Hello members and friends of CMGC. It has been the best week of 2014 for us with glorious sunshine gracing us. It was great to see the car park packed and some familiar faces after a winter to forget.
The greenkeepers have been hard at work cutting the greens, tees, surrounds and fairways it is amazing what some fresh strips on the grass does for the definition.
Course manager Adam Clifford has also fertilised all the greens with a mixture of 6-5-10 + iron + magnesium. The Iron and magnesium hardens and toughens the grass increases disease resistance and kills any moss that was formed over the winter. The 6-5-10 mix then stimulates the grass to encourage a steady growth and a strong root zone formation. We believe by doing this work now the course will be well ahead of schedule going into the season!
Does anyone know what the 6-5-10 mixture is? That's enough of the greenkeeping education for this week!
We would now like to welcome Phil Moore who is joining team CMGC as our head coach! Phil has to serve four weeks notice in his current job and will be joining us April 8th. Phil will be at CMGC all day this Friday to sign his contract and meet as many people as possible. He will also be taking bookings for lessons, a coach of his calibre will soon find his diary full. We put Phil through a vigorous three hour interview that included some coaching, academy plans, practice facility development and much more. We are delighted to have someone of Phil's skill set joining us and see this as a massive coup for the club and membership. To prise him away from a top academy in Belfast and relocate to Shropshire really sends out a message of intent that CMGC is the place to be!
Phil gave two lessons one to Richard Chandler and one to club champion Nigel Williams here is a bit of feedback we received from them.
Richard: 'I had a 30 minute short game lesson with Phil and was very impressed he was friendly, professional and within minutes got me hitting better shots. I was particularly impressed with the technical aspects and how he explained them simply and easy to understand'.
Nigel: 'Phil immediately made me feel at ease with his friendly manner we worked on my full swing and I was very impressed. He explained what he wanted me to do and was always asking questions to make sure I knew what I was doing. With Phil's appointment confirmed I will most definitely be having lessons off him this season.'
A fine example of Phil's skills is his current diary where he is working. Last Friday he had 21, yes 21! Lessons back to back booked in!
Here is a quick message off Phil:
'I am delighted to be joining Cleobury, I have played the course many times and loved the atmosphere of the club. My main duties will be coaching and looking after the membership. I look forward to meeting as many members and friends of Cleobury as possible on Friday'.
I will be writing more on Phil, his plans for CMGC and his history next week. There is just so much going on at the moment its hard to cram it all in!
Membership Drive
With the weather improving and the course getting back to its best we are looking to drive some new members to join Team CMGC.
We are offering 3 months (April, May and June) for just £120. We know there is a lot of golfers out there who are not members of clubs for different reasons by doing this you only have to play four times to get your money back.
It gives you the opportunity to experience club life, playing in competitions, getting a handicap etc. At the end of the three months you can evaluate and if club membership is for you and join for the full 12 months
Any existing members that have any friends or family please let them know about this.... If they go on to become full members in July we will credit your account with £50! Please message us if you have any questions click here.
To join simply visit us in the golf centre!
Enjoy all the benefits of a membership with our special 3 Month Membership Package.
Opportunity to achieve and maintain a handicap
A range of competitive opportunities
A well stocked Golf Shop
Family, Friendly environment
An opportunity to socialise
Discount in the golf shop and clubhouse
Good for your health- An 18 hole game of golf burns at least 900 calories
Matt is currently leading the way with 7 of these sold to my 3. The ten members that have joined in four days, we welcome you to CMGC and hope you enjoy being a part of the club.
Lodge Development Update
The work has continued on the lodge site with the bases now in! The show home is scheduled to arrive April 10th. You will also see this sign as you drive down the CMGC road. If you are intested in further information on this development please email graham@cleoburygolfclub.com
Stuburt Shoes
We have just taken delivery of the new Stuburt range, your eyes do not deceive you those urban 2 summer shoes are £40! They have been in CMGC four days and we have already sold 7 pairs! Stuburt have joined Foremost and look set for a great year. To sweeten the deal even more any Stuburt's you buy come with three free pairs of socks! The Sport lite are also perfect for the summer, they are super lite, it is like wearing slippers on the course!
Shoe Wall Complete.
As this picture shows our shoe wall is now complete we have shoes from FootJoy and Stuburt at unbeatable prices. Don't forget we can still do custom orders if you need something we do not have in stock.
Titleist Velocity and DT Solo.
On Monday I had a meeting with our Titleist rep and they have some great specials lined up for the year (which I will talk about next week). Therefore Team CMGC will be getting right behind Titleist and going aggressive with our pricing of Velocity and DT Solo double dozen pricing. If you have not tried these balls please pop into the golf centre for a free sample.
Once you try them you will be converted… Trust us!
Well I hope that was not information overload, so much going on here at CMGC it is all very exciting.
See you all very soon.
Dave, Matt and Team CMGC