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Colorado’s Best Dining Section
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Colorado’s Best Dining Section
The Harvest Restaurant
1265 Berry Creek Rd
Edwards, CO 81632
Phone: (970) 477-5353
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Check out www.bestdiningshows.com to experience these chefs prepare their
signature dishes, The Harvest “Salmon” and the Buckhorn Exchange “Elk”
4. Senior Care
Concerned about taking care of an aging loved
one or are you a senior who needs products to
make your home more safe. Find out about
companies who do that for you
13. Massage Therapy
Discover the benefits of massage therapy
from Hand & Stone. A company to
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17. Improve your golf game
Practice like the pros. With unmatched
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by using the flightscope launch monitor
18. Fomer Denver Bronco Greats
Billy Thompson and Floyd Little
teamates and friends for life. Where are
they today
26. Need furinture
Just bought a home or about to furnish. We
speak to jake Jabbs of American Furniture
warehouse on what is hot and not
Golf Section
34. Maximize your golf game
through club fitting
Tom Wishon gives his 30 years of
experience to ensure a custom club fit to
optimize your game
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Plus recieve an a handicap card that is
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36. Golf Skills Challenge
A fun way for amateur golfers to earn
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42. Best Golf Holes in the State-
Some of our favorite places to play that
features best go for par 4’s and 5’s, plus
the toughest par 3’s
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with Pete & Perry Dye. Find out why
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58. Favorite mountain get away
Check out two mountain golf courses
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54. Dining
Our favorite restaurants to dine for the
19th hole
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Home Instead
Colorado’s Best Dining Section
Cucina Colore
Our choice for the best Italian food
3041 E 3rd Ave
Denver, CO 80206
www.cucinacolore.com
(303) 393-6917
Tom Bianca interviews Bill Dalquist of Home Instead. A company you can count on in time of need
Home Instead
Offers in-home care that focuses on providing support to family
members who need help with the activities of everyday living.
Everything from companionship to bathing, shopping cooking and
using the bathroom, to Alzheimer’s and other dementias care. Plus
many other services to help around the home.
Colorado’s Voyage interviews Bill Dahlquist of Home Instead
Senior Care an In Hone Care provider.
care. These services are in some ways considered gap services so
we’re able to help seniors stay safe in their own homes for as little
as three hours at a time to as much as 24 hours a day seven days a
week here in Denver”.
Tom “Tell us about the employees you hire and how many do you
have. Also, do you offer more than one employee to go out to the
customer if there are different needs”.
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Tom “Bill I want to discuss this is a hot issue. Nowadays it’s the
baby boomers who are getting old at this point time and there’s
not enough adequate services out there and you’re kind of fulfilling
a niche because you want to keep the senior in home as long as
possible. So tell us about your business and how do you do to
help fill this void”?
Bill “Home Instead provides non-medical services to help seniors
to stay safe in their own homes and the services include things like
companionship, meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping,
but today even includes dementia car es well as hands on personal
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Bill “Well every situation is different and so the needs of our clients
often times are different and we at Home Instead have an army of
caregivers to provide these important services. How do we select
these individuals is really important to the peace of mind of families
who call Home Instead. So you’re having someone come into your
home it’s a very personal matter. You want to make sure that you
have a company like Home Instead who are very proud of our
screening process. We require six references, pre-employment
background check, pre-employment drug test along with two
interviews, we also do random drugtests and we do annual
background checks and motor vehicle record checks.so we
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Colorado’s Best Dining Section
Home Instead
Ya Yas our top choice for our favorite Euro Bistro in Denver
8310 E Belleview Ave
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yayaseurobistro.com
(303) 741-1110
Watch our dining show at www.bestdiningshow.com and watch the
chefs of Ya Yas and Pure kitchen prepare their favorite dish
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understand how important it is for our
seniors to have the best caregivers
possible and that’s why we take such
extraordinary measures in the industry to
make sure that our caregivers are the
absolute best”.
Tom “What procedure do they have to
do in order to get your service and do
you go out to the home to interview the
family”?
Bill “Most often what we find is that
people call us in crisis. There’s been an
event that’s happened with their loved
one and that event has led to the need for
more help in the home. And so we’ll get
calls where care is needed right away and
the typical process is a family member
will call Home Instead and we will take
down some information initially over the
phone, then we will set up an opportunity
to visit the family with the Home Instead
team member. That team member would
gather even more information and provide
a plan of care for that family going
forward. How many days a week, does
the family need or want care and what
care do they want those days of the week
and hours of the day”.
Tom “So when you make that initial
interview and you go out to the senior have
you ever seen a case where you couldn’t
handle and recommend a different service to
go in and help them out”?
Bill “Yes, we will recommend other services
and like I said at Home Instead, what we
offer is non-medical home care and we
believe is that we do it better than any other
home care that you see in the city and state
of Colorado. So there are other services that
fall along the continuum skilled home health
like P.T. or OT, speech therapy, they might
have a nurse come out, so we’re working
hand in hand with our partners in this long
term care continuum”.
Tom “Do you go out to the home multiple
times during the day, so if the customer needs
breakfast you handle the breakfast then leave
and then come back and do some light
housekeeping and get them lunch and various
other things right”?
Bill “You’re exactly right. Most families will
have us come three to five hours a day or
some might need three to five days a week
and if you’re referring to a split shift scenario
where they might have us come out in the
morning and then come back again in the
afternoon we offer that as well”.
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Home Instead
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Tom “So for a person that has their parents at home and
you’re handling the situation they have a sense of security
that you’re going out there and checking up on them and I’m
sure they probably have a lifeline and various other things
that if something goes wrong they can get that information
fairly quickly in their hands and take necessary measures
right”?
Bill “You’re absolutely right. Home Instead is able to come
in and provide the care with the quality assurance visits to
make sure that the care is provided the way the family wants
it provided and also communicate effectively with the
daughter or son whose working or who has responsibilities
outside of the home. At Home Instead we’re able to come in
and provide the care, communicate the care to the family
and in the case of an emergency we’re able to alert family of
a change in their client’s condition”.
Tom “I found I lost trust with people because it was just one
of those things that I’ve seen so much of bad advice and it
gave me that mistrust. When I was going to different
agencies and then listening to their advice I just kept on
thinking that their advice just didn’t seem like it was touching
the areas I need their help, so with your agency they can
actually come in and talk to your employees and get a
personal interview. They also are probably like to see a
couple of different employees that they feel most
comfortable with and trusting of them coming into their home
and taking care of their loved one”.
Bill “Absolutely, I mean at the end of the day that person and
its family members have to be comfortable and so whatever
it takes to get them to that point if it’s not today they want
service but they might want it down the road. Some of them
are at a different stage in their whole kind of evolution of guilt
and responsibility and what do as a caregiver, so we
understand and I want to go back to something earlier that
you had asked, that you had a bad experience at a time
when you were going through as a family caregiver, some
legitimate reasons why the mistrust had built up due to your
experiences. I understand that you’re not alone; I came from
a background as a prosecutor, my job was to prosecute
among crimes against persons, crimes against the elderly, I
saw that first hand where there were experiences that
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families had with neighbors, friends, people they trusted that
didn’t go well and of course, human nature is that you’ve
had a bad experience and the wall goes up, you say no
more I’m not going to go down that road again, so I
understand as a prosecutor having done the work seeing it
firsthand knowing that family’s experience and that part of
the drive that led me to where I am today. I left everything I
knew, my friends, my family, my home, my job, my career
to come to Colorado in 1999 just to take over Home
Instead Senior Care and it’s been my mission to provide
you peace of mind to families and do it with that of a
prosecutor hat on to make sure that we ask the difficult
questions when we’re screening caregivers and we do all
we can to make sure families are safe”.
Tom “Tell us about the future, what do you see going on
within the next 10 years for your agency and the ability for
people to stay in their home and if not in their home what
other options would they have available. For example, when
my mom needed full time care there was only one option
and it was a nursing home and I dreaded it, I did not like the
care or the facility, I heard of boarding homes, but before I
can get her in the facility she died, so can you talk about
that”?
Bill “Well there are fantastic nursing homes and there are
some that are working towards that, with options I think
boarding homes will be increasingly popular. It has a home
based living condition with only 5-6 residents and we’ve all
heard the phrase, but the tsunami of baby boomers who are
aging and becoming 65 there will be a growing need for
providers for home care agencies and for the direct care
worker. We’re doing a fantastic job here at Home Instead
and getting the resources of finding those special caretakers
and though we have hundreds of applicants we might only
hire eight of those. Our standards are very high, so I see a
great need for quality caregivers to handle the ever growing
need of home care”.
Home Instead Senior Care is a multinational network of
franchises specializing in non-medical in-home care for the
elderly, in support of aging in place. Headquartered in
Omaha, Nebraska, it is the largest senior care franchise in
the world, with 1150 independently owned and operated
offices worldwide. Bill Dahlquist is located at 2095 S
Pontiac Way Denver CO 80224. Ph #303-389-5700. Web
site www.homeinstead.com.
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Brighton, CO 80602
303-659-6700
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Tom Bianca of Colorado’s Voyage interviews George
Bentley from Bentley Baths. About the benefits of Walkin
Baths
Tom “Well we’ve done so much over the years with dealing with our aging
loved ones. I want to start off with your situation on how you got involved in
the business and I believe it all started with your mom falling in the bathtub”?
George “That’s true, I tell people I wasn’t really looking for this business it
just sort of evolved because of our family’s experiences when my mom fell in
the bath and hurt herself, healthy as a horse when that happened, but that
injury put her on a downward spiral. Medically we ended up losing her in a
nursing home, a year later and the point we were not proactive we had no
idea, we were like deer in the headlights. We had that freeze type reaction as
a family when this happened and we had no idea what to expect, how to
manage it, with that experience it sent me down this path of looking into
Walk-in Bathtubs and safe bathing appliances”.
The Bentley Baths Slide-in / Transition product
line permits full soaking and the relaxing,
healthful benefits of full body water bathing and
it can also include Bentley Baths exclusive
Medical Hydrotherapy® systems! The
previous “chore” of bathing can turn into an
amazing event that is life-altering for our
customers with severe mobility challenges.
Also, you now have a bathroom designed to
support independent living and aging-in-place.
Tom “The technology has evolved significantly over the years to help the physically challenged and our aging loved ones, so
let’s start with when you entered the business and what you seen about the Walk-in Bathtubs that were something for the
individual”.
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6th hole best go for it par 4
George “I walk into a bathroom and saw all of these pieces of equipment. There were two things that were just palpable. The
first one was what an amazing piece of design and technology. I looked at that tub and I can see immediately that if somebody
focuses on quality of the products for bathing appliances it will help folks modify their home for rest of life and it’s not just a
profiteering type enterprise, it offered a huge potential benefit that we could bring to people”.
Tom “Now it’s not just a walk-in bath tubs but also a wheelchair access as well”?
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9000 Creekside Way
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
(303) 471-0000
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TOUGHEST PAR 3’S
Lone Tree 10th green
9808 Sunningdale Blvd
Lone Tree, CO 80124
303.799.9940
www.ssprd.org
Lone Tree Golf Club is where you will find one of the top rated toughest par 3’s in the Denver metro area. From the back tees it plays a
long 214 yards with a narrow green for your landing area. As you will find out, trouble is everywhere, on your left a big ditch and on your
right a pothole bunker, long or short is no good either, escaping with par you did something special.
