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.



Over the weekend as many of you will know we hosted one of amateur golf's most prestigious championships in the Carrick Neil Scottish Stroke Play Championship. This flagship event for the Scottish Golf Union not only attracts the best players in Great Britain and Ireland, but also players from the continent such as Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland but also international players from further afield such as America, Australia, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. 

   

Conditions were tough for all 4 days, with the wind not relenting at all until Sunday morning for a brief spell. Unfortunately our local players didn't make the half way cut missing out by a couple shots. The eventual winner was Marco Penge a 17 year old Englishman from Goodwood Golf Club who finished on an impressive total of 6 under par with rounds of 69, 69, 67 and 73. Winning by a shot from Scottish Internationalist Graeme Robertson from Glenbervie.

The leading ranked player in the field, Australia's Lucas Herbert ranked 20th in the world, shot a stunning course record 65 in a bogey free round on Sunday morning.

It was great to see such a prestigious event held at Moray Golf Club, every player I talked to spoke very highly of the course and also the club. Kevin Thomson and the rest of the green staff deserve a huge congratulations for not only the work done this week, but also for work which has been done prior. Also Steve Grant who behind the scenes put in some ridiculous hours, he could have probably pitched up and slept in the office over the 4 days! Also the bar and catering team who kept all the guys fed and watered. And last but by no means least, the volunteers who without your help over the 4 days this event wouldn't of been able to run as smooth as it did. It's great to see everyone pulling together for the benefit of the club.



Crazy Srixon Offers @ Moray GC

Until the end of June, stock up on your Srixon golf balls with a fantastic 4 for 3 offer. Order 3 dozen of any type of Srixon ball and get a 4th dozen FREE. You also get to personalise these with up to 3 lines of text completely FREE of charge.

Srixon Medal 

We have teamed up with Srixon Golf to give members of Moray Golf Club a great treat for playing in the June Monthly Medal. We will give everyone playing a FREE sleeve of 3 Srixon Golf Balls completely FREE of charge! We must be mad!!.....I'm not expecting my golf ball sales to be very good this Saturday!! 

US Open Sweepstake 

It's only a few weeks until the second Major of the year is upon as. As usual I will have my sweep stake running with 156 squares for all the players. These can be bought for £2.50 per square or 5 for £10. Make sure to be quick as these sell out fast. 

There will be prizes available for 1st, 2nd, 3rd individual, Best Score Each Round, Worst Score Each Round and Leading Amateur.

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) 

Get a dozen FREE Golf Balls with every AeroBurner or R15 sold in the next 2 weeks or 2 sleeves of TaylorMade TP Balls with every Fairway or Hybrid sold.

Click here to get in touch if you would like to book a fitting here at Moray golf club

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. 

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!!

Click here to find out more about this campaign



NPFA Challenge Shield Old Course 

A. Cowie / K. Vincent - 75- 6.2 = 68.8 
N. Forbes / R. Main - 94- 19.8 = 74.2 
J. Kennedy / J. McPherson - 90- 15.8 = 74.2 
J. Dennis / B. Hendry - 88- 12.2 = 75.8 
R. Crane / D. Crane - 94- 12.0 = 82
 

   



Brian and Peter were playing the 13th in the Lady Gordon on a very wet day. Brian's ball was under a tree branch on the right of the fairway which interfered with his backswing. Before playing his next stroke he shakes the water off the branch to eliminate being distracted by it. Was Peter in agreement with Brian's actions?

No. In moving the branch, Brian removed water which could have distracted him and thereby improved the area of his intended swing in breach of Rule 13-2 incurring loss of hole penalty.