What a busy Easter weekend we had at Verulam. It kicked off with 74 members participating in the Captain v Vice Captain match, where the Captain's team were victorious thanks to them winning the last 6 matches to win by only a point. Then it was on to the April Medal and Lombard Qualifier with an impressive 118 players entering. Following this was the St. George's Day singles Stableford, followed by the RNLI Fourball Betterball Stableford.

A Message from Natalie, Eva and I... 

We would like to thank all of the members for the cards, gifts and money. We have set up a savings account for Eva which we have put all the money into, and she will have access to it once she turns 18. Eva loves all of her new outfits, and you will probably see her showing some of them off down at the club soon.

This weeks April Medal Division 1 winner Richard Kiff (Kiffy) booked a lesson with me last week after saying he was struggling with his golf swing, and had too many thoughts going through his mind. As a past club champion, he knows how to swing a golf club and to get the ball in the hole, howeverhe has been trying different things with his swing which is making it worse.

We firstly looked at his basic setup. His grip and posture was great, but ball position and alignment needed a little work. Ball position was too far forward, and his his alignment was a long way right of target. From the poor ball position, his consistency of strike was not as he liked. From this position the takeaway was far too much from the inside. This caused the club to get too far behind his body which made returning the club back square extremely difficult. I gave him a couple of drills and feelings and away he went.

As you can see in the picture, his intended target is circled, and notice how far right of target he is aiming. Because of this, the takeaway is far too far inside the line.

Click here to view Kiffy in action, but not swinging a golf club this time.

Bob Colby recently won the Miskin Salver with a magnificent score of 40 points. Bob attends monthly coaching sessions to keep his game in shape. Bob likes to keep his swing thoughts simple. We work hard on maintaining the fundamentals in his address position such as alignment and ball position. We have found that if we achieve these goals, Bob's ball striking improves with greater consistency. For the last 15 minutes of every lesson we always take a look his short game to make sure he is working on the same things. Bob puts his latest win down to striking the ball with far more consistency and holing a few putts.

If you would like to have a swing assessment please click here.

Callaway X-hot 2013 Clearance:

We have 2 sets of Callaway X-hot 2013 irons left in stock....

4 - PW Graphite Regular was £599 now £399. save £200!!

4 - SW Graphite Light Flex was £679 now £449. Save £230!!

These irons were extremely popular last season, and improved lots of golfers at Verulam so please phone or email the professional shop if interested, we have a trial club if anyone wishes to have a try!

Motocaddy Battery Trade in Offer

Our battery trade in has been incredibly popular so far. For those of you who haven't had the chance to, we are offering you £25 OFF a brand new Motocaddy Lithium battery when you trade in your old battery regardless of its age and condition. I currently hold a selection of lead acid and Lithium Battery's in stock for both Motocaddy and PowaKaddy trolleys.

Click here to find out more information.

Saturday 26th April - Marten Cup Spring Round 
Saturday 3rd May - Victory Cup - Myers Qualifier 
Monday 5th May - Club Fourball Betterrball 
Wednesday 7th May - Midweek Stableford 
Saturday 10th May - Men's Invitation Day 
Sunday 11th May - Ashworth Cup Over 55s 
Friday 16th May - Ladies Invitation Day 
Saturday 17th May - Centenary Cup 

Please collect your prizes from the professional shop.



Hole in One

Congratulations to Michael Bateman who achieved his first hole in one on the 10th Hole in the RNLI Fourball Betterball.

A message from the Junior Organiser Adrian Doyle....

Well what a day we had at Verulam. It was nearly the great escape with Verulam 6-1 down after the away leg against Whipsnade. Verulam Juniors were written off but they had other ideas with the opposition 1 short Verulam Juniors were 1 up Callum Walker led the march in Monty style with a 4-2 win followed by the Verulam equivalent to Ian Poulter, Tommy Naylor winning 2 up. The Captain Molly Doyle won 3&1 - could this be our day? Joe Shoemaker had a great game, but his back 9 let him down and he went down 5&4. Adam Scott parred the 17th to win 2&1 and it all fell on the young shoulders of Lauren Elliott with the game going down to the last green and the last putt. The final match was halved meaning although Verulam won 5 1/2 to 1 1/2. We lost out by a half. Many commiserations to the team, but it's still our first victory of the year so onwards and upwards. Many thanks to Mo Roe for helping out with the starting as I was attending a funeral.

Why not come and play at the Home of the Ryder Cup.

'Spring Score' Green Fee Offer (until 30th April)

Improve your golf score and get a 'score' cash-back on our normal green fee prices

Four players can enjoy 18 holes of golf at the Home of the Ryder Cup for £20 less!

4 players: Monday £100 - £20 = £80; Tuesday to Friday £144 - £20 = £124;

Weekends (after 11am) £190 - £20 = £170

Book your 'Spring Score' tee-time with the Verulam Professional on 01727 861401

Summer Green Fee Rates (1st April to 31st October)

Monday: £25 (Day £35) 
Tuesday - Friday: £36 (Day £50) 
Weekends (after 11am): £47.50 
Juniors: £10 

Twilight (after 4pm) 
Adults: £23 Juniors: £10

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