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2008
Tam Golf Season Begins
The
golf shop staff and I would like to welcome everyone back to Tam
O’Shanter for the start of another great season. We
hope everyone had a terrific off-season and is eager to enjoy
all the amenities our great club has to offer. My
staff and I are anxious to get the season underway and look
forward to welcoming back our entire membership.
This
past winter, I had the good fortune to participate in a few
events sponsored by the PGA of
America
in Port
Saint Lucie
,
Florida
. I played in 6 events with my best finish a
win in the last Srixon Series event just before Christmas.
I was in a four-way playoff in the rain that lasted 3
holes.
In
January I participated in the National PGA Stroke Play
Championship conducted at the
PGA
Village
in
Port St
Lucie. As you can see in the following
article, it was a good week!
New
Yorker Brown ties record to claim
PGA
Stroke Play Championship
Mark
Brown
of
Oyster Bay , N.Y. , completed a wire-to-wire performance with a
closing 2-under-par 70, his highest score of the week, to win the
55th annual TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Stroke Play Championship,
Jan. 31, on the Wanamaker Course at The PGA Golf Club in
Port St.
Lucie
,
Fla.
The
PGA head professional at Tam O'Shanter Golf Club in
Brookville
,
N.Y.
, Brown equaled the scoring record for the nine years the PGA
Stroke Play Championship has been played at The PGA Golf Club.
Anthony
Cancro -Director
of Instruction
Anthony Cancro
will begin his third full season
at Tam O’Shanter as our Director of Instruction. He
was a huge success over the last couple years as one of our
instructors. Over the winter he was teaching
at the
Velocity
Sports
Center
in Syosset as well as catching up with some quality time with
his family. Anthony is back in the shop at
Tam and is dedicated to helping improving your game with his one
on one instruction. Give him a call to
schedule an early appointment and start the season off right.
Over
the winter I interviewed candidates for our 2 new Assistant
professional positions. I was extremely
excited when I received over 30 resumes for this position.
After several interviews, I believe I filled these
positions with 2 very qualified candidates.

Jeff
May- Assistant Golf Professional
Jeff is an up-and-coming
golf professional in the metropolitan area. Jeff comes to
us after working as the 1st Assistant Professional at
Timber Point in Great River, NY. He has studied under one
of Golf Digests Top 50 National Instructors and has worked
as an instructor with Tom Watson in the Cadillac Championship
Golf Clinic. Currently he competes on the Metropolitan PGA Assistant
Tour as well as other local golf association events. Jeff’s
teaching philosophies are personalized around each
individual’s goals and abilities. His straightforward
approach helps students improve in an uncomplicated manner
allowing them to achieve their objectives with measured results.
Jeff spent the winter working at
Bear
Lakes
in West Palm and will join the Tam staff March 14th.
Peter
Kennedy-Assistant Golf Professional
The final
piece of the puzzle was put together right after the PGA
Merchandise Show in
Orlando
. I interviewed and hired Peter Kennedy.
Peter comes to us from Island Hills Country Club in
Sayville, NY. Peter has been in the
golf
business for the last 4 years. He is an
enthusiastic, energetic individual that possesses great people
skills and will be and added bonus to the Tam family.
He is a very outgoing individual with a love for the
game. He has an abundance of knowledge in the
golf industry. He will be an asset to my
operation as well as assisting any of your needs while at Tam
O’Shanter. He has been working
at The Golf Club at Dell Webb in
Naples
this winter and will be joining us the week of March 18th.
Jon
Eichner-Starter/Caddie Master
Jon Eichner,
our Starter, has returned for his 8th season here at Tam
O'Shanter. Over the winter Jon spent some
quality family time
traveling with his wife Kerrin and their three children Jaycee,
Hunter and
Kallie. Jon's experience and familiarity with
Tam ensures that we can
expect another year of consistent outside operations and course
management.
