Good afternoon golfers, we hope you are well and enjoying your golf, the course is in great condition and is a real pleasure to play.
The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth started yesterday, the flagship event of the European Tour. The course looks fantastic and some of the golf early on has been excellent viewing. Scoring was low, with the man of the moment Danny Willett shooting 66 (-6) in round one. Can he make up for last week's disappointing back nine in The Irish Open at The K Club, where Rory McIlroy won by 3 (-12) this was mainly down to his second shots into the 16th and 18th, both par 5s where he set himself up for a birdie and eagle. The power and accuracy of these shots was incredible to see.
Presidents Cup Qualifier (CSS 74)
Firstly apologies, these were not added to last week's newsletter.
1st- Simon Purkiss 71 (5)
2nd- David Whitwell 72 (6)
3rd- Clark McCrae 72 (10)
4th- Paul Showler 72 (2)
5th- Patrick Dolan 72 (9)
6th- Andrew Cresswell 73 (16)
May Midweek Medal (CSS 73)
Division 1
1st Ian Wicks 70-1=69, 2nd Mark Phillips 70-1=69, 3rd Jay Noye 72-3=69
Division 2
1st Phil Clark 88-13=75, 2nd Rob Kitchen 91-15=76, 3rd Leo McCormick 92-15=77
Division 3
1st Bob Stout 94-19=75, 2nd Paul Sproat 97-20=77, 3rd Sut Panchi 98-20=78
Woodcock Kirk
1st Neil Smith and Andrew Wilkinson Nett 71.5
2nd Callum Reid and Alex Salam Nett 72.0
3rd Alan Peterkin and Ted Dunn Nett 72.0
Ladies Hamer Trophy
1st- Ann Nicholls 37pts
2nd- Carol Dunn 33pts
Fri-
Seniors Vs Elton Furze 8.45am-10.00am
Captain Vs Vice Captain 3.30pm-4.30pm
Sat- Nothing in diary
Sun-
Victory Cup Qualifier 7.30am-3.30pm
PING 4BBB Competition 11.30am-12.00pm
Mon- MS Texas Scramble 10.30am-3.00pm
Tue-
PING 4BBB Competition 9.15am-10.30am
Academy Starter 9 holes 3.00pm-3.30pm
Wed- Seniors Over 60's 4BBB Open 10.00am-1.30pm
Thu-
Seniors Vs Scraptoft 8.45am-10.00am
The Eric Robinson Trophy 2.00pm-3.00pm
Handicap league Vs Oundle 4.00pm-5.00pm
Friday 3rd June 9am-2pm FootJoy will be offering shoe fitting outside the Pro Shop with a huge range of Men's and Ladies shoes. 11am-2pm Titleist will be here offering custom fitting on their whole product range. We will also be running a longest drive, a straightest and most consistent drive competition with prizes sponsored by Titleist. Please contact us to book a spot at either of these events.
Friday 10th June 11am-4pm Callaway- Try the clubs Danny Willett used to win this year's Masters, or re wind the clock and try the recently re launched Great Big Bertha driver, still got a trust seven heaven wood in the bag- why not try the new updated version. The whole range for gents and ladies will be available- please contact us to book your space.
Tired of digging in the Dirt?
It's time to stop digging out of the dirt by yourself, let us help you to play better golf.
We also have a new lesson package which runs from the 1st June until the 30th September, which entitles you to 20 hours of coaching based on any area of the game , including: playing lessons, equipment checks and coaching on all aspects of the game. The aim of this package is for you to use the time in the most efficient way to suit your golfing needs. Spaces are limited and the cost is £500 per person. Let us help you to play better golf.
Short Game Clinic
On 9th June 11am-1pm we are running a short game clinic, this will cover all aspects of the short game and really focus on helping you lower your scores.
This 2 hour session is £17.50 per person, spaces are limited to 5 so please contact us to book your place.
This week we are going to talk about playing from the edge of the green when your ball as sat down in the rough. The key to this shot is to understand that if grass is thick we need we need to try and avoid our club contacting lots of grass behind the ball.
In order to do this, we will need to make sure our club comes into the ball on a steeper angle of attack. To achieve this, we will need to make a few adjustments at setup, firstly we need to have the majority of our weight on our front foot with the ball middle in our stance, and secondly the handle of the club must be in front of the ball at setup and impact.
Lastly we need the club to travel more up and down into the golf ball, this way we avoid snagging the club in the grass before we contact the ball. When playing the shot this was the ball can generally come off the club a little fast than normal sue to the steeper angle of attack, so depending on your distance to the flag I would recommend using a club with plenty of loft for this shot.
This shot requires some practice, but once you have got a feel for it you will be getting the ball much closer to the hole.
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