Greetings from John Murray 
Moray Golf Club - PGA Golf Professional


 

I hope you've all had a fantastic week on and off the golf course and welcome to another exciting edition of the Moray Pro Shop weekly newsletter, bringing you up to date with all the latest news and gossip from within the walls of MGC.

I hope you have all recovered from your Christmas and New Year celebrations and are looking forward to the year ahead.

Here are a couple of festive images from the seniors Christmas Party which Derek and I attended and a few of the ladies enjoying a quiet pre-Christmas drink in the clubhouse. A good time had by all especially Alastair Neish who got to meet Santa!

We have had a few weeks away from the Newsletter so it's good to get back to business here. We have been busy trying to get organised for the 2017 golf season which may still seem a long time away but will be here before we know it! We have had some problems with our shop Wi-Fi over the last few weeks so Derek and I set up our temporary office in the clubhouse this week as we tried to work on a member's diary of events for the 2017 season.

If anyone has any suggestions for any events they would like to see us put on then please drop us an email with your comments.


 

Stotfield Trophy

The annual Stotfield Trophy was played on the Old Course on Monday, 2 January with a shotgun 10am start. We had a good turnout as always and thankfully we managed to get everyone to their starting tee with their string on time. (Mainly thanks to Julieann's forward planning)

Congratulations to Michael Dean on winning the trophy with a fine score of 66 on the day to finish one ahead of Gavin Fisher on 67.

In the Team Event the trio of Mark Spence, Bill Gibson and Mark Aspinall took the honors with a great score of 59.

Individual
M. J. Dean (4) 66; G. Fisher (4) 67; D. Hayden (10), D. M. Thewliss (5), A. J. England (3) 69; A. R. Souter (15), T. P. Scholefield (5), b(8), D. Dry (8) 70, W. Adams (5) 71.

Team Prize 
M. Aspinall (5), M. Spence (13), W. Gibson (15) 59.


Winter Cup Week 8 - Old Course

A return to the winter cup last weekend saw a good turnout with over 80 players taking to the course over both days. Congratulations to Paul Masson who took division 1 with 39 pts while Donald Grant hit a huge 45 pts to take the honours in division 2. Donald has been taking lessons and working hard on his game during the 2016 season and it looks like they are starting to pay dividends...Well Done Guys!

Division 1 
Paul Masson - 39pts 
Willie Adams - 38pts 
Steven Beveridge - 37pts 
Stephen Dunbar - 37pts 
Mark McDonald - 36pts

Division 2 
Donald J Grant - 45pts 
Iain Kelman - 43pts 
Kevin P Chapman - 38pts 
Gordon McDonald - 38pts 
Andrew Campbell - 37pts

Magic 2's were worth £9.60 to the following players: 
D Gould, AM Campbell, AG Stephen, Willie Adams, Paul Masson


On Sunday a reduced field of 25 players took to the course. Colin Ironside took top spot in division 1 with 38 pts while Ian Simpson took division 2 on 36 pts beating John Macdonald on a count back.

Division 1 
Colin Ironside - 38pts 
Dave Scott - 37pts 
Richard Bowlt - 37pts 
David Johnston - 36pts 

Division 2 
Ian Simpson - 36pts 
John McDonald - 36pts 
Andy Donegan - 35pts 
Alan J McWilliam - 35pts 
Jim Murphy - 35pts

Magic 2's were worth £11 to the following players: 
Colin Ironside and Ivor Rollo


 

Hole in 1 

Congratulations to Brian Ross who had his first hole in 1 while playing in the winter cup before Christmas. Brian's ace was on the 17th hole of the New Course and he was partnered by Iain Kelman and Stuart Rothnie.

 

Lewis No Longer Moray's Valentine

Lewis Valentine will be leaving us after 4 years at Moray GC to join the team at the East Course at Wentworth. He finishes with us this coming Friday and starts there on Monday 23 January as an Assistant Greenkeeper. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing Lewis all the very best in his new position.


 

New TaylorMade Range Available at Moray GC

We have received our new pack of TaylorMade Demo Products for the 2017 season. The M1 & M2 Drivers, Fairways and Hybrids have arrived well ahead of the official launch date on Friday, 27 January.

We also have the new M2 Iron heads with a good range of shafts and lie angles to get the perfect match for your game.

Come and try out the new equipment for yourself, click here to request a fitting.


 

Carvery

Why not join us again for our carvery on Sunday, 15 January 12:30pm - 4:30pm

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Booking advisable on 812018 option 6