Raccoon Creek Golf Course #17
7301 W Bowles Ave,
Littleton, CO 80123
(303) 973-4653
www.raccooncreek.com
17th green
Raccoon Creek #17 plays 226 yards from the back and with a green that is very well protected, the right side does not much offer
room to bail with a pond, a large sand trap on the left, two deep bunkers if you are short and many hazards wait if your long. Now
if you do hit a good shot good luck many three putts have occurred
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SENIOR CARE
George “The Walk-in Bathtubs are great but how about all the
people that are in wheelchairs, double amputees, people that
have severe arthritis or stroke sufferers, they need to be able
to enter and exit their bathing environment safely and over the
years we began to look at engineering and identifying transition
tubs and appliances that were engineered for people no matter
what their mobility restrictions might be”.
Tom “Tell me the process, once somebody comes in and buys
the tub what can they expect and how long does it take for
that tub to actually be installed”.
George “Well it depends on the time and the home, because
there’s a significant amount of construction to do this properly.
We’re basically remodeling a significant part of the bathroom
so the first step is for people to come in and they can see the
different models and sizes and engineering and most
appropriate for each particular individual. The next step is to
install that in their home and we have different levels from what
we call American standard level which is basic level of
plumbing all the way up to fully 88 compliant and very high
end type solutions. So now we need to go through that fit and
finish a process for what’s the best solution. Than the next step
is to make sure that we’re addressing any health issues that
they might have and we’ve trademarked the medical
hydrotherapy because all of my customers are dealing with
pain age related degenerative type conditions. We’re going to
be looking at installing the medical hydrotherapy or doing
something that will improve the quality of their life from that
perspective and then the third thing that we need to go through
with them is the budget, most all of my customers are on fixed
incomes, se need to be able to manage that budgetary process
and fit the right solution based on what a particular family can
afford in their home”.
Tom “How expensive are they to put in”?
George “It depends, but you’re going to be somewhere
between eight and fifteen thousand dollars on the high end
depending on which appliance, how we install it, how much
construction, everything that goes into that, so I basically
convert an existing bathroom into a much safer environment.
I’m still going to be spending a pretty good chunk of money,
but the bottom line is we have to do something and if don’t do
nothing doing nothing then it could cost thousand in medical
expenses if you fall down, so kind of pricey up front and we
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have to stretch a little bit, but if I make that home safe and if I
have a therapeutic benefit everyday for the rest of my life it will
be well worth the investment”.
Tom “The Tubs come up fairly high on the individual, so not
only have some privacy but the way the water falls it is hitting
all the right spots”.
George “We can control that entire environment. What I’m
after is a deep soaking environment. I want an individual to be
able to basically float or soak in that tub, so that they can get
the thermal benefits of being in water. They also get the
mechanical benefit meaning the removal of the gravitational
stresses that we deal with, that’s the part of how our skeletal
system ages, the gravity that we’re dealing with really has a
high impact, just to be able to float in water has a huge medical
benefit to us, but then when we add the non aggressive whole
body massage of the medical hydro therapy it will stimulate my
neurological processes immediately. I feel a tingle go through
out my body, it stimulates my circulatory system immediately
and the medical benefit begins to kick in about 15 to 20
minutes, so what happens is it begins to stimulate my lymphatic
system and our lymphatic system is the one system in our body
that doesn’t work automatically, we have to move. Your
doctor says you need exercise and they say that to everybody,
why because it’s good for you and you need to stimulate and
to detox, you have all these lactic acid building because you’re
not moving enough and so our lymphatic system is what
detoxes and cleanses our body. All these conditions we’re
dealing with, if we refer to them as age related or degenerative
The smallest room in the house can be a dangerous
place.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, every year about 235,000 people over
age 15 visit emergency rooms because of injuries
suffered in the bathroom, and almost 14 percent are
hospitalized.
More than a third of the injuries happen while bathing
or showering. More than 14 percent occur while using
the toilet.
Injuries increase with age, peaking after 85, the
researchers found. But injuries around the tub or
shower are proportionately most common among
those ages 15 to 24 and least common among those
over 85. People over 85 suffer more than half of their
injuries near the toilet.
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SENIOR CARE
medicine, they’re going to benefit from the medical hydro
therapy and the reason is what medical evidence is showing us
now, arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems,
cancer you just go down the list, they’re inflammation based
issues. We have damaged tissues in our body and we have
inflammation in there, we have lactic acid that are building
around those damaged tissues and if we don’t give our body
what it needs to heal, itself the inflammation just increases and
then healthy cells become deteriorated by the information and
it’s degenerative. If I can give my body what it needs to help
support itself then I’ll oxygenate those damaged tissues, flush
out the toxins and help my body heal itself, so exercise is really
it and so your doctor is not saying to go lift weights and be
Arnold Schwarzenegger, what your doctor is saying is move,
just move, do anything to get your body fluids to flush those
toxins out. When you are sitting in this non aggressive whole
body massage for 15 to 20 minutes it has the equivalent of
doing a 5k walk, meaning I am flushing out my body. Well
stop and think about all the people because of weight,
amputation, stroke, injury, illness, can’t move as well and this
is a perfect way to stimulate and purge those toxins. When I
started looking at the product the light begins to glimmer that
this is something that I can be passionate about here and
maybe I can bring more value to the world if I focus on it. I
think most people have these types of experiences and
opportunities in their life, unfortunately, most of our seniors
tend to get in this downward looking mode. It’s like there in
the fourth quarter and they think about themselves and what’s
not going right in their life, well if they all just stand up and look
around and see what is going right they can decide to make a
change to help their health. My dad was on a walker when
we started this process, he’ll do a hydro-therapy every day,
it’s not a magic bullet, but guess what he started sleeping
better, and then he got a little more energy, next thing you
know is I’m going to take a walk or two, three months later,
hey I’m going to walk without my walker now and it was just
that simple, so my dad is younger medically, emotionally,
physically at 95 than what he was at 85”.
The most hazardous activities for all ages are
bathing, showering and getting out of the tub or
shower. (Only 2.2 percent of injuries occur while
getting into the tub or shower, but 9.8 percent
occur while getting out.) Injuries in or near the
bathtub or shower account for more than two-thirds
of emergency room visits.
“Injuries getting on and off the toilet are quite high
in people 65 and older,” said Judy A. Stevens, an
epidemiologist with the C.D.C. and the lead author
of the report. “Having grab bars by the toilet
would be helpful for people in their older years,
and everyone would benefit from having grab bars
both inside the tub or shower and where you get in
and out.”
BEST GO FOR IT PAR 5’S
Red Hawk Ridge 18th tee
Red Hawk Ridge 18th green
2156 Red Hawk Ridge Dr
Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 663-7150
www.redhawkridge.com
Red Hawk Ridge has one of our Best go for it Par 5's. It plays 533 yards from the back with no major hazards
waiting if you take a solid drive from this elevated tee box. However your approach shot must be accurate. If you
are willing to go for it trouble protects all sides, including sand traps on both left and right side of the green. Grass
mounds are in play if you hit it long and if short a pond will catch your ball.
Tom “Do you service all the Denver metro area and the front
range?”
George “We actually service the entire United States, but our
headquarters and our focus is here. We are slowly opening up
other markets when we find the right people and that’s the
hard part is finding people that we really trust and want to be
in business with and then we will be expanding into these other
markets around the country”.
Web site Bentleybaths.com Address is 131 Kalamath in
Denver phone number is 303-388-8887.
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Fossil Trace #18 our top choice for the best go for it par 5's. It plays to 542 yards from the back tees. Your tee shot
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PETE & PERRY DYE GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS
Pete “Well it’s changed dramatically. I’ve talked to Mr.
Finchem many times about trying to control the financial end
of the PGA tour, but he hasn’t changed it. They play and win
a million dollars. In that perspective it’s a change. It’s a
complete turnover of players that are winning and you don’t
have many players winning six or more tournaments in one
year. Now Tiger has won his fair share but he’s gone down
with back problems. This year Dustin Johnson is in there
really good and a lot of rest of them, but there’s a group of
10 or 12 players out there that are unbelievable how they
play”.
Tom “It takes so much to compete when you throw in a
bunch of hazards, wind, fast greens and a bunch of other stuff
where only one hole can put you out of the tournament, but
when thay can hit it that far, they can get back into it”.
Pete “Yes, the main change is the ball, the club and the
phisical comdition of these players today, they’re hitting the
ball 300 -340 yards and Nicklaus only used to hit it 265
yards back in his hey day. So it changed dramatically the way
they are playing golf and the USGA hadn’t decided to go
back to 265 or to 270, but someday they will have to
because they can just keep hitting 350 yards, they get older
and do not have the abilities they used to”.
Tom “Tell me what was your considered to be your greatest
design course, what stands out to you and the most
challenging golf course you designed”.
Pete “I went down years ago to the Dominican Republic and
there was no golf courses, except in the capital and the
people I started to work for I found out that they own five
hundred thousand acres of ground. They owned half the
country and I went out there and I said you ought to build a
course here. Well they said nobody would come out there to
play golf. Well little did they know that after I designed the
first golf course and it had success, they decided to build five
more golf courses because business was so good., Today
there’s 3500 to 4000 homes around the courses. The first
golf course I’ve built, it’s called the teeth of the dog because
the natives called the rock along the ocean teeth of the dog
and then the other four golf courses are right next to it.
There’s a lot of people from around the world that have built
big homes, they come from Italy, South America and Europe
and stay there to play golf. So the whole complex has grown
and they not only have golf, but tennis and every sport known
to man and people come in and they participate and it keeps
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growing every year. They had all this land in place for a long
time, so when they first asked me to make out what land we
might use for the golf courses, I just said something like seven
thousand acres, so there’s still a lot of land still to develop
and they got all the aspects to make it happen including a big
river and a new airport. People fly in 13 or 14 wide body jets
everyday from around the world. The area known as the
Coast of Punta Cana has developed significantly in the last
few years and in the last two or three months they have
added some major hotels that now offer over 40,000 rooms,
so Punta Cana is dramatically gone up”.
Tom “So tell me what keeps you inspired and motivated to
keep on going”.
Pete “I don’t have any wild idea but right now it’s the work,
some of it is on my own golf courses that I’ve built 30-40
years ago and some of them are new. Now I have one in
Canada, I’ve never worked in Canada before, it is north of
Toronto and has 36 holes. So it’s a whole different story now
and everything changed and the old courses like Columbus
country club has always been rated very high, I went back
and rebuilt that again. So I haven’t been slowed down, so
I’m going okay”.
Tom “So staying busy and looking at new projects. It’s weird
how times have changed from the 70’s and 80’s to today. Did
you ever think you’d be hearing words like tweeting, viral,
selfies, things like that”?
Perry “We hope that this next generation would invent
something besides the Internet and social media to occupy
their time. But going back to golf, there’s no doubt that golf
has changed for the next generations. I mean, my son in law
can book a tee time with one or two buttons and get three or
four of his buddies on that tee within less than five minutes
and when we would make a game back in our hey day it
would take us two days. I want to say in closing, just like my
dad says on designing and remodeling golf courses, makie
tees more acceptable and doing some things to make it a little
bit more fun and accommodating for the shorter hitters and
within our family I think we always have built a challenging
golf course,:
Tom “Pete I remember a quote I remember you said golf like
punishment. What made you say that”.
Pete “They liked to be challenged”.
