John Murray

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.

Tour news

The Solheim Cup

The United States retained The Solheim Cup with a 16 ½ to 11 ½ victory over Europe at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa.

The hosts held a five-point lead going into Sunday and only needed to earn three and a half points from the 12 singles matches. It was an uphill struggle for Europe who needed nine points on the final day and in the end the final day’s singles was halved 6-6. In the end it was the 4-0 loss in Fridays Fourball matches which made the comeback a little too much to manage.

That made it 10 wins for the US from the last 15 matches.

Sorenstam said: “We just got outplayed, there’s no doubt about it. I’m so proud how hard they fought. And it’s not easy coming out here on a Sunday with the team so far behind, but I’m proud of them. They’re out there fighting every single match, every single point. What can I say? Just congratulate the U.S.A. because they played some awesome golf.”

“Sometimes it’s not always about the results. I must say that this has been a lot about the journey. I’ve learned a lot the last 18 months. It’s been a pleasure to represent the European Tour. I’m so proud of these young girls, and to get to know them, new friendships, new memories.”

The next Solheim Cup will be played at Gleneagles, in Scotland, on 13th to 15th September 2019 with tickets on sale from 24th August at SolheimCup2019.com (I’ll see you all there!!)

Capro Cup

Saturday Monthly Medal 6

This Saturday’s Monthly Medal 6 is the 2nd last qualifying event for this year’s Capro Cup on Sat/Sun 14th and 15th October.

There is still plenty opportunities to grab yourself a place through automatic qualifying or with some late form, a wildcard pick!! (I’m open to brides!! Haha)

Competition news

Mid Week Stableford

Mark Spence - 38pts
Sandy McIntosh - 38pts
Leslie Smith - 38pts
Michael Baber - 38pts
Eric Bell - 36pts

2's were worth £9 to the following players:
Neil Stewart, Mark Spence, Dave Scott, Scott S Little

Ball Raffle:
6 Balls - J Ellwood
5 Balls - M Jamieson
4 Balls - Adam Hilson

Clydesdale Bank Silver Salver

Colin McNeill 72 - 4c = 68
Calvin Moors 80 -11c = 69
John D Petrie 75 - 6c = 69
Les Crawford 74 - 5c = 69
Darren Dry 78 - 9c = 69

Garry Clayton 83 - 14c = 69
Jim G Doherty 90 - 18c = 72
Mick R Bradley 94 - 22c = 72
Neil Sabiston 88 - 15c = 73
Darren Gee 95 - 21c = 74

2's worth £5.10 to the following players:
Iain Meggat, Ross Duncan, Aaron Stewart, Gary Woods, Marek Miller, John Pewtrie, James Souter, Andrew Botley, B Flanagan, Jon Young, James McLeod, Nat Simpson, Colin McNeil x 3, Mark Aspinall

Ball Raffle:
7 Balls - T Syme,
6 Balls - Callum Smith
5 Balls - Eddie Leggat
4 Balls - Richard Denning
3 Balls - Alex Black

Ladies section

Ladies 9 Hole Stableford

Ashleen Pickthall - 19pts
Sarah Harding - 18pts
Joan Pratt - 18pts
Jennifer Campbell - 17pts
Anne Souter - 16pts

Ladies KSM Cup Stableford

Winnie Ross - 34pts
Ellie Docherty - 34pts
Joan Pratt - 30pts
Valerie Dennis - 29pts
Iris Wilson - 27pts

Junior golf

Sam Christie - 35pts
Kyle Thomson - 35pts
Euan Docherty - 33pts
Calum Dawson - 33pts
Scot Docherty - 28pts

Club events

Quiz Nights

Hard to believe but it's getting towards that time of year again when the quiz season kicks in.

Derek and I (Pair of Pro’s) will be the Quiz Masters on 21st December.

There are still a few available dates for members to get involved if they would like??

Friday, 6 October - Bruce Casburn
Thursday, 12 October -
26 October - The Ladies
9 November - Ian Hamilton
23 November - Joe Macleman
7 December - Bill Duncan
21 December - Pair of Pro's
11 January - Pete McLeod
25 January - John Watson
8 February -
22 February -
1 March -
8 March - JEllwood

Shop news

Double Up with TaylorMade Golf

We have a great promotion in-store this month which gives our customers a double trade up price. We will basically get you a golfbidder quote for your current product. TaylorMade will then double up this offer when buying any M Series Driver, Fairway or Hybrid.

Come in past the shop and have a chat about this promotion and see what we can do for you!

Find out more

Shirt Amnesty

We are fast approaching the end of the summer golf season, although it’s not particularly felt like much of a summer. Maybe we will get a nice late spell of summer weather (here's hoping!!) I’ve definitely noticed the nights slowly starting to get a little shorter.

However before we all start to get our winter wardrobes out there is still a chance to pick up some nice summer shirts from the shop. We are going to run our own shirt amnesty which will basically allow you to hand in any old golf shirt and get £10 OFF a new one (preferably clean shirts please!!) We will hand all old shirts into a local charity shop and you can refresh your wardrobe, so a win win for everyone!!