Columnist: Fred Altvater

Fred AltvaterFred Altvater is a certified USGTF Level III Golf Instructor, who is the Publisher of the Ohio Golf Journal. He is also a radio show host for the Back 9 Report and has a Roku channel, also called the Back 9 Report.

He enjoys giving golf lessons that help golfer’s of every ability. During his hands-on lessons, he specializes in quickly assessing a golfer’s weakness and helping them correct it in a way that creates an immediate improvement in their game. Get his FREE 5 steps to taking strokes off your game online course with videos at Thought Leaders Online Courses.

Fred Altvater

Holiday Gift Guide: Golf Gift Ideas for Santa 

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If you are struggling for gift ideas for your favorite golfer, we hope these suggestions may help make it the best Christmas ever.    GearUp Sportswear    Every golfer needs more golf shirts, plus you can help him, or her, look a little better on the course.  GearUp Sportswear is a Toledo-based company that offers the most fashionable, […]
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Fore Hope Promotes Using Golf for Therapy 

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Golf is experiencing a swell in popularity and participation, thanks to its acceptance as a socially-distanced outdoor activity. The sport provides a much-needed respite from quarantining indoors and yields therapeutic benefits.   Mindy Derr has been promoting the value of using golf for therapy through Fore Hope, which she developed in 1989 and continues today.   For over 30 years, Derr has combined a love of golf with helping others. People who have experienced, […]
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Top OHIO Golf Stories in 2020 

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Here are the top seven Ohio golf stories of the year.   Renee Powellwas recognized with more awards in 2020, but one of her favoriteswas being chosen to captain the 2021 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup Team. Her team of the best junior golfers will face off against the European Junior Solheim Cup Team captained by Annika Sorenstam. The Junior […]
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Tiger Woods Teaches Us A Life Lesson 

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“Golf and Life are not about the last shot. They are about the next one.”    Only two other golfers in the history of the game, Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus, are in the same league as Tiger Woods. He was a highly regarded amateur and we all know the success he has recorded as a professional golfer.  Perhaps one of the […]
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Renee Powell To Captain PING Junior Solheim Cup at Sylvania Country Club

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By Fred Altvater   As everyone knows the Solheim Cup is coming to Toledo next year, September 4-6. Inverness demonstrated just how tough it can play, when the LPGA restarted its 2020 season with the Drive ON Championship. Danielle Kang reaffirmed her ability to play difficult courses well and made it a clean sweep by […]
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ACE Indoor’s Expertise is Golf Simulators

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New product offerings coming out ahead of cold weather   By Fred Altvater Most golfers have visited a golf simulator to get in a few swings during the snowy winter months. Even better, many even dream about installing their very own sim in their man cave. Michigan PGA Tour player Ryan Brehm for example relied […]
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Firestone Exceeds All Expectations

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By Fred Altvater Many times, when you are excited about an upcoming event, like visiting a new golf course, the experience does not live up to the hype and we come away disappointed. That will never be the case at Firestone Country Club. Since opening as a private club for Firestone employees and their families […]
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What Grip is Right for You

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By Fred Altvater Very little attention is given to the proper grip today. It seems most golf instructors are more concerned about spin rate, launch angle and swing speed than providing the proper basics to help a student hit it farther and straighter. I begin every lesson with a new student, even experienced and low […]
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Bond, James Bond, A Life Well Played

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By Fred Altvater   The golf world lost a giant last month when Sean Connery passed at the age of 90. He had struggled with health issues in his last years, but will always be remembered by golfers as 007 in a golf match with Goldfinger. Sean Connery portrayed Ian Fleming’s James Bond in seven […]
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Firestone Names G. W. Bush Ambassador of Golf

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Every year the Firestone Country Club, in conjunction with the FirstEnergy Foundation and the PGA Tour, honors a person who has fostered the ideals of golf on an international level and whose concern for others extends beyond the golf course. For 2021, Former President George W. Bush has been named the Ambassador of Golf Award […]
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