Patrick Smith

Hello golfers,

Welcome to another exciting edition of the weekly newsletter bringing you all of the latest goings-on from around the club. Enjoy this week's read.

Shop news

Get ready for the season with a free MOT

The season will be here before you know it and will you be ready??

We are offering free MOTs to all our newsletter readers.

What’s does a MOT include?

1. Club Check - including a loft and lie and grips.
2. Driver check - loft and shaft check
3. Swing check - a assessment of your swing
4. Shoe check - check your shoes for studs
5. Trolley and batter check - check and test both your trolley and Battery
6. Ball fit - get a recommended Ball for the season

If you book within the next 2 weeks get your clubs and shoes cleaned free of charge. MOTs last until the end of February

All these checks are free of charge and you can book via my online diary. Just simple click my MOT and select my name and I’ll see you then. It’s that easy and yes once again all this is free to you.

Click here to book your FREE Mot.

Studio news

What’s hot in the studio at the moment

In the past month the studio has been almost fully booked daily due to the weather outside. We are very lucky at Kidderminster to have such a wonderful facility.

What’s been fitted in the studio lately?

Titleist AP1 Irons 5-PW KBS stiff shafts
Titleist AP1 Irons. 5-AW AMT red regular shafts
Titleist AP 3 irons 5-AW KBS regular shafts
Titleist AP 2 irons 4-PW AMT red regular shafts
PING G400 Irons 5-UW graphite men’s shafts
PING G409 Irons 5-PW graphite ladies shafts
PING Rhapsody ladies irons 6-SW

As you can see we haven’t done many wood fittings due to the fact that most manufacturers are just about to release product. We will have all the heads and shafts in by mid February so keep your eyes peeled to the newsletter.

Coaching news

Posture = distance.

Are you struggling for distance? Do you struggle to create any shoulder turn? Just think about your posture and how you stand to the ball. Think if you were to throw a ball as far as you can what would you do with your shoulder? You would tuck them back and get your chest sticking out, that’s the same as we would like your posture in Golf.

Take a look at two different postures.

A good straight back, shoulder blades back and chest nice and high.

Our Vice captain. We have worked hard on Johns posture and it’s much improved but when he came in a month ago this was his posture. As you can see slightly round shoulders so very hard to create the turn.

Competition news

Are you down for our knockouts?

All the knockouts are now available on the clubs website. You have until March 31st to enter your name. If you are struggling to enter please let me know and we can enter you in at the pro shop. All draws will take place on April the 1st.

Are you down for our opens?

Again all our opens for 2018 are now available for both members and visitors. Please click the link below and choose the open you would like to play and book your time. Remember nearly all our opens we’re fully booked last year so be quick.

https://www.thekidderminstergolfclub.com/opens

Pro's news

A staff ambassador for Titleist

Since my short listing for Foremost professional of the year and with all the work I’ve put into the studio and into my teaching and very pleased to announce that Titleist have made me a staff ambassador for their company.

I will playing and using all Titleist equipment for the next two years.

So what’s in the professionals bag??

917 D3 driver 8.5 degrees with a rouge shaft stiff
917 f3 fairway wood 13.5 degrees with a rouge shaft stiff
818 H2 19 hybrid with a rouge shaft stiff
AP3 irons 4-AW with AMT black stiff shafts
Vokey 54 and 58 degree
Scott Cameron Newport putter.

All the clubs will be on show at the end of January in the shop and in the studio.

What’s the pro Shop staff got coming up?

This weeks has been quite on the coaching front but it’s given me time to get all my pre book orders in check, plan for the season. I plan all my business for the year in January, all deals, offers and special events and all staff are briefed so they know exactly what to expect all the time. So for this month it’s MOTs.

It’s also given me a chance to get used to the system for the competitions, I hope all that have played on a Saturday have enjoyed the comps and I would love any feedback you have if you feel we could run them better or more efficiently.