Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club Fitness Director Elected as 2014/2015 CSFA President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Palm City, Florida – June 27, 2014

The CFSA recently announced its newest team member additions to the 2014/2015 Board of Directors. Barb Svenson, Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club fitness director, has been elected as the new board president of the Club Spa & Fitness Association. She has served on the board for four years. Last year she functioned as secretary of the board. Svenson will continue serving the organization in her new role as President of the board while contributing direction and experience toward its continued success. The Harbour Ridge Yacht and Country Club would like to congratulate Barb Svenson in her new role as President of the 2014 CFSA Executive Board.

The Club Spa and Fitness Association is a non-profit organization committed to maintaining superior business and ethical standards for fitness, spa and wellness professionals in the private club segment. CFSA provides its members with resources for educational growth and curriculum development for accreditation. Members are equipped with career development and job placement opportunities. The CFSA serves as a credible source for country club management to discover highly qualified fitness, spa and wellness professionals for their private clubs.

You can find information on the entire Board of Directors on the CSFA website at www.csfassociation.com.

How Golf Impacts The Lives Of Those In The Sport World

It is common practice for college football coaches to enjoy golf and take the game seriously, but Steven Spurrier takes his game very seriously. In the 30 years of coaching college football, Steven has never lost a golf game to one of his players. This piece from ESPN takes a look at the many people inside of the sports world, and the impact golf has had on their lives.

Of course, opportunities to hit the tees at all are getting harder to come by for coaches. The recruiting calendar has grown more cumbersome, the demands of the job more strenuous, and the number of coaches regularly playing golf has diminished as a result. Even Spurrier, the elder statesmen of the coaching ranks on both the football field and the golf course, doesn't get out quite as much as he used to. By the end of July, his clubs are already gathering dust.

— Read More At ESPN.com

Rules For Doubles

Playing doubles in tennis requires a secure grasp of the rules to avoid any type of argument or tension,and it helps to have a refresher on them every once in awhile. A fun game can turn serious with the right level of competitiveness, and some people falsely believe that they know everything there is to know about tennis. Read the following article for an extensive look at the rule book, and enjoy your next game!

What happens when there is a delay between the first and second serves? If the delay is caused by the receiver (such as a broken string or contact lens problem), an official or outside interference, the whole point is replayed. It the server caused the delay, such as when the server breaks a string, the server gets one serve. Note, a spectator’s call (out, fault or other), a spectator’s or player’s cell phone ringing or grunting from an adjacent court is not basis for replaying the point.

— Read More At The Daily Progress

The Latest In Iron Technology

Part of the fun in playing golf is the equipment. Every club is a personal choice that hopefully improve your game and last for years. Buying new clubs can be exciting, especially when there are recent developments in the industry. This piece from Golf Digest researches the latest in iron technology.

"We always go into a new design searching for high performance, to try to get faster ball speed and more consistent distance all over the face," says TaylorMade's Bret Wahl, vice president of research and development for irons. "But feel will remind us just how far we can take that."

— Read More At Golf Digest

Everything You Will Ever Need To Know About Golf

Do you know how to mark your ball so that you don't miss your spot? Do you know to read a green? Whether you are a leisurely golf enthusiast who wants to take their game to the next level or you are a seasoned pro, there are points in the following guide that you may have never heard before.

The key to reading putts is to establish a routine. Begin as you approach the green, observing the overall slopes and undulations. Then without distracting your playing companions, read your putt while others putt out. This helps speed play.

— Read More At Golf Digest

Tips For Your Short Game

Line and speed are the two factors in making putts, and both of these factors can be controlled. A player only needs to understand the relationship between the two factors in order to improve their short game. Gaining control over the speed and position are learned tricks that will improve your score, and the following article goes in-depth on how to improve your short game.

According to Dave Pelz, a former NASA scientist and short-game guru to many of the PGA Tour’s top players, the perfect speed to hit a putt is with enough pace so that if the putt had missed it would have gone seventeen inches beyond the cup. That speed, according to his research, will lip in more often than it will lip out and is the most consistent in holding the line while still going in when hitting the back of the cup.

— Read More At Statesmanjournal.com

Wie is Poised for Victory

She's back in business and poised to win her first major. After having a little trouble she's come back focused on the prize. Michelle Wie is certainly worth watching as she makes a run for the victory. Learn more about Wie's background and her focus on securing her place in golf history.

There was a bounce-back in 2009 and ’10 when she had one LPGA victory in each of those years and then another slide as she missed 10 cuts in 2012 and seven in the first half of 2013. But sometime around the Solheim Cup last August, things started to fall into place for Wie. Now, she goes into the weekend at Pinehurst No. 2 positioned to make a run at her first major championship after a two-under-par 68 Friday left her at four under through 36 holes. Closing out her round in spectacular fashion, Wie finished birdie-birdie on a firm, fast sweltering track that was yielding very few low scores in the second round. 

— Ron Sirak