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Every
Week of the
Summer!

Right at the Franklin Fitness and
Racquet Club Gymnasium!

JUNE 10 — FRC Sports Camp (Ages 5 and up)
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JUNE 17 — Toine Murphy Basketball Camp
(Ages 7-10 and 11-14)
JUNE 24 — Perry Watson Basketball Camp (Ages 6-13)
JULY 1-3 — Geo's Mini Basketball Camp
(Ages 7-9 and 10-11)
JULY 8 — Detroit Rockers Soccer Camp
JULY 15 — Greg Keiser Basketball Camp (Ages 8-17)
JULY 22 — Basketball Teams Camp / Toine Murphy
JULY 29 — Fundamental Basketball Camp (Ages 5-7)
AUGUST 5 — Franklin's Olympic Week (Ages 5 and up)
AUGUST 12 — Greg Keiser Basketball Camp (Ages 8-17)
AUGUST 19 — Perry Watson Basketball Camp (Ages 6-13)
AUGUST 26 — FRC Sports Camp (Ages 5 and up)
Camps will run from 9:00-4:00.
Detroit Rockers Camp will run from 9:30-3:00.
Reserve your spot now, space is limited.
Prices vary per camp.

Call for information
about our
Tennis and Kidsports
Camps!

FITNESS & RACQUET CLUB

For more information or to register, contact

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Ronda Brodsky

(810) 352-8000

UTILITY CLUBS

Better golfers used to look with dis-
dain at claims of digging players
out of deep rough or helping to hit
the ball high and land soft over a
pond. No more. These are clubs
with low centers of gravity that get
the ball airborne quickly. Cobra has
its latest version of the Baffler, a
refined version in its new offset
metal woods. Goldwin Golf in-
troduced its mill aluminum Six
Shooter and Magnificent Sev-
en utility woods. The Calloway
Heaven wood as well as its other
lofted woods are well known for
trouble shooting.

INTERESTING IRONS

An important design factor to con-
sider before purchasing irons is the
offset of the clubs. Offset is the
amount by which the clubhead is
set back from the centerline of the
shaft. It encourages the correct
hand position by automatically set-
ting the hands slightly in front of
the clubhead and helps maintain
that position during the swing. Off-
set gives golfers a larger sweetspot
because it lets the manufacturer
move the center of the gravity
more to the center of the clubface
and away from the hosel. The pros
and better players usually prefer
little or no offset because they
know how to position their hands
and hit shots with the trajectory
they want.
The trend today is the progres-
sive offset, in which long irons
show significant offset, the mid-
irons slightly less, and the short
irons little or no offset The Yonex
Super A.D.X Graphite Hybrid
Wide Body irons are extra large
just as the Yonex woods. They
come in a variety of shafts and flex-
es from men's low torque, extra
stiff to ladies' ultra-lightweight For
the average player, the clubs pro-
vide extra distance and more for-
giveness with accuracy, although

playing them from the rough is dif-
ficult because of the large head
($1,200 set of 8 irons).
The DX Oversize irons by
MacGregor Golf are cavity-
backed and feature a weighting sys-
tem intended to resist twisting and
be more forgiving ($235 steel;
$435 graphite). The Pro Shop Ser-
vices of Zeeland, Mich., features its
Sharp Shooter irons in which
each clubhead is slightly offset and
lofts are stronger to produce a low-
er trajectory. They are also cavity-
backed, come with a variety of
shafts, such as the Rifle, and are
geared to the better player. For
slower swing speeds, the Light Se-
ries features a lower torque (S470).

Clubs with

low centers of

gravity get the

ball airborne

quickly.

Closer to home are the new
Falcon Fatboy irons, perimeter
weighted and offering an enlarged
sweetspot which makes it more
forgiving to off-center hits. Taking
the technology from the high-tech
metal woods, Falcon has applied <
the same concepts to its hollow
iron with an oversized head.
Women's standard are 1 inch
shorter; flex options are for senior,
women, medium, firm and stiff
($1200 per set of 8).
And keeping up with the tita-
nium trend, Ray Cook Golf and
Daiwa have introduced all titani-
um irons. As in the woods,
titanium has permitted the man-
ufacturer to produce an iron head
bigger than oversized irons with