Welcome to this week's newsletter. This week, it was TaylorMade SIM v Callaway Mavrik again on the world tours. SIM came out on top in the PGA Tour event at Pebble Beach but Mavrik won the day at the European Tour event in Australia. Read below to see which one came out on top for West Hill major winner Craig Kimber this week.
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It just keeps on arriving
More new stock flooding into the shop as the new FootJoy Tour X shoe arrives. And, it looks awesome…
This shoe has groundbreaking comfort, unrivalled stability, and FootJoy 'PowerStrap' system to provide motion control around the foot.
Pop in-store to see the shoe for yourself. |
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Coaching success
So many members making fantastic improvements this week that I couldn’t decide which one was best.
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Sarah Langlands was struggling to get out of bunkers consistently. Many people make the same mistake of consciously trying to hit the sand before the ball. We simply got her to use her legs to do the unwinding which felt as if the strike was beyond the ball. look at the massive improvement in the left picture.
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Lots of golfers who wear glasses slip into the habit of staring down at the ball so that they can see the ball out of the middle of their lenses without seeing the frames. After pointing this out to John Neilson, and then giving him a pre-shot routine for his posture, look at the massively improved position which allows him to now turn his body more freely. |  | John Neilson
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Up until this week, Gwyn Davies coaching had been focussed around him developing a more powerful backswing. This week, we are now starting to reap the rewards of a more consistent strike with more power. Look how his weight is now much more over his left leg through impact enabling him to clip the ground after the ball instead of before it.
Click here if you would like to talk to us about how we can help you to improve your game or click here to go straight to our Online Lesson Booking diary. |
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Custom Fitting Wow, look at these numbers (see below). With Craig Kimber’s old PING i200 he achieved 127.7 yards carry from 75.1 mph clubhead speed.
With the new Taylor Made SIM with almost identical clubhead speed of 74.8mph, the new technology increased his ball speed by 5.1mph to 99.6mph giving him 142 yards carry - a near 15-yard gain with the same swing. Click here to talk to us about trying new technology or click here to go straight to our Online Custom Fitting diary. |
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Max wins by nine
Massive congratulations to Max O’Hagan who just had a big win in the US, winning the Matlock Collegiate Classic by nine shots. His second collegiate win. After 54 holes, he finished on -14 with rounds of -6, -5, -3 to blow the opposition away. One bogey in three rounds. Here is the leaderboard with his scorecards.
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Captain v Pro Yorkshire Tour
We still need one more person for the Captain v Pro Yorkshire Tour from May 18-21 to make it an even number of 28 members. Details were in last week’s newsletter or click here if you would like further information. |
Stableford
The course is playing so well through the difficult conditions that everyone is keen to get out and on Friday we had an amazing 61 entries for the weekday Stableford. Congratulations to Alastair Somerville who won with a brilliant 40 points. Second was Zach Chew with 39 points and third Darren Noel with 38 points. Division 2 was won by Mike Sands with 37 points pipping Phil Mulhall on countback with Nick Madgett, just one point behind.
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Pearson Trophy
Report from Team Captain, Jane Kimber
The West Hill Pearson Team played away against Royal Mid Surrey last week and the team won five out of the seven matches. Well done to Janet Lea, Heather Thwaites, Liz Hooper, Helen Simmonds, Tina Thomas, Val Owen and Shirley Couzens.
We have now played all six of our first-round matches and have won five and lost only one. This means we have won in our group and will now go through to the first knockout round, which has to be played between Monday, 9 March and Friday, 10 April. I have been advised that it is 99% certain that we will have to play against Camberley Heath (home and away) TBC as they have one more match to play.
Many thanks to all of you that have played in the previous matches and all of you that have offered to be a reserve. And thanks to Jane in the office for organising the tee times at short notice and the delicious match teas.
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Blue Tee Competition & Stableford
Well done to Karen Johnson who won the Blue Tee Competition last Wednesday with 36 points pipping Kathryn McKimmie and Julie Wilding on countback. Then on Saturday, Helen Atkinson won the Stableford with a fantastic 39 points. Ellen Yates was second with 35 points and Jane Kimber third with 34 points.
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What's coming up?
February:
- Saturday 15 February - Club Stableford
- Sunday 16 February - 14-hole Mixed Greensomes and Tea
- Wednesday 26 February- Captain’s Roll Up & Lunch
March:
- Sunday 8 March - Stableford
- Saturday 14 March - Bedser Foursomes 8.30 Shotgun
- Friday 20 March - Weekday Stableford
- Saturday 21 March - Past Captains’ Foursomes
- Sunday 22 March - Mothering Sunday Lunch
- Wednesday 25 March - Captain’s Roll Up & Lunch
- Sunday 29 March - Not the Valentine Foursomes & Supper
May:
- Monday, 18 to Thursday, 21 May 2020 - Captain v Pro Tour
June:
- Friday, 26 June - West Hill Pro/Am
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Many of you will be looking to replace your shoes when the season gets underway and when that time comes, pop your head in-store as we have a fantastic selection of new styles available, including these gems from FootJoy... |
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FootJoy's 2020 footwear collection |
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If you haven't worn Boa golf shoes then please try a pair of the FJ UltraFit Boa shoes on before your next purchase. It's a really cool technology that locks your foot into the perfect fit as you twist the dial on the heel. |
We know many of you will love the updated Pro|SL for 2020, which is the best-selling shoe around, as well as the new Tour-X that comes in at a higher price point but offers everything you could want from a shoe. |
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