can find.  All will be appreciated and returned as received after the process.

 

Recording Sheet for away scores;  The “Away” Score recording sheet for “Qualifying”, “Non-Qualifying” , “Society”, “Fourball” and “Team Events” is now placed on the Locker Room Notice Board.  The club handicap Secretary John Greed has expressed that all members playing away or in other societies to record their score on this sheet.  This is a very important request as it is part of the “Golf Ethical” for calculating accuracy on handicap ratings.

 

Volunteer Work Day;  Course Manager Liam Leahy expressed great appreciation to all volunteers for their vocation work on bringing the course to standard after the exceptional growth of grass.

 

One Rate for Green Fee;  The Green Fee for 2018 is now €10 for 9hole or 18 hole.

 

The advantages of Playing Golf in Templemore 9 hole Golf Course ;  A magnificent Golf Course to test your golf skills.  Templemore Golf Course is available to all golfers, members and non-members and members from other clubs to get in your practice rounds, beginners, Active Retiree’s and families who want to take up the sport  will get assistance from any committee member, (refer to web site for committee member list) here are some positive reasons for golfing in Templemore Golf Course;   Golf can be good for your health and your heart. Walking an average course for a round of 18 holes of golf can be between five to seven kilometres. If you walk 18 holes three to five times a week, you’ll get an optimal amount of endurance exercise for your heart. If you pull your clubs or carry them, you’ll burn even more calories each round and benefit even more. Playing golf regularly can help you:  Stay fit, Improve muscle tone and Endurance, Lose weight and body fat.  Golf can also be a great way to keep in touch with friends, help in reducing stress as a result of the physical activity and also due to the pleasure of walking in an open and natural environment,  provide opportunities to meet new people, help develop a sense of community connectedness.  Golf can be a very social and enjoyable sport. While you compete against others, you can also compete with yourself to better your previous best score. Templemore Golf Course provides  Good Social occasions, Presentation Nights, Social Mixed, Senior Events and Away Trips.  The Handicap System allows members of different abilities an equal chance of winning.  Various Category of Memberships are available at different rates. (Membership option rates are on our web site).  Full Annual Membership €350 = Approximately, only 95c. per day.  New members are the lifeline of the club, so all existing members are encouraged to tell all your friends to take up membership and test their skills on this challenging Golf course. Registrations Forms for new members are now available on-line on our web site, or at the club house or contact Martin Bohan 087 0509278 or any of the committee members. All are welcome.

 

New Members Lady and Gents;  All current members are encouraged to introduce at least “ONE NEW MEMBER” Lady or Gent, Junior or Student, Senior or Family, Active Retiree’s or any person interested in taking up the sport.  It will be a huge advantage to building the club membership.

 

The Seniors;  There was a great turn out as usual on all the Seniors.   Results are as follows;  25th.May. 1st. Team; Martin Bohan, Mick Carey, John Mullaly. 2nd Team; George Collins, John Galvin, Pat Maher, Paddy Nolan.  3rd. Team;  Eddie Butler, Sean Lee, PJ. Leahy, Pascal Whelan. 31st. May.  1st. Team; George Collins, Seamus Ryan, Pat Maher, Gerry Keegan. 2nd Team; Dinny Maher, PJ Leahy, Sean Lee, Paddy Nolan.  3rd. Team;  Eddie Butler, Pascal Whelan, Dinny Touhy, Philip Ryan.  7th..June.  1st. Team; Dinny Touhy, Pat O Connell, John Hassett, John Mullaly. 2nd Team; Tom Kenny, Pat Costello, Sean Lee, Frankie Shortt.  3rd. Team;  Peter Harris, Tom Harris, Paddy Nolan, PJ Leahy.  Seniors committee John Stapleton  expressed great appreciation to all and also on their volunteer commitment

 

Next Seniors will be back to the Thursdays 10am.

 

Next Seniors Away Outing;  Next seniors away outing will be in Rathdowney on June 19th.  John Stapleton requested that all those interested to have their payment made to John at the Seniors before the date..

 

Club Fixtures;

Mixed Foursomes 16/17th. June;  East Section in Tipperary Golf Club, Round 2; Templemore-v-Clonmel.

Cup and Shield Requirements;  for Foursomes, Fourball Match Play and Single match Play are listed in the Club House locker room.

Munster Golf;  Irish Cups and Shields Tournaments 2018 are now listed on the Club House Locker room for details.

The AIG Cups and Shields National Finals will be in Thurles Golf Club on 21/23 September 2018.

Autistic Golf Classic in aid of Daughters of Charity, Lisnagry. 23rd. Sept.

The Irish Mixed Foursomes National Final will be in Miltown Golf Club 5/6 October 2018.

 

Golf Thought;  Setup;  To create a more athletic setup, imagine your shoulders, hips and knees in a level position with your weight spread between your feet evenly. The importance of a solid setup position cannot be denied—if you start out poorly you’ll have little chance of making a solid swing. Some key thoughts for a good setup are “stay level” and “be athletic.”