Nick Summerfield

Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we give you some advice on how to get a razor sharp short game, our 'Tips from the Tour' segment continues with a video from Ian Poulter, and we look at our latest products in-store. Enjoy the read.

Competition news

Club Competitions

On Saturday we had our age related stableford. The Categories were split into 54 and under, 55-64, 65-74 and the over 75s. In the under 54s, Elliot Kirton won with a score of 37. The 55-64 category was won by Ian Rennison with 38 points, who subsequently won the overall competition. The 65-74 category was won by Doug McNair, with 32 points, and the over 75s was taken by Anthony McGuiness with 30 points. Well done to all the winners in the age related stableford.

Last week in the midst of all the cancelled competitions we had our Top Dog and Worthington finals. The Worthington is for the players who go the lowest gross in the season and the Top Dog was for the 8 major winners. In the final of the Worthington, James Newton beat Tom Kirton and in the Top Dog Ian Rennison beat Russel Gardener, what a couple of weeks it’s been for Ian, here he is enjoying a pint in the bar.

On Tuesday the ladies then played in their Autumn Invitation day in a 14-hole shotgun. The runners up of the comp were Caroline Harrison Croft, Helga Henry, D. Machintosh and M. Pretty (sorry we don’t have the forenames of the guests) with a decent score of 61 points but way ahead with a great score of 73 points were 4 of our own members, Debbie Baker, Kate Coakley, Vicky Keys and Nicky Markland.

This Saturday is our Captain vs Presidents match, unfortunately signalling the end of the season. Here is a photo of us in the start of season Captain vs Presidents match, which only feels like 2 weeks ago.

We also want to remind you that the winter league is open for registration in the shop, just come and sign in here and pay your £10 per pair

Shop news

Titleist Winter Gear

New from Titleist this week we have some winter stock.

We’ve got new hats, gloves, towels, snoods and neck warmers and of course, very importantly, umbrellas.

We’ve got some good gear from Titleist this year so come have a look.

We also have some great stuff on order from ProQuip. ProQuip do fantastic waterproof gear that should be landing next week.

Slightly depressing talking about this winter/waterproof stuff isn’t it.

Make Space for This

Let’s face it: winter is on the horizon so there’s a good chance that you’ll get caught in the rain at some point over the coming months. To help your clubs and valuables stay dry - there’s nothing more annoying than soaking wet grips - it’s worth considering this lightweight and waterproof Aqua Space cart bag from BIG MAX for just £199.99.

Learn more here

Tour news

Sergio Garcia Splits with TaylorMade

After 15 years and 19 worldwide wins together, Sergio Garcia and TaylorMade have parted company. The Spaniard has been released from the remaining years of his TaylorMade contract. Sergio has been with TaylorMade since 2012.

So, what’s next? Well, he was spotted using a Callaway Mack Daddy wedge at the recent British Masters and has also been using a Toulon putter. Toulon is a putter brand crafted by Odyssey, who are owned by Callaway. Could Callaway be about to snap up the Masters champion?

Course news

Winter Rules

Unfortunately, we are going to be moving onto winter rules early this year, due to the high levels of rain. As of Thursday, this week, winter rules will be in place.

As we are moving onto winter rules we are going to have a competition. This ball in the picture is plugged/embedded in the middle of the 15th fairway. Obviously when winter rules apply you can just place a tee peg next to ball and relieve it within 6 inches. However, this ball is plugged in the fairway in the middle of summer. What is the rule?

a. No Relief

b. Lift clean and place within 6 inches

c. Lift and drop within 2 club lengths

d. Go back to the tee and retake your shot

e. Give up and go home

Come and give your answer in the shop and we will tell you if you are correct. All correct answers will be put into a draw to win a FREE sleeve of balls of your choice.