Good afternoon golfers, it's been a busy week atthe Club with plenty of (hopefully good) golfbeing played. The course is getting rave reviewswith members, guest and visitors all being verycomplimentary on how the course is playing.

For the next 3 days we welcome the competitorsplaying in the Northants Ladies CountyChampionship and on Sunday the Men's NorthantsCounty 2nd team who are playing againstLincolnshire.




Sat- Northants Ladies County Championship8.30am-11.00am and 12.30pm-2.45pm
Sun- Northants Ladies County Championship10.00am-12.00pm NGU Anglian League Vs Lincs9.00am-10.00am and 1.30pm-3.00pm
Mon- Please note power cut to whole site
Tue- Ladies Coronation Foursomes 9.15am-11.00am
Wed- Leicestershire Past Captains 9.30am-11.30amLadies Cecil Leitch 1.45pm-3.00pm
Thu- Seniors Stableford Two Tee start 8.30am 


 

Ladies May Medal

Ladies Weekend May Medal 1st- Jade Roberts nett72
Ladies Weekday May Medal 1st-Ann Dewhurst nett70

Men'sMay 01/05/2016 (CSS: 74 PAR: 71)

Division 1
1st Ben MORRIS 76-5=71
2nd Sanjay NITHIYALINGAM 74-3=71
3rd Paul Showler 75-3=72

Division 2
1st Samuel LUDLOW 84-12=72
2nd Nigel Beck 83-10=73
3rd Bob Duthie 81-8=73

Division 3
1st Gary Messenger 83-16=67
2nd Pep Liguori 85-15=70
3rd Graham Marshall 84-13=71

Division 4
1st Nazir Bhat 100-22=78
2nd Jeff Austin 101-23=78
3rd Tim Downes 101-22=79

Men's Daily Mail Match - Teamwon 5-0 against Priors Hall, well done guys keepit up!

Chris Savage 4&2
James Walters 5&4
Ben Morris 3&2
Simon Purkiss 5&3
Scott O Connor 2&1

Bert Gill Cup

1st Mike Williamson and Mick Parkin 41 pts
2nd Nathan Holt and Chris Ellis 39 pts
3rd Ryan Slater and Richard Berry 38 pts 




Adam and Iwere away playing in the PGA Club Pro qualifyinground at Little Aston last Friday, on a winteryday (hard to believe this time last week we hadhail!) Adam shot 79, and I fared slightly bettershooting 74 and getting through in a 9 man playoff. The PGA Club Pro Championship is at theOxfordshire Golf Course in July.

Our assistant Aaron Wilkinsonturns Professional today, making his first Prostart at Woolaton Park on the Eagle Tour. Aaronwill also be starting his PGA Training laterthis year. I'm sure you will join us in wishinghim the best of luck for the remainder of theyear and for his future in golf. Keep up thehard work! 




Adam'sTip of the Week

This week I want to talk about maximising yourdistance with the driver. The angle at which theclub travels into the golf ball (angle ofattack) is important as it can make up to 20-30yards difference to your drives, without havingto increase your club head speed. Often peopleare obsessed with club head speed, whereas theyshould really be looking at their angle ofattack and whether or not they are hitting thecentre of the golf club. 

So this week I want you to grab a empty sleeveof golf balls (3 pack size) and place thisdirectly in front of your teed up ball, roughlya grip length in front of the ball. Now try andhit a drive with ought the ball or the clubtouching the box. This will make sure that yourclub is traveling on the upswing or positiveangle of attack. If this is easy then work thebox closer to the golf ball.

When you get this right you will find the balltravels higher through the air but due to yourangle of attack the spin on the golf ball isreduced helping add more distance to yourdrives.

For example if your angle of attack is:

-5 degrees the carry is 191yards.
0 degrees the carry is 203yards
+5 degrees the carry is 214yards

(Note this are based on a club head speed of90mph)

The more club head speed you create the biggerthe yardage gaps between these different anglesof attacks.

Don't give away potential distance!

Any questions or if you would like to book adriver fitting to make sure your driver is bestsuit to your game please contactus.