How Do You Do It?

Believe it or not it is summer time (you would not guess it with the recent weather), this is the time of year when the greens will be at their best and we want to maintain the true putting surfaces throughout the season. This can be achieved by A: not only repairing pitch marks but B: repairing the pitch mark in the correct way.

In a recent survey by the PGA, over 40% of golfers were repairing a pitch mark in an incorrect way. With this in mind, look at the images below and see if your way is the correct way.

   

   

The all-too-familiar fruits of a badly repaired pitch mark. Pushing the grass back towards the front is the correct way to repair a pitch mark.

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Presidents Weekend

Over 100 golfers took part in the Presidents Cup and although the wind blew and the rain came down nothing could stop Antony Wellington shooting an incredible 48 points to claim the Trophy, a massive congratulations Antony.

• First place - Antony Wellington - 48 points.
• Second place - Kevin Butterfield - 43 points.
• Third place - Louise Laishley - 41 points.

It was a great weekend for the President's charity as we made £165 from beat the pro and £209 from the raffle so in total £374 will be going to The Sunshine House.

On behalf of Alan our President, he would like to thank everyone that kindly donated a prize for the raffle and the sponsored holes. All the golfers that took part in the competition and made the weekend a success.