Deforest & Windsor Community Day
$35 for 18 Holes w/ Cart
Visit us and enjoy the beauty of Lake Windsor!
Call to book this special rate (608) 846-4711
$35 for 18 Holes w/ Cart
Visit us and enjoy the beauty of Lake Windsor!
Call to book this special rate (608) 846-4711
Wednesday thru Sunday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Kick off the weekend with a delicious meal from us.
We have specials every weekend & ALL weekend long.
Call to place your orders! 608.846.4711 ext. 12.
Fish Fry Friday
Fish Fry · $12
Fried Walleye · $15
Saturday Special
Prime Rib · $19.95 | (Starts at 4:00 pm)
Sunday Special
Fried Chicken Dinner · $14
6 Tips For Taking Your Kids Out On The Golf Course
How to keep your kids and the groups around you happy on the golf course
The thought of taking a group of kids out on the golf course is a lot more daunting than taking them to the driving range. But don’t let that fear deter you. There’s a way for kids to get around the course in a completely acceptable amount of time and not bother other groups in the process.
We spoke to Erika Larkin, one of our Golf Digest Best Young Teachers and the Director of Instruction at The Club at Creighton Farms in Aldie, Virginia.
Larkin not only teaches a lot of juniors, her two young children are also golfers. If anyone has some strategies on how to successfully navigate a group of juniors around a course without making the group behind you antsy, it’s her.
Here are Larkin’s 6 tips for taking kids out on the golf course:
Looks for lulls in the action
When you contact a course, be clear and tell them you’re coming with junior players and are looking for a quiet time. “The staff should know the ebbs and flows of traffic and be able to tell you a good time so you won’t be too rushed when playing with your kids,” says Larkin.
Keep it short
There’s no harm in walking off the course before 9 – in fact, it can be the best thing you can do. Larkin says, “Depending on the age of your golfers, 5 or 6 holes may be plenty. Finish when it’s still fun and it leaves your kids wanting more.”
Again, keep it short
But this time, keep the yardage short. Create your own course and tees as needed in the fairway. Larkin suggests, “6 to 8-year olds should play from 50-150 yards out on any given hole. Nine-11 year olds maybe 180-250 yards, and 12-13 year olds play from forward tees.” There’s no need for kids to go out and play full length courses. Making their own course for them within the larger course gives them the thrill of being on a course, while keeping it manageable.
Put your own game aside
As the adult, don’t plan on being able to think about your game. “Instead of focusing on your play, focus on setting a good example in attitude and etiquette,” says Larkin. “You’re filling the job more of a caddie than of a player for this round.”
Create time-saving games
“Add in fun twists like a “hand wedge” from the sand if they don’t get it out after two swings,” says Larkin. Or if they’re struggling on the green, instate a “magic putt.” Little things like this will keep it light and limit frustration for your group, and the groups around you.
Don’t make it purely individual
Play a scramble or shamble. Introducing kids to the course doesn’t mean they have to play their own ball. “Playing a scramble will keep everyone moving and make the experience more team oriented,” says Larkin.
SOURCE: GolfDigest
Wednesday thru Sunday – 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Please view our menu items by clicking the button below.
PLACE YOUR ORDERS 608.846.4711 ext. 12
Kick off the weekend with a delicious meal from us.
We have specials every weekend & ALL weekend long.
Call to place your orders! 608.846.4711 ext. 12.
Fish Fry Friday
Fish Fry · $12
Four pieces of cod breaded in our famous beer batter, served with coleslaw, dinner roll and choice of fries or baked potato
Fried Walleye · $15
Fried Walleye breaded and fried until golden brown, served with coleslaw, dinner roll, and choice of fries or baked potato
Saturday SpecialPrime Rib · $19.95 | (Starts at 4:00 pm) 10 ounces of Slow roasted herb crusted prime rib served with Au Jus, Horseradish Sauce, Coleslaw, Dinner Roll and a choice of fries or baked Potato |
Sunday SpecialFried Chicken Dinner · $14 Four Pieces of fried chicken served with coleslaw, dinner roll and fries. |
11 ways you ruin your golf round before it even starts
It’s a tough realization. You just three-putted the 18th to close your round, and your scorecard suggests maybe you should have just stayed home and mowed the lawn.
And while you spend most of the 19th hole explaining to your buddies where and how your round went so terribly wrong, the truth is it didn’t happen with your three OB drives, two shanks or dreaded four-putt. Your round likely went south before you even teed off on the opening hole.
