My Weekly Newsletter

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.

Weather Disruptions

This week we have started to see some milder weather hit the Moray Links which is great to see and you better get your shorts out as Friday looks to be Sunny and into the 20's!

However last Saturdays HP Stewart wasn't so lucky with rain that fell for the whole day with very little let up at all. Despite a large number of cancellations especially in the afternoon, we still managed to get around 100 players still taking to the course which was great to see! I managed to catch one of the early groups coming off the 18th green looking rather damp!

On the positive side the course was in need of some rain and it certainly will have helped bring the course on as we go forward especially with this week's dry/warm spell.

We had managed to get 12 new ladies signed up for our Get Into Golf taster session on Saturday which we had to cancel due to the weather and the lack of undercover practice facilities. This was really disappointing after such a positive response. However we will aim to reschedule the date and hope that we can get everyone coming back for another try!

Derek has been busy this week signing autographs after his movie premiere was shown live on Good Morning Britain where we all found out what Derek likes to do in his spare time..."Dolphin spotting, sea fishing, surfing as well as playing golf!" I bet you all had no idea Derek was into such a diverse range of activities!

For anyone who didn't see it check it out by clicking here!

Titleist Golf Ball Fitting

This is a new event for this year and lets the Titleist staff watch you hit a few balls and with launch monitor data help recommend which golf ball will help you get the most from your game. There will be some special promotions on the balls on the day too. I will also have a special prize draw where everyone who books in for a ball fitting on the day will be entered into a prize draw for a dozen of your fitted balls.

All you need to do is give up 30 minutes of your time, come along and hopefully learn something new on the day that might improve your game. Click here or call the shop on 813330 to book your time slot for Tuesday, 30 May between 12-3pm.

PING Fitting Day - Wednesday, 14 June

Book in for your FREE 30 minute fitting session to avoid disappointment.

No hard sell on the day and no pressure to buy. Just come along and test your current equipment against what PING has to offer!

Call the shop to book you appointment on 813330 or click here.

Pro Shop - Diary of Events

May
1-30th Complete Equipment Solution - Free Fitting & Free Lesson
30th Titleist Ball Fitting Day - Tuesday 30th 12.00pm-4.00pm

June
3rd Pro's Day (Sign Up in the Shop)
14th PING Demo Day
24th Family Day

Saturday, 3 June - Pros Day - It's back!

Our Pro's Day is back again on Saturday, 3 June. Check out the details below and call the shop to get yourself booked in for the best event of the year!

Fun Packed Day!
Teams of 4 (We are happy to make up teams if you don't have 4 players)
Mel's - Cafe De'Mar at the 9th Green - Wide selection of Refreshments!
BBQ at the 19th
Individual & Team Stableford (Best 2 from 4)
On Course Competitions - Nearest the Pin,
Beat the Ramsay! - £5 bet...Beat Derek and Double your Money, Lose and your £5 goes to charity...It's a Win Win Scenario!
Prize for Best Dressed! (Brighter the better!)
Over £1500 worth of prizes - Winning Team - 4 x TaylorMade Stand Bags
Raising Money for the LadyBird Group in Lossiemouth
£12 per person entry fee
7pm - Putt to be a Millionaire - Win a 4 Ball to Gleneagles!
8.45pm - Champions League Final in the Clubhouse
Book your space through the PRO Shop NOW.

H. P. Stewart Trophy Qualifiers (CSS 75)

M. Quilter (5) 70; E. J. Macleod (8), S. Herd (3), E. Leggat (9) 73; M. Atherton (11), S. Beveridge (5), S. Dunbar (13), H. Clarke (5), G. Clayton (16), I. Meggatt (3) 74; I. S. Geddes (3), L. Bryce-Maynard (4), C. W. Stewart (10), G. Murray (+2), A. Casey (8) 75; S. D. Harding (17), B. Roy (16), D. Fletcher (6), C. Annette (5), J. A. G. Spence (16), A. M. Campbell (5), M. J. Dean (3) 76

Magic 2's were worth £11.71 to the following players:
John Martin, Stephen Herd, Brian Roy, Craig Mclean, Mark Atherton, Garry Clayton and Donald Fletcher

Ball Raffle
7 Balls Gareth Edwards
6 Balls Michael Dean
5 Balls Davie Provan
4 Balls Jim Murphy

Capro Cup

Last Saturdays HP Stewart was also the 3rd qualifying event for this years Capro Cup. There is still plenty of time to join the qualifying with 7 events still to play for before the weekends team match in October. Only £5 to join and the selected team will get food and team uniform for the event.

Click here for the points totals from last week and click here for the overall totals after week 3.

Mid-Week Stableford [2] (CSS 70)

G. Sutherland (14), E. Docherty (12), D. Hayden (10), J. Jack (10), B. C. Baker (21) 38pts; G. Wood (15), N. W. Simpson (1), S. Beveridge (5) 37pts; D. Scott (5), S. Murray (13), D. Fiske (5) 36pts; M. Turnbull (3), R. Copland (1) 35pts.

Magic 2's were worth £3.64 to the following players:
Jake Scott, I Meggatt, Fraser Steel, Stephen Murray, Adam Hilton, Ryan Copland, Joseph Quigley, Nathaniel Simpson, Steve Beveridge, Steve Brothers, Jordan Edwards and Jamie Edwards

Ball Raffle
7 Balls Jake Scott
6 Balls Gary Woods
5 Balls Ian Campbell
4 Balls Aaron Stewart

Senior Medal [2] (CSS 74)

A. R. Souter (15) 68; K. McIntyre (13) 70; K. Scott (7) 71; B. Casburn (18) 72; J. G. Doherty (21) 74; J. K. Young (5), A. G. Neish (12) 75; W. A. Smith (15) 76

Magic 2's were worth £17 to the following players:
Keith McIntyre and Davie McKenzie

Ladies Bank of Scotland Medal (CSS 78)

E. Munro (17) 79; E. Docherty (3), B. Caie (22) 80; D. Bethune (21) 81; L. Docherty (19), J. A. Robertson (10) 83; S. Harding (33), M. Ingram (20) 84.

Ladies Extra Stableford (CSS 77)

E. Docherty (4) 40pts; A. Main (19) 33pts; M. Coghill (17) 27pts; J. A. Robertson (10), I. Smith (17), J. McPherson (24) 24pts; D. Madigan (22) 23pts.

Hole in 1

Jamie McInnes holed his tee shot while playing a supplementary round, with his brother Ashley, at the 100yard, par 3, 6th hole on the New Course using a wedge.

Moray Bonus Ball Draw

This week we have a big draw available in the shop. Buy any number between 1-59 for £10 each and if your number is drawn you will win either a set of TaylorMade M1 4-PW Stiff irons or Mizuno JPX900 Forged 4-PW with a retain value of £749.

As with each draw, number 56 is donated to the Ladybird Group Charity

Complete Equipment Solution

Why not take advantage of our special promotion during May & June. Spend over £299 on new equipment and we will give you a FREE custom fitting and FREE 30 minute golf lesson.