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Tankard Qualifier
Round One of the Tankard Qualifier takes place on Sat 3rd May. If you have not already done so, sign in at the club. Draw will be made Thursday, and posted Thursday evening both on the web and at the club. This competition is not drawn in Handicap Order.
Ochoa on siesta, Sorenstam triumphs. Tiger Woods healing, Mickelson gets his chance. Leadbetter's drill gives you a leg up for power, Haney's two club
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It may be quite presumptive of me to claim that Phil Mickelson's chances have vastly improved (as has the rest of the field at the upcoming Wachovia Championship) now that Tiger Woods has withdrawn due to arthroscopic knee surgery.Woods is the defending champion and for him to be rehabilitating puts the players on the PGA Tour at ease. But seeing Phil's face smattered across the television screen as the big draw makes you really wonder if the Golf Channel and CBS Sports are going enough to create excitement. Perhaps the secret ingredient might be more face-time for Adam Scott, sudden-death victor at the Byron Nelson Classic!
There is no doubt, however, that because Lorena Ochoa took a siesta the roadblock was cleared to escalate Annika Sorenstam to victory at the Stanford International. Still, Annika required a sudden-death playoff with Paula Creamer in order to cinch the deal claiming, "It could have gone really any way. I'm just fortunate that this time it was my turn."
Our Golf for Beginners podcast this week contains a great number of easy golf tips and drills. One exercise comes from David Leadbetter who suggests a way to gain power in your golf swing through weight shift. Try this technique on the range and you will surely feel a difference on the golf course!
Another drill from Hank Haney offers the benefits of weighted clubs to help warm up, gain feel and build clubhead speed before a round.
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Video Tips on Demand
In addition to the Joe Beck tips on the left, every so often we'll through up a little video tip from eleswhere on the Web, aimed strictly at us amateurs. Hope you enjoy them, feedback is always welcome, and if there are any specific tips you'd like to see up, let the blog team know, and we'll see what we can do!
72 Hole Competition - Round 2 (Part 2)
With the competition running over 4 rounds we thought it would be good to have a single post showing the running scores for the Top Ten Gross and Nett Scores, so here we go:
Top Ten Gross
1. Mark Scott 73 75 - Total 148
2. Scott Robertson 80 73 - Total 153
3. Lee Bushby 81 73 - Total 154
3. Iain Butchart 79 75 - Total 154
5. Craig McKenna 76 84 - Total 160
6. Ian Scott 85 82 - Total 167
6. Brian McGowan 80 87 - Total 167
8. Sandy Robertson 84 85 - Total 169
9. Matt Bell (Jnr) 92 78 - Total 170
9. Jack Scott 85 85 - Total 170
Top Ten Nett
1. Lee Bushby 74 66 - Total 140
1. Mark Scott 69 71 - Total 140
3. Iain Butchart 73 69 - Total 142
4. P Barnett 76 70 - Total 146
5. I Clark 75 73 - Total 148
5. Brian McGowan 70 78 - Total 148
7. I Scott 76 73 - Total 149
7. Sandy Robertson 74 75 - Total 149
9. Craig McKenna 71 79 - Total 150
10. A Aird 80 71 - Total 151
10. SA Robertson 79 72 - Total 151
So there we have it, halfway through and still very tight in both categories, so all to play for.
Final Two Rounds on the 24th and 25th May.
Top Ten Gross
1. Mark Scott 73 75 - Total 148
2. Scott Robertson 80 73 - Total 153
3. Lee Bushby 81 73 - Total 154
3. Iain Butchart 79 75 - Total 154
5. Craig McKenna 76 84 - Total 160
6. Ian Scott 85 82 - Total 167
6. Brian McGowan 80 87 - Total 167
8. Sandy Robertson 84 85 - Total 169
9. Matt Bell (Jnr) 92 78 - Total 170
9. Jack Scott 85 85 - Total 170
Top Ten Nett
1. Lee Bushby 74 66 - Total 140
1. Mark Scott 69 71 - Total 140
3. Iain Butchart 73 69 - Total 142
4. P Barnett 76 70 - Total 146
5. I Clark 75 73 - Total 148
5. Brian McGowan 70 78 - Total 148
7. I Scott 76 73 - Total 149
7. Sandy Robertson 74 75 - Total 149
9. Craig McKenna 71 79 - Total 150
10. A Aird 80 71 - Total 151
10. SA Robertson 79 72 - Total 151
So there we have it, halfway through and still very tight in both categories, so all to play for.
Final Two Rounds on the 24th and 25th May.
72 Hole Competition - Round 2 (Part 1)
What a wonderful day the weather forecasters missed out on when forecasting rain for the weekend. And what a great day for scoring in the second round of the competition. With some excellent scores all round it was Lee Bushby who took the honours with lowest Gross and Nett scores of 73 and 66 respectively. Well done Lee.
Round 2 Placings
1. Lee Bushby - Nett 66
2. Iain Butchart - Nett 69
3. Matt Bell (Jnr) - Nett 70
3. P Barnett - Nett 70
Handicap Reductions.
Matt Bell - New Playing Handicap of 7
P Barnett - New Playing Handicap of 12
L Bushby - New Playing Handicap of 6
Handicap Up-Revisions.
W McGregor - New Playing Handicap of 13
2's
Lee Bushby had a 2 at the 4th and Alistair Aird had 2's at both the 4th and the 6th.
Round 2 Placings
1. Lee Bushby - Nett 66
2. Iain Butchart - Nett 69
3. Matt Bell (Jnr) - Nett 70
3. P Barnett - Nett 70
Handicap Reductions.
Matt Bell - New Playing Handicap of 7
P Barnett - New Playing Handicap of 12
L Bushby - New Playing Handicap of 6
Handicap Up-Revisions.
W McGregor - New Playing Handicap of 13
2's
Lee Bushby had a 2 at the 4th and Alistair Aird had 2's at both the 4th and the 6th.
Augusta National Golf Club
No, I haven't played it yet. I'm just inspired after going to The Masters. Augusta National never fails to impress. It has a sacred feel to it, especially the beauty and solitude of Amen Corner. There can't be three better consecutive golf holes in the world. I had forgotten how quiet and reverential the patrons are, going to Augusta is a very civilized experience.
Watching the Masters in person is an experience every golfer should have at least once in their life. In the same way that people often comment that the terrain is steeper than it looks on TV, the sensation of watching the tournament unfold when you are there, in slow motion, is also pronounced. You can't really get a feel watching TV, with its continuous leaderboard, how exciting it is to hear the distant roars, wait in anticipation as the manual scoreboard is changed and visually see the running score of each of the leaders. I have a real sense of admiration for how the tournament organizers have been able to keep the tournament firmly rooted in tradition.
Watching the Masters in person is an experience every golfer should have at least once in their life. In the same way that people often comment that the terrain is steeper than it looks on TV, the sensation of watching the tournament unfold when you are there, in slow motion, is also pronounced. You can't really get a feel watching TV, with its continuous leaderboard, how exciting it is to hear the distant roars, wait in anticipation as the manual scoreboard is changed and visually see the running score of each of the leaders. I have a real sense of admiration for how the tournament organizers have been able to keep the tournament firmly rooted in tradition.
Now, to the important stuff. I have to focus my efforts on playing the course. I've got a couple of seeds planted to get onto Augusta, and as this quest has taught me, you never know which one will come through, so it's always a good idea to have a couple of options, in case one or the other doesn't pan out.
Option #1 is playing with one of the titan-of-industry members that I know either first or second hand. I already have the visual image complete: Flying down on their Gulfstream G550, having a 1982 Chateau Haut Brion with dinner, staying in one of the cabins on property, watching old Masters re-runs all night, playing thirty-six and flying back without ever going through an airport security check-in line. Both of my connections know I want to play, but protocol demands that I not ask directly. So I'm being patient. But it's killing me.
Option #2 requires patience. To be precise, a five-year wait. I have to wait for my volunteer duties to come up at The Masters. Volunteers are allowed to play on a day in May ("Play Day"). This explains why even the guys who have pulled bathroom duty greet you happily as you enter the mens room at the Masters. Wouldn't you be willing to clean toilets to get a chance to play Augusta? I'm hoping I get assigned rope duty on the 16th hole, but will take whatever they assign me.
One of life's great simple pleasures is a pimento cheese sandwich at The Masters. The $1.50 for this underappreciated treat on white bread is one of the greatest bargains in the world. We can all learn a lot from the best organized and run event in the world, including how to control your brand down to the smallest detail, like your own chocolate, chips, ice cream and moon pies.
Although I haven't played the course yet, one of my fellow blogging golf fanatics has, and I am including his link here so you can get a good feel for what it is like for a mortal to play the course.
72 Hole Competition - Round One
The BBC said rain, STV said heavy showers, Radio Tay said a lot of things totally unintelligible to anyone outside the Fair City, however, dull as it was in the morning for the early risers, conditions improved to T-shirt weather for some in the afternoon! Despite the differing conditions the top ten places after the first round were evenly split between those who played in the drizzle and those who had it a little bit fairer. Overall Winner of the Round One Sweep was Mark Scott with an excellent Gross score of 73 for a Nett of 69.
The Top Ten Nett Scores after Round One:
1. Mark Scott - 69
2. Brian McGowan - 70
3. Craig McKenna - 71
3. Gus Miller - 71
5. Iain Butchart - 73
6. Lee Bushby - 74
6. Sandy Robertson - 74
8. Ian Clark - 75
8. Fergus Martin - 75
8. Brian Jackson - 75
With another ten players within 3 shots of the Top Ten, there are sure to be some twists and turns in this event in the next three rounds.
Handicap Changes.
The following Handicap Reductions will only affect the Master Handicap Record and will not be in use during the remaining rounds of this competition. All players are to continue to use the Handicap allocated to them at the beginning of Round One, even in the unlikely event of the system being wrong!
