Tee to Green - Season 2 - Episode 2

Welcome to Tee to Green, brought to you by: Cleary Building Corp. American Family Insurance Bruner Realty Callaway Golf The First Tee of South-Central Wisconsin and Middleton Ford. What we're doing today, is take these guys through a little routine to get you golf ready. Alright so we're getting that neck a little loosened up. I'm tired. Don't hate your neighbor, get down there Van. Side. To side. I can do this. He's over 60 There's involuntary air that comes out of there. Where's my AARP card? Oh, sorry cuz! Derek is going to come over here and kneel down on the floor. Come on! A bird's-eye view is worse than standing up! Is that your bad knee? Yes it is. We're going to go back to our squat that we did in the beginning Oh Gosh. You can do it! You can do it! And we got a man down. Man down. Are you trained in CPR? We got him covered. You look like an erector set. You're going to hold your body here. Whoa! This body won't be doing that! Your body will be able to do this. Holding here. My glutes aren't firing Christina. Bring them up for four, three, so inspiring, two, one. I think I'm getting physically ill. Is there an airsickness bag nearby? Guys, we're going to take it over onto our bellies we're going to do some lower back extensions. Can I watch? No, you're going to participate. Well nothing else will touch the ground. Well that will be fun to watch then. Want more Tee to Green TV? Find us on Facebeook, Twitter, and subscribe to our YouTube Channel for Episodes, Bloopers, Pro Tips, and more. Man before I couldn't even touch my toes, now I can at least get down to my knees Christina is unbelievable. I think I'm going to look like a wizard that, that, bendable shape, you know? A Gumby? Yeah! Only a slimmer down or fatter version of the Gumby. They haven't made that yet, but it's in production. Alright on a more serious note for our show today, we're going to do a segment on Jeff Sauer, the longtime hockey coach at Wisconsin. Very, very dear friend, but we're going to focus in on Jeff Sauer the golfer. How competitive he was, how good he was, and it made me ill to have him, he would come out of his car, he'd get into his cart, on the first tee, rips it down the middle of the fairway slight little draw, about 230 yards, you know just it he was he was a lot of fun to play with. And, a lot of fun to take money off of. Well I think you still owe him a steak dinner don't you? He owes me a steak dinner! It's always a story with you. Absolutely. And then we're also going to focus in on Alexis Thomas and Taylor McCorkle, about their futures in the game of golf. Yeah wonderful four-year career in high school, and they're both off the North Dakota State, so we'll find out what they're up to this summer, and what it's going to be like heading off to college. We've got a tip as well, so stay tuned, it's Tee to Green TV. Stay tuned for a tribute to Jeff Sauer the golfer, Don't cry because it's over, but smile because it happened. Smiles and thoughts of Jeff Sauer, the husband, dad, coach, golfer, and friend. On the ice, on the links, he was just "Coach" and as great a friend as one could ever have. Not too often that someone has given so much of himself, and now that he's gone, been missed so much. Welcome back to Tee to Green, I'm Van Stoutt, and I'm joined by Beth Sauer Frederick, the daughter of Jeff Sauer our dear friend of our show, dear friend of mine, passed away not long ago. Thank you for coming out here. I know it's a difficult time for you, it's a difficult time for those that of us that knew Coach Sauer. But how did Jeff get you started in the game of golf? We all know how much he loved hockey but how did he plant the seed to get you to at least try the game? Just being with him and having him near, having me near him during the game, just planted the seed naturally I think. I loved come being up here on Friday mornings, and always wanted to walk the course that was his big thing, you know walking the course was most important you really get a feel for the lay of the land, and he would never like to take carts. In terms of just the competition like you said okay it's you and the golf course, rather than you and you're playing opponent, but I mean I know even in our own matches as competitive as we were, it wasn't so much that maybe if he shot a lower score than I or whatever the case was, but did he win money from me, that was more important to him than anything, wasn't it? Yes, absolutely. And having fun. Always having fun. I mean, you know, leaving it out on the course, going after out for a drink, or having a meal afterwards, you know, with the rest of your competitors, that was the most important thing, the social aspect. You know, we talked before, if you ever remember beating him, but the one thing that was important to you is that you got a hole-in-one before he did! Yes I did, by a lot of years actually! I think it was my junior year of high school, we were playing on the par-3 course out at Pleasant View, and during practice and I had a hole-in-one, came home, and I could not wait to tell him to see the look on his face. The playing field was at least