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.



It's been a busy week in the world of sport. Wimbledon once again hit our screens and Andy Murray kept our hopes going until he was beaten by an on song Roger Federer in the semi finals. However Federer couldn't quite maintain his form to win his 8th Wimbledon against Djokovic in another great final between the 2 titans. In the Ladies, Serena Williams made it 21 Major Championship wins and her 6th Wimbledon crown. 

Many other sporting heroes turned out in force to watch the tennis on display....or tried to! Lewis Hamilton was refused entry to the final when he didn't quite adhere to the dress code for the Royal box and Miguel Angel Jimenez found the whole tennis thing rather boring when he decided to catch 40 winks during the tennis! However, regardless of the Sport, it's great to watch such athletes like Federer, Djokovic and Williams who seem to dominate their sports for such long periods of time.

It feels like a long time now since golf was dominated by Tiger Woods, however there is a new star who is already one of the World's best at just 21 years of age! Jordan Spieth continues his rise in the Professional ranks by winning the John Deere Classic last Sunday helped by a -9 round of 61 in his 3rd round and 3 birdies in the last 4 holes to make a playoff in the final round, which he would eventually win. Can he continue his rich vein of form and take his 3rd Major of the year at St Andrews? It's a huge ask and a totally different challenge to the other majors but I certainly wouldn't bet against him!

As usual we are running our Pro Shop sweepstake in the shop. If you bought a square click here to find out your players for the coming week.

Well it's sure to be a great week's golf at St Andrews regardless of what the weather throws at the players. My bet for the week is Louis Oosthuizen, who won here in 2010 and has been recovering from injury this year. However he may be able to pull on his positive memories from 2010 and win again. Who's your money on? Click here and give me your top 2 players. The first correct answer will win a dozen TaylorMade TP Golf Balls.



The Real Major of the Year!! 

Next week the real major event of the year gets underway! The Moray Open 5 Day Championship! We have a mere 336 golfers taking to the course on Mon & Tues, all hoping to qualify for the match play stages of the event. However regardless of the qualifiers, there is plenty of golf events and non golf events available to keep everyone in high spirits!! 

The Pro Shop is sponsoring the 4th Hole again and we will be running our usual 4th hole challenge. Bet £5 or £10 and if you hit the green, you will receive a voucher for the shop worth double your bet. If you miss the green, you will still get a voucher worth your stake. We must be mad!! It's a win win stake for everyone! There is only one condition, you must spend your voucher in the shop during Moray Open Week! 

We will also have some special Moray Open Offers on for the week only so keep an eye out for these deals in the shop from this weekend.

Srixon AD333 All Weather Glove - Buy 2 Get 3rd FREE 
All TaylorMade Equipment - 10% OFF (Current Stock Only) 
All Tees - Buy 2 get a 3rd FREE 

We will also be running our annual Moray Open Raffle Board Draw. There are only 100 squares available at £5 each. We will have some fantastic prizes on offer including:

- TaylorMade R15 Hybrid 
- TaylorMade Tour Putter 
- Motocaddy Dry Series Waterproof Cart Bag 
- Moray GC Logo Sweater 
- Dozen Srixon Z Star Balls 
- Titleist Baseball Cap 

Ladybird Raffle 

During the Moray 5 Day Open Championship, Ladybird Group will be running a raffle on the 20th and 21st July. Moray GC is proud to be associated with the Ladybird Group, providing essential support in Lossiemouth to pre-school children with additional support needs. 

The raffle will be drawn at 5pm on the 21st July and prizes include the following:

- An Open flag, framed and signed by Tom Watson 
- A 4 ball at Royal Dornoch 
- A Champagne tea for 2 at Trump International 
- Whisky from Diageo 
- Various Food hampers, bottles and much more! 



Derek Breezes past 1st Year Exams 

I'm pleased to say that Derek has done a great job in his first year as my PGA Assistant and passed all his exams with flying colours. I'm sure you will all congratulate Derek. He has been a great help to me over the last couple of years and has worked hard over the winter months on his PGA studies and has reaped the rewards for his efforts. 

Derek is now glad to forget about studying over the rest of the summer and get out on the golf course! Derek has started to take some golf lessons to help lighten my workload and so if anyone is interested in having a lesson with Derek, feel free to pop into the shop and have a chat with him about your game. 

Click here to get in touch if you would like to book a lesson with Derek



Ladies Breast Cancer Charity Stableford - CSS 71 

There was a great turnout for the Ladies Breast Cancer Charity Stableford this week. With the Elgin 5 Day on this week, some of the Elgin Ladies joined in to play with our own lady members and helped raise some money for a worthy cause. Jean McPherson won the event with a fine 39 pts. Elgin member Maureen Walker took 2nd on 37 and our very own Anne Main 3rd with 36 pts. 