Gus Miller - New Playing Handicap - 10
Brian McGowan - New Playing Handicap - 9
The above statement also applies to Up-Revisions after Round One.
Alfie Dochertty - New Playing Handicap of 13
2's
2's were recorded by Gus Miller and Mark Scott at the 6th and Craig McKenna on bothe the 4th and 6th. Well done.
Round Two - Sun 27th April. Can the bodies take any more?
The Top Ten Nett Scores after Round One:
1. Mark Scott - 69
2. Brian McGowan - 70
3. Craig McKenna - 71
3. Gus Miller - 71
5. Iain Butchart - 73
6. Lee Bushby - 74
6. Sandy Robertson - 74
8. Ian Clark - 75
8. Fergus Martin - 75
8. Brian Jackson - 75
With another ten players within 3 shots of the Top Ten, there are sure to be some twists and turns in this event in the next three rounds.
Handicap Changes.
The following Handicap Reductions will only affect the Master Handicap Record and will not be in use during the remaining rounds of this competition. All players are to continue to use the Handicap allocated to them at the beginning of Round One, even in the unlikely event of the system being wrong!
Gus Miller - New Playing Handicap - 10
Brian McGowan - New Playing Handicap - 9
The above statement also applies to Up-Revisions after Round One.
Alfie Dochertty - New Playing Handicap of 13
2's
2's were recorded by Gus Miller and Mark Scott at the 6th and Craig McKenna on bothe the 4th and 6th. Well done.
Round Two - Sun 27th April. Can the bodies take any more?
Bell Trophy v Blairgowrie
At 5 o'clock on Friday night, the rain began to fall on Strathmore Golf Course and what had been a pleasant day looked as if it was going to take a nasty turn for the evening. Not at all promising conditions for the team selected to play in the Bell Trophy match against Blairgowrie, Iain "El Capitano" Butchart, Sammy "Das Englander" Bolderson, Derek "Oh, Matron" Gordon, Fergus "The Invisible Man" Martin and Eric "Steak Pie with Guinness, easy on the steak" Gray.
The rain eased after an hour however and a pleasant evenings golf was enjoyed by most. Iain, for the first time in living memory actually receiving shots, managed to eke a half out of the Blairgowrie Scratch man, Sammy and Derek both losing out before Fergus soldiered in with another half, and Eric going down 2 and 1 in the last match. All however enjoyed the matches which could all have gone either way, except possibly Sammy, who's cold appeared to have gotten worse by the time the match finished!
Once again, thanks to Dave and the staff for the hospitality after the event, which as always was well appreciated by the visitors.
The rain eased after an hour however and a pleasant evenings golf was enjoyed by most. Iain, for the first time in living memory actually receiving shots, managed to eke a half out of the Blairgowrie Scratch man, Sammy and Derek both losing out before Fergus soldiered in with another half, and Eric going down 2 and 1 in the last match. All however enjoyed the matches which could all have gone either way, except possibly Sammy, who's cold appeared to have gotten worse by the time the match finished!
Once again, thanks to Dave and the staff for the hospitality after the event, which as always was well appreciated by the visitors.
72 Hole Competition Rounds 1 and 2
The draw for the first two rounds of the above competition take place on Sat 26th and Sun 27th April are as follows:
Round 1 - Sat 26th April
AM
0800: SA Robertson, M Scott (ER) & L Bushby
0807: K Band, G Miller (ER) & R Miller (ER)
0815: B McGowan , B Jackson & C Davidson (ER)
0822: Mike Bell, A Docherty & A Valentine (ER)
0830: R Howkins, G Ironside & M Melville
0837: I Clark, I Gall & C Fairweather
0845: I Stewart, D McDonald & C Long (FH)
0852: S Schofield, D Findlay & I Long (FH)
PM
1300: C McKenna, I Butchart & J Scott
1307: D Gillespie, S Thomson & Matt Bell (Jnr)
1315: M Tinker, I Scott & A Aird
1322: S Robertson, G Martin (Jnr) & R Michie
1330: E Ritchie, W McGregor & P Barnett
1337: J Morrison, F Moran & F Martin
1345: M Truswell, R Tinker (Jnr) & D Thomson
1352: C Thoms, E Gray & FJ Moran (Jnr)
Round 2 - Sun 27th April
AM
0800: M Scott (ER), S Thomson & B McGowan
0807: B Jackson, Mike Bell & C Davidson (ER)
0815: R Howkins, M Melville & I Clark
0822: I Gall, S Schofield & D Thomson
PM
1200: SA Robertson, C McKenna & I Butchart
1207: J Scott, D Gillespie & Matt Bell (Jnr)
1215: I Scott, A Aird & S Robertson
1222: R Michie, E Ritchie & W McGregor
1230: P Barnett, J Morrison & K MacLeod
1237: F Moran, F Martin & M Truswell
1245: C Thoms, E Gray & FJ Moran
1252: L Bushby (LR) & L Duncan (LR)
ER - Early Request, LR - Late Request, FH - For Handicap
It is accepted that many competitors will be unable to play in all four rounds, however entry fees are required from all competitors, no matter how many rounds they take part in. Only one entry fee is required, payable when a player takes part in this event for the first time. All monies are to be deposited in the Gent's box prior to taking to the course.
Round 1 - Sat 26th April
AM
0800: SA Robertson, M Scott (ER) & L Bushby
0807: K Band, G Miller (ER) & R Miller (ER)
0815: B McGowan , B Jackson & C Davidson (ER)
0822: Mike Bell, A Docherty & A Valentine (ER)
0830: R Howkins, G Ironside & M Melville
0837: I Clark, I Gall & C Fairweather
0845: I Stewart, D McDonald & C Long (FH)
0852: S Schofield, D Findlay & I Long (FH)
PM
1300: C McKenna, I Butchart & J Scott
1307: D Gillespie, S Thomson & Matt Bell (Jnr)
1315: M Tinker, I Scott & A Aird
1322: S Robertson, G Martin (Jnr) & R Michie
1330: E Ritchie, W McGregor & P Barnett
1337: J Morrison, F Moran & F Martin
1345: M Truswell, R Tinker (Jnr) & D Thomson
1352: C Thoms, E Gray & FJ Moran (Jnr)
Round 2 - Sun 27th April
AM
0800: M Scott (ER), S Thomson & B McGowan
0807: B Jackson, Mike Bell & C Davidson (ER)
0815: R Howkins, M Melville & I Clark
0822: I Gall, S Schofield & D Thomson
PM
1200: SA Robertson, C McKenna & I Butchart
1207: J Scott, D Gillespie & Matt Bell (Jnr)
1215: I Scott, A Aird & S Robertson
1222: R Michie, E Ritchie & W McGregor
1230: P Barnett, J Morrison & K MacLeod
1237: F Moran, F Martin & M Truswell
1245: C Thoms, E Gray & FJ Moran
1252: L Bushby (LR) & L Duncan (LR)
ER - Early Request, LR - Late Request, FH - For Handicap
It is accepted that many competitors will be unable to play in all four rounds, however entry fees are required from all competitors, no matter how many rounds they take part in. Only one entry fee is required, payable when a player takes part in this event for the first time. All monies are to be deposited in the Gent's box prior to taking to the course.
72 Hole Competition
The newest event in the calendar, the 72 Hole Competition starts this weekend, with the 1st round being played on Saturday and the 2nd on Sunday. The final two rounds will be played on the weekend of 24th/25th May. If you think you are up to the challenge, get your names on the sign in sheet before Thursday. This certainly looks to be an interesting event.
Summer Competitions
The completion date for the first round ties for both Singles and Doubles Knock-out competitions is currently set as 27th April. This has been extended to Sun 11th May due to the clash with the first two rounds of the 72 Hole Competition. The second two rounds of this competition also fall on the same day as the completion date for the second rounds, however there will be no further extensions to this date. Challengers are to ensure that these ties are played before that date.
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Two golf swings, putting practice and when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson don't show up...do the fans?
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Yesterday the Pope pre-empted golf, proving that religion trumps sport, at least on network television. Whether or not you were interested in Sunday Sermon, broadcasters forced you to watch Pope Benedict XVI at Yankee Stadium, forcing the PGA Tour to stream live coverage on the internet.
For those without an internet connection, flipping the remote yesterday provided little in the way of diversity.
If Tiger Woods was heavily in the mix, would CBS-TV interpose both Pope Benedict and golf? Or, would Tiger be relegated to a spot in the sports section of Monday's newspaper?
I wonder who would have received the higher share?
We also discuss the two swings each golfer must bring to the course and how to integrate these two different movements into your weekly practice session. The pursuit of putting nirvana is also one of our topics. Incorporating these drills into your training plan should help lower your scores so you can confidently "putt for dough"!
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Problem Solved!
Full results sheets for the April Medal are now displayed on the Notice Board in the Gent's Changing Room. Below are details of 2's and handicaps for this event.
Handicap Reductions
Ian Scott, New Playing Handiap of 9
Rory Tinker, New Playing Handicap of 21
Handicap Up-Revisions
Brian McGowan, New Playing handicap of 10
M Hill, New Playing Handicap of 20
2's Scored
Lee Bushby and Parker Crockart at the 6th and Mark Tinker at the 4th.
Handicap Reductions
Ian Scott, New Playing Handiap of 9
Rory Tinker, New Playing Handicap of 21
Handicap Up-Revisions
Brian McGowan, New Playing handicap of 10
M Hill, New Playing Handicap of 20
2's Scored
Lee Bushby and Parker Crockart at the 6th and Mark Tinker at the 4th.
April Medal Results
An abbreviated results board for the April Medal due to some technical issues. Scores and handicap reductions/up revisions have not yet been published in the clubhouse, however we can currently provide you with the final placings.
1st. Ian Scott with a Nett 70
2nd. Mark Scott with a Nett 71
3rd. Rory Tinker with a Nett 71
4th. Matthew Bell with a Nett 71
5th. Craig McKenna with a Nett 73
Well done Ian on winning the first medal of the year, and again we have a couple of the young guns making their mark, congrats Rory and Matt.