level, but you still had the bragging rights correct? Oh you bet I had the bragging rights. And I used them, definitely. Alright so I got it, he told this story with great pride. You know back when, when Tiger first came out on tour, the US Open was at Medinah. Yes it was. Take the bit and run with it from there. I loved Tiger Woods, I was going to marry Tiger Woods. I also had this fascination for bananas, because of an old joke with a friend in high school, I saw Tiger Woods was eating a banana and he threw it in the garbage can, and the garbage can was right on the other side of the rope, so I kind of disappeared. Dad alwasy told the story, he turned around and I was gone. Well I ran over and I reached across the rope, and pulled the banana peel out of the garbage, put it in a ziploc bag, and I kept that in the freezer for quite awhile. And it was great because later on that day he had figured out how we could get as close to the players as possible after the rounds, and so we were right up next to a rope I turned around, Dad's behind me and he says "Beth, Beth!" and I turn around, sure enough Tigers walking right past me, I touched his shoulder, and I think I probably fainted. So remembering Dad's face you know when here I come with the banana peel and he's just shaking his head, or getting me in that position to be able to see Tiger Woods and you know touch his shoulder, that was one of Dad's things. He could always, he always knew where to be. Always looking out and you know. Kind of like the late Arnold Palmer, always knew where the camera light was, he always knew where to look, whatever the case might be. I'll go one final question here in regards to, you know, just our little personal bet, or vendetta, whatever. We would have a steak dinner, would go onto our Vegas trip, or whatever the case might have been, but he really enjoyed kicking my ***, didn't he? Oh yes he did! In fact, he would come home and it wasn't "How was golf today dad?" It was, well Van paid me money, Or, I lost a couple cents to Van. But yes, he loved the competitiveness and being out there on the course, absolutely. The spoils of victory. Beth, thank you for joining us okay. We appreciate it. Thank you again. Tee to Green will continue in just a moment. Tee to Green TV supports the Balance and Believe Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes junior golf while raising money for the community. Proceeds from the show are donated to the Balance and Believe Foundation. Help support the foundation and learn more at BandBFoundation.org Here's your Tee to Green Pro Tip. It's that time again, tip from a pro brought to you by the Wisconsin PGA. Got my good friend Zach Gaugert along again, we are going to talk a little bit about chipping. Now really there's kind of two different methods out there. One is the hinge and hold, where you take the club back, go ahead and demonstrate that quick. He's going to hinge his hands and then as he comes through he's going to keep his hands ahead of the clubhead. So show an impact position there how that would look as we come down. And that's a hinge and hold right there. It has become a little bit more popular these days that the guys out on tour, and actually our amateurs are starting to learn how to use the bounce a little bit. And that is exactly how Zach does it, what we're going to do is we're going to demonstrate chips to different distance flags, right here on the putting green. So what's the club that you have there? 54-degree. So this is a 54 degree wedge. Go ahead and set yourself up. You're going to see that his feet are a little bit to the left of the flag. He's got the club in really good position here. More weight on his left side. And Zach, kind of walk us through here what you're going to do. So I'm just going to, like he said, set up just a little bit to the left of the flag, hands a little bit forward, take the club back about to knee height, and then just as I come through, I'm actually going to let the club pass the hands just a little bit, getting the right hand involved, help get it in the air just a touch, and then use the bounce really well, interacting with the turf. I take my stance. One last look. Okay, so that's very good right there. Now, can he do that same method every time he chips or pitches the ball? And the answer is yes. And all he's really going to do here to get the ball to go a little bit farther, as opposed to making a longer stroke and always feel what's going on, is he's going to go to a- 50 degree. A 50 degree. That's a club that has less loft, so now he can make pretty much the same motion, and get the ball to go a little bit farther to our next flag. So you can see everything he's doing, is getting this club head to pass his hands. His weight is on his left, hips were very very quiet, and you can hear that real little sound that he's making, where the club is hitting the ground nothing is coming in and sticking in the ground. The club head is passing his hands, and really letting the bounce work. The bounce on the golf club is very, very important. It allows us to chip in all different types of conditions. Let's change clubs again. Now he's going to a flag that is about 30 yards away, and he has picked out? A 9-iron. We got a 9-iron here. Now, when he does this one, it's going to come out a lot lower, it's not going to spin as much, and it's going to run out more. So for those of you at home, if you have a long chip shot, there's no sense to make a really big stroke and hit the ball really high in the air. We want to get this thing on the ground and running towards the flag with the most efficient chipping motion that we can make. And here it goes. Wonderful. Really good. If chipping is not your thing, and you do not know what club to use, there are people out there that use this one thing I believe they call it a chipper, I think we have somebody here to demonstrate. Wait a minute. