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Cross-country skiers in the Wildwood area have tried to keep it a secret for roughly 20 years now.
Sorry, folks — the cat’s out of the bag.

The cross-country ski track in the Wildwood Trails system is a 4.5-kilometre groove that winds through the Wildewood Club golf course, along the Red River and right up to the fields of St. John’s-Ravenscourt school. The idea for the ski track came about as residents wanted the opportunity to step off their front porch and into some outdoor winter activity.

“It’s a little pocket of people who enjoy being able to just walk down the street and go for a little ski,” said Harvey Peltz, one of the volunteers with the Wildwood Park Community Centre (WPCC). “I know we get a lot of people who now drive to our trails. You often see vehicles lined up along the streets at points of the day.”

There are three main trailheads available for people to jump into the track. The Wildewood Club (North Drive at Netley Street) has plenty of parking available for visitors, or interested skiers can get onto the tracks via the Netley and Oakenwald Avenue entrance or at the corner of Oakenwald and North Drive, near the WPCC.

Street parking is available at those two spots, as well, providing a easy setup for those looking to get a quick cardio workout in during the lunch hour.

“It’s really close — a 10-minute drive for me,” said Rose Ringor, right before she set off for an afternoon ski. “And for me, being a beginner, it’s a pretty easy trail. There are some people who are really good and have probably been coming here for years, but it’s not intimidating here. I like that.”

Three different groups organize the trail each winter. The Wildewood Club provides the golf course as the anchor stretch of track, while the WPCC and St. John’s-Ravenscourt help foot the grooming bill (the Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba cuts the trail for the group). Most of the costs are covered through user generosity; envelopes can be picked up along the trail and sent in to the WPCC.

Last winter, one that had a lot more snow than this current season, the community centre received $3,000 in donations from 64 different people, a sum that ate up a nice chunk of the $4,200 tracking bill.

The walking trial, which winds up and down the banks of the river, was added three or four years ago, Peltz said. It came not from a demand but more of a necessity for the ski population, as over the years volunteers found some people liked walking their dogs along the trails, unintentionally ruining the track for those looking to glide.

That is a big deal for some skiers.

“People actually respect the ski trails here,” said skier Ron Simonite. “It’s really annoying when they do that (allow dogs on trails). I used to go to another place, but it just got so bad I had to go somewhere else. That’s why this place is nice with the separate trails.”

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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/put-on-the-skis-hit-the-golf-course-138381959.html

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New on golf? Here’s another set of terms to get by with the sport.

Pro

Sensible person who believes that individuals who spend time playing golf professionally are no different from those who engage in some other similarly demanding occupation such as strip mining or demolition work and that, far from paying for the privilege, they should actually receive financial compensation for their labors.

Pro Shop

Challenging hazard located just before the first tee at most country clubs. The trick to getting out in under $10 is concentration. Don’t be distracted by the leather golf bags and matched club sets, the radical new putter designs, the smooth gloves, the shiny shoes, and the sporty golfing attire. Keep your head down and your eyes on the balls and tees. Tell yourself that your present clubs aren’t old- they’re classics. Every item of apparel you’re wearing brings you luck. Your shoes are perfectly broken in. Your hat has character. Your glove…Forget your glove. Take a firm stance and dig in your heels. Get a good grip on your wallet. Take it out in a fast, sweeping motion and lightly flip a few crisp bills onto the counter. Always, use cash: “charging” is one of the hardest golf habits to break, and those few little pen strokes can end up costing you plenty. Pick up your purchase with a quick snap of the wrist, then turn and stride confidently for the tee. You may shoot 100 today, but you’re way, way ahead of the game!

Pull

To hit a shot straight but to the left of the intended target.

Push

To hit a shot straight but to the right of the intended target.

Putt

To hit a shot straight but to the left, the right, beyond, short of, over or around the intended target.

Putter

Specialized club used on the green. The putter differs from the other golf clubs in the bag in that it always produces shots that roll forward a few feet and stop.

Quoits

Along with curling, racing in luges and tossing the caber the only game other than golf that has been voted Most Pointless Athletic Pursuit of the Decade more than three times by the editors of Stupid Sports Magazine.

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Responsibility 

A player has several responsibilities when he or she plays in either matchplay or strokeplay competition. The player has the responsibility for knowing the conditions under which the competition is being held and for declaring the handicap under which he or she will play.

In strokeplay, the player is entirely responsible for making sure that his or her correct handicap is recorded on the card before it is handed in. Furthermore, a player must not offer advice to any player, except for a fellow team member. The player has full responsibility for the correctness of his or her score on every hole. Disqualification will result if the player returns a card with a score marked lower than when was actually taken, for any hole.

If the card has a score higher than taken, the score marked down will stand— as the Argentinian Roberto de Vicenzo found to his cost in the US Masters in 1968. A player must also play without undue delay, and bad weather is not necessarily a reason for discontinuing play. However, at the first sign of ligthning, players are strongly advised to put their clubs away and seek safe shelter.