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MASSAGE THERAPY
PETE & PERRY DYE GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS
Kiawah Island #17 PGA West #17
Tom Bianca interviews Bill Rutherford of Hand
& Stone. A company to help improve your health
and well being through massage therapy
TPC Sawgrass #17
Poundridge #15
Overview
When you enter you hear calming sounds of music as you lay
beneath a soft blanket, sheltered in relaxing smells and dim
lights. You immediately find your troubles slipping away as
seasoned hands massage your back and shoulders. If you’ve
ever been to a spa to enjoy the relaxing benefits of massage,
you are familiar with this pattern. If you haven’t, or feel that a
massage might not really benefit you, read on and you will think
differently on the health and mental benefits. We interviewed
Bill Rutherford Franchise Owner of Hand and Stone located in
aurora on the major massages that will enhance people’s life
The first we talked about was the Swedish
It is for relaxation the goal is to relax the entire body and the
muscle groups says Bill Rutherford. You are placed on
massage table with a cutout for your face. It Begins on your
stomach, with long, firm brush-like strokes along your back
and eventually over your shoulders, arms, then down to lower
back and legs. Halfway through the massage you will be asked
to turn over, finishing the second half face up for the treatment
of your upper shoulders, arms and fronts of legs. Massage
therapists usually use either the flat palm or heel of their hand
or a grouping of fingertips to deliver pressure to tight spots
and also help loosen and lengthen muscles.
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So why is it a popular form of massage
Bill responds “It helps just to relieve the stress of everyday
life and in the Swedish massage it is just for relaxing
Whistling Straits
there’s really no pain involved unless you have tight
muscles or if you have knots in your muscle group, but the
primary reason is to come here for relaxation”
The forms of massage as a therapeutic or holistic health
tool has helped the industry grow. For example, in just a
few short years, Hand and Stone has grown from a few
dozen locations to more than 200 nationwide. Fans of
Swedish massage swear by its overall health benefits and,
in fact, several studies have looked at the technique
benefits for issues other than just stiffness or muscle aches
and pains. Over the past few decades, a variety of studies
have linked Swedish massage to a number of benefits,
such as reduction in knee arthritis, easing the symptoms of
carpal tunnel syndrome, lowering blood pressure, boosting
immune system function reducing headaches and helping
to mitigate the symptoms of fibromyalgia.
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PETE & PERRY DYE GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS
Tom “When you thought about going into the design business
you actually wanted to get some consultation and you chose
Bill Diddle”.
few rounds with Mr. Hogan at Seminole and I’ve played with
Nicklaus. The last time I played in the United States Open
Championship I beat Nicklaus and Palmer.”
MASSAGE THERAPY
Hot Stone Message Therapy
Pete “Yes I knew Mr. Diddle and he had built several golf
courses around Indianapolis and all around the country and I
went to him and talked to him about it and he said, well if he
knew what I’d done lately you’ll starve and he was pretty
much right”.
Tom “It is still going on today due to economic uncertainty, you
really don’t know how many business opportunities your going
to receive”.
Pete “Well it’s amazing how the business has slowed down
tremendously in the United States, but I have 13 jobs going on
right now that includes the design work and I am doing the
construction and there are three or four more projects coming
towards the end of the year and so I hope are not as hard”.
Tom “So are you still working today you’re not retired”?
Pete “No I go out every day, I’ll be 91 my next birthday, so I
got to stop some day. I don’t know when but it will be
someday”.
Tom “I notice that some of your projects were small when you
first started and I don’t believe you got an opportunity to build
a championship courses because nobody was hiring you, so
you decided to get a little bit of help from your wife and
designed the famous Crooked Stick where John Daly won the
19991 PGA Championship.”
Pete “I started Crooked Stick as one of my first real jobs and
then I built Harbor Town and Sea Pines, Jack Nicklaus got me
into that job and I’ve been a good friend of Jack’s since then.
From Harbor County, it seemed I just kept growing. Most of
my clients came in the golf resort business and they felt the
design of the golf course should be around nature and since my
most inspiration designs comes from around nature, the resorts
helped build my carreer. I felt that the resorts should be around
nature and enjoy the scenery. I think they’re better then a
housing project you might say”.
Tom “Since you’ve been around the game such a long time, I
wanted to ask, you’ve got a chance to golf with some famous
people, who was your most famous celebrity you played
with”?
Pete “Hogan comes to the top of the list, I’ve played quite a
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Tom “It was like im 1958 when you did that and that was the
beginning of Jack Nicklaus career”.
Pete “Yes, I knew Jack when he was 15 or 16 and he used to
come over to Urbana Country Club, play nine holes over there
and then eventually when he started college he went to school
with a fellow named Ned Kirby and he’s from Urbana and he
only lived two houses from me. Ned didn’t know how to play
golf, so every time Jack came over to Urbana I ended up
playing with him ay the Urbana Country Club.
Tom “So you competed in quite a few amateur championships,
but were you good enough to get on the tour”?
Pete “No I never played the tour. I played as an amateur and I
played several times in the 40s and early 50s, but I never
played competitively. I just played as an amateur”.
Tom “I remember when John Daly won at Crooked Stick in
1981, he was walking up the 18th hole waving at everybody, a
young John Daly and among the first majors to play on your
designs”.
Pete “I know John quite well too, John was a good player
when he won the British Open as well, he’s had his ups and
downs since then and has done a pretty good job”.
Tom “Now in the back of your mind did you ever dream that
your designs would host some of the best PGA Tour players
on tour and you made the best fall to their knees”
.
Pete “Well I never would have thought my courses would be
hosting the top players in the world. It amazes me how the
younger golfers are playing. They changed dramatically in the
last 10-12 years. Now we have players like Rory McIlroy,
Jason Day and Dustin Johnson hitting their drives 330 plus
them competing to being number one, but there are 10 or 12
people out there playing great golf and I am really going to
enjoy seeing them taking on my courses, especially The PGA
Championship at TPC Sawgrass”.
Tom “How would you think the big money changed the game
of golf”?
I asked Bill why is a Hot Stone Massage a benefit?
”The Massage Therapists use the heat of the stones as tools to provide deep penetrating effects. The stones have different sizes
and shapes depending on the part of the body. The heated stones are used as an extension of their hands and with both tools it
can benefit the muscle tissue not only to relax you, but it will help your muscles to flex better and release the toxins out of your
system”. Bill Replied. Hot stone massages can help relieve tense muscles. It is a natural therapy in which warmed stones are
positioned on parts of the body to maximize the therapeutic benefit. The stones used are typically river rocks or other very
smooth-surfaced stones made of basalt. These stones are heated in sanitizing water before use. The high iron content in basalt
helps the stones retain heat during the massage. Hot stone massages are beneficial on both physical and psychological
levels.and lengthen muscles.
Pain Relief
Hot stone massage therapy melts
away tension, eases muscle
stiffness and increases circulation
and metabolism. Each 1 ½ -hour
hot stone therapy session
promotes deeper muscle
relaxation through the placement
of smooth, water-heated stones at
key points on the body. Our
professional massage therapists
also incorporate a customized
massage with the use of hot stones
While all types of massage are beneficial, a hot stone massage may provide greater
relief due to the concentrated nature of the massage. Because the hot stones allow
deeper penetration, you may find that a hot stone massage leaves you feeling
physically better than a Swedish or deep-tissue massage that does not incorporate
heat. It is important to let your massage therapist know if you feel that the heat from
the stones is too much or that the pressure they are using is too harsh.
Muscle Relaxation
The heat from the stones helps your muscles relax, allowing the massage therapist
to manipulate deep into your tissue. If you have tense muscles it can hinder the
massage procedure, so if your muscles are extremely stiff, the heated stones may
provide the relaxation you need in releasing tension and easing sore muscles.
Improved Circulation
Typically, a massage therapist allows the heated stones to rest on trigger points in
your body before beginning the actual massage. As the heat from the stones
penetrates into your muscle tissues, your blood vessels open, resulting in improved
circulation. Poor circulation can lead to exhaustion, which tenses the muscles, and a
buildup of fluid and lactic acid in the muscles. Increased circulation delivers more
oxygen, which can help ease aches and pains.
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MASSAGE THERAPY
Cont. Hand & Stone...
Mental Benefits
Massage therapy can result in mental benefits as well as physical ones. You may find that the relaxation from a hot stone
massage will help ease some of your mental stress and tension. A hot stone massage may also help you fight some of the
symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders. If you have a death in the family or just the daily stress it can be a mental and
emotional release being in a dark room with streams of soothing music. While massage therapy is not a substitute for traditional
medical or psychiatric care, it can be an important part of your treatment plan. Always check with your doctor before getting a
hot stone massage; individuals with certain conditions are advised to avoid this type of therapy
Sports Massage
The next form of massage I asked bill about was a sports
Massage” A sports Massage is really beneficial for the
professional and amateur athlete. It is best for pre-event
and post events. It helps prevent injury, keeps you relaxed
and de-stresses the muscles. Plus makes you more
confident and helps mentally” explains Bill Rutherford.
Benefits Of Massage For Athletes
Professional athletes have undertaken massage therapy for
years, going so far as to keep them on the payroll
indefinitely. New studies and some backing by reliable
sources, the benefits of massage are being taken seriously.
And those benefits are not just for the professional athletes.
They’re extended to anyone who participates in regular
sports and exercise program. According to the American
Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), massage acts to
improve functioning, reduce pain, prevent injury, support
focus and shorten recuperation time. It works with two
types of responses: a mechanical response as a result of the
pressure and a reflex reaction where the nerves respond to
the stimulation.
Physiological Effects
As you relax through your massage it affects the
the cardiovascular system. Blood vessels dilate, which
helps promote circulation. With the physical assistance it
heartens the veins to flow blood back to the heart and thus
enhances blood flow. With the increased fresh oxygen and
nutrients to the tissue it promotes the removal of waste
products and toxins. Credit to the relaxed state that the
massage offers your heart rate lowers.
Massage therapy is an effective treatment for the
relief of sports injuries and muscle soreness. Its
benefits are more than just physical – researchers
have studied the effects of massage for many
other conditions, including mental health and even
cancer. Numerous clinical studies and reviews
have also suggested that massage therapy can
reduce pain, promote relaxation, and boost a
person’s mood.
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PETE & PERRY DYE GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS
Tom Bianca interviews Pete & Perry Dye
a leading team for golf course architecture
Pete “I was born with the name of Paul Dye four days after
Christmas in 1925. At an early age I was called P.D. and
later P,T. and then I got to Pete and it has stuck till this day.
I was raised by my mother and dad in a little town called
Urbana Ohio. From day one, I’ve been drawn to the game
of golf at an early age, my dad built a nine hole golf course
on land that was owned by my mother’s family. As I grew
older I wanted to play competitive golf and I was fairly
successful. I won the 1958 Indiana State amateur, played in
five U.S. Amateurs and finally finished higher than my friend
Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer in the 1957 open.
Although I didn’t become a professional I still loved being
around white sand and the green grass, like my dad. Golf
course design was my passion. I designed my first golf
course outside of Indianapolis, they called it Eldorado. This
is what I wanted to do. Yet I needed to learn more, so I
decided to go to Scotland in 1963. It would change my life
forever and hopefully forever have an impact on the game
of golf”.
Jack Nicklaus "He's been a great influence to all of us
who've done golf course design. Pete was a great friend 30
years ago or 40 years ago is still a great friend".
Ann Dye "He laughs and says he's retired, his idea of being
retired is working seven days a week or maybe six and a
half, but he loves his business, he loves creating golf
courses. He's as busy now as he ever was and he has no
intention of ever retiring. He's just going to keep going,
building and doing it as much as he can for as long as he
can".
We recently interviewed legendary golf architects Pete Dye
and his son Perry.
Tom “Pete from the beginning of your career have you ever
thought that you would be a legend in the golf business at
your age”?
Pete “No I never did, I don’t know what’s going on, but
here I am”.
Tom “I wanted to ask, you started designing golf courses
because your father was involved in it right”?
