Silverado Resort
AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH
NEWS AND NOTES
5 Last Hurrah
The Dominion Energy Charity Classic makes its final appearance at The Country Club of Virginia in October.
AM / OPEN SPOTLIGHT
7 Worthy Winners
Learn more about the winners of the VSGA Amateur, State Open of Virginia, VSGA Women’ s Amateur and Women’ s Open of Virginia.
TOURNAMENT RECAPS
10 Summer Superlatives
Wrapping up the rest of the VSGA summer competitions schedule.
DEPARTMENTS
THE RULES
13 Temporary Water Sam Burns’ situation at the U. S. Open brought renewed focus to one of golf’ s more misunderstood rules.
GREAT HOLES
14 No. 18 at The Piedmont Club A tricky par 5 is the Haymarket club’ s signature hole and a worthy finishing test.
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A Perfect Pairing
Golf and grapes go hand in hand in northern California’ s wine country.
INSTRUCTION
34 The Importance of a Good Finish The three M’ s that will get you the perfect end to your swing.
FIT FOR PLAY
36 One Side at a Time How unilateral training can transform your golf game.
EQUIPMENT
38 Fall Fits From putters to range finders, new equipment to spruce up your bag for the season’ s closing stretch.
MY TURN
40 The Long Game Andy Giles’ longevity is a rarity among club professionals.
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