Etiquette 

On every score-sheet distributed to spectators at the Masters at the Augusta National, there is a message from its founder, the great Bobby Jones: “In golf, customes of etiquette and decorum are just as important as rules governing play.”

Golf has always been revered for its insistence on the highest standards of behavior, despite the fact that the vast array of accepted conventions have never actually been set down in the same way as the rules. How we behave and treat other golfers— simply etiquette— is as important as how we play. It is the application of good manners and courtesy to others on the course.

The Rules of Golf do not spell out penalties for breacjes of etiquette; there is no two-shot penalty for those who digress. Etiquette us a voluntary code. It has evolved over the years into an essential element in making golf different from other sports that rely on a referee or umpire to enforce rules and behavior.

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The official book, The Rules of Golf including thet Rule of Amateur Status is published by the R & A and the USGA. It is divided into three sections: Etiquette, Definitions, and The Rules of Play. In the 1995 Code there were 34 rules subdivided into more than 120 clauses— many of which also have subdivisions. Golf’s rule book is therefore a comprehensive and complex publication, and it is not within the scope of this book to publish the rules of golf in full.

However, ignorance or lack of understanding of the rules can lead to penalty strokes ruining even the hottest round of golf, and there are certain areas that seem to repeatedly confuse even the game’s top performers. It is to these that we address ourselves in this section. It is every player’s responsibility to know and understand the rules and procedures of the game. Copies of the Rules of Golf are geneally available to all golfers free of charge through golf clubs and other sources— and every player is well advised to carry a copy whenever out on the course. Where disputes cannot be settled by reference to the Rules of Golf or with the assistance of the club’s golf professional, rulings an incidents should be called for from the organizing committee in the case of a competition or from R&A or USGA.

There have been many instances where the book have played a major part in the outcome of a professional tournament.  Through it we learn about not only the rule in question but also the one fundamental rule in golf not contained in the book— the need for constant vigilance in understanding and complying with the laws of the game. As in other walks of life, ignorance of the law cannot be offered as an excuse for its contravention.

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Here’s another list of common terminologies often used in Golf. Learn and enjoy the humor.

Halve

In match play, to tie a hole. Thus, if player A and player B both have a 5 on the 14th hole, they have “halved” the hole. Incidentally, that phrase is pronounced “they have haved” because the “l” in “halve” is silent, a fascinating fact that player A may want to discuss with player B during the latter’s backswing on the 15th tee.

Handicap

An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

Hazard

A man-made obstacle on the course, either a bunker or a water hazard. It is against the rules for players to “ground” their clubs in a hazard, i.e., to allow the clubhead to touch the sand or water before making their shots. They may, however, bury their own head in their hands, strike their forehead with the base of their palms, shake their head vigorously from the side to side and if it does not delay the match, lightly and repeatedly tap their head against a tree.

Head

The end of the club that produces bollixes and mis-hits as opposed to the end of the club that produces calluses and blisters.

Hickory

Tough, resilient wood originally used for golf club shafts. The chromed steel tubing employed today has superior strength and durability, but old-time golfers insist that there is nothing more satisfying than the crisp snap of a hickory-shafted club being broken sharply across the knee or the delicate aroma of an entire set of clubs burning merrily in a fireplace.

Hole

To hit the ball into the hole, as in “I holed my putt for a five.”

The cup in the green into which the ball is hit as in “Five? Try again, buster- you’re in the hole in twelve.”

One of 9 or 18 playing areas continuing a golf course, as in “On that hole I had a drive, two approach shots and two putts- that makes five.”

A missing element or discrepancy in a narrative or fault or flaw in logic or reasoning, as in “Your story is full of holes- what about those two lost balls, the stroke in the water hazard and the out-of-bounds shot?”

An aperture or opening as in “You have a hole in your head- those were practice swings.”

Indebtedness, as in “You lost, you weasel- you’re in the hole to me for fifty bucks.”

An embarrassing predicament or position, as in “Oh, yeah?” Well, I’m not paying so how do you like them apples? But you fork over fifty clams or you’ll be in a real hole at work when I tell your boss about how when you’re supposed to be with your clients you’re out on the golf course and your wife about that doxie you met on the putting green and – 8. An excavation or cavity, as in “The body was found in a shallow hole in a sand trap by the 13th green.”

Hole in One

An occurence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole on a single shot by a golfer playing along.

Home Course

A place where your chief handicap is that everyone knows exactly what it is.

Honor

The privilege of being laughed at first on the tee

Hook & Silence

To hit a shot that curves sharply left or right respectively. Players who do one or the other should consider changing the way they stand, hold the club, or swing. Players who do both should consider changing the way they spend their weekends.