Pete “Yes. My dad came back from World War One and
he had to stop in Uniontown Pennsylvania on the way to
Washington with my mother and their car broke down and
there was a nice little nine hole golf course and he hit his
first golf balls in 1923, so my mother’s family owned a lot
of land around a town where I was born Urbana Ohio and
they went out and found the hilliest part they can find and
he built his first nine holes called Urbana Country Club and
my youngest son built the second mine about 10 years ago,
so there are now 18 holes there and they’re doing fine”.
Perry “One of our longer projects, 85 years in the making.
I mean think about our work in the city of Urbana It was a
long time ago with only 6000 people and it’s still going
strong today”.
Tom “So you’re still tweaking the course”.
Perry “My brother P. B. lives there and if you look back in
time and future, you always tweak because things change
fast, the golfer, the technology and nature growing around
the golf course, ask my dad about crooked stick”.
Pete “That’s right Perry, it always changes and we have to
keep up with them. Of course, we have our son living in
Urbana and P.B has been working on the country club ever
since he picked it up and it’s really done well”.
Tom “You didn’t start in the golf course business you were
actually insurance salesman right”?
Pete “Yes, but could not resist to try a new venture in the
golf business. When I was a kid, I worked on that 9 hole
course that my dad built and I worked on it until World
War Two and then I went into the service in 1944. I didn’t
go overseas, but I was with the 13th Airborne Division and
parachute infantry and they were about to go overseas to
invade Korea and Japan on the backside, but Harry
Truman dropped that little present and that stopped the
war”.
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Tom Wishon Finding Your Sweet Spot
MASSAGE THERAPY
Cont. Hand & Stone...
Your muscular system also benefits. One of them directly
ties to the cardiovascular benefits. The improved blood
circulation helps to relieve muscle stress, reduce pain and
make for a faster healing. “With relaxed muscles you can
start to experience an increase in range of motion and
flexibility. Both of those benefits can lead to better athletic
performance. It is also a good thing to have before going
into any sport, group exercise class or competition” as
explained by Bill Rutherford.
Tom Wishon
Author / Club Maker/ Master Club Fitter
“How to add 28 yards to your drive without
really trying”
Golfers will spend hundreds of dollars on new golf clubs in hopes of
hitting the ball an extra 5 - 10 yards. What they don’t understand is
that you can get that added distance and more with your current clubs
by simply hitting closer to the sweet spot.
The “sweet spot” is a term that’s misused continually by many.
Technically it is called the “Center of Gravity” a point that is about the
size of the sharp end of a pin. It can’t be larger.” It can’t get smaller.”
It just... is.
If you hit the exact center of the golf ball on the surface of the
clubface directly in front this tiny spot, the clubhead will recoil straight
back, and the ball will fly straight ant true. Any deviation from this
perfect contact and the head will start to twist and the ball will begin
to start to slide across the face, imparting sidespin to the ball, making
it curve.
The problem is that the sweet spot on any given club is not directly in
line with where the little mark on the top of the club indicates. Or
sometimes there isn’t an alignment mark on the top of the
woodheads. To hit the ball solidly, you need to know where that
sweet spot is located. Finding that... yea baby if you are focused to
make it
happen. Here is what is needed to find your sweet spot on the club:
1. Hold the club (whatevet the club) by the grip with the fingers of
your left hand with the clubface faceing you
2. Hold the golf ball between the thumb and the first finger of your
right hand and strike the clubface with the ball hard enough to drive
the clubhead back. If the clubhead goes straight back, you are hitting
on the sweet spot. If it wants to twist in one direction or another, you
are missing the sweet spot. Keep pinging until you find it.
Tom Wishon is the author of many books. He has over 40 years of
experience that includes fitting for the PGA Touring Professionals.
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The sports massage study in the Journal of Sports Medicine
and Physical Fitness points out that athleticism in
competitive sports, doesn’t rely solely on physical strength.
“Tactical maneuvering in cycling or an ability to focus on a
task can also affect performance. Therefore, the
psychological effect provided to an athlete by an experience
such as massage may be of importance in a nonphysiological
manner.” These benefits include reducing
stress and tension and anxiety while promoting relaxation by
activating your parasympathetic nervous system. So there
will be increase in dopamine and serotonin levels and a
decline in cortisol levels, which are directly linked to
tension.
Types Of Massage For Athletes
Anybody who competes in sports or performs in physical
activity will benefit more from a deep tissue or sports
massage than you will a soft massage. The type of Sports
Massage available may not always be comfortable. It often
involves a faster more aggressive massage that involves
stretching and other approaches. Depending upon the sport
in which you par-take in your Massage Therapist will work
your muscles accordingly. It can be customized to be used
as a pre-workout opportunity to warm up the muscles or
used as a post-workout massage designed to reduce pain,
boost flexibility and lead to a spasm-free relaxed muscles.
The main massages offered for the individual who does
physical activity are the Deep Tissue and Trigger Point
massage. It often is recommended by massage therapists
because it works on individual muscle groups you have
problem on. They are applying heavier pressure on the
layers of muscles and other parts of your deep tissues.
Don’t expect to be comfortable throughout this massage.
It’s designed to get into the knots and release stress the
muscles may be holding. But be ready, afterward either type
of massages can leave you feeling sore.
The massage therapists at Hand & Stone specialize in a
wide range of techniques to help heal your muscles
Deep Tissue
I had surgery and experience pain in the scar of the muscle. I
heard about Deep Tissue Massage. So I asked Bill the
benefits from this type of Massage?
Deep-tissue massage focus on the deep layers of muscle by
using deep finger pressure and slow, firm strokes. The
massage is used to care for a range of physical ailments.
Recommended by many doctors as a treatment option.
Improves Blood Pressure
As with the other forms of massages, this also offers stress and
tension release. People who had a deep-tissue massage saw
their systolic pressure drop by an average of 10.4 mm Hg and
their diastolic pressure drop an average 5.3 mm Hg, according
to a study cited by the University of Maryland Medical Center.
The massage can help boost the creation of serotonin, a
hormone that encourage happiness and good feelings.
Reduces Chronic Pain
Deep tissue massage is more helpful and inexpensive for
alleviating chronic pain than conventional medications. The
massage increases the blood flow through the body, it helps
reduce the inflammation that creates pain. It can also help ease
muscle tension by loosening the tense tissue clusters.
Rehabilitates Injured Muscles
When you have injured muscles this can be effective treatment,
because it eases the flow of toxins from the muscles and aids
stretched or twisted muscle mass. The massage helps relax
muscles and can reduce the pain caused by injuries. The
massage is frequently used to recuperate from sports injuries.
Breaks Up Scar Tissue
Over time, the massage therapy can help break up scar tissue.
It does this by improving lymphatic circulation and drainage to
improve flexibility and series of motion in the affected area.
Massage therapy is often suggested for those recovering from
surgery.
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MASSAGE THERAPY
“All men are created equal. I’m just one stroke better than the rest.”
---Golfing great Gene Sarazen, after winning the 1922 U.S. Open
According to a recent survey of 648 American golfers, 21 percent of average
Joes believe thay can beat Tiger Woods if he would spot them one
stroke per hole. Of course, 82 percent confess to some sort of cheating --
such as improving a lie or not counting all stokes --- So Tiger had better
watch out
I asked about the unique form of massage that is a Trigger
Point. Bill responds “It is like a knot, it involves applying
pressure to those tender muscle tissue to relieve the pain
Some people find that they had knots that they did not know
they had until they trigger them off”
Pain is a frequent ailment that affect the muscles. It usually
does not occur in just one area, but can cause aching in areas
away from the source of the trigger point itself. To know if
you need this type of massage (also referred to as trigger site
or a muscles knot) you will feel sensitive spots in the muscles
that will cause shooting pain to other areas of he body when
moved. Trigger points can make themselves evident in
noticeable knots of your muscle fibers. Due to the sensitivity
of these muscle groups, people often feel that the long lasting
benefits this type of massage therapy are worth the temporary
pain from the treatment.
Depending on where the pain is, the therapist will have you lie
down in a way which is both comfortable and not aggravate
your trigger sites . This will provide an easy way for the
therapist to work the area. The therapist will then check the
body to locate the area of where the knots are situated. After
finding the trigger points, the therapist will use many finger
techniques of varying pressure on and around the points to
break down the knots. Depending on the size of the knots, it
may multiple visits in order for the entire knots to be
disengaged.
Once all your knots have been treated it is important for the
guest to remain hydrated. The massage therapy breaks up the
toxins that have built up and releases them into the blood
stream. Drink plenty of water and healthy beverages allows
for the toxins to wash out of the blood stream. Also,
depending if you are allowed to by your doctor an Epsom salt
bath will also help eliminate toxins and muscle discomfort.
Trigger Point Massage Therapy
The final massage we touched on was the Facial.
”Some people love facial massages. When you have many
facial movements during the day and night you get tension in
the muscles. When you get a facial massage it will help work
out the muscles and joints to break up the toxins that have built
up. We also offer a stone cold facial massage, it is very
soothing and relaxing and especially beneficial in the winter
time as It hydrates the skin. It’s like a face lift in a bottle” Bill
explained
When To Schedule A Massage
It’s important to note that the therapists will know from
analyzing your muscle groups how often to schedule a
massage. Like anything, the more often you receive a massage,
the more you’ll harvest their advantages. Ask your Massage
Therapist on the proper scheduling for your individual needs.
Hand and Stone delivers expert Massage Therapist to
accommodate all seven at affordable prices. Additional service
include a total of 14 massages, facial and hair removal services
seven days a week for your convenience. Their expert
Therapists and Estheticians will be delighted to customize any
of their services to meet your specific needs. Our interview
was conducted at Hand and Stone located at 6554 South
Parker Rd. Aurora, CO. 80016 Ph# 720-644-9440
Review
We tested the therapists out when I experienced aches and
pains in the back. Since I never received a
massage before, we had our doubt on the outcome. However
my doubt was overcome within just 15 minutes my aches and
pains where relieved.
Rated 5 stars for customer service and therapeutic benefits by
Colorado’s Voyage
Nobody minded when President Dwight D. Eisenhower bent the rules of golf. Ike had a habit of picking
up the ball, ostensibly to identify it, but often with the result of an improved lie. One afternoon at
Congressioanl Country Club, he massaged the ball so vigorously that it rolled up against a rock. When
the president asked the caddie what happened, The caddie replied, “Sir, i’m afraid you’ve over identified
your ball.”
In the 1800’s, when famed Britsih painter Sir George Reid asked Ol’ Tom Morris to strike a typical golf
pose for a portrait, the famed Scottish golfer put his hands on his hips and gave an impatient expression.
“What kind of pose is that?” Reid asked. Replied Morris, “I’m waiting for the other fellow to hit.”
Golfer humorist Joey West has the following advice for a businessperson eager to set up a golferfriendly
office. Choose an office with a 12- foot ceiling so you can enjoy an unobstructed practice
swing. Select carpeting that allows balls to roll as if they were on a putting green. Buy a desk that is big
enough to hide your golf bag, but not so big as to diminsh your practice area. Have a panic “boss
button” installed so a trustworthy secretary can alert you when a hazard is approaching
John O’Hurley, the actor who played J. Peterman on Seinfeld and hosted Family Feud, is such a golf
nut that he plays nearly every day he can. His best golf buddy? His wife Lisa. “It’s kind of our thing to
do together” he said. “Our first date was on a golf course and we got engaged on the seventh hole at
Pebble Beach. I put the ring in the cup.”
