Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter. Well what a weekend it turned out to be! Wolves just 3 points from a Champions League place and Team Europe turning over the Americans. In this week’s mail, we look back on an incredible win for Team Europe in the Ryder Cup, cast our eye over the best sleeved and sleeveless products on offer for the autumn weather, as well as give our verdict on the best irons released in 2018. Enjoy the read. |
Best Ryder Cup ever? As mentioned last week, I was lucky enough to head on over to the Ryder Cup Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The atmosphere was electric and I would highly recommend going. To be honest, we thought it might be too much hassle to get over there and were unsure of going. Trust me, if you get the chance make the effort and you will have a blast. We are also going to get a trip organised to go and play the course which should be great fun.
Here is a little review and a couple of photos…and know I wasn’t a security guard when I was there! |
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Our overview So that’s it, as quickly as it started, it’s all over. The 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National will go down as one of Team Europe’s best ever performances on home soil, as they came away with a comprehensive 17.5 – 10.5 win over a much-fancied Team USA. Whereas everything seemed to go right for Europe’s captain Thomas Bjorn; from wildcard picks, to pairing Tommy Fleetwood with Francesco Molinari to form the formidable “Moliwood”, his American counterpart Jim Furyk was left to rue some poor decisions. Tiger Woods, fresh from his TOUR Championship win last week, failed to win a single point, whilst Phil Mickelson was woeful for the whole tournament. Both were captain’s picks. The standout player for the home team however was surely Francesco Molinari. Having won this year’s Open Championship, the Italian no doubt fancied his chances on a course which placed a premium on shot-making as opposed to bombing huge drives down the fairway. Molinari won all five of his matches, becoming the first European to win five points in one Ryder Cup. What makes this achievement even more remarkable is the fact that prior to this year's contest, Molinari had played six matches across two previous editions without winning a match. He now truly belongs amongst the world’s elite golfers. Special mention should also go to Sergio Garcia, the Spaniard was a controversial wildcard choice from Bjorn, but was a crucial component of Team Europe’s victory. Garcia’s win over Rickie Fowler in the singles saw him become Europe’s leading all-time point-scorer in the Ryder Cup with 25.5 points, overtaking Sir Nick Faldo’s record. Sweep result
Congratulations to Simon Johnson and Darren Court who picked out Molinari in the sweep. Your prizes are in the golf centre. |
Champion of Champions With the excitement of the Ryder Cup unfolding, it was left to the Champions of CMGC to fight it out for the trophy. The Champion of Champions was contested over Foxes Run and Badgers Sett. The rules were simple, the lowest nett score would be the first ever CMGC Champion of Champions. To qualify, you had to win your division in a weekend competition during the season. Gordon Moriaty and Paul Francis were in the mix with some solid golf before Greg Shorter came in with a Nett 65 which we all thought would be good enough! However, the Welsh wizard Rhys Short finally got it all together to score a sublime Nett 63. Sam Johnson who is part of St James Place was kind enough to sponsor the event with Rhys winning £250! A big thank you to Sam and his team for their support and I am delighted to report he wants to continue with it and do the same again in 2019. |
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Sam had this to say, "It was fantastic to be at the club on Sunday to witness the excitement of not only the Ryder Cup climax but also the crowning of Cleobury Mortimer's very first Champion of Champions! Congratulations to the runner-up Greg Shorter and the winner Rhys Short.
The scoring was exceptional and made for a great day, I'm looking forward to seeing the event go from strength to strength in years to come. I plan to run some more events at the club very soon and look forward to seeing you there."
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Aggregate medal The aggregate medal was also running on the same day as the Champion of Champions and George Blakeway followed up his nett 65 in May with a nett 70 to pip Chris Rigby by 2! This was also the last order of merit event for the year with Lee Glasby and James Whitehouse winning their respective divisions.
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CMGC Ryder Cup 2018
With all the hype around the Ryder Cup being back in Europe, we continued our tradition of hosting our own Ryder Cup with Jamie Fearnley as Europe’s Captain and Stuart Humphries as the USA Captain.
The previous two times this event had been contested, Team Europe had come out on top, surely it was time for Stu to get his hands on the trophy or could Europe make it three in a row. Around 8:15am on Saturday, with everyone arriving early the two captains announced their pairings for the competition, there was a fantastic buzz and atmosphere as everyone found out who they were paired up with and who they would be taking on. Team Europe were dressed in Blue, while Team USA wore Red. Captain Stu supported a massive USA flag throughout his game! You could spot him from anywhere! A lot of early chants of USA, USA were echoed around the course with several matches going the distance. With the scores from each match reported to the Pro Shop neither Captain or Team was sure who would lift the trophy when it came to the prize giving.
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Ian Downes and Derek Eastwood took home just under £40.00 each for the biggest win thanks to a 7 and 6 victory whilst representing Europe. Graham Pain representing the USA won just under £40.00 for the Nearest the Pin on the 6th Badgers with Jack Severn also representing the USA also winning just under £40.00 for the Nearest the Pin on the 5th Foxes. The only thing left to do was to reveal the winning team, with the patio packed Amy and Tom revealed a winning score of 8.5- 4.5 to...........Europe! |
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European Captain, Jamie Fearnley received the trophy on behalf of his team making it three in a row. A Big thank you to everyone one that took part (52 players) and made it such a great event! It felt like one of the best competitions of the year and for anyone who didn't play I would urge you to take part next time. A big thank you to Stu and Jamie for all their time and effort in making it such a good and fun event. Pictured here are the teams and what would appear an emotional Jamie picking up the trophy! |
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SuperStroke grip offer We have a set left of these grips and are looking at reducing our stock levels as we head into the winter. £5 fitted ea. Cross Comfort – if your looking for something very sticky and tacky this is the grip for you, because of the tacky finish it offers a lovely feel. Soft Wrap TC – This grip does not taper making it thicker down towards the lower part of the grip. This helps you to grip with less grip pressure and maximise performance. If you would like one of the sets please email us back by clicking here and we can reserve them for you. If you have the full set regripped (13 clubs), we will fit them and do the lot for £60. |
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Have you seen these prices? If you don't already own a Distance Measuring Device then you really are making this game a lot harder for yourself. Not only do they provide accurate distances to the front, middle and back of every green, but they can also double up as a lifestyle watch, too. Until Sunday, we are discounting Garmin's S10 watch by £20 and its S60 watch by £50, so act fast if you wish to take advantage! |
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Last week, we talked about how to improve your accruacy in landing your chip shots exactly where you want to. However, you won't be using the same club for every single chip - different situations call for creative solutions - which means you'll have a variety of landing zones to aim for, depending on how much the ball rolls out. |
 | It's important to take into account how much green you have to work with before hitting a chip shot. If you have a small amount - say five yards or so - then you should take a higher lofted club, such as your SW. This will roughly give you 66% of carry and 33% of roll, meaning you need to aim to land your ball close to the pin. However, if you have a little more green to play with, try chipping with your PW. As a rule of thumb, this club will give you 50% of carry and 50% of roll, so your landing spot needs to take this into account by aiming to pitch the ball half way to the pin. Finally, if you want the traditional "chip and run", try using an 8-iron. The chip will roll out significantly more than a wedge, due to the club having less loft, so choose a landing spot closer to home. You can expect around 20% of carry and 80% of roll with this approach. Take this onto the chipping green next time you're down at the club and play around with your landing spots; just remember to take into account the slope of the green too. |
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