Adding to the great individual sale prices on ladies clothing, we are now including this ladies shoe range with some very temping offers. Starts this Friday, 8 July.
In conjunction with Motocaddy, we are now offering a FREE 18-hole trial on our S1 electric trolleys with Lithium batteries. We think this is a great way to "try before you buy', just come in and ask our pros for a spin.
On Friday Chris will be playing in the South Herts Pro-Am with three members from that club. We will let you know how Chris fared next week.
Well done to Brian Bone, Carol Crowhurst, Carol Pearson and more for getting the right answer to last week's question:
A player hits his ball into the bunker. When the player arrives, he sees his ball resting against the bunker rake (which is placed in the bunker). As the player removes the rake, his ball rolls backwards...
What's the ruling?
However, first on the draw and winning a FREE lesson was Tim Doran, but sorry Tim you can only win once! To everyone else, make sure you have a go next week. By the way the rule number is 24-1: the bunker rake is a moveable obstruction and if the ball moves when the rake is removed the ball must be replaced, and there is no penalty.
South #9 - 533 yards (par-5)
If we had a poll on what hole players would least like to play, this is it! It starts with a tough uphill drive through a narrow gap, to a fairway that starts some 150 yards off the tee and a pond on the right to boot.
Hitting your tee shot slightly left of the blue/white marker is a better line. The hole then snakes from right to left with high mounding on both sides. A solid fairway shot going anywhere up to 150-100 yards from the green is good play.
Now the hard part begins...
The approach is guarded by bunkers in front and on the right side, however they're not greenside so give an impression of a shot which looks like a shorter distance to the green than it actually is (a yardage device come could in handy here). With a green depth of only 18 yards and a water hazard behind, choose that club carefully. The long, sideways green has two parts: left is a flat plateau and right side slopes from left-to-right. Shoot par and you played the hole well.
The poached egg
We have a great looking golf course this year and especially the greens, aprons and their surrounds. With the grass surrounds approximately two inches in length, when the ball lands there it can sit down a little which is commonly known as a poached egg (pic 1).
It is so easy to miss-hit the ball, either by hitting half way up (thinning) which sends it across the green or stubbing the ball and not reaching the green (afraid of going too far).
The technique is similar to a bunker shot. Try putting your weight on the front leg at set-up and then in the swing contact the grass some two/three inches (pic 2) before the ball. Make sure you keep the club going low and through under the ball (pic 3), committing to a low follow-through (pic 4).
It is really tough to get up-and-down from such a short distance, but it's great when it comes off. Watch Tom Watson on YouTube hitting this very shot on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach in the 1982 US Open to win - he chips in!
Is it the 'Big Three' or the 'Big Four'?
Just when you thought Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy were all set to divvy up golf's biggest prizes, along comes big-hitting Dustin Johnson. The US champion is now number two in the world and looks to be finally fulfilling his potential after another fine win at the weekend - and a big one too at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. For years Johnson seemed destined to be the bridesmaid, now he's one of the favourites to go back-to-back in Majors and take the Claret Jug back across the Atlantic.
Next week's Open at Royal Troon could be a classic
Which leads us on to a new section of our website - our regular poll, and we want your votes. Tell us who you think will win the Open Championship next week; will it be Day, Johnson, Spieth, McIlroy or A.N. Other?
Have your say by clicking through to our homepage here...