The Yellow Stone Near Big Sky, Montana, is a majestic and audacious beauty that was built at 7,500
fett high and designed by Tom Weiskopf. Besides the stunning vistas, the course sets itself apart from
others because it is so remote and wild that each cart comes with anti-bear spray, just in case.
Justin Rose owes a resurgence in his career to a chatty cabbie, Rose was in a back seat of a Florida cab
when the driver started taunting him about the soft life of a professional golfer. At the time, Rose was
27 years old and had fallen to 126 in the world rankings. “The cabbie said, ‘Some dude gets a big bag
of cash for finishing 11th. What a joke!” Rather than to be offended, Rose used the jibe as a reminder
about how lucky he was to be a professional golfer. He immediately began playing better.
The term “gallery” in golf stems from the custom in British theaters to call the large balcony containg
the cheaper seats a gallery. Over the years, the term was applied to the public in general and golf
spectators in particular.
Birth of the Birdie
Founded 1897. the AAtlantic City Country Club in New Jersey carries the distinction of being known
as the “Birthplcae of the Birdie.” Tke term Birdie is credite to member A.H. Smith who is said to have
remaked after holing out, “Now, that’s a bird of a shot!”
Groaners: World’s Best Bad Jokes and Puns
Why did the golfer wear two pair of pants? In case he got a hole in one
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than Billy Thompson
and now
The Science to
your golf game
especially before, at and after impact.
Most understand that an outside-in swing isn’t the proper
path, but many believe the goal is to swing the club straight
back and straight through or from inside-out. In truth, however,
a swing traveling on the most effective path will work
from the inside to square at impact and then back to the
inside after impact. A way to train your swing is with a
Lsunch Monitor which accurately checks club face at impact
letting you know if face is open or closed.
Life Time Stats
NFL Distinctions
3-Time Pro Bowl selection (1977-78, ‘81)
4 Fumble Recovery Touchdowns (T-3rd)
Bronco Records
61 Takeaways (40 Interceptions/21 Fumbles Recovered) 1st
0 Career Interceptions (3rd)
7 Career Defensive Touchdowns (3 INT/4 FR)
Inducted into the Broncos Ring of Fame in 1987.
3 Career Interception Touchdowns
784 Career Interception return yardage (1st)
157 Career Punt Returns (2nd)
Tom Bianca, host of Colorado’s Voyage radio program took
some time to talk to Billy Thompson, former legend and
Bronco grape from 1967. Ethan stretched on into the early
80s. And get some information about players. This is an
article that we do in Philly about them and what happened to
the great player, who is from that era. And what they’re doing
today is kind of weird on how things progress and you
transition from an NFL career to the real work world. So, I
wanted to ask you. You know it’s so interesting to see what
the odds are of such an athlete making it all the way from
being a kid to being an NFL player and having a career in
football. You know there’s only so many people that make
that. And these kids nowadays, they only dream about it.
And so, tell me how did you rise as an athlete? How did you
get your start when you were a kid?
Billy “Well, you’re right. It was a dream come true for me. I
started as a young kid playing street football and loved it. I
went to the high school and got involved in it in high school
and I loved it. As a matter of fact, my last year I was a
quarterback and a defensive bac.. I loved it and I wanted to
go on to college. I got a story for you as a matter of fact. A
good friend of mine, Art Shell, (who is all pro offensive tackle
that play for the Oakland Raiders) so I will say that Rhodes
will love us. You know the Raiders are but he and I went to
college together and how I got to college was that I was
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19.6-yard average (2nd)
1,814 Punt Return yards (2nd)
11.6 Punt Return average (7th)
25.1 Kickoff Return average (3rd)
Highest Average Per Kickoff Return, Season (28.5)
Inducted into the (Maryland State College) Hawk Hall of Fame in
1984.
playing in high school All-Star Game in Columbia South
Carolina. And I wasn’t playing quarterback, I was playing
defensive back. And after the game was over, they came
into our locker room and said, “We want to talk to you.”
And I go, “Who are you?” And he said; “Well, we were
down here watching the game and we like the way you
play.” So I said; “OK.” He said; “And, we would like to
take you out to dinner.” I said, “Well, OK.” He says, “Well,
I go to Maryland State College .You know my coach can’t
come in and talk to you because it’s against the rules. I’m
here talking to you.” He said, “So let’s go out to dinner.”
So when I get out to dinner with them.
They told me they would like to offer me a scholarship and
have I talked to any other schools. I told them I talked to
Wake Forest because Wake Forest said they wanted to
offer me a scholarship and they said; “Well, they’re not in
our conference. So you clear on that?” So that’s how I got
discovered in high school and Art Shell. One of the greatest
players ever to play.
He told me that he would take care of me. I mean it was
late in the year- was like late July and the school was
starting early but he said; “Matter of fact- we will come by
and pick you up and take you to school with us and you can
work on it during the summer. And you get to know
everybody.” So I went home and told my mom. She asked,
“Are you crazy? Do you know these people?” I said, “No
When you hear the words;
Ball Speed Vertical Launch Angle Smash
Factor Spin Rate Carry Distance Flight
Time Club Head Speed Face Angle Angle
of Attack Club Path
What does this all mean and how can I become a better
golfer from it. Lets start with
Verical Launch Angle- it is the initial angle of ascent of the
golf ball immediately after impact, expressed in degrees. A
launch angle of, for example, 20 degrees means the ball is
ascending at an angle of 20 degrees relative to the groundline
of the surface from which it was struck.
Many factors affect launch angle, including swing speed,
angle of attack (how the clubface approaches the golf ball)
and clubface position at impact. The loft of the golf club itself
is the single biggest factor, of course. But the same club can
produce very different launch angles in the hands of different
golfers based on the other factors. A club will produce a
higher launch angle with a higher clubhead speed, for instance,
so long as other factors are equal.
Launch angle is a term probably most closely associated by
most golfers with drivers. The advent of oversized, gameimprovement
drivers in the late 1990s, and then the greater
availability to the average golfer of clubfitting tools such as
launch monitors, have increased the focus on launch angle. If
a manufacturer can tweak a driver's clubhead design -
factors such as loft angle, center of gravity location and
moment of intertia - and tinker with the club's overall weight
and aerodynamic design in a quest to boost swing speed, then
the manufacturer can help improve a golfer's launch angle
off the driver.
And an improved driver launch angle often means more
carry, which in turn leads to more distance.
Launch angle does factor in with all golf clubs, however, and
it should be noted that a higher launch angle is not always the
preferred outcome (particularly moving through the set to the
wedges). But to restate the basic definition: The launch angle
is the ball's angle of ascent relative to the flat groundline. The
optimal launch angle for you driver is between 12-16 degrees
Club Path- when it comes to the golf swing, most golfers
are aware that a key ingredient to good ball-striking is having
a swing that’s on plane. What many golfers don’t understand,
however, is what constitutes a proper swing shape or path,
Club Face- is the striking surface of a golf club, that part of
the club designed to strike the golf ball at impact. At address,
the clubface is directed at the ball and pointed down the
target line. The clubfaces of irons have grooves, as in the
photo.
Angle of Attack- Conventional wisdom holds that long
drives are mainly a product of your swing speed. The faster
you swing the club, the farther your drives fly. But I watched
PGA Tour player Jeff Sluman add 22 yards to his tee shots
without an increase in swing speed. How do you explain
that? Or why J.B. Holmes' average drive in 2008 (310 yards)
was 16 yards longer than Tiger Woods' (294 yards) when
they produce the same amount of clubhead and ball speed?
ANSWER: THEY CREATE OPTIMUM LAUNCH BY
HITTING UP ON THE BALL.
Smash Factor- is a relatively new term in the lexicon of
golf gearheads. It is a measurement of a golfer's ability to
translate clubhead speed into ball speed with a given golf
club, expressed as a ratio between ball speed and clubhead
speed. For example, if Golfer Bob swings his driver at 100
mph, and produces a ball speed (the speed at which the ball
travels off the clubface following impact) of 150 mph, then
Golfer Bob's smash factor with his driver is 1.5 (ball speed
divided by clubhead speed).
The higher the smash factor, the more efficient the golfer is
at translating clubhead speed into ball speed - which usually
means making better contact with the ball, e.g., an impact
position on the clubface that is more centered.
As Jack Nicklaus once put it, there are only two ways to hit
the ball farther with the same equipment: swing faster, or
swing better. Smash factor tells us that you can increase
distance by slightly reducing your swing speed if that results
in better control of your swing, i.e., a more centered strike
position at impact by hittmg the sweet spot. To find your
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Billy Thomspson Cont...
I’m not. I don’t know them. I just met them and but they’re
great people I have good vibes. And so I want to go try
this.” And like a great mom she said to me, “You go and try
and if you don’t make it, you can come home.” So that was
my start and that’s how I got to Maryland State College and
I loved every minute of it. I played baseball there too. I was
I was the center fielder and I caught when we had a double
hitter I went out to the field I saw him practice and coach
said, “Billy, why are you out here? You can’t play baseball
as a coach.” I played a lot of baseball and he said, “Well,
what position?” I said snowfield he said, “Get out of here.
We’ll come out tomorrow and we’ll see.” And I started for
four years of baseball in college”.
Tom “Did you know that there was any recruiters out there
scouting you”?
Billy “No. No. So he had no idea that art shell or any of
those guys were out there. And we’re still friends today.
Great athlete, great person, tremendous friend”.
Tom “You know he was the coach of the Oakland
Raiders?”
Billy “Absolutely. You know the story is really funny. You
told me and Al Davis, who I think was one of the pioneers
of the NFL. He was the commissioner. He knew talent”.
He takes great talent from every team and they go to the
Raiders and they will be all stars. Art told me , “Tell Al that
they should get this guy out of Maryland State. He is a good
friend of mine. I know him. You should get him.”. Well they
never got me and Art said it was a huge mistake. Of course
I went to the Broncos and every time I play the Raiders I
had a huge game.
Matter of fact, the greatest game I ever played was the
championship game against the Raiders in 1978. We’ll be in
2017 here for the right to go to the Super Bowl 12. Now I’ll
never get that day
Tom “How was your stats on that game, by the way”?
Billy “I was all over the field. The first I had about 10
tackles I had a pick, but I had a great game. I always play
great against the Raiders. I was motivated. What’s Art shell
doing now? He works for the league. He’s on the rules
committee. You know he hands out fines for you know
players but great guy”.
Tom “And since you mentioned baseball and you said you
had some athletic ability in that sport, how come you didn’t
go with baseball and decided to go with football”?
Billy “Well, the reason why I wonder are reasons why, is
because baseball is going to be a long a route for me to
make it into the big leagues. They were talking to me about
going to the farm league and starting there and worked my
way up to the major league team. And that’s takes too much
time. So the Broncos were saying “You know we want you
now. We think you’ll make a great asset to our team.” And
so I said, “Great coach, I’m going there.” And that’s the
reason why. Because I didn’t want to go through the
process of working my way up through the minor leagues
and I wanted to play pro ball now”.
Tom “Can you imagine if where two people and was able to
play both, I wonder what kind of baseball player you could
have been?”
Billy “Well yes but see, I started playing little league
baseball before I started playing football. I played Little
League ball. I play pony league ball. I play four years of
college. I think I could have played centerfield. I had three
years and four years in the field. We won a couple of
division championships in college. So yeah. But it was a
different processback in ’69. Now the in the major ileagues,
they bring them up soon. They bring their top guys up soon;
back then they didn’t do that, So I didn’t want to go through
that right because the salary is very minimal and you have to
ride on buses”.
Tom “You had a great career for kickoff returns and punt
return turns in the same year in the NFL and I was curious,
what led to you having such a good game. Was it the
opposing teams that left gaps in their defense, was
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Billy Thomspson Cont...
it the special teams that created gaps or was it your ability to
see the gaps?”
