March Medal review

We played the last medal of our winter season on Saturday and weather conditions in the days before were as bad as they had been all winter. The course was battered by the snow and ice brought by the 'Beast from the East' and also the remnants of a windy storm Emma but despite this we managed to get the course open and playable for the 10 brave members who decided to compete.

Kieran Underwood has undoubtedly been the form golfer of the season and his runaway victory in the Winter Order of Merit was confirmed at the weekend as he achieved his fifth competition win since last September. Six handicapper Kieran's winning score was a nett 64 which included 3 birdies and just 3 bogey's, he was run close for first place though as Alan Tayler also returned a 64 but lost out on the back nine. Alan Nevin's sloe gin supplies kept him warm enough to score a nice nett 67 in third place.

This Saturday we play the nine hole Team Championship starting at 12:04pm.

As luck would have it, we have a Titleist Wedge Fitting day coming up next Wednesday from 2.00pm-6.00pm. You can receive expert advice from Nick Sharples, who is a real 'wedge geek' and has worked with numerous tour players in helping them get the right wedges for their game. This is your not to be missed chance to receive a FREE fitting with one of the leading wedge specialists in the country, we still have slots available at 2:40pm, 3:20pm, 4:40pm and 5:20pm.

Contact us here to book a slot.

Golfers can carry up to 4 or 5 wedges in their bags nowadays and wedges are the clubs used in your 'scoring zone' where you really can knock shots off your round and get that handicap down, don't miss out!

Ladies section

As mentioned in previous newsletters, we will be revamping our ladies clothing and shoes area in the shop over the next few weeks, the new Galvin Green ladies collection is the first new apparel arrival due next week and we have some more exciting news regarding Galvin Green.

To celebrate the launch of their new eye-catching spring ladies range that we will be stocking, the Lady Captain's Drive-in on 2nd April is being sponsored by Galvin Green and they will kindly provide the winning lady on the day with a new Insula top (similar to the one shown below) of her choice worth £99!!

Skechers ladies shoes have already arrived and Ecco ladies shoes are due in April, also look out for further new ladies clothing collections arriving very soon from Rohnisch and Daily Sports as well as Under Armour.

Photos of the week

Whilst we were suffering with the big freeze last week, one of our PGA teaching Professionals Adam Powell was away in Villamoura, Portugal playing in a Pro-Am Tournament with members Tom Duncalf, Jack Brownrigg and Andy Ingleby, unfortunately for them the weather wasn't much better than here as they were hit by wind and rain and the last round of the competition had to be abandoned. Despite not playing much over the Winter Adam put up a decent showing and finished in 5th place overall and the team finished in 6th place in the Pro-Am section.

Some of our lady members were also abroad playing golf last weekend at El Rompido in Spain, they also had to endure a lot of wind and rain but they still got their golf in and as you can see conditions weren't the best as they ended up looking more like drowned rats than golfers!

Upcoming events

• Team Championship - Saturday 10th March 12:04pm
• Junior Competition - Saturday 10th March 2:04pm
• Junior Competition - Sunday 11th March 1pm
• Seniors 9 hole roll up - Tuesday 13th March 9:16am
• Ladies Winter Foursomes - Thursday 15th March 9:24am
• March Bogey - Saturday 17th March 11am