World Golf News - PGA chapter honors Mike Davis, Director of Las Vegas-based Walters Golf Academy
This is a tremendous accomplishment and reflects the commitment Walters Golf as a company has to the game," said Michael Levine, Director of Marketing for Walters Golf.
Mike is also ranked as one of the Top 100 Teachers in America by Golf Magazine and is one of a very few PGA Professionals to have earned the prestigious Master "Teaching Professional" recognition by the PGA of America. He provides instruction at each of our courses and is one of the few highly ranked instructors who still personally gives playing lessons, which have been tremendously well received."
Walters Golf Academy provides instruction to individuals, groups and offers clinics. They have special programs for locals, tourists and group outings and for all ability levels. I am very proud of my ability to understand the needs of my students and help them to discover the style or philosophy that will work best for them," said Mike Davis Walters Golf (www.waltersgolf.com) owns and operates three outstanding facilities in Las Vegas.
The Royal Links Golf Club offers the chance to experience 18 of the best holes from 11 different British Open rotation courses. Here golfers enjoy holes inspired by the likes of the "Postage Stamp" at Royal Troon and the "Road Hole" and "Hell Bunker' from the Old Course at St. Andrews. There are also two holes from Royal Birkdale, site of this year's Open.
The Bali Hai Golf Club is a tropical paradise reminiscent of the South Pacific and is the only public championship course located directly on the Strip. Recognized as one of the "Top Resort Courses in America" by GolfWeek, "Best High-end Resort Course" by VegasGolfer, Bali Hai was Host course for the inaugural "High Stakes Golf Tour" and ranked as one of "America's Top Golf Courses" by Zagat. And the Desert Pines Golf Club, often referred to as the "Pinehurst" of Vegas.
Desert Pines was host to the Golf Channel's very popular "Big Break II," offers a Carolina sandhills experience and is also home to Vegas' only two-tiered, climate controlled Practice Center featuring automatic ball delivery so golfers don't have to bend over to tee up each new ball. It is climate controlled with heaters and lit for nighttime use until 11:00pm all week.
It also has two state-of-the-art instruction bays. The reservation staff can also assist with booking Las Vegas tee times, multiple play packages or Stay & Play packages. The reservation staff lives in Vegas and plays the courses there so they are an invaluable resource to make certain visiting golfers get the most accurate, up-to-date information about golf in Vegas to best suit their schedule, budget and level of play.
They can also arrange for the latest in Callaway rental clubs and FootJoy shoes if golfers do not wish to lug their own clubs. Santana is new Vice President at Summit Golf Brands Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins U.S.
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ReviewJournal.com - Living - GARDENING: Locate feeder near flowers to draw hummingbirds
Direct sun heats up the solution and it may ferment. She encourages hummingbird lovers to make their own solution of 1 4 part of white granulated sugar to one part of water. To attract more, add food coloring to solution. Stay away from additives such as honey or brown sugar. Put your feeder out now, as summer hummingbirds soon will be returning. If you really want to know, males come first and females follow about 10 days later.
There are some hummingbirds that stay here year-round. Avoid putting seeds in containers. Seeds spill on the ground as birds scramble for them and that attracts pigeons. Most homeowners' associations forbid seed feeders because of pigeons.
She also recommends placing perches nearby, so birds can survey the situation before approaching feeders. One was a big rotating barrel. Where can we get one? We don't have much space but want to start composting. A: Google "compost tumblers" and you'll find many to select from that take up very little space. Perhaps more importantly, they don't require much work to rotate.
This particular compost tumbler is three-feet square and stands as high. You remove the cap and toss in green material and give the barrel a few turns. The more you turn it, the sooner you get the final product -- humus. Q: Our Chinaberry berries are starting to drop. Can we prevent new flowers from setting fruit? A: Berries dropping is a mess.
Use the same chemical used to stop olives to prevent new blossoms from setting on. And speaking of olives, spray them to prevent pollen production and olives setting on. Q: We have a small lot and are considering a five-in-one apple tree. Is this a good idea? A: These curious trees consist of a rootstock with five different apple varieties grafted on to it.
The trees are not as easy to grow as one might expect. More often than not, one grafted variety will dominate others, thus requiring closer scrutiny when pruning to avoid cutting off other varieties. It is hard to distinguish one variety from another. On the other hand, they are beautiful when blooming with multicolors and with their different fruit later in season. Q: Should I put in a genetic dwarf peach tree or a normal one?
A: Nurseries create genetic dwarf fruit trees by propagating a naturally very compact variety on a standard-size rootstock. The genetic dwarf trees are compact and short; few exceed seven feet in height, with an equal spread.
You can fit one neatly into the smallest garden or tub, or plant four in the same space it takes to grow one standard tree. They bear normal-size fruit, with most producing about a fifth as much as regular fruit trees. They look almost muscular, with closely spaced leaves and fruit buds. These midgets are easy to care for, require very little pruning, and if pests spring up, are easy to spray. Q: We planted an apple tree last year and are wondering when it will start producing fruit.