Billy “I think it was a combination of both. You know I ran
back punts in high school. I ran back a few returns in
college but I never did both. I wasn’t the fastest guy. I
wasn’t the quickest guy. I think I was more intelligent on
which way to make a cut and I never looked back because
they could be gaining on you”.
Tom “Most guys were you in fear of losing your starting job
if they got injured so they will suffer the pain and get in
there, was this a fear that you had?”
Billy “No not really. If I couldn’t help the team and I’m not
physically fit to go in, I won’t hurt the team by staying in”.
Tom “Did you suffer any injuries during your career?”
Billy “I suffered an MCL, it was at the end of the year and
there was only three games left. The surgeries back then
were invasive and I had a cast on for like eight weeks, so I
would do exercises in the cast trying to get my leg strong.
And when it came off, my trainer had me there every day
working to come back “.
Tom “The quarterbacks that you played against some of
them were the greatest. So, tell us, what was the most
famous quarterbacks that come to mind and why are they
such good quarterbacks and are still remembered today?”
Billy “Well, one of the greatest quarterbacks I played
against was Joe Namath, who was a leader. He changed the
game with his throws. He was unbelievable. As a matter of
fact, the first time I met him it was in a college at an All-Star
game. Otto Graham was head coach. And I remember the
night we were playing and I was so excited because we
were playing Broadway Joe. We played a great game, but
the Jets they beat us 22 to 20. That was my first encounter
with Joe Namath and to make a long story short, we played
them again in my rookie year and we beat them at Mile
High. The Broncos at that time hadn’t beaten anybody like
that especially a team that was a Super Bowl champions.
But yeah, Joe namath, Kenny Stabler, Roger Staubach.
Great guys and great quarterbacks. They all had leadership.
It was was an honor for me to play against them”.
Tom “So salaries have changed big time over the years. And
I was curious; with your stats that you had when you were a
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player what would you command with those stats in today’s
salary?”
Billy “Big! I started at corner and five years played eight at
safety, plus I was running back punts and kickoffs too. So, I
had a lot of responsibility and I think having that kind of
responsibility would have commanded a big salary, but you
know I look back and I have no regrets about the salary
because I had a tremendous career. I played for great
organization and I work for a great organization now. I’m a
blessed individual and I’m happy that I was here”.
Tom “So as I mentioned a lot has changed with the salary
from back then and today. But the game has changed a lot
over the years. So, when you played, how much change has
happened over the years for the good and bad?”
Billy “Well there have been a lot of changes good and bad.
But one of the things I like to say is that I the older football
players are left out of a lot of the benefits that these players
have today and some of them are suffering, so that was bad.
But I think the good thing is that the league recognizes it and
are reaching back and helping those guys out and making
them feel good about their time in the league by providing
doctors and whatever things they need to help them. I love it
because I don’t think we can forget those guys.”
Tom “I look at players like Joe Montana when he was
passing to Jerry Rice. In almost everything he was a
dominant player. Now wonder I if Joe Montana wasn’t
there, would Jerry Rice still be a great wide receiver, have
ever wondered if you were on another team with incredible
talent like Joe Montana you would have even been a better
player?”
Billy “I think that’s a good question, but no. Because my
philosophy is wherever I go, you’re going to get the best
from me. It didn’t matter where I was going to play but
wherever that was I was going to be the best at it. That’s
how I looked at it from my perspective. I was going to give
you everything I had and so no, I don’t think it would
change my attitude. Maybe I got lucky and won a few more
games but I was still going to be given the same effort no
matter where I was.”
Tom “Fantasy football is big no, if you have your dream
team, who would they be?”
Billy “Well, I’m not a fantasy football fan. I don’t follow it
that much. But if I did put a fantasy team together it would
be full of Broncos and I hope they play well.”
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today’s golfer are quite similar to yesterday’s miners - nothing comes easy. The second nine to open, in 1987, was the Beaver. A
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FEATURED FORMER DENVER BRONCO GREATS
Remembering Floyd Little
Miriam Beard
3× Pro Bowl 1970, 1971, 1973)
Second-team All-Pro 1970)
NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1973)
First-team All - AFL (1969)
Denver Broncos Ring of Fame
Life Time Stats
3× Pro Bowl (1970, 1971, 1973)
NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1973)
First-team All - AFL (1969)
Denver Broncos Ring of Fame
Syracuse Orange No. 44 retired
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 6,323 Rushing average: 3.9 Rushing touchdowns: 43 Receptions: 215
Receiving yards: 2,418 Receiving touchdowns: 9
Thomas Bianca of Colorado’s Voyage interviews former
Denver Bronco great Floyd Little along with Billly Thompson
joining in.
Tom “Welcome Floyd, I see you made quite a bit of influence
here in Denver and made the Ring of Fame right”.
Floyd “Yes made the ring of Fame and plus they put a statue
of me here at my Alma Mater Syracuse University. In
addition to the statue Syracuse University just made me an
honorary doctorate degree so things are just really super”.
Tom “Now that people have to call the doctor”.
Floyd “That’s right. I just ordered a white coat and a
stethoscope. I’m going to be handing out some aspirin and if
you need me I’ll make house calls to make sure you’re OK”.
and I just received a message, it was a painting of Billy, Tom
Jackson and myself when we are on the town at the Hall of
Fame. Our friendship has been since 1968-69, so when you
look back at how many years we’ve been friends. It’s been
that way Billy calls me on a regular basis and during the season
maybe almost like three times a month. We did returns and
kickoffs together our entire career and we had a bond. He was
on one side or another side. It was a mutual respect and we
really root for each other on and off the field. I was delighted
when he went into the Ring of Fame. I think the only thing that’s
missing is he’s being totally ignored for the Pro Football Hall of
Fame because he certainly was a player that is worthy of that
kind of recognition. Every year we have a mock vote for the
Pro Football Hall of Fame and it’s like going to Randy
Gradishar he’s at the top of my list that says he belongs in the
football hall of fame and somehow we can’t figure out how to
get him in there”.
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Tom “We’re doing a segment about Bronco players than and
now and we’re lucky enough to have two former great
Bronco players including Floyd Little and Billy Thompson.
They both played together and they complemented each
other that almost got you to the Super Bowl”.
Floyd “Yeah well I’ve known Billy he’s my oldest living
Cont pg 23
Tom “You said earlier that you are grateful that he came part of
the team because he took some of the load off your feet for a
little bit”?
Floyd “He took a lot of load because he was greedy, he always
wanted to return and get kickoffs, he pushed me aside so he
can get it and then we recruited Rick Upchurch to come back
there, so there was now three of us had the duty and we
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Floyd Little Cont...
returned punts and kickoffs. Back in those days we were
responsible for than one thing, I was on extra point field goal
team, punt protection team, punt coverage team. We had to
do double or triple duty and it was necessary because we
want to help our team win. It’s just not like that today, but
there is not a lot of Billy Thompson in the world and he was a
great player for 12, 13 or 14 years and he started out as a
corner and ended up as a safety and he covered some of the
best receivers and did a great job. That’s why I think Billy is
deserving Hall of Fame consideration”.
Billy “Well thanks Floyd. But it was a different time like you
said and we had to do it if we wanted to win, we had to do
more than one thing. You know it was with you you you and
me me me me”.
Floyd “That’s it.. Who is going to take the kickoff or the
punt. We had a signal that either I or Billy would say you you
you to take it or me me me for him to take it. But I’ve
watched this franchise become one of the top five franchises
in professional football. I mean, we were also rans back in
the day and they thought Denver today still has covered
wagons, I mean do the Native Americans still attack you
when you go to there. There was a time when the Broncos
franchise was in jeopardy of moving and with the likes of
getting a Billy Thompson and Tom Jackson, it really helped
solidify what the city needed and wanted. And they’ve been
one of the winning teams in the league and they’ve gotten a
lot of fans over the years. I am in New York State and I see
people wearing Broncos attire and walk over to them and
ask are you a Bronco fan. They said well yeah. How long
have you been a fan? Well since Floyd Little was playing for
them because he came from Syracuse and I said hey I am
Floyd. They said really. I said of course I am. Are you
kidding me and that’s Bronco fans. So for me to be able to
represent the Denver Broncos at Syracuse and everywhere I
go it’s just an honor to say that I’m a Bronco and we stay a
Bronco our entire career. That says a lot about the kind of
players we were and how loyal and dedicated we are to our
fans”.
Tom “It’s unusual for a player nowadays to stay with any
team for the entire length of their career. So was it normal
back then to stay with one team”?
It was when some players went from team to team for filling
positions that came open. There was a lot of players who
stayed there entire career with a team like Billy and I mean
the three of us was as you know we’ve stayed with the same
team. We had great careers and all of us in the Ring of Fame.
I worked for NBC Sports for two years to something like 20
to 24 games. I’ve been in most stadiums except that new
one’s in Denver and I would like to have been there with
NBC, there is no better fan that I witnessed than the Denver
Broncos”.
Tom “You can see it all the time with the fans. I get a kick out
of this Floyd, is that the media really hypes the Broncos and
when the news comes on the first news is about the Broncos
and even if something really bad happens like an earthquake
kills thousands of people, but first let’s go to the Denver
Bronco locker room to see what’s happening”.
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Floyd “Well not entirely, we got players from the raiders and
we got players from the chiefs. I remember those fellows
Dave Costa and Rich Jackson they came from other teams.
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Floyd Little Cont...
Floyd “Right, we’ll be back with what happened on the
earthquake, but right now it’s the Denver Broncos. I mean
from the Broncos we were able to get the Nuggets and get
the Rockies and able to get a Lacrosse team and a hockey
team. I mean we have representation in all those sports
because of the Broncos. I’m sure because what the players
did during that time they were able to get more professional
teams in Denver. Denver is a great city because they support
their teams unlike other cities who could only support either
the basketball or football team. The Denver Broncos support
other professional sports and that’s unusual”.
Tom “I asked this earlier Floyd, tell me your thoughts about
how the salaries have changed from back then to today and
with your stats, if you are a free agent what would you
command today for a salary”?
Floyd “It’s ridiculous especially if I was playing the special
teams and I was running the ball. There’s no telling. in fact I
think about it from time to time I kind of want to sue my
parents for having me too soon. I should have been able to
enjoy some of the benefits of what these players are making
today. If I was 20 today and same with Billy we would be
making millions. Compared to what we made I signed for 10
grand and I played for Twenty four, twenty six, twenty eight
for a 3 years contract. So it’s way different from today and I
don’t know if the players today can appreciate the guys that
paved the way. I get a little concerned when they’re voting
for opportunities for former players that could play very well.
It’s unfortunate that some have lost touch with reality that
year to year and you’re making millions because of people
like me and Billy. And maybe they should appreciate that we
as former players from the 1960’s and 1970’s had a major
role in the game to allow these players to make the kind of
money they make today. I would like for someone from time
to time thank us otherwise they might not be here and we
don’t have enough of that. I mean, I’m not I’m not
complaining or anything, but when I talk to guys and say well
I only made 20 grand. Well that was a lot of money back in
those days. You know after taxes we all had other jobs. We
had to go to work. Soon as the season was over we all had
to go to work. Today they don’t and they can carry
themselves for a while and some of these guys get bonuses
so they never have to work another day in their life. All I’m
saying is they somehow, some way, they should say these
guys laid the foundation, thank you guys for paving the way
for me to be a millionaire”.
Tom “You are like Arnold Palmer back in the 1960’s after
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winning a golf tournament was only a couple of grand, he put
the big money into the game and changed the golf game
considerably”.
