Under Armour autumn winter layering 2017
ProQuip Pro-Flex EVO men's waterproofs
 

Welcome to another edition of our action packed e-newsletter giving you all the latest news and promotions from Verulam Golf Club, Hertfordshire’s friendliest golf club.

What’s in this week’s newsletter:
• Annual review
• Trolley lease is back
• New stock incoming
• Callaway custom fitting experience
• Lesson of the week
• Junior golf

Pro's news

Joel and Laurence Visit Callaway Performance Centre

Last Wednesday Laurence and I visited the Callaway performance centre in Chessington, Surrey. As a Callaway Brand ambassador I am lucky enough to receive a full bag of clubs at the beginning of the year. You may have heard the hype on social media of the new Rogue range of woods and hybrids that are soon to be released. I was excited to try the Rogue driver as my current Epic Sub Zero has been game changing for me last year.

Callaway Performance Centre
Callaway Performance Centre

The Rogue is said to have as high ball speeds if not higher as the Epic but more forgiving. From testing this is certainly what I found. On the better strikes the Rogue was 1-2 mph higher ball speed than my Epic but the mishits seemed to stay straighter. The Rogue will be going into my bag for 2018.

Callaway Fitting

The Rogue driver will be complimented with the fairway woods, X Forged irons and the amazing Mack Daddy 4 Forged wedges.

Shop news

Electric Trolley Lease starts 1st March

Would you like to take advantage our trolley leasing programme. From 1st March to 31st November (minimum end date) you can have unlimited use of an electric trolley all for ONLY £120.

To guarantee your trolley all you must do is book with the pro shop. This works out to cost just over £13 per month or approximately £3 per week. We will be receiving brand new electric trollies at the end of February.

To register your interest click here.

Electric Trolley Lease
 

Upcoming Products to be Delivered

With big announcements from all the major golf companies, this is without doubt our favourite time of year! We’ve got all kinds of new toys and the most stylish apparel coming in the next few weeks.

• New Callaway Rogue woods, hybrids and irons including a comprehensive fitting cart

M3
M4

• New Range of TaylorMade M3 and M4 woods and hybrids
• Full TaylorMade iron fitting cart
• 2018 VGC crested Under Armour clothing

Coaching news

Lesson of the Week – Padraig Nugent

Carl’s lesson of the week this week came from Padraig Nugent, a new client getting underway with his first lesson of a six lesson package.

Padraig is admittedly self-taught, an avid golfer that plays and watches the game regularly. As seen in the before picture on the left, Padraig’s address position was far from optimal. The key area for concern was Padraig’s upright posture in the lumbar and thoracic spine resulting in him arching and drawing in his shoulders and over-flexing his knees to counteract this in order to address the ball.

Lesson of the Week – Padraig Nugent Before
Lesson of the Week – Padraig Nugent After

Through some discussion and testing to ensure his posture wasn’t the result of a physical limitation, it became clear that Padraig was able to adjust his body, allowing him to produce a much more athletic set up and swing.

With a clear understanding of how and why changes needed to be made, Padraig quickly became comfortable in his new address position and hit the ball better than ever!

For enquiries regarding golf lessons, please get in touch with Carl via email or telephone (as seen here):

Carl Details
Junior golf

Junior Member Coaching Sessions

Despite cold and breezy conditions Saturday, 13 January saw some of our promising young juniors get involved with Carl’s bi-weekly Saturday VGC Junior Member coaching sessions.

As shown picture, we clearly have a lot of talent within our junior ranks and we look forward to seeing them progress throughout the 2018 season.

We’d just like to remind our members that we’ll be reserving the 1st tee for our juniors at 12:30-13:00 every Sunday. This is in order to get our juniors comfortable out on the course at a time that usually is not overly busy. If we could ask that you’re supportive, helpful and encouraging to our young members that will certainly help our junior section to thrive!

Junior Member coaching sessions
 
 
 
Dispersion affects aim

Last week we dispelled the myth that custom fitting is only for low-handicap golfers – if you didn’t give it a read then make sure you do! Regardless of your ability, one of the key focuses during any iron fitting will be your dispersion and here’s why it’s so important.

Dispersion

Where do you aim?
As you can see in the image above, a player adopting a more aggressive strategy, highlighted in red, brings the water more into play. We would always recommend in this situation to aim for the middle of the green, as shown in white, to reduce the chance of racking up a big number. This more conservative strategy also gives you a greater margin for error should you mishit your shot.

TaylorMade M4

Learning your dispersion averages and where your common miss is at a custom fitting will only help you in these situations.

One forgiving model that will help tackle your bad strikes and tighten up your dispersion is the new TaylorMade M4. It has Face Slots that create flexibility across the face to enhance distance and new Ribcor technology that stiffens the edges so lost energy on mishits is transferred back to create power in the hitting area.

Get in touch via the button below to register your interest in trying the M4 when it arrives in-store next month.

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Hit the fairway but found the water

So you’ve bombed a Rory-esque drive down the fairway and walk off the tee delighted, but do you know the correct ruling if you reach your ball and find it half submerged in casual water?

Step 1

If your ball comes to rest in an abnormal ground condition – such as casual water, ground under repair or a hole made by an animal – you are entitled to free relief. Remember though, turf that is merely wet, spongy or muddy is not considered casual water.

Step 2

You are entitled to drop within one club-length and no nearer the hole than your nearest point of relief. To determine your nearest point of relief, you must find the closest spot where there is no longer any water visible on the surface before or after you take your stance.

Step 3

Once you’ve found your nearest point of relief, you must next lift and then drop your ball within one club-length, no nearer the hole. It’s also worth noting that when the new rules come in on January 1st 2019, you’ll be able to drop your ball from any height.

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Srixon AD333 golf ball
TaylorMade TP5 Ball Range
 
 

Video of the Week

In the second video of this three-part series, Nick Dougherty and Lydia Hall discuss shot shaping and the easiest ways to create different ball flights.

 
 
I hope you have enjoyed this week's update.
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