1st. Ian Scott with a Nett 70
2nd. Mark Scott with a Nett 71
3rd. Rory Tinker with a Nett 71
4th. Matthew Bell with a Nett 71
5th. Craig McKenna with a Nett 73
Well done Ian on winning the first medal of the year, and again we have a couple of the young guns making their mark, congrats Rory and Matt.
Collins Trophy
The Collins Trophy Mixed doubles event takes place on Sunday 20th April. Pairings and timings are as follows:
12.00: A Grewar & D Norman - B Buckett & M Truswell
12.00: A Grewar & D Norman - B Buckett & M Truswell
12.07: R Fraser & G Gray - L & G Haynes
12.15: M &
12.22: J Groom & C Brand - C McNab & K Macleod
12.30: M & S Robertson - S & L Bushby
12.37: G Allardice & D Gillespie - J & M Menzies
12.45: K Finlay & P Simpson - R McGeoghegan & C Davidson
12.52: J Griffiths & D
13.00: M West & P Barnett - S & R Peacock
13.07: J & I Taylor - D & I Butchart
Format – four ball better ball Stableford
Gents - White tees – ¾ handicap
Ladies – Red tees – handicap +1 then ¾ handicap
Both ladies and gents use ladies stroke index.
April Medal
A couple of minor changes have been made to the original draw due to someones inability to read the handwriting of the drawmaster, and a case of carpool chaos! Please recheck the post below for updated timings.
April Medal
The first Medal Competition of the season takes place on Sat 19th April. The draw is as follows:
Early Risers:
0800: M Scott, G McDonald & L Bushby
0807: L Duncan, K Band & I Gray
0815: B McGowan, B Jackson & G Millar
0822: Mike Bell, G Hunter & R Millar
0830: B Simpson, A Docherty & R Milligan
0837: G Ironside, C Davidson & M Melville
0845: I Stewart, N Colville & M Grieve
0852: J Wood , A Blair & I Clark
0900: C Fairweather, S Schofield & A Jones
0907: P Crockart, P Simpson & A Valentine
0915: M Hill, D McDonald, C McDonald & D Findlay
Lunchers
1200: I Butchart & D Gillespie
1207: G McKenna, S Thompson & S Bolderson
1215: J Scott, M Tinker & Matt Bell
1222: G Martin, I Scott & A Aird
1230: S Robertson, P Barnett & W McGregor
1237: E Ritchie, R Michie & D Gordon
1245: DM Alexander, G Haynes & J Buttar
1252: J Morrison, F Moran & F Martin
1300: M Truswell, G Brand & C Thoms
1307: A Ross, E Gray & R Tinker
Another good sized field, lets hope the weather holds!
Early Risers:
0800: M Scott, G McDonald & L Bushby
0807: L Duncan, K Band & I Gray
0815: B McGowan, B Jackson & G Millar
0822: Mike Bell, G Hunter & R Millar
0830: B Simpson, A Docherty & R Milligan
0837: G Ironside, C Davidson & M Melville
0845: I Stewart, N Colville & M Grieve
0852: J Wood , A Blair & I Clark
0900: C Fairweather, S Schofield & A Jones
0907: P Crockart, P Simpson & A Valentine
0915: M Hill, D McDonald, C McDonald & D Findlay
Lunchers
1200: I Butchart & D Gillespie
1207: G McKenna, S Thompson & S Bolderson
1215: J Scott, M Tinker & Matt Bell
1222: G Martin, I Scott & A Aird
1230: S Robertson, P Barnett & W McGregor
1237: E Ritchie, R Michie & D Gordon
1245: DM Alexander, G Haynes & J Buttar
1252: J Morrison, F Moran & F Martin
1300: M Truswell, G Brand & C Thoms
1307: A Ross, E Gray & R Tinker
Another good sized field, lets hope the weather holds!
Get Fit For Golf To Play Your Best
Get Fit For Golf To Play Your Best
by: Mike Pedersen
Fit for golf is a term you should have heard by now. It’s all over the television and now becoming mainstream with amateur golfers wanting to reach their full potential. Golfers are now realizing there is a fitness component to golf, and are seriously considering getting fit for golf.It may sound like an oxymoron, but tell me if you’ve ever hurt yourself playing golf. How about a strained lower back? Or, a sore shoulder after playing? The list of injuries from swinging a golf club is a mile long. This would defend the point that getting fit for golf is NOT an oxymoron, but in fact a necessity, if you want to end the frustration, and play like you know you are capable of.Golf is a ‘physical’ game that puts a tremendous amount of stress on the body. Muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints pay the price if your golf muscles are not strong enough to withstand the forces from swing at up to 100 mph.Think about that!You swing a 3 foot implement at up to 100 mph, while maintaining a very dynamic body position. That’s physically impossible unless you’ve got the muscular strength and flexibility to achieve these swing mechanics.Look at putting! How often have you practiced for only 5-10 minutes and your lower back was killing you? You know what the culprit was? Tight hamstrings and a weak lower back. Golfers who are fit for golf don’t experience this. They can practice putting for an hour and not feel it.Wouldn’t that be nice?How about hitting out of deep rough? How many times did you leave the ball right where it was when you started? Or if you did advance it, your wrist was killing you after that?This would not happen if your were fit for golf!You’ve got to take a look at the facts! Golf is ‘physical’. Golf takes a tremendous amount of strength and flexibility. Golf causes injuries to body’s that are out of shape. Golf is frustrating when you are the shortest hitter in your foursome. Golf can make you crazy!Stop the insanity…and Get Fit For Golf!
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf performance swing trainers in the country. Golf Magazine's expert at GolfOnline.com, author and founder of several cutting-edge online golf performance sites. Take a look at his just released golf performance dvds and manual at his golf fitness training site - Perform Better Golf.
The European Club
"STAY AWAKE - GET AROUND IN 4-HOURS - YOU ARE AN ATHLETE!," the scorecard at The European Club (ranked #98 in the world) shouts at you. The European Club is the masterpiece of Irish golf impresario Pat Ruddy. Ruddy's iconoclastic style and unique personality come through strongly at the European Club.
I first played the European Club six years after it was opened, in 1998 with a group of friends, and it was my virginal experience on a links golf course.
Ruddy's very Irish sense of humor is also present on the bottom of the scorecard where in addition to your actual score, there is also a place on the scorecard for, "What my score should have been." Local Rule #1 is: "Do not be a links lawyer. Play the ball where it lies when possible."
In his book describing "The European Club", Fifty Years in a Bunker, Ruddy explains that the name European Club was meant to be grandiose - "A Big and Brave Name - Claiming the golfing continent of Europe".
At the time we played, they handed you a little blue and white card, seen above, which talks about their philosophy of the game: "Our approach to golf is fundamentalist. Accordingly, you will not find fussy furniture on our links. You might take it to be spartan while we think it is akin to the way the game was at the beginning and as it should be now. Take your clubs, card and pencil and go out and do battle with the golfscape that requires no artificial adornment."
We met Pat Ruddy when we arrived at The European Club on our first trip. We walked into the austere clubhouse, and he immediately shot a good natured insult at us: how all Americans looked like clones. He was right: all six of us had on brown khakis and logoed wind-cheaters. The decor and ambiance of the clubhouse at The European Club are on a par with that of a motor-vehicle agency. Actually, less ambiance than that of a motor-vehicle agency, because at least DMV's now have TV's. As Ruddy explains, he doesn't believe in "trumpets and brass knobs." It's all about the golf.
The Golf Course
The golf course is adjacent to the Irish Sea Links, on Brittas Bay, in County Wicklow, about 40 miles south of Dublin. The bunkers on the course are lined with railroad ties (sleepers), and Ruddy's design philosophy is to use optical illusions as a hazard on the course. There are hidden dips and hillocks shielding fairways, and his use of mounds and other hazards are meant to put a golfer off his game by creating confusion and rewarding clear thinking. The course is unconventional in that it contains two loops of ten holes instead of two loops of nine. You actually don't play all twenty holes during a round. Holes 7a and 12a, both par threes, are put into play at various times in favor of some of the other par threes. When you receive the scorecard, the two holes that you aren't playing that round have a line put through them. The course offers views of Brittas Bay on fifteen holes. The European Club offers solitude, peace and tranquility. There are no houses, no highways and no low-flying planes.
Par four 3rd hole
The third hole is 499 yards from the blue tees and is typical of the style of links golf at The European Club. The hole plays downhill among the sand dunes. As with any links course, one of the major defenses is the wind blowing in off the bay.
7th hole The seventh hole is the #1 handicap and has a small burn in front of the tee and down the entire right side. The left side of the hole has a reed-filled marsh jutting out as an illusion. The correct strategy is to favor the right side of the hole, but off the tee it looks like you should favor the left. Parts of the fairway are concealed behind the reeds in a brilliant use of optical illusion. Ruddy employs what he calls the "Reverse view telescope" effect on this hole; that is, everything looks further away than it is. I'm not sure how this sleight of hand is achieved but it works beautifully. The hole is 470 yards long and a bear under good conditions. Into the wind it is one of the hardest on the planet.
8th hole The eighth hole is a narrow par four that plays 415 yards from the back tees and shows the classic links feel among the sand dunes.
The 12th hole at the European Club The 12th hole at The European Club is a 459 yard par four. What makes the hole unique is that the green is 127 yards deep. For sake of comparison, this is longer than the length of the entire world-class seventh hole at Pebble Beach and longer by nine yards than the widest double green at St. Andrews. It creates that unique problem of a pin placement being anywhere from 412 yards when on the front of the green to 515 yards when on the back. Potentially a three or four club difference, without factoring in the tricky winds!
