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Richard Whitford

Knock Golf Club PGA Golf Professional

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Competition news 

Winter League Week Seven Results

Low Section - First place - Andy Jones (37 points), second place - Don Wright Jnr (37 points), third place - Andy Finlay (35 points) and in fourth place - Gary Kennedy (35 points).
Mid Section - First place - Norman Johnston (38 points), second place - Eric Martin (36 points), third place - Don McKeeman (36 points) and in fourth place - Murray Hunter (36 points).
High Section - First place - Dougie Brown (40 points), second place - Ken Cook (36 points), third place - Hugh Kirkwood (36 points) and in fourth place - Colin Campbell (36 points).

The twos club paid out £12.20 each and all monies have been added to your pro shop accounts. A reminder that first in each section gets £40, second £25, third £15 and fourth £10.

Christmas Mixed Hat
Christmas Jumpers
Pictured is an array of tremendous Christmas sweaters on show at the Christmas Mixed Hat competition last Sunday. It was a great turnout with 36 people playing. The winners on the day, with 26 points over the 12 holes, were Berkeley and Eleanor McMonagle. Everybody looked great in their Christmas dress. A big thank you goes to George and Sonia Brown for arranging the mixed section events during the year.

Weekend Sweep Results

First place - Peter Law (37 points), second place - Andy Lawson (36 points, bb9), third place - Richard Hamilton (36 points, bb9) and in fourth place - Pat O'Connor (36 points). Best gross - Michael Sinclair 60 (-2).

The twos club paid out £8 each and all monies have been transferred to your pro shop accounts. 

Ladies Winter Alliance

Congratulations to Alison Sinnamon who took third place in the December Alliance outing at my old club Kirkistown Castle Golf Club. Alison shot 34 points, congratulations.

Ladies Stableford

The ladies played a 12 Hole Stableford competition on Tuesday with Pauline Cook taking the honours with 25 points, second place went to Hilary Graham (23 points) who pipped Aileen Wilson (also 23 points) third on the better back three holes. Another draw for twos saw Susan Craig, Maureen Graham and Elaine Hanna grab £11.30 each. Congratulations to all the prize winners and all monies have been transferred to your pro shop accounts.

Pros news 
Gary
A tournament to remember!

On Tuesday I travelled to Royal Belfast to compete in the last PGA outing of 2016. After one shot I was travelling to the A&E unit of the Ulster Hospital helping next year's incoming Vice Captain Gary Patterson who hurt himself after hitting his first tee shot. X rays showed nothing was broken, but some ligament damage was causing him serious pain and discomfort. Get well soon Gary.

Club event 

Christmas Jazz Sunday

Don't forget Christmas Jazz Sunday is coming up on Sunday, 18 December. Why not take a break from the seasonal rush and relax with our delicious carvery and delightful background music from the superb John McCullough trio. Please book early on 90480915. 

Members news 
Christmas Panto
Ladies Christmas Panto

What a surprise I got as I met this lot on the stairs on the way to our new Swing Studio. I was heading up to measure for carpet tiles when boom, the ladies section were having their Christmas panto. Check out Aileen Wilson with her Lady Gaga hair.

Academy news  

Coaching Packages at Knock GC...
Voucher
Many of you will be thinking about Christmas presents, but if a family member is struggling with what to get you this year, give them my details and let them know which option below best suits you. I have come up with a few different ideas for coaching vouchers that will be available from the pro shop this Christmas. Options are as follows:

  • Option One - Standard lesson - £25.
  • Option Two - On-course lesson - £40 (Usually five - six holes incorporating strategy, uneven lies, short game and 'rescue shots out of trouble').
  • Option Three - Five lesson package - £100.
  • Option Four - Game improvement package - £100 (on-course lesson to evaluate strengths and weaknesses allowing the player to ask questions about certain scenarios. Static lesson to work and improve on findings and then another on-course session to put your practice into play and see what improvements have been made and what still needs to be addressed).
  • Option Five - Short game lessons for two - £30 (if you fancy learning some short game skills together grab a partner and learn off each other).

I have bespoke shop vouchers available to purchase (pictured). Junior lessons are also available at the reduced rate of £20 per lesson. Vouchers can be used at your leisure with no expiry date. If you need any more information please get in touch here.

Shop news  

StudioGolf Studio Update

The simulator and GC2 is now installed and working. I did my first club fitting and gapping session this week and the information and fun element is staggering. I have some flooring to put down and some security to install and that will finish the room. Titleist are coming to use their graphics shortly and I will have a full list of what we can offer with the new facility to include opening times and prices. If you have any questions or would like a sneak preview give me a call.

For the golfer who has almost everything?

An ideal Christmas present this year could be the latest GPS devices from GolfBuddy. I have all units in stock from the top of the range PT4 with an enlarged four inch high resolution LCD screen to the new WT5 watches. All GolfBuddy watches show measurement from front, middle and to the back of each green, BUT, they also show all hazards including rivers, bunkers and trees. A new addition to the range this year is the 'Ladies LD2' watch, a more stylish lightweight watch with Swarovski crystals. GolfBuddy are also giving away a FREE Swarovski crystal ball marker over Christmas when you purchase an LD2 GPS watch.

Pop in store to find out more about the best GPS units on the market. Remember over 48,000 courses worldwide is mapped and there are no extra fees. The only thing you need to do is update the units a few times each year to keep up-to-date with course renovations etc.

   

 
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Thank you for reading and have a great weekend. Richard
 
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Richard Whitford, Knock Golf Club , Summerfield
Dundonald, Belfast, BT16 0QX

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