I’ve finally got around to working on the blog again and started with the Videos Page by adding 4 videos.  They are all on the topic of ‘hitting the little ball first’ and offer good insights into why we tend to hit behind the ball and provide some excellent drills on how to address the issue.

So click on the Videos page on the top right of the home page and have a look.

Enjoy.

Golf Manitoba’s Championship schedule although not yet complete as been released indicated those events whose dates and location have been confirmed.

Date	Event	Venue
May 25 & 26	Match Play Championship Qualifier	Portage G C
June 1 & 2 June 3 – 15	Match Play Championship	Minnewasta Breezy Bend
June 22 & 23	Women’s City & District Championship	Carman G & C C
June 22 & 23	Bantam Championship	Carman G & C C
July 2 – 4	Women’s Amateur Championship Men’s Mid – Amateur Championship	Selkirk G & C C
July 6 & 7 July 8 & 9	Men’s Junior Championship	Pine Ridge G C Elmhurst G & C C
July 7 July 8 & 9	Women’s Junior Championship	Pine Ridge G C Elmhurst G & C C
July 29 – 31	Senior Championship	Rossmere C C

 

In professional sports be it hockey, baseball, football or basket ball reference is often made to the importance of ‘home field advantage’.

Professional golf is somewhat different in that it is not a team sport (other than conditions such as the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup), it is largely an individual sport and no one player has a distinct home field advantage from week to week.

That got me to thinking about the importance of home course advantage in Leagues such as  the Central Senior Putter League.

I did a breakdown of the the number of times the home team won, lost or the matches were tied since 2016 when I became the League Statistician.  Here are the results as they relate to the home team:

	Won	Lost	Tie
2016	63%	35%	2%
2017	63%	29%	8%
2018	71%	29%	0

*2018 after 5 weeks

I would appear that in this League at least, the home team does have a distinct advantage.