Greetings golfers, 

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.

Well done Derek!

Derek got some great news this week as he received his final PGA exam results. I'm delighted to report that Derek passed all his exams and so is now a fully qualified PGA Professional. I'm sure you will join me in congratulating Derek on his great news. Here's hoping I can do enough to try to keep Derek here at Moray GC as great staff is hard to come by.

Looks like I might need to get my wallet out!

Derek alongside Jeff Wright and Graham Murray made their way down to Barassie Links last weekend to play in the Scottish Open Qualifier. Unfortunately Graham and Derek missed the cut but Jeff managed a very creditable tie for 17th place on -1 under par 145.

Nairn's Sandy Scott managed to secure one of only 4 places in this week’s Scottish Open field after rounds of 72, 67 for a -7 under total which was an amazing result and I'm sure will be an amazing experience!

A winner on Tour at age 14, 4 months and 19 days!

John Rahm continued his rise to the top of the game as he captured his first European Tour victory in emphatic style with a 6 shot victory after a closing 65 gave him an impressive 24 under par finishing total at the Irish Open. Rahm moves up to number 8 in the world rankings.

Scotland’s Ritchie Ramsay finished with a 65 to claim 2nd place on -18 under par alongside Matthew Southgate. A closing 63 for Scotland’s David Drysdale claimed him 4th and securing him the final Open Qualifying place.

Teenager Atthaya Thitikul became the youngest ever winner on the Ladies European Tour by claiming victory in the Ladies European Thailand Championship aged 14 years, 4 months and 19 days.

With rounds of 70, 71, 70 and 72, the Thai school girl won by two strokes with a total of 283, five-under-par. Due to her amateur status, the top prize of 45,000 euros, however, went to second placed Ana Menendez of Mexico, who had led after each of the first three rounds and earned her career best finish.

It's really quite incredible to think of someone that young competing at such a high level, let alone winning. Hopefully it may serve as motivation to some younger girls out there!

R.N.L.I. Quaich (CSS 74)

J. McNeilly (11), G. J. Edwards (11), H. Clarke (4) 68; S. Beveridge (5) 69 M. L. Macleman (0), K. Thomson (0), I. Meggatt (2) 70 T. P. Scholefield (5) M. I. Boaler (16) A. R. Tweedie (12), B. J. Smith (9), G. Youngson (6) 71; C. McLean (7) G. Peat (5), D. Jackson (17), H. Flett (13), M. A. Miller (8), N. Stables (2) D. L. Finlay (9) 72; M. Bedson (12), B. Stewart (7), A. F. Stuart (2), L. Smith (14) A. Currie (13) 73.

Magic 2's worth £7.86 accredited to the following accounts:
Iain Meggatt, Scott S Little, Lewis Bryce Maynard, Atholl M Campbell, Craig Mclean, James Kennedy, Donald Fletcher, Charles Smith, Steve Beveridge, Dave Gallie,
Grant McPherson, Kevin Thomson, Gerry Devine.

Ball Raffle:
8 Balls - Gordon Adam; 7 Balls - Calvin Moors; 6 Balls - James Campbell; 5 Balls - Ben Whitefoot; 4 Balls - Donald Fletcher.

Midweek Medal [4] (CSS 73)

Jo Edwards (2) 65; J. Campbell (11) 66; B. Mackie (13) 68; R. Rattray (12)
M. Jamieson (7) 69; B. Moir (3) 70; D. Fiske (6), Jamie Edwards (5), A. Donegan (13)
B. J. Smith (10) 71; J. McNeilly (11), G. D. Flett (13), M. Aspinall (5), M. Baber (5)
A. Currie (13) 72.

Magic 2's were worth £4.84 to the following players:
Gordon George, M Baber, A Stewart, A Bodley, S Houston, BJ Smith, S Brothers, G Roberts, DA Edwards, J Edwards, A Duncan, BA Macleman.

Capro Cup Points

Check out the updated Capro Cup standings after week 6 by clicking here.

Senior Medal [4] (CSS 74)

A.R. Souter (14), J. S. Rae (15) 73; G. Williamson (12), H. Pertler (23), R. G. Main (15) A.G. Neish (12) 74; D. A. Terron (20) 75; W. Stewart (5), M. R. Bradley (21) W. A. Smith (15), G. M. Stewart (12) 76.

Magic 2's were worth £11 to the following players:
Jim Rae, James Stephen and Kenny Harrison

Ladies S.G.W. Medal [4] (CSS 77)

Division 1: E. Munro (17) 77; B. Hendry (16) 78; I. Smith (18) 83.
Division 2: J. McPherson (23) 85.

Ladies Breast Cancer Charity Stableford (CSS 71)

A.Main (18/) 37pts; B. Hendry (15) 31pts; M. Ingram (19) 29pts; D. Crane (19) 
J. Pickthall (52) 28pts.

Ladies K.S.M. Foursomes (CSS N/A)

E. Munro & A. Park (22.5) 85.5; J. McPherson & I. Wilson (20.5) 92.5

Junior RAF Trophy

Calum Dawson 92 - 23c = 69 ; Raegan J Main 80 - 10c = 70; Caiol Provan 93 - 19c = 74 ; Brogan Thomson 91 - 14c = 77; Cameron Lennon 109 - 28c = 81.

Junior Honours Board unveiled

The new junior championship board was unveiled on Saturday with a good turnout of past and present winners.

Noticeable winners in the past were Ross McConnachie (3 times), Gary Thomson (3 times), Alistair Thomson (3 times) as well as Kevin, John and Farquhar Thomson with the first winner recorded in 1924.

It's great to see the board up and hopefully this acts as motivation to the rest of the juniors to try and get their names on the board!

How does Steve correct this situation?

Steve and Malcolm were playing their Hon John tie. Steve's tee shot came to rest over the road and out of bounds at the 4th hole Old. Picking up his tee it was discovered that he had played from ahead of the Tee markers. Malcolm did not recall the stroke. 

As Steve played from the wrong teeing ground and Malcolm did not require him to cancel the stroke and play a ball from within the correct teeing ground, Steve's ball has been put into play. Therefore under Rule 27-1 Steve must drop a ball under penalty of 1 stroke, as near as possible at the spot from which his original ball was played i.e. outside the teeing ground. He could not tee the ball because the original ball was not played from the teeing ground of the hole being played Rule 20-5"

Titleist fitting day

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Titleist Fitting day on Tuesday. I know speaking to a number of you that you found the professional custom fitting insightful and helped you find your ideal club equipment setup.

PING G Series demo clubs up for SALE

We are clearing our current PING G Series range which includes our ex demo drivers, fairways and hybrids in order to make way for the new G400 range which is due to hit the shop at the beginning of August.

Drivers are £149 and Fairways £109, so if you’re interested in any of our ex demo clubs then click here to reserve one.