1st - Jean McPherson - 39pts 
2nd - Maureen Walker - 37pts 
3rd - Anne Main - 36pts 
4th - Judy Ann Robertson - 34pts 
5th - Edna Cameron - 33pts 

Ladies SLGA Medal - Old Course CSS 79 

Winnie Ross won the SLGA Medal on Monday on a better inward half from Dee Crane with both players tied on 82. Judy Robertson came 3rd one shot behind. 

1st = Winnie Ross - 90 - 8 = 82 
1st = Dee Crane - 99 - 17 = 82 
3rd - Judy Ann Robertson - 92 - 9 = 83 
4th - Marlene Coghill - 100 - 16 = 84 
5th - Barbara Hendry - 99 - 14 = 85

RNLI - Old Course - CSS 73 

Mark Cross won the RNLI on Saturday with a fine nett 68 to beat Ken Lindsay and John Hutton (both 69) by a shot. 

1st - Mark M Cross - 80 - 12 = 68 
2nd = Ken Lindsay - 82 - 13 = 69 
2nd = Jon Hutton - 77 - 8 = 69 
4th = Darren Hamilton - 89 - 19 = 70 
4th = Alistair G Neish - 81 - 11 = 70 

Magic 2's were worth £9.70 to the following players: 

T Scolefield, R Hornby, D Hamilton, M Dixon, C Smith, M Jamieson, C Moors, ML Macleman, M Wilson, F Ralph 

Ball Raffle 

9 Balls I Cardwell, 8 Balls B Whitefoot, 7 Balls S Harding, 6 Balls I Meggatt, 5 Balls M Caton, 4 Balls J Goodwin, 3 Balls S Adams. 

Mid Week Medal (4) CSS 73 - Old Course 

Craig Newlands took top honours in the mid week medal last Thursday with a fine 78 (69) to beat Paul Mulholland on a better inward nine. Four players returned a score of 70.

1st = Craig Newlands 78 - 9 = 69 
1st = Paul Mulholland 77 - 8 = 69 
3rd = Darren Dry 84 - 14 = 70 
3rd = Mike Williams 78 - 8 = 70 
3rd = Ian Lowrie 74 - 4 = 70  

Magic 2's were worth £5.55 each for the following players: 

John Matheson, Iain Meggatt, Craig Newlands, Ryan Copland x 2, Kenny Russell, Neil Stewart, Mike Williams, Aaron Casey 

Ball Raffle 

6 Balls A Casey, 5 Balls Stuart Mitchell, 4 Balls Nathanial Simpson, 3 Balls Steven Dixon

 

Seniors Stableford (3) - New Course CSS 70 

Congratulations to Jim Rae who won the Seniors Stableford on Tuesday with a fantastic 41 pts to pip Ronnie Garrow and Willie Stewart into 2nd and 3rd places by one point. 

1st - Jim S Rae - 41pts 
2nd = Ronald George Garrow - 40pts 
2nd = Willie P Stewart - 40pts 
4th - John E Goodwin - 39pts 
5th - Ian Tasker - 38pts 

Jim came to me for a lesson last week as he had been struggling for some time and the handicap was on an upward spiral. However a few tweaks to the swing and we soon got Jim back on track.



Check out the changes we made to Jims swing

 

If you're struggling with your game, why suffer in silence? Come and speak to us and see what we can do to help your game. Sometimes it takes less than you would think to turn your game around!!

Click here to get in touch if you want to improve your game with us here at Moray.



New Course - CSS 68 

1st - Ryan Sherwood - 100 - 31 = 69 
2nd - Alan Currie - 94 - 23 = 71 
3rd - Jack Smith - 93 - 21 = 72 
4th - Jack McNeilly - 87 - 14 = 73 
5th - Jordan Orr - 88 - 14 = 74 



In the Moray Open Alex and Mike were playing the New 4th.While over on the Old 9th Alan and Ryan were preparing to drive. As it happens both Ryan and Alex teed up at the same time and their tee shots collided in mid air above the 9th fairway. Alex's ball was deflected well right of the green. Ryan's ball could not be found. "What happens now" says Ryan? 

Alan was able to tell Ryan that had his ball been found he would have been obliged to play it as it lies without penalty. Since it was not found he must proceed under Rule 27-1 Lost Ball. Alex plays his ball as it lies without penalty.