Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. In this week’s mail we cast an eye over some great golfing destinations abroad to help you beat those winter blues, we take a look at some products that will really help your game, and we'll also be discussing the Ryder Cup teams with one pick remaining. Enjoy the read. |
Junior Open On Monday, we had our annual Fulford Junior Open, as usual we had a brilliant turn out of juniors from other clubs in Yorkshire. Throughout the day, many juniors were competing for the trophy and some fantastic scores were entered from many of them. With our own juniors almost claiming all the prizes, we had Sean Burrows claim the trophy just beating our very own Charlie Tunstall on count back both with scores of nett 67, and Lewis West placing third with a score of nett 69. |
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The great golf didn’t stop there as Jodie Himsworth won the girls best gross score with a gross 78 and Lauren Millet winning the best net prize with a nett 68. The boys best gross score was won by Matthew Dolling shooting a gross 74 only just beating our own Tom Kelly who shot a gross 75. Over all, it was a very successful day and very enjoyable for everyone, well done to all the juniors who took part, the scores that came in were brilliant.
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Junior Captains Day On Saturday, our junior captain George Robson had his Captain’s Day. A total of 20 of Fulford’s future stars turned up for the competition which included prizes for boys, girls and overall. The prizes were as follows – Best boys gross was George Robson, best girls gross went to Hannah Kelly, third place overall was Emma Audsley, second place Lewis West and this years Junior Captains Day winner straight off a second place in the Junior Open was Charlie Tunstall. Congratulations Charlie on some great form over the last week, keep up the good work. |
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Charlie has recently been working hard with myself with a few lessons, he has a great work ethic and if he keeps it up he will become a very fine player. |
Ladies Melville Trophy Over the weekend, we had the Ladies Melville Trophy take place over two days with one round on the Saturday and one round on the Sunday. Many ladies took part in aim to try and win the trophy alongside playing with the wonderful sunshine over the weekend. With two great scores, Michelle Rogers won the competition with nett 80+76 to total up the best score of 156. With only one shot behind Michelle was Maxine Booth shooting a nett 85+72 totalling up to 157. It got even tighter as Helen Barugh placed third with nett scores of 82+76 to end up one shot behind Maxine with a total of 158. Over the space of two days, the scores were great and a well done to all the ladies who took part. |
All roads lead to Paris… The finale of the Made in Denmark tournament was an all-English affair, with a four-way play-off between Lee Westwood, Jonathan ‘Jigger’ Thomson, Steven Brown and eventual winner Matt Wallace. The tournament was played at the home course of Ryder Cup Captain, Thomas Bjorn, and the event has become a firm favourite with both players and fans alike. Due to the European Tour tournament rescheduling that will take place next year, the Made in Denmark will move to the week of BMW PGA at Wentworth and hopes to attract even more big names. The automatic picks for Europe’s Ryder Cup team were also decided in Denmark, but I’m sure you are all now talking about the Captain’s wildcard picks that took place on Wednesday. The American team still have one pick remaining with the finale of the FedExCup unfolding over the next few weeks and all eyes on East Lake for the next 10-million-dollar man! Let me know your thoughts here on the wildcard picks. Click here to let me know. |
Gapping is vitally important to any golfer. Being able to pick a club out of the bag and knowing exactly how far you can strike the ball will make for more confident shots, as you won’t be constantly wondering if you should club up or club down. |
Not just for wedges Gapping is often associated with the shorter clubs in your bag, but it's just as important to make sure you pay attention to the gaps between your longer clubs, too. Good gapping would see you have equal gaps between clubs that are no bigger than 15 yards, as displayed in the green illustration below. In contrast, bad gapping would leave you with uneven or large distances between clubs, often over 20 yards or under 10. Having equal gaps throughout your bag will mean you are much closer with your next club, so you won’t have to manufacture shorter/longer swings or hit soft/hard shots, which is where a lot of problems begin. |
Being able to know exactly how far each club goes can be even more helpful if you have a GPS device telling you the exact distance between your ball and the pin. So if you're still guessing how far you hit each club, come and speak to a member of the team. We can guarantee it's costing you shots. |
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