2010 Summer Camp Week 1

Our first summer camp had a rather slow but fun-filled first week last week. We suspect the rather overly ambitious first heatwave of the summer had something to do with it. Even the local birds were sweating!

The camp provide a great opportunity for young budding girl golfers to get hands on coaching by Total Approach Coach Mary on every aspects of the golf game. The usual ball-hitting sessions at the range and short game honing works around the practice greens are supplemented by inventive (and sneakily instructive) games and obstacle courses.

The camp meets from 3-5PM on the left (shaded) end of the Cottonwood GC driving range on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until July 23rd. Please contact Coach Mary at (619) 414-4495 or email mary.paulson@lpgapro.com for more information.

Championship & Banquet (28 June 2010)

The last Monday of June saw our final regular event of our first season!

All the skills we've learned in the past 3 months were well used by the EC LUGGers to navigate Coach Mary's challenging 18 holes short game tournament set up on and around the Cottonwood Golf Course's practice greens.

The LUGGers were grouped in to pairings and counted every stroke as they putted, chipped, and tossed their way through the course under the watchful eyes of the coaches, moms, and other bystanders of various species.

When the dust had settled and all the scores were tallied and signed for everyone gathered around at the clubhouse restaurant for the prize presentations and dinner banquet of tasty chicken fingers and fries.

Congratulations to Madison for winning our first championship and a set of golf clubs (graciously donated by the WSCGA Foundation) along with our runner ups; Alexia, Bella, Marilee and Tara, who each won a prize!

SUMMER CAMP 2010
This concludes our first regular season. Coming up on our agenda is the first EC LUGG Summer Camp taking place three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) July 12 to 23 from 3 to 5 PM. Please contact Coach Mary at (619) 414-4495 or email mary.paulson@lpgapro.com for more information.

Father-Daughter Day (21 June 2010)

The EC LUGGers went co-ed for our Father-Daughter Day event with few granddads showing up to aid and abet the little (and not-so-little) LUGGers through Coach Mary's fantastic obstacle course relay race and 9 holes short game challenge course.

We started off at the shaded end of the driving range where, after a ball hitting session, the LUGGers and their granddads were grouped into different teams for the race. The balance pods were deftly navigated by most while the spinning disc proved quite tricky to manipulate by flat and full bellies alike. Patience was quickly learned by our youngest lasses at the ball tossing station, and the granddads really earned their cheers at the final ball striking station, scoring a ton of time-deduction by landing their pitch shot over the designated zone.

The short game challenge with rule-quizzes in the holes and chipping challenges on the pitching green went smoothly. It was a fun afternoon for both the LUGGers and their granddads, highlighting another great aspect of the game of golf - it allows for quality socializing time between family members (as long as we aren't counting the score or correcting the swings, that is).

Next Monday (June 28th)'s Eagle Division Championship & Banquet (register at 3:30PM with event running from 4-6PM) will be our last regular event of the year. The EC LUGG will take 2 weeks off before recommencing for our Summer Camp from July 12-23 (3-5PM Monday, Wednesday, Friday). We hope to see everyone next Monday for a proper wrapping of the El Cajon LUGG's first season!

Flag Day (13 June 2010)

The sun was shining bright on Flag Day as the EC LUGGers warmed up on the Cottonwood driving range after having picked up their LPGA Girls Golf membership kits along with a few other goodies.

A few swings were adjusted on the range before we all headed closer to the flag and spent the rest of the afternoon playing putting games with Coaches Mary and Pat on the east putting green. More putts were made in an hour on Flag Day than were made in many of the previous weeks, since our first putting game requires a one putt before the groups can rotate to another position.

The LUGGers' favorite putting game remains 'Freeze!', of course, though with fewer targets available this time around, our LUGGers took more time aiming and managed to knock off other players at a much faster rate than usual. Be careful challenging these girls to a putting game, folks... They are surprisingly deadly with their putter!

Our next event on Monday June 21 (registration on the Cottonwood GC driving range from 3:30PM with event running from 4-6PM) will be 'Father-Daughter Day.' See you and your dad (or grand dad) there!