Good afternoon golfers,

It was an exciting weekend of golf with JordonSpieth topping a fantastic year off with a winat the Fed Ex Cup Final at East Lake Golf Clubin Atlanta. He had already won $12,030,465 thisseason which doesn't include Sunday's $10million FedEx Cup bonus! Let's not forget he isonly 22 years old, what career ahead he has gotahead of him, and I'm sure some great battleswith Jason Day and Rory McIlroy for a few years!Hopefully we can all take some inspiration fromhis year and make next season your best year todate. Winter is on its way and it is the perfecttime to get your swing back on track. We havesome new lesson packages now available,including: our new winter package, Seve shortgame package, on course package plus more. Clickhere for more information.

On Tuesday Adam and I played in the NorthantsPGA Stroke play event at Northampton Golf Club.On a blustery day scoring was very good, Adamfinished 3rd with rounds of 70 70, which couldhave been better with two late double bogiesafter reaching -6 after 11 holes in his secondround, including a run of 5 birdies in a row onthe front 9., I finished well back with tworounds if 73 and 79. Paul Broadhurst was theoverall winner with rounds of 66 and 68 whichwas excellent scoring on the day.

We have a two spaces for a pro-am at Priors Hallnext Friday. If you are interested please clickhere.




Braithwaite Bowl

1st A Wilkinson + N Smith 45 Points
2nd B Duthie + S O'Connor 44 Points
3rd P Kingston + A Thurlow 42 Points C/B

Ladies Results Weekend September ExtraMedal 27/9

1st Georgina Dunn nett 71

WeekdaySeptember Extra Medal 29/9

1st Janet Goodall nett 73

Ball lottery

This week's ball lottery winner was LeighWynne with number 26. Don'tmiss your chance to win a dozen Titleist ProV1's, come into the shop and pick your luckynumber.




Sat Men's England Vs Scotland 10-10.40am
Sun Medal 8am-2pm
Mon Nothing
Tue Ladies Medal 9.15-11am
Wed Men's Midweek Medal
Thu Seniors Stableford two 1st & 10th 8.30am
Fri Seniors Match 8.45- 10am

Callaway Demo Day on Wednesday 14th October12pm-5pm, we have a couple of slots availableplease contact us to book.




1st Andy Wilkinson + Neil Smith 45 Points
2nd Bob Duthie + Scott O'Connor 44 Points
3rd Paul Kingston + Alex Thurlow 42 Points C/B 




Golf Show

The annual Golf show is on next week inHarrogate, this is where the manufacturers showthe suppliers all of their product ranges fornext season as well the upcoming productlaunches etc. It's all under one roof and reallyis a golfers dream. This is where we will bemaking our final decisions on what we will bestocking next year. It also gives us a chance toattend a seminar or two, to ensure we arefurthering our training and increasing our ownlearning. I will be heading up on Tuesday andAdam is heading up on Thursday to attend thisyears Coaching seminar, which is being run byThe host of the Golf Channel's School of Golfand PGA Master Professional, Martin Hall,alongside co-founder of the Titleist PerformanceInstitute (TPI), Dr Greg Rose - Seemore here.




Adam's Tip of the week

A buried lie in a bunker can send shivers downthe spine of even the most skilled golfers. Thequestion is, how can we get the ball out of thebunker?

Firstly we need to understand that like anybunker shot, the sand sends the ball out of thebunker not the club contacting the ball.

However, this is a much worse lie and the ballis buried in the sand, so we are going to needto get the club to come down more steeply intothe sand behind the ball for this particularshot. To do this we need to setup with as muchweight as we can get in our lead foot, with theball position further back than normal (to helppromote and steeper angle of attack from theclub) . Your club face should be square toslightly open at address.

   

From this position the club needs to be swungmore steeply for this shot, feeling as if youare very much up and down, like you are choppingdown into the sand. The more chop down and underthe ball the higher and soft the ball comes out.Note as you are taking more sand than normalyour follow through will more likely be shorterthan normal.

   

So next time you're practising your bunker shotsbury some balls and try it. You will besurprised how easy it is to get the ball out ofthe sand.