February Medal review

It was another wet day on Saturday for our Medal that was played as a Stableford competition, despite the cold damp weather the scoring was very good. The winner was 7 handicapper Gareth Eaton with a fine score of 42 points, Gareth hasn't played a great deal over the winter but when he does, his name usually features near the top of the leader board. He got off to a perfect start with a birdie on the 1st hole and after bogies on 8 and 9 he played a flawless back nine with 8 pars and another birdie on the difficult 13th hole.

There was a close battle for second place with Paul Underwood edging out Ben Barrow who both scored 41 points, Paul had a steady round with one birdie whereas Ben was a lot more up and down with four birdies and an outward nine score of 24 points but he couldn't quite keep this going on the back nine.

This Sunday we play the next round of the Winter League with an 11am start, a future date for your diaries is the start of the new season when the Captain's Drive in and April Medal takes place rather strangely in March on Saturday 24th March at 12:04pm.

Unbeatable membership deals

The weather might not be great yet, but it will soon be spring and the start of the golfing season is just around the corner. Now is the time to think about making this your best season yet and in order to do that you need to play more often, take advantage of one of our great membership offers that are designed to give you the best value for money with golf at two of the best courses in the area.

• Join now as a full member and get 14 months for the price of 12, works out as little as £8.50 per week.
• Flexible membership is just £200 and you can play both of our courses with a round costing as little as 8 points.
• 4 for 3 on full membership is ideal for a group of friends or work colleagues, full 7 day membership works out at just £502.50 for 12 months.
• Under 25's membership is discounted, full dual membership is a bargain £36 a month.
• Couples can join for just £1080, this is just £19 a week for both of you.

There should be an option to suit every type of golfer and lifestyle and the sooner you join the better as our membership year officially starts on 1st April but with our offers your membership will start immediately and last all the way through to the end of March 2019.

New arrivals

We took delivery of the new Titleist balls last week and there are some impressive new editions to their range for 2018, here are the new balls to look out for:

• New TourSoft balls are a premium ball and a good winter alternative to the ProV1, they feature a larger core which gives responsive feel but also good distance, a great all round ball.
• Velocity balls are built for the player looking for more distance, they are designed to offer a high flight and low spin which is the key to ultimate distance, also available in some great bright colour options such as pink and orange.
• New TruSoft balls were released at the end of last year and are a low compression soft ball that can help players achieve distance even at slow swing speeds.

Make sure that you call into the shop soon to see these new balls and we can give you a bit of advice about which one would best suit your game.

• Junior competition - Saturday 10th February 2:04pm
• Winter League round 8 - Sunday 11th February 11am
• Seniors 9 hole roll up - Tuesday 13th February 9:24am
• Midweek Stableford - Wednesday 14th February
• Ladies 9 hole roll up - Thursday 15th February 9:24am
• Junior Competition - Saturday 17th February 2:04pm
• Ladies Stableford - Sunday 18th February 12:04pm