The following update went out, via email, to the many members, future members, shareholders and stakeholders who are involved in Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo. We look forward to opening your incredible indoor golf training center soon!
Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo Update
Hello Fellow Golfers,
We’ve made significant progress in the development of Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo since our last update and we’re excited to share the news.
As noted previously, one of our largest investors has taken longer – much longer – than anticipated to free up the capital for the investment in your golf training center. This investor has once again made fantastic progress since our last update! We’re more confident than ever that we’re not far from construction, finally.
In August, the Waterloo Region Record reported – and we were already well aware – that TriOS College had signed lease for space within Market Square. The leased space does indeed involve some of the space we were intending to occupy. However, clearly there remains a large amount of vacant floor space within the same general area in Market Square. The only implication for Parmasters KW involves a reconfiguration of our space plan to fit a different footprint.
Even as our largest committed investor makes great progress, we’ve opened discussions with several groups across the Waterloo Region and the province to raise the remaining capital from other sources. We’ve worked hard to develop new and innovative strategies to quickly locate and engage with appropriate potential investors. These new approaches are developing very positively.
We made the very simple decision to temporarily close our Temporary Event Center (TEC) at Market Square. We did so in late September. This decision will ease the financial burden on our firm during this period, as we raise the final capital required to build your golf training center. The TEC will re-open when the timing is perfect.
Once again, we urge you to send your fellow golfers to the Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo website – www.parmastersgolf.com/kitchener-waterloo . All interested golfers should register for these regular email updates.
Stephen Southern
Franchise Owner, Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo and Southern Ontario
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Golf Tip
By Scott Hazledine , PGA Master Professional
Parmasters Co Founder & Director of Instruction
How Dynamic Balancing Helps You Control Your Ball Movement
The two most obvious things to look at when trying to control your ball movement are your grip and release position. You can experiment with a grip change by pronating your left h and , and by supinating your right h and . That is, move your left and right h and s to your right. If you play left h and ed simply reverse this procedure. FYI - I prefer not to experiment with grip changes.
Instead my preference is to experiment with the balance of the golf club. By this I mean when you have completed your swing, point the shaft towards the target. This is how Moe Norman did it. The position of the club head will show your release action by its "vertical" angle from heel to toe to the target.
Here is what you do. Take a full, fast, 100% swing and follow through the entire way. Now bring the club head down pointing to the target, i.e., the shaft is almost horizontal to the ground. Look down the club shaft, and you'll see the relationship between the club face and your target. Imagine that the club head is the large h and on the face of a clock with the twelve o'clock position being skyward, and six o'clock being towards the ground. The toe of the club will be pointing either straight up to the twelve o'clock position or to the right or left of twelve o'clock. More often than not, the toe will be pointing at twelve o'clock or more towards one o'clock if you consistently hit fades.
To hit a draw your balance of the club head must be left of twelve o'clock and towards eleven o'clock, or even left of eleven o'clock. Hold your position with the shaft pointing at the target, and move the club head to a point left of its original position. Now step up to the ball without changing your grip and swing normally. The balance of the golf club will feel quite different in your h and s because the club face will be more closed to your swing path. Your normal swing and release will yield a draw or even a hook. Remember to swing and release as you normally do. The only change you've made is the balance of the club through impact and separation.
You achieve the desired ball flight by turning the balance more and more to the left. Once this happens you will need to adjust your alignment accordingly. I suggest you accomplish this by aligning your shoulders to the right of the target by the amount you want to draw the ball.
If you attempt to manipulate the club by turning your h and s over faster - unless you have world class timing and tempo - it will lead to disaster. I advocate going to a simple single axis grip so you can release the golf club the same way every time, and the club will square up without pronation and supination of your forearms and h and s. This is the simplest and most accurate way to control spin. The balancing of the golf club will produce controlled fades, draws, and dead straight ball flight at will. My stroke video does an admirable job of explaining and demonstrating this principle.
When you watch professionals on TV observe their finish and you'll notice that their club balance is normally at twelve o'clock or slightly towards one. With a few practice sessions the balance of the golf club will not distract you as it does at first.
My nickname when I was playing competitively, "Dial a Shot," comes from my ability to control spin. Balancing the club to a point on the imaginary clock before I swing allows me to release the golf club the same way every time and lets the dynamics of the golf club's balance through impact and separation control spin and ball movement.
Best regards,
Scott Hazledine,
PGA Master Professional
Co Founder & Director of Instruction
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By Stephen Southern
Franchise Owner, Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo and Southern Ontario
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Golf Quote or Joke
“It's easy to see golf not as a game at all but as some whey-faced, nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister's fever dream of exorcism achieved through ritual and self-mortification.” -Bruce McCall
Source: The Quote Garden ( www.quotegarden.com
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