Good Afternoon Golfers,
The Masters week is finally here and we can nowsay it's officially the start of the golfseason.
The Masters is always a fantastic weekof Golf to watch, this year is no exception withso many players coming into good form at theright time. It really is hard to pick a winnerthis year which will make it all the moreexciting, as always the winner will need a hotweek on the greens! A great start for defendingchampion Jordan Spieth shooting 66 (-6) to leadby 2, the chasing pack includes Shane Lowry, IanPoulter, Justin Rose and Paul Casey.
The par 3 tournament was great viewing with arecord 9 hole in ones (5 was the previousrecord), including an ace by 80 year old GaryPlayer, two shots holed in a row by JustinThomas and playing partner Ricky Fowler. On aside note, if watching the Masters doesn't getyou in the mood to get the clubs out, I'm notsure what will!
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On the Tee this week...
Fri- Nothing in diary
Sat- Visitors NGU County Girls Spring Cup 1.30pm- 3.00pm
Sun- Men's April Medal 8.00am - 3.15pm
Mon- Nothing in diary Tues- Ladies Medal 9.15am- 11.00am
Wed- Nothing in diary
Thu- Seniors Stableford HCQ/MBQ Two tee start1st & 10th
Recent Results
James Berry 21st Memorial Team AM AM
Winners- Sav Fasulo, SimonLudlow, Sam Ludlowand Ben Morris - 99 points
Many thanks to everyone who supported the JamesBerry Memorial on Monday 4th April. Despite somerather challenging weather conditions in theafternoon everyone had a great day, and it lookslike there has been enough raised to meet therequired funds to continue with the project tobuild the bridge on the 1st. Full details tofollow.
Ladies Spring Texas Scramble 5th April
1st - L. Gill, C. Goodall, C. Laxton - 71.8
2nd - J. Goodall, M. Parsons, S. Stout -73.1
3rd - K. Trevor, C. Peck, W. Greenaway - 73.3
Men's Midweek Medal (CSS 74)
Division 1: 1st Neil Smith(78-7=71), 2nd Alan Soper(78-6=72), 3rd Alex Dalton(81-7=74)
Division 2: 1st Leo McCormick(89-15=74), 2nd Lee Talbot(92-17=75), 3rd Paul Pateman(92-16=76)
Match Results
The Men's Mail team on Sunday won 3-2, away atMarch. They are now into the 4th round alongsidethe Ladies' team. Keep up the good playing!
The Captain's team Vs Glen Gorse Won 5 1/2 to 1½, at the weekend.
Junior Update
Juniors beat Kings Lynn 5-2 to win the LeziateTrophy, a great win!
Academy Juniors: 1st -Esha Araf - Nett 24, 2nd - MalihaMirza - Nett 35, Nearest the Pin - JamesBennett
Keith Bass Trophy: 1st - CharlieArmitage - Nett 70, 2nd - JakeBowden - Nett 71, 3rd - JadeRoberts Nett - 73, Nearest the pin -Kai Raymond
KeithBass Rookies: 1st - EuanHerson 32 points, 2nd - CarloManganiello 31 points, 3rd -Rajeev Rajani 28 points
A special mention for JadeRoberts who holed a 7 iron from 149yards on 8th for an eagle, 3, during the KeithBass Trophy.
We welcome the Northamptonshire County Girls fortheir Spring Cup on Saturday afternoon and it'sfantastic to see that 5 of the 15 entrants aregirls from Milton - good luck to Jade,Lisa, Emily, Meganand Ellie Mae, we hope you alldo Milton proud!
PowaKaddyTrolleys Now In
We are now stocking PowaKaddy Trolleys, whichstart at £449,with an 18 hole lithium battery.
Adam's Tip of the Week
This week we are going to talk about reading thegreens. With The Masters on we are going to geta good look at how much some putts can break onsome of the fastest and most sloping greens inthe world. If you can imagine putting in yourbath tub, then this will give you an idea of howfast the greens are this week. But how do weread the greens?
The easiest way to read a putt is from behindthe ball and from the low side of the putt;however, most people miss the easiest way toread a putt, and this is when you walk up to thegreen from distance. When you look from distanceyou can get a real sense of the overall slopeson the green, which you can easily miss once youare standing on the green. The other way is touse your feet as you are on the green, to feelif you are going up or down hill, as you walkaround the hole.
Next time you're on the putting green pick aputt that has a side slope, roughly 15 feet, andhave 3 balls ready to putt. With the first ballroll the ball to the hole on what you think isthe correct line, on the next putt roll the ballhigher up the slope and use less speed. With thelast ball aim much straighter and roll the ballwith more speed. So how did you get on,hopefully they all went in? If they didn't goin, which ball finished closer to the hole?Different players have their own preference forputting, some are more aggressive and like tosee the ball hitting the back of the hole andhave no issues about the 3 or 4 foot putt comingback. Others use more slope and let the ballfall into the hole and, if they miss, have anice easy tap in, but accept that their ball maycome up short sometimes. You will be able to seehow different players approach their putts thisweek.
Dave Pelz has famously done some research tofind out what is the perfect speed for the ballto have the best chance of going in the hole,and that was 17 inch's past the hole. So whenyour practising your putting think about theslope of the green and how this affects thespeed. The first thing we must understand aboutcontrolling speed is to read the greencorrectly. So practise reading your putts on thepractice green, rather than just using the flatpart. Before you know it your speed will haveimproved and you haven't changed anything aboutyour putting, you are now simply using your eyesand senses to read the greens better.
If you are still having problems with yourputting please come and see us as it could be atechnical issue with your putting stroke, or,please clickhere to get in touch if you need any helpor advice.