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The Canadian Tour announced eight dates for the 2012 season on Tuesday.

The Canadian part of the schedule will kick off with the 30th playing of the Times Colonist Island Savings Open. That will be followed by the ATB Financial Classic and the Syncrude Boreal Open.

Those three events will all be contested in June. As the calendar turns to July, there are three more events, including the Canadian Open.

The Canadian Tour Championship will be contested at Scarborough Golf and Country Club in Toronto, which is celebrating its centennial in 2012.

“Traditionally we have released the full schedule in December, which has not given all of our events time to finalize their plans for the coming year. This year we have decided to delay the full release of the schedule until it is fully confirmed,” stated Rick Janes, Canadian Tour Commissioner and CEO.

“Our recent agreement with the PGA Tour has also provided us with some new horsepower and we are confident that we can get those events in question over the hump when the full schedule is released in a month from now.”

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2012/01/24/canadian-tour-announces-part-of-2012-schedule

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Golf can be a very addicting sport but like everything else interested individuals should learn about the common terminologies to fully comprehend the sport. And the best way to learn is to   mix it with humor— so here are some of the most common terms you’ll encounter while playing golf:

Golf Cart

Two wheeled bad carrier that decreases the exercise value of playing 18 holes of golf from about the level of two sets of doubles tennis to the equivalent of an hour and a half of shopping. With a four-wheeled electric cart, the physical demands of the game can be reduced even further to about the same as 10 minutes of rearranging sofa cushions, watering a dozen plants or one complete loading and unloading of a dishwasher.

Golf Club

The basic implement in golf, which consists of a long shaft on one end of which is the head, which is attached to the shaft at the heel and has on one side a distinct face.

A social organization built around a golf course and composed of a number of heels, a membership committee head with two faces, and a long waiting list of people who are going to get the shaft.

Golf Glove

An unpleasant odor worn on the hand.

Golf Grippe

Mysterious ailment whose sudden but short-lived symptoms of violent coughing and sneezing usually occur on the tee or green. It can often be cured by pounding the sufferer vigorously on the back with a 5-iron.

Golf Shoes

There are two basic kinds of special footgear that golfers can choose from: traditional golf shoes with metal spikes and the newer rubber-studded models. There are a number of differences between the two designs, but the question of which type select really boils down to whether you want a shoe that you can blame for spoiling your shot because its spikes caught in the turf during your backswing or one you can blame because its studs slipped in the grass during your downswing.

Golf Widow

Non-playing wife of an obsessive golfer. Just for the record, judges have consistently decided that although golf clearly is “extreme mental cruelty,” it is not grounds for divorce since “the unspeakable sufferings are experienced exclusively by the player and not by the one abandoned as the result of such play.” On the other hand, courts have been equally firm in throwing out wills altered in favor of favorite golf holes, bequests to dubious sporting foundations and post humous gifts for the care and preservation of treasured clubs.

Golfing

A pastime that gives people cooped up in the office all week a chance to lie and cheat outdoors.

Golfing Vacation

Period of time spent playing golf in a place where the rain is warm or where notices indicating that a course is closed due to inclement weather are posted in a foreign language.

Green

A roughly circular area of smooth, lush grass whose verdant hue is ther result of regular sprinkling and constant sobbing, bawling, blubbering and whimpering.

Greenie & Sandy

Two popular side bets in which the players in a foursome agree to ante up a small amount of money to be awarded to the first player on the green on each hole and to any of their number who get out of a sand trap and into the hole in two strokes. Other common golfing wagers include paying a set sum of money to the player who uttered the fewest four-letter words during the round and the player who threw the smallest number of clubs.

Green Fees

The charge for playing a round of golf. When paying this fee, mediocre players should keep in mind the fact that whereas golfers who regularly shoot par are shelling out neraly a quarter for every shot they take, a hopeless duffer is paying a mere eight or nine cents a stroke.

Grip

The end of the club that slips, twists, rips or flakes, as distinct from the end of the club that rusts, splits, chips or cracks.

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A year after back surgery almost entirely wiped out his 2011 campaign, pain-free Canadian Graham DeLaet made a near-perfect start to his 2012 season in Thursday’s opening round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

The 29-year-old from Saskatchewan took advantage of surprisingly benign conditions at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, firing a seven-under-par 63 to surge into a two-shot lead.

DeLaet, who competed in only four events last year, recorded six birdies, a chip-in for eagle and a lone bogey to set a sizzling pace in the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of the season.

“I’m just so excited to be back out,” a smiling DeLaet told reporters. “Just being in Hawaii, period, is a great way to start the year and to come out and fire a nice round in the opening round was great.”

South Korean KJ Choi, the 2008 Sony Open champion who has always enjoyed playing at Waialae, carded a 65 to finish level with Swede Carl Pettersson and American Kyle Reifers.

