Hi everyone,
Well what an amazing Open Championship! As the pundits on TV said - I can't remember an Open with so many amazing storylines.
Firstly, we had Jordan Spieth aiming to make history by winning the first three majors in a calendar year. Then we had an amateur leading The Open into the final round - something the vast majority will never have seen before! Jason Day could have won despite his vertigo problems and Louis Oosthuizen, my favourite swinger of a golf club, seemingly back to his best, was in line for his second Open.
Dustin Johnson, many peoples' tip, led after 36 but nobody predicted his fall away. So it was perhaps a little predictable that it would all end slightly anti-climatically in a play-off. Louis had his chance on the 17th but as we all know - putt for dough!! The winner, Zach Johnson, says himself that he flies beneath the radar - no one really mentions him much, but he can putt and in the end it was this part of his game that stood out.
Pro's news
Yes, my Pro's Day is almost here. Saturday, 1 August sees the usual shotgun start followed by a couple of games for you to all enjoy next to the clubhouse patio area. We are doing a two-man Texas Scramble but we will also have lots of spot prizes on the course for men, ladies and juniors. We always aim to make this a fun day so I hope you'll all join in the fun after the round and also enjoy a nice buffet!
For those of you with juniors, we are doing a Summer Junior Golf Camp on Wednesday, 5 August. This is five hours of tuition and fun and includes prizes and lunch for just £30! If you are interested then just come in to the shop and we can get your junior on the list! Alternatively, get in touch here.
Shop news
Many of you have already taken advantage of our shirt amnesty by bringing in your thread-bare old shirts for a £10 discount of a new one. That continues across a large selection of Nike, Under Armour and PING shirts.
There is also a great offer of a free bag with a Powakaddy FW7 trolley until the 17th of August. That represents a £150 discount! With the current trend towards lithium batteries this may be a great time to upgrade the whole thing so you can cash in on the offer! Come into the shop and we'll go through the options with you.
We are also doing a new offer of up to £25 off selected shoes in stock. These are all of our replaceable stud shoes and include the ever popular FootJoy Contour series and Nike's new Lunar Command. Come in and grab a bargain now!!