I hope you all had a fantastic week on and off the golf course and welcome to a new edition of our weekly newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest news within the walls of Knock Golf Club.
Enjoy this week's read! |
Weekend Sweep (14 Hole Stableford) Friday, 22 - Saturday, 23 February
It was tight at the top this week, with the big winner with 33 points going to Simon Swail. Runner up Frankie Mallon and third placed Clifford Kennedy also recorded 33 points and were separated on countback. Bill McNaughten snatched fourth place with 32 points beating fifth placed Marc Lawson (also 32 points) on countback.
The best gross with -5 49 went to Ross Latimer and the Anno Domini prize went to the inform David Rush with 32 points. The twos club paid out £14.00 each and all monies have been added to your Pro Shop accounts.
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Low Section: 1st place - Richard Lucas- 33 points 2nd place - Lee Mitchell- 31 points 3rd place - Gerry McWhinney- 31 points 4th place - Trevor Watty- 31 points
Mid Section: 1st place - Scott Collins - 35 points 2nd place - Ian Clarke- 33 points 3rd place - Ronnie Geddis- 32 points 4th place - Wally Anderson - 31 points |
High Section: 1st place - Chris Berry- 33 points 2nd place - John Johnston- 33 points 3rd place - Barry Todd- 33 points 4th place - John Henry- 31 points
The twos continue to pay out very well in this year’s Winter League. Each two was worth £13.00 and all monies have been transferred to your Pro Shop accounts. |
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Winter League final standings for 2018/2019
Overall Winner - Stephen Hughes - 313 points
Low Section: 1st place - R. Lucas - 313 points 2nd place - D. Bennett - 304 points 3rd place - M. Kelly - 299 points
Mid Section: 1st place - E. McMinnis - 302 points 2nd place - I. Vallelly - 302 points 3rd place - A. Gourley - 300 points
High Section: 1st place - W. Steele - 311 points 2nd place - K. Graham - 304 points 3rd place - A. Sutherland - 302 points
Click here for the full results. |
Ladies 12 Hole Winter Stableford
Joan Bell returned to the winner’s circle with a fine 24 points Alison Sinnamon took runners up spot with 21 points and Rosemary Greene snatched third place with 18 points.
Ann Spence took £19.00 for having the only two. |
Sunday Sweep Sunday, 24 February
Robert Irvine took the spoils this week with a brilliant 42 points over the 18 holes, Ian McClure took second place with 39 points and Mark Graham took third with 38 points
The twos club paid out £6.50 each and all monies have been added to your Pro Shop accounts
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Saturday tee times
Those members wishing to have a Saturday tee time please write your fourball and GUI numbers on the notice on the noticeboard. If any members need help with Saturday times and or getting into a fourball give me a shout.
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Summer tee times
Please see notice (below) that’s on the noticeboard regarding your summer tee times this year. Please put your fourball with GUI numbers beside each name. This sheet will be removed from the noticeboard on Thursday, 7 March with the draw taking place on Sunday, 10 March. If anybody needs help in arranging fourballs, give me a call in the Pro Shop. |
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Weekend competitions
On Friday and Saturday, we will be running a Club Sweep for the next few weeks over the 14 holes that we have been playing Winter League over so the same timesheet will be in place.
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Winter League Dinner
The ladies held their Winter League Dinner on Tuesday evening, by the looks of the Lady President below I feel they had a great night. Looking good Jane.
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Social events
- Friday, 1 March - Poker Night
- Saturday, 16 March - A Night at the Races.
- Sunday, 24 March - The last Jazz Carvery of the season with John McCullough and David Hamilton (early booking recommended)
- Friday, 29 March - Men's Winter League Dinner
- Saturday, 11 May - The PM Big Band
- Every Wednesday to Friday - great value 'Early Bird' menu - 3:00pm - 6:30pm All bookings please call 02890480915. |
It takes seconds While this wonderful spell of weather continues, it is great to see so many of you back out on the grass enjoying the course in February. Work will be continuing in March to prepare for the season and, at this delicate stage, a plea to everyone please repair all pitchmarks and let us prep the greens surface for you all as the start of season is edging closer. |
Titleist Fitting Day I’m pleased to announce the first fitting day of the year has been arranged for Monday, 25 March at the Practice Ground between 11:00am - 15:00pm.
The experts from Titleist will be on hand to fit for wedges, irons, rescues, fairways or the new TS drivers. To book an appointment call the Pro Shop on 02890 483825. |
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A stroke of genius
Pictured below is some of the new Odyssey ‘Stroke Lab’ putters that have just landed in store. Pop in and have a look, they look great and are perfectly balanced with a new insert for 2019. Come and give them a try today.
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Seen something we don’t stock? Our Foremost Click & Collect service offers you an endless amount of golfing brands and products at the click of a button.
Simply order online and pick up at your convenience in the Pro Shop. The prices found on the Click & Collect website are very competitive matching all the major retailers. Click here to visit my Click & Collect website. |
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75 yards? Up-and-down for me... |
The majority of golfers know how far they hit their driver and irons with a full swing, but wedges require you to be a lot more accurate if you want to start shooting better scores. So, whilst it can be useful to know how far a full PW or LW goes, you'll benefit far more from dialling in your wedges so you can hit specific distances that you regularly find yourself with on the course. |
Give yourself options You'll notice that different swings with each wedge will result in yardages that overlap - see table above. This is important as it'll give you options when considering the conditions. For example, if you're facing a strong breeze, we'd suggest going up a club and utilising a shorter swing so the ball flies lower with less spin, helping it to penetrate through the wind. |
Dial in with Cleveland We'd recommend having a wedge system of the same brand and model, so you remove any variables in feel and spin across wedges. One model that we love is Cleveland's RTX-4 wedge. Some of you may have previous generations of RTX - which stands for Rotex Face Technology - but this current model has the sharpest grooves yet for more spin and maximum control around the greens. 18 bounce-grind combinations available between 46 and 64 degrees mean that a custom fitting is key if you want to get your next purchase exactly right. |
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