Hole 12a is a par three, reverse image of the 14th hole at Royal Portrush, "Calamity". At Portrush, there is a huge fall off on the right side of the green, where a mis-hit shot goes into an unfathomable void. On hole 12a, all the trouble is with the abyss on the left side. It is a heroic hole that plays 166 yards from the tips.
13th hole The thirteenth is a long 596 yard par five, with four strategic bunkers on the left side of the hole and the bay on the right. When Tiger Woods played at The European Club he hit the green here by hitting a driver off the fairway.
16th holeThe 415 yard par four sixteenth hole shows off the inland scenery at The European Club. Similar to the beautiful Perthsire hills that surround Gleneagles in Scotland, the richly colored mountains that surround the European Club add to the overall idyllic beauty of the place.
The finishing hole used at The European Club used to be a weak hole. A 477 yard par four that plays back toward the clubhouse, it had a pond in front of the green which was out of character with the rest of the course. It was an anti-climactic finish that received much criticism. Ruddy converted the pond into a burn a couple of years back; his inspiration was the Barry Burn at Carnoustie, after watching Van de Velde melt down at the 1999 Open Championship. It makes for a much better finish.
I got the opportunity to play The European Club again two years ago on a golf trip to Ireland. The contrast between the first time we played and the second was stark. It took us several hours to get to the course from Dublin since the capital city has prospered so much in the intervening years. This is despite the fact that there is now a highway south of Dublin which should make the trip quicker. There has been so much development and population growth that we sat in traffic most of the way.
Despite the admonishments on the card, we also had a painfully slow round the second time. We played on a Saturday afternoon and had to wait on EVERY shot. I also thought that the course conditioning needed an uptick, particularly the bunkers. When The European Club first opened, there was no clubhouse, and Ruddy and his family used to sit in their car and take the 10 pound guest fee through the window of their car. The visitor fee is now 180 Euros a round. The price of success and a top 100 world ranking has begun to spoil it, no doubt.
Pat Ruddy
Pat Ruddy is a unique figure in the world of golf. He is the owner, architect and operator of The European Club. Part of the secret of his success was that he did much of the work at The European Club himself. He didn't have to pay architect design fees. He drove the bulldozer himself when shaping the course, had a minimal crew and built it without frills. He was also smart enough to build in stages, stayed within his budget, didn't spend on a clubhouse and basically did it as a pay-as-you-go venture, pacing his development of the course to coincide with his cash flows. Ruddy is a self-made man and self-taught golf course architect. He started his career as a golf-writer and evolved into an architect. Based on the brief time I met him and reading his book I found him to be an affable, sarcastic and witty man with a sharp sense of humor and a visionary.
The European Club was arguably the first course built to rate as a top 100 course. Ruddy had a passion to build a world-class course and do things his way. He chartered a helicopter to fly him around the Irish coast looking for an appropriate piece of land on which to build a proper links course. Ruddy's feat would be difficult to repeat today. Part of the secret of his success was good timing. At the time he started his venture the Irish government was giving out grants to spur tourism. Even for private clubs such as The European Club, as long as they allowed visitors, they could take advantage of the grants. Also, in the intervening years, and with the formation of the European Union, the Irish economy has exploded upwards, and Ruddy was no doubt a beneficiary of this.
While there have been several visionaries who have followed in Ruddy's path (Mike Keiser at Bandon Dunes, Herbert Kohler at Whistling Straits and Mike Pascucci at Sebonack), this jocular fellow did it the old-fashioned way, without the benefit of being a gazillionaire. I congratulate this Irishman, excuse me, European, on such a brilliant accomplishment. I like his attitude.
Ruddy also designed the Glashedy Links, located in Ireland's God's country - County Donegal. If you even get the chance to go there, I recommend playing both the Old Course and The Glashedy Links.
The European Club's Website
Mickelson, Els flop at Masters despite Callaway I-Mix help, Tiger Woods putter lets him down, high or low it's all in your setup and how to read a lie
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The hype surrounding the possibility of two drivers in his bag didn't help Phil Mickelson's bid to win a third Masters Tournament. Both Els and Mickelson fumbled around to get "the perfect fit" this week, combining Callaway I-Mix heads and shafts depending on their particular "game plan". Mickelson claimed that the course length urged him to carry two drivers but my belief is that Callaway needed Phil to promote these clubs which seem to work more for a professional than the average "Joe".
It didn't work. Mickelson should have toyed with an extra wedge in his golf bag as he intended to on Tuesday and Els should have probably flown out to Las Vegas to visit with his newest instructor, Butch Harmon, directly after being cut on Friday.
Complaining of bad posture, a collapse at the top of his swing and too much hip and shoulder turn, Els should have realized before the Masters that it's not a change in golf equipment that was needed but rather a parting of the ways between he and David Leadbetter.
Moral of the story for all golfers; it's not the arrow, it's the Indian...
I guess the next question should be, "When will Callaway Golf debut a putter with adjustable head and shaft technology for conditions like "blade-drag" or help with overspin? Tiger Woods may be just the buyer for it!
As for this week's Golf for Beginners podcast, we discuss Mickelson's use of the Callaway I-Mix technology. Our show also contains a few easy tips from Phil Mickelson, one of which deals with how to hit your golf ball in different types of lie. Our other "Lefty" golf tip describes what setup to the ball determines its trajectory.
Finally, a hearty congratulations to the UNBEATABLE Lorena Ochoa who is now officially "one-up" on Tiger Woods this season!
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Strathmore v Taymouth Castle
Having arranged to have all four seasons, the hailstorm was a particularly effective touch, in the same day, Iain Butchart led a willing band into battle against Taymouth Castle. A close encounter with many of the matches nip and tuck saw Strathmore emerge as 4-2 winners. A big thanks to Pete Barnett for coming to the rescue at the last minute to replace Lewis.
So well done Pete Barnett and Eric Ritchie, Iain and Ken, Grant and Graeme, Derek and Sammy, Fergus and Peter Simpson, Frank and Eric Gray.
So well done Pete Barnett and Eric Ritchie, Iain and Ken, Grant and Graeme, Derek and Sammy, Fergus and Peter Simpson, Frank and Eric Gray.
Parker Mk 2 or Just Another Hoax
Rumour has it, that the indomitable Parker Crockart has a challenger for the "lets see how far out we can Putt from" title. It has been reported that one Mike O'Toole was spotted going to the driving range armed with only a putter, and when questioned, merely tapped his nose and smiled. A singular sighting of Mike approaching the 18th reports that from at least 75 yards out, the trusty stick got the airing the range practice had hoped for, drilling the back of the hole in fine fashion.
Now, here at the blog, we are not so sure, as we reckon the "supergrass" may not yet have moved over to decimilastion and that he actually meant to say 7.5 feet, so we look to you the reader to verify, whether Cloning has arrived in Strathmore with a new Parker, or whether a good story is getting in the way of the truth.
Now, here at the blog, we are not so sure, as we reckon the "supergrass" may not yet have moved over to decimilastion and that he actually meant to say 7.5 feet, so we look to you the reader to verify, whether Cloning has arrived in Strathmore with a new Parker, or whether a good story is getting in the way of the truth.
Spring Meeting Results
A very successful Spring meeting saw 63 players tee-off on what turned out to a fair, well for Strathmore, day, whilst the wind when it was up, managed to calm down the scoring. At the end of it all, Winter League specialist Ray Michie emerged victorious overall, whilst Iain Butchart shot the lowest Gross score. Well done to both.
Final Placings:
1st. Ray Michie with a Nett 70
2nd. Iain Butchart with a Nett 71
3rd. Dave Findlay with a Nett 71
2's
A few 2's were recorded this week, so well done, Gus Miller, Brian Jackson, Craig McKenna, Lee Bushby, Alistair Aird and Fred Barber.
Handicaps.
No Handicap reductions this week, however the following were revised upwards.
FJ Moran. New Playing Handicap of 26
F Martin. New Playing handicap of 17
R Howkins. New Playing Handicap of 12
K Taylor. New Playing Handicap of 9
G Dolby. New Playing Handiap of 13
C Davidson. New Playing Handicap of 14
There have been some great fields so far this year, so remember to keep your diaries free on the weekends and keep on turning out!
Final Placings:
1st. Ray Michie with a Nett 70
2nd. Iain Butchart with a Nett 71
3rd. Dave Findlay with a Nett 71
2's
A few 2's were recorded this week, so well done, Gus Miller, Brian Jackson, Craig McKenna, Lee Bushby, Alistair Aird and Fred Barber.
Handicaps.
No Handicap reductions this week, however the following were revised upwards.
FJ Moran. New Playing Handicap of 26
F Martin. New Playing handicap of 17
R Howkins. New Playing Handicap of 12
K Taylor. New Playing Handicap of 9
G Dolby. New Playing Handiap of 13
C Davidson. New Playing Handicap of 14
There have been some great fields so far this year, so remember to keep your diaries free on the weekends and keep on turning out!
Wednesday Competitions
Due to full time work commitments of members of the Gent’s Committee, the issuing of prize money from Wednesday competitions will now be issued at the weekend once the weekend competition has finished.
This will allow the Competition Secretary to issue both prize funds at the same time and will avoid a possible delay in the issuing of prize monies when the Competition Secretary is unavailable.
Gent’s Captain
US Masters 2008
The Masters got underway today. Click on the PGA or BBC links to keep up to date with the scoreboard.
