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Join us for the 3rd Annual New Swarm Classic WLF Tournament

On May 17th, 18th & 19th, the World League Flinggolf Tour will stop at American Classic for its 3rd year! SPECTATORS WELCOME!

This years tournament is presented by: LifeMed Institute, Humbar Valley Foods & New Swarm Sports.

Starting Friday night at 5:30pm, the tour will kick off its 4th Longest Fling Competition. This event is going to take place on hole #3 and should be quite the spectacle! Is someone going to throw over 250 yards this year?

Guess you will have to come watch to find out.

Then on Saturday, the Individual Competition will take place, starting with the 1st flight at 7:30am and followed by the 2nd flight at 10:30/11am. FINALS will begin between 3-4pm on Saturday evening. The individual competition will be followed by the legendary New Swarm Classic After Party, presented by: Orange Smash! Matt Robinson and crew will be playing live music between 6-8pm and the newly renovated back nine will be open for food & drink all weekend long.

Sunday, is the final day of competition. This is the team tournament day! Teams of 2 will play alternate shot for 18 holes (in 1 flight at 8am). Team finals will begin around 12pm and the tournament weekend will close out around 3pm.

PARKING: Please park behind the outlets along hole #2 (right behind Marshalls and Staples). American Classic Parking Lot is reserved for players who are playing in the contests only.

Stop by and watch your favorite ACGC employees & local flinggolfers compete against players from all over the US & the UK! We hope to see you out here.

We want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our LOCAL sponsors for helping us put on this event! We love our local businesses who support local businesses!

Irish Eyes Lewes, Downtown Blues, Morrison Geothermal, One Call Services, American Cedar & Millwork, Britt Marie Fitness, LifeMed Institute, Pivot Physical Therapy, Benchmark Physical Therapy, Humber Valley Foods, Gus & Gus Place, Go Glass, Diehl & Foraker CPA, Preston Automotive, Freedom Boat Club, Linkbank, Century Engineering, IG Burton, Turtley Awesome Nutrition, NKS / Orange Smash, & The Back Nine @ American Classic Golf Club.

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Introducing The New American Classic Online Store

We are excited to announce the launch of our new online store. Browse customizable apparel and accessories for the whole family from the comforts of home! You are able to pay directly online with a credit card and have the items shipped directly to you.

This store is an online extension of the American Classic golf shop and will be open year round. Included are brands like Turtleson, Johnnie-O, Straight Down, Donald Ross, Adidas, North Face and more! Check back often for the new items and brands for the whole family!

The store can be accessed through the link below. It can also be found on the American Classic Golf Club website. If you have any questions please let us know.

https://americanclassicgolf.teecommerce.shop 

All the products in the shop are made custom, on-demand, so please allow for 5-10 business days for orders to ship from the decoration workshop.

Happy Shopping!

Halloween Happenings…

Join us Halloweekend for some fun! We have 2 Halloween themed events bubbling up this October…

The first event is Fluorescent Flinggolf Friday! This event is bringing neon and flinggolf together for a fun night! The glow in the dark flinggolf tournament starts at 7pm (approx. 90 mins to play). What’s Included in the Tournament? Included with tournament registration: greens fee, flingstick rental, 3 glow golf balls, glow stick bundle, and entry into winning prizes.

Must pre-register to play in the tournament.

We are also going to have bands 6-10pm and an 80s costume contest! If you want to just come hang and listen to the bands and join in on the 80s costume contest, it’s free to come and party!

Drink & Food specials 5pm-10pm

Prizes will be awarded for best 80s costumes!! 80s COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED!

Register HERE

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The second event (happening at the same time) is gonna be a P-A-R-T-Y!

We are throwing an 80s themed costume party! We are having 3-4 bands performing live music from 6-10pm (DJ sets in between) Bands performing include: Great Big Liars & Mad Dabbers! Find your best 80s outfit and come party with us!

There will be an 80s costume contest! Prizes will be awarded for best costumes!! 80s COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED!

It’s free to come and party!

Drink & Food specials 5pm-10pm TBA

It’s going to be a scary fun weekend! Let’s Party!

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ESPN Air Dates Announced!

Breaking News! 

The 2022 New Swarm FlingGolf Classic that was held here at the American Classic in May will be making its ESPN debut next Friday, August 5th and will air two more times on the 7th and 8th!

Tune in to cheer on some of your local favorites as they compete for FlingGolf World Championships.  You will see Austin Ebersole and Jack Bovich battle it out in the Open Tournament, and Brandon Hammond who will be throwing for the World’s Longest Fling title. It’s an awesome feat to have 3 athletes from American Classic contend for world championships.

All airings are on ESPN2:

Friday, August 5th at 6:30am

Sunday, August 7th at 11:30am

Monday, August 8th at 7:30 pm (primetime)

If you would like to watch it with us, the American Classic is hosting a live watch party on Monday, August 8th. Drink & Food specials will be available! Cal Toner will be rocking with us from 5-7pm if you want to come early to hear some live music before the watch party starts! Watch party starts at 7pm and the airing is 7:30pm-8pm!