Here are 11 ways you can ruin your round before it even starts. Avoid these and maybe you’ll start finding more circles on your scorecard.
You show up too late
This is the biggest no-no. When you are late, everything is rushed — check in, driving range, putting practice (if you even have time for that). The round starts well before you hit your first tee shot. So don’t be late!
You didn’t get enough sleep
Late night working or watching Netflix? Arriving to the course groggy will make your game sluggish, too. Speaking of not getting enough sleep…
You are hungover
It happens to the best of ’em, but aching after a bachelor party or night out on the town isn’t going to improve your contact. It also might make the day pretty miserable overall.
You don’t warm up the right way
Think of your time at the course prior to your tee time as an extension of your round. You think Tiger and Brooks and Dustin and the fellas just show up and practice without a plan? Know how long you want to hit range balls for (and which clubs), and give yourself the time you need to stretch or putt or get your bag and gear ready. Give yourself minimums for each so you can check them all off, but leave some extra time to play with in case something like, say, your putting stroke, needs a few extra reps.
You have too many swing thoughts
By all means, head to GOLF.com and steal a swing thought or work on that tip your local pro has helped you with, but don’t overthink it. Too many thoughts are not good for the average golfer. Keep it simple, focus on one key element and go from there.
You hit only drivers on the range
Wow, that’s awesome watching you scare the range netting with your 14th straight blast with the Big Dog, but you’re still only hitting that club maybe 15 times, max, when you get to the course. Mix in a couple of wedges, will ya? You might need them.
You don’t practice lag putts
You never want to three-putt, and one of the best ways to avoid this is improve your lag putting. This doesn’t mean launching a dozen 90-footers aimlessly across the putting green, but you could benefit from rolling two or three 30-footers, just to get a nice feel for the speed of the greens. More often than not they’ll roll at a similar speed once you get on the course.
You don’t practice the important putts
Lag putting is key, but so is canning the putts that will make or break your round. Those putts are the ones right outside gimme range but inside about 8 feet. It’s the distance where you stand over a putt and aren’t intimidated by the look, and it’s close enough where if you miss you’d be annoyed. Putts from 4-8 feet are crucial, but not that easy to make. Ian Poulter leads the PGA Tour in conversation rate from 4-8 feet at 86 percent, but only 14 players on Tour make 3/4s of those putts. The worst player in that category, Paul Casey, makes 1/2 from the range. So focus on that tricky distance. Once you see one drop the hole will start to look bigger, and a strong putting day from that range — like making 7 of 12 instead of 2 of 12 — can shave five strokes in a heartbeat.
You didn’t eat or hydrate
Plan ahead! Grab a bottle of water. Eat at home, on the go or make sure you have enough time when you get to the course. But don’t jeopardize a promising round due to a lack of food fuel. (Here are some ideas for what to pack in your bag.)
You don’t know anything about the course
You may think you did everything right to get ready for a course you’ve never seen — hit balls, roll putts, etc. — but did you know the first four holes have tight fairways and doglegs and your best bet might be hitting a hybrid? Now you probably wish you would have striped that 17-degree more than twice on the range, huh?
You are too focused on other things
Stop worrying so much about your foursome’s betting game, what tees you are playing or that epic playlist you’ve been cooking up since the car ride over. Put the phone away and check out Twitter later or respond to that work email when you get home. None of it’s going anywhere. And plus, making sure your game is ready for a par-birdie-par start is way more important.
SOURCE: golf.com
It’s Fish Fry Friday!
Kick off the weekend with a delicious meal from us. Call to place your orders! 608.846.4711 ext. 12.
Fish Fry · $12
Four pieces of cod breaded in our famous beer batter, served with coleslaw, dinner roll and choice of fries or baked potato
Fried Walleye · $15
Fried Walleye breaded and fried until golden brown, served with coleslaw, dinner roll, and choice of fries or baked potato
Wednesday thru Sunday | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Please view our menu items by clicking the button below.
PLACE YOUR ORDERS 608.846.4711 ext. 12
Cutter CTR-1 wedge takes a different approach to solve the same old problems with our short games

SOURCE: golfdigest.com
The most intriguing grips in pro golf
A substantial subsection of the golf canon is devoted to romanticizing Ben Hogan and his technique. And that includes his grip, which is shown in the photograph shown above for Life Magazine in 1947—before he weakened it to stop hooking and went on to dominate golf through the mid-1950s.