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.
Winter Cup
The final weeks play over the New course allowed for a strong showing of 82 players. With many people still in the hunt for glory it was a weekend not to be missed. 4 Players however seem to have distanced themselves from the pack just like a young Tiger Woods used to do. Now in the lead is Ian Cardwell who is playing some great golf just now and will be looking to continue that this weekend! The biggest mover was Lynne Tough who climbed from a total of 206 to 220 thanks to a truly exceptional 45 points. Lynne is now tied for 2nd place with Barba Caie who’s been playing extremely well and consistently this winter. With John Macgregor on 219, who through Saturday night became a grandparent for the first time, which spurred him on to 40 points including two 2’s on Sunday.
This weekend will see the winter cup order of merit come to an end and the champion emerge after the final weekends play over the Old Course. Good Luck to all competitors!! May the best man or woman win!
Jim Kennedy took the spoils in division 1 with an excellent 39 points, just one ahead of Stephen Houston with Neil Stewart in 3rd with 36 points. Division 2 was a tough school this week with Lynn Tough scoring 45 points to claim first with John Macgregor back in second with 40 points. Gordon Lennox also scored well with 39 points edging out winter cup leader Ian Cardwell by a shot.
2’S worth £3.90 accredited to the following accounts
4th - N Todd, J C Macgregor.
6th - J Martin, J Gable, M Miller, J D Petrie, G Lennox, M Watson, M Anderson, J Higginson.
11th - R Crane, A W Miller, J D Petrie, I Cardwell, A Stephen, J C Macgregor.
17th - A Donegan, J K England.
18th - S Rothnie.
Handicap Reductions
L Tough -14 To 12 (pending Week 15)
J C Macgregor - 14 To 13
J Kennedy - 11 To 10
I Cardwell - 13 To 12
S Houston - 9 To 8
G Lennox - 19 To 18
Pending:- J C Macgregor, J Kennedy, G Lennox, A Donegan
Disqualified (No Handicaps On Card) J Spence, N Stables, S B Herd, A Stephen
Click here to view the current standings.
Galvin Green and adidas now in Store
Galvin Green and adidas, spring and summer collections have now arrived here in the pro shop. We have 2 colour collections in Galvin Green with electric red, blue and white, and the second colour collection sky blue, white and black. There’s something for everyone, and if we don’t have it we can easily get it for you.
This week we have our TaylorMade Demo day from 2-7pm at Elgin Driving Range, feel free to come along if you don’t have an appointment as myself and Derek will be there to offer help and advice.
We have had a cancelation at 3.30-4 so if you would like to book in give the shop a call, or click here to get in touch.
TaylorMade - Friday, 13 March - 2-7pm
PING - Thursday, 19 March - 12-5pm
Callaway - Friday, 20 March - 2-6pm
Titleist - Wednesday, 27 May - 2-6pm
Call the shop on 813330 to book your FREE no obligation appointment, or click here to get in touch.
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.
Click here to get in touch to request your fitting.
Hole in One!
Congratulations to Stuart Macgregor who recorded his first hole in one on Sunday. He was sleep deprived after spending the night talking to his brother in Singapore who just become a dad for the first time! He aced the 4th of the new course using a 9 iron; he was playing with his dad John.
Well done Stuart
As a photographer John is usually on the other side of the lens!
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