American world number five Steve Stricker, who clinched the PGA Tour’s season-opening Tournament of Champions at Kapalua on Monday, also made a strong start with a 66.

Asked to assess his all-round fitness, DeLaet replied: “I’m feeling great. I wouldn’t say I’m 100 percent, but better than three years ago, even before the real bad injury.

“There was times (after the surgery) when I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play (again). I was in a pretty bad place mentally and physically, but it’s just nice to be back

“I had a good season my rookie campaign (in 2010), and then it was all basically just taken away. And I realise now how fortunate we are to be playing golf for a living. My whole attitude is definitely better.”

DeLaet had surgery on his lower back on January 3 last year and returned to competition in June before lingering pain forced him to abort his season after playing just two events apiece on the PGA Tour and its feeder Nationwide Tour.

He is competing on the 2012 PGA Tour in the major medical extension category and has 26 events to earn a total of $657,694 to secure his card for 2013.

“I really think that if I can just go out and play my game here for the next five or six months, I can make it happen,” said DeLaet, a three-times winner on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour.

Stricker, mentally and physically fatigued after his impressive victory on the hilly terrain at the Kapalua Resort, was delighted with his first-round 66.

“It’s just a quick turnaround from last week and it’s a difficult course that we walked last week,” the 44-year-old said. “And when you’re in contention trying to win, the mental aspect of it is tougher too.

“But I rested up the last couple of days pretty much and I felt a little better out there today.”

Of the other big names competing at Waialae, U.S. PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley opened with a 67 while U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III carded a 70.

American Mark Wilson, who won last year’s Sony Open by two shots, launched his title defense with a five-bogey 73.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2012/01/13/back-pain-a-distant-memory-for-delaet

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The Manitoba branch of the National Allied Golf Associations (NAGA) brought local golf industry representatives to the provincial legislature to increase awareness of golf as a major driver of Manitoba’s provincial economy and a vital way by which Manitobans stay fit, get healthy and have fun. This year marked the first ever coordinated government advocacy effort put forth by local Manitoba golf industry representatives, and the events that took place provided an excellent opportunity to speak to local government decision makers about issues that are of concern to the industry.

Manitoba golf industry representatives went to Winnipeg to meet with Minister and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to speak on the impact the golf industry has in Manitoba, particularly in regards to the provincial economy and the industry’s role as an environmental steward. The golf industry in Manitoba is a vital driver of the province’s economy, responsible for approximately $452.7 million of its Gross Domestic Product. Overall, golf causes $1.2 billion in direct, indirect, and induced spending in the province. 282,000 Manitobans play golf at over 129 courses across the province, and the industry is responsible for over 18,000 jobs.

Moreover, Manitoba’s golf courses are conscientious environmental stewards. Pesticides and overwatering are not only bad for the environment, but they’re bad for golf business. Overwatering affects the playability of golf courses and pesticides are too expensive to use frequently or in large quantities. Modern water conservation practices on courses actually leave water cleaner than when it entered the course.

Manitoba’s golf industry wants to begin an ongoing dialogue with the Government of Manitoba about environmental regulations that affect golfers and the golf business. It is important that government decision makers know that Manitoba courses must prepare Integrated Pest Management Plans and have trained, licensed pesticide applicators, using only pesticides approved by Health Canada as having no unacceptable risks to health. The golf industry is a conscientious steward of the environment that manages 160,000 hectares of green space nationwide, and preserves nearly 41,000 hectares of unmanaged wildlife and plant habitat. Pesticides are used sparingly and water that leaves a golf course is often cleaner than when the water entered the course. Recognizing the contributions of the industry to the environment by including it in regulatory consultations will ensure that regulations are balanced and based in sound science.

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2011 is a year full of great memories for Portage la Prairie golfer Myles Sullivan.

The young phenom had a great summer, capped by his winning of the Manitoba Junior Championship. It was his fourth crack at the tournament and Sullivan says after coming close in previous seasons, it was a relief to finally nab the title.

“I finished 5th three years ago, then finished 3rd, then tied for 1st but lost in a playoff,” says Sullivan. “I just kept telling myself ‘Just keep playing well, keep trying, give yourself a shot to win and hopefully it will happen’ and sure enough, things got done this year, things happened and I ended up winning it so it was really nice.”

Sullivan’s big year continued into the fall as the PCI alum headed south to attend the University of Utah. Playing for their golf team, the Portage product says it’s a big boost of confidence to face such tough competition.

“It’s really awesome,” says Sullivan. “We’ve been really lucky down there. I have a really good coach, we have a really good team, we have a real young team. Luckily, a few of us young guys got to play a few tournaments and we got to gain a lot of experience. We were playing against a lot of top college players and a lot of top amateur players in the world as well.”

Sullivan and the rest of the Utah golf team get back in action in February when they’ll compete in the Arizona Intercollegiate Invitational.

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