James Rowlands

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to this week's newsletter. In this edition we have all the latest news, events and offers from here at Hazel Grove Golf Club.

Have a great week on and off the golf course.

Competition news

4th Summer Medal - 04/08/2018

1st - Geoff Leah - 84-19=65
2nd - James McLellan - 80-14=66
3rd - Carl Skepper - 93-26=67

4th Summer Stableford - 05/08/2018

1st - Clive Slifkin - 41 Points
2nd - Dan Seabridge - 39 Points
3rd - Jack Kendall - 37 Points

Junior Stableford - 05/08/2018

1st - Alex Campbell - 46 Points
2nd - Max Preston - 45 Points
3rd - Todd Harper - 39 Points

9 Hole Comp Winner - Frankie Wood - 19 Points

Thursday Roll-Up Results (Last Week)

1st - Mike Stewardson - 21 Points (£20)
2nd - Sharon Hodkiss - 21 Points (£15)
3rd - Rick Booth - 20 Points (£10)

Mike is reduced down to 21 from last weeks roll up. Huge thanks to everyone that took part.

Club news

Soon to be happening at Hazel Grove

Dear Members,

My names George Bresnahan and I will be the new Sports Therapist based at Hazel Grove Golf Club. I have a BSC Hons degree in Sports Therapy and I am also a registered member of the Society of Sports Therapists. Over the next year I will also be working towards a Research master’s degree which I am tailoring towards golf injury and prevention strategies.

My role consists of providing injury assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for all members to aid recovery and enhance performance. The range of treatments can include Manual therapy, trigger point therapy, frictions, sports massage and exercise therapy.

I will be available for individual assessments and treatments but I will be looking to have weekly group sessions which can be tailored to different components of fitness such as strength, flexibility, power or endurance (All of which will be golf specific).

If you are just feeling tight in any areas I will also be available for sports massage appointments as well as prescribing personalized rehabilitation programs, golf specific strength and conditioning programs and of course any general questions or queries will be answered.

I will be arranging a presentation one evening within the next few weeks which you are all welcome to come along to. The presentation itself will cover a little bit about myself and what I will be doing around the golf club and what services I will be providing BUT most importantly I will cover how it will best benefit you as a golfer to stay free of injury and enhance your performance through regular and dedicated training programs.

Feel free to get in touch with me at any time on the following contact details below and please give my Facebook page a like and share!

Contact details.

Email: gebsportstherapy@outlook.com.
Phone number: 07972662321.
Facebook: G.E.B Sports Therapy.

Kind Regards,

George Bresnahan BSc, MSST.

Course news

Maintenance

The course maintenance is complete!

Huge thanks to Mike Davie and his team for all their efforts (Including three breakdowns!)

Tour news

Hallmark for Georgia

It was a great week for British golf, as Georgia Hall won her first Major title with a two-shot victory at the Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes. The 22-year-old dropped just three shots throughout the whole tournament, with her putting in particular being absolutely exceptional.

Hall was in Sunday’s final group of the same tournament last year, which will make this victory even more special. This should encourage you to keep on pushing yourself and your game forward – it will eventually all fall into place, just like it did for Georgia.

Over on the PGA Tour, new world number two Justin Thomas warmed up for his defence of the USPGA Championship by winning the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational after a final-round 69. The American is clearly a fan of the summer months and will now be confident of following up his victory at Quail Hollow last year, with success at Bellerive Golf Course in Missouri this week.

The British contingent can take heart from a decent showing in Ohio, too - Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter both started the final round just three shots off the lead, before fading away. McIlroy in particular will be hoping he can put together four rounds of solid golf at Bellerive to give him his first Major win since 2014 - which happened to be the USPGA Championship...

Groovy

When tour pros are playing in big events, like the PGA Championship this week, they’ll always have relatively new wedges in their bag to maximise their spin, because worn wedges mean less control.

Why do grooves matter?
The grooves are the sole contact point between your ball and the club, imparting backspin to help lift the ball into the air. R&D testing has revealed that after 125 rounds, wedges spin 2,000rpm less than wedges with new grooves and consequently roll 14 feet further on landing - which is huge.

What causes wear?
All grooves will wear slowly over time due to a number of factors, including gradual wear from play, but golf's equipment manufacturers work hard to limit this.

Need to upgrade?
Grooves are particularly important on wedges, where pinpoint control is crucial.

If yours are looking worn like on the first image above, why not consider the PING Glide 2.0 Stealth wedge (above), which has specialised milled grooves designed to increase spin control on full and partial shots in both dry and wet conditions. It also boasts a half-groove near the leading edge to significantly increase spin on low strikes.

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Lag it!

Last week we gave you a few pointers to try when putting on fast greens and this week sees us carry on the putting theme. We’d like you to think back to your last three rounds of golf and calculate how many times you three-putted or worse...

Learn from the tour
Take a look at the PGA Tour's average putting statistics from the 2017 season and you’ll notice the world’s best players make nearly 30% more putts from three feet (99.44%) compared to six feet (70.41%).

It means that if they lagged 18 putts during a round to six feet instead of three feet, they’d statistically three-putt five times per round instead of zero. Of course, tour pros consistently lag putts inside three feet, which is why they very rarely three-putt. So the next time you're working on your putting, be sure to spend some extra time on your pace control from distance.

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Video of the Week

Callaway's Rogue and Epic drivers have taken the golf industry by storm in the last couple of years, but there's another option in their range that has gone under the radar: XR Speed.

I hope you have enjoyed this week's update.
We hope to see you soon
James

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