Mountain Views News          Saturday, April 2, 2011

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SPORTS

 Mountain Views News Saturday, April 2, 2011 

5TH ANNUAL, MATER DOLOROSA GOLF 
CLASSIC MAY 5 AT BROOKSIDE GOLF COURSE

Join Fr. Pat Brennan, Director, and the Passionist Community on Thursday, May 5th 
for a fun day of golf at Pasadena’s Brookside Golf Course. Pat Wickhem, Tournament 
Chair, has planned an exciting day of events, including a round of golf, golf cart, lunch, 
and refreshments on the course, followed by a social, awards presentation, prizes and a 
gourmet dinner at Mater Dolorosa. 

Entry is $200 
per person, of 
which $75 is 
tax deductible. 
Foursome entry 
fee is $700 if 
paid by April 
22. A dinner 
only option is 
available for 
$50. A raffle will 
be held, with a 
chance to win a 
$2500 or $1000 
cash prize. 
Raffle ticket 
donations are $5 
per ticket or 12 
tickets for $50

Golf check 
in begins at 
10:00 a.m. 
at Brookside 
Golf Course, 
located at 1133 
N. Rosemont 
Avenue, 
Pasadena, CA 
91103. The social, dinner and awards presentation will be held at Mater Dolorosa Retreat 
Center, 700 N. Sunnyside Avenue in Sierra Madre, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

 

Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center, operated by the Passionist religious order, is funded solely 
by donations and active fundraising efforts. Each year, the Retreat Center quietly offers 
thousands from many faiths the unique opportunity for day, weekend or longer retreats to 
reflect and refresh both the body and soul on its 80 pristine acres, tucked away above the 
charming community of Sierra Madre.

Mater Dolorosa held its first retreat in 1924 and today, more than 10,000 individuals grace 
the retreat center and grounds annually including men, women, married couples, people 
in 12-step and AA recovery, Los Angeles Archdiocesan clergy and staff, high school and 
college students and faculty, Mass participants, visitors and retreatants of many faiths. 
Additionally, 2,500-3,000 people visit on Good Friday to walk and pray its uniquely 
beautiful Stations of the Cross. 

For more information or to register, please call Pat Wickhem at 626-416-8824. Entry forms 
and more information can be obtained online at www.MaterDolorosa.org. Sponsorships, 
underwriting donations, raffle prizes and gifts-in-kind are still gratefully being accepted.

For more information contact: Tournament Chair, Pat Wickhem at 626-416-8824 or Jeanne Warlick, 
Director of Development Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center 700 N. Sunnyside Avenue Sierra 
Madre, CA 91024 Phone: 626-355-7188, ext 103 jwarlick@materdolorosa.org


PERFECT GOLF SWING DRILLS 

 I have a couple of drills that are perfect golf swing drills-just for your game. Let’s start with 
my favorite full swing drill of all time. The main reason this game is so tough is because we 
have to stand to the side of the golf ball to hit it. If you are going to play this game you have 
to understand that the golf club has to swing around your body not above it.

 Any time the hands and arms separate from the 
upper body and swing away from you-you are in 
trouble. This is why my favorite golf swing drill 
is-ball above your feet. The great thing about 
this drill is you don’t have to hit golf balls. When 
you find a lie where the ground is higher than 
your feet, you can just swing away. Of course I 
have to share a couple of things with you about 
this drill.

 Most amateur golfers swing the club too much 
up and down. It is almost impossible to change 
the shape of a swing that is too much up and 
down without using some sort of aid. The reason 
it is hard to change is because you can’t see what’s 
going on behind you in the backswing. That is 
why this drill is awesome. You stand on the side 
of hill and you swing away. With the club above 
your feet the has to swing around you. It is next 
to impossible to swing the club up too much.

 If you have the luxury to hit balls from this type 
of lie the better off you are. I have to warn you 
about one thing, if you hit some shots fat it is because 
your old swing keeps creeping in. Because 
the ball is closer to you the club will smack the 
ground if you don’t swing it around you.

 I want to share one more drill with you that will 
give you the feeling of turning through in the follow 
through. The next time you are at the practice 
facility and after you are wamed up, I want you to 
try this drill. Hit a short pitch shot and after you 
have finished the swing, lift your right foot off of 
the ground and tap your toe three times. The first 
time you try it you might fall over. It is the best 
drill to teach yourself to turn through and stay in 
balance.

 Once you have perfected the short shot then 
move on to a full wedge shot. Same thing, hit a 
shot and tap your toe. Now I have just give you a 
couple of perfect golf swing drills for your game.


Fr. Pat Brennan, Retreat Center Director, (Center) Pat Wickhem, (R) 
Tournament Chair, and Claire Brewer (L), Tournament Secretary get 
ready to tee it up for the 5th annual golf classic on Thursday, May 5, 
2011 at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena, followed by a social, 
presentation of awards and a delicious dinner at the retreat center. 

Club above the ball


Right heel pointing to the sky

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