Winter League review

As you will know the weather in this region was horrendous over the weekend, we had rain, hail stones and the occasional flurry of snow and the majority of courses would have been shut so it's a testament to the hard work of our Greenkeepers that we managed to play the 8th round of the Winter League on Sunday.

Alan Tayler and Alan Royle were grateful that play went ahead as they produced an exceptional round of 23 points in some awful conditions for golf, Alan Tayler parred 4 out of 5 holes in the middle and when he went off the boil, Alan Royle was there to chip in with a par and a nett par to finish the winning round off.

Antony Green and Dave Johnson continued their good run of form with a solid score of 22 points in second place, they didn't have any birdies but parred every hole apart from the last. Javier Lang and Gary Cashmore took third place with 21 points including a brilliant birdie from Gary on the 5th hole.

So we have one re-arranged round to be played and the race to finish in the final top four positions is still wide open with just 2 points separating seven pairs from 3rd to 8th place, here are the standings:

• 1st - Ian Wharton & Wendy Lock = 115 points
• 2nd - Gareth Eaton & Liam Tyrer = 115 points
• 3rd - Keira Wharton & James Eaton = 112 points
• 4th - Antony Green & Dave Johnson = 112 points
• 5th - Ben Barrow & Joel Cann = 111 points
• 6th - Alan Royle & Alan Tayler = 110 points
• 7th - Paul Underwood & Paddy Scanlan = 110 points
• 8th - Beth Littler & Mike Littler = 110 points
  

The final round is taking place on Sunday 25th February at 11am.

The Rogue Pro irons were also very popular and we helped brothers George and John Abbott hit higher, straighter and longer iron shots again through fitting them correctly and trying a number of different shaft options. John had the biggest change as we switched him from graphite to light steel shafts and what a difference that made to the consistency of his iron shots.

Success stories like this are the norm when you book a custom fitting session and we can almost guarantee you better results.

To get your custom fitting session booked in, please contact us here.

Our price match promise

We have a price match policy on store where we will match another competitors price whether it's in store or online, but we hardly ever have to do it as we are extremely competitive with our prices and offer high street service at online prices.

American Golf are known as the leading high street and online golf retailer, let's see how our prices compare to theirs on 5 of the most popular 2018 products:

TaylorMade M4 driver - Our price £329 - AG price £349 - Save £20 with us!

FootJoy DNA Helix shoes - Our price £159 - AG price £174.99 - Save £15.99 with us!

Titleist Tour Soft balls - Our price £27.99 - AG price £29.99 - Save £2 with us!

PING G400 7 irons steel - Our price £629 - AG price £679.99 - Save £50.99 with us!

Titleist StaDry Lightweight cart bag - Our price £199 - AG price £219.99 - Save 20.99 with us!

Just on these 5 items you could save well over £100 by shopping with us rather than a major retailer, we will also give you expert honest advice. The American Golf Double trade in offer is also misleading - for example we heard of a member who took a Callaway Epic fairway wood bought for £249 last year to American Golf to trade in, they offered him a ridiculous £54 doubled up to £108. He then decided to trade the club in with us and we gave him £125 for it, so not only are American Golf expensive but the double trade in offer is extremely misleading as they are offering less than half price for the traded in club in the first place!

We are constantly price checking and keep our prices in line with internet retailers but we can also offer you that personal expert service that you just won't get on the internet.

Winter League

The seniors Winter League is turning into a three horse race with one round to go. Chris Coates has made a charge after winning the last 2 rounds, on Tuesday he took victory with a score of 20 points. The other form man, Alan Tayler, also scored 20 points but had to settle for second place after a card play-off. Richard Buchanan took third place with 18 points.

With one round to go of the seniors Winter League, Chris Coates and Frank Yarwood are tied for the lead with 67 points and Alan Tayler is just one point behind on 66.

Foursomes

The ladies played a pretty cold foursomes competition on Thursday and the winning pair were Gemma Davies and Margaret Cherry, they overcame a bit of trouble on the tricky third hole to play some very steady golf and set up a very respectable winning score of 71.5. They overcame playing partners Elspeth Forbes and Annie Rowland who scored 74.0 in second place and in third position was Alaine Britton and Chris Paxton on 78.0.

This week the ladies are playing a nine hole 3 clubs and a putter challenge followed by a quiz and lunch, fingers crossed for some drier weather!!

We're looking at improving our ladies clothing and shoe ranges in store very soon, if you are a lady golfer what brands would you like to see in store and also what kind of clothing styles and colours? Any feedback would be much appreciated, please contact us here with your thoughts it really does help us in knowing what to stock.

Photo of the week

It was a crisp icy morning on Monday - below is the 3rd fairway which was white over just as the sun was coming up, needless to say the course was still open but it was on temporary greens which has been a rarity this winter.

Upcoming events

• Junior Competition - Saturday 17th February 2:04pm
• Seniors 9 hole Stableford - Tuesday 20th February 9:16am
• Ladies 9 hole Stableford - Thursday 22nd February 9:24am
• Winter League re-arranged Round 5 - Sunday 25th February 11am

Future date for your diaries - Night Golf 8:30pm 23rd March 2018.