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth young man, okay. So when one cannot chip, okay let me take this club. Okay, the hinge, the hinge is I'm gonna hinge this, look at that, see that's, that's, oh look it hit the flag actually! And this is all true for the viewers at home he does not chip, he putts from 50 yards. I have a chipper dipper, okay. So what you do is, you just use your putting stroke, and because I can putt from 40 yards, Oh that was kind of a scuffer. He wants to try it again. No one more time. This is, is we'll call that a blooper, okay. Just got to get used to it, okay. Ok. Thank you very much. Look at this, look at this! So for those of you at home, this is a chipper. Not everybody has one of these in their bag but I promise you, you can pick one up at our golf shop, because Van's got all of our members using them. And that's a tip from a pro, brought to you by the Wisconsin PGA. Welcome back to Tee to Green. It is an absolute joy for me today to be with two of my favorite people Taylor McCorkle and Alexis Thomas. Ladies, I got to tell you, what are the chances that you two being good friends, Player of the Year on the Wisconsin PGA Junior Tour, Co-Player of the Year in High School Golf, absolutely amazing stuff. So to all the young ladies at home that are watching this, that really want to go on to play some junior golf in their future, Alexis, behind the scenes, what are some of the things you're doing. Well it definitely takes a lot of dedication and hard work. Something that I've always done over the years is spent my time on the range hitting knockdown shots, hitting any kind of shot, and then also short game, that is definitely a major key to being successful in golf. Taylor we will hop right over to you. So you had a really big summer right? You won a pretty big tournament, what was that? The Wisconsin Junior PGA And so what were your rounds like, did you expect at that time of your career you were going to win this thing? I didn't. I mean the first day I shot 75. And I knew that I was like in contention to maybe win, and I mean that first tee, that first hole, was not good. I had a double bogey on the first hole. And so after that I was like you know you just have to settle into your round. And so I just stopped thinking about like winning and I stopped thinking about what I have to shoot to be able to like possibly win and I just played my own game and ended up shooting 68. Well we were all sitting in my office, all the employees, and we were like refresh refresh, refresh, and then the powerhouse Loren Skibba, comes in with a really low score, and we were kind of thinking man it's her tournament again, and I'm texting your dad and your sister "She's not playing very good I don't know what's going on out there." And then all of a sudden, what was your final round score? 68. 68, unbelievable come from behind, and because you win that tournament the Wisconsin PGA Junior Championship, what happens from there? I actually qualified to play in the National Junior Championship which was in Rhode Island And? I didn't make the cut, but I shot 75, 76. And it was a really good learning experience. I was happy, like I was a little upset that I didn't make the cut, I wanted to. But, I was just happy that I got to learn and I got to feed off of other players games, and how they play. For years, I thought maybe if I could get this tournament, a big national tournament, at Blackhawk Country Club, that we could showcase some of the talent of the Wisconsin girls, and lo and behold, the qualifier happens and then we see in the brackets, just like March Madness, Alexis and Taylor could meet if you guys both play good. Tell me what it was like like when you saw that you were going to have to play each other, starting with you Taylor. I didn't know that I was going to play her after I won that first match, and then when I found out, I mean it was like I kind of was a little upset about it I mean we're such good friends that I didn't really want to have to play against her. But, I mean we I think we probably both just wanted to go out and play our game and just have fun with it. And like you said, just showcase the talent. Yeah, how about yourself? Same with Taylor, I was a little nervous at first. Taylor's a great player, It was also fun to play with like my future teammate. And we definitely both, in both situations, want