Welcome to the latest edition of my newsletter. It has been another busy week here at East Devon Golf Club with plenty of action both off and on the course.
Club Captain Clive Bennett celebrated his Captain's Day on Saturday. The day proved to be a resounding success with well over 200 players enjoying his hospitality. The star performer on the day was Mark Heywood who recorded an excellent 40 points to lift the Captain's Prize. Paul Sear took the honours in Division 1 with 40 points and both Martin Bright and David Plumer led their respective divisions with 38 points.
Congratulations to Glen Lockey on winning this month's Midweek Stableford with 35 points.
The Ladies were out in force on Tuesday for their County Stableford. The leading lady on the day was Jane Robertson who returned an excellent 38 points to claim the best overall score prize and top spot in Division 2. Jane is another graduate from my Academy Membership Scheme and it is nice to see all the hard work and practice paying off. Ali Miller led the way in Division 3 with 36 points.
By virtue of her excellent round on Tuesday, Jane Robertson became this years' winner of the Golf Foundation Brooch.
Congratulations to all of this weeks' winners.
Whether you realise it or not, your brain is actually designed to help you strike putts the correct distance.
Or at least a part of it is. It's called the cerebellum, and one of its tasks is to convert data from your senses into appropriate movement. Every time you put a key into a lock or lob waste paper into a bin, your motion is governed by the cerebellum reacting to the information it's fed by your eyes.
Usually, we trust ourselves to carry out the task. Except when it comes to long-range putting. For some reason, on the green we suddenly decide that only technical perfection can create a successful outcome.
Technical thoughts thwart your natural ability to gauge distances and apply the right force. So to improve your touch putting, trust your eyes see the distance, and your brain to interpret that as force. There are drills that promote this; and of course, we'd be delighted to share them with you. Click here to request a lesson.
