Good afternoon golfers,

Hope you have been enjoying the nice weather wehave been having this week, although we have hada cold northerly wind it has been nice to haveplenty of sunshine. Andy and his pro-am teamAaron, Paul and Alan played there first roundyesterday, Andy had +4 which is tied 7th and theteam is tied 11th after the first day's play, 3more days to go so best of luck guys. This weekeveryone has been commenting on the speed of thegreens, which have been very quick for the timeof year. If you have been struggling on thegreens then maybe it's time for a putterfitting. We have just had the new ScottyCameron demo putters in this week, thereare many shapes and sizes. Make sure you havethe right putter for your game, booka fitting with us to help you lower yourscores! 




JuniorTreble Bogey Result

1st Emily Horsted +3
2nd Megan Chandler Level

WeekendYellow Ball Sunday 21st Feb 

1st P.LeVoi, G.Day, J.Cameron 111 pts
2nd R.Cuthbert, J.Faris, H.Long 110 pts
3rd E.Mankelow, J.Hill, T.Brown 108 pts

WeekdayWinter Waltz Tuesday 23rd Feb

1st A Nicholls, A Parkin, P Scott, S Stout 81pts
2nd C Hunt, M Landsburgh, G Oughton, J Field69pts c/b
3rd G Preston, E Mankelow, C Partick, E Reed69pts  




 Fri Ladies Mail on Sunday Match 10.15-11.30
Sat Nothing in diary
Sun Winter League 7.45-11.45
Mon Ladies Daily Mail Foursomes 11.15-11.30
Tues Ladies Winter Competition 9.15-11am
Wed Midweek Medal
Thurs Scraptoft reciprocal 11-11.25 




MotDates

We will be running our popular pre-season MOTappointments, in these we will:

- Analyse your swing and give you individualdrills designed to improve you swing. Check yourequipment to ensure it's in good working order.

- Loft and lie check irons to ensure they arenot hindering your performance. Incorrect lieswill cause inconsistent strikes and effect ballflight direction.

- Check the lofts of your wedges to ensuresufficient gapping.

We have times available on the following dates: 

Tuesday 8th March 1pm- 4pm
Wednesday 9th 9am- 1pm
Friday 11th 10am- 2pm
Tuesday 15th 1pm - 4pm
Friday 18th 10am- 2pm

These appointments will last approximately 30mins and are completely free of charge. Pleasecontact us to book.

Pleasenote we also offering to re-grip your 7 ironfree of charge at the moment, drop your 7 ironin and take advantage of thisoffer. 




 PINGdemo day

We have a demo day booked in with all the latestPING range on Wednesday the 16th March from 11amto 4pm. Spaces will book up fast for pleasecontact us to book your slot. Clickhere. 




With the greens running swiftly it is essentialthat your speed is good. Nothing worse than notgetting the speed of the greens early in yourround and being left to hole lots of 5/6 footputts to keep your score going. To help improveyour speed or pace we first need to understandwhat controls this. What do you do when thegreens are fast as opposed to slow? If theanswer is hit the ball softer or harder for slowgreens, then you are probably someone thatstruggles with your speed. Next question is howdo you control speed? Length or your stroke orspeed of the stroke? The best putters that youwill ever see have a constant rhythm to theirputting stroke, and they change the length oftheir stroke depending on the speed of thegreens, they NEVER hit the ball harder or soft.The reason they don't is one; it's verydifficult to have consistent speed and secondly,it becomes very hard to control the club facealignment, which is the key factor to gettingthe ball on line.

This week, before you go out to play take a tipfrom Ben Crenshaw,(I hope you have all heard of this Professional,if you haven't please google him!) he gave thistip to a very young Tiger Woods,grip the club just tight enough that the puttercan't fall out of your hands. This is a lightgrip pressure, what does this feel like? Well,take your dominant hand and roll some ballstowards a hole with just one hand on the putter.You will get a real sense of the weight of theputter. Now go back to two hands and roll someballs on the green towards a hole with thefeeling that putter head is doing all the work.You will be amazed how well the ball will rollswith such little effort. For most people thiswill produce a longer and smoother puttingstroke. Remember everyone is individual and willnever look alike, if you need any help or advisepleaselet us know as we are always look forwardto helping you enjoy better golf.