Peterborough Milton Proshop

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to another edition of our newsletter, we hope you are well and managing to get some golf in! It’s been a busy week as for us as we have started our winter coaching programmes, been busy custom fitting and making sure we are sorted for the upcoming weeks! In this week’s newsletter we tell you how our juniors continue to go from strength to strength, we have a video to help you plan your 2019 season and how hiring the studio can make sure the bad weather doesn't affect your practice. Enjoy the read!

Coaching news

Sam’s Ladies Coaching

On Thursday we had Sam out hosting the first of his weekly ladies’ coaching classes. This week covered putting and was followed by tea and cake in the clubhouse to warm everyone back up!

Sam is going to be running the ladies clinic every Thursday at 10am throughout the winter. Next week, the focus will be on chipping so if you would like sign up for this please get in touch with us in the Pro Shop.

Tip of the Week

Are you looking to play better golf next year and if so have you got your winter practice plan ready? Check out Adam’s video to learn more.

Competition news

Men’s October Medal

Division 1
1st - Charles Gunn 76-7=69, 2nd - Gary Noye 75-5=70, 3rd - Jay Noye 75-2=73

Division 2
1st - Ashley Piergianni 84-11=73, 2nd - Karthik Sundaram 86-13=73, 3rd - Derek Mankelow 88-13=75

Division 3
1st - Ian Graham 88-17=71, 2nd - Suresh Sahi 87-15=72, 3rd Alex James 92-16=76

Division 4
1st - Elio Pragliola 98-27=71, 2nd - Dave Holbrow 93-20=73, 3rd - Steve Williams 98-23=75

Coming up

Saturday - Nothing in diary
Sunday - Winter League 7.00-11.45am
Monday -Ladies Winter League 9.15-10.45am
Tuesday - Ladies Rocket Am/Am - shotgun start at 10.30am
Wednesday - Men’s Midweek Stableford
Thursday - Seniors Stableford- 1st and 10th 8.15am

Junior news

A week of success!

Well what a busy half term and what a climax to the season. Our juniors triumphed in the Keith Bass/Myers Tenneson Trophy match against Sheringham with Cameron Braes (39 points) from Sheringham and PMGC's Euan Herson (36) taking the individual honours.

The Christine Patrick Trophy with the ladies section took on a new Am/Am format this year with two ladies and two juniors in each team. Everybody had an enjoyable day and the victors with 87 points were Chris Hunt, Suzanne Evans, Emily Horsted and Euan Herson.

The Reg Lambert Trophy match against the seniors was another enjoyable day with the juniors easing home to victory 4-1. It was great to hear Seniors Vice-Captain Graham comment favourably not only on the quality of the golf but also the way our juniors conducted themselves on and off the course.

In the Northamptonshire Order of Merit Grand Final at Northants County, Jacob Williams took the boys gross title (75) and 8 year old Isaac Wakefield took the County Academy 9 hole title with 19 points. Milton's youngest ever County Champion?

It really couldn't have been closer with all three main contenders for the Junior Order of Merit Title (Kai Raymond, Jacob Williams and Shivani Karthikeyan) winning one of the three remaining competitions up for grabs. It literally must have come down to the last putt on the last green in the final October Junior Medal - many congratulations Kai but also very well done to Jacob and Shivani who have both had tremendous seasons.

October Junior Medal

1st - Kai Raymond 84-12=72 on countback , 2nd - Sam Ludlow 78-6=72

Frank Godfrey Junior Gross Aggregate Trophy

1st - Jacob Williams 78+82+75+78 = 313 , 2nd - Sam Ludlow 79+81+81+78 = 319

Donald Cup Junior Nett Aggregate Trophy

1st - Shivani Karthikeyan 70+70+71+71 = 282, 2nd - Euan Herson 73+69+71+70 = 283

Robert Brown Junior Order of Merit Final Leading Positions

1st - Kai Raymond 127 points, 2nd - Jacob Williams 126 points, 3rd - Shivani Karthikeyan 125 points

Finally a big thank you to Robin Williams for taking part in two sessions with the junior squad last week, talking about goals for next season and setting winter practice schedules. Hopefully everybody is inspired to work hard on their games over the winter and achieve more success next year.

Charles Gunn

Studio hire

Don’t let the dark, cold weather stop your practice!

Many of you have had lessons and have been custom fitted in the studio, but did you know that you can hire it to practice and to have rounds with your golfing partners? The cost to hire the studio is £30 per hour regardless of how many people are using it- to book the studio please contact the Pro shop. The days and times that are regularly available are:

Monday 12pm-4pm
Tuesday 8am-12pm
Thursdays 12pm-4pm
Saturday 12pm-4pm
Sunday 8am-12pm

If you would like to book a ‘regular’ slot get in touch!

Bags of fun

Winter is coming, but we know that won't prevent you avid golfers getting out on the course to face biting winds, muddy shoes and, most of all, rain. Lots and lots of rain. With this in mind, it's more important than ever to have a golf bag which will keep your clubs and belongings dry during a downpour.

Introducing Titleist's StaDry Deluxe

This is where a cart bag like the StaDry Deluxe comes into play.

You'll certainly be keeping your valuables dry if you opted to upgrade your golf bag to this offering over the winter thanks to Titleist’s StaDry waterproof technology, which ensures maximum coverage from the rain during your round.

Weighing in at 2.9 kgs, it's also incredibly lightweight, making it easy to lift to and from the car boot to your trolley.

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What do you take from this?

As golfers, there's nothing more satisfying than a shot which is perfectly executed - even if it is a rare occurrence for many of us. It could be a booming drive which splits the fairway down the middle, or maybe a wedge shot which stops dead, two feet away from the hole. In fact, when you consider how often we use our wedges during a round of golf - see the graph below - the latter is something that we should all be striving to achieve.

Average % of shots for a club golfer

So, what do you take from the graph above? In our eyes, it highlights just how important your short game is. We see a lot of you spending time hitting balls on the range, which is great, but don't neglect the less glamorous side of the game when practising - it's where your score is 'made'.

We can't stress the benefits of having wedges that are suited to every aspect of your game either. With a wedge like Callaway's Mack Daddy 4, we can take you through a custom fitting to find out which of its four sole grinds will help you strike the ball more consistently, as well as ensuring you have no gaps between clubs for the perfect wedge system.

Callaway Mack Daddy 4

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Have a great weekend, happy golfing!

Andy Thorpe and Adam Chamberlain
Peterborough Milton GC
Milton Ferry
Peterborough
PE6 7AG

Phone: 01733 380489

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