And again, congratulations to Jack, Austin, and Brandon for their hard work and success. All of us here at ACGC are so proud of you!

We Are Hosting The New Swarm Flinggolf Classic

We are hosting the first ever World Fling Tournament here at the American Classic Golf Club in Lewes, DE on May 21st and 22nd. AND ITS GOING TO BE FILMED FOR ESPN!!!

What is flinggolf? Click Here

This open format tournament will challenge the best players in the world with two events: The New Swarm FlingGolf Open and The Longest FlingShot Championship. Even some of our staff is playing in these competitions!

Want to come hang out and watch the tournament and longest fling competition? We are making an EVENT out of it. We have food trucks coming in plus our cafe will be cooking up some good grub for you, you can follow along and watch the tournament hole by hole on the course, we will be selling limited edition merchandise, see what flinggolf is all about, we are also having an afterparty with Can’t Fool The Blues & more!! Come and support us!

PARKING: Parking will be reserved for players playing in the tournament at the course, please park at the Heritage Inn (they have been so gracious to let us use their lot for overflow parking) and walk over to the course to enjoy the festivities!

We are so excited to be a part of this historic moment for this new sport and we hope you can come and join in on the fun.

“Drive For Show, Putt For Dough”

Okay . . . so everyone knows the saying that you “drive for show, and putt for dough.” But have you ever taken the time to actually think about that statement? Have you ever reviewed your scorecard at the end of your round to compare how many fairways you hit to the amount of putts you had in your 9 or 18 hole round? 

Well it’s likely that your putt attempts drastically outnumber your fairways hit and greens hit in regulation, but that’s nothing to be ashamed about! On average for 9 hole rounds, your average golfer will score somewhere between 40 and 60 per Golf Storage Guide. Obviously, everyone would much rather be closer to 40 than 60, but more times than not it comes down to your putting and eliminating those “damn 3 putts.”

Did you know that if you 3 putt on every hole in a 9 hole round that you dedicated 27 strokes alone to just putting? So even if you hit every fairway off the tee and every green in regulation (which we know how hard it is to do consistently), chances are you have 27 putts compared to 13 hit fairways and greens, specifically geared towards playing an absolutely perfect round full swing wise at American Classic G.C. Yes, that would equal to shooting a score of 40, but imagine if those 3 putts become 2 putts? Or even if you simply only 3 putt on half of the holes. Just like that, you are all of a sudden scoring in the 30s per 9 holes just by improving your putting.

If you feel like this hits close to home, please don’t hesitate to reach out to schedule a putting lesson today! It’s very important to have a consistent full swing and to truly know your distances with each club, but the fastest way to improve your scores is by eliminating putts. So wear your Loudmouth clothes, play your music, and have fun when out on the course, but take some time to improve your putting and all of a sudden those clothes, music, and fun vibes feel even greater when you see that you are improving your scores after each round.

Written By: Austin Ebersole

 

Sources: Golf Storage Guide

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New! Check-in Procedures

American Classic Golfers,

We wanted to take this time to share with you some of the new changes that we will be implementing moving forward. The biggest change that we want everyone to be aware of is that golf check-ins for all golf rounds will now take place at the “Golf Shack” around back. When you book your tee times, check in for your league / tournament play, or are hoping to be able to walk on, you will instead go to the Golf Shack around the back to check in before playing. The “Pro Shop” no longer exists inside the building, and is now known as the Clubhouse. Below is what you will need to know about how the Golf Shack and Clubhouse will operate and what they offer:

Golf Shack

  • Check-in & pay for golf round

  • Book future tee times

  • Golf necessities such as golf balls, tees, golf gloves, etc. can be purchased here

  • Rent golf clubs, flingsticks, electric golf cart, golfboard, or pull cart for your round

  • Pay for Driving Net balls to practice or warm up

Clubhouse

  • Obtain information on golf lessons & fitness classes

  • Learn how to become a passholder and to pay your yearly / monthly dues

  • Gather information on how to host a future event at our course

  • Buy new grips and have installed for your golf clubs

  • Merchandise shopping such as logo’d and Loudmouth items

  • Purchase gift certificates

  • & all other general information inquiries and guest services

We know that this is a drastic change and that it will take some time getting used to for everyone, but it is a change that we are very much excited about!

Important Note– The Classic Rock Cafe will be closed through January, and will reopen in February.

Thank you all for your continued support, and we hope to see you at the course soon to check out all of the new changes!

-The entire ACGC Staff

Donation Drive: We Need Your Help!

It’s the giving season! We have chosen to work with the Milford Boys & Girls Club to get donations for the children in need. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please consider making a small donation that is sure to put a smile on the children’s faces. Items can be dropped off from 8am-4pm in the clubhouse! Cash donations are also accepted.
Items Needed:
-Fleece Blankets (size 50″ x 60″) for both boys and girls ages 3-13
– Slipper Socks for both boys and girls ages 3-13
Click here to see what the Milford Boys & Girls Club are about: https://www.bgclubs.org/who-we-are/
ALL DONATIONS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 20TH at 9AM!
THANK YOU!

