Welcome to another edition of the weekly newsletter bringing you up to date with all the latest news and offers from Hockley Golf Club. We hope you're having a great week on and off the golf course. Enjoy this week's read! |
That's golf
Playing with the Horrors on Monday Trevor Scott was very pleased with himself as he shot his age and went round in 81, he was 81 in June. His round last week was 94. That’s golf.
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New arrivals
There is an early morning chill now we have moved into September, so you may be wanting an extra layer. We have quilted gilets, quilted jackets, base layers, mid-layers and warm insulating top layers from Under Armour, ProQuip and very shortly from FootJoy.
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Back in stock is the popular ProQuip EVO quilted range at a great price, pictured above in a choice of two colours.
The jackets and gilets feature quilted panels with a Thinsulated lining for exceptional warmth with a knitted power stretch fabric for freedom of movement and athletic fit. The collar has a Micro-fleece for added warmth and there is a handy conceled inner pocket for storing glove or scorecard. Pop into the Pro Shop when you are next up the club and take a look.
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Long Course Stableford
A fantastic turnout for Saturday's Long Course Stableford. Congratulations to Andrew Cole on winning Division One with an excellent 43 points. Alan Darlington took the honours in Division Two with 39 points.
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Florida Scramble 28 members took part in the inaugural Florida Scramble social event on a very pleasant Sunday afternoon. They all enjoyed the format and the company, which was topped off by a selection of sandwiches with chips after play. |
Thank you to all those that played and to Adrian Nicol and Tracy for co-ordinating the event, Special thanks to June Glasspell for stepping in at the last minute to present the prizes.
Our winners with 57.5 points were Carl Faulds, Clive Keywood, Wendy Greenhalgh and Malcolm Mackenzie who are pictured with Ladies Captain June Glasspell.
A suggestion has been made that we hold the event again, but on a Sunday morning, with a shotgun start, followed by a Sunday roast.
Would this make more of you play? please let us know your thoughts here, we can then pass these onto the relevant committees.
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Upcoming events - Thursday, 6 September - Ladies Medal 2nd round of the Habin Cup
- Friday, 7 and Saturday, 8 - The Grandfathers Trophy
- Saturday, 8 September - Ladies Chilbolton Cup
- Sunday, 9 September - The Sonny Sharpe Trophy - Please note this is now a one tee start and the tee will re-open at 10:00am, it will be closed again from 12.40 to 3:00pm.
- Sunday, 30 September - Champions of Champions - Now open for entry - This event is FREE to enter and includes a one course meal with tea or coffee after play. Please sign up in the foyer if you have won a competition this year and indicate if you are playing in the event and staying for the meal or just playing in the comp.A list of winners to date has been posted alongside the signup sheet.
Please note the COURSE IS CLOSED until 1:00pm for this event, which is a shotgun start at 9:00am.
- Returns in November - Hockley Winter Foursomes - Entry can now be made using an entry form available in the foyer or from the club website.
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Keeping you up to date
Luke Evans won the Junior Medal on Sunday with a nett 70, disappointing that only two played in the event.
Junior lessons return on Saturday, 8 September and there are a few spaces left at 10.30am. If you know of any juniors that maybe interested in taking up the game, please contact any member of the Pro team for more information.
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New in store
This week we took delivery of the JRB Winter range, offering you base layers, gillets, lined jumpers, winter trousers and Autumn jackets this year.
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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. |
A note from the Captain
"Well done to the Stoneham Cup team, what a positive win against Southwood on Saturday at Romsey GC. They now look forward to Finals Day at Meon Valley on Tuesday, 25 September, supporters welcome. Thank you also to Kathie, Di and Andy who caddied and to Helen who came out and supported us all. Our grateful thanks.
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Congratulations to Chris Quinn, Helen Bailey and Beth Goater on winning the North Hants Trophy at Brokenhurst GC. They beat Basingstoke in the semi-final and Romsey in the final. Thanks also to Kay Walshe, Alison Baker and Jo Russell who caddied.
Thanks to the few supporters we had, Kay Warner, Di Broughton, Anne and Howard Gleadow.To the rest of the club you missed some great golf all the other clubs had lots of supporters, hopefully they will have a few more next Sunday, 9 September in the Hezlet Final which is also at Brokenhurst.
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I’m off to Etretat this weekend and really looking forward to it" June Glasspell
Ladies Captain |
Open for entry
The Elkington Knife and Toogood Knockouts are now open for entry on the PSI. |
Gapping is vitally important to any golfer. Being able to pick a club out of the bag and knowing exactly how far you can strike the ball will make for more confident shots, as you won’t be constantly wondering if you should club up or club down. |
Not just for wedges
Gapping is often associated with the shorter clubs in your bag, but it's just as important to make sure you pay attention to the gaps between your longer clubs, too. Good gapping would see you have equal gaps between clubs that are no bigger than 15 yards, as displayed in the green illustration below. In contrast, bad gapping would leave you with uneven or large distances between clubs, often over 20 yards or under 10. Having equal gaps throughout your bag will mean you are much closer with your next club, so you won’t have to manufacture shorter/longer swings or hit soft/hard shots, which is where a lot of problems begin. |
Being able to know exactly how far each club goes can be even more helpful if you have a GPS device telling you the exact distance between your ball and the pin. So if you're still guessing how far you hit each club, come and speak to a member of the team. We can guarantee it's costing you shots. |
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