Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club

Hello Golfers,

Hello one and all, I will keep the introduction short this week as it is a mammoth newsletter to get through. The bottom line is…

The course is in fantastic condition.
Amy is on fire.
Everyone is working very hard and I hope you all can see it in the course, service and overall CMGC experience.

If you're looking for a place to play or join, come on over for a game and see for yourself.

Membership news

Mates Rates Membership

Do you have any friends, family or colleagues that are interested in joining a club? Well this might be for you. From June 20th until September 1st, if you bring a new member to CMGC and they pay the full years subscription amount in advance, we will give you the following on your account.

7 day - £100
5 day - £70
Intermediate/country - £40
Joint - £160

The money on your account can be spent on anything. For example if you're:

Stuart Humphries it would be £100 worth of Carling!
Ash Cook it would be £100 worth of Under Armour!
Lee Glasby it would be £100 worth of mini breakfasts every Sunday!

CMGC is rewarding you as a thank you for growing the membership. Full information on CMGC membership and prices can be found here.

T&C's Apply: Cannot have been a member of CMGC within the last year. Full payment must be made in advance, cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Pro's news

Amy’s comes 5th in Professional’s Event!

Last week I ventured over to Hollywood Golf Club to take part in the Worcestershire PGA Strokeplay event. It had been a long time since I’d played the course, so I struggled to remember much of the course. Myself, Tom and Josh have been playing a little bit more regularly recently and I felt confident heading into this event as the only girl playing!

The course played well and I shot a 75 gross, to take 5th place out of 20 male professionals. I missed out on top spot by just 3 shots! I was thrilled with how I played and am looking forward to the next event!
Side note from Dave: don’t underestimate this achievement from Amy. The all male field had all the top professional golfers in Worcestershire playing. To finish 5th was a great performance.

Club news

Captain’s Weekend success for 2 Junior golfers!

I (Amy) was lucky enough to announce 2 of my Juniors I have been coaching as winners over Captain’s Weekend.

Abbie Johnson has been working really hard on her game recently, aiming to get her handicap cut. We have been having regular lessons to help make this happen and it seems they are making all the difference! After playing in the Gaudet Luce Open and coming second reducing her handicap from 31 to 28. We had a lesson at 7am on Friday before school ready for her next event which was Captain’s Weekend where she entered the Junior and Ladies competition.

With a score of 38 points Abbie took home the Straughton Salver for winning the ladies competition, but also due to her current form she has won Player of the Month. Abbie’s handicap has been cut from 31 to 25 in just a couple of weeks!

Liam Bowater has also been having regular lessons with the goal of reducing his handicap this summer. He definitely started in the right direction by shooting an amazing 24 points in the Junior competition of Captain’s Weekend. Liam’s handicap has been cut from 53 to 49 now.

They have both been working hard in their lessons with myself to see improvements and all their hard work is paying off! A big Well Done to both of them!

Men’s Captains Cup

The Captain’s Weekend competition for the men was on the Saturday. A large entry of 69 players competed for the Captain’s Cup. With possible showers forecast throughout the day and gusts of wind picking up at any given moment, no one really had the better playing conditions throughout the day.

Lee Glasby continued his good form finishing in 3rd spot with 41 points after being beaten, on count back, by Antony Haile, who also scored an incredible 41 points to take 2nd place.

However, no one could come up with a score good enough to catch afternoon-starter Mark Thompson, aka Tommo.

Tommo shot an amazing 44 points to seal 1st place by 3 points. When Tommo collected the Captain’s Cup at the prize presentation, he mentioned that he nearly didn’t turn up as he had been playing so badly the past few weeks!

It looks as though Tommo has now finished his streak of poor form and has had his handicap cut by 3 shots!

Do you want to know a secret?

Mark Baldwin, known as ‘Doctor Enigma’, has already spoken about Britain’s WW2 codebreakers, and their work at Bletchley Park, more than 20 times this year. Even so, there are still some people in this area who haven’t heard his unfolding of the story of this great British achievement.

Don’t worry, Cleobury Mortimer’s Golf Club is mounting an ‘Enigma Evening’ on 13th July, so here’s a chance to catch the story without having to travel too far, and you’ll have a chance to operate a real Second World War Enigma machine.

Doctor Enigma’s last three shows took place in London, Leyland and Devizes. The first of these was given at the London Head Office of Facebook, an invitation which came as a direct result of Mark’s successful Silicon Valley tour earlier this year, which included presentations at Facebook, Dropbox, Cnet and PayPal amongst other hi-tech companies.

Tickets for the Golf Club event cost £7 and can be booked via 01299 271112. If, incidentally, you’re wondering whether you’d enjoy something like this, why not make sure that on Cleobury Festival Day on 23rd June, you come to Doctor Enigma’s stand (upstairs in Cleobury’s Market Hall), and have a chat with the man himself.

You don’t need to know anything about codes or computers, about maths, numbers or ciphers, to enjoy the story of ‘The Codebreakers’. Dr Enigma will make it all clear!

Shop news

A refreshing offer for you

The Titleist Velocity golf balls have had a great start to the year jumping to our second biggest Titleist golf ball.

For those of you that have not tried or converted to them, now could be the time. Pick up a double dozen for £45 and get a FREE infuser water bottle.

