Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email we review our latest competitions and finals here at Moortown. We also ask you whether you've noticed something different on your putter, we have our second video from Ian Poulter, and we discuss a fantastic achievement by one man and his caddie.

Enjoy the read.

The longest hole in history

We all love a challenge; beating a personal best or doing something outside of our comfort zone. That feeling of having achieved something beyond what we normally would.

In an attempt to raise $100,000 for children’s charities, one man and his caddie (subsequently joined by an adopted dog on their journey) set out to complete the longest hole in history; a par 14,000 carved out of difficult Mongolian terrain, culminating at the 18th green of Mt. Bogd Golf Club.

It took them 82 days to trek the 2011km hole, facing rocky ground, swamps, icy water and desert in the process – click on the link below to view their video. With only 134 balls lost – with one ball lasting 65km! – the man holed a nervy seven-footer to complete the longest hole in history in 20,093 shots, just the mere 6,093 over par. A really special achievement for some fantastic charities.

Watch their journey here.

Do you prefer competition days?

With no competition last Saturday, we only saw 80 people play compared to the normal 120 plus; does this tell me that you prefer competition days? Well it is the Winter Bowl 4 ball qualifier this weekend and there are a still a few threes on the sheet, so if you fancy a game give the shop a call and we’ll try and pair you up.

The remaining finals were played over last weekend, where Iain Robb and Tom Loukes beat Paul Turner and Adrian Hinchliffe to win the MacKenzie four ball. John Fearn and Charlie Parker won The Sydney Groves beating David Barnfield and Andrew Beddis, and Simon Kisiel successfully defended the Lawson Brown beating John Renny in the final. This got me wondering if anybody had successfully defended the Lawson Brown since 1909 when it was first played for? Well it had its first successful defence in 1920 by L T Davies, it was repeated in 1936 by G L Braime and then we had to wait over 50 years when Jamie Allison won in 1988 and 1989. I wonder if Simon can make it three in a row next year?

Annual dinner

All the prize winners will be presented at The 108th Annual Dinner on Friday 17th November. The notice is up on the board, with the cost of the night including dinner being £27.00 per person. The night starts at 6.30 pm with the prize presentation beginning at 7.30 pm. If you can’t get up to the club and would like us to put your name down just click here to email or phone the shop. The guest speaker this year is Peter Downey from Ilkley Golf Club and YUGC Past President Jonathan Plaxton will propose the toast to The Club.