Martin Heggie

Greetings golfers,

Welcome to another exciting edition of the weekly newsletter bringing you all of the latest goings-on from around the club.

Competition news

Autumn medal

It was a case of first and last on Saturday in the Autumn Medal. First out Jeff Barnett set the pace for the day with a fine nett 69 off 11 handicap, then Simon Kisiel in the last match out shot a fine 75 gross to fall one short of Jeff’s 69. It was Mr Consistency in Division two with Steve Johnson scoring a nett 73 to win by one shot from mike Winterbottom.

Steve leads the division two aggregate by one shot form Peter Forshaw with two events left. Simon’s -5 took him with 4 shots at the top of Division One leader David Aitken. It’s Hutchinson Salver this weekend, it’s a pretty full start sheet but there are one or two vacancy later in the day, if you fancy a game call the shop.

Division 1

D S Aitken, -2 + -4 + -6 + -1 + 1 -12

J A Burnett, -1 + 1 + -7 + 0 + -4 -11

T E Gray, -8 + 2 + 1 + 1 + -4 -8

Simon Kisiel, 0 + 1 + 1 + -5 + -5 -8

S P Stephens, -3 + 1 + -4 + 2 + -3 -7

Jeff Barnett, 3 + -2 + -1 + 0 + -6 -6

M East, 0 + 0 + -2 + 0 + -4 -6

Division 2

S R Johnson, 0 + 1 + -1 + 2 + -2 0

P H Forshaw, -1 + -4 + 5 + -2 + 3 1

D E Walton, -2 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 0 5

A B Gill, -1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 5

J M Slinger, -3 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2 5

J B Chappell, 5 + -3 + 5 + -1 + 1 7

M Duffield, -1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 1 8

P A Wilson, 2 + -2 + 6 + 2 + 0 8

Ladies competition news

The Ladies A Team unfortunately lost their semi-final to Lindrick at Scarcroft on Tuesday 4-3, hopefully the B Team are a little luckier at Thirsk on Thursday – Good Luck.

Shop news

New Products

I tested the new Titleist iron range this week, there are two new additions the AP3 and T-MB, as well as the 3 tour irons the MB, CB and AP2 and their ultimate game improvement iron the AP1.

Titleist have always made fantastic irons validated by being the most played iron on tour, but this year they have really moved the bar.

The AP3 is the iron that the player who wants a Titleist iron, but wants that distance that their mates have been getting with their Callaways and Pings has been waiting for.

The forgiveness throughout the range of irons has improved due to the greater amounts of tungsten used in all the irons, but the distance from the AP3 and the flight from the T-MB is what will grab most people’s attention.

The fitting irons arrived yesterday and we are taking booking for orders before the launch date on the 29th September. Book your fitting now by contacting the shop today.

Autumn/Winter range

Also in store this week are the new Autumn Winter and waterproof ranges from bot FootJoy and Under Armour.

Two price points from both companies and judging by the weather the last few days there has never been a time to invest in modern waterproofs.

Waterproofs have developed faster than clubs in the last five years and are so much lighter and easier to play in than ever before. Pop in and try them on for yourself.

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Club news

Yorkshire Challenge

The Yorkshire Challenge last week saw 450+ golfers at Moortown, Lindrick and Ganton, the feedback was that the course was in great shape and it was good to see a few Moortown members in contention, with Gary Young and Eddie Winn winning their series and winning their final day at Moortown. Well done guys.

Some of you will remember Aditi Ashok who won the British Ladies at Moortown a couple of years ago. I know a few people have followed her progress and I read an interesting article this week that you might be interested in.

Click here to view the article.