Floyd “And it’s not sorry grapes, I’m not mad, but from time
to time I would like to hear, appreciate your sacrifice and
thanks. And that’s all I’m saying”.
Tom “Do you think these athletes that make that kind of
money is hurting the game in some capacity. What are your
thoughts about how the money has changed the game”?
Floyd “I don’t think it’s hurting the game. I think you should be
a paid in a profession that could cripple you for life. If they
risking their lives, I think it should be compensated
accordingly. You know the people who are sponsoring it
certainly are reaping the benefits. I think the players would
make as much as they can make. All I’m saying is that they’re
entitled to it. It changed the game a little bit. They’re all
specialists now. I mean Billy and I weren’t Specialist. We
played every game, we were running to take somebody out if
need be. It’s a structured game today and yes it’s changed.
They get the yards they need to get. I got some of my best
runs broken two tackles and get two yards. It’s not
considered a good run today, you can average four and a half
to be considered a Hall of Famer. So it’s different, but the
GAME ON... WISHON GOLF GIVES YOUR GAME A DROP
Tom Wishon “No question demo day is just another way to take all
the clubs that are sold standard off the rack and move them out to
the driving range. You’re still hitting standard off the rack one size
fits all clubs. The average store today, if I make an analogy, is
walking into a shoe store where the shoe store has all the colors, all
the styles, all the different types of shoes, but all the men’s shoes
are in a size ten and all the women’s shoes are in a size seven and a
half, try to make it work for you and it doesn’t work that way. On
this matter of driver length, I just can’t stress enough how so many
average golfers are really being hurt trying to play these 45 and a
half inch to 46 and a half inch long drivers. I’ll give you one good
example, since 2005 the average driver length on the PGA tour has
been forty four and a half inches, out on the PGA Tour you’re
looking at a collection of players who obviously are very good in
golf athletic ability and very good in their swing characteristics,
these are guys who can handle longer lengths if they choose to but
they choose not to because even at their level they know that
they’re not as consistent trying to use a 45 and a half to 46 and a
half inch driver as they will be using an average driver of 44 and half
inches. So here we are in our golf industry where all the less skilled
lower athletic ability people with swing mistakes are out there been
told to play the 45 and a half inch to 46 and a half inch drivers and it
really is a big mistake. It really is getting in the way of golfers being
able to hit two or three more fairways, get eight or ten more yards off
the tee, be more consistent with their on center ball striking off the
tee”.
Tom Bianca “I remember in your book you were talking about the
sweet spot on the driver and you mentioned that it was just a pin
size”.
Tom Wishon “In technicality it is what we call the actual sweet spot
andl the center of gravity of the club head. If you were to remove the
driver head off the shaft and you were balancing that head on top of
a pin and now the intersection of all those balance points inside the
head is that one little center of gravity, but what we’ve done in the
industry that’s brought about this term sweet spot is by making
driver heads larger, by doing a little bit different in a way that we
designed the face thickness. We can make the driver so that if you
can hit the ball within about a one inch circle around the middle of
the face you’re going to get pretty much the same distance and the
same performance even though you haven’t really made contact yet
in line with that little center of gravity inside the middle of the head
and that’s a good part of modern club technology. Today’s driver
heads really are very well designed from the standpoint of being
able to miss hit them a little bit and still get really good distance and
good performance out of them. However, if that really good design
for a broad and sweet spot is put on a shaft that’s too long, wrong
shaft weight, the wrong shaft flex, the wrong total weight, the wrong
balance of the club, it all goes out the window and it can’t perform
and help you play to the best of your ability”.
Tom Bianca “So if I want to get better and I want to go through a
custom fitting, what is the standard operating procedure to go get
custom fit”.
Tom Wishon “The first thing is to understand that few of the large
Tom Wishon “The first thing is to understand that few of the large
retail golf stores and unfortunately very few of the pro shops really
don’t know how to custom fit properly because they’re just not
taught. The other thing is they don’t have the time to do it and still
be able to make a profit on the sale of the golf clubs that they feel
they need to make. So where do you find a good custom club fitting
is kind of the same way of where you find the best suit or custom
tailor, so this is one of the things since I’ve done a lot of teaching
and training through my writings and in schools that I’ve offered
over the years is to train people how to be really good professional
club fitters. So we’ve maintained a database of people around the
country on our TWgolftech.com. If you go the home page you’ll see
a little highlight there for club maker locator. Click on that and you’ll
find maps of all the states that we have listings of experienced and
certified custom club makers that you can work with to be custom fit
properly so you get the most out of your game. That’s where it
happens. It’s really just like you go to a good swing coach to take
lessons, you need to go to a really good independent custom club
maker to be properly custom fit, because they’re the ones who spent
the years in training to know how to do all the measurements of the
golf swing evaluation and then be able to construct the clubs from
scratch so that they have all the fitting specs matched up to your
size, your strength, your athletic ability and your swing
characteristics”.
Tom Wishon web site www.wishongolf.com and twgolftech.com.
Every golfer can benefit from custom club fitting and
reading “In Search for the Perfect Golf Club”.
Club Fitting
Proper club fitting can increase
your chances of hitting the golf ball
square on the face than not having
custom club fitting.
A golf ball is like a clock. Always
hit it at six o’ clock and make it go
toward twelve o”clock. But make
sure you are in the same time zone.
Chi Chi Rodriguez
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GAME ON... WISHON GOLF GIVES YOUR GAME A DROP
Tom Bianca interviews
Tom Wishon of the
importance in proper club
fitting
Tom Wishon is the author of “In Search of the Perfect Golf Club”
and many other books. He has over 30 years of experience in the
golf club industry. We interviewed him about the importance of
proper golf club fitting.
Tom Bianca “I know it’s your passion when it comes to golf and
your an advocate on educating golfers about what goes on in the
industry. So let’s talk about proper golf club fitting that most people
don’t understand”.
Tom Wishon “I worked in the golf equipment industry for a very
long time and most people are only familiar with the golf equipment
industry as they see it when they walk into a pro shop or they walk
into a big retail store and they see all these clubs put on display for
sale on the rack. The standard business model of the golf equipment
industry is for all the golf companies to develop their technology for
their club head or shaft or whatever and then package that in golf
clubs that are made to one series of standard specifications, same
length, same lofts, same face angle, same weights, same grip sizes,
same for all the fitting specs chosen to be standard in a one size fits
all, so that the clubs can then be sold to the retailers to be put on
the rack and carried out the door by the golfers. Having spent this
much time in the industry I understand some very simple common
sense things, one of those is that the golfers are not all the same.
We all play this game and love it. We come in different sizes,
different strengths, different athletic ability and most of all different
swing characteristics. The golf clubs basically are all made in one
size fits all to be sold conveniently standard off the rack. Quite
simply, golfers will play a little bit better if they’re custom fitted, so
that all the specifications on the clubs are matched to each
individual golfers, size, strength, athletic ability and their swing
characteristics and that’s something that just isn’t brought up to the
golfers because all the big companies are involved in a standard
model of business which says go into the retail store and buy it off
the rack, if it doesn’t work real well, take a few lessons because it’s a
tough game and that’s not exactly how it should be. Golf equipment
does need to be fit individually to each golfer size, strength, athletic
ability and swing for them to play to the best of their given
abilities”.
Tom Bianca “ One of the comments I read from Scott Verplank was
that your book is a must read for beginners and scratch golfers alike.
You know the question I had, is it just as important to get custom
fitted for high handicappers as it is for the professional”
Tom Wishon “Well it’s a really good question, because one of the
biggest myths associated with golf equipment is golfers sit there
and think look I’m not good enough yet to benefit from custom
fitting. They’re aware of the fact that the pros are custom fit and thel
ow handicap golfers are, but they don’t understand that what makes
you an average golfer to a less skilled golfer is either you don’t have
quite the athletic ability and certainly you make mistakes in your swing,
proper fitting can help reduce those swing errors and basically it falls
into the category where average players will benefit far more from
custom fitting than will the real expert low handicap golfers. Really good
golfers have the ability in their swing to be able to adjust to things in
the clubs that may not be perfectly right for them. We the average
golfers don’t have that ability, so we need to be fit with the right length
for our type of swing, with the right waiting for our strength and for our
type of swing, with the right loft, the right angles and all the other
fitting specifications, so that we can reduce some of the effects of the
swing errors we make and we can get more and more out of what we
bring to the first tee every day”.
Tom Bianca “The game is so complicated for the average golfer to
understand and they don’t realize when they go and shop for clubs the
importance of that fact”.
Tom Wishon “Well there’s no question about that. There’s a huge
amount of competition for sales among all the golf club companies.
Unfortunately, over the past 20 years or so that’s been driven some of
the golf companies to make changes in their standard clubs which really
aren’t very good for the average golfers. I’ll give you one good
example, when I started the game and when I was first in the golf
equipment business, the standard length for a men’s driver was 43
inches. Standard for women driver one inch shorter at 42 inches.
Everybody followed that for the standard clubs. Today the averagel
ength for the men’s driver’s that you buy off the rack and the golf
stores is somewhere between 45 and a half and forty six and a half
inches. Well the population of golfers didn’t grow on average that much
and there’s an old adage in club fitting that’s very true, that the longer
the length of the club the harder it is to repeat a consistent golf swing
with that. so there’s a huge amount of golfers who are out there playing
with drivers that are far too long for their ability to control them and
they’re not even coming close to getting the most out of the tee shot
game”.
Tom Bianca “Can you tell us about demo days versus custom fitting, I
am really interested in your insights in your book about what the
differences are and they’re not so subtle they’re dramatic”.
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Floyd Little Cont...
money hasn’t changed the game. I think the desires still there,
the opportunity there, these guys are bigger, stronger, faster,
because of the equipment they have and because of the
programs they go through. But overall the game has changed
now because the size of a guy. When I was playing someone
who weighed 235 he was a big guy. Today a defensive end is
235 to 300. And they run just fast, it is amazing that a guy at 280
can run that fast, just remarkable. I love the game and I love
seen the opportunities for the athletes, I love that they can get a
healthy start in life financially. Like I said and I think Billy will
agree to say hey guys thanks. It’s all we want. I’m not asking
them for any money or taking any money out of his pocket, but
to say hey we really appreciate you guys, Thank you”.
Tom “Floyd, one thing that I would like to ask you is now that
you are a doctor”.
Floyd “What kind of prescription are you trying for to me to
write”.
Tom “How are you enjoying your career as the Special Assistant
to the Athletic Director at your former alma mater Syracuse
University. Is your role in life full filling or was it more enjoyable
when you where a player”.
Floyd “No, I got to think that this my most favorite job I’ve ever
had. I have a chance to help shape and change a life. I have the
opportunity to talk to 17, 18, 19 year olds everyday about their
future and how to prepare for it, How to get ready for the major
challenge in their life. In fact, I’m speaking to the graduating
classes at a number of colleges this year and I talk about what
kind of legacy their going to leave and how they are going to
prepare themselves for the last four years. I talk about the things
that they need to really recognize and face and understand the
challenges that they have to face and the fact that they are
ambassadors of their college now and they need to represent
university the best possible way they can in the pursuit of
happiness and greatness. I have a chance to talk to a student
athlete male and female, just a couple of weeks ago we had a
losing tennis team and tennis coach came to my office, he’s got
about eight players he said can you talk to my team. We’ve lost
three in a row. So I went over and talked with his players
unannounced right in practice set them all on the court. I gave
them a piece of wisdom, It’s not that I’m saying things that they
don’t understand or know, it’s just that they have to apply
themselves a little bit differently. So when I’m able to do that and
affect that, Well both teams went to the final four, our teams
never been to the elite 8 and then a final four and play for the
championship. These are the kids that I influence every day.
