To compliment the colour theme of the FootJoy and Titleist shop area, we now have new black carpet tiles, it looks great. Did you know, when you buy a pair of D.N.A shoes we will give you a fantastic DNA shoe bag for FREE?

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Changing your ball position at set-up can be a benefit to ball control in your swing. Where you place the ball is up to the individual, but you can try these adjustments for certain shots...

• Ball placed back towards the right shoe (pic 1) but keeping the hands in the same place will de-loft the iron and drive the ball lower (good against the wind, hitting under trees)
• When driving, place the ball slightly further back in the stance to avoid the ball going to the left. A good example is teeing off on West 8 (placing the ball further forward can have the opposite effect)
• Placing the ball towards the left shoe (pic 2) will increase the loft, giving you a higher flight (over trees, landing the ball softer on the green)

All tips above apply to right-hand golfers, for lefties it's the other way round.

South #4 - 140/103 yards (par-3)

A very pretty short hole with a tee shot over the water to a spectacular two-tier green with no bunkers. The fall from top of the green to the bottom is nearly four foot. A pin position on the top is like landing your ball onto a postage stamp, so be careful. But put the pin at the bottom and using the slope the shot can get rather close, a birdie beckons.

Next week we will have an extract from Head Greenkeeper George Grimes on his great work at Garon Park.