December Medal review

Regular readers will know that the youngsters have been sweeping up so far this winter and the trend continued on Saturday as we played a damp December Medal. Joel Cann is the hottest golfer at the club at the moment and he made it a hat trick as he won his third individual competition in a row – in fact we’re not sure if such a feat has ever been done before?

This week Joel blitzed around the course in 45 points scoring 20 on the front but then going ballistic with a quite ridiculous 25 points on the back nine in which he was level par with 2 birdies and 2 bogies alongside 5 pars. When he’s not at school, Joel is always on the driving range working on his game and it’s great to see him achieving such good results, since June, Joel’s handicap has fallen from 21 to 12 and with the way he is playing right now he is right on track to soon be in the single figures.

Colin Lamb struck a blow for the older golfers (sorry to call you old Colin!) by taking second place with 41 points, the highlight of his round was a nice birdie two on the 5th hole. Kieran Underwood is another young golfer who has had a great winter season so far and he took third place at the weekend with 40 points, Kieran had 2 birdies on the back nine.

This Saturday we play round 5 of the Winter League with an 11.00am start time.

Christmas gift ideas

It’s now less than 3 weeks until Christmas Day so you had definitely better start thinking about presents soon if you haven’t already, remember that we’re open all the way up until 5pm on Christmas Eve if you really do like leaving things to the last minute! We are also open late until 9pm every day of the week, we can give you expert advice and we stock an array of gift ideas all at reasonable prices to suit any golfer. Here are some gift ideas to suit any budget:

• Less than £2 – Handwarmers are a handy little gift on a cold day & they stay nice and warm for 6-8 hours just £1.99 per packet.
• Just £5 – Gift vouchers are a perfect present for any golfer and available from as little as £5 upwards.
• Less than £10 – FootJoy rain grip gloves are a necessity for any golfer on a wet wintry day and cost just £9.99.
• Less than £25 – Under Armour winter bobble hats, they look good but more importantly they keep you warm – from just £17.99.
• Less than £50 – Under Armour Cold Gear base layer, your body’s first defence against the cold should be this compression base layer to trap all your bodies heat in, available in a number of colours at £44.99.
• Less than £200 – Titleist Sta Dry waterproof cart bag, another essential for winter golf – keep all your clubs and belongings dry no matter how what the weather.
  

Video of the week

The golf world was in virtual meltdown last week as we saw the long awaited return of 14 time Major champion Tiger Woods to competitive golf in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, and what a return it was as on the whole Tiger hit the ball with precision and more importantly with a lot of free-flowing power. His finish of 9th position in a field full of the world’s best players must have been very pleasing for Woods and he definitely looks primed to play a full pain-free schedule next year. The prospect of a fit and healthy Tiger Woods battling against the top young players such as Dustin Johnson, Rory Mcilroy and Jordan Spieth in the 4 Majors is absolutely mouth-watering!

Whilst we are waiting for the Masters to come around in April, enjoy this highlight reel of some of Tiger’s best career shots here.

• Winter League Round 5 – Saturday 9th December 11am
• Junior Competition – Saturday 9th December 1:32pm
• Seniors 9 hole roll up – Tuesday 12th December 9:16am
• Ladies 9 hole Fun Competition – Thursday 14th December 9:24am
• Turkey Trot & Summer Prize Presentations – Sunday 17th December 10:28am