A: It takes apples three to four years to produce, but expect a few this season. I might add that figs, grapes, nectarines, peaches and plums take three years to start, and apricots, citrus, pears, pecans and persimmons take a year or two longer. Q: I suspect we'll get a late frost. What can I do to protect my fruit trees from frost? A: If that becomes the case, cover them with tarps that reach to the ground to trap warmth coming from it.
If it gets real cold, hang Christmas lights on trees and cover it with a tarp. Q: Is it true grass clippings cause thatch if left on the lawn? A: A resounding no! Thatch is a layer of organic material composed of roots, rhizomes, crowns and stolons. These plant parts have high lignin content that is very slow to decompose. If thatch dries out, it repels and wastes water.
Grass clippings decompose in a hurry, returning valuable nutrients to the lawn to reduce your fertilizer bill. Q: We have a hybrid Bermuda lawn with dead patches in it. Can we reseed them? A: No. Hybrid Bermuda doesn't produce seeds. You need to sod in spots. Clean out dead areas and lay in new grass and keep moist until it roots in.
Did you know hybrid Bermuda grass is good for someone suffering from allergies because it doesn't produce pollen? Q: I planted Mexican Evening Primrose a couple of years ago and was so excited with its blooming ability, but it's now taken over my yard. How do I get rid of it? A: Yes, it is beautiful with its profusion of showy pink flowers. They get the size of a half-dollar on stems that get a foot high.
It does thrive with little or no care once established, but it's invasive and needs controlling, so go after it with a contact weed killer. NATIVE PLANT GIVEAWAY Drop by Dr. Green Thumb's booth at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday to get a free native plant. Choose one from the many species available, answer the question attached to it and take it home.
We want to make this a tradition by giving away native plants on holidays such as Easter weekend," said Laura Eisenberg of the Springs Preserve. We are anxious for homeowners to incorporate these beauties into their landscape." UNLV Garden Lecture Series: Do you wonder how to landscape your yard to be the envy of the neighborhood?
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BBC NEWS Business Mortgage brokers 'act fast' tip
Lenders are being careful to spread their custom across different mortgage products and are taking more care over who they lend to. It means competitive deals are being pulled at short notice and criteria are changing quickly, brokers add. They add that the situation has been gathering momentum since the new year. More than a million fixed-rate deals, typically lasting for two years, are due to expire in 2008. But banks, who increasingly lack access to money markets to fund additional mortgages, are issuing fewer mortgages than last year.
Repayment worries One in 20 of those on fixed rates say they have no idea how they will meet repayments when their current deal expires, according to a new survey by body Mortgage Monitor. The poll said 4% of people with fixed rate deals said that concerns over finances had affected their performance at work and 5% had become physically ill.
People looking to buy a home also face more questions from estate agents wanting to be certain they can finance the property they are buying. Those who do not have the ability to give a large deposit are also finding that fewer deals are on offer. Lenders' caution A lack of confidence in mortgage-backed investments, as a result of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, has trickled down and means lenders are being more cautious.
Mortgages in numbers 14 - number of lenders offering 100% mortgages 88% - average loan-to-value level in January 41 - number of lenders who have cut their maximum loan since the start of December David Hollingworth, of London and Country Mortgages, said: "They are being much more careful about who they are lending to and how much business they take."
He said that competitive deals were still available, but fears of having "all their eggs in one basket" meant these deals were being pulled at short notice when they became popular. Ray Boulger, of John Charcol, said the 100% plus mortgage market all but disappeared within four days recently, as lenders did not want to be the "last man standing".
He said anyone coming to the end of a deal should plan ahead by finding out what new deal their current lender was offering. They should also use an independent advisor to get a taste of how the market had changed. State of the market Mortgages greater than the value of a property have disappeared almost completely.
The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates further in 2008 According to the financial information service Moneyfacts, there are now only 14 lenders prepared to offer a 100% mortgage, compared to 33 in December. But many other lenders have been quietly raising the minimum deposit they require, which is a particular hindrance to first-time buyers.
Since the beginning of December, 41 lenders - ranging from some of the biggest UK banks to relative minnows - have reduced the size of the maximum loan they are prepared to make.
Many of these now demand a deposit of at least 10% from a borrower whereas before they might well have been prepared to lend 95% or even more of a property's value. New loans falling Among the big lenders which have reined in their lending this way have been the Alliance and Leicester, Woolwich (the mortgage lending arm of Barclays), the Britannia building society, Co-op bank, Northern Rock, Cheltenham and Gloucester (the mortgage lending arm of Lloyds TSB) and most recently the Bradford and Bingley.
In fact the Woolwich has cut its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) twice, to just 75%. And some smaller lenders, such as local building societies, are equally cautious, now lending at just 65% or 75% LTV. Under such circumstances it is not surprising that the volume of mortgage lending is slumping. Last week the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said new loans for home buyers fell to their lowest level for nine years in January, to just 50,300.
Hand in hand with this, the average LTV fell for the first time since early 2005, from 90% to 88%. The biggest lenders are still prepared to lend at 95% LTV though, among them the Halifax, Abbey and the Nationwide. Are you affected by this story? Have you tried to mortgage or re-mortgage and encountered problems? Send us your experiences using the form below: The BBC may edit your comments and not all emails will be published.
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