Welcome to the latest edition of my newsletter. It has been another very busy week here at East Devon Golf Club. The season seems to have kicked started, trade has been brisk, the lesson diary is filling up nicely and there even seems to be some grass starting to grow out on the golf course, long may it continue.
The first competitive action to report upon this week is from the first leg of the annual Picture Match against Sidmouth. The first leg this year was at home, and after the morning foursomes the match was evenly balanced at 4 matches all. The team stepped up to the plate in the afternoon and secured a 12.5 - 3.5 victory in the singles to gain a 9 point advantage to take to the away leg at Sidmouth in the Autumn.
The Harvey Gillingham Salvers, a Better Ball Medal attracted an entry of 45 pairs on Saturday. Cruising to an emphatic victory with an impressive nett 64 was the pairing of Neil Jones and Danny Barrett.
More Salvers were up for grabs on Tuesday when the Christine Bagnall Salvers took place. The event is played as a Better Ball Stableford and attracted an entry of 29 pairs. On a day of high scoring the pairing of Carole Brailey and Mo Reynolds came out the victors with an excellent 42 points.
The seniors were out in force on Monday for the Veteran's Cup. The weather conditions made scoring on the day some what challenging, with a couple of hefty showers and a 5 minute hail storm thrown in for good measure, this made the winning score, 41 points recorded by John Bain even more creditable. Mike Brailey was the leading venerable vet with 34 points. There were 79 entries.
Congratulations to all of this weeks' winners.
So you think you're not good enough to be custom-fit?
There's a perception among club golfers that having your clubs tailored to you is the province of the game's elite. The theory usually trotted out goes something along the lines of: "I'm too inconsistent for custom-fitting to benefit me."
The theory holds as much water as a perched links green. Your swing is a lot more consistent than you think, and technology can prove it. On launch monitors all handicap levels show remarkably similar levels of acceleration, clubhead speed, shaft loading and attack path and angle; whatever you think, your swing has a pattern. That perception of inconsistency is a fallacy, based on the fact a tiny change in the clubface's position at impact can create massive differences in ball flight.
But also, custom-fitting doesn't just refine good shots; it can also tame bad ones. That fact alone makes it relevant to all standards of player. So wherever you are in the game, come and talk to us about custom-fitting: it's a simple process… and it will have a profound impact on your game. Click here to send me your thoughts.
