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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.

Night golf a fantastic success

We had a very successful first attempt at our Night Golf event. Thankfully the weather stayed dry for most of the night and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves out on the course. The 4 hole course took around 45-50 mins to complete for most teams of 4, and we saw a wide array of skill levels and golf shots being played on the night!!

I'm sure after playing, all participants would agree that it's certainly more challenging to hit the ball correctly in the dark, even if your balls are lit up!! However, some didn't seem to be phased by the challenge. Craig Smith won our individual prize with a score of 13 for the 4 holes which was rather impressive! Himself, Neil Down, Nathan Hubbard and Aaron Casey won the team honours on 28, just ahead of John Thomson, Marc Main, Joe Macleman and Michael Paige on 29.

    

   

These pictures were captured by Malcolm Slater from Slater Sports in Buckie. The camera used was the GoPro Hero 4 and is the world's most versatile camera. Thanks to him for coming along and recording the night!

Click here to watch a video of the night

Click here to get in touch to let us know how we can make the next Night Golf Event even bigger and better

We now have a full schedule of company demo days coming up shortly:

TaylorMade - Friday, 13 March 3-7pm
PING - Thursday, 19 March 12-5pm
Callaway - Friday, 20 March 2-6pm

Call the shop on 813330, or click here to get in touch to book your FREE no obligation appointment.

If any of our demo/fitting events don't suit you for any reason, then just come and see us in the shop and we can arrange an alternative date for us to help fit you out with that new driver or set of irons. We have a large selection of fitting equipment in the shop and have trial sets available from PING, Wilson, TaylorMade and Titleist for our members and customers to benefit from.

Winter Cup

Last week's winter cup played over the old course saw another good turnout over 60 players. In section 1, Neil McCulloch returned a fine 38 points to take division 1, 2 pts ahead of Roy Crane and Alan Lees on 36.

2's Worth £10 To The Following Players:

6th - R G Macpherson, J C Macgregor, J Dennis, J Martin.
15th - N J Smith, N Dawson,

Handicap Reductions

N Mcculloch 5 To 4

Pending - N Dawson, K Lindsay.

It's all hotting up in the overall points table for the Winter Cup. It really is shaping up to be a very close finish with 19 players now within 10 pts of the lead. Alan Cowie, Barbara Caie and Iain Cardwell are all tied for the lead on a score of 215, with Terry Scholefield and Stephen Harding only 1 behind. There are now only 2 weeks left to improve on your scores below (1 x Old, 1 x New) Who's your money on??

Click here to get in touch to let us know who you think.

Click here to find out the current standings

Bags Galore!

Over the last few days we've been bombarded with deliveries of bags from Wilson, TaylorMade, PING and Motocaddy. With over 40 bags in store there's a great selection of carry and cart bags with some lightweight and fully waterproof options. March is the perfect month for a new bag as you can bag yourself a £20 trade in discount on your old bag. With Wilson, TaylorMade and Motocaddy bags part of this deal!

Click here to find out more.

Getting the most out of your game

Every golfer aims to get better and with new technology and some advice that can be achieved. Last week I took Andy Donegan to the range to test out some of the new drivers available on the market. Every shot was tracked with my GC2 launch monitor, giving me ball speed, distance, back and side spin, and direction.

With his current driver, Andy was launching the ball quite low, by adding some loft and giving him the PING G30 Driver we increased this slightly and saw some improvement. However what was evident from the launch monitor data was that we needed to make a couple of swing changes to maximise the benefit of the new club. I asked Andy to try and hit up on the ball, like you would on a top spin tennis shot. What this does is help create better launch conditions, but also reduce the back spin on the ball. On average Andy was gaining 28 yards, which on the golf course is about 2 clubs less for his next shot! To reduce the side spin, I asked Andy to swing out in front of him also, which helped minimise the side spin.

   

Here's a few kind words from Andy

''All the clubs provided an initial increase in distance but what was obvious from the launch monitor results, was that my swing was not allowing me to get the full benefit from any of the new clubs. With some pointers from John a few fine tweaks to my swing the results improved even more. The distance increased significantly, the spin reduced and the launch angle also improved allowing the ball to carry further and straighter.

In summary, yes the new clubs do improve the distance off the tee, they can reduce the impact of bad shots but they cannot improve your game completely. The new clubs in conjunction with the analysis of the launch monitor and some expert advice from John will start to provide the improvements to your game that we all strive to achieve''.

Click here to let us help improve your game or offer advice on new equipment.

Donald was drawn to play in the Tantalus with a visitor. His drive at the 14th Old ended up a foot into the whins on the left of the fairway. Deliberating over how he was going to proceed Hugh said "You have no shot at all. If I were you I would deem it unplayable" Donald was uncomfortable with what Hugh had said. Why?

Hugh's suggestion could have influenced Donald in determining how he was going to play. Thus it constituted advice and Hugh was penalised 2 strokes under Rule 8-1

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TaylorMade RSI re-launch

Listen to how TaylorMade’s new RSi irons could help your game

“Not only do you want to get the lies right but let’s make sure we get you in the right model [RSi 1, 2 or Tour Preferred] so you get the right flight out of them.” We couldn’t agree more with TaylorMade’s Executive Vice-President Sean Toulon, who explains here how TaylorMade’s new RSi irons help mishit shots to be far less destructive.

watch our video

 
TaylorMade 4 for 3

4 dozen for the price of 3 on TaylorMade golf balls

This is an offer not to be sniffed at, especially when we’re talking about TaylorMade’s Tour Preferred and Tour Preferred X golf balls. On top of this you can personalise your balls for FREE and pick them up from us in the pro shop at your own convenience, with no extra cost. We’ll also be able to give you a steer on what ball will suit your game. A good time to get stocked up!

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Club News
Click here to view the current standings in this year's Winter CupRead more...

 
Club News
Click here to find out the start times for this weekend's Night Golf eventRead more...

 
Club News
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Club News
Click here to find out all the rules and dates for this years' Winter CupRead more...

 
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TaylorMade Tourlite bag

Many of you will be taking to the course for the first time this year in the coming weeks and when you go to grab your bag out of the garage then it may hit home that you need to upgrade. If so, put the TaylorMade Tourlite carry bag on your list to check out...

 
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