I feel like the every Saturday we are doomed. A bright morning was quickly altered with a 20 minute snow storm that rendered the course unplayable and I had to call everybody who had teed off back off the course. The snow did clear and we managed to reopen the course just after midday. So that just leaves two Saturdays left for the Winer Order of Merit and then the season starts!!

It is an individual Stableford this week played in four balls, so if you are playing please pick up if you cannot score a point and keep the game moving. With limited day light hours playing in fours does enable more people to play so your co-operation in the pace of play would be appreciated. 

The Captain's Snooker evening on Wednesday organised by Antony Burrows was a huge success, it was great seeing the MacKenzie bar and snooker room buzzing enjoying a heart-warming chilli, Yorkshire pudding and chips from Stuart and a few beers. The overall winners of the evening were Johnny "The Rocket" Rhodes and Martyn "Dynamite" Davies beating Clive "The King (Lane)" Bowyer and Tony "The Gentleman" Grattan in the final. 

  

Above right- Jonty "The Captain Naylor eyeing up a three cushion miracle pot!

Titleist are running the fantastic 4 dozen for the price of 3 offer again this spring. This brings the Pro V1 ball down to £31.50 a dozen with free personalisation. People often will play with the first ball that they put their hand on when delving into the ball pocket in their bag. The game of golf consists of so many variables without you adding another one to the equation. All golf balls will travel approximately the same distance off the tee, how they get there might be very different. This isn't so important form the tee but from 100 yards in it is vital. We can prove to you using the GC2 launch monitor in the studio that two balls with the same manufacturers name on them can launch with a difference of 20 percent and spin up to 40% differently. This means that even a highly skilled golfer won't know from one ball to the next where to land a pitch shot. So what hope have you got? Playing the same ball all the time - hopefully fitted for your game, will eliminate all those variations. If it is marked the same, it will always look the same and will also mean you are way more likely to play the wrong ball. (Unless Terry Kirwin is using one of your balls he has found - long story ask Terry when you see him!!) So take advantage of this great offer and order your balls for the season, not only saving money but helping your game.

Thanks to everyone who clicked through and supported me and Jo in our marathon walks for Prostate Cancer on the 22nd March. I really hope that a few more of you would be so kind to add your contribution to a very worthwhile cause. 

https://www.justgiving.com/Martin-Heggie/

http://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/jeff-stellings-men-united-march 

Don't forget that it is AGM on Saturday followed by Captain's Drive In at 1pm on Sunday. I've not hit a golf ball outside since December 9th, so it might be interesting!

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