So near yet so far away

Last week Mike Thompson and myself (with my dad caddying) headed over to Coventry golf club for the Lombard Trophy. The course was in excellent condition and after a delayed start due to fog we managed to tee off at 9.20am. We had a great start and as we stood on the 12th tee we were 6 under par. We knew we had to get to around 8 under to win. We then bogeyed a par 5 but then followed it with 2 birdies in the last 5 holes to finish 7 under par. The winners went through on 9 under par and will play Gleneagles at the end of September. A great day though, on a really nice golf course.

Open weekend

Saturday

Having got everything prepared for the weekends Open Championship sale. We had brought food and drink along with many sales items. The weather turned again and flooded the course, which closed us for the day. As a golf professional you always allow for bad weather during the winter but not in the summer. This weather has a massive effect on business. Let's just hope we now have a good run of weather.

Sunday

Once the rain stopped on Saturday it gave the course chance to drain and the John Hudson junior open took place. We had a field of 31 players. 4 girls and 27 boys. The day went very well and the winners were as follows.

Junior Boys Open                                            Gross
 
1st James Wilkies (7) Enville GC                        76         
2nd Daniel Doyle (6) Stourbrige GC                   78
3rd Nathan Slater (7) Bewdley Pines GC            79

Junior Boys Open                                            Net

1st Connor Thomos (15) Kings Nortan GC        69
2nd James Wilkes(7) Envile GC                         69
3rd Joshua Wood (13) Redditch GC                  71

Junior Girls Open                                            Gross

1st Alice Brooks (5) Gaudet Luce GC                82
2nd J Pnaiser (13) Handsworth GC                    90
3rd Meghan Hopkins (15) Market Drayton GC  97 

Junior Girls Open                                             Net

1st J Paiser (13) Handsworth GC                        77
2nd Alice Brooks(5) Gaudet Luce GC                 77
3rd Mehan Hopkins(15) Market Drayton GC      82

New member of staff

From Monday we have Jack Churchill starting in the shop. Jack is a member of the golf club and also junior team captain. Jack starts a 2-year apprenticeship course that is linked with the PGA. I'm sure you will pop your head into the shop to say hello to Jack.

Open Draw

Many thanks for all you support in the Open draw. The winners are as follows:

Martin Gregory £50 
Dave Saunders & Craig Richardson £25 each 
Phil Brookes £10 
Phil Brookes & Mark Moran £2.50 each

All amounts have been credited to your pro shop accounts. Well done.

Dates for your diary

Mens dates

Putting Competition sponsored by PING, the winner will receive a golf bag. 9th of August, all day.

Srixon sponsored Competition; every entry gets 3 golf balls free. 16th of August, all day.

Ladies dates

Putting Competition sponsored by PING, the winner will receive a golf bag. 12th of August, all day

Srixon sponsored Competition; every entry gets 3 golf balls free. 19th of August, all day.

The lads go to the open

Last week saw a few of our members' head up to Liverpool for the Friday of the open. We managed to capture a few images of them. Please see images below.

Lady Captains at home day and presentation

Last Tuesday the Lady Captain, Wendy, hosted her day at the golf club. The day consisted of golf followed by a meal afterwards and for those who couldn't make the golf, just the meal. Wendy had over 40 ladies for the golf followed by over 50 ladies for the dinner. The ladies had a great time and really enjoyed the day and the get together of the evening to celebrate the ladies section. On the evening they also present trophies for the major competitions that have been played during the year. Please see below the winner and congratulation on all that have taken part and won competitions this year. 

  

 

Putting clinic in full swing

On Monday I ran the first summer clinic. The clinic was on putting. We set out 6 different stations on the putting green; each station was to work on speed, distance, alignment or strike. I spoke about the stroke and how important it was to read the greens and to understand the lines and pace of a green. It was a great night, please see images below.

 

 
 
Don't miss out on the next clinic!!!

Mon 11th Aug 6pm. CHIPPING. £10 per person and we will talk about distance control and club selection along with technique. Please click here to reserve your place.

What's the pro shop staff up to this week? 

It's back to business as normal after the weather of Saturday. I'm busy teaching all week, I'm playing in a WPGA event at Kidderminster on Friday with my dad, the Captain and Kevin Woodham, so I will look forward to that. Noel is getting busy. Jack will continue to find his feet in the shop and my dad continues to keep on top of the trolleys.