Spring Meeting
66 Golfers will tee-off on Saturday for the Spring Meeting, which is another great turn-out Hopefully Spring will have sprung by then! Tee times are as follows:
Early Risers
0800: M Bell and G Miller
0807: D McDonald, M Scott and R Howkins
0815: C Fairweather, M Grieve and I Gall
0822: S Schofield, B Simpson and P Arkell
0830: B McGowan, I Stewart and R Miller
0837: G Hunter, M Tinker and G Ironside
0845: GS Allan, K McLeod and A Jones
0852: K Band, R Milligan and A Docherty
0900: P Simpson, G McDonald and B Jackson
0907: D Gordon, M O'Toole and I Gray
0915: R Tinker, K Taylor and N Miller
0922: I Clark, L Bushby and P Crockart
0930: M Melville, J Wood and AM Blair
Late Starters:
1200: A Aird, F Moran and R Michie
1207: E Gray, DM Alexander and F Barber
1215: F Martin, D Gillespie and DJ Alexander
1222: S Thomson, P Tinker and D Findlay
1230: FJ Moran, J Morrison and E Ritchie
1237: P Barnett, I Butchart and J Scott
1245: G Haynes, A Hughes and A Ross
1252 C McKenna, G Dolby and R Peacock
1300: J Menzies, J Davidson, C Davidson and M Truswell
Remember to ensure that you have completed the sign-in sheet and deposited full payment in the Gents Box prior to going on the course.
Have a good one Gents.
Early Risers
0800: M Bell and G Miller
0807: D McDonald, M Scott and R Howkins
0815: C Fairweather, M Grieve and I Gall
0822: S Schofield, B Simpson and P Arkell
0830: B McGowan, I Stewart and R Miller
0837: G Hunter, M Tinker and G Ironside
0845: GS Allan, K McLeod and A Jones
0852: K Band, R Milligan and A Docherty
0900: P Simpson, G McDonald and B Jackson
0907: D Gordon, M O'Toole and I Gray
0915: R Tinker, K Taylor and N Miller
0922: I Clark, L Bushby and P Crockart
0930: M Melville, J Wood and AM Blair
Late Starters:
1200: A Aird, F Moran and R Michie
1207: E Gray, DM Alexander and F Barber
1215: F Martin, D Gillespie and DJ Alexander
1222: S Thomson, P Tinker and D Findlay
1230: FJ Moran, J Morrison and E Ritchie
1237: P Barnett, I Butchart and J Scott
1245: G Haynes, A Hughes and A Ross
1252 C McKenna, G Dolby and R Peacock
1300: J Menzies, J Davidson, C Davidson and M Truswell
Remember to ensure that you have completed the sign-in sheet and deposited full payment in the Gents Box prior to going on the course.
Have a good one Gents.
Tiger Woods on the prowl for fifth Masters win, Lorena Ochoa unbeatable, a paint brush is golf's most unlikely training aid and GFB takes the gloves o
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Lorena Ochoa's impressive victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship have golf bloggers scurrying to find comparisons between her elevated game and that of the incomparable Tiger Woods. After all, both Woods and Ochoa won their respective last major event of 2007 and both are rolling through a green light towards achieving the exalted Grand Slam.
Even Lorena feels that 2008 might be the one where she tops Tiger, jokingly(?) stating just before her 26th birthday, "Maybe next year (2008) I improve (on) his year, but this year has been pretty similar, and I enjoy the that they talk about it. He won seven times - a major, too. Me, too. So we're the same."
Tiger Woods seeks his fifth Masters win and has racked up a total of thirteen major trophies since he turned professional over eleven years ago with a greeting of "hello world" to clicking cameras.
Tiger, in fact, has already achieved a Grand Slam, but has not yet won all four majors in a single year.
Statistics show Woods on a win streak from September 2007 all the way through his fifth place "blip" in March of this year, garnering up an amazing six wins and about four million dollars in official prize money through that period alone!
Ochoa is not far off of the mark finishing 2007 with a $1 million win at the ADT Championship. For 2008, she has already won three events out of four entered, same as Tiger, and has taken the first major of the year.
But, even so, Lorena Ochoa is going to have to work five times as hard as Tiger Woods for golf fans to believe that the two are on parallel ground, although Ochoa is the "best of the best" on the LPGA Tour for now. Remember the chatter about Annika Sorenstam when she was in her heyday?
Sorenstam seems to be resigned to passing the torch and is becoming more of a fossil of a bygone day. Annika has reconciled and is relieved with her second-place Rolex ranking. As Annika has mentioned, "I'm not the best player out here, but I've achieved a lot." There is no denying that!
But, could you imagine for one minute what Tiger Woods would do if their positions were reversed? Would he be tolerant of his slip in status or be more fired up than ever to regain the top spot?
This week on Golf for Beginners, we offer some interesting facts about the Masters Tournament. Did you know, for example, that Tiger Woods is the youngest golfer to ever win at Augusta? Can you name the oldest winner?
We also offer an easy golf tip from Jim McLean, perfect for driving range practice (I used it myself this weekend!) I am in agreement that this paintbrush technique might just be the least expensive and unlikely training aid!
Barry and I also talk about the best time to remove your golf glove to enhance feel around the golf course.
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Take a Shot at One of Ireland's Pride, the Beaufort Golf Club
Have you ever wondered what exactly is up with ireland golf vacation? This informative report can give you an insight into everything you've ever wanted to know about ireland golf vacation.
The competition to be regarded as among the best golf courses in Ireland is fierce. Ina country where there is unaccompanied about 6 million people, Ireland has about 410 golf courses that caters to golfers from complete over the world. They offer both parkland and links golf courses and is a premier golf vacation spot where game styles and accommodations vary.
Situated in Killarney and is a part of the Churchtown Estate, the Beaufort Golf Club is a parkland championship course that is engulfed by the renowned McGillycuddy Reeks Mountains that provides flamboyant scenery laden all throughout the course. Along the scenic views, the ruins of the Castle Core sit beside the 13th green. Entering the course, you will see two hundred year old trees lined up.
With its exceptional mild climate and the natural drainage of this par 71 course, playing in the Beaufort Golf Club bequeath most certainly be very enjoyable. The first nine holes can be start at the west side of the avenue while its back nine provides more eye candy as they are nearer to the highest mountains in Ireland on the south side.
Measuring 6, 587 yards, the Beaufort Golf Club is a great option for the many beautiful link courses that abound in Ireland. You could also lounge around in their cozy clubhouse that permeates an aura of mixture of tradition, history and modern developments. The clubhouse is easily located being nearby to the main abode of the club. Beyond it is a formal rose garden and inside the clubhouse, you will be able to see the practice putting green. Here you will be able to find many facilities that you could go to for all your golf needs, fine dining or maybe just a couple of pints of Guinness.
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Upright 4 miles from Killarney, Ireland's most vibrant town, the seat for the Beaufort Golf Club is in a valley that was said to be created 10, 000 years ago by the Ice Age. Getting there is easy but living the warm welcome and the great environment albatross be pretty hard.
You and your family will be able to enjoy a golf vacation together. It doesn’t matter if not all of you plays golf. The rich culture and history of Ireland and the town of Killarney coupled with its myriad fine dining restaurants and countless points of interest can cater to all the needs of the group.
The nearby Killarney golf course also can offer you an alternative choice as you can alternate from each course to the other for variation. Both are just stone's throw today from the town of Killarney and rap be easily gone to everyday.
After your round of golf, you can just go back to the town, dress up and hunt the myriad wonders and forms of entertainment that the town offers.
Going to Ireland for a golf vacation trip can be quite costly. But with all the wondrous sites, great accommodations and the warm welcome you will get will make every penny spent truly well worth it.
You liability check out the internet for contact information to the Beaufort Golf Club or you can just visit their website. You may also talk to your typical trekking agency or to any other online agency to see about wayfaring golf packages to Ireland.
That's the latest from the ireland golf vacation authorities. Once you're familiar with these ideas, you'll be ready to move to the next level.
The competition to be regarded as among the best golf courses in Ireland is fierce. Ina country where there is unaccompanied about 6 million people, Ireland has about 410 golf courses that caters to golfers from complete over the world. They offer both parkland and links golf courses and is a premier golf vacation spot where game styles and accommodations vary.
Situated in Killarney and is a part of the Churchtown Estate, the Beaufort Golf Club is a parkland championship course that is engulfed by the renowned McGillycuddy Reeks Mountains that provides flamboyant scenery laden all throughout the course. Along the scenic views, the ruins of the Castle Core sit beside the 13th green. Entering the course, you will see two hundred year old trees lined up.
With its exceptional mild climate and the natural drainage of this par 71 course, playing in the Beaufort Golf Club bequeath most certainly be very enjoyable. The first nine holes can be start at the west side of the avenue while its back nine provides more eye candy as they are nearer to the highest mountains in Ireland on the south side.
Measuring 6, 587 yards, the Beaufort Golf Club is a great option for the many beautiful link courses that abound in Ireland. You could also lounge around in their cozy clubhouse that permeates an aura of mixture of tradition, history and modern developments. The clubhouse is easily located being nearby to the main abode of the club. Beyond it is a formal rose garden and inside the clubhouse, you will be able to see the practice putting green. Here you will be able to find many facilities that you could go to for all your golf needs, fine dining or maybe just a couple of pints of Guinness.
If your ireland golf vacation facts are out-of-date, how will that affect your actions and decisions? Make certain you don't let important ireland golf vacation information slip by you.
Upright 4 miles from Killarney, Ireland's most vibrant town, the seat for the Beaufort Golf Club is in a valley that was said to be created 10, 000 years ago by the Ice Age. Getting there is easy but living the warm welcome and the great environment albatross be pretty hard.
You and your family will be able to enjoy a golf vacation together. It doesn’t matter if not all of you plays golf. The rich culture and history of Ireland and the town of Killarney coupled with its myriad fine dining restaurants and countless points of interest can cater to all the needs of the group.
The nearby Killarney golf course also can offer you an alternative choice as you can alternate from each course to the other for variation. Both are just stone's throw today from the town of Killarney and rap be easily gone to everyday.
After your round of golf, you can just go back to the town, dress up and hunt the myriad wonders and forms of entertainment that the town offers.
Going to Ireland for a golf vacation trip can be quite costly. But with all the wondrous sites, great accommodations and the warm welcome you will get will make every penny spent truly well worth it.
