Golf Association of Philadelphia

Shape Your Season

The Golf Association of Philadelphia introduces “Shape Your Season” – a fitness and instructional video series to help golfers prepare for the 2014 campaign. From pre-round exercises to swing and putting drills, viewers can learn nu- merous tips to boost their golf game. David Ostrow and Jason Rivkin of FitGolf Performance Center, a training facility based in Conshohocken, Pa., demonstrate exercises such as independent rotation and torso backswing in the fitness portion of the series. Jason Barry, an assistant professional at Mercer Oaks Golf Course, outlines a few ways to save pars in the instructional segment. To view the Shape Your Season series, visit the Association’s Web site at www.gapgolf.org.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD. The Association recognized Bob Fitzgerald of Sandy Run Country Club as its 2014 Distinguished Service Award recipient during the Pro.-President, Golf & Green event on May 14 at Philadelphia Country Club. Fitzgerald, 87, stepped down this season after serving the last 25 years as an Association volunteer. He is the 2008 Volunteer of the Year. Fitzgerald has served in various club official capacities at Sandy Run, where he’s been a member the last 31 years, including as a voice for the Junior Program. Fitzgerald, a Warmin-ster, Pa. resident, started in golf as a youngster caddying at Manufacturers Golf & Country Club. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II before eventually landing a job at PECO as a Construction Detailer Designer. Fitzgerald started volunteering for the Association after a discussion with former Executive Committee member Jim McCann. Since, he’s chimed the cause at SRCC, and has been responsible for the high volume of Sandy Run volunteers who assist the Association. John Choyka (left), chairman of the Awards Committee, presented Fitzgerald with the DSA.

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