Who will master The Masters?

Yes yes yes! The Masters, the first major of the year is just about to start. This is always one of the best golf events to watch, even non golfers enjoy this event. It also kick starts the golfing season. Make sure you take advantage of our season starter offers.

 

Where are you watching the final round of The Masters?

The golf club are putting together a night with food available. It would be nice to have a great night at the golf club with as many members as we can to support this evening.

The Masters draw

Did you enter the Pro shop Masters draw? Please click this link to see which player you drew out the hat for this year's Masters. The prizes for are as follows:

1st place £60 voucher 
2nd place £40 voucher 
3rd place £35 voucher 
4th place £25 voucher 
5th place £15 voucher 
6th place £10 voucher 
7th place £5 voucher

The money might vary depending on ties.

Have you entered our Opens at the golf club?

This year the club have made all the Opens easier for you to enter as you can now enter online. We have lots of great opens this year, all at fantastic prices so why not enter one of our opens and come and enjoy yourself at Kidderminster golf club.

Men's pairs Open 18th of April Stableford better ball

The first Open coming up is the men's pairs Open. This takes place on the 18th of April, this event is nearly fully subscribed so be quick not to miss out. Only £16 for non-members and £12 for members. Remember as it's an Open members can enter with a non-member as long as they have an active handicap. Please click here for the men's open link.

Ladies 3 ball alliance open

This competition is extremely well supported but we do have a few spaces left for you to have a great day out. If you would like to enter a team for the day please click here.

This is one of our flag ship competitions. This trophy has been played for nearly 100 years and has changed format last year, back to the original format. The best gross score of the day wins the Stewart Smith trophy and we will also be paying out the best 4 nett scores. This is a must play event and one not to be misted. Please click here for the Stewart smith trophy link.

The GC2 continues to work its magic

Since purchasing the launch monitor, the results in custom fitting and coaching have been amazing. Now we have the technology to see spin rates, launch angles and carry distance- we can adjust swings and clubs in order to gain the most distance for their swings. Last week we fitted Mark with the new Titleist 915 driver. The results were amazing. Having brought his ball speed down slightly you would have thought Mark would have lost distance, but with increasing the launch angle, decreasing the spin we managed to gain 19 yards of carry.

Another great ladies coaching day

Last Wednesday, I ran a full days coaching for our lady members. We had a great day. We played golf in the morning, which I asked the ladies to keep stats so we can know exactly what we needed to work on in the afternoon. The results were very similar, very good of the tee, good second shots, however the approach shots and short game need work so after lunch we went down the practice ground and worked on 50 yard shots, 25 yard shots and little lob shots, we also worked on distance control using the GC2, I asked the ladies to hit the ball a certain distance and to see how close they got to that distance. A great day which I will be doing again during the season but don't forget I have my ladies class every Wednesday at 10am on the main practice ground.

Happy birthday Mark

Last week Mark Baker celebrated his birthday. For the occasion, my Mum baked Mark a cake which she gave him at 8 o'clock and we have a new record because by 10 o'clock there was still half the cake left! Usually this would have been polished if within the first hour. Happy birthday Mark. 

Patrick Smith Golf Academy News 

The academy goes from strength to strength. Since I started as the professional of Kidderminster, coaching has always been my passion and it's never changed! The thrill and enjoyment I get from making people's golf better, whether it be coaching a beginner or an international player, both have challenges but ones that I love and thrive on.

What's been happening in the academy this year and how has it impacted both myself and the golf club.

I'm now running my second session of beginners classes, the 6 that subscribed have now all subscribed to another 5 sessions, alongside this Noel beginner class starts next Sunday at 10am. So if you know someone who would like to see if they can crack this game, click here.

At the beginning of the year, I started teaching a father and son, both new to the game. We started on the practice ground and each week worked on different fundamentals and then took this to the golf course. Both now have joined the golf club.

This year I started teaching Paul Hickman. Paul came to me as a golfer that hadn't played much golf, very rusty. We got him into good routines and again took these on to the golf course. After enjoying the course and the facilities we have to offer Paul has now applied to join the golf club.

In the middle of last year, I started coaching Sue Baylis. Sue will make an extremely good golfer and shows great potential. Sue has now applied to join the club and I'm sure will go from strength to strength.

Noel has been teaching Geoff Williams for a while now. Geoff has been playing golf for many years and has now decided he like what he sees at Kidderminster so he has applied to join.

Are you interested in becoming a member? 

We are very lucky at Kidderminster to have such amazing facilities, a wonderful 18 hole golf course, the best practice facilities in the county, great pro shop, lovely clubhouse, what is there not to like. We have several different memberships now to suit all budgets. Click here for more information. If you need any more information just phone me on 01562 740090 or 07900987503, just speak to Pat!!

http://www.thekidderminstergolfclub.com/membership

Junior Coaching Is Back!!!

See details on the poster (right)