to push each other to get better. I think you've taken girls golf to a whole new level, and we are really excited to watch your future. So I can't thank you guys enough. Taylor, thank you for joining us. Alexis, thank you for joining us today on Tee to Green, and we will be right back. Tee to Green is brought to you by Cleary Building Corp. Welcome back to Tee to Green TV, We felt that between my ugly face, and Derek's, we needed to get some fresh new blood on here, so we've done that by having Christina Schnarr here, who actually is the director of wellness and fitness for the Balance and Believe Golf Academy, And the nice thing to report is, in addition to her beauty, and my ugliness, you're going to be on kind of a weekly segment, about every two or every week, for about two minutes in length talking about how important it is, not only that you nutrition yourself, but to fit yourself in terms of, blimey, look at me, this is a tomb and should be buried, but talk to us about how important it is for a golfer to be physically fit. You know Van it is really important, because you want to get up you want to get out you want to play golf, and you want to feel good. You want to hopefully, operate at peak performance, but also not wake up the next day and not be able to lift your arms, not able to get out of bed. So it's important to just maintain that level of fitness, truthfully all year long I know you say all year long and that's like drudgery to me but it just you you will see over the next weeks of our show some of the things that Christina is so adept at doing, but is there just a couple of things very quickly that you can get to the first tee you might be getting out of your car you're grabbing your clubs you're going to the first tee that you can do at least to kind of warn your body to do some activity here. Absolutely. kind of off the couch to the tee it's important to just stretch a little bit and if you go to the website we do have some stretches just some simple flexibility things you can work on. We will have exercises up for our viewers that you can do, you know, in between rounds of golf, stretches you can do after you play, before you play just simple things, absolutely be sure to warm up before you get out there. Obviously you're very knowledgeable about and very passionate, much like Derek is, about the things that you do. How did you get to this stage in life with all the knowledge and everything you have going for you? Well, I really got into this when I was in college. I was going to school for public health and started teaching fitness classes and absolutely fell in love with it. So I've been teaching on and off for about 15 years. Boot camp classes, pilates classes, just total body conditioning classes. Just to let you know, my Pilates settled a long time ago, okay? And I as we, with my husband being in golf, we kind of found a way to work with a lot of golfers, we've had a lot of success with them, and I absolutely love it. They're very dedicated, they're very driven, and they're, you know some of them are super sport specific, and some of them cross over into other sports so we kind of keep them fit all year around so they can jump from sport to sport, it's been wonderful. Thank you Christina, we certainly appreciate your information today, but to our viewers, make sure you watch every week, because Christina is going to have either a fitness or a wellness tip every week for you to follow that will make you better on the golf course and make you feel better off the golf course. That's very, very important as you can see by this tomb that settled it a long time ago. Tee to Green TV will continue in just a moment. Tee to Green is brought to you by Cleary Building Corp. Thank you, Thank you. Jeff, he has a heart, he's an emotional guy. I can't believe it. It's, it's somewhere in there or set you know whatever it's got a lot of flesh around it. Listen, let's hope that we have, but thanks for joining us today. For our third show on the docket here, we've got some neat things to talk about. Bill Linneman with the WSGA, we've got a lot of significant rules changes on the horizon that are going to happen in 2019. He's going to keep us up on it we're going to share some of those with you. And then, we've also got a unique tip that you can use right now to get ready for the coming 2017. Yeah, we will do a little bit of putting, and it's good to talk with Bill, he's the guy that runs the WSGA down there, all the tournaments and stuff. And, you know, who knows, we might even be able to putt from 40 yards. Let's hope not. Well that could be a tip for things to come, okay. And then another tip to say okay, Van, stop, okay just cease and desist. Right? So thanks for joining us, we look forward to seeing you next week on Tee to Green TV. Want more Tee to Green TV? Find us on Facebook, Twitter and subscribe to our YouTube channel for episodes, bloopers, pro tips, and more. Tee to Green supports the Balance and Believe Foundation. To learn more, or donate, visit BandBFoundation.org Tee to Green is brought to you by, Cleary Building Corp. 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