03/29/2019 ISSUE 13

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THESE 60-SOMETHING SOFTBALLERS STILL HAVE THE SKILLS!

The action has heated up in the St. Lucie Clockwise from above left, power hitter
County Softball League, a 60-plus slow Bob Burbank drives the ball over the fence
pitch league which consists of six teams 298 feet away in helping The Cascades
that play on four different fields in the team to a 13-9 victory over the Golden
county. The schedule runs from January to Ponds team and into the second round;
March, with 20 fun but competitive games Cascades manager Mike Kelleher, who also
played. umpires, coaches, is the team’s statisti-
cian, and is a utility player; Ron Howard is
The league is now in playoff mode, with congratulated by Charles Blakeslee after
the champions to play against an all-star scoring a run; and the Golden Ponds’ cen-
team at First Data Field in St. Lucie West at ter fielder makes a running catch. 
the end of the month.

DON’T GET FLUSTERED IN FAIRWAY BUNKER

One of the most difficult shots in golf is front of the ball than a
the fairway bunker shot. Some of the rea-
sons that the fairway bunker is so difficult KEVIN’Snormal position.
are: at times, you might have to negotiate KURES4. Have your weight
a high bunker lip; you might experience evenly distributed and
a very difficult lie (ball sitting down); no
margin of error on executing the bottom place your head slightly
of the arc (ball must be struck first, sand
secondly, sand displacement mark in more toward the target.
front of ball).
5. Pinch in your right
So here are my “Kures” on how to han-
dle this very challenging shot: knee slightly toward the

1. First, select the club with enough loft target, ensuring that the
to clear the lip in front of you. Be conser-
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