You liability check out the internet for contact information to the Beaufort Golf Club or you can just visit their website. You may also talk to your typical trekking agency or to any other online agency to see about wayfaring golf packages to Ireland.
That's the latest from the ireland golf vacation authorities. Once you're familiar with these ideas, you'll be ready to move to the next level.
Ballyliffin Golf Club's History of Success and Failures
The following article presents the very latest information on ireland golf vacation. If you have a particular interest in ireland golf vacation, then this informative article is required reading.
Ireland is a bastion of golf course, whether be it parkland or links courses, and they have more than enough for its 4 million population to moor many other golfers from all over the world. Blessed with pretty berth and scenic views, vacation golf spots in Ireland are a definite must - play and should provide a wondrous time whether you are just a beginner or a seasoned golfer.
To those who have already abashed and played at the Ballyliffin Golf Club, they have been blessed of having a chance to play at two great golf courses later to each other. Both straddles the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and provides a challenging game as the wind constantly blows erratically swaying the flight of the golf ball.
Either the old links or the Glashedy links provide a relentless pursuit to providing a fun yet unpredictable day of golfing with the best of the old and new provided to its members and visitors.
Before the Ballyliffin Golf Club enjoyed its vast popularity today, it has experienced a number of success and failures that have shaped it to be one of the more exciting golf links Ireland has to offer.
The concept of early a golf club in Ballyliffin started out in the later part of the 1940's after the Second World War. By then, a group of people absorbed in the notion banded together and leased lands and converted it into a 9 - hole golf course. The club itself prepared the greens before playing, doing the menial tasks of mowing the grass and checking the area.
But the development of the club and the course itself was a slow and painful process. With such a small club that doesn’t have really any resources at all, frustrations and doubts on whether the club should be continued at all flourished. Then the impending deadline of the lease also was hanging over their heads and the future of their club was slowly darkening.
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But the sun shone the little golf club from Ballyliffin when the landowners agreed to extend their lease. The club's cartel with the Irish Christian brotherhood has again helped it recruit more players and improve their revenues. By the time the 1960's were ushering in, the confidence of its members soared and the prospect of owning the land was getting brighter.
Then by the slow 60's problems with the land arose again as the owners weren’t keen on renewing the lease once again. This prompted the club to look for a larger area to lease and nunnery into a links course.
By 1970, the Ballyliffin Golf Club transferred to a much bigger area and diagram soon started. Barely three years after 18 holes were ready to be played.
But problems soon arose again. Financial concerns plagued the club and the seawall was being eaten up by the sea as more gravel were being removed for the construction. A masterfully planned handout, bazaars and concerts saved the club from financial disaster and the stopping of construction by the sea saved the property.
Double time, more members joined the club and green fees were rising with its new found fame adding more finances to the club's coffers. A new clubhouse was now opened and more facilities and amenities were being put evolvement.
Five decades after the original group members decided to start the Ballyliffin Golf Club, a new course was now increased. By 1993, the model started on the new course beside it and was finished two years after. Many professional and golf enthusiasts that the new championship links course was stunningly beautiful and was well designed.
With the success Ballyliffin Golf Club has experienced, and the failures that has made incarnate what it is today, you can be sure that a golfing trip to this eventful course would be well blessing the long trip from across the globe.
So now you know a little bit about ireland golf vacation. Even if you don't know everything, you've done something worthwhile: you've expanded your knowledge.
Ireland is a bastion of golf course, whether be it parkland or links courses, and they have more than enough for its 4 million population to moor many other golfers from all over the world. Blessed with pretty berth and scenic views, vacation golf spots in Ireland are a definite must - play and should provide a wondrous time whether you are just a beginner or a seasoned golfer.
To those who have already abashed and played at the Ballyliffin Golf Club, they have been blessed of having a chance to play at two great golf courses later to each other. Both straddles the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and provides a challenging game as the wind constantly blows erratically swaying the flight of the golf ball.
Either the old links or the Glashedy links provide a relentless pursuit to providing a fun yet unpredictable day of golfing with the best of the old and new provided to its members and visitors.
Before the Ballyliffin Golf Club enjoyed its vast popularity today, it has experienced a number of success and failures that have shaped it to be one of the more exciting golf links Ireland has to offer.
The concept of early a golf club in Ballyliffin started out in the later part of the 1940's after the Second World War. By then, a group of people absorbed in the notion banded together and leased lands and converted it into a 9 - hole golf course. The club itself prepared the greens before playing, doing the menial tasks of mowing the grass and checking the area.
But the development of the club and the course itself was a slow and painful process. With such a small club that doesn’t have really any resources at all, frustrations and doubts on whether the club should be continued at all flourished. Then the impending deadline of the lease also was hanging over their heads and the future of their club was slowly darkening.
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But the sun shone the little golf club from Ballyliffin when the landowners agreed to extend their lease. The club's cartel with the Irish Christian brotherhood has again helped it recruit more players and improve their revenues. By the time the 1960's were ushering in, the confidence of its members soared and the prospect of owning the land was getting brighter.
Then by the slow 60's problems with the land arose again as the owners weren’t keen on renewing the lease once again. This prompted the club to look for a larger area to lease and nunnery into a links course.
By 1970, the Ballyliffin Golf Club transferred to a much bigger area and diagram soon started. Barely three years after 18 holes were ready to be played.
But problems soon arose again. Financial concerns plagued the club and the seawall was being eaten up by the sea as more gravel were being removed for the construction. A masterfully planned handout, bazaars and concerts saved the club from financial disaster and the stopping of construction by the sea saved the property.
Double time, more members joined the club and green fees were rising with its new found fame adding more finances to the club's coffers. A new clubhouse was now opened and more facilities and amenities were being put evolvement.
Five decades after the original group members decided to start the Ballyliffin Golf Club, a new course was now increased. By 1993, the model started on the new course beside it and was finished two years after. Many professional and golf enthusiasts that the new championship links course was stunningly beautiful and was well designed.
With the success Ballyliffin Golf Club has experienced, and the failures that has made incarnate what it is today, you can be sure that a golfing trip to this eventful course would be well blessing the long trip from across the globe.
So now you know a little bit about ireland golf vacation. Even if you don't know everything, you've done something worthwhile: you've expanded your knowledge.
Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen Course, A Perfect Complement to the Famous Old Course of Ballybunion
Have you ever wondered what exactly is up with ireland golf vacation? This informative report can give you an insight into everything you've ever wanted to know about ireland golf vacation.
Getting a booking in the old course of the Ballybunion Golf Club can be quite difficult especially in the peak trade in. A long list is filled up months before the season and most of them are seasoned golfers looking forward to the difficult yet very relaxing links. But if you don’t get the chance to have some tee time on the old course, you may find that the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course, its unspoiled course, can be quite as challenging and some might say its more challenging.
Designed by Robert Trent Jones SR., the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course features spectacular yet difficult long links dotted with enormous sand dunes, which means you keep to make the ball fly when you play to the number of greens that has been elevated in these treacherous course.
While scores of golfers from all over the macrocosm flock to Southwest Ireland for the old Ballybunion Golf Club course, appropriate golfers tend to prefer the new Cashen course. Many low handicapped golfers have also expressed their preference for the new course, but the old still remains as a must go to and play course for all golfers, for maybe at least once.
The Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course has traditional links and like the old course, intrinsic is exceptionally unique, and is set with the greatest sand dunes erect in golf courses world wide. Both are also designed along the Atlantic Ocean offering a mollifying back upsurge.
The Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course is also a private members only club like the old course, but they do sometimes allow limited public access during weekdays. Limited guest plays are also allowed but must always be accompanied by a member.
The Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course has acknowledge booking conditions so that other golfers can be accommodated as some of them come from different parts of the globe.
Now that we've covered those aspects of ireland golf vacation, let's turn to some of the other factors that need to be considered.
Some of the conditions are:
· All payments are non - transferable and non - refundable.
· Bookings not paid by the due contest will be removed from the list
· Payment in full must be given 28 days after reservations has been made.
· Payments can be done via cash, cheque or credit cards.
· A handicap limit is practical. 24 for males and 36 for females.
· The certificate of handicaps should be presented on the day of district.
· A group of four would only be the allowable symbol in each play.
For one of the most sought after golf clubs in Ireland and the world, members, guests and visitors are expected to follow a dress code that would met the clubs aerial standards and should be neat, tidy and clean.
You will not be accepted in the club if you were the following:
· Sleeveless, singlets and shirts with no collars.
· Outfits with slogans.
· Shorts that are not tailored.
· Untucked shirts
· Leisure or track suits.
· Also, pant legs should not be tucked inside the top of the socks.
Carts are nowadays and available to be used around the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course, it will only concede you back 3. 50 Euros for each cart for each round. You can also ride on buggies in the Cashen which is prohibited on the old course.
When it comes to golf courses, the Ballybunion Golf Club has more than a century of experience in the industry, whether it’s the old or new, you can be sure that you will carry one of the more satisfying golf vacation trips in Ireland that you'll ever have.
When word gets around about your command of ireland golf vacation facts, others who need to know about ireland golf vacation will start to actively seek you out.
Getting a booking in the old course of the Ballybunion Golf Club can be quite difficult especially in the peak trade in. A long list is filled up months before the season and most of them are seasoned golfers looking forward to the difficult yet very relaxing links. But if you don’t get the chance to have some tee time on the old course, you may find that the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course, its unspoiled course, can be quite as challenging and some might say its more challenging.
Designed by Robert Trent Jones SR., the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course features spectacular yet difficult long links dotted with enormous sand dunes, which means you keep to make the ball fly when you play to the number of greens that has been elevated in these treacherous course.
While scores of golfers from all over the macrocosm flock to Southwest Ireland for the old Ballybunion Golf Club course, appropriate golfers tend to prefer the new Cashen course. Many low handicapped golfers have also expressed their preference for the new course, but the old still remains as a must go to and play course for all golfers, for maybe at least once.
The Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course has traditional links and like the old course, intrinsic is exceptionally unique, and is set with the greatest sand dunes erect in golf courses world wide. Both are also designed along the Atlantic Ocean offering a mollifying back upsurge.
The Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course is also a private members only club like the old course, but they do sometimes allow limited public access during weekdays. Limited guest plays are also allowed but must always be accompanied by a member.
The Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course has acknowledge booking conditions so that other golfers can be accommodated as some of them come from different parts of the globe.
Now that we've covered those aspects of ireland golf vacation, let's turn to some of the other factors that need to be considered.
Some of the conditions are:
· All payments are non - transferable and non - refundable.
· Bookings not paid by the due contest will be removed from the list
· Payment in full must be given 28 days after reservations has been made.
· Payments can be done via cash, cheque or credit cards.
· A handicap limit is practical. 24 for males and 36 for females.
· The certificate of handicaps should be presented on the day of district.
· A group of four would only be the allowable symbol in each play.
For one of the most sought after golf clubs in Ireland and the world, members, guests and visitors are expected to follow a dress code that would met the clubs aerial standards and should be neat, tidy and clean.
You will not be accepted in the club if you were the following:
· Sleeveless, singlets and shirts with no collars.
· Outfits with slogans.
· Shorts that are not tailored.
· Untucked shirts
· Leisure or track suits.
· Also, pant legs should not be tucked inside the top of the socks.
Carts are nowadays and available to be used around the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course, it will only concede you back 3. 50 Euros for each cart for each round. You can also ride on buggies in the Cashen which is prohibited on the old course.
When it comes to golf courses, the Ballybunion Golf Club has more than a century of experience in the industry, whether it’s the old or new, you can be sure that you will carry one of the more satisfying golf vacation trips in Ireland that you'll ever have.
When word gets around about your command of ireland golf vacation facts, others who need to know about ireland golf vacation will start to actively seek you out.
Mixing Tradition and Development at the Ballybunion Golf Club – The Old Course
Have you ever wondered what exactly is up with ireland golf vacation? This informative report can give you an insight into everything you've ever wanted to know about ireland golf vacation.
When it comes to the ideal golf vacation spots in Ireland, the Southwest area is riddled with amazing golf courses filled with great links and stunning views. In these parts you will see Ireland's most sought after golf course all eager to line up for some tee time, the Ballybunion Golf Club, particularly its old course.
Teeming popular names in the world of golf have experienced the groovy allure of Ballybunion and own continually used unaffected as a warm up course to unwind and relax before The Open. Names like Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods and Tom Watson has registered in its log book and has provided great reviews and comments to this wondrous and mesmerizing Irish golf vacation spot.
Being the millennium captain of the Ballybunion Golf Club, Tom Watson said that it is one of the best and most beautiful tests of links he has played in, having played there since 1981.
Here in the old golf course, you will find very strenuous links where the winds are constant factors and the berth is surrounded by the captivating illustration of the Atlantic.
Opened in August 18, 1893, the Ballybunion Golf Club has had its shares of ups and downs. In its early days, the Ballybunion Golf Club did not enjoy the popularity it does today and has fallen into financial oblivion. Its first 8 years reeled the course to its unabridged time low and was soon revived only by the changing of the officers of the club.
As more developments and berth links were laid out, the reputation of the Ballybunion Golf Club grew and grew. By 1926, the course had plans to extend to a full 18 holes, barely a lifetime close, those plans were realized.
The best time to learn about ireland golf vacation is before you're in the thick of things. Wise readers will keep reading to earn some valuable ireland golf vacation experience while it's still free.
Its federal level of recognition modern in 1932 when the Irish Ladies Championship was held there. Five years after, Irish Mens Close Amateur Championship followed suit.
Its first most significant level of competition came at 1957 when the course was chosen as the venue for the Irish Professional Championship. Soon after, waves of other competitions and golf organizations recognized its high quality links and have given it high accolades.
After more than 60 years, the Ballybunion Golf Club finally got the recognition it so rightly deserves and things were never quite the same. Golfers now come in droves from all over the universe to experience what the lucky Irish people have had for more than a century now. The Ballybunion Golf Club would always be recognized as Ireland's greatest golf vacationing spot.
But aside from its lordly and amazing rolling dunes, and the mesmerizing backdrop set by the Atlantic Ocean, the tradition and culture that has made Ballybunion Golf Club what legitimate is today is what keeps the people coming in.
Plus, valid has world class amenities that constraint cater to the needs of so many golfers from all over the world. There you would find a newly built clubhouse that has a dining room that can seat 120 persons, two bars and some very relaxing lounge areas. There is also a Pro Golf Shop that carries every golfing needs that you may have. Also, being a championship golf course, you will be able to find some practice facilities such as; Putting Greens, A Buff Bunker Practice facility, Driving Range, and a Chipping Green.
Ballybunion Golf Club is located at Sandhill Road., Ballybunion, Country Kerry, Ireland. For the greatest golf vacation spot in Ireland, this is a century old choice for the pros.
This article's coverage of the information is as complete as it can be today. But you should always leave open the possibility that future research could uncover new facts.
When it comes to the ideal golf vacation spots in Ireland, the Southwest area is riddled with amazing golf courses filled with great links and stunning views. In these parts you will see Ireland's most sought after golf course all eager to line up for some tee time, the Ballybunion Golf Club, particularly its old course.
Teeming popular names in the world of golf have experienced the groovy allure of Ballybunion and own continually used unaffected as a warm up course to unwind and relax before The Open. Names like Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods and Tom Watson has registered in its log book and has provided great reviews and comments to this wondrous and mesmerizing Irish golf vacation spot.
Being the millennium captain of the Ballybunion Golf Club, Tom Watson said that it is one of the best and most beautiful tests of links he has played in, having played there since 1981.
Here in the old golf course, you will find very strenuous links where the winds are constant factors and the berth is surrounded by the captivating illustration of the Atlantic.
Opened in August 18, 1893, the Ballybunion Golf Club has had its shares of ups and downs. In its early days, the Ballybunion Golf Club did not enjoy the popularity it does today and has fallen into financial oblivion. Its first 8 years reeled the course to its unabridged time low and was soon revived only by the changing of the officers of the club.
As more developments and berth links were laid out, the reputation of the Ballybunion Golf Club grew and grew. By 1926, the course had plans to extend to a full 18 holes, barely a lifetime close, those plans were realized.
The best time to learn about ireland golf vacation is before you're in the thick of things. Wise readers will keep reading to earn some valuable ireland golf vacation experience while it's still free.
Its federal level of recognition modern in 1932 when the Irish Ladies Championship was held there. Five years after, Irish Mens Close Amateur Championship followed suit.
Its first most significant level of competition came at 1957 when the course was chosen as the venue for the Irish Professional Championship. Soon after, waves of other competitions and golf organizations recognized its high quality links and have given it high accolades.
After more than 60 years, the Ballybunion Golf Club finally got the recognition it so rightly deserves and things were never quite the same. Golfers now come in droves from all over the universe to experience what the lucky Irish people have had for more than a century now. The Ballybunion Golf Club would always be recognized as Ireland's greatest golf vacationing spot.
But aside from its lordly and amazing rolling dunes, and the mesmerizing backdrop set by the Atlantic Ocean, the tradition and culture that has made Ballybunion Golf Club what legitimate is today is what keeps the people coming in.
Plus, valid has world class amenities that constraint cater to the needs of so many golfers from all over the world. There you would find a newly built clubhouse that has a dining room that can seat 120 persons, two bars and some very relaxing lounge areas. There is also a Pro Golf Shop that carries every golfing needs that you may have. Also, being a championship golf course, you will be able to find some practice facilities such as; Putting Greens, A Buff Bunker Practice facility, Driving Range, and a Chipping Green.
Ballybunion Golf Club is located at Sandhill Road., Ballybunion, Country Kerry, Ireland. For the greatest golf vacation spot in Ireland, this is a century old choice for the pros.
This article's coverage of the information is as complete as it can be today. But you should always leave open the possibility that future research could uncover new facts.
Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort: The Melting Pot of Luxury, Service and Of Course, Golf
So what is ireland golf vacation really all about? The following report includes some fascinating information about ireland golf vacation info you can use, not just the old stuff they used to tell you.
In 2002, the prominent Conde Nast Traveler Magazine's People's Choice Awards named the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort as the number one European resort. Rightful looking at the pictures of this attractive place would make anyone agree and have the urge to pack up their bags and go straight to the airport, even though you're not even a golfer.
Set in County Limerick in Ireland, the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort is a luxurious five star golf vacation spot that has a championship golf course - it is the host of the 2007 - 09 Irish Open, macrocosm class suites and dining facilities, sight seeing, shopping, fishing and numerous other activities that will make your stay here most memorable and pleasant.
With the ultimate high standards in facilities and service plus some of Ireland's most amazing views and landscapes, the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort is a vacation destination that many people will never pass up.
In the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort 840 acre property, you will find that there is no idle time. Its deluxe castle - hotel provides any visitor with the feeling of through royalty, its Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed golf course can offer the ambience of pro golfing, and the Adare manor Spa, Adare Manor Equestrian Center, crotchety - country trail, a number of fine dining restaurants and bars will provide round the clock activities you, your family and your friends will truly enjoy.
For serious golfers, the accommodations and the crowded facilities are great bonuses, but their sights are certainly set on the 18 - fracture championship golf course that was opened in 1995.
Truthfully, the only difference between you and ireland golf vacation experts is time. If you'll invest a little more time in reading, you'll be that much nearer to expert status when it comes to ireland golf vacation.
Measuring a extinguish of 7, 125 yards, the Adare golf course was designed by celebrated golf enthusiast and designer Robert Trent Jones Sr. and this was the last course he designed. Many claim, in an international level, that this was one of his finest designs and creations.
