The season has officially kicked off with the season opening match against Elgin last weekend. This weekend sees the Greensomes competition played over the Old Course on Saturday with late entries now through the Professionals shop. However the following weekend is when the season really kicks off for a lot of us as it's Masters Weekend!! This is when we all watch 
how it should be done, take to the golf course in our 1000's and quickly realise its just as hard as it's always been!!
Who is your money on? I have been running a competition on Facebook this last week which I would like to open up to everyone. Click here to give me your top 3 players in place order for the Masters, or click here to visit my facebook page. The first person to guess the 1-3rd places correctly will win a TaylorMade SLDR Hybrid club courtesy of yours truly!!
Masters Sweepstake
We have now sold out of our Masters Sweepstake squares ahead of the US Masters next week. We have carried out a random draw using the player list for next week and the square numbers on the sweepstake board, and now have your players ready to be viewed. Remember, even if you draw what you might think is a player with little chance of winning, you can still win prizes for best and worst rounds each day and this year also for leading amateur.
Click here to see the player draw for our sweepstake.
Scottish Universities
The Scottish Universities Championships returned to Moray this week for their annual event. The first 2 days has provided some nice weather while still providing a tough challenge with the wind causing some holes to play much longer than normal.
The Mens individual event saw the first 2 rounds played over the New Course with a -3 halfway score from last years winner Mathias Eggenberger and Scottish Golfer of the year Jack McDonald leading the way. The lowest score of the week so far has been 64 on the New Course (with a double bogey on the 12th!!)
As I write this, the players are teeing off on the Old course for 36 holes to decide the Individual title. Our very own Derek Ramsay has been playing this week and scored rounds of 70-79 for a halfway total of 149.
In the Ladies event fantastic scoring of -8 finds Eilidh Briggs and Hannah McCook (both Stirling University) leading the way after 2 rounds on the Old Course.
Whitbread Shield
The annual Whitbread Shield was once again played for at the weekend between Moray and Elgin Golf Clubs. The match was played in good spirits as always, and despite winning at Moray in the low handicap mens match, we were beaten in the Juniors, Ladies and Mens Handicap Division 2 matches away at Elgin.
Low Handicaps Moray 9.5 - 6.5 Elgin GC
High Handicaps Moray 5.5 - 9.5 Elgin GC
Ladies Moray 1.0 - 5.0 Elgin GC
Juniors Moray 1.0 - 3.0 Elgin GC
Overall Moray 17 - 24 Elgin GC
Thats now 3 years in a row for Elgin. Lets hope we can win back the trophy again next year!! Vice Captain John B Thomson presents the trophy to Elgin Captain Laurie Stewart. It certainly looks like Elgin are growing in confidence from this lovely snap!!
TaylorMade Fitting Centre
We have received our new TaylorMade Tuned Performance Centre Status, and with it a huge selection of clubheads and shafts available in irons, woods and drivers to allow us to find the perfect club specifications for your golf game.
Added with our GC2 Launch monitor, we now have the complete fitting solution available to Moray GC members.
Click here to book your fitting.
Look out for some fantastic deals we have on offer at present:
Order any TaylorMade Driver - 30 Day Money-Back Guarantee. TaylorMade are running a fantastic promotion on their new 2014 model Drivers. If you 'loft up' with a new TaylorMade driver and aren't satisfied with the results, you can return the club for a full refund within 30 days. Click here to find out more about their range.
Titleist & TaylorMade Driver Purchases - FREE Lesson and FREE Fitting
Titleist ProV1 & TaylorMade TP Personalised Golf Balls - Buy 3 Dozen, and Get a 4th Doz FREE plus FREE personalisation. Click here to find out more and book yours.
Cleveland Wedges - £25 trade in on any wedge. If you have an old wedge lying around, regardless of it's make, model, age and condition, you can get £25 OFF a new Cleveland wedge. Come and see us in store to find out more information.
Cleveland Irons - £100 trade in on your old irons. This is a similar offer to the wedge trade in, trade in a minimum of 6 irons of any make, model, age or condition, and recieve £100 OFF a new set of fitted Cleveland 588 irons.
FootJoy, Nike Golf & adidas Shoe Trade In - Up to £20 trade in for your old shoes*
*Only on certain models of shoe*
Junior Coaching
We still have a few spaces on our Easter junior camps.
Please contact the Pro Shop on 813330 to book your space.
Monday 7th April - Wednesday 9th April @ Moray Practice Area
Under 10's 9.15-10.45
Over 10's 11.00-12.30
£25 per child for the 3 days
ClubGolf Summer Camp
Monday 7th - Friday 11th July 10.00am -2.00pm each day (packed lunch required)
Ages 9-13 years Cost £40 plus booking fee
Sign Up through ClubGolf website on the following link www.clubgolfscotland.com/camp2014
**Wednesday - No Coaching. Instead opportunity to attend the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. Free buses and tickets will be available to those wishing to attend. I will be attending along with Monica Grant on the day. 
We are going to try to include a course update section in the newsletter every couple of weeks to keep you up to speed on whats been happening with the golf course maintenance. Click here to see this weeks course update.
New Skycaddie Touch
£299.99 with 1 years free membership
Preloaded with 34,000 maps, ready-to-play, WORLDWIDE*
Touchscreen, glove-friendly, easy-to-use navigation
Large 3" high-resolution, sunlight-readable, glare-resistant color display
High-precision, "best-in-class" TrueGround™ course maps*
Bluetooth-enabled and NEW complimentary SkyGolf Mobile app:
Upload scores and round stats to SkyCaddie's online community
Digital Scorecard syncs to SkyGolf Mobile app for further stat analysis**
Manage your SkyGolf Account through your smartphone
NEW "onDemand HD" course graphics inspired by TOUR yardage books
Step Counter and Pace-of-Play Timer
Watch
£149.99 No Annual Fees Required
Big, easy-to-read front, center and back of green distances
High-precision, error-corrected course maps
Up to 30,000 updatable preloaded course maps
Digital scoring and measure any shot distance
Odometer tracks your location, distance, time, laps, speed, pace, and calories during your run, walk,or bike ride
Water Resistant to 30 meters
Odometer, Lap Counter, and Calorie Counter
Available in black or white
Extras: Clock, timer, alarm, pace-of-play timer, backlight and stopwatch
Aire
£99.99 No Annual Fees Required
The AIRE from SkyCaddie is extremely affordable and offers fun, convenient versatility. It's ultra-light, so you can wear it on your belt, hang if off your bag or clip it to a push cart. Get trusted, reliable distances everywhere on the course and make smart decisions on approach. The AIRE features a 1.8 inch greyscale screen with Front, Center and Back of Green distanced that update as you walk or ride. It's compact and offers Auto Course Recognition, Auto Hole Advance, Auto Distance Update and Scoring. The AIRE also features an odometer, so you can track the miles you talked while playing golf. It will even let you know how many calories you burned.
Play better and have more fun with the AIRE from SkyCaddie, the #1 rangefinder in golf.
Rule of the Week 1st April 2014
After a spell of high winds, Ken and James were playing the New Course. James's tee shot at the 15th finished on the right side of the fairway just to the left of a large fallen branch (thus it is a loose impediment) Part of the branch interferes with his swing, may James break off one of the interfering parts of the branch rather than try to remove the whole branch. Did Ken agree to James's request.
Yes. Ken agreed to James, breaking off the interfering part as the branch was no longer attached to the tree and therefore not growing.
