Last fall, the bulldozers started shaping a 3â€"acre area to the south of the range, and gave a look at what the project will contain. First, 4 bunkers, including a grass bunker, surround an 8,000â€"squareâ€"foot green, which will have 3 or 4 flags to shoot at. Next to it, the practice chipping area, a 4,000â€"squareâ€"foot green which will feature fringes, a large collar area, and a swale to allow every type of shot to recover when you ‘just miss‘ the green with _your approach shot. Finally, a 12,000â€"squareâ€"foot area to practice pitching, with an opportunity for every conceivable kind of shot â€" pitching to a green above you, to a green below you, from down in a swale, off a berm where the ball could be on a sidehill lie, ball above or below your feet, out of light rough, and heavy rough. "We got a Last spring, Augusta National completed a beautiful short game facility designed by Ray Floyd, and during a trip to the Masters, Armatage made sketches and took video of all of its features. A trip to the Players Championship at Sawgrass, home of "The Player‘s Championship", (and the showcase of The PGA Tour), gave an opporâ€" tunity to collect other good ideas. Similar trips were made to PGA National in Palm Beach, a look at Glen Abbey‘s new practice facility, and numerous other ‘highâ€"end‘ clubs. General â€" manager _ Larry Armatage explains, "The shortâ€" game part of golf, including putting, accounts for half of the strokes you mark on the scorecard, but practice facilities have not given golfers much of a chance to work on this part of their game. We started forâ€" mulating a design about four years ago, and carefully collected ideas from the best courses in North America." ( :onstruction has already startâ€" ed on what will be one of the very best shortâ€"game practice areas in the world. Shortâ€"game shots are pitching, chipping, and bunker shots, and "Family Golf â€" Oakville" will offer an area that contains the best ideas in the world of golf. New practice facilities approaching completion at Family Golf Oakville The 17 students who have been working on the show since the start of the school year, even researched the mailing list, according to Valerie Knapp â€" head of the Textile School of Crafts and Design. "They sent the invitations; they wrote the press releases, and they will be there to set up the show of course," she said. The attention to detail even extended to handmaking Textile students ‘thread‘ together show to highlight their diversity This week, they mount their own exhibit and, almost from the word go, they have been the decision makers on everything from designâ€" ing and mailing the invitations, to putting the finishing touches on their own work. Artists love creative freedom, and the textile students at Sheridan College are no exception. By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver For more information, call Larry Armatage at 842â€"6120. The project is the latest in a series of upgrades that Family Golfâ€" Oakville has completed in recent years."Family Golf â€" Oakville" is located on the Q.E.W.‘s North Service Road, directly across from the Ford Plant, at the intersection of Upper Middle Road and the North Service Road. "Several 90â€"minute sessions at our practice game area, at a cost of perhaps $15â€"$25 for a summer will probably do far more for your game that a $250. Boronâ€"Graphite Driver", says Armatage. "In addiâ€" tion, we know that for a lot of peoâ€" ple, a 5â€"6 hour golf experience at a fraction of the cost of green fees." The 25,000 square foot green will be Bent Grass, with fringes and fairway/rough areas sewn in Blue Grass, the same combination as Glen Abbey. Members will have the facility included in their 1994 Membership fee, and nonâ€"members can use the facility for an unlimited period for $4. The work is being done by one of Canada‘s best contractors, the same company that did the extenâ€" sive reconstruction for Glen Abbey when the bridge went through, and for two of Canada‘s top Courses, Hamilton G. C.C. at Ancaster, and Thornhill in Toronto. Having the practice area isn‘t usually enough to get most people to practice this part of their game ... it has to be interesting and fun to accomplish this, there are 2 parts to the practice area. One half is for people who just want to practice one thing at a time, for a longer length of time. The other half has been designed to have a "game" of shortâ€"game golf. To that end, visitors will see everything from large multiâ€"colored wallâ€"hangings to silk ties and small oneâ€"ofâ€"aâ€"kind printed and embelâ€" lished textiles. lot of help from Dr. Gary Wiren, (Author of "The PGA Master Teaching Manual"), and tried to anticipate every kind of shot that you can encounter," says Armatage; "The facility also to be able to accommodate a bunch of golfers at a time, and it has to be safe. That‘s why the area is so large, so that 40 and 50 yard pitches can be part of This year, they have done away with the more contrived themes of the past and allowed the students more artistic freedom, said Knapp. be on view with experimental texâ€" tile works, all with the intention of stressing the diversity of the stuâ€" dents. The collaborative show, on view in the Gallery at Sheridan College, from Monday to Friday next week, offers everything from fashion garâ€" ments and home furnishing fabrics to experimental oneâ€"ofâ€"aâ€"kind pieces. Scarves and placemats will their own invitations which are small samples of fabric with written details about the show entitled simâ€" ply â€" Textile Works: An Exhibition. We have a real variety of people and some very strong work here," said Knapp. "We are going to have every style â€" from expressive texâ€" tiles to interpretive florals." "It will show the diversity of everyone here. They all have differâ€" ent expectations of the program," she noted, adding there are students who want to become studio artists, others who want to design for industry, and others who want to sell their work to craft shows. The key aspect is the lack of any contrived themes or images that tend to pigeonâ€"hole the students, said Knapp, who opted instead to allow the students to choose their best work. "It should be a lively show," Knapp. 844â€"4474 "Excellence in Professional Photography" Together, we make beautiful pictures. Excellence in Professional Pbotograpby Sooter‘s