Good afternoon golfers, we trust you are all well. It's a busy few weeks coming up at The Club with Captains Days starting this Friday, next week and next weekend. The course is in fantastic condition and the sun is shining, great conditions to be having some great scores! Let us know how your game has been going! To celebrate the start of the Captains Week we have a sale on all Ladies Clothing in store, call in and take a look for yourself.
What a spectacle
The 145th Open Championship, at Troon was last week, the quality of golf on show was incredible. Henrik Stenson's 3 shot victory in a stunning display of golf. The last rounds played by Henrik Stenson and Phil Mackeson will surely go down as some of, if not the best final rounds in a major ever. A cool Swede and the fan favourite Phil, produced some of the finest golf ever witnessed in any era. JB Holmes in 3rd place was 11 shots behind 2nd place and 14 shots behind the Winner. I think this shows just how good the top 2 were! Henrik Stenson broke many records in en-route to his win, tying lowest round in Major history, his 264 lowest aggregate score in a Major Championship.
Nicknamed the "Iceman" it was clear to see how accurate tis nickname is, birdie after birdie (10 in total during his final round), not giving Phil Mickleson any hope of catching the lead. It was also great to see 2 young Englishmen in the Top 10, Tyrell Hatton who finished T5th and Andrew Johnson (or Beef has he is often referred to, and is fast becoming a popular character in the game) finishing 8th. I think the Open should serve as an inspiration to us all and make us want to get out on to the golf course!
Ladies Am Am
1st- 88 points.. Chris Cook, Drina Terzza, Katie Finn and Denise Waldron (Melton Mowbray)
2nd- 87 points.. Lynn Lambert, Di McDonnell, Lesley Ellis and Margaret Beckley (Links Newmarket)
3rd- 86 points.. Tracey Morton, Mandy Roberts, Suzanne Silvester and Christine Gore (Overstone)
4th- 85 points c/b..Diane Clayton, Chris Barnes, Claire Farrell and Marilyn Marriot (Toft)
Terry Barnes Cup
1st Nathan Holt and Chris Ellis 44 points
2nd Brent Joyce and Samuel LUDLOW 42 points
3rd Rob Fredericks and Martin Humphries 42 points
Thu- Men's Midweek Medal
Fri- Ladies Captains Day 9.45am-12.00pm Ladies Captains Day 2.30pm-4.30pm
(Please note we have a Scotty Cameron Trial Event on the putting green from 11am-2pm, please contact us to book your appointment and feel free to come along on the day to try the latest ranges of the putters).
Sat- Martins Mixed 2.15pm-3.30pm
Sun- NGU Junior Academy 10.00am-11.00am
Mon- March Seniors GS 10.45am-11.30am Academy starters 2.30pm-3.00pm
Tue- Ladies Bogey Cup 9.15am-11.00am Juniors Vs Burghley 1.30pm-2.30pm
Wed- Captains Junior Comp 2.00pm-3.00pm
I am away next week competing in The PGA Club Pro's Championship, at the Oxfordshire GC> The 72 hole event starts on Tuesday, with a cut after 36 holes, fingers crossed for some good golf and watch this space for an update on how I get on.
Pro's Away Day- Only 3 spaces left for this day, contact us to book and anyone who has booked please call into the shop to pay. Tee times will be available nearer the time. For those registered, please let us know if you are interested in us getting a mini bus arranged!
This week we are going to talk about approach shots from firm fairways, after the current hot spell the ground has firmed up that we have gone from lush fairways to firm fairly quickly.
So how do we get under the ball and get the ball into the air?!......... If you agree with this last statement then you haven't seen myself or Andy for a lesson. The loft of the club makes the ball go into the air and if you are trying to help the ball into the air you are going to be disappointed with your results.
The key to playing from firm ground or even bare ground is to strike the ball first and then the ground. There is a couple of changes we can make to insure that your strike the ball and the ground.
1. Move the ball slightly further back in your stance
2. Start with a fraction more weight on your front foot at address
3. Strike the ball down and through the ball trying to contact the ground after the golf ball.
The final key to improving your approach shots is to understand that accuracy is more important than distance. Swing the club in balance with a consistent speed, say 80 percent of your speed will result in more accurate results. Click here to see our video explaining this!
Try and practise this and you will be knocking the flags out in no time.
Galvin Green Sale
We have a great offer on all Galvin Green clothing, to start off our Summer Sale we are offering 25% all Galvin Green in stock! Grab some great golfing attire at a great price.
Shirt Amnesty- turn your old wardrobe into savings
The Polo shirt amnesty is in full swing, and we have had some shockers swapped in for £10 off all polo shirts in store. Simply bring in any old polo shirt and receive £10 off a new one.
