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Try The 10 Yard Challenge!!!

Bored of being the shortest hitter in your fourball? Is distance affecting your scores? Then make a change this February and March and take us up on our 10 yard challenge!

We now have our full range of DEMO drivers from all leading manufacturers including Callaway and PING so why not book in for a FREE CUSTOM FITTING SESSION and take on the 10 yard challenge. We will compare the latest technology in golf clubs, against your current club and compare any yardage gains.

When you find more distance with the club and make the purchase, your name will be added to our DISTANCE LEADERBOARD and whoever has made the biggest gain will win themselves a FREE Fairway wood!!

Motocaddy Electric Trolley Leasing

Would you be interested in Leasing an Electric Trolley from March until November. For only £99 you can have unlimited use of a trolley. No need to worry about lugging the trolley in and out of your car and charging the battery. To register your interest please click here. The trolley must be booked prior to play to secure the use and may only be used at Verulam.

New Arrivals

- FootJoy 2015 Shoe Range
- ECCO Shoes (pictured right)
- PING G30 LS Driver
- PING Cadence Putters
- PING Glide wedges
- Odyssey 2015 Range of putters
- Callaway Stand and Trolley bags

Glen visits Gainsborough

As many of you know, Assistant Professional Glen Portelli plays PING golf clubs. Last week he went to the PING UK Headquarters in Gainsborough to get his specifications checked before the forthcoming season. Glen enjoyed using PING last year and was happy with his equipment. However, his wedges have been giving him some issues in the soft ground conditions. After using a GC2 monitor to analyse Glen's pitching technique, PING had noticed that his current wedges had the incorrect bounce angle.

Definition of bounce angle….

Glen's bounce angle wasn't big enough so the leading edge was "digging" into the ground when chipping and pitching. PING increased Glen's bounce angle to stop him from taking big divots, so the club would have less interaction with the ground making pitching and chipping more forgiving. Most club golfers are not using the correct bounce angle on their wedges, if you would like a FREE "bounce angle" test click here. Or speak to our professional staff for more information.

PING G30 Gains Extra Distance

Single figure golfer Richard Whittaker booked a custom fit session for a new driver. He had lost all confidence with his driver and had reverted to using his Callaway X Hot 3 wood which was performing extremely well. My task was to find a driver that he could hit consistently and better than his trusted 3 wood.

We recorded some numbers on our Foresight GC2 Launch monitor. It was clear that his current driver was not performing as it should.

Richard's main problem was that he wasn't generating as much backspin as he needed too. This is why the 3 wood was working well for him. It became clear my aim was to increase backspin which would keep the ball in the air longer.

We went through the various models, lofts and shafts to discover which combination worked the best for him. Eventually the result was a PING G30 SF TEC 12 degree (draw bias head) with a TFC 419 shaft (soft tip counterbalance to promote backspin) regular flex.

Click here to find out more about the fantastic new PING innovations.

GC2 Ball Data from old driver to PING G30

- Ball Speed was 127 mph now 131mph
- Launch Angle was 14.7 degrees now 14.5 degrees
- Backspin was 1892 rpm now 2334 rpm
- Total Distance was 209 yards now 223 yards
- Dispersion Average was 16 yards left now 8 yards left

In summary we increased Ball Speed, increased backspin, increased accuracy and gained 14 yards total distance.

To book your FREE of charge custom fit session click here.

10 Yard Challenge Leaderboard

Richard Whittaker - 14 Yards

Last week's challengers were the dynamic duo of Tim O' Donovan and Prashantha Nagaraja. Having taken a 'stuffing' last weekend we were keen to regain the winning feeling. Unfortunately we couldn't……

We started well birdying the first two holes to be one up. We slowly let the lead slip and were three down at the turn. Tim birdied 13 to go four up and then the captain won the 14th with a 4 nett three to move back to 3 down. Unfortunately we halved 15 and 16 to lose the match 3 down.

If you wish to challenge us, enter your names on the challenge board. Dates are available until the end of June.

February Stableford Results

Division 1

1st - B. Mobbs - 37pts
2nd - R. Stolle - 35pts

Division 2

1st - C. Walton - 36pts
2nd - M. Wallis - 32pts

Have a great week and hope to see you all at the club very soon.

Kind regards,

Joel, Glen and Stephen