Jon can be
reached at golfstarter@tamoshanterclub.com
or (516) 626-1585,
regarding tee times, caddies, setting up games or any other
questions you may have. Restricted tee times
will begin Saturday, April 12th
Tam
O’Shanter’s
New
Fitness
Center
Yes,
that’s right! We have our own fitness
center and trainers to help enhance your golfing abilities.
John Ondrush from the
Velocity
Sports
Center
and the
John
Ondrush
Fitness
Academy
will be joining the golf staff at Tam this year. John
is one of the main reasons I enjoyed a successful playing season
last summer as well as 2 victories this winter down in Port St
Lucie, Fl. Through his analysis and fitness
evaluation of me, he was able to tailor a golf specific workout
program to strengthen my weaknesses that appeared in my golf
swing. I am definitely a big believer in what
a proper golf specific exercise program can do to improve your
golf game.
As you have seen on
the PGA, LPGA and Senior PGA tours, the players are working out
to enhance their performance. It is obviously
working for them, so give John a call for a fitness evaluation
and find out what he can do to improve your game. Here
is a little bit of info about John:
At
Tam O’Shanter

Certified
Medical and Golf Fitness Instructor
with
the Titleist Performance Institute
Callaway Master Staff Professional
John is a certified golf
fitness instructor, specializing in sports medicine,
rehabilitation, as well as strength and conditioning for golfers.
John is the only golf fitness professional in the country
certified as a medical and fitness professional by the Titleist
Performance Institute and also holds a position on the Callaway
golf company’s master staff.
The
program’s evaluation consists of a physical exam designed to
evaluate the body’s ability or inability to perform in a golf
swing, which directly correlates with a player’s swing faults.
As a result, after identifying the golfer’s biomechanical
faults, a custom golf fitness program is then design around the
player’s physical limitations to improve the body’s
performance as it relates to the golf swing. The results are
tremendous in that it allows for greater distance, accuracy,
balance along with better posture. Not only will the golfer’s
body have the physical ability to get in better positions, the
lifetime swing faults are also corrected and the final result is a
better golfer and lower scores.
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We are very excited for the
upcoming season. If you are interested in
shopping in the golf shop, most of the hard goods (clubs, shoes,
balls, and bags) will begin arriving March 20th.
The soft goods should start arriving the first week of
April. Don’t forget, we have a state of the
art launch monitor to properly fit the right driver for you as
well as the Callaway Opti Fit cart for iron and wood fittings.
Also at the
PGA Merchandise Show I purchased the TOMI Putting Analysis System
(www.puremotionsports.com).
The TOMI putting system is the putter equivalent to a
launch monitor for drivers. I also ordered a
Mitchell Loft & Lie machine to bend your irons lie angle to
fit you properly.
We are looking
forward to seeing everyone and getting the season going.
Let’s hope old man winter stays away. Spring
is just around the corner so we hope to see you soon. If there is
anything we can do, please don’t hesitate to call us at 626-1580
Mark Brown
Director of Golf
Mark Brown
– Director of Golf
Markpga@gmail.com
Anthony Cancro
– Director of Instruction
Tjcc713@aol.com
Jeff May – Assistant Golf Professional
Jmay1505@hotmail.com
Peter Kennedy – Assistant Golf
Professional
Pkennedy17@aol.com
John Ondrush –
Ondrush
Golf
Academy
GolfFitAcademy@aol.com
Jon Eichner – Starter/Caddie Master
golfstarter@tamoshanterclub.com
2008
TAM
O’SHANTER CLUB
GOLF
LESSON RATES
MARK
BROWN
DIRECTOR
OF GOLF
$60
PER ½ HOUR - $120 PER HOUR
ANTHONY CANCRO
TEACHING
PROFESSIONAL
$50
PER ½ HOUR - $100 PER HOUR
JEFF MAY & PETER
KENNEDY
ASSISTANT
PROFESSIONALS
$50
PER ½ HOUR - $100 PER HOUR
YOU
CAN CALL THE GOLF SHOP TO SCHEDULE A LESSON.
516-626-1580
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