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.

This week we are hosting one of the most prestigious amateur championships in Great Britain and Ireland. The Carrick Neill Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship is the pinnacle of the SGU's national titles.

Taking place this year over our very own Old Course at Moray GC, the Championship has attracted a stellar field from across the world, with players aiming to join an impressive list of past champions including victorious Ryder Cup captains Bernard Gallacher and Colin Montgomerie, as well as current European Tour stars Stephen Gallacher and Richie Ramsay.

The weather as usual this year isn't looking too favourable at present; however I'm sure it will be a great golfing spectacle regardless of the weather. I'm sure we will see some stars of the future on display with the entrant's handicaps varying between +1 and +5!!!

I'm delighted to say that we have some good local interest in the event with Kyle Godsman, Jeff Wright, Malcolm L Macleman, Ryan Bain and Jordan Milne all taking part in the competition. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing them all the best over the coming days!

Kay Vincent Qualifies

Congratulations to Kay Vincent who recently played in the Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association (Highland) Championships at Inverness GC. Kay made it through as only one of 4 scratch qualifiers and was beaten 3/2 in the semi final by the eventual winner Alison Bartlett from Royal Dornoch. Hopefully Kay can go all the way next year!

Monthly Medal - Old - CSS 73

Well done to Rory MacEwan who returned a fine 74 (68) to pip Philip McPherson into second place. Philip returned the lowest gross of the day with a fine level par 71. Our Captain JB Thomson took 3rd place with 79 (70).

In Division 2, Colin McConnachie hit some fine form to win by 5 shots with 83 (64) with Jim Murphy 83 (69) 2nd and John Munro taking 3rd place on a countback.

   

 

Mid-Week Medal 2 - Old Course CSS 75

There was difficult scoring conditions in the mid week medal last Thursday with the CSS rising to 75. However Nathaniel Simpson managed to cope with the conditions on way to a great 73 (71) to pip Scott Crawford 76 (71) into 1st place. John Curry was 3rd with 84 (72).

Nathaniel W Simpson 73 - 2 = 71
Scott Crawford 76 - 5 = 71
John Curry 84 - 12 = 72
Christopher Brown 85 - 12 = 73
Michael Jamieson 84 - 11 = 73

 

Seniors Stableford 2 - New Course CSS 70

Well Done to John Murdoch winning the seniors Stableford with a fine 40 pts, one point ahead of James MacFarlane and Peter Stuart on 39pts who took 2nd and 3rd places.

John Murdoch - 40pts
Jim MacFarlane - 39pts
Peter S Stuart - 39pts
James R Souter - 38pts
John C MacGregor - 38pts

Juniors

Brogan Thomson won the Junior Royal Bank Trophy with an amazing 84 (60) to win by 3 shots from Ellie Docherty who had a fantastic 77 gross to take 2nd place with nett 62. Gregor Paterson finished 3rd with a score of 66 which would be good enough to win on most days!

Some fantastic scores....Well Done Guys! And Girls!!!

Brogan Thomson 84 - 24 = 60
Ellie Docherty 77 - 15 = 62
Gregor Paterson 78 - 12 = 66
Jack Smith 89 - 21 = 68
Alan Currie 92 - 24 = 68

 

Ladies

Ladies Bank of Scotland Medal - Old Course CSS 79

Well Done to Anne Main, winning Division 1 with a great score of 97 (78) by 6 shots over Anne Souter and Frances Neish.

Barbara Caie took the honours in Division 2 with 116 (86), one shot ahead of Lesley Docherty, with Jean McPherson in 3rd place.

   

 

Ladies vs Nairn Dunbar

Well Done to Moray Ladies who beat Nairn Dunbar in their match on Sunday played over the Old Course. The two teams tied on 5-5 in the silver division while Moray won the bronze 7-3 to win the match overall.

 

TaylorMade Special Offer

We are running an offer on their current Tour Preferred Irons range. If you buy a set of irons (min 7 irons) we shall give you a free TaylorMade stand bag (non exchangeable) and a massive saving on the RRP. These can also be ordered as a custom set with a FREE custom fit as part of the service.

TaylorMade CB 4-PW Steel - RRP £655 - Special Price £469 (plus FREE bag)

TaylorMade MB 4-PW Steel - RRP £786 - Special Price £559 (plus FREE bag)

Click here to find out more about the TaylorMade iron range.

Click here to get in touch to request your fitting.

Are your wedges fit for purpose?

We have the Cleveland Wedge fitting cart with a large selection of wedge lofts and bounces to suit all different course conditions and swing types.

Are you struggling with your wedges? It could be that you're playing with the wrong bounce for your swing or maybe your distance gaps are inconsistent. We can look at this for you and make recommendations for some new wedges to help your game.

We offer Gap Yardage sessions for only £20, where we will go through your irons, including your wedges and give you your average yardage with each club.

Look out in the coming weeks for some FREE wedge fitting and yardage gapping sessions to members of Moray GC.

Click here to get in touch if you are interested in having your wedges gapped

We are also about to unveil an exciting offer in June where if you buy 1 wedge, we will give you 50% OFF a 2nd one.......you can't say fairer than that!!

Pay us in the pro shop to find out more

Playing in the Hon John, Phillip and Peter were all square at the 9th. Peter was nicely on the green 8ft from the hole. Phillip was 6 foot off the green on the right between the 2 bunkers and was contemplating putting his next shot. He noticed that on his line of play someone had not replaced their divot which was lying nearby. He asked Peter if it was permissible to replace the divot before putting? Did Peter agree?

No. Peter explained to Phillip that Rule 13-2 prohibits improving your line of play by eliminating an irregularity of surface.