And it is just so powerful for me to look at the results of
what I was able to contribute to. So it’s not that anything is
changed other than making the kids have come sit down talk
to me about their concerns or problems and help them look
for direction. During study hall and doing tutoring, I just walk
over to them and says hey C’s and D’s get degrees too. I
was a C student and I’m not ashamed of it. There only three
kind of students in the world those are make things happen
or those who watch things happen and those that don’t
know what happen. You just have to make things happen
every day and you need to make sure you get what you
came here to get. And this is the kind of conversations I have
with a lot of our student athletes and I’m just proud that I am
here and I’ve had some effect on them. So you want to
know what my favorite job has been, it is right here at
Syracuse University influencing and impacting young lives
and I get a chance to do that every day. So I’m very proud
of it”.
Tom “It’s a transition turning to an adult from 18-22. We
don’t have enough emphasis on the huge change going from
18 to 22 and then they’re on. And one last thought, I had a
math teacher as a friend he’s been teaching for 25 years and
kids never forget him. They’re still coming up to him from 25
years ago, Oh yeah I remember going to high school and you
teaching. That’s what kind of impact that you’ll have on these
kids.
Floyd “Right, This is what’s great for me. I help them
prepare for the next step in their lives and let them know
how much you care. Help them to start caring and make
others sometimes a priority and don’t just think of yourself
so much. Because you reap what you sow. I tell them how to
deal with bullies and how to get out of that, how to not let
anybody influence them in a negative way. Here’s what you
say. Here’s how you behave, here’s what you do and take
ownership of what you’re doing and how you do it”.
Tom “Do remember Dale Carnegie and Napoleon Hill those
kind of individuals”?
Floyd “Oh Yes, what the mind can conceive the body can
achieve. That is what you can vividly imagine and ultimately
desire you could make it to come to pass. Sure, I use them
from time to time. I also use Reverend Schuller saying I
rather attempt to do something great than fail, than attempt to
do nothing and succeed. These are good things that you can
grab in and expand on”.
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Tom Bianca interviews Jake Jabs of American
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There’s a lot to understand about buying furniture nowadays and when you by a home it can get really confusing when you
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man who knows everything about furniture and has been in the business for so long Jake Jabs. We’re going to go through a
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Jake “Absolutely, we have starting bedrooms. We have kids bedroom sets, we have adult bedrooms sets and we have
some really nice bedroom sets. Furniture as a whole really on everything not just bedrooms that goes for all products.
Tom “Well it can get confusing for somebody who just bought a home with so many choices. In today’s applications
available on-line it might make life easier, for example you can go to an application and you can add images of how that
room might look with a bedroom set, dresser and night stand, you can add different pieces and prices and flip images so I
can see if I don’t like that furniture or it won’t fit. But there is something’s that you still have to find out in person the best
quality at the best price. So Jake I am sure you have a room planner on your web site”?
Jake “Absolutely. we have what we call room planners, where you can take a bedroom set and put it right in your
bedroom. You to get to see what it looks like inside your bedroom and how it will fit. Sometimes especially the new
apartments and condos are small and so it’ll show you where your bedroom will set and set with a nice standard set.
Maybe you have room for the chest of drawers maybe you wont have room, maybe only have room for one night stand but
that’s all room planner, space planning and we do that can or do it on your app. So we want the furniture to fit, A lot of
people buy too much for furniture for for the room. So this will measure and make sure that it fits and that’s what we like to
do. We like to make sure it will fit in your house”.
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Tom “Does it have pricing on the app as well so if I don’t like that price than just flip right through to the next price”?
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living room sofas that start at a $198.00 and go up to a thousand dollars. And of course, normally the lower price it’s a little
smaller too. So go to our web site www.afw.com and click on the Room Planner.”
Tom “The bedroom set featured in the
picture is our number one selling set.
Tom “So there’s different kinds of brands,
there is Gothic, Contemporary, Modern.
So what type of furniture style is it”?
Jake “Transitional set, This will fit I think in
almost everybody’s home. It’s a little little
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Jake “Right you have to buy it seperate,
Tom “I like the set, so I can go to your application “Room Planner” and see how it might look in my room with all my other
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Jake “Absolutely, you can put your fireplace in or whatever. It is it’s amazing, because you do it right the first time. The nice
thing about all the technology you do right the first time, you don’t have to try a set and bring it back and try another set. You
can get dimensions and everything. That makes people happy, everybody’s has time restraints today, so by doing it right the
first time it really saves a lot of time and problems.
Tom “So this bedroom set pictured here, how much can I expect to pay for the night stand, the dresser and the high stand
dresser”?
Jake “This one will run about a thousand dollars. So it’s not a starting one, this is one of the nicer sets”.
Tom “ And what can I get away with if I have a small budget or if I have extra cash on the high end”?
Jake “With a queen bed it goes high as a thousand dollars and then you can start as low as $199.00, that includes head board,
foot board, bed and rails”.
Tom “And can we get all the styles not only transitional sets”?.
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Jake “Of course, we offer every style out of the 90 different bedroom sets. So we have contemporary, We have modern, We
have transitionals, plus many more”.
Tom “What do you look for when your set and where do you go to get them”?
Jake “Quality is the reason. This set is made by Ashley, which is the biggest in the business and it’s their number one selling set.
You get quality this is a really well built and will last your lifetime. And it’s a set that won’t go out of style either I think that’s
another reason why this is a good seller. If you’re buying a bedroom set you probably want to buy something that you’re going
to keep for a while. You keep bedroom sets for years and years so this is the type of set you would buy and you would keep
for many years. It’s got a nice rich brown finish so you will not have to change it in the next few years”.
Tom “What other manufacturers for do you offer for bedroom sets”?
Jake “We have 20 different vendors you know from different vendors. We have sets from lifestyle and Lane to name a few”.
Tom “So how do you select those manufacturers. Is it based on their experience and how long you have been working with
them”?
Jake “That’s right, you build a relationship with them. And we’ve been in business a long time and we’re the type of company if
a factory doesn’t perform we just we just get to the factory. We’re big enough where we have excellent.credit buying power. If
a factory doesn’t perform and the product doesn’t meet our standards or we get it back from the customer we have problems
with it’s gone, we’ll just drop it, We end up with a really good quality sets with no problems with. That’s really what the furniture
business is about is buying a set you don’t have problems with”.
Tom :So this is one area of the house and ready to buy, so how fast can I get it to my house”?
Jake “It’s in stock so you can take it with you. If you back your pickup truck up at the door you can take it with you or we can
have it delivered in the next day or two depending where you live”.
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Jake “We have a lot of Italian leather. We carry 13 groups from Italy and all leather sofa’s start at $799 bucks. Leather is very
popular today and we offer that in all styles including sectionals which are very popular and alllow for more seating for guests”.
Tom “So I’m on a budget, so I like the one we featured. How much out the door for these pieces”?
Jake “About eleven hundred dollars if you want the cocktail table with it”.
Tom “okay I’m out about $2,300 - $2,400 with my purchase of bedroom and living room. So I need to set up the dining rooms.
We have a formal dining room and then we have a small dining room for the kids for our every day needs. So what is your
favorite set in the showroom, the prices, the quality and the kind of styles”?
Jake “The set featured in the picture is a five piece set for $178 and good for small
spaces. I has a metal stool with a quality piece of solid wood in the middle and the
stools slide underneath it so you can see this fits in a very small area. So it has five
pieces with a table and four chairs. Ideal for young kids and small spaces, so it’s
perfect. Now we have lots of dining rooms, we have about 120 different dining
room sets. So if you go to something a little nicer like the one featured in the
picture, it has a nicer chair table and will run about $435 for a five piece set. So we
have all kinds of dining rooms including different sizes, heights, brands and styles”.
Tom “So our price for the three areas of the house including the bedroom set.
matress, living room set, small and formal dining room set is around $3,200. So I
am in budget and now can afford a man cave and that would be my office. What
do you have for office furniture”?
Jake “Well we’re selling a lot of right now are the desk that featured in the picture.
the desk lowers down where you can use it regular height with just a regular chair
or you can raise it up if you want to work with your computer standing. This will
come up to any height you
Ferrara 5 Piece Set
Power Height Adjustable
Tom “How many office sets do you offer”?
Napa 5 Piece Counter
Height Dinette Set
Ferrara 5 Piece Set
Jake “Well depending on home or commercial, counting everything around 180
different pieces”.
Tom “Well I’m all set. I got I got my whole house furnished for about $3,800 -
$4.000 and my budget was reasonable, but you can really go crazy and spend high
amount of dollars”.
Jake “Yes, you can get all prices. That’s really what I think what we do different
than a lot of places, we really have all prices and kind of furniture”.
Find a complete our inventory and app to furnish your house on line at www.afw.com”.
•Amazing facts about Jake Jabs and American Furniture Warehouse
• Awarded our choice for private Colorado business • Been in business since 1975
• American Furniture Warehouse moves over 1 million in furniture sales every day
• AFW has 14 Colorado locations and two in Phoenix AZ • Employees over 2,600 people
• Ships around the country
• A fleet of over 500 environmentally friendly trucks
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American Furniture Warehouse Cont,,,
Tom “let’s go to the mattress department. When I am tired I want to come home and take a nap so lets take a look at your
favorite mattress.
Tom “How many mattress sets do you offer we offer?”
Jake “The mattress featured in the picture is the one I really
recommend is a memory form it cradles your body and forms
around your body. I slept on this mattress for 12 years. This queen
sized mattress is $289 and this is the mattress that would sell a lot
of stores for thousands of dollars. It’s a beautiful mattress, it holds
up good. It’s made by a company called health care, which is a
premium mattress company. So I really recommend this mattress
for 289 bucks you can buy a queen sized mattress at a good price.
It’s a brand that we actually developed and it’s been a really good
quality product. Some of these name brand mattresses are pretty
high priced. I think you’re paying for the name a lot of times. All
you’re getting is a good value mattress here at a good price.”
Jake “Right now we’re offering about 40 different sets that includes of twins, queen, king size and more. We have starter
mattresses for as low as $98”.
Tom “So I’m set in my bedroom with a great set and mattress for roughly around $1,200. So now I need to furnish my living
room. So what sofa is your favorite to kick back to watch a football game with?”
Tom “How many mattress sets do you offer we offer?”
Jake “Right now we’re offering about 40 different sets that includes of twins, queen, king size and more. We have starter
mattresses for as low as $98.”
Tom “So I’m set in my bedroom with a great set and mattress for roughly around $1,200. So now I need to furnish my
living room. So what sofa is your favorite to kick back to watch a football game with?”
Jake “So the one featured in picture is called Mid
Century Modern. It is a little higher set. It’s got
reversible cushions, it has got two extra pillows
and has it’s very popular. Next to the Sofa featured
in the picture is one of the most proper
chairs in the country. You see this in all of the TV
shows lately. It’s actually a retro style, this was in
style years ago and now is back popular again.
It’s very very comfortable at a price of $278. It is
a nice fabric that last year for years and years. The
sofa $348,
The fabric is textured upholstery and is microfiber
that will last long time.”
Tom “What happened to velvet. I don’t really see velvet too much.
Jake “Well velvet is not popular right now. I think these newer textured type fabrics have taken over from the Velvets. These
are these are more wash and wear, longer lasting. Velvet fine, I grew up with velvet like a lot of us did but you don’t see very
little velvet anymore.
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Tom “And the styles and fabrics you offer for the living room”?
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