Good afternoon golfers, I hope you are all welland playing good golf. This weekend the winterleague returns, signalling the official start ofwinter at the Club!

Greens Maintenance on Monday went well, with thegreens being over seeded with pure bent grassseed, verti-drained and top dressed the wetweather has helped to wash the dressing in.

Coming Up

Sat- Milton Bowl 9.15am-9.40am
Sun- Winter League 7.45am- 11.15am
Mon- Seniors Charity Comp 8.00am-11.30am
Tue- Ladies Winter league 9.15am-10.15am
Wed- Graveley Vets GS 10.30am-11.15am
Thu- Men's Midweek Medal




There has been some of the Club finals playedthis week including The Presidents Cup Final, DKFirman and the Milton Plate.

PresidentsCup

GrahamMarshall secured victory on the40th hole against Reza Bande-Ali,in what must have been a great match.

MiltonPlate

Paul and KimPateman won the Milton Plateagainst Taff Edwardsand Sandra Juggins

DKFirman

JamieHibbert won 2up against PhilHughes Well done to everyonewho reached the finals, congratulations to thevictors and commiserations

Men'sMidweek Medal (CSS 74)

Division 1
1st Mohammed-Reza Bande-Ali 74-2=72
2nd Gary Noye 76-4=72
3rd Graham Key 82-8=74

Division 2
1st Mick Flack 89-14=75
2nd John Harlock 91-14=77
3rd Leo McCormick 94-15=79

Division 3
1st David Kinder 100-25=75
2nd Paul Pateman 92-17=75
3rd John Stratton 97-19=78

Aimes Bowl

1st- Carol and Ted Dunn 69.5
2nd- Janet and Dougie Hill 72 (CB)
3rd- Kerri and Richard Cole 72




"Many congratulations to our juniors SamLudlow and JacobWilliams on qualifying in theTop 10 of the Northamptonshire Golf Union BoysOrder of Merit for the Grand Final atNorthamptonshire County at the end of the month.Special well done to Jacob fortopping the Boys Nett table.

Also really well done to Ben Chancewho won the Gold Order of Merit in the RegionalJunior Shires Tour for Under 21s.

And it's not just the boys taking County andRegional Honours, very well done to JadeRoberts on winning theNorthamptonshire Girls Autumn Cup with afantastic 46 points at Overstone, with LisaJohnstontaking the runners up spot with 42 points. Goodluck with the new reduced handicaps girls!" 

Many thanks
Charles

Don't forget the junior fixtures planned for theOctober half term:

Tues 27th- junior stableford
Thur 29th- Juniors Vs Ladies
Fri 30th- 9 holes event at 2.30pm

All details and sign-up sheets are on the juniornoticeboard.

JuniorHilton Golfer of the Month

PMGC Junior Jacob Williams(aged 11) has been awarded the Junior HiltonHow-Did-I-do golfer of the month for September,this was achieved after shooting a nett 65 and75 in the Midland's Under 14's GolfChampionships. Jacob has had agreat season so far and has got his handicapdown to 17, his hard work and dedication havepaid off and we are sure there are many moretitles and wins to come!

Jacob's dad Steve sent this in for thenewsletter:

"Adam,you should be applauded for the work andsupport you have given me and more importantlyJacob in his development with his golf. Theresults of you teaching my son are listed inhis success below. No doubt more to come!"
Regards Steve





Callaway Demo day

Many thanks to everyone who attended theCallaway Demo day on Wednesday, we had a greatturnout and everyone was gaining invaluableextra yardage, it was staggering to see how muchyardage could be gained (especially compared tothe original Big Bertha). If you couldn't attendand want to try the latest range, contact us aswe have the demo range available for custom fitsessions.




CoachingNews

LadiesGroup Coaching

We have some ladies group coaching planned,please contact us to book or sign up on thesheet in the corridor.

21st October 10am-11am- Pitching
28th October 10am-11am- Chipping

The cost is £5per player please meet inthe Pro Shop.

One to One lessons

Have you had a poor year on the course and notplayed to the best of your ability?

The winter months provide a great chance to workon your game and make those swing changes you'vebeen meaning to change for a while. If thissounds like you, you might be interested to knowour popular Unlimited Winter Coaching package isnow available.

Valid from November 1st 2015 -March 31st 2016,aimed at those who are serious about workinghard this winter and are looking to have theirbest ever season next year. It includes a 6 holeassessment, 2x 6 hole playing lessons, an MOTsession, a Gapping session and limited to 1lesson per day. The cost is £350,please note spaces are limited, and contact usto book your place.




Adam's Tip of the week

The Sequence your swing is vital if you want toreach your potential. This is referred to as thekinematic sequence, this is the order of whichwe generate speed in the swing. Dr Greg Rose(TPI) has found through his research that allthe great ball strikers have the same kinematicsequence, even if their swings don't lookanything alike.

The order of which to start the downswing hasbeen talked about for years and is somethingpeople often struggle with. We often seeinggolfers trying tries to hit the ball from thetop of the swing with the shoulders and arms.Instead you should start from the ground up,shifting your weight from back foot to frontfoot, followed by the unwinding of torso, thenthe arms and finally the club head. This is theorder of every great ball striker.

Have alook at this video and try some shots orpractise swings like this. Start from a normalstance and then step back to you back foot (thiswill make sure that the ball position iscorrect). You can see in the video that the leftleg shifts back in the direction of the targetwhilst the arms and club head are still goingback. This is making sure that your lower bodyis starting the sequence of the downswing.

Practise this for a week and you will be amazedhow far and consistently you hit the ball. Formore information on kinematic sequence by DrGregg Rose, see link below. 

http://www.mytpi.com/articles/biomechanics/kinematic_sequence_basics