Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we have a video from Lee Westwood to help you improve your game, we recap a dramatic collapse by the world's best golfer, and we highlight an essential item to your winter golfing kit.

Enjoy the read.

Winter Wheels

Dear Members,

From the 1st December Hedgehog/Hoppa wheels will be compulsory on all trollies until end of February but may be extended if needed.

The purpose of this is to help improve the grass coverage of the fairways for next season and keep trolley bans off for as long as possible for you all.

Chris and his staff will be working hard to keep trollies on for as long as possible this winter so please can you respect the roped off areas.

For those of you who don't have Hedgehog/Hoppa wheels we do sell them in the shop and also have all our rental trollies fitted, please see below prices:

• Hedgehog/Hoppa RRP £30.00 Members Price £23.00
• Motocaddy Hedgehog Wheels RRP £79.00 Members Price £71.00
• Rental Trolley £4.00 per rental
• Electric Trolley £10.00 per rental

We don't unfortunately stock Powakaddy trollies and accessories but we will allow their winter wheels too. If you have any queries please speak to any of the Team.

Seniors news

Hope I find you all in rude health, if not let me or one of the Committee know please.

This week's competition was the Irish Scramble, and for the first time this year, on a Tuesday, we experienced some rain showers, but these did not detract from the golf.

Winners were John Love and Gary Beck with a net 67.5.

Second place were Nigel Kimber and Andy Frost also with 67.5 ocb.

Third place were Barry Holden and yours truly on 68, and if we hadn't messed up 15, 16 and 17....we would have been on the winners’ podium!

Click here for the full results.

Prizes for the 1st and 2nd will be at next week’s starters table. The draw winner was Alfie Fitt with £24.

As soon as I know the details of the next Hodds Match, I shall advise you all, it would be great to get a few spectators, ball spotters in attendance

Have a great weekend, regards - Captain Richard

Pip's blog

A bit thinner than usual this week, but here's a lovely photo from the Baker Cup.

Click here to read Pip's blog.

Hands up if…

We’ve all done it. A solid front nine sees us make the turn one or two under our handicap, and we carry on playing the same over the next few holes. All of a sudden we only have a few holes left to play and think to ourselves: ‘I’ve been going along quite nicely, I wonder what score I’m on.’ A quick glance down at the scorecard reveals we’re on for a great round and nice little handicap cut; we might even win the monthly medal! Ten minutes later and we’ve three-putted the next green, lost a couple of balls and left one in the bunker.

Luckily for us, it’s not just us mere mortals who suffer this kind of feat. Stand up, Dustin Johnson – the current world number one. The American was six shots clear of the field with 18 holes left to play at the weekend’s WGC-HSBC Champions Event, only to shoot five-over on Sunday and lose by two shots to eventual winner Justin Rose.

No doubt Dustin will come back even stronger in 2018, and if nerves regularly get the better of you then make sure you come and speak to us about how we can help you.

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