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That means golf, of course - girls are play it very day if 1 could. I'd play on the PGA Tour. So much for fantasies. 1 play a couple times a year now, 1 can remember moat of the birdies I've ever had ... on one hand, and 1 can remember the time I broke 100. But 1 think I could be good, samne as al golfers, because every once in a white I bit a great shot and 1 start thinking that if 1 can do it once 1 can do it A the tune. 1 talked to Izzy Markic, the club pro at Royal Ontario Golf Club, wbich is in Milton on Trafalgar Road juat below Derry Road. Markic is the Director of Instruction aithei Royal Ontario Golf Academy, and hie agreed to give me a lesson. Royal Ontario is a public course, but you'd neyer know it by looking at it. Event though it's only a couple years old, it looks as good as any championship course I've seen. "It's the best value in Uic GTA," notes Markic, as we head out for our lesson. Or raUier head in, because firat we go to an indoor tralning area. Markic is a part-time mini-tour pro who bas a handful of top-fOve fmnishes on Uic Great Lakes Tour. He qualified for Uic Ontario Open on the Canadian Tour, and bas aucempted several times to qualify for the Canadian Open. The indoor area bas a carpcted tee area and mirrors for swing training, as well as a computer for swmng analysis. Markic has developed bis own instrue- tional program. "Everybody teaches differ- ently, my advantage is tbat 1 incorporate rhythm and timing into the instruction." We talk about that for a wbite, Rhythmic Golf hie cals it, watch some video of impressive changes in individuals, and it aIl makes perfect sense when hie explains 't. There's a good swing in al of us," says Markic. "It comes from knnwledge, coach- ing, and practice." Well, if Uiere was a good swing in me, it was going to take a search party. We go out to Uic range area wiUi some balla and 1 swing away wiUi a seven iron. My firat one killed any worms within 50 yards of Uic tee, and another hooked right off the range boundaries, but Uien 1 start bitting a few good ones, imnpressing miyscîf immensely, wbite Markic videotapes me. He'd probably want to sefI Uic tapes of somebody who swings tbis well, I figured. 'Men Markic takes the club. A former lead guitariat in a touring rock band, hie starts to make the ball sing. It moves left, it moves right, it goes high, it goes low. wherever hie says it's going that's where it goes. Markic figures he's got 70 different shots, wbich makes hlm effective belping scratch golfers as weil as beginners. We go back to thc training room, and examine my swing on tbe computer, and 1 walt for my praise. 'That's not what I'd cail a good swing," Markic says. "I'm brutally honest wiUi my students." Then we break it apart, bit by bit in slow and stop motion, and he shows me exactly what I did wrong. It's much different when you sec yourself on Uic video, and I can easily foilow wbat be's talking about. Then we go to the mat and Uic mirrors and work on some tbings. 1 work tbrough my exer- cises with mirrors on Uiree sides, while he explains it, and 1 can sec myself gctting better before my own cyca. Whcn we get back out to thc range, I'm 50 pumped I miss Uic bal complctcly on my second try. Then 1 seule down and stant doing what 1 was taught. It takes a bit of thought because it's a lot to remember for one time, but now the balla arc going long and straigbt as he points out what I have to kccp rcminding myself to do. It's gomng 50 smoothly, 1 can barely feel Uic bal hit Uic club, as time aftcr time 1 bit a nicec ean shot. 1 could have bit balla for hours. It's neyer felt su good. I'm in hcav- en. Even Markic is impressed wiUi my improvement. Wc go back and examine Uic vidco, wiUi both swings set up aide by ide on Uic mon- itor. Big différence. 1 figure 1 lcamed more about awinging a golf club in half an bour Uian Uic reat of my life combined. wbich makes me wonder why 1 neyer did tbis before. I'vc gone to ic driving range plcnty of times, but according to Maric, that juat means wc're, "Getting good as bad skilla." At Uic Royal Golf Academy Uiere are ail kinda of group clinica for various parts of Uic game, as well as individual lesson plans. It's all on Uieir Wcb site at www.roy- alontario.com. People spend so much moncy on golf, when for a relatively tiny investment Uicy could be much better at it and enjoy it more. 0f course, 1 neyer rcalized Uiat until my lesson. A lesson well learned. You'll be able to sec my improvemcnt for yoursclf, oh, in about five years whcn I'm playing on the Seniors Tour. Senior Red Sox win pair Now Uiat's more like it. Taking Uicir offensive game to anoUier level tbis past wcekend, Uic Senior Red Sox won boUi on Uic road and at home to improve to 4-5. Their recent uprising was bigbiighted wiUi Friday night's 8-2 rout of previously undefeated Etobicoke. Milton dclivcred its firat of two 10-bit performances - wbich includcd some timely plate pop againat seasoned ace Roman Kula - and enjoyed rock-solid pitching by Adam Finkbeiner. Ian Zettle worked Uic asat two innings and amassed six straight atrikcouts to stymie Uic top-seated hoats. Offcnsively, Matt McCandlesa drove in Urce runs, wbilc two-bit efforts wcre pro- vided by Reese Davies, Todd DevIn and Pat Mastro. Not quite as sharp in terms of fielding or relief pitching at Brian Beat Park Saturday aftcmoon, the Red Sox frittered away much of a seven-run cusbion but hung on to shade St. Catharines 11-9. The late lapse - including Oive mrors and some ahaky work by Uic bulîpen - followcd a big performance by Adamn Aheam and another potent attack. Taylor Lawton had Uircc RBI, while Davies posted bis second straight multi-bit gamce. Dwayne Johnson also had a pair of bita, wbile Chris Coughlin alded Uic win with a solo homer. Thc local seniors will look to build on Uieir recent succesa at Uis weekend's Tiilsonburg Toumnament. rI-ý - Ný