The superb landscape is dotted with glorious mature trees, and Irish flora and a character of aquatic features like a 14 acre man made lake with nine holes alongside its shores.
Setting aside its astounding golf course, although it’s a bit hard to do, the aboriginal thing you will beam and take your breath away is the castle hotel that provides sophisticated settings and exclusive accommodations. Setting your foot inside the manor, you will immediately notice the wood and stone hallways, and the high ceilings covering the sky. As you enter your room, you will definitely gasp in awe as the rich wood furniture and elegant decorations welcome you in. Each room has world class five - star amenities which includes an elegant marble bathroom, cable TV, direct dial telephones, and 24 - hour room service for starters.
When you want luxury, sophistication, comfort and a great round of golf each day, a vacation to the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort would be the best arbitration you'll acutely make in your life.
Not every one of us will be virtuous to play like pros and win championships. But we can play in courses that they prefer to play in and live life according to the pros. This is what the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort can give to you, the chance to live like champions.
That's the latest from the ireland golf vacation authorities. Once you're familiar with these ideas, you'll be ready to move to the next level.
In 2002, the prominent Conde Nast Traveler Magazine's People's Choice Awards named the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort as the number one European resort. Rightful looking at the pictures of this attractive place would make anyone agree and have the urge to pack up their bags and go straight to the airport, even though you're not even a golfer.
Set in County Limerick in Ireland, the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort is a luxurious five star golf vacation spot that has a championship golf course - it is the host of the 2007 - 09 Irish Open, macrocosm class suites and dining facilities, sight seeing, shopping, fishing and numerous other activities that will make your stay here most memorable and pleasant.
With the ultimate high standards in facilities and service plus some of Ireland's most amazing views and landscapes, the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort is a vacation destination that many people will never pass up.
In the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort 840 acre property, you will find that there is no idle time. Its deluxe castle - hotel provides any visitor with the feeling of through royalty, its Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed golf course can offer the ambience of pro golfing, and the Adare manor Spa, Adare Manor Equestrian Center, crotchety - country trail, a number of fine dining restaurants and bars will provide round the clock activities you, your family and your friends will truly enjoy.
For serious golfers, the accommodations and the crowded facilities are great bonuses, but their sights are certainly set on the 18 - fracture championship golf course that was opened in 1995.
Truthfully, the only difference between you and ireland golf vacation experts is time. If you'll invest a little more time in reading, you'll be that much nearer to expert status when it comes to ireland golf vacation.
Measuring a extinguish of 7, 125 yards, the Adare golf course was designed by celebrated golf enthusiast and designer Robert Trent Jones Sr. and this was the last course he designed. Many claim, in an international level, that this was one of his finest designs and creations.
The superb landscape is dotted with glorious mature trees, and Irish flora and a character of aquatic features like a 14 acre man made lake with nine holes alongside its shores.
Setting aside its astounding golf course, although it’s a bit hard to do, the aboriginal thing you will beam and take your breath away is the castle hotel that provides sophisticated settings and exclusive accommodations. Setting your foot inside the manor, you will immediately notice the wood and stone hallways, and the high ceilings covering the sky. As you enter your room, you will definitely gasp in awe as the rich wood furniture and elegant decorations welcome you in. Each room has world class five - star amenities which includes an elegant marble bathroom, cable TV, direct dial telephones, and 24 - hour room service for starters.
When you want luxury, sophistication, comfort and a great round of golf each day, a vacation to the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort would be the best arbitration you'll acutely make in your life.
Not every one of us will be virtuous to play like pros and win championships. But we can play in courses that they prefer to play in and live life according to the pros. This is what the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort can give to you, the chance to live like champions.
That's the latest from the ireland golf vacation authorities. Once you're familiar with these ideas, you'll be ready to move to the next level.
Hall of Fame Qualifier
There are days when mastering the conditions are more difficult than mastering the course. So it was on the 5th April as the competitors teed up for the Hall of Fame Qualifier. The course was looking in good nick, the greens were slick and the wind howled in from many different directions at once. Apparently there is some-one who competed still walking around in a daze after standing on the 4th tee and upon looking to the left saw that the flags on the clubhouse were allegedly blowing from left to right, but when looking at the green ahead, is utterly convinced the flag was blowing right to left. The committee may have to be asked to look into the gentleman's medication dosages. (The doctors reckon I'll be fine in a couple of days!)
Results.
1. Rory Tinker with a Nett score of 71
2. Fergus Martin with a Nett score of 73
3. Ray Michie with a nett score of 74
4. Alfie Docherty with a Nett score of 74
Congratulations then to Rory on winning todays event, all the more so, as Rory is one of 5 of our Junior boys who took part. Unfortunately as Rory is a Junior Member, he cannot be put forward to the Regional Qualifier, and so Fergus will represent the club.
Handicap Reductions. The following players will be reduced as a result of this event:
Rory Tinker - New Playing Handicap of 24
Fergus Martin - New Playing Handicap of 16
Charlie Davidson - New Playing Handicap of 13
2's
Derek Gordon and Neil Colville both managed 2's during this event
This being a charity event, a grand sum of £116 was raised from entry fees from the field. Thanks to you all.
Results.
1. Rory Tinker with a Nett score of 71
2. Fergus Martin with a Nett score of 73
3. Ray Michie with a nett score of 74
4. Alfie Docherty with a Nett score of 74
Congratulations then to Rory on winning todays event, all the more so, as Rory is one of 5 of our Junior boys who took part. Unfortunately as Rory is a Junior Member, he cannot be put forward to the Regional Qualifier, and so Fergus will represent the club.
Handicap Reductions. The following players will be reduced as a result of this event:
Rory Tinker - New Playing Handicap of 24
Fergus Martin - New Playing Handicap of 16
Charlie Davidson - New Playing Handicap of 13
2's
Derek Gordon and Neil Colville both managed 2's during this event
This being a charity event, a grand sum of £116 was raised from entry fees from the field. Thanks to you all.
Hall of Fame Medal Qualifier
The Hall of Fame Medal Qualifier will take place on Sat 5th April. Entry has now closed and the draw for play is as follows:
Early Starters
0800: Mike Bell, J Morrison & M Melville
0807: T Ogg, G Millar & C Thoms
0815: K Taylor, M Scott & A Jones
0822: R Milligan, P Arkell & A Docherty
0830: P Simpson, G Ironside & N Colville
0837: M Hill, C McDonald & M Grieve
0845: A Ramsay, B Simpson & Ray Miller
0852: M Tinker, M O'Toole & L Bushby
0900: GS Allan, R Tinker & I Stewart
0907: S Schofield, A King, I Gall & K McLeod
Afternoon Starters
1200: D Gordon, E Ritchie & F Moran
1207: R Michie, DJ Alexander & W McGregor
1215: G Martin, M Truswell & D Gillespie
1222: J Scott, C McKenna & Matt Bell
1230: DM Alexander, D Robinson & C Brand
1237: AM Blair, J Wood & I Scott
1245: N Miller, A Easton & P Crockart
1252: G Haynes, F Barber (FH)* & FJ Moran
1300: I Butchart, S Thomson (FH)* & F Martin
1307: P Barnett, C Davidson, A Ross & B Morrison (FH)*
*FH denotes For Handicap.
Best of Luck to all those taking part.
Early Starters
0800: Mike Bell, J Morrison & M Melville
0807: T Ogg, G Millar & C Thoms
0815: K Taylor, M Scott & A Jones
0822: R Milligan, P Arkell & A Docherty
0830: P Simpson, G Ironside & N Colville
0837: M Hill, C McDonald & M Grieve
0845: A Ramsay, B Simpson & Ray Miller
0852: M Tinker, M O'Toole & L Bushby
0900: GS Allan, R Tinker & I Stewart
0907: S Schofield, A King, I Gall & K McLeod
Afternoon Starters
1200: D Gordon, E Ritchie & F Moran
1207: R Michie, DJ Alexander & W McGregor
1215: G Martin, M Truswell & D Gillespie
1222: J Scott, C McKenna & Matt Bell
1230: DM Alexander, D Robinson & C Brand
1237: AM Blair, J Wood & I Scott
1245: N Miller, A Easton & P Crockart
1252: G Haynes, F Barber (FH)* & FJ Moran
1300: I Butchart, S Thomson (FH)* & F Martin
1307: P Barnett, C Davidson, A Ross & B Morrison (FH)*
*FH denotes For Handicap.
Best of Luck to all those taking part.
Match v Taymouth Castle
The first Gents match of the season will take place on Sunday 13th April at Strathmore. The following willing volunteers have been paired together:
1. Lewis Duncan & Eric Ritchie
2. Ian Butchart & Ken McLeod
3. Derek Gordon & and Graeme Hunter
4. Grant Martin & Sammy Bolderson
5. Fergus Martin & Peter Simpson
6. Eric Gray & Frank Moran
Reserves:
Charlie Davidson
All players should be at the Club by 1130 for a 1200 start. Players are requested to confirm their availability on the sheet currently displayed on the Notice Board. If you are willing to add your name to the Reserve List please do so on the same sheet
1. Lewis Duncan & Eric Ritchie
2. Ian Butchart & Ken McLeod
3. Derek Gordon & and Graeme Hunter
4. Grant Martin & Sammy Bolderson
5. Fergus Martin & Peter Simpson
6. Eric Gray & Frank Moran
Reserves:
Charlie Davidson
All players should be at the Club by 1130 for a 1200 start. Players are requested to confirm their availability on the sheet currently displayed on the Notice Board. If you are willing to add your name to the Reserve List please do so on the same sheet
Gents Summer Knockout Competitions
Its that time of year again, when the Comps Sec loses even more hair, and uses up even more of the "leettle grey cells" in making the draws for the three Summer Competitions. With fantastic turnouts for all three events, the draws will be posted in the clubhouse shortly. We wish everyone taking part the best of luck, and I'm sure there will be some tales of glory, and of woe, published on this page in the near future.
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