Hello golfers,

Welcome to another edition of your weekly newsletter. This week we address a subject that will results in a better course for everyone, showcase a great round of golf and look at some great offers we have in the shop.

Enjoy the read.

Special mention

Without a doubt and well deserved in a special mention this week is Jim Christie's round of 65 (-4) in last Saturday's Gent's Medal. Jim's great round was highlighted by seven birdies which was some going indeed and if it wasn't for a bogey on the last hole and a just missed eight footer on 17 for birdie it could have been two better.

Fantastic playing Jim and a well-deserved round of applause. The extremely neat scorecard is pictured below.

Pitch marks

With the recent volume of rainfall in the last few weeks and the ever softening of the greens the amount of “unrepaired” pitch marks is unfortunately on the increase and the need to remind playing members to please repair pitch marks is required.

The Management Committee have asked for your support in repairing pitch marks and have taken the decision to allocate each member a green that will be your responsibility throughout the year to maintain.  Every time you go to your designated green you look to repair as many as you can without unduly holding up play. Multiply this by several members for each green and the benefits will be recognisable.

Click here to view allocation details for members, allocated by surname and green you will be responsible for. The Committee may put up a prize for the best green at the end of next season, so happy pitch mark repairing to you all!

As well as looking unsightly, from a golfing point of view, pitchmarks can affect ball roll and cause a player’s putt to bobble and deviate offline. Studies have shown that on average, a golfer will make eight pitch marks during a round of golf. If 130 rounds are played per day, that’s over 1,000 pitchmarks per week. No surprise then that it can be difficult to hole a putt!

It’s essential that all players are diligent in their repair of pitch marks on greens. A correctly repaired pitch mark will recover in 24 hours. An unrepaired pitchmark left unattended for two hours will take up to two months to recover.

Your support will be very much appreciated.

Ladies Corner

Click here to view our ladies video for this week from the Pro Shop this week highlighting Waterproofs & Windwear.

With the ease of shopping online these days, we have been busy building a new Ladies Golf Clothing website exclusively dedicated to ladies clothing. In the next few months it will become more visible on the many search engines like Google etc, but in the meantime please feel free to take a look round our many bargains on the site. Click the link below.

www.ladiesgolfinglockerbanchory.co.uk

Or simply type this address into your address bar and browse,  if you have any questions please feel free to get in touch here at the Round Room.