Complete Equipment Solution

We'll start this week with another great promotion in the pro shop... The Complete Equipment Solution is a promotion where you can get a FREE club fitting, plus a FREE follow up lesson, on all club purchases over £299. Remember, we stock a great selection of club manufactures including TaylorMade, PING, Wilson Staff, Mizuno and Cobra and this is a great time to try out our new and improved Swing Zone, where the roof has been lifted 40 centimetres so that even the very tallest golfers will now be able to try out drivers in there.

If you're thinking about treating yourself, now is the time. Click here to learn more.

   

FootJoy Shoe Size Challenge

A reminder that this weekend sees your last chance to claim a FREE pair of FootJoy socks. FootJoy are challenging you to come to the shop, have your feet measured by one of the team and if you are wearing the correct size shoes you will receive a FREE pair of FootJoy socks, simple!

Wilson DX2 Satisfaction Guaranteed

This weekend is also your last chance to take up Wilson on their DX2 Soft ball challenge. If you buy a dozen Wilson balls. you will receive a sleeve of three FREE. When you next play, use the FREE sleeve first and if you don't like the Wilson DX2 Soft ball then you can return the dozen balls back to the shop and I will give you a full refund. That's how confident Wilson are in you liking the DX2 Soft ball!

Battery Trade-in

The battery trade-in continues to go well, with six members having now traded in their old battery for a new lithium battery. Lithium batteries last five times longer that the old Lead Acid batteries and if you were to trade your old one in, I will give you £25 OFF the purchase of a new Llthium battery!

It’s Worth A Try  

The new TP5 ball from TaylorMade has been achieving some impressive results on tour so far this year - and it’s now available in your local pro shop. We’re so confident that you’ll benefit from the TP5 that when you purchase a dozen, we will give you a 2-ball pack for FREE. If you don’t get on with it, then you can return your unused dozen for a full refund.  

Watch our video on TP5 here. 

 

On The Course...

On to competition news now and on Sunday the men had their April Stableford and Lombard Trophy Qualifier and it was that man again, Clyde Leggett, who won. Clyde returned the best score of the day, 40 points, to win Division Two and in doing so, for the second straight year, qualified to join myself in the regional qualifiers of the Lombard Trophy held at Thetford Golf Club on Thursday, 29 June. Clyde only just won the Division Two title as he only beat one of the club's form men, Peter Bailey, on countback who also had 40 points. In Division One Les Duke won with 39 points and Division Three Keith Newberry won with 39 points.

Last Thursday, 20 April saw the start of the club's popular Men's Summer Mid-week Stableford. 124 players took part in the competition which runs on most Thursdays throughout the summer. Andy Klein had the best score of the day (42 points), to win Division Two. Brian Rivett came second in Division Two with 41 points, beating Robert Jones and Barry Peake on countback. In Division One Martin Pestle won with 40 points with Lee Chapman second with 39 points and Ray Pope third with 38 points.

Finally in competition news, on Saturday, 22 April the mixed section had their latest Foursomes competition where Rosemary and Jim Wooghouse claimed the spoils with 36 points, with Jayne Standen and Peter Aldred second on 35 points beating Penny Platten and Stuart Low on countback in to third. Also on the same Saturday Bob Picton won the Roll-up Stableford with 35 points.

 

Course Update

On to course news now and this week has been course maintenance week where Danny and his team have been working hard, hollow tinning and putting a heavy top dressing on the greens. The hollow tinning process is to de-compact the greens and to get rid of the thatch in the greens. The top dressing, which consists of sand and seed, is then applied to fill in the holes created by the hollow tinning. This year Danny has done it slightly different and has left all of the greens the work has been done on temporary greens and they will be left on temporary greens till probably next Wednesday, 3rd May to give the greens a rest and to allow the dressing to really work it's way in to the soil. For a more detailed explanation on the work Danny is doing, he will post it on his new noticeboard which is going to be put up tomorrow (Friday), although he's not sure where yet but we will let you know.

   

 

Coming Up This Week...

With the ongoing course maintenance and the temporary greens, there is not much going on in the week ahead apart from on Sunday the juniors are have a Nine Hole Texas Scramble so the first tee will be reserved between 12:30pm and 1pm and on Bank Holiday Monday we have the Mixed, what was AM-AM but is now a Texas Scramble because of the greens, which has a shotgun start at 2:00pm but with 11 teams playing it means, although the course won't be closed it will be busy between 2pm and 4pm.