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Pittsburgh PG West: Moon golfers mind manners, but play to win lisa scally lpga As the golf coach at Moon Area High School, Lisa Scally has certain expectations of her players and certain guidelines she has them follow that deal mainly with appearance and etiquette, on and off the course. full lisa scally lpga article
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PG West: Moon golfers mind manners, but play to win
Thursday, September 08, 2005
By Scott Robertson, Tri-State Sports & News Service thank you for the lisa scally lpga article.
As the golf coach at Moon Area High School, Lisa Scally has certain expectations of her players and certain guidelines she has them follow that deal mainly with appearance and etiquette, on and off the course.
Players must wear their belts properly, tuck in their shirts, wear their hats a certain way and always shine their shoes.
"I bring the shoe polish out all the time," she said. "I think those are important lessons for our players to learn. I want them to conduct themselves properly on the course, everything from what they wear and how they wear it to being sure they look the other coach in the eye when they shake hands with him.
"I think these are things that are important for them not only in high school, but later on in their lives beyond high school."
Her team not only dresses well, it plays that way, too. Moon won its first three matches and held the lead in a match with Hopewell that was suspended by rain. Scally said her team is "3 1/2-0" given the suspended match.
The key to that early success has been the play of a strong senior class. Seniors Alex Maiullo, Bill Cutrone and A.J. Phillips man the first three spots in the starting lineup. Junior Logan Scally, Lisa's son, is the No. 4 man with sophomore Matt Captline and junior Joe DeNardo in the No. 5 and 6 spots.
"I think we are starting to play pretty well," Scally said. "We have three pretty solid seniors and they have all worked to get better.
"We put a lot of emphasis on teamwork. They talk to each other on the course and try to help each other out as much as possible. We try to run things and do everything as a team. I've got a great group of kids here. They practice hard and have fun playing."
The team generally attempts to pit its top two players against the top two of its opposition. That usually means if Maiullo and Cutrone can play well, the Tigers can rely on the strength of their depth to win each match.
Maiullo credits Scally's influence with helping the team get to a high level of play.
"She's a great coach," Maiullo said. "We work hard every day after school and you can tell she really knows the game. She knows what we are doing and what our strengths are and I think she helps us to be our best. She puts the right people together."
One of those "right people" is Phillips, who Scally said is the team's most improved player. Phillips stands about 6 feet 4 and weighs 230 pounds, making him an imposing figure.
"We had one match where the other coach thought he was our coach," Scally said with a laugh. "He's that big, and he can really hit the ball. He did not play much last year, but this year he has really gotten control of his game. He looks to me like he has a better understanding of the game than he has in the past."
At one point last season, Scally took Phillips' driver out of his bag, forbidding him to use the club because poor tee shots were getting him in trouble. Phillips has refined his game to the point where he is more consistent with all his clubs this season.
"My whole game has gotten a lot better," Phillips said. "I tried to practice a lot in the offseason and work on just about everything. My putting is definitely a lot better. I worked hard on that and I guess I would say that is where I have made the most improvement. But I feel like my whole game is better."
Phillips and Cutrone believe one of the advantages the Tigers possess is that they play their home matches at Montour Heights. The toughness of that course intimidates opponents and helps the Moon players sharpen their games for matches on the road.
"I think the work Lisa does with us is what makes us a good team," Cutrone said. "We play with a lot of teamwork.
"I think the seniors have done a lot to help the younger kids. But I think it helps that we play at Montour, too. We had a 195 there the other day, and that's a tough course. If we can shoot like that, we are going to be tough to beat."
Scally said the team can continue to play that way as long as each player keeps working hard and remembers the value of teamwork.
"We do a lot of up and down work in practice, where we try to chip and putt," she said. "The guys compete with each other on that and I think that helps make them better. But the thing I try to do is tell them to talk to each other and help each other on the course.
"They help read each other's putts and talk each other through the rounds. That's an important part of the game."
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Young golfers hit out towards good health Sep 8 2005
thank you for this article Sally Williams, Western Mail
Children are getting to grips with golf, after being inspired by the efforts of Catherine Zeta-Jones at a celebrity golf match at a South Wales hotel last month.
Cancer charity Tenovus is introducing sponsored Tri-Golf events at primary schools across Wales to teach children about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.
Called Get The Golf Bug, the scheme will teach children about how poor health can increase the risk of cancer. They will be shown how playing golf can provide them with exercise.
The charity hopes it will create a generation of golf-crazy kids in time for the 2010 Ryder Cup, to be held at the Celtic Manor Hotel, Newport.
The resort hosted the All Star Cup between European and American celebrities - and pitted Swansea-born Zeta-Jones, pictured below, against husband Michael Douglas - during the August bank holiday weekend.
Tri-Golf uses plastic clubs, foam balls and fun games to introduce primary school children to a sport which has traditionally attracted only the middle-aged and older people.
Tenovus aims to roll out the scheme across Wales by the end of the year, rewarding children for raising money with prizes and stickers.
Brian Huggett, Ryder Cup 2010 Wales ambassador, said, "Anything that will get youngsters into playing golf is tremendous.
"There are much more opportunities for youngsters to get involved with golf now and I back Tri-Golf 100%.
"We didn't have any such incentives when I was young. To get started, you needed your dad to be a member of a golf club or to live near a club."
Mr Huggett, who was born in Porthcawl in 1936, lived at Neath Golf Club where his father was a golfing professional, so, unusually he shunned cricket, football and rugby to concentrate on golf.
He went on to enjoy success as a tour golfer and became the 1977 Ryder Cup captain.
Mr Huggett added, "There are far more courses for young golfers available in the country now than there were just five years ago."
Mr Huggett said he recently attended a junior golf event at Neath that was attended by 63 boys and only one girl. But at a similar event in Porthmadog the sexes were more evenly balanced, with 19 girls in the competition.
"We could learn a thing or two from Porthmadog," he said.
"The Welsh ladies golf team has just been picked and around six of the players are under 20. The team is keen to promote youth."
The Ryder Cup 2010 would be wonderful for Welsh golf, he said. Wales won the right to host the sport's most prestigious tournament from Scotland, thought to be the favourite nation to host the event.
"The benefits from the event will spread into commerce and everything," said Mr Huggett.
John Jermine, chairman of Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Ltd, said, "Golf is great exercise and has significant benefits to maintaining consistently good health."
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Children are getting to grips with golf, after being inspired by the efforts of Catherine Zeta-Jones at a celebrity golf match at a South Wales hotel last month.
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