If your main concern on the golf course is distance, then Titleist's Velocity golf ball is a must try. It's their longest ball, still has a soft feel around the greens and is available in four different colours, including pink and orange.

Only 18 water bottles are available from the CMGC Pro Shop.

Course news

Golf Course Maintenance Work.

Towards the end of 2017 you may remember that we invested a significant amount of money to have an expert consultant from STRI spend a day with us at the golf course going through everything on the golf course hole by hole. A couple of weeks after the visit we received our report and started putting together our plan for the next few years.

Tree Management

There should be a plan for selected removal and thinning of tree copses to ensure there is age and species diversity. Many copses are too densely planted, making areas difficult to access with maintenance equipment.

Tree management should be a phased project to ensure the ecology is not damaged. Work you may recall included the 2nd on Badgers, 8th on Badgers, 8th Deer park, 1st Foxes. 7th Foxes and a few other areas.

Greens

Increase the frequency of aeration to improve aerobic and drainage potential.

Increasing the frequency of aeration to improve aerobic and drainage potential is ongoing, this includes verti-cutting, Air2G2, scarifying, slitting as well as deep tine aeration such as verti-draining and hollow coring. We are also as regularly applying a light sand dressing to the greens every couple of weeks to improve the smoothness of the surfaces as well as improving the drainage and organic matter of the greens.

Bunkers

Now we are in to the season we have had the opportunity to start some of the bunker work that was advised.

Hole 2 Foxes Run - remove rear bunker. Work has started on the rear bunker, cores from greens used to help fill the bunker. After the ground has settled, work will be carried out to blend the area back in.

Hole 4 Foxes Run - 2 fairway bunkers need drainage improvement. Remove rear right green side bunker. The rear right greenside bunker has been removed, this will create a larger walk off area from the green, reducing the stress on the grass in this area. Work on the fairway bunkers has yet to commence, but is an area that we have identified for improvement.

Hole 5 Badgers Sett - right greenside bunkers are ok and very interesting. Remove left greenside bunker and improve contouring of the green surround. Work to improve contouring of the green surround to the left-hand side and removal of the left greenside bunker has begun.

Hole 9 Badgers Sett - Remove left fairway bunkers and allow replacement with strategic planting of trees (transplant trees). Keep right side fairway bunkers. Removal of the left fairway bunkers has started and the strategic planting of trees will follow.

Hole 3 Deer Park - Interesting snaking bunker around left side of green but needs some shaping work. Shaping work has begun on the bunker with the snaking bunker on the left side of the green remaining. Mounding will be improved at the front to aid water run off areas which has historically been a problem area.

Hole 5 Deer Park - Consider filling in left greenside bunker and improve run off surround. Work has begun on this area; the soil just needs to dry out and be seeded.

Additional work recently carried out

- Drainage ditches on the 6th on Foxes and 6th on Deer Park have been re-dug to help with better drainage in the wetter months.

- New mounding has been constructed on the 8th Deer Park to help water flow away from the green in the wetter months.

- New path added on the 5th on Deer Park. Road planings to be added in due course.
Bunkers have been topped up with fresh sand.

As you will quickly see quite a lot of work has been carried out over the last few weeks and months as well as the team carrying out all the other essential jobs to maintain the golf course. We are pleased with the work so far and after having a read through, hopefully you will have a good understanding of why some of the work above has being carried out.

Additional work is still to be carried out on certain bunkers including re-vetting faces, re-shaping of certain bunkers & improving drainage; however, all these jobs cannot be carried out overnight, but will take place when conditions allow.We will also be having some extra hazard and out of bounds posts arriving soon that will go out on the course as soon as they arrive.

Have a great golfing week everyone, read on for some more fascinating insights into the world of golf and if you’re looking for a game or lessons please get in touch.

The CMGC Team.

Winter vs summer

Summer golf throws up different requirements and skill sets to that of winter golf, and you’ll often find yourself in positions or playing shots that you wouldn’t necessarily face at the other times of the year. The checklist below highlights the main performance differences you’ll notice between seasons, with an emphasis on distance in the winter and control in the summer.

A great option all-year round
These factors can make settling on one ball confusing, so here are our thoughts on why the TaylorMade Project (s) could be your perfect option. Not only does its large inner core deliver faster ball speeds for winter distance, but it also boasts a low compression that helps slower swinging players generate the high spin needed on firm summer greens.

watch our video >

An absolute breeze

We stock several different styles of spikeless golf shoe here in-store, which can make the ideal summer companion. If you’re considering a pair then here are a few options that we’d recommend coming to try on for size.

Why go for spikeless?
Spikeless golf shoes are designed to make walking the course a breeze, offering lightweight comfort, stability with plenty of cushioning and versatile nub-style outsoles that are both kinder to the greens and ideal for wear indoors and when driving to the club.

Take these two options from Under Armour, for example. Both offer all the benefits we mentioned above, but the Tempo Hybrid 2 (first above) offers more of a casual trainer look you can take off the course, while the Performance SL (second above) is stable, sporty and comes in a great black option that wouldn’t look out of place at the office.

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Titleist Free Velocity Infuser Drinks Bottle

Video of the Week

There were many stories to come out of last week's U.S. Open, but we just can't look past Mickelson's major moment of madness. What did you make of it?

Have a great golfing week and we hope to see you at CMGC very soon.

Dave, Tom, Amy, Josh and Team CMGC

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Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club
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