The member's response to the new practice range has been incredible. "Out of this world" was my favourite response and everyone is returning with a smile on their face. DONT FORGET EVERY MEMBER IS ENTITLED TO A FREE BUCKET OF BALLS TO TRY IT OUT and it only takes 4 minutes to walk there!!!
CHANGE YOUR HABITS - just get to the golf club 35 minutes earlier this weekend and add to your whole golfing day by enjoying our beautiful range before you play - AND I'LL BET YOU PLAY BETTER GOLF ON THE COURSE!!!
On the Official Opening Day both the Mizuno and the Titleist Technical Reps said they were the most accurate fittings they have done all year due to the quality of the golf balls and the turf!!! We have a TaylorMade Fitting Day on Monday 29 June from 4pm to 8pm . Click here if you would like an appointment on the day to try all of the latest technology on a radar ball tracking device.
Magician Jamie Raven, Brian's son and brother of Ben, won the Britain's Got Talent Semi Final last night when he made a helicopter appear on stage as well as turning fire into ice!!!! He will be in the live grand final this Sunday on ITV so tune in and VOTE JAMIE and help him to £250,000 and a spot on The Royal Variety Performance!!
David Wilkinson had an incredible gain in distance this week when he compared his old TaylorMade RAC irons to new technology. With the Mizuno DNA fitting system we established that his current shafts were to whippy for the way he loads the shaft in the swing. So when he tried the three different shafts suggested by the DNA software he instantly produced a 15 to 20 yard gain on distance with a far more penetrating ball flight. We fine-tuned with the use of the Flightscope ball radar tracking device until we chose the Dynamic Gold S300 shaft which lowered his spin rate with a 6 iron by 2000 rpm from 7200 to 5000 and this is what massively improved ball flight and distance.
We then tried Mizuno, TaylorMade and Titleist heads with that shaft before settling on the Mizuno JPX 850 forged which has the forgiveness for off centre, the beautiful soft feel from forged heads and the classic looks at set up. We also fitted the Mizuno MP-T5 forged wedges with matching shafts and correct lofts to match into the set and now David can't wait for them to arrive!!! Click here for a fitting in the new West Hill Swing Studio.
Congratulations to Rob Pike who won the Ferney Cup and Lombard National PGA Pro/Am qualifier on Sunday with a nett 66. Rob and I were reminiscing as he signed in that we had played together in the same event 20 years ago at Test Valley GC when I represented West Hill with him as the head assistant and now we will be playing at Walton Heath GC on 8 July with the winners that day going on to the national final at Gleneagles for two days in September. Andy Tyler was second with nett 68 with Jonathan Holden third on countback.
Chris Smith, after just his first coaching session with me won Division 2. Julien Payne was second and Andrew McNaught third. Then on Monday he came second in Division 2 again with 36 points - how's that for instant results!!!! Well done to Nigel O'Hagan who won the Whitsun Cup with 38 pts with Julien Payne third in Div 2 with 34 pts after scoring 21pts on the front nine. Div 1 was won by Richard Bolton with 37 pts, with Paul Cohen second with 36 and Ramin Showghi third on countback.
Heather Thwaites and Ilsa Bellion are playing in the West Hill Pro Am with a team from Princes Golf Club. Would three other ladies be interested in playing to make up an all ladies team with Cliff's assistant, Leah Roelich, who would like to play? Click here if you are interested.
Congratulations to Kathryn McKimmie and Philippa Atkinson who won the Ladies Coronation Foursomes last Wednesday.
Sun 31 May Tommy Martin Foursomes Qualifier
Sun 7 Jun Captains Day
Sat 13 Jun Silver Medal
Sun 14 Jun Members 4BBB Mixed Invitation and Dinner
Wed 17 Jun Captain's Roll Up and Lunch
Fri 19 Jun Weekday Stableford
Fri 19 Jun 14 hole Mixed Greensomes and Supper
Sat 20 Jun Club Championships and Gold Medal Round 1
Sun 21 Jun Club Championships and Gold Medal Round 2
Sun 21 Jun Father's Day Lunch
Wed 24 Jun Ladies' Captains Day
Fri 26 Jun The West Hill Pro/Am
Sun 28 Jun Summer Solstice Cross Country Golf.