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.

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Toledo Golf Show is Set for February

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Winter is Golf Show season and the 12th annual Toledo Golf Show will be held February 21-23 at the Tam-O-Shanter Center in Sylvania.  As always, Maple Hill Golf will have a huge display of everything a golfer needs to get ready for the links. The best deals on equipment will go to the early birds, […]
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20-20 Questions for Golf

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The PGA TOUR schedule kicked off the new year in Hawaii with the Sentry Tournament of Champions. 2019 was a spectacular year of golf on the men’s tour and 2020 promises to be just as intense and exciting. Here are a few questions we are following   Can Tiger win another Major? Tiger Woods turned […]
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Paradise Found: Quivira Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico

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By Fred Altvater I know this will offend religious scholars, but I am not sure the writers of the Bible got the location of the Garden of Eden correct. I just returned from the Quivira Los Cabos on the southern-most tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula and I am very certain this is what that fabled […]
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LPGA and LET Announce Join Venture

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By Fred Altvater   At the end of November, the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour (LET) announced a joint venture to strengthen women’s professional golf around the world. This single announcement will have lasting effects and will provide an impetus to grow women’s professional golf around the world.   LET Board Chairman, Marta Figueras-Dotti […]
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Renee’ Powell Appeared on CBS Morning Show in November

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By Fred Altvater   Ohio’s leading lady of golf and golfing pioneer was featured in the November 17th edition of CBS Morning Show. The segment featured Powell’s passion for female veterans and the promotion of PGA HOPE at her family-owned Clearview Golf Club in East Canton. Powell’s father, William built Clearview just outside of East […]
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Ace Indoor Golf Makes Winter Golf FUN!

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For most golfers who take their game seriously (and there are a lot of very passionate people out there who consider golf their religion), the season is WAY too short. From the time the spring rains stop, to that first snowflake in late Fall, life can be heaven to a golfer. The winter months, when […]
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Golf Never Forgets You and Is Always Awaiting Your Return

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By Fred Altvater “Golf never forgets you and is always waiting for your return.” This quote, from by Tommy Barnes in Jim Dodson’s book, “The Range Bucket List,” has never been so true as Lara Tennant’s return to golf. Tennant has been playing golf as a young girl, but the game was never an all-consuming […]
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Some Things are Bigger than Golf

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By Fred Altvater There were several incidences over the past couple of months that confirmed my love for golf. Yes, I love to play and visit beautiful courses, but I am also proud of the billions of dollars generated for charity in this country every year through golf. Last month we saw Russell Henley call […]
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Reasons to Visit Toledo and The Arthur Hills Golf Trail

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Most golfers don’t think of Toledo, Ohio, when they want to plan a golf trip for their next buddies or girl’s golf getaway. With the initiation of the Arthur Hills Golf Trail, we thought it wise to explain why a golfer and his family would want to come to Toledo to enjoy not only great […]
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Jillian Hollis Earns 2020 LPGA Tour Card

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Rocky River’s Jillian Hollis posted six top-10 finishes, including wins at the IOA Championship and The Forsyth Classic on the 2019 Symetra Tour. Her total earnings of $98,044 was good enough for fifth on the money list and membership to the 2020 LPGA Tour. A three-time All-American at the University of Georgia, she made her […]
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