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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Greater Cincinnati Golf Association Wins Intrastate Team Competition

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  The 17th Ohio Intrastate Matches has held at the end of September and was hosted by the Northern Ohio Golf Association at Shady Hollow Country Club in Massillon.   Each team was comprised of 12 players, 8 amateurs and 4 seniors, with 10 of the 12 scores counting for the overall team total. The […]
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Sage Run at Island Resort & Casino to Open Next Year

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By: Fred Altvater While most people are thinking about snowmobiling or skiing in Michigan’s U.P, winter may be the perfect time to plan a golf trip to the Upper Peninsula. There are several great golf courses across the Mackinac Bridge, in the land of the Yooper. Mike Devries received numerous accolades for his design at […]
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A Golfaholic’s List of Thanksgiving

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By: Fred Altvater With Thanksgiving falling in the month of November, it makes us reflect on the great game of golf and consider the wonderful things it provides. Here is my list of golf things I am Thankful for. First and foremost, I am thankful for: my wife, kids, grandkids and family that tolerate my […]
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Amateur Golf Alliance Promotes Amateur Golf

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By: Fred Altvater   In the tradition of Francis Ouimet, Chick Evans, Bobby Jones, Frank Stranahan and many other great American amateur golfers, the Amateur Golf Alliance wants to further amateur golf in this country, as well as internationally. The Amateur Golf Alliance (AGA) was founded in 2014 after the first Concession Cup was held […]
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Golf Cart Safety Tips

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By: Fred Altvater A 17-year study completed by the National Institute of Health on non-fatal golf cart injuries showed 147,696 injuries were treated in emergency rooms in the United States. Injuries to children under the age of 16 constituted 31% of that total and patients required hospitalization in nearly 8% of the reported cases. Falling […]
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Toledo Junior Golf Association Celebrates 45 Years

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In 1973, two local club professionals Greg Fish and Don Kotnik started the Toledo Junior Golf Association (TJGA) to provide a series of golf tournaments for aspiring junior golfers to learn the game. Karen Stone and James McGill have continued the tradition. The TJGA annually serves hundreds of area junior golfers, who compete in events, […]
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Inverness Club Hosts Top Collegiate Golfers

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The University of Toledo and the Inverness Club hosted the Inverness Intercollegiate Golf Tournament in September. In addition to the UT Rockets, Michigan State, University of Michigan, Ohio State, Bowling Green, Miami (Ohio), Ohio University and Northern Illinois sent teams. The West Coast was well represented with teams from, UCLA, St. Marys, Washington and Fresno […]
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Evans Scholars News

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The Toledo Chapter of Evans Scholars alumni held their annual golf outing at Toledo Country Club in August. As part of the festivities, Alex Dundore from Findlay received the John Kretzschmar Award. Dundore caddied at Mohawk Country Club and will graduate next spring from Ohio State University with a major in Civil Engineering. His overall […]
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Jason Day Made A HUGE Donation to the Evans Scholarship Foundation

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Australian Jason Day, who now makes his home in Columbus, made a huge donation to the Evans Scholarship Foundation last month, when he made a hole-in-one at the BMW Championship. Day aced the par-3 17th hole at Conway Farms, which earned a $100,000 scholarship for an Evans Scholar caddie, plus a new $155,000 BMW 760i […]
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Ohioan Renee Powell to be Enshrined in the PGA of America Golf Hall of Fame

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By: Fred Altvater   The Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) is an integral part of United States history. It was the first paved road opened for transcontinental automobile traffic in 1913. Before Interstate Highways, it traversed over 3,100 miles through 14 states, serving as the main street for 700 cities, towns and villages from New York […]
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