Ace Spotlight-McGaughey

Karen McGaughey has decided to welcome Spring with an ace on #7 Creek on March 27th. Please congratulate Karen on her hole-in-one.

Trace Dog is Top 10 Finalist

Voting opened today for Sanford, North Carolina's Prozac! Voting ends on March 12th and the Top Dog will be announced on March 15th. Click to Vote Prozac is the hero dog of Fred and Barbara Berman who live at Carolina Trace. Prozac has been nominated by the Humane Society of the U.S. as a Top Ten finalist for the Dogs of Valor Award. Prozie as he’s often called, is the only dog in North Carolina to be nominated for this national award. Prozie has helped save the lives of three women at Carolina Trace. Most recently, Carol Spade was dog-sitting for the Bermans. At 2:00AM, Prozie alerted Spade and her granddaughter of the noises in her attic. Unfortunately, those noises were the start of a tragic fire that burned Spade’s home to the ground. Spade and her granddaughter are doing just fine now. Also in 2009, Prozie was visiting Fred’s 94 year-old Aunt Dorothy who lives with cousin Lee and Max Amcher in the Golf East neighborhood at Trace, and she was also saved. Prozac was barking crazily in Aunt Dorothy’s room and Max sought out the dog to discover the reason for the barking. It turned out that Aunt Dorothy was gasping for breath. All is well now, thanks to the special talents of this hero dog. The public is invited to vote for their top Dog of Valor. Go Prozac!

CTCC Head Pro sworn in as Carolinas PGA Area V Director

The Carolinas PGA held its annual meeting and education forum on February 22nd and 23rd. CTCC Head Pro, Mike Krick was sworn in as a new Board Member and Area V Director. Area V covers all of Pinehurst to Fayetteville and as far east as Trace. His duties and responsibilities include serving as a direct line to the Executive Committee of the CPGA, conduct educational seminars and golf tournaments. Hank Haney was the educational speaker at their recent meeting. Haney provides the Carolinas Golf Professional insight on his teaching philosophy and how he got started in the golf industry. At the end of the meeting Haney conducted an open forum for questions. He said, “You can ask me any question you like, except the question you know you can’t ask” (Haney is the swing coach for Tiger Woods.) A highlight of the educational program was Haney's view on fundamentals. Last year, after the second round of the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte Haney gave Tiger a new grip. He viewed “point of contact” on the golf ball to be a critical factor on the ball flight. The players swing plane greatly influenced the direction of the ball. The notes from the seminar are available in the Pro Shop and Krick will be happy to discuss them with you. Congratulations Mike!