We Now Offer Express Check-in!

We got a couple of updates below! Please read the entire post for new check in & hours of operation updates!!

CHECK-IN UPDATES: PLEASE READ FULLY

We now offer Express Check In at the Starter Shack (see photo)! Who should use Express Check In? If you are any of the following please use Express Check In:

Express Check-In w/ Starter Here

– Passholders

– Anyone paying by credit card or club credit

– Players who are walking

– If you prepaid for your greens fees online 

– If you do not need anything from the pro shop or cafe prior to your round

 

We still offer check-in at the front desk of the pro shop too! Who should use pro shop check-in? Please use pro shop check-in if you are any of the following:

– If you need golf balls, tees, snacks, drinks, etc.

– If you have changes, questions, concerns, or issues with your tee times 

– You do not already have a tee time reservation

– You are paying in cash

– You need to purchase club credit

– You need information about the course, golf passes, lessons, regripping, etc.

Please note: Your tee time is your tee time no matter where you check-in, checking in at the shack won’t necessarily get you out earlier than your scheduled tee time. 

HOURS CHANGE UPDATE:

CLUBHOUSE HOURS: 7am – 5pm (clubhouse restroom will be open after 5pm, must enter through back entrance by starter shack)

TEE TIMES AVAILABLE: 7am-5pm (we will wait for last cart to come in to close shack)

CAFE HOURS: 8:30am – 5pm (last call & fryers close @ 4:45pm)

TRAFFIC UPDATE:

There will be stop signs added to the road in front of the golf course by the end of August! The stops signs are for anyone exiting the golf course parking lot and exiting the Heritage Village Condos. Anyone who is entering the golf course/condo entrance will continue through with no stop signs.

Keep in touch with course updates via email, Facebook and our website. Thanks for growing with us! 

The Staff at American Classic Golf Club

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Golf Preview

Golf is back for the Tokyo 2020(2021) Olympic Games! Did you know that is the second time that golf has appeared back-to-back in Olympic games? The first time was in 1900 & 1904, the first two times golf was ever in the Olympics. The first time golf was put into the Olympic event schedule was in the Paris 1900 games, the second time it appeared in St. Louis in 1904, after those two Olympic years, golf was not seen in the Olympics until Rio 2016. 

USA Women’s Golf Team

USA Men’s Golf Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

So why care about golf in the Olympics? Well, the USA has a very good chance for medals in both the men’s individual and women’s individual competitions. Let’s take a look at Team USA: In the men’s competition the team is comprised of: Justin Thomas (Highest Ranking Player for Team USA -3rd in the world), Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffle and Patrick Reed (Patrick replaced Bryson DeChambeau after testing positive for Covid prior to travel). In the women’s competition for team USA we have: Nellie Korda (Ranke#1 in the world), Danielle Kang, Lexi Thompson and Jessica Korda. Nellie Korda and Jessica Korda are actually sisters competing together in these games. Also, this is Lexi Thompson’s second time appearing on the golf team for USA, she and Patrick Reed are the only returning players from Rio 2016.

Rio Medalists:

Looking back to the Rio Games in 2016, a medal was actually won for the United States by Matt Kuchar. Matt won the bronze medal in the men’s competition by shooting a 63 in the final round. There are some returning players from the podium in Rio that are competing again in Tokyo, which may make it more difficult for the United States to medal in these events. In the women’s competition both the reigning gold (Inbee Park) & silver (Lydia Ko) medalists are returning to compete in Tokyo. No one from the Rio men’s golf podium returned to the games this year; Justin Rose (Gold), Henrik Stenson(Silver) or the bronze medalist Matt Kuchar. Someone to look for in these games is Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters Champion. Hideki will be competing in his home country of Japan in a year that he has already won big. 

Covid has already affected these games in a multitude of ways, but a major one is that there are major players that will be missing the games due to positive covid tests. As per covid protocol, the players must be tested prior to leaving for the games. Bryson DeChambeau had to drop out of the competition because he tested positive for covid right before travelling to Tokyo. Jon Rahm, the #1 ranked world player, also had a similar situation happen to him as Dechambeau, where he was forced to drop out due to a positive covid test, prior to leaving for the games. So far the women’s US team has not had any substitutions due to covid, let’s all hope to keep it that way.

Kasumigaski Country Club, Saitama, Japan

Players will travel an hour north west from the olympic village to Kasumigaseki CC, a private 36 hole country club just outside of Tokyo city. Round 1 of the men’s competition starts July 28th at 6:30pm EST at Kasumigaseki Country Club and the women’s competition begins on August 3rd at 6:30pm EST. Keep your eyes on Team USA for two great competitions and let’s see if we can bring home the gold!

Go Team USA!

-Britt Morrison